KIRIUS

Toyota was kind enough to colour code their bulb knobs as to identify the light groups, black meaning, "do not bloody touch", and green as "go for your life".

I've marked out the bulbs you will need to replace with moving/glittery codes to get your attention so you dont miss one.

As i stated before, i was learning as i was going so if this diagram is not exact, i apologise.

However all relevant stuff you need to know is highlighted.

These knobs twist L-loose R-tight normal, they dont pop/click,etc.

When switching your bulbs over for your led/coloured choice, be aware with leds, they arent fit and go, leds will work one way but if turned around in their socket, will not work another way.

The easiest way to check this is to sit it on your steering column, connect the battery and turn your parkers on and look for any darker spots in the lighted areas, watch very closely (especially the T5's) for the illumination/delumination as you twist and untwist each GREEN knob one at a time.

Also confirm your indicators, open door, high beam and hazard lights still work and turn but dont start the car for engine/oil lights.

Once you have completed this function test ensure the knobs are firm and have good contact, then depending if your putting a face plate/custom dash faces/rings on, you either can reassemble your dash in the exact way you pulled it apart, or keep reading for details on the steel faceplate and gauge plates/rings.

So just to quickly cover rings, they are very easy they simply pop onto the radius of the pre existing dash, you can put a faint spot of super glue if your paranoid they'll fall off or rattle.

It all depends on how well they fit and sit..

Reverting to a ST162 for this point, if your replacing your gauge faces, you will need to carefully remove the plates, i am not positive they are by screw on both the 4th and 5th gen models, either way you'll end up doing something like this.

With custom gauge plates its VERY highly recommended to go coloured silicon bulb covers as white is terrible for hot spots and showing lighting flaws.

Have your plate and bulbs/anything else you need ready to go.

With this plate, you should of recieved a thin strip of double sided tape, you will be cutting this into squares and using in a min so dont misplace.

I opted in going for these

Okay so BEFORE YOU GO RANDOMLY PULLING BULBS, first off you want to unscrew your cluster shield and give it a good clean.

A moist tissue is good, the plastic will scratch very easily so go light and dont do circles.. -.-

Dont try to clean the cluster/needles, its not necessary and you run the risk of damaging/marking it.

Now onto your bulbs...

Right about now you should be sitting in something similar...(+ your dash cluster)

Gently wiggle dash cluster until you can fit your hand behind it and reach the 3 plugs. In order from RIGHT to LEFT they should be WHITE BLUE BROWN.

Take care unplugging these and try not to bump/pull/twist/rip any of them.

They are a simple clip and are very easy to get undone.

Also, the order/position of these dont need to be marked/taped/recorded as the length of them will let you know where they go when you put it back together.

One you have unclipped the dash cluster you should be left with something looking like this mess. :)

Now you have your cluster, head to your work bench/clean/lighted area ... ;)

During this tutorial i will go over bulb/led options, custom gauge plates, alloy rings, aluminium dash plates and the assembly/disassembly of all relevant parts. I am by no means an expert, and this is by no means hard at all, it is intended as a guide for those interested in doing any of the above mentioned at some point in time.

This is also my first attempt at a tutorial so dont expect some l337 supa pro skillz ;D but i would like to know what you think.

Disclaimer:

Each celica is different and im no genius so if you find a flaw, feel free to let me know and ill fix it :)

I am not responsible for the mass consumption of pods after this.

You will need:

faceplates (aftermarket)

T10 (x6) & T5(x3) LEDS/Bulbs(aftermarket)

Phillips head screw driver

glass cleaner/cloths

Clean working bench

Torch(if you an idiot like me and decide to do it in a driveway at night)

Alan keys

Bulb Type Guide

Ultimately when replacing bulbs the best way to avoid hot spots is to find a silicon bulb cover kit in the colour you want (easy find on ebay).

You will find when you pull apart a factory dash it will automatically have the bulb covers on it to begin with.

