cooperman
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this is one question that should never be asked. the amount of money spent is not important its the end result that counts. (plus all mods cost £10 or £50 for the bigger stuff, don't they? im sure that's what the girl friend/wife gets told by most
)don't really keep count to be honest but I do know that the body kit and paint was £2k-2.5k and the engine yet to be put in was some thing like £4k total, add to that the £800 for the car and then the rest of the stuff I would say £10k-15k and the mods haven't really started yet
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This is my 1983 CelicaSupra that I've had for 16 years.
think you missed this post????
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you could try these?
might be worth firing out an email to find out if they are the price for a pair.
the other option is to go to TCB as you will get the right thing at a good price.
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you can clean the cat through as well with white spirit or petrol. for a short trip I wouldn't worry to much and just drive it. but that's me.
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may tricks be mentioned before. make sure you shake it for way longer than you think you should (or the can says).
put the cans in a bowl of warm water before shaking them up. keep the cans in warm water between coats. (if done in the say day).
always use many thin coats.
if you have the time and want the best result then spraying at a far enough distance that you only get a 50% total cover (so you can still see through the layer you just put on). then build the layers up every time its almost dry in the same way.
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this the one you are thinking of?
its gen 5 but should do the job.
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just use the nylon cable ties. not the little skinny plastic ones the ones that are about 18" long and about 10mm wide. never had a problem and a lot easier to use than the metal ones.
as for grease you can wash the joint out with normal white spirit and most places sell it now as said above as cv grease.
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only ones i can think of is bek in the corp section or you could ask tcb and see if they have something.
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another very rough mock but gives a better mock of sizes.
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yeah no what you mean. but in terms of getting air in the front end it was bloody good. never really got over about 2/5th (about 10% less than normal) on the temp gauge made a very cool engine bay. and that i think we can all like.
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I'm really interested to see this one through. Will be a great project bud.
cheers buddy,
well cars off the road so i think i will give it a shot and see what happens. if it all goes wrong then i will just have to carry on looking for the bumper i had before.
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gen 5 has wings that come right to the front of the car. unlike the 7 that half the wheel arch is bumper.
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quick mock up in cad to check what the sizes work out like and it looks close enough for me to start playing with the idea.
now just to find the right bumper.
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top one looks perfect. just so i can put some measurements on it and see how far out it will be.
thanks your a star
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we all know i was broken years ago.
but cheers.
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I think Andy , there is actually an aftermarket bumper out there all ready that mimics a gen 7 bumper
have you looked at it though???? it just doesnt work.
And people say Im nuts
:blink: thats because you are
well looks like no one has a pic of a 7 and 5 next to each other?
what about a pic of a 7 and a pic of a 5 at the same angle/distance?
i know there are people out there that take shots at the shows and replicate the shot almost with every car. come on help me out here.
thanks for the comments so far though. keep 'em coming
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Whatever you're smoking is doing nasty things to your brain.
thanks dubs
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This, put the fibre glassing experience to good use and sculpt the lip in though, and then maybe the arches also.
There are plenty of other lips out there for other cars that could be made to suit to avoid the look of the picture you posted.
But because you asked so nicely, between the bottom corners it's 97.5cm and along the bonnet line it's 105cm, that's including the slight curve though.
thanks james.
cant sculpt the lip in though as then it would be impossible to get the car apart. as it is the side skirts are sealed to the front wings so these can not come off. this makes for working on the car difficult at the moment but workable. if the front bumper is fixed to the wings and lip then any thing more than a simple service becomes a problem. for example the rear washer on the car has stopped working a few years ago after the kit was fitted. as far as i know its not really possible to get to the pump without removing the wing. so the washer pump has been left as its not part of the mot (and never really used it any way).
sorry have to look at it in a practical sense as the poor bugger that will be do the work on it when its back on the road will be me.
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Maybe experiment with moulding a lip onto the gt4 bumper?
its possible but for the price i will have to pay for all the bits to put it back to a standard bumper and then the price of a lip on top it would cost as much if not more than just making some thing a little different and unique.
plus putting a lip on just looks like an after thought. a bit like "oops i forgot to do the front, oh that will do". if that makes sense.
http://www.toyotacelicaonline.com/celica1/bodykits/t20amazon3.jpg
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i have to sort out a new bumper though as after the accident i have no front end. as in the pic above.
if i put a standard bumper back on it as per a gt4 then there will be about a 6" height difference between the skirts and the front end as the standard front end is miles off the ground.
getting any thing gen5 body kit wise now is getting to be very difficult.
some thing has to be done im afraid. and as for bastardising a gen 5 i did that years ago now and just looking for some thing different.
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yeah thats what im thinking. but i can fibre glass and sculpt it to work if it close enough. if its miles out i cant see the point in wasting the time.
im also thinking that the front of the gen7 comes in (more circular at the front) on the wings to much.
im liking the second one as it kind of flows with the rest of the kit a little better as its not as sharp???
No, just no..
i have to do some thing, this is just no good,
and a standard bumper with the rest of the kit just looks bad.
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have some very rough ideas i have knocked up. width i got from the wiki was 1735mm for the gen 7 and 1690mm for the gen5. so they are very close.
can some one measure the distance between the bottom inside corners of the head lights for me?
these are not pretty but give an idea.
could find a good angle of the TRD bumper to have a go at but seem similar to the other one i found.
anyway i need to sort a new front end out and having some thing different to what i had before seemed like a good idea as i was never a big fan of it (but could live with it).
any other ideas are welcome as well.
thanks andy
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im looking at new front ends and as there are very limited choices out there and i have more time than sense i was thinking of maybe taking a gen7 after market bumper and making it fit a gen 5.
not sure what front end i would go for yet. just looking to see what the sizes measure up like to see if it is possible with out to much work. i know its going to be a bit of work as the bonnet line would have to be adjusted but was hoping the rest would be close enough to go.
going to go look up the specs for both cars now but wondered if any one had a good pic so i can visualise it.
thanks andy
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these are the ones I have on mine. as said made of steel, locking wheel nut and come in colours.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12x1-5MM-TPI-SD-RED-ALLOY-WHEEL-NUTS-LOCKS-LOCKING-LOCK-NUTS-FOR-TOYOTA-/201108030981?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Wheels_tyres_Trim_Nuts_ET&fits=Car+Make%3AToyota&hash=item2ed2f90605