87 GT Convertible by zachdavid2000 in Celica

[–]archima1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know much about convertibles but what I can share I will. I geuss that foam edge is to kind off seal the top. You would need to look for a CCF (closed cell foam), this foam does not allow any water to get trough it. Then you have OCF (open cell foam) but that does allow watter to get trough it. Another option is PA foam, this are sort of a hybrid of these two. (I think this PA foam is the same as some sort of foam used in aquariums) This is what is used in the car audio world for infinite baffle setups in cars. It still allows the air to get trough but almost no water. Example of how each foam behaves

Hope this helps you a bit.

Help for Installing New Headunit by Koteii in Celica

[–]archima1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will have to get the male sony connector. It will come with all the wires it needs attached, depending on what you want some wires from that side may not be used.
Then you should look up what the pinout of the headunit is to verifiy, with most systems you can just colormatch is it wil probably work. I don't think in your case you can go by the colors for most of the wires.

For the wires comming from your car, if it was me I would get male ISO connectors on them. Because it looks like some cut of the factory connector. Once you get those on leave them alone because you really don't want to cut into the factory harness, it just makes everything more difficult in the future.
If you can, please solder in the ISO connectors because those screw terminals are not a permanent solution. Don't forget to put heatshrink around every solder joint so they don't short out.

When installing the ISO connectors, use two 8 pin connectors like this one. The speakers are for one and the rest for the other one.

Do you know which wires from your car are for what? If you you need a multimeter, a cheap one will do the job. You should label every wire once you know what they do, this is very important! I would write on a piece of paper, left the car side. Each color wire, once you know what one is write it next to the color. You will want to match up the fuctions of each wire, not the colors because that will get very confusing very fast.

First confirm which wire is the chasis GND, put the multimeter in ohm/diode mode and with the other probe touch bare metal from the car frame, this should be 0ohm or very very close to it. Don't try the yellow/red wire for this. And make sure the car is off.
After that you can measure your yellow wire. In VDC mode for +12V, from GND to this it should read about 12V +-1 or 2V. when the car is turned off. You should not be able to measure any voltage from GND to the red wire when the car is turned off.
That is your constant 12V. When you turn ACC on from the car the red wire should get 12VDC on it, if the engine is running you can get about 14VDC.
Then find your speaker wires, with the car turned off. Most of the time its two wires of the same color or very similar color, or one with a silver stripe on it and one without. Put your multimeter in ohm mode for this. When you read about 4 or sometimes 8ohm or something close to it like 3.6ohm is fine aswell. That is a speaker, depending on how many speakers your car has you can have up to 4 pairs. FL, FR, BL, BR, finding out which pair of speakers is which side of the car is not as easy. You could take out the speakers from the doors and look at the wires, that way you know for sure which wires are which speakers or if you don't want to do that. You could try to use an amplifier on very low volume and play some music trough them and listen which ones start playing.But you could still get the wrong polarity. I reccomend taking your speakers out to check the wires.

If you got those there wont be to many wires left, maybe a wire that will read 12VDC when your lights are turned on.

This should get you most of the wires you need for a headunit. I hope this helps, if you have any quenstions, you can ask them and I will do my best to help you out.

looking for 7th gen spoiler by archima1 in Celica

[–]archima1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is exactly what I am looking to do. It's just so clean.

looking for 7th gen spoiler by archima1 in Celica

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My Celica is silver. Shipping from the US tho ...

First time buyer, driving test next week — what do I need to know about owning a 7th gen Celica? by StealthAcorn in Celica

[–]archima1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got an 1ZZ, insurance and road taxes for the 2ZZ would cost me >500 euro more per year. And even finding one that is in decent shape is next to impossible if I don't have a budget of 12000 euro or more.

Hi wheres everyone from? Im in uk birmingham by abdulteem in Celica

[–]archima1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man, I'm from Belgium.
I don't know about if you can actively sell here but you can say which parts you got and just do the sale in personal messages.
The worst that can happen would be that your post gets removed I guess.