If you are dead set on LEDS check out the guide below for your options.

CAN USE:

DO NOT USE:

These bulbs dont have a 360 degree emittance coverage. You will get epic black spots like a power outage on a block in Tokyo.

NOTE:

It's a good idea to disconnect your battery before you do this.

I decided to take pictures half way through doing this so apologies for not having pics of the removal of screws and where to find them etc. Honestly its not hard, im car illiterate and i guarantee you as long as you pay attention as you run along under the dash you cant go wrong.

There is a concealed screw under a pop off pocket lid on your left beside the key hole and one that you DO NOT remove, in the air con/climate control area.

Your dash will be loose but your not aiming at ripping the entire thing out.

Those two are the only ones you need to know about.

Step 1:

Take your steering wheel off (apologies for any factory wheel guys, your on your own there)

Pull your door sill and trim off and undo the screws from right to left placing the lower drivers panel on the floor, undo all screws including two in the roof of the black arched bracket that concaves around your cluster and the black plastic bar that runs horizontal beneath it across your steering column and key hole..

Remove the plastic bar,dump it on the floor, but DO NOT try and pull the concave one out too much as it is attached to your climate controls and such

once this is done you should have access to the screws holding the dash cluster in place.

Undo and continue..

Your getting yours dyno-tuned? :P

awesome another Celica in qld. Dude look up Celica car club Brisbane on Facebook while I check out ur build thread :]

lookin good ^_^

very nice :)

your patience knows no bounds on tocau Mick >.<

Hey Webjet,

Dude, as a fellow celica owner, i'll tell you now its in your best interests to find out this information yourself and not rely too heavily on forums and brand names.

If you really are interested in modding and cars in general (i understand you just got on P's but..) you should be more than happy to put in the time to read up and learn everything you can on your celica, THEN ask your questions.

Take in everything you read both good and bad and form your own opinions, but dont just pick something because of a brand name or because someone says to buy one.

there is some damn good threads on here worth the time reading each with various different set ups, none are the same, technically dont limit yourself to just celicas, camry ones can prove helpful too depending on what mods you intend on doing but remember they could be running a completely different set up to yours with different goals/outcomes, its good to read up on your cars capabilities and the options you have before you blow a large amount of money on it.

I would recommend you try utilising the search bar a little more yourself though in future instead of expecting answers to be tube fed..

look up things like coilovers, sway bars, pods, cams or celica builds there a alot of members on tocau who've been on years and have had to deal with the same newbies asking the same things again and again just because they are too lazy/uneducated to look for the answers, please dont turn into one, people will ignore you.

Im not ripping on you here at all mate, and i hope its not coming across as so but as a fairly inexperienced modder myself i wanna encourage you to learn what your doing to your car and how it will affect it before you worry about how fast it will go, or what its top speed is.

Cars shouldn't be looked at as, "hey mines faster" go kart crap... theyre all the exact same car, weight, motor, kms, , this relies soley on the drivers skill level.

The variables on each car you modify can be drastically different to anothers.

But a good base is the key to a good build... well that or a bloke with a bigger wallet than yours to begin with.

Wow didnt realise how long this got, my apologies, but please consider doing some research.

For your celica general things you can modify are

air intake

pod filters

forced induction-turbo's(future) You can always build up the internals on your P's then blow or charge it when you get your full licence. :)

Engine internals,

crank,

cams, rods,

pistons

engine decoration,painted valve covers, coloured tubing, braided lines engine cosmetics etc

Call it maintenance but you could be amazed what an oil/radiator/injector flush, new pump/filters and spark plugs/leads can improve your car, no joke.

Not newbie recommended but you could look into getting your timing advanced/retarded.

