2003 Toyota Celica T-Sport
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I'll definitely have to check that kit out, looking at yours its done an amazing job. Trouble is with mine is that I was doing it by hand, and it's left sanding marks due to how much pressure I've had to put on to attempt to restore them. They're massively faded and scratched, so hopefully this kit will work wonders!
geraintthomas said:
I'll definitely have to check that kit out, looking at yours its done an amazing job. Trouble is with mine is that I was doing it by hand, and it's left sanding marks due to how much pressure I've had to put on to attempt to restore them. They're massively faded and scratched, so hopefully this kit will work wonders!
My drivers side headlight was a lot more yellow and marked than the picture has picked up - at some point the passenger side headlight has obviously been replaced and the difference between the 2 has really noticeable - you can't tell the difference nowThe latest kits now contain 2 double sided sanding pads starting at Grade 1 working to Grade 4, progressively reducing the abrasiveness can remove most sanding marks and allow the Paste X polish to do its job - you can buy the kit from Halfords for about £20
Lovely deep shine
Paintwork on mine will be sorted now that the underside is clean and painted / corrosion treated and the wheel refurbishment is underway, I only have one tiny car park dent and some bonnet stonechips, hopefully should not be a difficult job - the Flex Rotary makes light work of most defects anyway
Paintwork on mine will be sorted now that the underside is clean and painted / corrosion treated and the wheel refurbishment is underway, I only have one tiny car park dent and some bonnet stonechips, hopefully should not be a difficult job - the Flex Rotary makes light work of most defects anyway
DuncanM said:
Lovely cars chaps, what is the best likely MPG on a run?
I want one!
I have done 600 miles in mine since collecting - 240 mile round trip to Clevedon (100 miles across country, 140 on motorway) with the other 360 miles around town, A roads etc so a pretty representative mixI want one!
Calculating properly from brim to brim mine has done just under 42mpg average
Andy665 said:
DuncanM said:
Lovely cars chaps, what is the best likely MPG on a run?
I want one!
I have done 600 miles in mine since collecting - 240 mile round trip to Clevedon (100 miles across country, 140 on motorway) with the other 360 miles around town, A roads etc so a pretty representative mixI want one!
Calculating properly from brim to brim mine has done just under 42mpg average
DuncanM said:
Andy665 said:
DuncanM said:
Lovely cars chaps, what is the best likely MPG on a run?
I want one!
I have done 600 miles in mine since collecting - 240 mile round trip to Clevedon (100 miles across country, 140 on motorway) with the other 360 miles around town, A roads etc so a pretty representative mixI want one!
Calculating properly from brim to brim mine has done just under 42mpg average
Official figures are a combined mpg of 33mpg and extra urban of 42mph. This, plus the fact that it does 0-60 in 7.0 seconds and has 190bhp squeezed out of a 1.8, makes it very impressive!
It's partly due to the fact that it's 140bhp until it hits 6,200rpm where the high profile cam kicks in, giving it an extra 50bhp. So driving like a granny gives you good mpg, and driving hard gives you great performance.
At 8,250rpm, it gives 7mpg!
It's partly due to the fact that it's 140bhp until it hits 6,200rpm where the high profile cam kicks in, giving it an extra 50bhp. So driving like a granny gives you good mpg, and driving hard gives you great performance.
At 8,250rpm, it gives 7mpg!
rb5er said:
So you get far better than manufacturers figures? Hmmm.....
It was calculated properly - tank totally brimmed - trip reset - brimmed again after several hundred miles - distance covered divided by fuel put back in to fill again = fuel consumptionBetter than manufacturers figures - I have no idea - I do know what my car has averaged over 600 miles - 42mpg
For reference over 10k miles I averaged 35mpg from a Saab 9-5 Aero manual and 39mpg over 4k miles from a Clio 182 - I have always had a light right foot
Edited by Andy665 on Friday 5th June 14:46
Edited by Andy665 on Friday 5th June 14:47
geraintthomas said:
Hey guys,
First post here! Been reading everyone's cars for a long while and it's fantastic looking at peoples pride and joy. So I thought I'd share mine.
