new celica parts: OEM gt-s wheels and 2004 interior
This weekend I drove down to S. Atlanta to pick parts from a junkyard celica. I grabbed a full interior and stopped in for a set of factory wheels on my way home somewhere in N. Atlanta.
I have started to slowly change over the interior parts. The dash will take a while to complete, I anticipate. I will post pics after I have swapped it all over.
The tires will not be going onto the car for a while, I must save for a new set of tires for them. Also, one of them is curbed badly so I would like to grab one replacement.
So, you might be wondering why I bought this stuff that I have already “messed with” on my car. A long time ago I painted my purple/grey factory interior with some black paint and it looked good for quite some time but eventually as paint chipped away and collected dirt/dust on the clear coat it looked bad. The only way to darken my interior was to pick up the darker shade of interior that was introduced in the 2003 Celica model year.
Plus, if I ever sell the car, I can’t sell it with a paint chipping interior. It would give the immediate impression to the future buyer that a lot of shortcuts were taken when modding the car and would probably make them walk away. So, no matter how I look at it I see a win/win.
Ok, so why the FACTORY rims? Don’t you have 17″s?
.. Yeah I do, but what I have learned over the years is no matter how “cool” a set of rims looks unless they are FORGED wheels then they will not be strong enough to handle daily road conditions. Also, most times aftermarket wheels are heavier.
I really do want myself a set of some WORK, PIAA, 5Zigen, etc wheels one day since they are FORGED and lightweight, but they are $2000 a set roughly. I can’t afford that anytime soon.