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Old 02-07-2007, 11:57 PM   #1
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The NO ETA Supra Build - Project "The BLACK"

Ok guys, here’s my 1989 Supra project. I plan to restore this MKIII to NEW condition.

Background about the car:
I was driving around Bethlehem one day and drove by this very clean supra, which caught my attention immediately. I wasn’t looking for one, as if I needed another one, but I pulled over to check it out anyways. They car looked even cleaner from closer. There were a few scratches and chips on the paint, as well as some dings. The rest of the car was perfect. Interior was MINT condition. Not one imperfection. Called the number on the FOR SALE sign and left a message. When they called back, we agreed to meet that weekend for a test drive. They car has 74K miles on it and still smells like NEW inside. 5spd, non turbo (which didn’t worry me, I have everything I need if I wanted to make it a stock turbo), TEMS suspension, hardtop (A biggie with me), it had all the goodies. I really liked the car standing still, so the next step was to take for a spin. The drive was impressive, the rear struts were bad. The tranny shifted like no supra I’ve ever driven before, very smooth. I found myself in love again. I loved the car and although wasn’t looking for one, I decided to convince my wife anyways. That didn’t take long, so I was off to talk to the owner about $$$$$. She (Yes, a lady, which is not that common for supras) was a very nice person. It so happens she is very much into Supras. She had a MKII which was stolen and from what they told me, it was in MINT condition too. Anyways, we negotiated for a day or so. The next day, I cut $1,400 off the bill and the deal was done. Drove the car home, washed it and parked it in my headed garage (Baby has got to sleep warm) and didn’t do anything with it but sit in it for a couple of days. I was trying to vision what I wanted to do with this car. I certainly didn’t need it, and wasn’t sure why I bought it, but I couldn’t let this deal slide.


Changes:
While I was planning on what to do with the car, I decide to do a small project I wanted to do for a while, a Push Start/Stop engine button setup. This setup took me a while to setup, about a week. I wanted to use not just any button, but the Lexus push button. Due to the complexity of the button, I had to take it apart and figure out what each of the 11 pins did and how I can use them. After long hours of work and many wiring diagrams later, the system was complete. It didn’t work exactly the way I wanted it, but it worked none the less. I still have to rework the diagram to make a few changes. At the state the circuit is in, I don’t need any keys. Once I complete the system, it should work as follows: I will have a pager which controls the alarm system. With this pager I can operate the windows, doors, engine, etc. I will not need any keys. Once the system is disarmed, I will be able to use the push button to start/stop the engine. Here are a few pictures.













P.S – Yeah, that’s the original shift knob. It will be replaced eventually, but I will save this one anyways.


Project:

I will not give out the entire project at once, but I will note some details of the overall outcome of the project. The design idea took me months and months of going back and forth on an option and changing them, but now I now exactly what I want for this particular car.

Overall for this car I would like to see done, first, a paint color change. The car is currently midnight blue, but not for too long. I’m having it painted Jet black. The idea is to make this car as luxurious and sporty as possible without crossing each other over the limit. The car will be painted black ALL over (Engine bay, inside the doors, hatch, everything) New coating underbody, bushings, ALL SS bolts, powder coated sub frames and suspension parts color matched, etc. here are a few details:

Exterior:
Jet Black paint w/ matching molding and a chrome edge. Underbody is also getting stripped and coated.
Kinesis, HRE, or Work wheels
Front lip

Engine:
7M Twin Turbo (aiming only for about 500hp, but unbelievable response, sort of like a motorcycle)
Custom Intake ( Ron R. of course)
Customs exhaust manifolds (Maybe Ron R. not sure)
Custom exhaust and all the goodies.

Interior:
Custom black interior with suede inserts
Recaro bucket seats
Navigation system
Customized dash cluster using high output LED.

More to come. I will post pics later. Possibly tomorrow.