Externals (i am about to be kicked just for mentioning it but...)

bodykits,

custom paint jobs

lips,

bars,

spoilers,

wings,

lambo doors

all the super rice stuff.

fog lights

aftermarket headlights/indicators parkers, HID kits

Interior

impressive sound systems

steering wheels, knobs, pedals, seat covers or custom fabricated door trims, racing seats, paint, decals blah blah..

air horns

wheels and suspension

could look into aftermarkets struts/springs, OR, coilovers which are more street/track use and you'd want to contemplate if it was something you would benefit with regarding setup.

decent set of rims and good tyres can be the difference between a tree and a safe ride.

sway bars, strut bars are good

Exhaust

full sports exhaust upgrade size, quality,

high flow cat

cannon

extractors/headers- these make quite a noticable performance difference with a stock 5sfe and depending on brand, they dont look half bad

Anyway i think theres more than enough info you can further look into to get you well on your way to modding up your car the way you want it.

Good luck dude and i hope this helps, ill be eager to see your progress in the members rides section.

jeebus ~! ^

i jst finished with boondocks btw..not that anyone cares..

hahaha, nice

*high fives*

Okay, thanks to Steve im back with my list, and have no doubt im the closest thing to a god-like wiki-being of anime and manga :P lmao

...but i sure as hell am not sitting there remembering and compiling the manga list tonight, just say it beats this on 4 fold.

• .hack//Legend of the Twilight
• .hack//Liminality
• .hack//Quantum
• .hack//Roots
• .Hack//Sign
  07-GHOST

• Aeon Flux
• Afro Samurai
  Ah! My Goddess

• Air Gear
• Air Master
  Angel Sanctuary

• Ao no Exorcist
  appleseed
  avatar
  azumanga daioh
  beyblade
  blackcat
  blade
  blood+
  blue dragon
  blue gender
  bubblegum crisi tokyo 2040
  burn up excess
  burst angel
  buso renkin
  cardcaptor sakura
  Cat **** one
  casshern sins
  chobits
  chrno crusade
  claymore
  code geass r1&r2
  cowboy bebop
  cromartie high
  cyborg009
  d.gray-man
  darker than black 1&2
  deadman wonderland
  deathnote
  descendants of darkness
  desert punk
  detective conan
  detective loki ragnarok
  devil may cry
  dnangel
  dragonball(-)(Z)(GT)
  Elemental Gelade

• Elfen Lied
• excel saga
• Ergo Proxy
• Eureka 7
  fairytail
  fate zero
  FLCL

• Fruits Basket
• Full Metal Panic
• Full Moon o Saga****e
• Fullmetal Alchemist &brotherhood OVA's etc.
• Fushigi Yuugi

• Gankutsuou
• Gantz
• Gasarakigetbackers
  ghosthound
  ghost in the shell &sac
  gilgamesh
  great teacher onizuka
  guilty crown

• Gundam 00
• Gundam AGE
• Gundam Seed
• Gundam Seed Destiny
• Gundam Unicorn
• Gundam Wing

• Gundam X
• Gundam ZZ
• GunGravegunxsword

• Gunslinger Girl
• Gunsmith Catsheavy gear
  haibane renmei
  hellsing
  hikari no go
  ikki tousen
  kaichou wa maid sama

• Initial D
• Innocent Venus
• Inuyasha

• karas
  katekyo hitman reborn
  katanagatari
  kiba
  kiddy grade
  kurugane
  kuro****suji
  kyo kara maou
  last exile
  le portraite de cosette
  love hina
  loveless
  lucky star
  maburaoh
  macross
  madlax
  mahoromatic
  maihime/otome
  midori days
  monster rancher
  digimon
  pokemon
  zach bell
  zoidschaotic/new century
  Mnemosyne
  monochrome factor
  naidesco
  naruto
  negima
  neon genesis eva (incl ovas/new remakes)
  ninja scroll
  one piece
  onegai teacher
  onegai please
  pandora hearts
  patlabor
  peacemaker
  persona4
  phantom requiem
  pretear
  ragnarok
  rahxephon
  EVERYTHING studio ghibli
  ranma half
  rosario vampire
  rozen maiden

