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Painted console #100600 Feb 8, 5:03pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming Ok, it's finally done!

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100601 Feb 8, 5:04pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming another... Last edited by carbon_blue_gt; Feb 8, 2004 5:05pm.

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100602 Feb 8, 5:06pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming last one...

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100603 Feb 8, 5:07pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,152 Philadelphia, PA beans ECelica Jester 2000 Toyota Celica GTS beans ECelica Jester 2000 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,152 Philadelphia, PA how can you tell what your mode for ac/heat are? nice clear coat

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100604 Feb 8, 5:10pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,110 MA GraSSRooTs Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GraSSRooTs Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,110 MA I like it. I'm just not feeling that shift boot...

Re: Painted console GraSSRooTs #100605 Feb 8, 5:11pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming Originally Posted by GraSSRooTs I like it. I'm just not feeling that shift boot... Good call.. that's why i'm having a black suede shift boot made.

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100606 Feb 8, 5:11pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,110 MA GraSSRooTs Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GraSSRooTs Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,110 MA Awesome

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100607 Feb 8, 5:12pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT saspence22 sappy 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 392 Missouri Mine is painted like that as well...mine is white so I can still kinda see it at night. Other than that, you just memorize it!! I like da' boot!!!

Re: Painted console saspence22 #100608 Feb 8, 5:15pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming Originally Posted by saspence22 Mine is painted like that as well...mine is white so I can still kinda see it at night. Other than that, you just memorize it!! I like da' boot!!! I'm going to make some new emblems in Photoshop, and print them on vinyl, and cut them out with an x-acto, then apply them to the dash

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100609 Feb 8, 5:17pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,925 Phoenix, AZ celicaTRDgts Specialist 02 Toyota Celica celicaTRDgts Specialist 02 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,925 Phoenix, AZ i like it..clean

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100610 Feb 8, 5:18pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,110 MA GraSSRooTs Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GraSSRooTs Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,110 MA Originally Posted by carbon_blue_gt Originally Posted by saspence22 Mine is painted like that as well...mine is white so I can still kinda see it at night. Other than that, you just memorize it!! I like da' boot!!! I'm going to make some new emblems in Photoshop, and print them on vinyl, and cut them out with an x-acto, then apply them to the dash Never heard of anyone doing that. That will look even better if you make em good. Get some pics up when that is done!

Re: Painted console beans #100611 Feb 8, 5:29pm Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,408 Englewood, CO CelicaRacer05 Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT CelicaRacer05 Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,408 Englewood, CO Originally Posted by beans how can you tell what your mode for ac/heat are? nice clear coat You remember, its not that hard, hots on the right and cold is on the right. However with the areas of where the air goes, i dont remember those here let me see farthest to the right is front window de-fog, next to that is de-fog and feet, next is only floor then face and floor and next is only face... and i didnt once have to look at the car.

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100612 Feb 8, 5:49pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 945 Nassau,NY PnOyGtS Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica PnOyGtS Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 945 Nassau,NY thats neat!

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100613 Feb 8, 6:18pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,269 Seattle, WA NorwayGT Specialist 2004 Dodge SRT4 NorwayGT Specialist 2004 Dodge SRT4 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,269 Seattle, WA clean, looks great was....5speed with i/h/e 15.41 @ 89.30mph 2.282 60' is....04 srt4 stock 13.936 100.15mph 2.177 60'

Re: Painted console NorwayGT #100614 Feb 8, 6:19pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 479 Pacific Beach, CA PBCelica02 the dude 2002 Toyota Celica GT PBCelica02 the dude 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 479 Pacific Beach, CA nice work dude. clean.