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Old 02-08-2007, 12:09 AM   #2
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Old 02-08-2007, 12:11 AM   #3
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Yeah, post the pictures here!
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Old 02-08-2007, 12:24 AM   #4
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need pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 02-08-2007, 12:31 AM   #5
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Old 02-08-2007, 12:37 AM   #6
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Old 02-08-2007, 12:46 AM   #7
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Idol lol

Couldn't you have posted the pictures here? I mean sure I've seen the car in person but it's not the same as seeing it in pictures hahaha.
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Old 02-08-2007, 11:27 AM   #8
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Old 02-08-2007, 12:28 PM   #9
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Ok guys, sorry about that. I edited the post and put the pics up. I'll post some more pictures of the car being taken apart and all that shortly. I have really high res picture that I have to bring down to a smaller size. For now, here's a photochopped version of what I want the car to look like sort of. As you can see below, I also have a midnight blue as that was one of my color choices while I was trying to decide which way to go. I also photochopped many more pics which I'll try to post along. Some I didn't put too much effort into editing so, you're welcome to laugh.

Thanks for all the comments.

Here's the car all black with Work Equips


Here's the call in midnight blue


Here's the car black with a chrome molding - Sorry, I'm not good turning black into chrome, so it looks a little out of place, but you get the idea. The actual size if the chrome strip is smaller.


Here's another photochop guys, indigo ink blue, chrome molding trim, and HREs 545.


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Old 02-08-2007, 01:02 PM   #10
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^^ That looks sick. ^^

I think the blue with the chrome would look REALLY good too...
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Old 02-08-2007, 03:22 PM   #11
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damn that push button start is awesome and i think the black looks incredible. good luck with the project and keep us updated.
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Old 02-08-2007, 03:52 PM   #12
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beautifiul car. i think the gravity wheels that were psoted in the vendor forum would look sick on ur ride
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Old 02-08-2007, 04:12 PM   #13
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how much did you pay for this car?..what is your Exhaust? was it originally blue becuase that blue is deff. photoshoped

EDIT:lol oh my bad that isn't your car.. you want it to look like that.. I was about to say um no it isn't lol
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Old 02-08-2007, 08:14 PM   #14
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^^^ Actually, they are ALL photochopped lol.
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As promised, here are some pics while tearing the car apart...I apologize in advance as I suck at taking pictures. Most of the time I forget to take pictures that actually matter and end up taking some pictures that...well, suck.

Here's a picture of the car ALMOST in one piece.


These are the original Saw Blades wheels. Not using them, but I'll keep them anyways. There is no curb damage or anything, so they're worth keeping.









Front end Removed.





I'll post some more later as I take them and resize them. For now, here's a pic of my new toy!!!! Just got the trailer this afternoon. 4 wheel disc brakes and leaf style suspension. I'll take it apart summer time and have it repainted.

Here's when I picked it up


Here's when I got home...in one piece!!!



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Looks great man I love that blue...TwinTurboing a 7M is going to be very hard/$$ there are only 2 I have seen pictures of, Good Luck that would be awesome.

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^^^ Thanks. Is kinda the point. I want something very rare and At the same time maintain the car's original trim. I would be way cheaper to just drop a 2JZ and go single. I have time though. 2008 is just something for me to aim at, but I'm in no hurry at all. I got quite a few parts already, but since I'm going TT now, probably won't use all of them. I'll post pics later as I have them at home.
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Here's an interesting quick photochop I did on my white Supra a while back trying to look for different style wings. I'm not going with this one by the way.

This is a STI wing.
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Making progress!!!! The main thing is to get the car completely disassembled and mount the mock-up engine to test the turbo setup and pipes, then get the car painted. I'll have the Front and Rear sub frames powder coated once the car is painted. Here's a little teaser pic. This is somewhat the color combo I want. Silver and purple. I tried the blue also to see how it looks.

This is NO where near a Supra supension by far - this is just a clean image I got from the net so that I can photoshop the colors I wanted


Here are some of the parts for the project. There's more under the table. Some I will not be using for this project any longer, but there's always a next project.




Here's my OEM bumper from TOYOTA - You're better off buying a body kit price wise, but I wanted the OEM look, so here it is.



OEM Hood latch. The one the car has is perfectly fine, but I just wanted a new one so the car looks as new as possible all around.





Here are some more shots while the car is coming apart.

OEM Fenders - Originals


Rear end disassembled





Working on the interior





Front Sub-frame, engine & Tranny out







Fender/Hood lines perfectly aligned


Engine bay almost disassembled


Brake lines (ABS), clutch - All out


All the wires and everything gets labeled and bagged


Underbody after first Pressure wash


Spare motor - for mock up






Rear Sub frame out



I'll post some more pics later on of the underbody coating.
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