Vince's 2020 Daily Driven MK5 - 850WHP & 86K+ Miles

[VinceChristmastree]

Going to put this here for my own record keeping purposes and people ask me what my wheel specs are all the time. 86K+ miles as of the creation of this post.

Power Mods:

• Vendetta Racing 6870 Top Mount Kit (discontinued)
• Thermal Zero Lava Titanium Turbo Blanket
• RK Autowerks Gen 2 Intake Manifold
• KLM Catch Can
• ATS Stage 1+ Built Trans
• AWE Touring Exhaust
• Tuned by Mikey Botti
  • Map 1: 649WHP
  • Map 2: 739WHP
  • Map 3: 799WHP
  • Map 4: 850WHP

Fueling:

• Visconti Flex Fuel Kit (through Motiv ReFLEX)
• Visconti PI w/Deatschwerks 1000cc Injectors
• Custom fuel system by iAutowork (direct line from secondary LPFP to fuel rail for PI)

Wheels and Suspension:

• Volk Racing TE37 Saga 18x10 +25 (F), 18x11 +34 (R)
• Kumho Ecsta PA51 (F) 275/35/18 / Nitto NT555RII (R) 305/35/18
• Eibach Pro Lowering Springs

Exterior Aesthetics:

• Seibon TD Style Rear Wing
• Extreme Online Store (EOS) A91-CF Style Front Lip
• EOS Carbon Mirror Accents
• eBay Rear Spats
• Juan's Paint-Matched Badges
• Carbon Fiber M-Style Mirror Caps

Interior Aesthetics:

• Carbon Fiber Magnetic Paddles (Amazon)
• Carbon FIber Steering Wheel (Amazon)
• EOS Carbon Shifter Trim
• EOS Carbon Interior Light Trim
• EOS Carbon Steering Wheel Accents

Misc:

• Seasucker Roof Rails
• Thule Motion XT Alpine roof box

Future Plans:

• Built motor after reaching 100K miles
• Switch to ETS turbo kit for 4" downpipe and run the NextGen 6870
• Continue piling miles on the car

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[Jmanlevan]

One of my favorite Supra Youtubers!

 

[Supradawg]

amazing build; loved following every second of it on your YT.

 

[Myeil]

How were you not already a member here?

 

[6mtsoup]

Future Plans:

• Continue piling miles on the car

 

[Loco38SUP]

About time you jumped on here. ??

-RJM

 

[VinceChristmastree]

Yeah I figured it was time to join lol not sure why I waited so long. Glad to be here finally!

 

[archsteve]

Thank you for posting - great to hear a long-term success story for a Supra daily driver - I am (hopefully) picking up my new 2025 next week and it will be replacing my current daily ride (2006 Acura with 290,000+ miles) - I currently average 15K miles yearly and hope this will be the car I drive off into retirement with in approx. 10 years.

 

[VinceChristmastree]

That's exciting! I have tons of videos on my channel discussing my ownership, pretty much whatever MK5 related, I cover it. Just make sure to keep up with regular maintenance and the car will be fine. This car is going to be passed on to my future kids!

 

[archsteve]

Thanks Vince I've started enjoying your youtube channel appreciate it!

 

[tenkyouken]

If you could switch mods out knowing what you know now, what would you switch or be interested in trying?

 

[Funkjaw]

Curious if you have ever tried putting the Volk Racing TE37 Saga 18x10 +25 (F) on the rear of the vehicle? Just wondering if a square setup would work using the front rims...

 

[oreobbq]

eBay Rear Spats

Why you do this. Lol kidding what do they look like?

 

[VinceChristmastree]

If you could switch mods out knowing what you know now, what would you switch or be interested in trying?

Great question. Probably the only thing right now would be trying out the new Pure 900 and setting the car up more for canyons and turns instead of purely straight line. That would be basically it. Was thinking about going to KWs, but I like having the adaptive suspension still being usable.

Curious if you have ever tried putting the Volk Racing TE37 Saga 18x10 +25 (F) on the rear of the vehicle? Just wondering if a square setup would work using the front rims...

Nope, never tried it so I wouldn't know.

Why you do this. Lol kidding what do they look like?

I got this one, does the job lol

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145163413535

 

[tomfree]

Not that you asked...but I'll make a recommendation against the KWs. If you are looking for a streetable coilover to make the car a little more sporting in the canyons, etc, I'd recommend the Ohlins R&T over the KWs. Check out the Ohlins thread on here - there's a mixture of street and track use, and it's generally the "just right" Goldilocks product. I'm likely upgrading from the stock dampers to Ohlins in the next year.

Out of the box, I've had good experience with KWs, but a friend who was a national-level autocrosser had a pretty poor experience with KW and their US service. He had a shock failure - seals leaked much of the fluid out, so he sent the entire set in to be rebuilt by KW USA (new seals, fluid, other wear items). They did the rebuild, but he had another failure almost immediately. After 2 failures in short succession, he sold the KWs.

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