eNtrax's 162 GT (FE/AT)

Well here's a recap of everything so far since my original thread's first post isn't there to delete it.

A bit of history of the ST162-7209073
I'm the 3rd owner of this Celica, the first owner being a lady, the 2nd being my aunt. My aunt bought it in '88 with about 10k KM's on it from the dealership it was delivered from. Then this was used as a daily driver, racking up the odometer. In July 2001, my family moved to Vancouver from the Philippines and it was the first time I'd seen a Celica, more specifically this one. We borrowed it for about 3 months, getting used to the new city/culture and just getting around while settling in. My dad loved it! In May 2004, this car was put into retirement, sitting for 6 years...under the rain/sun/snow for the whole time without a cover outside. It was almost scrapped, but the return of $$ from the yard was too low for my aunt. Thank god. Fast forward to August 2010, I was looking around for a car, and my aunt found out that I had been test driving 4th gen Celica's, so she offered me hers. "If you can get it out of the parking spot, it's yours."

Doesn't that look like the commercial? "Who could ask for anything more!"

Here's when I first got her:



I listened to it crank but not start for 3 months. In the end it was the fuel pump:


All ready to be transferred to me from my uncle and drive home from their house:


Finding out more about the 4th gen, slowly but surely:


Found a lip:



Found a wing (still need a sticker for "GT"):

notice the yellowing of the paint on the sides (has now been fixed)


Found some summer wheels (removed for now in favour of stock alloys for winter with all-seasons):

16x7 205/50/16 (the closest i've had to identifying them is Racinghart CP-035R replicas)

Worked on the rust problems:
(some pictures are not of actual work done to the parts of the body, but more of when i got bored and screwed around)


no i did not just paint over the rust, but i was thinking about it because i was contemplating on ordering fibreglass ones anyways.






Foldable mirrors!: (Thanks Stig!)


Euro corners: (Thanks Rick! -I still owe him lol)


Some other shots that I've taken over my 6 months with the car:

first day after transfer of ownership/insurance


post-wing and jdm mirrors:


post-euro corners:


So far:
needed to be fixed and done:

• walker muffler
  OEM distributor
  ngk plugs
  100lph fuel pump
  retorque loose ring gear bolts
  rear main seal
  reseal rear quarter windows
  rust stuffs
  rear drums/shoes
  starter fix

mods/extras:

• blue led gauges
  jdm side mirrors
  eudm front corners
  alltrac rear wing
  5 1/4" mid + 1" tweeter front speakers
  10" 800w Sony xplod sub (no amp yet)
  Sony xplod bluetooth/aux deck
  power windows/locks -> guide here
  cheapo air filter

to be done:

• find 25mm spacers
  front engine mount
  exhaust flexpipe replaced
  power steering pressure hose

 

Re: eNtrax's 162 GT (3s-fe, Auto)

Recent meet by 187flatliner in Tacoma, WA (Feb 20):

lol bored on the highway


beautiful examples flatliner and square one

about 1/3 of the meet

 

Re: eNtrax's 162 GT (3s-fe, Auto)

ahaahha @ my facial expression. gratz on being the first person to take a pic of me driving my celi :thumbsup:

and i just noticed that my antenna folds back...dammit i always thought that it stayed straight while moving.

 

Re: eNtrax's 162 GT (3s-fe, Auto)

ahahhaha at least that's the only thing i broke attempting that lol

anyways, rick, it seems that the LHD edm 162's got the foldable mirrors too, you think the bases would just swap with the RHD jdm ones?

 

Re: eNtrax's 162 GT (3s-fe, Auto)

how would taking the same mirrors help? it's the LHD biased bases that i'd need to make a difference since the mirrors are sysmetrical already.

yes, student 5 days a week and working weekends. they're short commutes (25km/day) but they go along routes that aren't covered by busses.

awesome, hopefully shipping won't cost an arm..btw, as soon as gov't cheque comes in, i'll paypal you, waiting on it, hopefully this week :/

 

Re: eNtrax's 162 GT (3s-fe, Auto)

i don't know how i didn't read this before: yes they were plug n play, pretty awesome for something around the world. they were non-heated, non-power folding, only power adjusting. but both harnesses (when i switched from manual to power windows/locks) were wired up to have the heated, power adjusting, non-power folding mirrors ready to just plug in too.

ps. i have a sig request for you


on another note: i have reason to believe that there will be no more snow until next winter, which means summer set is going on! question. i know i hit the rear strut housings with 205/50/16 on a +43 offset wheel. with a 5 (or 10) mm spacer, i forgot, i can clear the housings.

now, my problem is i have two tires 205/50, 1 195/50, 1 205/55. i was thinking of ditching the latter two and these options
1) buy two 205/45's and put them on the back, maybe solve the strut problems without spacers
2) buy two 205/50's to get a set of 4 same size, get 5mm spacer (or more)
3) buy all 4 205/45 and be broke.

 

Re: eNtrax's 162 GT (3s-fe, Auto)

sorry, i meant to say the harness is wired for heated mirrors from the kickpanel to the mirror, but not the actual mirror themselves. as well the jdm mirror innards seem to be different from the usdm ones? but yeh, it is annoying to have those droplets every morning!

 

Re: eNtrax's 162 GT (3s-fe, Auto)

oh my god. red lady was a beaut. resurrection? another one? or the body is somehow revivable? yenno those tires you got for square one, how much would it run me to grab 4 from shops there? or would you run 205/50 in front, 205/45 rears just to clear the rears to save two tires.

burnaby. but i do everything in east van pretty much.

 

Re: eNtrax's 162 GT (3s-fe, Auto)

holy shit that's cheap. i'm gonna look around vancouver see if i can get some sort of deal like that