What tools do I need to work on my Supra?

[SJ-Ray]

Tool list is endless.

Use some critical thinking skills first.

Figure out what you want to install, look up DIYs on YouTube or the forum or both. Make note of the tools being used and purchase such tool sets and other one off bits like pucks, etc, etc.

That's basically how i approach things.

Sure there are tools you want if you work on any kind of car, but why buy stuff that you might never need?

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[lucky phil]

That's basically how i approach things.

Sure there are tools you want if you work on any kind of car, but why buy stuff that you might never need?

Basically because it's way cheaper to buy yourself a "kit" than tools individually and you can take advantage of sales specials on a kit more than individual tools. It's also better to have a kit because you can keep things neat and stored logically so it's easy to track if a tool is missing. Decent quality tools are laughable cheap these days and if you look after them they will last you for the rest of your life. Even specialist tooling is cheap these days and when you ask yourself the question "is it worth buying" I always think of the cost of paying a knuckle dragging mechanic to do the job for about 10 or more times the cost of the tool and risk it being fucked up. So at the end of the day you save 90% in cost, get a better job and all you've got another tool in the armory. Give it away if you want, it's still way cheaper in the end.

 

[SJ-Ray]

Basically because it's way cheaper to buy yourself a "kit" than tools individually and you can take advantage of sales specials on a kit more than individual tools. It's also better to have a kit because you can keep things neat and stored logically so it's easy to track if a tool is missing. Decent quality tools are laughable cheap these days and if you look after them they will last you for the rest of your life. Even specialist tooling is cheap these days and when you ask yourself the question "is it worth buying" I always think of the cost of paying a knuckle dragging mechanic to do the job for about 10 or more times the cost of the tool and risk it being fucked up. So at the end of the day you save 90% in cost, get a better job and all you've got another tool in the armory. Give it away if you want, it's still way cheaper in the end.

I didn't mean i don't buy kits if i buy tools
That was meant in general regarding the type of work you gonna do on the car.

e.g. i don't buy all the tool to rebuild an engine if i'm not planning to do so.
But i did buy a set of different e-torx and torx, because like you said it's usually cheaper when buying only the sizes i will need and it could come handy for my other car as well.

 

[kaj]

- Bimmerlink/Bimmercode and a compatible OBD adapter (You will need it to do things like reset service intervals (to remove the oil change / brake pad change / etc warnings) and to code new batteries if you replace yours.)
- If you're getting wrench sets, I really like getting a set that can be angled for hard to reach areas of the engine bay.
- Obviously jackstands, ramps, and a good quality floor jack. Good idea to get jackstand adapters/pucks (or something like the Verus replacements) since the side jack points have that stupid BMW thing where it's a hollow rectangle that makes a lot of your standard jacks not able to support the car right. Also, never leave the car on the floor jack, always use jackstands or ramps and only use the floor jack for lifting/lowering.)
- Magnetic telescopic pickup tool, especially if it has a light on the end of it. Saved my ass many times when I've dropped bolts or washers. Make sure it's a quality piece and not some chinese brand off Amazon, you want one strong enough to grab even wrenches just incase.
- Torque wrench (needs to be a 120-150 lbs one, 100 lbs is very common but isn't enough for the wheel lug bolts.)
- An Impact Driver is good to have, but never "unga-dunga" anything with it, just speeds things up / helps with stuck bolts and nuts.
- Drill and drill bits/step bits (if you ever plan to do any mods that require drilling like aero. You can usually get Impact Driver + Drill combo kits with batteries for not much more than the cost of just an impact and batteries anyways.)
- Magnetic trays for your bolts/fasteners are really nice to have.
- All of the obvious ones for oil/fluid changes (funnels, oil drain pan, a pack of shop towels, etc.)
- A decent shop vac or hand vacuum for cleaning up debris and the like when you're working in the engine bay
- One or two decent flashlights, especially if magnetic, for working in the engine bay or under the car.
- I also like to have a tire pressure reader that lets you remove air incase you get your tires changed and the tech they had do the tire swap made the air pressure too high. (Happens a LOT for me...)
- A plastic rivet plier/remover set is also great to have and makes taking those plastic rivets out easy.
- Lastly, I'd pick up a kit of replacement bolts/fasteners/plastic rivets incase you ever break/lose any. Especially plastic rivets, they love to snap and break easily, and the Supra uses quite a few of them in and around the engine bay.

I thought he was looking for basics. Shoot...If we're talking specialty/make life easier, I have a very, very, very long and expensive list I can post.

Just a thought, but if you don’t already have a relatively good tool set you may want to let the professionals do it.

We all started somewhere.

Yeah, but you put in the absolute minimum effort possible when making your post. You're asking strangers to take time of out their day to help you for free. Have you considered that for anyone to answer your question effectively, they would be putting in 10x more effort than your original question?

Also, I have no love for AI, but if you TYPED IN YOUR QUESTION to Google the dumbass AI overview would have given you a bulleted list of tools to purchase. My goal isn't to insult you, but to try and help you have some perspective on what etiquette you should have when participating in an online forum (or the real-world).

It was just a question and it's MUCH more fun to interact with real people than rely on Google and (often wrong) AI. In fact.. it's kinda why forums were invented. I think a lot of (younger?) people online, sadly, forget about the person-to-person aspect of being an enthusiast. Yes, you can Google most stuff, but how boring.

 

[26StratMT]

We all started somewhere.

True, but I’m not sure learning to wrench on a new Supra, an expensive, complex, high performance, German/Toyota machine is a good place to start lol.

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