ST162 Celica GTS

[Madhatter]

nice car bore out the motor possibly? or an engine swap possibly?

The upside to the Diamond steels is that you could get them in your bolt pattern, made to spec. And they'll probably still be cheaper than nice Enkei 92s.

But the 92s, or other mesh style would definitely look much better (imo). See if there's something similar that the MK3/4 Golf and Jetta guys are using. There's got to be something.

[Majend]

probably my favorite non-clasic celica can't wait to see it dumped

[Dr.AK]

This has the potential to be very, very awesome but could also turn out quite meh.

I hope my expectations will be filled. Looking forward to seeing more! I love these gen Celicas.

[MikeG]

the gold weaves look best

[Thaifighter]

so whats causing the overheating?
my first car in high school was a 88 ST. at least you got 5 lugs.

Lol nice! Actually, the 5 lug is kinda disadvantageous for me since I'm looking for low offset 15-16" wheels, and the only ones I can find usually are 4 lugs...

Still not sure what causes the overheating yet... Will hopefully find out soon.

[HKSpeed]

so whats causing the overheating?
my first car in high school was a 88 ST. at least you got 5 lugs.

[Thaifighter]

Hello everyone!
Was originally planning to wait until I actually got parts for my car before posting in the build section, but I eventually decided that it would be easier to get suggestions or help on future mods in this area vs. the Introduction area, where I'm pretty sure way fewer people actually look at.

Anyways, summarized background on my car:

Once upon a time, my dad (original owner) bought this Celica at a dealership to use as a daily driver. I can remember my dad taking me to school every morning in this car, from Preschool all the way until about sophomore year of high school. After about 20 years of daily driving, and 240K miles on the odometer, the car eventually started to have overheating problems. My dad was driving me back from a summer class I was taking at a University that I'm now actually a sophomore at. Long story short, white steam shot out of the car and mom flipped out and thought the car was gonna blow up. Car was eventually towed to my house, and was left there to rust for about a year. Dad then bought a Ford Escape Hybrid, and considered donating the car, or junking it. I eventually got my license and begged my dad to give the car to me instead of donating it.
So now, here I am with my bone stock overheating car, that I can only enjoy driving around my neighborhood for like 20 minutes before worrying about overheating.

Even quicker summary for you lazy buttholes. :
-Dad original owner
-Many childhood memories
-Car broke down
-Car abandoned in front of my house for a year
-Car given to me.

Current plans for the car:
-15x7 Enkei 92s with 0 offset or White Diamond Racing Wheels Stock Series with 4" Backspacing (0 offset)
(Am considering other low offset 5x100 or 5x114.3, 15-16 inch wheels)
-165/50/15 Federal FD1 Tires for that nice stretch or something similar
(considering any inexpensive 165/50/15 tires)
-Custom made coilovers
(Since there are absolutely no aftermarket coilovers out there for my car. )
-Reseal quarter panel window to keep rain water from leaking in. XO
-mudflap deletes
-Fix the overheating.
-3sgte Engine swap
-FMIC of course
-Maybe a 2.2L conversion. (Found a good deal on parts)

How my car sits right now: (Stock as F*ck)





How my car will hopefully sit in the future: (Help me decide on rims!!! )

Enkei 92s (leaning on these at the moment)


White Diamond Racing Wheels (or some type of widened steelie) (the original plan):


Random Jeep wheels on craigslist :


And a license plate frame just waiting to be put on my car! (Waiting til I'm dumped before I rock it)


What do you guys think?

Oh, and one question I've been wanting to ask:
Does anyone know anything about doing hub swaps or hub redrilling? I want to switch from a 5x100 to a 5x114.3 bolt pattern, but I don't want to use spacer adapters because I don't want to have fender flares or excessive negative camber to keep my wheels from poking out too much.

Thanks a bunch guys!