What did you do to your Supra today?

[Evolution]

Nice shot, especially with Venus and moon in back ground.

Dont forget about the Queen Mary too!

 

[obito]

Talk to me about these yellow DTLs.

Capturing the hazards in this pic made me think I’d like the idea of having another color/modified headlights. But the DRLs as they are look super cool to me

 

[Ivan27]

Dont forget about the Queen Mary too!

Yea, I use to kayak by the Queen Mary back in the day. Is that Russian submarine still there? I've left California 17 yrs ago. Oh, forgot to mention the big dome that use to house the Spruce Goose H-4 Hercules.

 

[Deighvid]

Think I have everything needed to upgrade the quality of my interior panels and trim. I plan to remove all rattles/ticks/thumps and really make my interior a premium feel no matter what speed or bump I encounter on the road. Also going to improve the speaker acoustics.

I had fun doing this one tbh haha

 

[Toshi]

I had fun doing this one tbh haha

I wish I could start but it's been raining every single day : ( I'm about to go rent a shop space hahha

 

[Thill444]

I just added these silver aluminum paddle extenders. I eventually want carbon fiber but these were cheap and it matches the trim.

 

[Karacticus]

Filled the tank with gas mixed with fuel stabilizer.

It looks like they will probably be salting the roads by tomorrow night.

 

[Sereph102889]

Today I pulled the passenger side of the front bumper off and painstakingly removed the paint matched reflector, removed any extra adhesive, cleaned any contact surfaces with 99%, reapplied new 3M adhesive to the reflector and replaced it back into the bumper. This mofo better stay put this time!

 

[SupraDC]

Today I pulled the passenger side of the front bumper off and painstakingly removed the paint matched reflector, removed any extra adhesive, cleaned any contact surfaces with 99%, reapplied new 3M adhesive to the reflector and replaced it back into the bumper. This mofo better stay put this time!

I badly want to remove the reflectors and replace with the matching paint. I've covered with the dark tint, but won't be happy until they are gone. Is it as awful as it looks on youtube?

 

[Sereph102889]

I badly want to remove the reflectors and replace with the matching paint. I've covered with the dark tint, but won't be happy until they are gone. Is it as awful as it looks on youtube?

Getting the OEM reflectors out is the biggest pain of the entire job because the OEM adhesive is incredibly strong. A good heat gun, which I don't have, will help significantly loosen the factory adhesive to make removing them way easier than the ways I've had to do it. The best I've had is a hair dryer and even it helps, you can definitely tell a difference between using the hair dryer and not using it.

As for the job itself, I've done this job two different times now and the front is way easier than the rears. The front can be done just by turning the wheel to full lock, removing the 3 inner fender liner bolts, and then popping the hood, pulling up the rubber fender/bumper protector, removing the 2 bolts, and pulling that corner of the bumper out. This will allow you full access to stick your hand behind the bumper enough to work in that space. As for the rears, I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend jacking the car up, removing the rear wheels, removing the 3 inner fender liner screws AND the bumper screw!!! Most people miss the screw in the rear, that's hidden behind the fender liner at the top of the wheel arch, and they try to pull the bumper off and it breaks the bumper tab. Once all this is done, you can safely pull the rear bumper out of it's "Locking tabs" and you have "just" enough room to barely get your hands in there and remove the OEM reflector and replace with the new ones.

The entire process from start to finish, the first time I did it, was more difficult for me than doing a full charge pipe replacement as well as a full intake + turbo inlet replacement, but like I said, I didn't have a heat gun to help break that factory adhesive loose. If you have a heat gun, this job is probably 2x easier than the ways I've had to do it. It's definitely worth it in my opinion though!

 

[zrk]

Getting the OEM reflectors out is the biggest pain of the entire job because the OEM adhesive is incredibly strong. A good heat gun, which I don't have, will help significantly loosen the factory adhesive to make removing them way easier than the ways I've had to do it. The best I've had is a hair dryer and even it helps, you can definitely tell a difference between using the hair dryer and not using it.

As for the job itself, I've done this job two different times now and the front is way easier than the rears. The front can be done just by turning the wheel to full lock, removing the 3 inner fender liner bolts, and then popping the hood, pulling up the rubber fender/bumper protector, removing the 2 bolts, and pulling that corner of the bumper out. This will allow you full access to stick your hand behind the bumper enough to work in that space. As for the rears, I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend jacking the car up, removing the rear wheels, removing the 3 inner fender liner screws AND the bumper screw!!! Most people miss the screw in the rear, that's hidden behind the fender liner at the top of the wheel arch, and they try to pull the bumper off and it breaks the bumper tab. Once all this is done, you can safely pull the rear bumper out of it's "Locking tabs" and you have "just" enough room to barely get your hands in there and remove the OEM reflector and replace with the new ones.

The entire process from start to finish, the first time I did it, was more difficult for me than doing a full charge pipe replacement as well as a full intake + turbo inlet replacement, but like I said, I didn't have a heat gun to help break that factory adhesive loose. If you have a heat gun, this job is probably 2x easier than the ways I've had to do it. It's definitely worth it in my opinion though!

Wanna come over and do my rears? Taking the wheel off is no big deal - have to do it every Saturday and again Sundays before/after going to the track to put the radials on/off, but getting that adhesive off is a bitch.

 

[Sereph102889]

Wanna come over and do my rears? Taking the wheel off is no big deal - have to do it every Saturday and again Sundays before/after going to the track to put the radials on/off, but getting that adhesive off is a bitch.

I would definitely help if I lived closer haha. The rears are indeed so much harder than the fronts because of such limited access from the backside. IND sent a nice little trim prying tool with the reflector kit and I definitely did have to use it in the rear. Once I had the adhesive heated up as much as I could with my hair dryer I just "slowly, very slowly" worked the trim tool all the way around the edges breaking the adhesive loose. Man that job is such a pain in the ass lol!

 

[Deighvid]

Finally got the car aligned after installing my eibach springs like 700mi ago lol oops.

Shoutout Chewerks and Studio RSR

 

[hotsaucewizard]

Caught hail a few months ago, had everything repaired except for the hood with the plan to eventually buy a carbon fiber hood... finally ordered it several months later along with a rexspeed spoiler. Hopefully this hood doesn't take another 3 months to show up :/

 

[zrk]

Caught hail a few months ago, had everything repaired except for the hood with the plan to eventually buy a carbon fiber hood... finally ordered it several months later along with a rexspeed spoiler. Hopefully this hood doesn't take another 3 months to show up :/

I have bad news for ya.

What hood did you order?