Bought it back in September 2013 with 110,000 on the clock. Immaculate condition throughout, and full Toyota premium service history.
Some photos from the advert.
Refurbished alloy center caps
Looking good First post here! Been reading everyone's cars for a long while and it's fantastic looking at peoples pride and joy. So I thought I'd share mine.
Bought it back in September 2013 with 110,000 on the clock. Immaculate condition throughout, and full Toyota premium service history.
Some photos from the advert.
Refurbished alloy center caps
Edited by geraintthomas on Monday 11th May 15:11
Question on the center caps - how did you refurb them?
thanks
A member on www.celica-club.co.uk refurbed them for me, but I can't remember who. I'm not sure if he even does them anymore unfortunately. They're just gel stickers that go over the originals once they're peeled away from the plastic cap.
Need to finish my other caliper in yellow. Decided to fit all of the parts myself that I've gathered for the mechanic to do, as I can't be bothered to wait.
These include:
- Wilwood Superlite 4-pot calipers
- 325mm MTEC discs
- Wilwood pads
- New MTEC rear discs & green stuff pads
- Front & rear braided hoses
- Front adjustable anti-roll bar
- Front poly engine mount
- Fitting Toyota 'Dynamic' side skirts
- Painting and fitting rear parking sensors
Then, thanks to a freelance job I'm doing, I'll be getting about £1,000 on the side this month. That'll go towards paying for the big stuff that I was going to do over the next few months, so instead I can more or less finish the car. That'll include:
- Front bumper & bonnet respray - £300
- Front GT splitter, painted & delivered - £150
- Rear valance, painted & delivered - £150
- Steering wheel re-stitch - £110
- New stereo - £130
- Fitting custom designed dials - £50
The reason why I'm getting a new radio, steering wheel and dials, is because I'm re-designing the interior.
From this:
To this:
Retrim the steering wheel, re-do the lights, etc. I've got the dials already, as they were custom made. Just need to fit them, but I won't fit them until I have the rest of the parts (lights, radio, etc). And I was holding off on them until I get this handling problem fixed - but, it seems to have fixed itself... so full steam ahead!
Oh, and I went on a club meet last weekend. Did a little film if anyone wants to see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi_PKHl4yP0&fe...
Cheers
Need to finish my other caliper in yellow. Decided to fit all of the parts myself that I've gathered for the mechanic to do, as I can't be bothered to wait.
These include:
- Wilwood Superlite 4-pot calipers
- 325mm MTEC discs
- Wilwood pads
- New MTEC rear discs & green stuff pads
- Front & rear braided hoses
- Front adjustable anti-roll bar
- Front poly engine mount
- Fitting Toyota 'Dynamic' side skirts
- Painting and fitting rear parking sensors
Then, thanks to a freelance job I'm doing, I'll be getting about £1,000 on the side this month. That'll go towards paying for the big stuff that I was going to do over the next few months, so instead I can more or less finish the car. That'll include:
- Front bumper & bonnet respray - £300
- Front GT splitter, painted & delivered - £150
- Rear valance, painted & delivered - £150
- Steering wheel re-stitch - £110
- New stereo - £130
- Fitting custom designed dials - £50
The reason why I'm getting a new radio, steering wheel and dials, is because I'm re-designing the interior.
From this:
To this:
Retrim the steering wheel, re-do the lights, etc. I've got the dials already, as they were custom made. Just need to fit them, but I won't fit them until I have the rest of the parts (lights, radio, etc). And I was holding off on them until I get this handling problem fixed - but, it seems to have fixed itself... so full steam ahead!
Oh, and I went on a club meet last weekend. Did a little film if anyone wants to see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi_PKHl4yP0&fe...
