What did you do to your Supra today?

[FLtrackdays]

More TRD parts added to my TRD car. This time with the engine and rear brace. Also added a gruppeM intake and Verus mcb.

Nice!!!!! Is that brake master cylinder brace something you guys highly recommend? I’m really enjoying the solid feel from my upgraded SPL parts, extra adjustments now available and hopefully preventing future part failure. Amazed how fragile (look and feel of) the Toyota OEM parts are compared to the SPL ones. I have to buy an OEM right tie rod that’s slightly bent, prior to putting on the SPL parts. Who knows if that would have helped prevented it or not ?‍

 

[FLtrackdays]

Few more parts added thanks to my awesome mechanic. I had an appointment today and called Toyota twice to make sure they had a “Supra” technician available (previous issue)… and of course I’ll have to drop her back off tomorrow ? They were not available “today“ to hook her up to the computer and reset a steering angle sensor ??‍

 

[underdonk]

Nice!!!!! Is that brake master cylinder brace something you guys highly recommend? I’m really enjoying the solid feel from my upgraded SPL parts, extra adjustments now available and hopefully preventing future part failure. Amazed how fragile (look and feel of) the Toyota OEM parts are compared to the SPL ones. I have to buy an OEM right tie rod that’s slightly bent, prior to putting on the SPL parts. Who knows if that would have helped prevented it or not ?‍

I run the Verus MBC brace and it works as advertised. Was actually one of the first mods I did on my car in an attempt to get better feel from the brakes. It does make jamming the JB4 in there a little more complicated, though! I suppose I look at the SPL parts a little differently. They are for sure solid. Certainly more so than the stock parts. However, based on what we both just did to our cars, we removed all of the shock-absorbing rubber bushings from the suspension. A big screw-up on the road (I think the biggest risk is here) or a bad off at the track and you're actually more likely to break stuff given it's metal-on-metal-on-metal action now, regardless of how sturdy those parts actually are. I talked this over a bit with the guy who did the work on my car and he said it was his experience on a couple of his cars as well. Parts worked as advertised, but if he really screwed up, he paid for it.

Sucks about the delayed appointment, man. Hope they get you fixed up tomorrow!

 

[Nikko]

Powder coat rims and calipers!!! Shout out to Alpha wheels in Georgia!!

Calipers are fantastic! Hate the red on my Nitro ...

 

[ricks6231]

Calipers are fantastic! Hate the red on my Nitro ...

Yep I just wanted black and yellow. Had nothing red. Plus in the future I may wrap lime green so yellow caliper is cool with that

 

[razorlab]

I very much recommend the MC brace. The brake feel on the supra sucks and for $130, the brace helps a good amount!

 

[Teleguy11]

Best for the money product I've purchased! Plus, once installed they fit the cars style perfectly. Toyota should have installed something like these stock.
7k miles and no chips at all behind any of my wheels.

Some pics....

 

[frankenm]

Installing some brake upgrades and cutting some holes in the fenders and hood for louvers - getting ready for a good amount of seat time this month hitting 4 separate tracks over the next 3 weeks

 

[Carl - Driveway Labs]

-Door Pull torture test install
-door speaker bezel design

 

[VA90]

Installing some brake upgrades and cutting some holes in the fenders and hood for louvers - getting ready for a good amount of seat time this month hitting 4 separate tracks over the next 3 weeks

Which fender louvers are you using? Sayber? Something else?

 

[RyanA90]

-Door Pull torture test install
-door speaker bezel design

Not sure how I feel about the speaker grill design ?

 

[frankenm]

Which fender louvers are you using? Sayber? Something else?

No not the sayber one using the verus hood louver and have 6 others from different vendors for the hood and fenders to experiment with ... will have 3 on the hood, 1 each behind the front wheels in the fender and 1 on top of the wheel well directly

may or may not cut the rear bumper up as well

 

[zrk]

Parts coming in. Getting some of the bush league shit sorted out this off season. Proper fuel system stuff and a decent quality reflex harness.

 

[Carl - Driveway Labs]

Not sure how I feel about the speaker grill design ?

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[Evolution]

Installing some brake upgrades and cutting some holes in the fenders and hood for louvers - getting ready for a good amount of seat time this month hitting 4 separate tracks over the next 3 weeks

You going to have it all back together and ready to go for tomorrow?