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100615 Feb 8, 6:35pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ looks really good! SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100616 Feb 8, 7:37pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,917 Southern California tru_Asiatik_Pride Blue MnM 2003 Toyota Celica tru_Asiatik_Pride Blue MnM 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,917 Southern California Originally Posted by carbon_blue_gt Originally Posted by saspence22 Mine is painted like that as well...mine is white so I can still kinda see it at night. Other than that, you just memorize it!! I like da' boot!!! I'm going to make some new emblems in Photoshop, and print them on vinyl, and cut them out with an x-acto, then apply them to the dash thats a great idea maybe you can make a template to post here on ecelica so everyone can make there own

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100617 Feb 8, 7:49pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 818 CA Mad_Game Senior Member 03 Toyota Celica Mad_Game Senior Member 03 Toyota Celica Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 818 CA nice

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100618 Feb 8, 7:58pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,265 Pomona, CA Virgilson TheFilipinoCrew 2000 Toyota Celica GT Virgilson TheFilipinoCrew 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,265 Pomona, CA [color=blue][/color] Looks nice..

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100619 Feb 8, 8:11pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Originally Posted by carbon_blue_gt Originally Posted by saspence22 Mine is painted like that as well...mine is white so I can still kinda see it at night. Other than that, you just memorize it!! I like da' boot!!! I'm going to make some new emblems in Photoshop, and print them on vinyl, and cut them out with an x-acto, then apply them to the dash Mmmm, Purty! If you don't wanna go to all that trouble, I think there's someone on the other board that sells a kit in just about any color vinyl you can think of. Nice job!

Re: Painted console CelicaRacer05 #100620 Feb 8, 8:21pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 775 MN tgts2000 Senior Member 2002 Acura RSX-S tgts2000 Senior Member 2002 Acura RSX-S Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 775 MN Theres a guy over at NC i dont know if he posts over here, but he sells the A/C decals in a few different colors just in case!.. PM me if your interested!

Re: Painted console tgts2000 #100621 Feb 8, 8:38pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming Originally Posted by tgts2000 Theres a guy over at NC i dont know if he posts over here, but he sells the A/C decals in a few different colors just in case!.. PM me if your interested! I'm interrested, but i was also thinking of doing some slick effects with the photo editing software, and a good laser printer.

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100622 Feb 8, 8:46pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 775 MN tgts2000 Senior Member 2002 Acura RSX-S tgts2000 Senior Member 2002 Acura RSX-S Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 775 MN Theyre 12$ shipped and they come in black white silver n red his name is b0x over at NC..

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100623 Feb 8, 8:48pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming got any pics?

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100624 Feb 8, 8:51pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 775 MN tgts2000 Senior Member 2002 Acura RSX-S tgts2000 Senior Member 2002 Acura RSX-S Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 775 MN These are the red ones on a black console..

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100625 Feb 8, 8:55pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming OK, those kick ass! i might just have to get me some silver ones...

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100626 Feb 8, 10:27pm Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered looking good! im assuming you used ur painting guide? looks professional... good job

Re: Painted console #100627 Feb 8, 10:34pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming Originally Posted by darksidecelica looking good! im assuming you used ur painting guide? looks professional... good job well... i didn't use the guide itself... but i did follow my steps and Thanks!

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100628 Feb 9, 2:31am Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,576 Likes: 1 Stephen Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica GT Stephen Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,576 Likes: 1 Looks awesome dude! Very nice work!

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100629 Feb 9, 3:18am Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 870 Torrance, CA SilverGT Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT SilverGT Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 870 Torrance, CA that loooks real goood. i will have to do mine someday.

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100630 Feb 9, 9:02am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 53 Charlotte, NC blk6speed Member 2000 Toyota Celica blk6speed Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 53 Charlotte, NC WOW very nice... About how long did it take you from start to finish?

Re: Painted console blk6speed #100631 Feb 9, 9:08am Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered looks awesome!

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100632 Feb 9, 9:29am Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 420 Florence SC Elkal900 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Elkal900 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 420 Florence SC lookin good

Re: Painted console carbon_blue_gt #100633 Feb 9, 9:38am Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 109 San Diego, Cali, USA anGeLLe Member 2001 Toyota Celica anGeLLe Member 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 109 San Diego, Cali, USA That turned out awesome, beautiful clear coat! Very very Nice DIY work, many props to you!

Re: Painted console blk6speed #100634 Feb 9, 9:42am Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT carbon_blue_gt Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,061 Wyoming Originally Posted by blk6speed WOW very nice... About how long did it take you from start to finish? I would say the whole project took about 25 hours, with the sanding, prep work, painting and buffing... and that's not accounting for dry time.

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