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TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] #113628 Feb 27, 2:30pm 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 Uninstalled:

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113629 Feb 27, 2:30pm 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 Installed

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113630 Feb 27, 2:30pm 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 next

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113631 Feb 27, 2:31pm 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 Last one

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113632 Feb 27, 2:32pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 314 Charlotte, NC Johnny178 Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Johnny178 Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 314 Charlotte, NC humm, not sure if I like it yet or not. Seems to be to small IMO. Probably would grow on me though.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113633 Feb 27, 2:32pm 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 It comes with screws and washers to attach it with the stock bolt locations (just like the oem one), but no rinky-dink plastic screws like stock.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Johnny178 #113634 Feb 27, 2:33pm 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 Johnny178 humm, not sure if I like it yet or not. Seems to be to small IMO. Probably would grow on me though. Yeah, it is a little smaller than stock, but I still think it's a huge improvement. And what I really like is the silver "TRD" emblem

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113635 Feb 27, 2:35pm 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 hmmmm i dunno...i kinda like it...but i dont...still carbon fiber tho

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113636 Feb 27, 2:35pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Looks good Evan... now you need a front strut bar Last edited by Sultan; Feb 27, 2004 2:37pm.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113637 Feb 27, 2:36pm Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,137 Woodland Hills, CA ct C'mon & hit me! 2000 Toyota Celica GTS ct C'mon & hit me! 2000 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,137 Woodland Hills, CA neat...it does look a little exposed, but for 100 bucks it looks good. now all you need is a trd oil cap.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] ct #113638 Feb 27, 2:36pm 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 ct neat...it does look a little exposed, but for 100 bucks it looks good. now all you need is a trd oil cap. You read my mind

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113639 Feb 27, 2:39pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca CeLlYgT04 Specialist CeLlYgT04 Specialist Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,031 Orange County, Ca Looks good man, I like it!

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113640 Feb 27, 2:43pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 I thought you were going to put it over the existing cover?

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] cooltoy2000 #113641 Feb 27, 2:58pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,305 Maryland USA RoMkApOmKa Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica GT RoMkApOmKa Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,305 Maryland USA Looks way better than stock cover but not that good as IPT cover.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] cooltoy2000 #113642 Feb 27, 3:13pm 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 cooltoy2000 I thought you were going to put it over the existing cover? Doesn't fit the contours of the stock cover; you have to use it as a replacement. Thanks for asking that, though, I forgot to mention it above.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113643 Feb 27, 3:34pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica cooltoy2000 Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 874 I am thinking that maybe now that they droped the price to $180, the extra $80 is worth spending. But not at the previous prices.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] cooltoy2000 #113644 Feb 27, 3:37pm 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 cooltoy2000 I am thinking that maybe now that they droped the price to $180, the extra $80 is worth spending. But not at the previous prices. Don't get me wrong, IPT has a very nice product (expensive, but nice). Like you said, though, they didn't change their price until after I got this one.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113645 Feb 27, 4:54pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,863 St. George, UT v3n0m Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT v3n0m Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,863 St. George, UT I dunno, it looks nice, but it's kind of too small.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113646 Feb 27, 4:58pm 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 nice dude

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113647 Feb 27, 5:25pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 614 california ikin Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT ikin Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 614 california does it feel flimsy???

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] ikin #113648 Feb 27, 5:28pm 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 ikin does it feel flimsy??? Flimsy? No. It is thin, but it's pretty solid. It doesn't bend or anything, if that's what you're asking.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] beans #113649 Feb 27, 6:07pm 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 Originally Posted by beans nice dude

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113650 Feb 27, 7:27pm Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,147 Los Angeles, CA tony ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT tony ECelica Staff 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,147 Los Angeles, CA um... i like it. I guess you took the stock one out, right? Really BAD reality TV is the reason I stopped watching MTV.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] tony #113651 Feb 27, 8:04pm 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 tony um... i like it. I guess you took the stock one out, right? Yeah you have to. It doesn't have the same contours as the trd one so it can't stay in.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113652 Feb 28, 1:45am Joined: May 2003 Posts: 32 Lethbridge, Alberta Smartie Member Smartie Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 32 Lethbridge, Alberta Looks awesome, plastic looks crappy and cheap, this is the sorta thing that should come stock on any car that you're spending this much money on.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113653 Feb 28, 1:53am Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 198 Belgium CelicaTC Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT CelicaTC Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 198 Belgium Normally I don't like any engine covers, including stock ones. It makes the engine look like Playmobil. But this TRD engine cover is really nice. Got to have that

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113654 Feb 28, 1:29pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 163 Long Beach / Irvine CA ironracer4130 Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT ironracer4130 Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 163 Long Beach / Irvine CA looks good

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113655 Feb 28, 2:23pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 614 california ikin Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT ikin Senior Member 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 614 california love it gonna get one for myself

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113656 Feb 28, 3:24pm Joined: May 2002 Posts: 496 ontario, ohio darkduwende the dark elf 2000 Toyota Celica darkduwende the dark elf 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2002 Posts: 496 ontario, ohio very cool Evan sponsors: ignited / nitrous express / rotora / extreme dimensions / twm / corbeau gusto kong bumaet pero di ko magawa!

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113657 Mar 1, 11:39pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,578 Chicago, IL xmangt1 4 All U Haterz! 2000 Toyota Celica GT xmangt1 4 All U Haterz! 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,578 Chicago, IL Nice!

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113658 Mar 2, 8:37am Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 669 New York celicatalbot Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT celicatalbot Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 669 New York Looks good. My car might be slow, but at least it looks nice!

