Allow myself, to introduce.... myself

Hi all Im Rusty, Im from Hawkesbay, New Zealand.
21 years old. Own a 1996 Toyota Celica SS-II.
some of you might know me on 6gc, celicatech, toyspeed also registered on CCUK but dont post since it cost money, which I really think is silly.

My celica has had 1 previous owner in japan then I bought it in 2007, so I'm the second owner, had done 60,000km when I bough her, looking after her quite well, will post pictures for you all to look at later on.

Hey and welcome, nice to see another NZer

Yep, have seen you on celicatech and toyspeed, your the owner of probably the cleanest SS2 in NZ!

I'm also a member of CCUK since it has a lot of GTR 4WS info but too much hassle to sort out membership.

So when are you getting your rims done then? Seen your thread on toyspeed, can't wait to see when finished!

Anyway, enjoy your stay

Welcome, i think i have seen this car on celicatech.com, is it red and 3SGE powered?

Recognicse your name.

Hi rusty, welcome. I know you from 6gc and celicatech.

Enjoy your stay

welcome, unlike the others, i haven't seen your celica so pics would be awesome

haha yes I do know a few of you. and rollaboy here are some pictures. (Yup its red and 3sge powered) I just take real good care of my celica, you put in the time effort (and a bit of money maybe)
anyones car can look as good
how it was.
















for a list one what has been done check this out. http://www.6gc.net/members/rusty



rims should be finished powdercoated by wednesday-ish (going to drop off the rims to get done now)

hello and welcome rusty
hope you have a nice stay here at na celicas

i like it even more evertime i see it, the SS3 kit and the projectors really look great!

I like that last pic alot, you can see the sweet curves of the 6th gen!

Hi and welcome!

Wow, that's superclean bro! Can't wait to see the wheels powdercoated.

thanks for the comments guys

Yeah I cant wait either till the rims are finished.

right so I've got the rims back and...


they look amazing, the were sandblastered, the a zinc primer and powdercoated in artic white. for NZ$200, so quite well priced for the quality.


I'll have to post some picture up sometime, but yea really happy with results

Rusty wrote:

right so I've got the rims back and...


they look amazing, the were sandblastered, the a zinc primer and powdercoated in artic white. for NZ$200, so quite well priced for the quality.


I'll have to post some picture up sometime, but yea really happy with results

Artic white is going to look great,

Are they actually fitted yet or have you just got them back? Can't wait to see pics!

artic white is a real nice tone of white, cant wait too see the end result

no not fitted yet still waiting for a "package" from japan (damn sea shipping) and then I have to look for some tyres

ok so here they are..

before




now





not bad aye?

I can not wait to see these on the car, they look superb!

Going to be hard to keep clean though

White is by far the best colour for a red car, done a good job on powder coating them aswell!

Nice one!

WOW! Going to look great once on the car!

So what's this package your waiting on then?

thats still a secret across the board to everyone but dont worry you all find out shortly

shouldn't be too hard to keep them clean

sooo, are they on the car yet?

gunna look sweet!

nope not yet,I'm going to look around at tyre shops soon to see what prices they have

So today my stuff arrived today got some replacement parts and this other...thing









(ST20# TRD quick shifter set, front rubber strip, 3S-GE engine decal & air temperature sensor)

hope to have the quick shifter in this weekend, and the decal! will be going on once I've had time to tidy up my intake manifold.



(lol I almost need to shift this to the project thread )

Awesome TRD shifter, i've never seen these for sale in NZ before, did they come straight from Japan?

Is that the sensor that goes into the intake?

Can't wait to see it all together

Looking good mate, going to be one sweet gen 6 once put together!

I just noticed, how did you get your intake manifold so shiny? I wish my engine bay looked like that!

Celica_XR9145 wrote:

Awesome TRD shifter, i've never seen these for sale in NZ before, did they come straight from Japan?

Is that the sensor that goes into the intake?

I went through Toyota for the TRD SS, so yea straight from japan, sadly I think they've stopped doing a ST18#, I know how you feel, my celica gen has also had a few discountinued items. Yup thats the sensor (measures the temperature of the air when it cames into the intake), mine never came with one, but still had the loom plug, just no sensor. will keep you updated when they are fitted

3Spower wrote:

Looking good mate, going to be one sweet gen 6 once put together!

I just noticed, how did you get your intake manifold so shiny? I wish my engine bay looked like that!

cheers mate, it diffenatly will, well a lot of physical labour lol
sanding (start from around a 600grit and work your way up to 2000 grit) takes a bit of time, its easier if you can take parts out of the engine bay (that way you dont get mess everywhere) or if you cant remove parts, do your best to cover all other areas with newspaper and tape, should cut down on the mess

then finish off with autosol metal polish (looks like a toothpaste tube)