What did you do to your Supra today?

[razorlab]

I get you man. I use to do it myself long time ago when I use to mod my suspension all the time. Honestly raising the car up each time to get my pumpkin head under there to make adjustments was a hassle, but as you said, well worth it given the suspension compresses to its operating position with some push-down. Some progressive rate springs would just not push back so only used this technique on linear spring cars.

I guess thrust angle was something I couldn't really check afterwards as some cars are tweaked from the factory. Anyway good stuff.

A good byproduct of the plastic tiles I spruced up the garage with is that I can do toe adjustments with the car still at ride height, loaded up. Camber adjustments obviously I have to raise the car up to adjust. The nice thing about this setup I have is that it attaches to the car so when I drop the car back down and move it back and forward to settle it, I don't have to re-setup everything!

 

[Patina]

I "modified" one of my wheels on a Minnesota pothole yesterday.

Luckily it was my cheap winter set, but still a bad afternoon. I'm thinking I should get an alignment next week.

Damn, for a second I thought these were the factory forged wheels and wondered if you had actually hit a crater instead of a pothole. An impact that bad, you should definitely get an alignment ASAP for safety sake, even a curb strike from parking can/will knock the alignment.

 

[suicidaleggroll]

Installed the Verus rear diffuser

 

[Sereph102889]

Yes sir - good eye! 1972 442 Convertible. My parents were the original owners of it.

I love cars, especially ones from before the 80s. My dad and uncle both raised me around cars from the 70s and 60's. My uncle had a 1972 442, a 1968 GTO, and a 1969 Dodge Charger, while my dad had/still has a 1978 Trans Am and a 1969 GTO. We used to go to all kinds of car shows that specialized in older muscle cars.

Your garage is amazing and that Cutlass is the best part of it in my opinion even though I own a Supra and love it so much.

 

[B58_ hwAyaq]

Think you don’t need rock guards? I didn’t either. Bought some today. I suppose PPF would work, too. This isn’t a long term car for me, but the ZL1 rock guards are cheap to prevent any further damage.

This is only with about 500 miles on the new wheels.

Can only see when looking from the bottom up for what’s its worth.

Don’t be me. Buy rock guards or PPF with a wider stance.

 

[romanLegion9574]

I was also quoted high on an alignment. About $340 with a reprogramming needed.
Anyone here run into problems after getting an alignment from an independent shop?

I took my car out for a drive after the alignment from an independent shop(price mentioned earlier, $220, $160 more for corner balancing - $20 for a car club membership discount). No more darty front end or any other issues.

And what do you mean, "reprogramming"?

 

[Heavy Foot]

Think you don’t need rock guards? I didn’t either. Bought some today. I suppose PPF would work, too. This isn’t a long term car for me, but the ZL1 rock guards are cheap to prevent any further damage.

This is only with about 500 miles on the new wheels.

Can only see when looking from the bottom up for what’s its worth.

Don’t be me. Buy rock guards or PPF with a wider stance.

Are any of the chips on the doors, or just on the lower rocker panel part of the door? I have the front fenders done, lower rocker panels, and the boomerang looking thing done in ppf

 

[SupraYYJ]

Are any of the chips on the doors, or just on the lower rocker panel part of the door? I have the front fenders done, lower rocker panels, and the boomerang looking thing done in ppf

If you're on the fence about the front zl1addons.com rock guards, I say get them. They mount behind the factory trim and are almost invisible. Here's about the ugliest angle for the front rock guards:

In most angles, they're invisible:

The rear rock guards are more conspicuous, and multiple forum members have had problems with them cracking, including me. I still recommend them.

 

[jreinlie4]

I "modified" one of my wheels on a Minnesota pothole yesterday.

Luckily it was my cheap winter set, but still a bad afternoon. I'm thinking I should get an alignment next week.

This happened to me back when I was like 17 years old. My buddies and I heated the damaged area with a torch and hammered it back into shape!

 

[Andrew4Supra]

Think you don’t need rock guards? I didn’t either. Bought some today. I suppose PPF would work, too. This isn’t a long term car for me, but the ZL1 rock guards are cheap to prevent any further damage.

This is only with about 500 miles on the new wheels.

Can only see when looking from the bottom up for what’s its worth.

Don’t be me. Buy rock guards or PPF with a wider stance.

~ Great post.

Yeah I have both in place (ppf and zl1 guards) since new… along with ppf matte on the rockers.

The ppf on my lower front fenders is still peppered as seen in your pics when you look closely (doing it’s job).

Summer tires throw the rocks. Protect when new.

 

[zrk]

reprogramming

A.. what?

 

[Cheesedawg]

A.. what?

I would have to double check what Toyota/BMW recommend, but more and more manufacturers are starting to specify an recalibration/programming of the Forward Collision Monitoring/Adaptive Cruise Control/etc. systems when an alignment is preformed. I think as of around 2015 or so Chrysler say specifically that you "Must" recalibrate them when an alignment is done on a vehicle with those options. Now most aftermarket or independent shops won't bother since there really isn't a need to 99 times out of 100.
But a dealer isn't going to ignore the manufacturer recommendations or turn down an extra hour or two of billable labor.

 

[Olser]

This happened to me back when I was like 17 years old. My buddies and I heated the damaged area with a torch and hammered it back into shape!

Unfortunately, there is actually a crack clear through the center of the rim. You can see it in the center of the first picture. There is no saving this one.

 

[MK_Surrey]

Saw her from above.

 

[TheBayA90]

A.. what?

I’m not really familiar with alignments but was told I would also need a reprogramming/recalibration after the alignment. Dunno what for