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4 hours ago, Master flex said:
I love the Kaminari skirts. Surely it's to do with the associated issues. Want me to Photoshop them on your car and colour match them; would be a shame to get rid of them unless you are 100% sure.
But that's just my opinion, let me know how much you want for them
I do too, although I had to go searching for Cravo's build thread to remind myself of how good they can look.
My issue, which is caused by a lack of skill/ability with doing anything with my car myself so have to rely on companies to do the a decent job*, is the fact that I've failed to find anyone in or around my town to do any work for me. Apparently everyone has plenty of work and are not interested in small jobs like this or Celica's just don't look as good as Audi's on their instagram feeds as Audi's.
Sent emails, left VM's and no one ever gets back.
*Not that the last company I paid to work on the appearance of my car did anything like a decent job.
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Test fitted one of the Kaminari skirts
It looked shit
Partly because the wrap was only done as far as the skirt and not the entire car.
Partly because black skirts on a "Grey" car don't look as good as I thought they might and
Partly because the paint job on the skirts is a bit naff... Actually the paint was ok until I clear coated it, then it looked shit.
Put the TRD ones back on.
Not decided what I will do with the Kaminari ones as yet.
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20 minutes ago, Wolfie said:
For the best results go to a professional car paint supplier not your local Halfrods
If you have a professional car paint supplies near you they will make rattle cans up to your paint code, if so you can produce a professional finish.
I have a supplier local to me, in Bexleyheath that I’ve been using for years.
http://www.bsbgroup.co.uk/contact.php
if your going to Silverstone I could always pick them up for you and take them up to the show, if it’s any help.
Painting them Black so no colour matching needed. They were Chilli Red before so would have looked odd on my grey and black car. May still get wrapped but I want to see them on the car first.
Thanks for the offer tho'
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Currently making a rather poor to average job of spraying my Kaminari side skirts with rattle cans.
Did want to pay someone to do a decent job but no one around my way seemed interested in the work, to small a job I expect.
Still, as long as no one examines them too closely I'll get away with it
May end up getting them wrapped in the end, anyway.
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On the Gen7 190 the stock (axle-back) exhaust is not light. There are heavier aftermarket ones but compared to the Japspeed it ways a ton. The Blitz wasn't much better, if at all.
The Tech5's on a GT are really heavy. Can't comment on how the compare to other 17x7 stock wheels but I can carry two of my gram lights with ease but walking any distance with a Tech5 and my back really knows about it.
Been on the constant lookout for someone selling a spare Gram Light 57c to match the ones I have.
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On 18/03/2019 at 02:02, Dtracer said:
There is a slightly less ruinous ITB system in development (MSDT and Se7en collaboration) that should provide serious N/A power gains. The only real additions to running that setup would be a standalone ECU, presently it is being developed to work on the most commonly available and most simple system, that being the Apexi PFC, if that can run it then any ECU will be able to. It should be finished in prototype by end April-Mid May at a guess. It has been made to run on on one car already (just) but is not yet complete.
I suspect I won't be the only one interested when they're ready.
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13 minutes ago, ESTHAR_CITY said:
Do it, you only live once
Nah, I'm not after a full race engine. Don't get me wrong I love reading this thread, it's awesomeI and the ITB's look amazing but I expect it's bit more involved than just replacing the throttle body and intake manifold/chamber/thingy.
And I like being able to drive my car, not wanting to rub salt into wounds there but yours and splinters stories have put me right off having any sort of work like this done. Sadly, my Celica will be staying N/A and underpowered. That way I'm more likely to keep my sanity, solvency and licence
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2 hours ago, ESTHAR_CITY said:
and sticking some trumpets on the block
I want trumpets like that!
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On 27/02/2019 at 12:49, Dtracer said:
Yum
Now with final fit up.
I recognise the rocker cover... Umm.. I think that's about where the similarities end to the 2zz in my car.
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I doubt you will see an increase in power as these sort of things have been tested before and generally found that the only thing that improved performance over stock was CAI.
Saying that, someone did get a decent power figure out of his 2zz with just a Green cotton filter and a Japspeed exhaust. When I say decent I mean it was slightly over the (rather optimistic) 190 that Toyota suggest the engine will produce.
As for noise.. I never really noticed much change when changing filters but perhaps my ears aren't so sensitive.
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22 minutes ago, budgetbondbile said:
Hiya anyone know the easy/easiest way to manipulate photos/pictures to see what design ideas/colour change s will potentially look like before implementation?!!
There is a Photoshop request section under Misc. Have you asked there?
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As far as I know you can't do anything with the Gen7 ECU other than replace it.
I would say £77 0f plastic nonsense.
Would be interesting to Myth bust but as I am currently out of work I won't be wasting the money to see.
