My MKIII - My Project - Need a few answers

Scionguy · 09-18-2008, 09:12 PM

coming along nicely man. mines at the my friends for a tranny and rad flush and then she comes back for paint! you better have pics of your install btw.

Grandavi · 09-18-2008, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Scionguy

coming along nicely man. mines at the my friends for a tranny and rad flush and then she comes back for paint! you better have pics of your install btw.

All my installations are going to have a before/after, step-by-step photo journal. I will put in here as i go. (The body wont, however, I am going to get shots prior to repairs to show what to look for on this car, as I am pretty sure this is a common fault in wheelwells for Supra's in areas that salt the roads...)

What color you going with? Original?

Grandavi · 09-18-2008, 10:27 PM

Did this pic for kicks...

after looking at it, I think you would remove the rear wiper if you could ever have a proper one built. It would be nice to have a gloss black metal one providing it didnt rattle too much.

btwilson86 · 09-18-2008, 11:21 PM

To me, that pic just looks....

SWEET

Grandavi · 09-19-2008, 04:55 PM

that was just playing.. was hard to find a pic on the net of any louvres.. until I spelled it louver.... lol.

Here is something that a lot of you with MKIII's may find interesting. My steering wheel is "chafed", but the center and horn and cruise are all perfect. So.. I was hunting for a new one.. and found this:

Dallas Custom Steering Wheel

He will recover the steering wheel in the original color leather (I am assuming its going to be a very close match) for about 215.00. This is a far cry from any of the "new" ones that I could source but not find. (found prices above 500.00... only entire steering wheel though).

I thought it was quite reasonable pricewise and the pics I see are really good work. Will be doing that in early 09 for my car anyway... just thought I would share that. I plan to go grey and black on mine (stay away from true original... not like this will ever be a "collector" car) and I noticed they do the ebrake and shifter boot! woot!

(btw.. I am just gonna keep growing this post.. it will have all my photo-journals and any "finds" i come across)

This is another link you may find useful... I was searching for a Chilton's Manual for my 88... and came across this. Will be signing up on Monday and will let you know how well it functions:
https://www.alldatadiy.com/
Electronic manuals as well as all recall and tech reports for your car... seems to have every car there...

Scionguy · 09-19-2008, 06:18 PM

man i love photoshop, it looks like a delorian like that haha, its pretty sweet. my steering wheel is the same way, it makes my hands all nasty after i drive, does yours?

Grandavi · 09-19-2008, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Scionguy

man i love photoshop, it looks like a delorian like that haha, its pretty sweet. my steering wheel is the same way, it makes my hands all nasty after i drive, does yours?

I bought a 14.00 steering wheel leather cover for now. Its bigger than standard but at least provides enough friction to hold the wheel well. Every Supra I have seen has had worn steering wheel leather and the ebrake boot cracked and flaking. Those are gonna get replaced on mine, just cause I think it looks shoddy. I looked at one of the users interior shots and saw the custom gas/brake/clutch pedals and think I will pretty mine up with those as well.. plus, the neon looking cluster replacement. The only problem is.. so far I can only find ones with lbs/in. and not the metric version we have in Canada... not sure if the reading would be correct if I went to the lbs/in... I would assume they would be the same, but the boost gauge may be different. (of course.. currently, I have no idea what any of the boost numbers mean, I just let it be an indicator to me that I have to let the car sit idling for a couple min before I turn it off.

And now.. the "bad boy" story... lol. Just had to share this with you...
A new(er) Mustang pulls up along me and my son driving to pick up my other boy and my son says... he's gonna race you. Which ... the mustang tries..
Isn't it awesome how we can stay in 3rd gear until a Mustang reaches 5th? lol. dont know if he was a bad driver, but after 140 kph (think thats 90 mph) he was about 6 car lengths behind me and I threw it in 5th and idled down to speed. Nice feeling... to have a 4k-6k$ car beat a 20k-30k$ car. Now.. no more racing!!

After all my hunting.. I finally found it (again)... a TSRM page! I think its stickied in the forums somewhere.. but now I can map things out. Woohoo!
MK3 TSRM On-Line

I started a new post... to get confirmation on parts... : ) (the ones I decided on)
FINAL PART LIST HERE
http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/...html#post63330

09-18-2008, 09:12 PM	#1
Scionguy Stock Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Winchester Posts: 24	coming along nicely man. mines at the my friends for a tranny and rad flush and then she comes back for paint! you better have pics of your install btw. __________________ 89 n/a(on her way to being pretty agian) 04 xb(40 shot, soon to be boosted) 60 ranchero( pure blesphemy dropping in a 2jz-gte going bpu++

09-18-2008, 10:27 PM	#3
Grandavi walbro fp Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 411	Did this pic for kicks... after looking at it, I think you would remove the rear wiper if you could ever have a proper one built. It would be nice to have a gloss black metal one providing it didnt rattle too much. Last edited by Grandavi; 09-19-2008 at 03:52 PM.

09-18-2008, 11:21 PM	#4
btwilson86 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Billings, Montana Posts: 1,034	To me, that pic just looks.... SWEET __________________ 1989 7MGTE R154 Targa Top White Package w/Blue Interior Driftmotion 57trim CT26, Upgraded Intercooler, 2.25" Hard Pipes, 3" Turbo Back Exhaust with Test Pipe, HKS VPC w/GM 3 bar MAP sensor, APEXi S-AFC, Walbro 255lph fuel pump, ProSport EVO Series Boost / Fuel Pressure / AFR gauges, Lotek a Pillar Gauge Pod, HKS Type 0 Turbo Timer, Eibach Lowering Springs, Tokico Illumina II TEMS struts, custom powder coated Motegi Racing TrakLite wheels

09-19-2008, 04:55 PM	#5
Grandavi walbro fp Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 411	that was just playing.. was hard to find a pic on the net of any louvres.. until I spelled it louver.... lol. Here is something that a lot of you with MKIII's may find interesting. My steering wheel is "chafed", but the center and horn and cruise are all perfect. So.. I was hunting for a new one.. and found this: Dallas Custom Steering Wheel He will recover the steering wheel in the original color leather (I am assuming its going to be a very close match) for about 215.00. This is a far cry from any of the "new" ones that I could source but not find. (found prices above 500.00... only entire steering wheel though). I thought it was quite reasonable pricewise and the pics I see are really good work. Will be doing that in early 09 for my car anyway... just thought I would share that. I plan to go grey and black on mine (stay away from true original... not like this will ever be a "collector" car) and I noticed they do the ebrake and shifter boot! woot! (btw.. I am just gonna keep growing this post.. it will have all my photo-journals and any "finds" i come across) This is another link you may find useful... I was searching for a Chilton's Manual for my 88... and came across this. Will be signing up on Monday and will let you know how well it functions: https://www.alldatadiy.com/ Electronic manuals as well as all recall and tech reports for your car... seems to have every car there... Last edited by Grandavi; 09-19-2008 at 05:59 PM.

09-19-2008, 06:18 PM	#6
Scionguy Stock Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Winchester Posts: 24	man i love photoshop, it looks like a delorian like that haha, its pretty sweet. my steering wheel is the same way, it makes my hands all nasty after i drive, does yours? __________________ 89 n/a(on her way to being pretty agian) 04 xb(40 shot, soon to be boosted) 60 ranchero( pure blesphemy dropping in a 2jz-gte going bpu++

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