T23 Widebody Celica on air with BMW X5 wheels

[exexpat]

The purist in me is saying i shouldn't like this at all. But I really do.

Are those X5 wheels 20"s?

That is how I felt when conceiving the purchase(s) and I'm not a huge fan of the T23 Celica in factory form + I needed a back seat for my kids and wanted a daily drivable car.

Yes, they are staggered 20s. I'm cooking up something custom-built 3-piece with 6-to-7 inch rear lips. Will look more out of place from an OEM+ standpoint, but if you have to run 100mm and 60mm spacing per corner, might as well go for the cartoonishly deep lips.

Here you can kind of get an idea of the spacers:


13" rotors look tiny when they are 60mm back from the wheel's backpad.

The brakes disappear in some pics, like this one:

[MadMax]

this is weird...but somehow cool

Cant wait for wide wheels !

[Hotsauce]

THATS A CELICA?? My mind is blown

[e30L]

[GTShunter]

Kind of me a sweet motor that at least sounds the part.
Like a turbocharged 1uzfe with mild cams but idk how you could do that in fwd platform you started with. Unless you convert to rear engine

Nice work though. I like it.

[TruTaing]

I looked over at the other thread to get a grasp of what was done here... my mind is still blown. It looks awesome. I hope I see you rollin around one day!

[Stolzy]

wow this is really cool in so many ways, looking forward to the deep lips

[Earl]

This is actually super badass=P This has to look great next to your Jag. Do you have any shots of them together?

[avidworks]

I usually dislike the Ferrari/Lambo kit cars, but that looks pretty damn cool. Looks like quality work, nice job.

[Aitch]

I would have thought this community was pretty open to anything different, lowered, clean and with fitted wheels/tires. Guess not. But then again I do this for the divided opinions. Try showing up at a British car meet with a fitted Jaguar on air and you are the target of much eccentric retiree ****.

This car is badged as a Toyota and will never adorn a prancing horse, hence the thread title.

Don't get me wrong, I think this car is just about the nicest Ferrari replicar I've ever seen. My previous post was literally the sound I made when I opened the thread, I was so confused. But the car is pretty epic.

[244Brick]

Man this is AWESOME! What engine setup are on planning on for the future?

[Black]

I opened this thread looking for a celica. Saw a Ferrari and said "how did I click on the wrong thread" went back, re-opened and then went into shock

[Earl]

I opened this thread looking for a celica. Saw a Ferrari and said "how did I click on the wrong thread" went back, re-opened and then went into shock

I did the same thing

[exexpat]

This is actually super badass=P This has to look great next to your Jag. Do you have any shots of them together?

Here is one in my driveway with the Jag:


I know you're thinking the front needs to be spaced out, but I need smaller overall diameter wheels to accomplish that. There are scrub radius clearance dynamics at play. Edit: and the front is running 20x9.5 with 60mm spacers.

[AdreView]

And here I thought you attached the wrong pictures. Amazed.