Import Tuner Celica

sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:10 pm

I was at TRU today and came across this. It is a 1:32 scale Celica. There was also a EVO and Supra there. The detail on the body is pretty good and it is very light plastic. So I decided to see if I could get a xmod chassis to fit.

On the lowest setting the chassis will fit and I chopped down a CF driveshaft to fit. I also think a IW02 cb and so Li-ions will go into her.

civicsr2cool · Post by **civicsr2cool** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:01 pm

hot damn an evo? how much did it cost, may get one dem evos

nice find sat

sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 7:29 am

They are priced at $10.00 man. Not bad at all for a nice body and 2 130 motors. The tires also fit the xmod wheels and with a little modding the rims might fit as well.

Here is a pic from the package. All 4 in the collection.

I just got finished putting together the chassis I am using for now. I will be getting some alloy stuff (wheels, cups, knuckles, and such) and build one of ph2ts motors. It has stacked fets, 18awg wires, steering mod, and bent tierod. All on a Zero Products X-Frame Pro Stock chassis.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:08 am

That looks good.

So is that a shorter wheelbase than the RSX? And how light is it? Is it drastically lighter than a Xmod body?

sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:52 am

crazydave wrote:That looks good.

So is that a shorter wheelbase than the RSX? And how light is it? Is it drastically lighter than a Xmod body?

It is shorter then the RSX. It seems to be lighter then the Mini-Z bodies I have. It is alot thinner plastic. It is about twice as thick as a lexan body.

Finks · Post by **Finks** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:45 pm

Wow Not bad! I like it better w/ the Xmod chasiis than the stock and that's a good thing. With an empty basment I am going to start up w/ Xmods again and an RX8 shell would be quite nice. Those thin shells tho wouldn't be great for our bashers around here (betty

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sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:13 pm

Yeah The RX-8 will look pretty pimp. I might go and pick up the other 3.

I finally got the mounts made and added some more stickers. Also I changed the wheels since the black on black was a little too much for my taste.

Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:15 pm

Can you post pics of the underside of the body? So we can see how you mounted it.

sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:29 pm

You can see some pics of the mounts in my gallery here.

I am going to pick up the other bodies tomorrow. The EVO is one I am looking forward to seeing.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:38 am

I kinda prefered the black on black...

Anyways, I love that car, I'm gonna try to find me one of them. I like the idea of the shorter wheelbase. I figure it'll help with the turning radius.

Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:57 am

crazydave wrote:I kinda prefered the black on black...

Anyways, I love that car, I'm gonna try to find me one of them. I like the idea of the shorter wheelbase. I figure it'll help with the turning radius.

It may also make the car's steering more twitchy. Let us know what you find

sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:12 am

Maxximum Attack wrote:
crazydave wrote:I kinda prefered the black on black...

Anyways, I love that car, I'm gonna try to find me one of them. I like the idea of the shorter wheelbase. I figure it'll help with the turning radius.
It may also make the car's steering more twitchy. Let us know what you find

The turning radius might be slighty smaller (if it is it is very little). I haven't noticed anymore twitching then what little it had before.

I went to get some more today and all I could find was the EVO. Someone bought the last RX-8 and Supra since my last visit.

Working on mounts for it as we speak.

Here is is mounted to the chassis. It looks pretty good but I don't think the detail is as good as the Celica. Out of all of them the EVO is the least detailed. Still cool none the less. Also both has small holes to install headlight and taillight LEDs.

civicsr2cool · Post by **civicsr2cool** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:54 am

they badged that an evo

they at least coulda got the hood right and i mighta got it

sat4life27 · Post by **sat4life27** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:26 pm

A little update for those interested in these. Wal-mart is now selling the same cars under a different label (SuperDrift) and the carry the 4 (in different colors) and 2 more (a WRX and a 350Z). I picked up a RX8 the other night and finally got around to modding it to fit on the chassis.

I also painted and decaled up the EVO for a COTM contest over at xmodrc. I am hoping to win since the prize is a WRX Xmods starter kit. Wish me luck pimps.....

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45tr0 · Post by **45tr0** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:49 pm

Good luck pimp! great job on the evo, huge improvement over the original!