dragon084

While I've been in Orlando, Florida I'm sure my friends here at AZ

have been curious as to what I've been doing with myself and my CL.

Well, currently as many of you know I ride a 89' Celica hoopty (30 mpg!).



But what many of you dont know is that my CL has been in the shop for a little while

now and its is completely a project car. Since i've had the Toyota, I have had the time

and money to do certain mods like full exhaust and coilovers. Having the beater (celica)

has been a blessing, the car doesnt owe me shit @ 95k mi and the 700 bucks that it

costed me to purchase the car (67,xxx / April 05). I suggest you guys get a beater

if you dont already have one. Enough with the talking, while i've been out here -

the CL has been in the body shop getting a full body repair and color change.

"Infiniti FX45 Berylium"










heres an image of last semesters final project @ school



oh yeah,

this is only part 1 - theres a lot more to come (interior is next).

sorry , i know some of these pix suck donkey balls

teh CL

iTrader: (1)

gonna be a nice colour..need more pics though

when is the scheduled release date?

dragon084

dec 06 / jan 07 . thats if all goes well.

i have some other Thangs up my sleeve as well..

that pic of the door is just a test paint as teh guy said... he wanted to make sure it was

what I wanted... im quite happy with this color

subbuzz

a modder. color looks good. keep up the good work.wanna see her done asap. i need a beater.



call her the "rootbeer rocket" (first thing i thought of was rootbeer when i saw paint )

starboy2nv

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greg, wheres the car? i wanna see it

Silentalero

nice!! always loved celicas.

sad thing is the CL is my beater, lol

dragon084

Scappy Auto Body.

A body shop near Hicksville train station.

She'll be done soon.

when the paint job is finished, she'll be getting a lot of work done to

the interior. I plan to have the most luxurious CL on the boards-

we should have a meet in 1st Quarter 07 in NY and one in ORL

so i can show off! btw, leave comments about my project with the GTOs.

I need feedback so i can become better @ computer graphics/animation

97BlackAckCL

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Greg, glad to finally see some updates. That paint job and such is gonna be sweet. Can't wait to see the finished product. And I agree with what you said, if you really want your car to be a project car, you need a beater. Especially if you deal with winters and salt. I love my toyoter beater too. Keep us up to date with the status of the overhaul

agranado

nice gangsta.. I finally get to see the fucking rendering lol.. looks dope man, I love it.

I like the way that color came out on the CL too.. too bad you'll probably be rolling in the hoopy for the 11/11 meet...

Palayah8ta

at the pink hooptie..

BUt sexy color for a Cl..

h2o-pr00f

FRICKIN BAWLA!

Hooray for non-stock colored CLs!

dragon084

gosh, i wish it was pink.

its really red, but it was originally Blue, then i painted it yellow, then half red, now all red.







match box status

starboy2nv

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looking good... when you comming back to pick it up? if u want i can go there and snap some pics and post it...

zhouz

that paint is lookin nice, cant wait to see pix of the final product.
a biiiggg on making the CL luxurious, thats what i like about our car and its nice to see someone taking it down that road instead of turning it into a sportsmobile. nice celica too, i was looking for a mid 80's stick celica to pick up as a beater but could only find them for 1000+ and they all had more than 150k miles.

as for the render, the models are absolutely brilliant and the lighting is very nice but the material on those bumpers make it look tacky :S

icky 'chrome'


good chrome


other than that, make the bumpmap on the road surface a bit more closely packed and almost twice as deep, everything else seems perfect

dragon084

awesome, im glad i know some1 that works in the field on AZ now.

u post on CGtalk ?

zhouz

actually, i never thought of joining a 3d forum. i figured i didnt know enough to get into it and usually get frustrated at having all my 3d programs stop working due to liscensing

redsly

Did you use spray paint to do that???
Don't get me wrong, I know you said its a beater... But next time, spray the paint a little wetter and evenly...
Other than that, the color on the CL would be nice, I want to change my color from the nasty green but I'm not sure what color to go with...

dragon084

yeah,

for the next project, my classmates & I are gonna tag it up grafitti style.

maybe we should do that at the o-town meet!

dragon084

theres a 95% chance of my getting a CF hood for the car along with the paint job.

what do ya'll think?

get it or not ?

(475$)

Recnelis

get it, no questions asked buddy

you will never look back

97BlackAckCL

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Get it, it's well worth it

dragon084

you think it'll be alright tied to my friend's roof?

they are gonna put it in the box that it came in

and tie it up there real good..

its gonna be going from Pensacola to Orlando.

approx 5 hours drive.

or do i break down and pay for shipping?

732xghost

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nice work. i cant wait to see this thing done.

starboy2nv

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i should go there and take spy pics

zhouz

it should be just fine, it is a hood so its made to go on the outside. just dont let it fly off the roof of the car, you will hate that lol.

dragon084

thing is - i have to trust my friend in pensacola.

i live in orlando and hes coming down here...

the more and more i think about it,

i should just drive up and down ya know.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

No offense to your friend, but I wouldn't trust my $600 hood to anyone

dragon084

yea but still, its a 5 hour drive... how am i gonna fit it in a car

732xghost

iTrader: (1)

so what are we looking at engine/transmission and suspension wise?

dragon084

topspeed SS headers/full exhaust w/ 22'' resonator / buddyclub muffler.

Tein SS-P / Tanabe strut bar / drilled rotors.

thats pretty much it , i might get an intake.

i have system 3 sets of rims , custom leather coming etc etc etc etc

97BlackAckCL

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Find someone with a pickup or rent one for a day?

dragon084

Update : Not Purchasing Carbon Fiber Hood

+++ Car Will be Out of the Body Shop in 1 or 2 Weeks +++

I'm quite excited fawkers, i'll def have some tight pix for ya'll

by December!! (thats when i go home)

starboy2nv

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boo you suck... im goin to the shop and gonna write with shoe polish - GREG SUCKS

dragon084

CF hood is not for me.

its getting played out with teh car scene in orlando

starboy2nv

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paint it and use it for what its meant for, less weight.

Danil ACE

Normally I don't care much for brown....

but that's hot

agranado

you mean the CL will just miss the 11/11 meet?

dragon084

yeah.

watch out for the celica though,

she'll be tearin it up !

ib_jimmy

do et....it doesnt take this long to paint a car.

VXCL

what are these tricks up your sleeve you speak of. i think the forum would like to know.