Cheers
That genuinely looks brilliant, always thought the T203 gen celica was underrated and you've had me looking in the classifieds in the past. If it wasn't for the eunos and potentially needing a sensible car for my next one, it would definitely be on the shortlist to replace the ignis sport with, great stuff. 
geraintthomas said:
A member on www.celica-club.co.uk refurbed them for me, but I can't remember who. I'm not sure if he even does them anymore unfortunately. They're just gel stickers that go over the originals once they're peeled away from the plastic cap.
Need to finish my other caliper in yellow. Decided to fit all of the parts myself that I've gathered for the mechanic to do, as I can't be bothered to wait.
These include:
- Wilwood Superlite 4-pot calipers
- 325mm MTEC discs
- Wilwood pads
- New MTEC rear discs & green stuff pads
- Front & rear braided hoses
- Front adjustable anti-roll bar
- Front poly engine mount
- Fitting Toyota 'Dynamic' side skirts
- Painting and fitting rear parking sensors
Then, thanks to a freelance job I'm doing, I'll be getting about £1,000 on the side this month. That'll go towards paying for the big stuff that I was going to do over the next few months, so instead I can more or less finish the car. That'll include:
- Front bumper & bonnet respray - £300
- Front GT splitter, painted & delivered - £150
- Rear valance, painted & delivered - £150
- Steering wheel re-stitch - £110
- New stereo - £130
- Fitting custom designed dials - £50
The reason why I'm getting a new radio, steering wheel and dials, is because I'm re-designing the interior.
From this:
To this:
Retrim the steering wheel, re-do the lights, etc. I've got the dials already, as they were custom made. Just need to fit them, but I won't fit them until I have the rest of the parts (lights, radio, etc). And I was holding off on them until I get this handling problem fixed - but, it seems to have fixed itself... so full steam ahead!
Oh, and I went on a club meet last weekend. Did a little film if anyone wants to see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi_PKHl4yP0&fe...
Cheers
Thanks - that interior looks fantastic. I must resist - I bought mine as a cheap interim, and it's more fun than I thought it would be.Need to finish my other caliper in yellow. Decided to fit all of the parts myself that I've gathered for the mechanic to do, as I can't be bothered to wait.
These include:
- Wilwood Superlite 4-pot calipers
- 325mm MTEC discs
- Wilwood pads
- New MTEC rear discs & green stuff pads
- Front & rear braided hoses
- Front adjustable anti-roll bar
- Front poly engine mount
- Fitting Toyota 'Dynamic' side skirts
- Painting and fitting rear parking sensors
Then, thanks to a freelance job I'm doing, I'll be getting about £1,000 on the side this month. That'll go towards paying for the big stuff that I was going to do over the next few months, so instead I can more or less finish the car. That'll include:
- Front bumper & bonnet respray - £300
- Front GT splitter, painted & delivered - £150
- Rear valance, painted & delivered - £150
- Steering wheel re-stitch - £110
- New stereo - £130
- Fitting custom designed dials - £50
The reason why I'm getting a new radio, steering wheel and dials, is because I'm re-designing the interior.
From this:
To this:
Retrim the steering wheel, re-do the lights, etc. I've got the dials already, as they were custom made. Just need to fit them, but I won't fit them until I have the rest of the parts (lights, radio, etc). And I was holding off on them until I get this handling problem fixed - but, it seems to have fixed itself... so full steam ahead!
Oh, and I went on a club meet last weekend. Did a little film if anyone wants to see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi_PKHl4yP0&fe...
Cheers
That's what most people end up thinking when they buy one
If you go to Page 2 of this thread, my post at the top explains it all. They're cheap for a reason, and that's the reason why. And why it was never so popular. With a few hundred quid though, you fix the basic flaws it had and you end up with a fantastic car that, lets be honest, still looks modern even though it was designed in '99.
If you go to Page 2 of this thread, my post at the top explains it all. They're cheap for a reason, and that's the reason why. And why it was never so popular. With a few hundred quid though, you fix the basic flaws it had and you end up with a fantastic car that, lets be honest, still looks modern even though it was designed in '99.
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