• Rurouni Kenshin
• s-CRY-edsailor moon
  saiyuki
  sakura wars

• Samurai 7
• Samurai Champloo
• Samurai Deeper Kyo
• Samurai Jacksamurai X OVAS
  sayonara zetsubo sensei
  school rumble
  scrapped princess
  seikon no quaswer
  sekirei
  serial experiments lain
  shadowskill
  shakugan no shana
  shaman king
  shuffle
  shugo chara
  souleater
  spawn
  spice and wolf
  starwars clone wars
  steel angel kurumi
  strawberry panic
  summer wars
  tactics
  teen titans
  tenchi muyo
  tenjho tenge
  texhnolyze
  big O
  legend of the legendary heroes
  melachony haruhi suzumiya
  ugly yet beautiful world
  tokyo mew mew
  togainu no chi
  towanoquon
  tower of druaga
  trigun
  trinity blood

• Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
• Tsukuyomi Moon Phase
  Ultimate Muscle The Kinnikuman Legacy
  utawareumono
  vampire knight
  vandread
  Battle programmer shirase
  escaflowne
  wangan midnight
  weiss kruez
  witchblade
  wolfs rain
  Xamd
  xenosaga
  xXx holic
  yu yu hakusho
  yugioh
  crush gear
  black blood brothers
  kurozuka
  infinite ryvius
  galaxy angel
  Anime only, there are a tonne more i can/will add to the list but they're mainly untranslated japanese and i cbf going through them 1 by 1.

another celica!

:D

welcome to tocau mate

good luck with that dash, ill be doing mine soon too :P

all those people are stuck in the 80's with their ****box cressidas and celicas and they have no knowledge at all about current technology.

..and I dont like you anymore purely for that post.

if it wasnt for our "old" technology, yours sure as hell wouldnt exist.

i'll get around to dyno first. as for mod plating andrew, can i use your guy, he sounds reasonable? ^_^

Tony is very reasonable. I sms you the details.

Tuning first, Dyno last. No use getting a power reading if you aren't properly set up

Thats what i meant :P, dyno TUNE :D

come on... a little red bling doesn't hurt for the bay :P

interior is red black and silver,

engine bay is blue black and silver.

No red EVERYONE does red and yeah sure it looks nice but its common as hell.

i'll get around to dyno first. as for mod plating andrew, can i use your guy, he sounds reasonable? ^_^

More to come soon :P

Previously:

Manager for Eagle Boys Pizza for 3 years- cert II & III Retail management

highest earning shop in aus.

Tattooist 6+ yrs - no i will not draw you something for nothing.

Freelance/comic Artist 1yr- murals,newspaper comics/magazine covers, art wall deco, painting, landscape caricatures, cartoons, portraits exhibitions, art shows, sketches, private hire, stall work, decals.

Diploma of Arts

Diploma Graphic Design

etc etc.. -.-

Chinese restaurant waitress -.-

Currently:

Australian Army

Cert II & III Dental Assisting, oral hygiene, clerk/recordkeeper, etc.

Artist still -Cadmus (Army magazine cover designer), surgery deco (murals everywhere lol)

I drill the crap out of your teeth and laugh at you behind a mask while you look at all the pretty pictures...

Haha, jk's its a bit different.

Where abouts you posted?

I remember the last time my teeth got done, she was laughing, got me worried lol

Brisbane, but im on course in townsville in feb :P

thanks, im hoping after the respray with the stock bar and different bonnet it will too

This car is a freaking nightmare to work on. :P

ROFL

Celica from Hell.

i will fall over laughing if we find out its the wiring.

Sucker for pop up headlights :P

Status: IN PROGRESS (minor technicalities)

[ ] – yet to be done/equipped.

ENGINE:

5SFZE

2.2ltr

6.9L/100km

Manufactured NOV92

Stock Internals

Resprayed valve cover

SUPERCHARGER

Rippmods 5sfe kit (incomplete)

Only 8 ever made, originally for a camry, has to be modified regardless to suit celica.

