Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior help me with my awesome new toy

hello all...i recently purchased a 2001 Celica GTS and it is amazing!! i am interested in doing some modifications to it but i dont know where to begin. anyone have any suggestions? thanx, anthony

intake, exhaust, audio system, wheels, body kit, lowering springs, carbon fiber hood.

Just to name a few

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you can start with simple mods, like getting an s2000 antenna, clear corners, reding out he tails, etc.

Then you should start thinking about lowering it, because it does wonders. Suspension, Cai, exhaust, rims, body kit, beat, etc..

what does reding out the tails mean???

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hey bro welcome. Tails = tailights. Check out my profile, got some cheap starter mods deff invest in intake, will love the sounds wether its short ram or full cold air (cold air is longer, goes into wheel well) Also clear corners are cheap (Ebay $20) and most of all go too www.bluebatmobile.com [bluebatmobile.com] and go to celica, has the best vinyl overlays and all oyu woudl ever need props to bluebat, love the new Z Ebay is a good place to get ideas even if oyu dont buy stuff from it, you can see cheap knockoffs of good stuff jsut search celica.

sorry didnt read your whole quesiton, redding out tail lights is to put a vinyl clear sticker over the amber part of your tailights. Go to bluebatmobile.com and he has the, Great investment . gotta lvoe the little things that make a big difference.

thanks for all the ideas everyone...i have been looking into after market parts...is there anything that can be done to the celica other then intake,exhaust and headers that wont cost an arm and a leg????

Intteror footwell neons: https://celicahobby.com/ubbthreads/thread.f_1869836811_0_collapsed_2__1.html

$12, bought exact same ones fomr that site, installe din half hour, look sawsome.

Prettymuch that, clear corners, differnt bubls, and bluebat vinyls is all you can get for liek $20 a piece.

Also look in the installs for painting engine and intterior. cheap and looks great.

if you want the most noticeable preformance..buy sway bars. the celicas handles are really awsome..they will make more of a difference than lowering the car.if you dont want to spent more than $150 you can get the ST REAR sway for $120 new..you might also find a used one for around $80. OH YEAh the S2K antenna is the 1st mod most people get. Mine was a CAI

He means making the rear tail lights red in color such as the amber signal section or the reverse clear lense.

BTW Welcome new member. Do all the free mods first

remove your buterfly valve. go to installs and under engine. Its free, quick and adds some sounds to myour engine. I think it adds liek .3 hp too

is there a huge difference between cold air intake and short ram intake? i have seen both on a lot of the cars on the cite...i was j/w...thanx

-Short ram is looks and sound.
-Cold air is Performance and sound.
-Short ram takes less effor to install becaue cold has to go in the wheel well.
-If you were to drive through like a foot of water you coudl swamp a cold air and lock up ur engine (hydrolock) but that rairly happens
-Have to get a heatchield with short ram or else you will jsut be getting really got hair form engine compared to semi hot with heatsheidl.(Examples of heatshields are the chrome hosuing around the ingen short ram in the intalls galler. Also if you look in my profile, the carobn fiber piece behind my intake is a RMM heatshield.
-If you go on ebay both are aobut the same price, but i think if you go for a name brand, shoret ram is more $ for some reason.
-Ebay have shortrams for liek 50 total with shipping and liek 30 or 40 for cold airs. But if you buy a n ebay you may have to do bluebombers isntall, its under install secion under perfect cold air.

Hope this helps.

i'm on my way...i just installed a S2000 antenna and it makes a huge difference! for those of you that have body kits, how much did it cost you for the body kit and paint??