What did you do to your Supra today?

[puzzled]

@Blindspot I got that cubby too. While subtle on mine since my interior is black, on your car the piece brings out a very nice contrast with the red. I think it's well done including your other pieces.

 

[zrk]

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.

These are exactly the three pieces that I want.

 

[nosavingthrow]

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

Is the black reflectors an overlay or replacement?

 

[puzzled]

These are exactly the three pieces that I want.

Is your interior black? I was thinking about that seat CF piece a while back, but on black seats it's going to make the entire seat look like one piece, as in too dark.. (?) I left the silver on mine for some contrast.

 

[Munkeeboi]

Is the black reflectors an overlay or replacement?

tint overlays

 

[zrk]

Is your interior black? I was thinking about that seat CF piece a while back, but on black seats it's going to make the entire seat look like one piece, as in too dark.. (?) I left the silver on mine for some contrast.

Yeah - all blank interior. I think it'll look good usually. In the dark, I feel ya.

 

[puzzled]

Yeah - all blank interior. I think it'll look good usually. In the dark, I feel ya.

I’d be interested in seeing the seat piece.

 

[zrk]

I’d be interested in seeing the seat piece.

I'll send you photographs once I order a set, they are packaged up in the warehouse, they ship, they pass through several small towns on the way to my apartment in Chicago, they get delivered, I unbox them, I head out to the car with them, and install them.

 

[Mason]

I'll send you photographs once I order a set, they are packaged up in the warehouse, they ship, they pass through several small towns on the way to my apartment in Chicago, they get delivered, I unbox them, I head out to the car with them, and install them.

Then do you drive the car with them after? I'm getting my notes mixed up..

 

[SupraDC]

I'll be washing my phantom matte for the first time today. Also going to try and install the carbon door trim overlays and rear deck lid stripes. And now that the recall is done, I am going to try my hand at bimmercode. Getting tinted on Wednesday (VA max allowed) and continuing to get quotes on wrapping it.

Happy Saturday to everyone!

 

[puzzled]

I'll send you photographs once I order a set, they are packaged up in the warehouse, they ship, they pass through several small towns on the way to my apartment in Chicago, they get delivered, I unbox them, I head out to the car with them, and install them.

This sounds like me reviewing to my wife all the completed honey-do list items with emphasis on working all frikken day long and sweating my ballz off just for her. The list has like 2 items..

 

[DavisV]

VRSF downpipes & jb4 installed today ?

 

[djbilly]

New steering wheel, supplied by OHC Motors.

Makes a huge difference to the driving experience imo, compared to the OEM piece of shit that comes with the car!

 

[Sereph102889]

Finally got around to using Bimmercode to make some changes. I coded the car to turn the start/stop function off permanently unless I press the button, coded it to where it will always start in Sport Individual mode, and then I coded the Sport Plus Engine and Transmission options into the car. Then I customized my Sport individual settings to always be in Sport Plus Transmission and Engine mode. I wasn't expecting anything from the Sport Plus mode tbh, but you can actually tell a difference in the shifts! They are a bit quicker and there's more of a "bite" feel to them now under throttle.

 

[Mason]

Installed my armaspeed carbon fiber intake today. Kinda on the fence about how I feel about them.

Instead of the high pitch “stustustu“ it’s now a loud SWOOSH like when you drive through a big puddle. Loud yes, the quality of noise is worse tho, imo