Rice Rice Baby!

In this thread I'm gonna post all the pics as I take my Tiburon GT from this:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps738fb80d.jpg

to this:
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...9/DSC_3731.jpg


Just kidding. :D

Though I am doing some vehicle modding, though it's manly taking the NA trim interior and returning it to KDM spec. For some reason we got the privilege of having black on black on black interior here but in Korea the got stuck with having titanium trim on the doors, center console, and shifter (what a hardship).

For my birthday I got the KDM door pulls and latches as well as replacement latch covers (the stock ones had the rubberized coating scratched to shit for some reason) and I finally got a chance to install them today.

Before pass side didn't get a shot of the driver (and yes the latch was broken, though not when I bought it):

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psalzwnono.jpg


After (I also replaced the passenger side switch trim since it was also scratched up and the whole assembly cost me 5 bucks and the pick and pull):

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...pstt1ozqaa.jpg

and the driver side (how the fuck the panel got that scratched i have no idea but I decided that I'm just gonna replace both with the silver KDM versions in the near future):

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps7csfhqwg.jpg


This was a surprisingly easy job and I was very impressed in how the door cards are attached to the door, now I just need the KDM shift knob, center vent trim, radio bezel, and window switch trim plates.

aside from the body colored beauty panels and the autotragic this is the end result I hope to achieve.

http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/n...i/Interior.jpg

Nice. What does it look like under the door panel? That grille looks rather large for just a 6.5.

I had a feeling that a question like that would come up so I took pictures:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psvalwpjyo.jpg

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psdeq4zsuv.jpg

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psqlja3v6d.jpg

but yeah the cut out is actually about 7 1/2" and the way the mid protrudes from the door it all goes togeather like a bazooka tube of sorts. :p

doors also had a surprising amount of "sound deadener" given the how cheap the cars original MSRP, the same year celica has the yellow foam piece and that's it.