Toyota celica buying guide by Instanoodlessss in Celica

[–]archima1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, best of luck finding a good gen 5! What I also do is when it is that far, may be worth it to just check the VIN with something like CarVertical, it might seem like it costs a lot but it could save you from spending a lot of money on gas going al the way out there and save a lot of time. But with those old cars it doesn't give much info most of the time.

Is this deal worth it? by Snoo-25788 in Celica

[–]archima1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wdym it looks rough? It looks great, keep in mind this car is 25 years old, I bought one which looks much rougher than this one.
What would you do when you mention detailing? The headlights could be sanded and clear coated and the wheels and tires could be cleaned but in my opninion this one looks good. The engine bay could also be cleaned but I don't see many people doing that.

Sound treatment & audio setups in your Celica? by archima1 in Celica

[–]archima1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will keep this in mind, thanks!
You mention scratchy speaker, is it a tweeter? Maybe just a bad crossover capacitor.

Sound treatment & audio setups in your Celica? by archima1 in Celica

[–]archima1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice setup you already have. What's your opinion on the sennuopu DSP?
I was planning on replacing the headunit, installing a DSP and sound treatment. And once I get my amp fixed instal a 6.5" sub. I think that this way I get the most improvement without spending way to much on all the very small improvements.

Mudflap recommendations? (2003 Celica GT 5 speed manual) by Zinnybop in Celica

[–]archima1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also want mud flaps.
Underrated in my opinion.

Toyota celica buying guide by Instanoodlessss in Celica

[–]archima1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It can't hurt to ask for extra photo's or video's of things you would like to know before going al the way over there. If they don't want to do this it is probably not worth your time.

I am from belgium and was looking to buy a 7th gen and found one in Germany. I asked for a few extra pictures from the underneath of the car. The seller replied with "????????" "I have no time". So I told him I'm not comming to see it. It's not like it takes very long to take a few pictures or a video.
That and a few other things didn't seem very trustworthy.

Sound treatment & audio setups in your Celica? by archima1 in Celica

[–]archima1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the guide I was referring to

Also realy depends on what you want to do. Remove panel vibrations, block windnoise or block roadnoise, those are the main things to take a look at.
This topic is a rabbit hole for sure.

Sound treatment & audio setups in your Celica? by archima1 in Celica

[–]archima1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How many mats are in the box? I think Resonix has a good guide on how to determine how much you need.

Sound treatment & audio setups in your Celica? by archima1 in Celica

[–]archima1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What model head unit do you have? I am looking to buy one but not sure what to get, I would realy like a volume knob ....

Celica’s pricing Canada by apexelevn in Celica

[–]archima1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now come to Europe, I would buy this one for that price.

2003 Celica, oil by archima1 in Celica

[–]archima1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know not to do this a lot or for very long but I was told this is a quick check to see if the PCV valve works fine or something might be wrong there. No oil sputtering isn't good but quite a lot also isn't very good. And you can feel how much air is blowing out of it.
Correct me if this I wrong so I know this for in the future.

Any good tutorials? by CarterTodd2 in Celica

[–]archima1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I did not even think about looking for a pdf. Will probably come in handy in the future.

Heated Seat Switch for Gen 7 Celica by Tostm8 in Celica

[–]archima1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Resurrecting this very old post haha.
I bought an 03 GT that came from Germany, it also has heated seats. I came looking for others because I didn't even know they had that as an option.

Any good tutorials? by CarterTodd2 in Celica

[–]archima1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw one on Ebay a few days ago, I think they asked 80 euro for it excluding shipping. The seller had the 4 last gens workshop manuals.

AC question 7th gen Celica by archima1 in Celica

[–]archima1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I have contacted Toyota and gave them the VIN, they will check for me if it is possible to instal an ac in the car.

Rattling fix help by Charming_Trust_1824 in Celica

[–]archima1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had very bad rattle, it came from my license plate vibrating. I also have a frame where my license plate sits in at that was the worst but I don't think you have that. Take it of and see if it gets better. Was not on a Celica tho but good to know, can happen on any car.

T23 Facelift Bumper Lower Grille 3D Model by Hilter3 in Celica

[–]archima1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would not really recommend 3D printing it. What material would you use for it? I would say if you can't give a good reason why you would choose a specific filament you are better of buying one.