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] ct #113659 Mar 2, 3:58pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,110 MA GraSSRooTs Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GraSSRooTs Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,110 MA Dude that looks like $hit get rid of it ASAP. Sorry man... Haha I'm just kidding I actually like it. Carbon Fiber looks great.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113660 Mar 2, 5:09pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 305 New Hampshire round2gts Member 2000 Toyota Celica round2gts Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 305 New Hampshire that looks sick by the way where you get that?

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] RoMkApOmKa #113661 Mar 2, 7:43pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 924 San Antonio, TX se7enmodgt20 Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT se7enmodgt20 Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 924 San Antonio, TX Originally Posted by RoMkApOmKa Looks way better than stock cover but not that good as IPT cover.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113662 Mar 3, 3:30pm Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,073 NW, PA grcelica Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT grcelica Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,073 NW, PA Dude that looks awesome. Did you say $100?? From Toyota I assume? I gotta have it.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] grcelica #113663 Mar 3, 8:21pm 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 ^^ http://www.toyotaparts4u.com/e_catalog/ $102 + 7 bucks for shipping.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] xmangt1 #113664 Mar 4, 10:47pm Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 916 Alberta, Canada robare99 Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT robare99 Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 916 Alberta, Canada Looks pretty good but the icing on the cake would be to get rid of your fuel rail and put in the stafford fuel rail. Rob

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] robare99 #113665 Mar 4, 11:01pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Originally Posted by robare99 Looks pretty good but the icing on the cake would be to get rid of your fuel rail and put in the stafford fuel rail. Rob he's right Evan, the Stafford rail does look sweet compared to stock - nice and polished. I am thinking about getting it to go with my polished intake and Hypermotive front strut bar. I think it will bring out the Carbon Fiber nicely

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] robare99 #113666 Mar 5, 2:42am Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,073 NW, PA grcelica Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT grcelica Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,073 NW, PA Originally Posted by robare99 Looks pretty good but the icing on the cake would be to get rid of your fuel rail and put in the stafford fuel rail. Rob Tell me about the Stafford fuel rail? Anyone got photos? How does it perform? Thanks Last edited by grcelica; Mar 5, 2004 2:44am.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113667 Mar 5, 9:14am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Stafford Fabrication Billet Aluminum Fuel Rail - Compatible with 1ZZ and 2ZZ powerplant - Center feed for better fuel distribution - Removal end caps (both ends) for use with return fuel system - Removable cap by center feed for use with a fuel pressure gauge - All hoses and fittings for easy installation to stock fuel line (near firewall) or with SF fuel system

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113668 Mar 5, 9:32am Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 255 WI YoshiVS Member 2000 Toyota Celica YoshiVS Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 255 WI Excellent, but I only found this cover in GT models But that stafford fuel rail looks great With Style, Comes Speed Veilside Celica GTS

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] YoshiVS #113669 Mar 5, 9:58am 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 TrdCelicaGTS Excellent, but I only found this cover in GT models But that stafford fuel rail looks great That's right, only for the GT

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Sultan #113670 Mar 5, 9:59am 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 Sultan Originally Posted by robare99 Looks pretty good but the icing on the cake would be to get rid of your fuel rail and put in the stafford fuel rail. Rob he's right Evan, the Stafford rail does look sweet compared to stock - nice and polished. I am thinking about getting it to go with my polished intake and Hypermotive front strut bar. I think it will bring out the Carbon Fiber nicely I can't deny it looks much better than stock, but I'm not looking to modify any performance components as long as I'm under warranty However, I'd like to see your engine bay once you get all that Carbon Fiber installed

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113671 Mar 5, 11:00am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA believe me, so would I

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Sultan #113672 Mar 5, 6:42pm Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,073 NW, PA grcelica Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT grcelica Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,073 NW, PA Thanks for the info and the pix Sultan. I am thinking thats a must have for me too. Warranty is already spent!! Even if it wasn't I would get hassled probly with what I already did. Thanks again!!

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] grcelica #113673 Mar 5, 8:49pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Originally Posted by grcelica Thanks for the info and the pix Sultan. I am thinking thats a must have for me too. Warranty is already spent!! Even if it wasn't I would get hassled probly with what I already did. Thanks again!! no problem bro

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113674 Mar 5, 10:53pm Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,249 California silver Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT silver Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,249 California Originally Posted by Evan Originally Posted by NorwayGT looks great even. btw, how did it look with nothing covering the engine? Horrible Losing the plastic over the intake manifold and having the valve cover powdercoated or chromed would make it look nice. Adding the Injen spark plug cover thing and some red powdercoat would make it look awesome, and a lot, lot different than the normal VVTL-i plastic cover.

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] Evan #113675 Mar 5, 10:55pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 25 Cincy, OH DMoneysGT Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT DMoneysGT Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 25 Cincy, OH looks very good...big improvement over stock. agreed with earlier posts, not as good as IPT, but still, a big improvement. maybe sometime TRD will step up and make replacements for all the engine plastics, to compete more with IPT...that'd be nice

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] silver #113676 Mar 6, 9:06am 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 silver Originally Posted by Evan Originally Posted by NorwayGT looks great even. btw, how did it look with nothing covering the engine? Horrible Losing the plastic over the intake manifold and having the valve cover powdercoated or chromed would make it look nice. Adding the Injen spark plug cover thing and some red powdercoat would make it look awesome, and a lot, lot different than the normal VVTL-i plastic cover. We both have a GT, in case you missed that

Re: TRD Carbon Fiber Engine Cover, Installed [PICS] DMoneysGT #113677 Mar 6, 9:07am 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 DMoneysGT looks very good...big improvement over stock. agreed with earlier posts, not as good as IPT, but still, a big improvement. maybe sometime TRD will step up and make replacements for all the engine plastics, to compete more with IPT...that'd be nice Definitely; I'd buy 'em.

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