Hi! I've been a member of this forum for quite some time, thought it was about time I wrote a few words about my Celica. I bought this car for around 2000 USD during the winter of 2010/2011 from a great guy in Northern Norway who also had a neat st165. I sold my first Celica, the red at160 when I came across the black st162 at a Norwegian sports car club forum. After a really fun test drive I made the deal, and bought the car. I've had this car for 4-5 years now, and I've managed to do some work with it. Mainly repairs and minor tuning. I'm working as a radiographic technologist at the local hospital, and my skills as a mechanic is rather limited I'm afraid, so I haven't made huge plans for this particular car. As of now it's in a pretty good state I recon, as opposed to what it looked and felt like when I got it The engine currently mounted in the car is the 3rd, if I'm not mistaken, and it was thoroughly serviced before it went in the car. It has now run aproximitly 200,000 km, whereas the car itself has run about 430,000 km. AT160: St162: Exterior: Paint job 2007 Arial Black Metallic Removed exterior trim Removed window tint Hella fog lights at the front Switched to LED's White side markers Rewired the taillights Polished front windshield Custom made OEM decals at the tailgate (Thanks to Kevin) *Order new Licence plates Interior: Removed and cleaned the interior Momo Millennium steering wheel New shift boot TRD Gearknob Homemade shortshift Changed fake leather interior with Original gray st162 Red gauge/interior lights Cleaned up interior wiring harness Repaired faulty sentral locking system *Mount EVO prosport gauges for coolant, oil temp and voltage Sound System: Panasonic Cq-c7301n stereo Blaupunkt speakers hidden like the original ones Panasonic amplifier Sony xplod 1200w subwoofer Body: During the late summer of 2011 I completely disassembled, re-painted and re-fitted the front end of the car after a car accident by the previous owner Attatched original front spoiler (Cost 450 USD at Toyota!) Grinded/sanded/welded down canals, rear wheel arches, sunroof etc. and did a re-spray 1989 Facelift front *Change the front windshield Chassis/Driveline: Changed suspension struts at the front Changed to original springs at the front Removed, cleaned and re-painted cross-members, axle arms, sway bar etc. Changed to poly bushings Changed sway bar links front and rear Did a refurb on the rear brake calipers Changed disks and pads Changed leaky steering rack 4-wheel alignment *Change front CV boots *Change steering end link left side front (Noticed a bit of movement) *Underside steam and techtyl *Swap all four brake calipers with refurbished ones Engine: Completely stock 3S-GE Refurbished alternator Refurbished starter NGK spark plugs Magnacore wires Oil pressure sensor *K&N filter kit *Radiator swap *Timing belt swap *Engine/engine bay cleanup
Thanks! I'll post some pics of what the car looks like these days soon. Too dark outside at the moment. By the way, I'm not at all satisfied with the light output of my projectors. What kind of projectors are you guys running...? From 1.dec to 15th of january it's pitch black day and night up here, so I'd really like to install a pair of new ones. I've come across some kits on ebay, both HID and regular H4 but they're not really street legal here in Norway...
Welcome from the UK. Can't wait to see those new pics of the car as it is today. Do you use it everyday ?
Welcome! I love that photo of your AT160,was my wallpaper for a while xD Nice ST162,post some recent pics please. I use OEM projectors with regular H4 bulbs,but its really bad.Maybe some better lights like OSRAM Night breaker or something like that would help?I had HID for a while but like in your country is ilegal around here...
I've been using it as a daily driver since I got it, although not without some difficulties... Taken during my studying years in Tromsø, the Northern Lights City". The brown brick house in the backround was the Gestapo HQ in Tromsø during the 2nd world war. Rumour has it a person managed to escape captivity and questioning via a small window in the cellar... Note my former neighbour's 1970's swedish Volvo c303 truck got completely jammed under the roof one day when he tried to reverse out of the carport. Unbelievable amounts of snow during that winter. I'll try looking for some better bulbs, but I've bought myself a new A-B car and I'm currently looking for a place to store my Celi this winter.
