What did you do to your Supra today?

[puzzled]

Not my Supra, but saw one in the wild for the first time in my life!! And the prize was that it was a black one just like mine. So beautiful.

I actually had my son make a short clip of me driving off a weekend morning before hibernation as I wanted to see what my car looks like on public roads. Nice—!!

 

[digicidal]

Not my Supra, but saw one in the wild for the first time in my life!! And the prize was that it was a black one just like mine. So beautiful.

I actually had my son make a short clip of me driving off a weekend morning before hibernation as I wanted to see what my car looks like on public roads. Nice—!!

I haven't seen another one in any color in a couple months... then yesterday as I was driving home I drove past two within 1 minute of each other on the opposite side of the road. They were both Nitro Yellow's as well - so probably 25%+ of those sold here in the past 2 years. Weird how that works sometimes.

The second one didn't notice me... but the first one was waving as I was giving him a thumbs-up. I wonder if he caught up to the first guy a little later. I had the same thoughts though... at first I was just like "Man that's a nice looking car..." then suddenly realized "oh wait, I'm driving that same car right now!"

 

[Munkeeboi]

Finally found time to get the maxton kit installed and the car out of the garage

 

[Involus]

How's the braking performance? I swapped over to Z16 power stops 2 weeks ago and doesn't feel like it brakes as good

I’m also running the Z16s, they definitely don’t bite as hard as the stock pads did but they’re getting better since bedding them in and more miles. Unfortunately trade offs for everything.

I'm jealous of your space, can you post some angles of the rock guards installed? I want to evaluate if they stick out too much for my tase

Front:

Rear:

 

[Phil3]

That’s more like it …

 

[puzzled]

I had that one but decided to go with this one. That one is in my parts bin..

 

[LubSupla]

Finally found time to get the maxton kit installed and the car out of the garage

Sweet! Looks super clean. Too busy to install mine but great incentive after seeing this.

 

[Diablo]

Drove my Supra today, final drive of the season. Weather was perfect, not too much traffic, very enjoyable. A lady in a Venza even complimented my car when we stopped at a light. "You have a beautiful car~" she said.

Fueled up with stabilizer and placed her (my car, not the Venza lady) on Flatstoppers.. and gave her a nice cleaning. So beautiful indeed. ?

What size Flatstoppers did you go with? I didn’t know they existed until this post and I definitely need a set now. I’m on factory wheel and tire size for now

 

[puzzled]

What size Flatstoppers did you go with? I didn’t know they existed until this post and I definitely need a set now. I’m on factory wheel and tire size for now

I think mine is the 14" as 25.4 x 14= 356mm. I know my rears are not 355mm. And 10" is too narrow.

https://www.raceramps.com/car-storage/p/rr-fs/

 

[Diablo]

I think mine is the 14" as 25.4 x 14= 356mm. I know my rears are not 355mm. And 10" is too narrow.

https://www.raceramps.com/car-storage/p/rr-fs/

Outstanding. Thank you for your time! 14” it is. Fingers crossed it clears since I’m lowered on Swift springs.

 

[puzzled]

Outstanding. Thank you for your time! 14” it is. Fingers crossed it clears since I’m lowered on Swift springs.

No problem. I recommend you jack up the car when you place these under the tires as they can slip when you go on them, plus can be a little tricky to know the right amount of throttle to apply.. it's not everyday you go up a ramp simultaneously on all 4 corners..

Driving off them is no problem.

 

[underdonk]

What did I do to my Supra today? Well, I cursed at it trying to install this f'ing Eventuri carbon fiber intake.

 

[puzzled]

What did I do to my Supra today? Well, I cursed at it trying to install this f'ing Eventuri carbon fiber intake.

Why would you do that? I didn’t have to cuss at my car or my intake.. but did cuss at myself when I dropped the screw for the MAF or whatever that thing is.. and lost it somewhere down under.. huh Australia.

 

[underdonk]

Why would you do that? I didn’t have to cuss at my car or my intake.. but did cuss at myself when I dropped the screw for the MAF or whatever that thing is.. and lost it somewhere down under.. huh Australia.

Frustrating isn't it? I had to remove my Cusco front brace to do the airbox install and I dropped the dang nut inside of the wheel well that holds the thing onto the strut tower. There are about a million places it could have gone in there and it was just by luck that it was resting on some ledge that I could see through the wheel. I figure it's not a car project unless you drop one nut/screw/bolt in a difficult to reach spot.

 

[Blindspot]

I installed three parts from NV Specialties yesterday, including the carbon seat inserts, carbon change cubby, and carbon transverse bar. All three are replacements, not add-on covers that go over the top of the original. The outward faces of the parts are finished extremely well; glossy with no imperfections and pretty much matches the stock carbon as well. If you flip the parts over you can see the telltale vacuum bagging lines and where they've bonded the hooks to the backside.

I've seen a ton of carbon over the years and while none of these parts are of structural importance, it's nice to see that they're still manufactured with a ton of care. Installation for all three was super easy and while the parts aren't exactly inexpensive, they really change the interior look of the Supra.

For the cubby, all you need to do is remove the center console cover (two T20 torx screws under the cup holders and some clips) to pull off the original part. You don't need to swap the gator clips to the new cubby, but it fits a bit loose if you don't take the time to swap the clips over to the new cubby's posts. Make sure to also swap over the rubber bottom to the new cubby so stuff doesn't rattle in it. This job takes fifteen ten minutes or so.

For the seat inserts, it's just a matter of using your thumbs to push the seat in enough to pop off the original inserts. NV Specialties has bonded hooks onto the new inserts and you only need to reverse the technique to install the new pieces. This job takes ten minutes. It also reveals some poor stitching where you normally wouldn't be able to spot it.

For the transverse bar, you only need to remove two trim pieces near the seatbelt anchor (detailed in other posts on this forum) on each side and then use that big ol' t50 torx bit to remove the fixing bolts. These were barely hand tight on my car - I could have removed them by hand if I could have grabbed the bolt. The NV Specialties transverse bar weighs about 1/4 of the stock aluminum one, but I'm positive that neither has any effect on the car's performance. It sure does look good, though. If you pick one up, make sure to also swap over the angled rubbered gasket on each side, as well as the plastic bushing for each bolt hole.

Obviously, none of this stuff changes how the car performs, but my goal was to make the cabin feel more like a supercar than a sports car. The carbon cubby makes it look like the entire tunnel is carbon fiber, and when you look through the car's side or front windows you see that, the carbon inserts, and the carbon transverse bar - I love it!

The next things to go on are the Öhlins Road and Track suspension that just arrived and my gold 18" Apex EC-7Rs and 275/40 Yoko A052s. Then I'll start thinking about losing some weight with an Anti-Gravity battery (or something similar), carbon roof, and maybe some MUCH lighter seats of some kind. I also hate the speaker box (and things rattle) and don't give a shit about sound quality, so I might get rid of all that crap behind the seats.