Guest Dannyboys14a Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 This my Mk4 Supra I bought last Novemeber, when I bought it I had every intention of just making it presentable to enjoy and then moving it on......................... When I got it polished it up removed some stickers and it pretty much looked like this............................ I was pretty pleased with what I had as a base, gave it a service and enjoyed it. A few niggles, squeaky clutch release bearing and a few creaks and knocks from the front suspension but all in all a great fun 396bhp for not a lot of money. Moving house and a few other things meant I didn't have the time or space to undertake a project so it served its purpose as an awesome fun daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dannyboys14a Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 The paintwork on the car was never great when I got it but an initial polish and some touching in made it acceptable and something I could live with, but using it as a daily for a few months had taken its toll and the previous rush paintjob showed signs age and quality! Lol Paint peeling from previous poor prep……. With a dent on the ¼ from my mum when I left it on her driveway for safe keeping while moving!!! Paint peeling on Inner wings and front panel from literally no preparation………….. So I stated scraping…… Overspray on everything! It’s been decided that the car will be bought back to a nice example as it’s a solid good reliable car, it will be done when time permits. Having a little time spare I took a wire wheel to the paint……. Next week I will strip the front end down to clean up the rest of the overspray, taking the wings, Bumper and headlamps out to prep and give the front panel and inner wings a decent coat of paint. Also while I had 5 mins I got some polishing compound out and cleaned the faded plastic headlamp lenses….. One headlamp polished…. Engine Bay as it stands, the engine cover is crying out for some fresh paint and the bay a good clean. Lol Inside I haven’t done a lot apart from an Alpine headunit and some decent Focal speakers, it will get some attention at some point…. Anyway will update as work progresses, we are working towards a complete repaint, a subtle kit, nicer wheels and a general tidy up. Will try not to bore you all too much in the process… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey76364 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Looking good mate... Glad to see my old car getting the love it needed after the bloke that bought it off me changed so much Never known a car to be so many colours in its life time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dannyboys14a Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Yes indeed mate, now the drift season is over for me for this year I can concentrate on this before getting the S14 rebuilt! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 this is the best sounding car in the world. i want it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Busy times ahead! Good effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dannyboys14a Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 I bit more under bonnet detail...... Unfortunately we had a couple of reactions so will be done again when the car gets painted. Not something that was done today but the Focal components fitted in the front doors..... Lastly she got a clean pre MOT, pleased to say she passed. Now its time to start on prepping and painting the inner wings and front panel (weather permitting!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Loads better. Good work dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey76364 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Looking a that I still can't believe 5 years or so ago that was Orange with a kit on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dannyboys14a Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 As much as I had a lot of enthusiasm to finish what I had started, the weather said other wise and also the drift car stole any spare cash to be re-built. After a year of trouble free motoring the Alternator packed up on me in December, the guys at Garage D after quickly establishing which of the 2 style plugs I needed got a replacement out to me. It arrived and all looked good so we got involved fitting, attempt after attempt we tried to get the belt on. Could we hell, was the pulley bigger? No, Did it really look any different? No. In desperation I took it back off and put it next to the old one and surprisingly the casing on the replacement is bigger...... As it fitted to the car and the plugged fitted we decided to run with it buying a slightly bigger belt to get over the problem, well so we thought. It worked but wouldn't charge properly and although felt properly tensioned it would not self tension to solve the squealing I bit the bullet and just decided to get the original reconditioned and a new belt the same length as the old as its a tried and tested combo! Of course just going outside to fit the alternator turned into just 'quickly stripping the front to finish the paint stripping started previously Discovering more dodgy paintwork and some odd nut and bolt combos holding bits on, I also decided to take the headlights out and get them polished and laquered as although compound makes them look good it doesn't last. This weekend I set about stripping further.... Discovering more quality paintwork......... I took to stripping it back........ I primed (sorry no pics) and then painted in a smoke grey which should be something similar to the cars natural colour...... And then for a little detail the Rad top mounts gots some TLC, I thought white added some nicer detail.... Then all back together looking a little fresher..... Please with how it all looks, although am looking forward to getting all of the correct bolts and actually fitting the alternator. Hopefully not too long to get some paint on her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evinX Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Good job to that man! one thing I hate is overspray and flaking paint. Could of masked of and got a jet washer onto it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dannyboys14a Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Got my headlamps back....... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dannyboys14a Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 A little bit of detailing, overspray off of rubbers...... Decided to swap some of the wing bolts and other bolts around the engine bay.... Slow progress but all coming together. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dannyboys14a Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 A little more progress made on this one, its a little bit drawn out with a little one on the way but we are getting there.... Bodykit ordered, test fitted and painted. Get the body kit fitted The wheels had seen better days and the fitment was pretty bad so a refurb and some spacers were in order... Plan is to get the rest painted at some point, also have some refurbished shocks to swap and finally to replace a slightly smokey turbo. She will get there..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev_coupe Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Don't mean to piss on your parade but the best photo in this thread is the first one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Best sounding Supra ever, gimmie the exhaust!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolizma Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Good work! Now lowered and it will look 10x better. To be honest I prefer the stock bumper, especially on a white car but each to their own. Upload a video of the car, how does it sound? Got curious lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dannyboys14a Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Don't mean to piss on your parade but the best photo in this thread is the first one You haven't mate don't worry. If it was as clean as it looked in that pic then it probably would have stayed that way. Unfortunately some poor previous bodywork meant it needed attention. So I did what I wanted to with it and am pretty pleased with the outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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