Greddy E-manage

255lph Walbro fuel pump

315cc injectors

CAI:

3" Stainless Steel piping directly off Supercharger/POD filter

Stainless Steel Catch Can

SUSPENSION:

Stock at the moment

[i am awaiting my BC BR series Coilovers currently in transit FKW(F*** knows where)]

EXHAUST:

Hurricane 4-2-1 Extractors, high flow cat, hotdog muffler, 2" piping, 2.5"Zetti Cannon.

CLUTCH / BRAKES:

Stock callipers resprayed red and black, front ventilated rotors/ rear DBA slotted rotors.

F&R Protex pads

Exedy HD clutch

N/A PERFORMANCE:

It was N/A running equivalent to a AWD GT4 on 6psi, for those assuming its too old/has no potential/too many kms, think again.

No weight reduction was performed and the gt4 was running fine.

I am yet to dyno the Supercharged Celica.

-coming soon-

EXTERIOR:

Aftermarket clear indicators, parkers, front bar blinkers, headlights.

Stock Black coupe spoiler, rear panel, boot lid.

Kit: Veilside Vader Series 1&2

Front Bar: VS2 THIS IS BEING REMOVED -stock with splitters is going on.

Side Skirts: VS2

Rear Aprons: VS1

Bonnet: Genuine GT4 –(front scoop/twin vents, love it but..)

[Have to design my own bonnet to fit the s/c]

-in regards to newly installed sc fitment, both stock and gt4 bonnets are a few mm short of clearance so one shall be cut and altered.

Rims: Currently 16" high profile Speedy's, Black with a chrome ring.

[17" low profile Gold Zenetti's]

-due for a respray

INTERIOR:

Wheel: Boss kit adaptor, 21cm Black/Chrome trimmed MOMO sports wheel.

Knob: F1 racing black ringed Alloy knob.

Pedals: Red,black,shadow chrome race, high grip, forgot the brand.

Mats: Black with red calligraphical dragons embroidered, NOT the supercheap crap./ or chrome checkerplate.

Seat covers: Same as above black dragon or recently replaced with red/black racing performance with a small celica outline on their logo.

Horns: I have 2. The stock one and i installed a set of 3x 120db Airhorns attached to a NOS flip switch on the dash.

Why you ask?... because most Queenslanders are the worst drivers in Aus and im fed up of repairing panels.

SOUND SYSTEM:

Head unit: Green and black Pioneer cd/usb/aux/1x rca output 4x55.

Front: POLK audio 4" 3 ways

Rear:POLK audio 6" 3ways

Sub:12" 1000w Sony Explode

Amp:1000w Boss Audio

[Pioneer comp 12" sub and 400w amp]

OTHER:

coming soon

FUTURE PLANS:

DYNO

REPAIRED/REPLACED:

(this is just for MY future reference)

Radiator and hoses

Power steering pump/rack

Rocker seal gasket

Sump seals

Water pump

Alternator

Distributor

Plug seals

sump/valve cover/exhaust gaskets

Plug Leads

Heater hoses

Injectors x2

Fuel rail

Head gasket (2x)

Gearbox reconditioned

Drive shafts, c/v's, bearings, bushes.(all x3)

Master brake cyclinder

Belts

Warped rotors

Panel work front bar & fenders.

Interior Electrical issues

Worn out struts

Bunch of smaller miscellaneous things..

More to come…

MY LIST

Brake Pads

http://performance-p...D356-TO-92-93-F

HID's

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

Splitters

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

lol badge

(should i do it!? > right where the SX sticker used to be..)

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

CS hood

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

Anodized

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

Radiator shield

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

Dash Cluster Deco

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

slooted/drilled rotors

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

Rims

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

Intercooler kit

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

Steering wheel

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1438.l2649

bump

sherpa will be there ;P