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OK I need to stop you all here with your "Here's how to clean the glass for you headlights" Should of said something earlier I just didn't expect that particular band wagon to carry so many
Yep, I know how to do this, I have the kit. I also do it regularly to refurbish the screens on card Payment terminals.
The lens that is spreading out the light distribution on the one inside the head light.
I bought a modified set of OEM from here some time ago and I thought I had thrown them out (they were shit, tbh) but it turned out I had thrown out one of my originals so when I sent lights to Eddie to get the gadgetman treatment one of the headlights had already been tampered with and had the "terminator" red light mod. It's this one that is causing the issue as Eddie had to try to make it match the stock one.
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I thought the rule about after market exhausts was older than that. That would explain why I'd never seen anything like that on the MOT's before.
They weren't dicks about it so I don't have an issue going back there but I do need to sort out some new lights to get through the next one as the lenses on mine are messed up.
And yes, it passed
which is good news as I'll be out of work in 2 weeks. Which should be bad news but I sort of hate it here so I'm actually kinda happy about it.
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Noisy Exhaust..
Never had that before, I know the law regarding modified exhausts but I've never had tester decide to comment on it.
Is this going to be a common thing I did I just find a vigilant tester.
Other than that it passed (except my headlights need changing, again)
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1 minute ago, ESTHAR_CITY said:
Daniel! There is nothing wrong with a 140, I had one for years
You could get a real race car, Splinters for 7k, think their in dream world a bit
Was going to say the same
Realistic difference between a 1zz and 2zz is what? 30-40hp?
They're hardly power monsters
Anyway, yes if this was worth 10 then Moo must be worth 20.
If money and space were no object I would by both and... Keep my ideas to myself as I would probably be lynched for just thinking it
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Yeah it's been up for sale before, don't remember what price tag it had then. I don't think it's anyone on here tho
I like then interior
I like the body kit
I like the paint.
Hate the wing.
Hate the fact that the wheels are making no attempt to fill those arches, in fact I doubt they would fill stock arches.
Hate the pointless decals, ruining the look of that expensive paint, advertising a soundcloud play list or something. Why keep them on there if you're selling the car? They really are not a selling piont.
Don't see him getting anything close to 10.
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Removed one of the interior support plates from the rear wing that was loose and rattling around inside the boot lid (not going to bother refitting it) and managed to get the other over one stud, hopefully that's now tight enough to stop that one rattling/vibrating.
Why were these both loose inside the boot lid?
You would have ask the guy that wrapped my car that. Why he failed to notice them then failed to do anything about them when they had come loose. Bear in mind that it's pretty obvious when one of these comes loose and drops inside the boot lid skin and yet after the first one had done this he failed to make sure the next one didn't do it. I'm not sure they could have done anything else wrong...
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After spending a small fortune on PDR tools to try and remove the worst of my dent finally had the time and weather to strip out the interior and see if I could get to the dented area.
The result... I pushed it out with my hand
Well, I have to tools incase I need to work on another dent.
Dent is still there but far less noticeable. I doubt I will be getting it repaired unless I get the car resprayed.
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2 hours ago, SpaceCowboys83 said:
Dude that is stunning. Where did you get the polished parts from?.
Thank you, I've still not tidied the wiring and won't get the car back from being wrapped until Tuesday.
For the polished parts, I just bought an extra intake chamber(I think it's called), rocker cover and throttle body from Ams and took had them to a local polisher then swapped them over (well, had a garage do that while they serviced the car) once they were done.
If your looking at doing something similar, have a look at the hydro-dipping thread from BRD first.They do some awesome things with that.
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Fitted my Blitz warm air intake
Which, going by other peoples engine bay pics with the Advanced air cleaner, I think I have done right...
Need to tidy up some wiring but it went and got dark on me so tomorrow if not raining.
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28 minutes ago, Spaff said:
Never seen a carbon one, looks blingy as
It is shiny... and will likely be scratched in some manner by my hamfisted attempts to install it
Ordered from Japan, couldn't find anyone selling one over here. Hope the rarity means I can make the money back on the extra one, although until it arrives I don't know what I am going to be paying in import duty as yet.
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Blitz Carbon Power Air Cleaner - Hot Air Intake - Engine Bay decoration (Got another arriving tomorrow or Friday, that'll be going on Ebay I expect)
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On 06/08/2018 at 09:33, RUToyota said:
It always smacks of trying to hard...and "look at me"...for ALL the wrong reasons.
Yeah, take that wing off and no one would notice Eddie's car at all, it's so refrained and subtle
Not my thing either (I don't even like the one Toyota stuck on my GT) but that wing does fit with the rest of the car nicely so
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what have you done to your celica today...
in General Celica Discussion
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It looks good like that, definitely have to get rid of the noodle bar at back of mine.
(Hope no one expects my car to come to Silverstone this as shiny as the above, you maybe disappointed.. Maybe meaning, Will be)