ZZT230 Celica GT

[StephenDeli]

Keep up the good work!

[Slo_Snipe]

Custom exhaust!





The stock muffler was removed to make for a more direct exhaust flow. Estimated power increase of 20hp! lol JK...

But this exhaust took me around 3 hours of bending plastic rods in order to have it go around without touching the suspension. A new "hanger" was also made to fix the muffler and end pipe in place. The rods are so flexible that they straightened themselves back up most of the time, and it looked kind of weird (too curvy) when looking at some angles...but it doesnt matter.

[AsongKar]

i like the idea of that hook....looks simple and detailed...inspirations ! 20BHP

[speedstur]

WOW you did a great job on everything so far, I can't wait to see more!!!!!!

[Turbo Monster]

was that a sprayed carbon effect?

[Slo_Snipe]

The hood is a sprayed carbon effect. I polished it today. Althought some patterns were accidently polished away, I still think it overall looked okay.




A mock up of the intercooler. This would be a turbo-ed celica if it was real. Maximum output are predicted to be further increased to 250hp!...(only imaginary figures

The roof is also polished today. After all those hard work of getting rid of the sunroof it seems to pay off from looking at how smooth it is ^^ turtle wax was used in addition to tamiya compound.

The exhaust was painted testors chrome. When it dries I will spray some heat effects on too.





Higher resolution pic of the whole car shows the CF pattern a little more clearly, but its still far from the real thing. It doesnt look like there is any pattern to it in pics. It needs to be seen in person to fully appreciate it.

Next time I will take some pics of interior.

[IImportSupra]

Everything is looking really clean.

[SnakekanS]

paint's looking nice !! please tell me you're gonna put some bigger wheels on this baby

[SchuberT]

yeah the car doesnt look so agressive with those wheels... otherwise that's one badass celica

[tonioseven]

This is looking better all the time!!

[Slo_Snipe]

Updates!

Intercooler is finished painting. It was sprayed with testors chrome but I changed to testor silver afterwards. I like it being a little duller. It was then decaled and darkwashed.

A pic of how it would be shown when put into the car:


The interior was done mostly with airbrush mixed grey to replicate the real color. Seats were sprayed XF56 and XF8 (flat blue) to replicate the mesh texture on the real car. I also made a computer that somewhat resembles a Apexi SAFC2 (right beside the gear stick) . I hope it doesn't look too inaccurate.


These wheels are TRD sports T3. It came with chrome so I stripped it and sprayed titanium gold, then top with smoke. I think this color looks better on a silver car than chrome, otherwise they wouldn't stand out as much.


Exhaust detailed with heat effects and then coated with smoke.


The body was polished after spending around an hour on each body panel. The orange peel was horrible. Either Tamiya silver leaf is hard to spray or I need to practice spray painting. Everything except the mirrors and side skirts were polished with tamiya compound afterwards and then turtle wax.

Front suspension was lowered 0.75mm. They also needed to be cut to decrease the treadwidth or else the wheels wouldve popped out, looking something like a lowrider. I didn't lower the back yet. Im still deciding whether I should work on the ride height of the rear or not because of its complex design and if the height right now is really that bad. I did a mock up of how the wheels will sit below the car. Any of you thinks if this is a good height, or I should make it lower, feel free to comment.

[Cychalen]

Intercooler, interior and exhaust look very nice.

[vwman]

Looks very great!!

[thizishkenny]

THe celica is turning out really nicely. I like the intercooler. You did a great job on the interior as well.

[2nRhart]

awesome!!! love the JDM look!