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Matt's Red RZ-S 6 Speed 1998 VVTI TT PROJECT THREAD


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Its about time I started a build thread :) which in all honesty i should have done 6 months ago when I bought the car, at which point it had been 5 years since selling my last supra (White UK spec auto with built engine).

 

This will be a slow thread in terms of anything major over the next few years, but probably lots of small and cosmetic stuff going on in the meantime.

 

The car is a Red RZ-S 6 Speed 1998 VVTI TT, it has 61,000 miles on the clock (97,000KM) and was a fresh import in September 2014, 1 previous Japanese owner with the service history, I am the first UK owner.

 

I plan to keep this car, and have fairly big plans over time for it including going single. Its a summer only car and is garaged over winter so wont be seeing any rain or salt.

 

When I first went to see the car I was sold, its was so clean as expected for the milage and being a fresh import, a great base car with a few decent mods done already, this is how the car looked when i first got it:

 

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So first job was replace the Nankang tyres for starters with some new Vreds, a new HKS filter to replace the rank one it had in, front number plate (a stick on one for now to see how I get on ;) ) also getting the car up on the ramp at my mates work to check it all over, it:

 

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Then I sent the front lights to be refurbed, massive thanks to Scott for doing a cracking job and faultless communication/service:

 

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While the lights were being done I ordered a bride sunframe from Paul and fitted some Recaro Speed seats, they are black suade with red fabric centre's which I have fabric died black, these are temporary till I get some new Recaro's, I also replaced the rear bench with a black one which I picked up from Lee P:

 

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Also while it was off the road with no lights during their refurb I picked up a new OEM 6 speed knob and a genuine Nardi wheel:

 

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The car had stock speakers in, these had to go, when I took them out they had perished beyond belief, the car now has a full set of Alpine speakers, fronts on SRD MDF brackets and rears in original brackets.

 

Then i needed to change the horrific Jap head unit, and also fitted a new leather gear and handbrake gaitor with red stich, thanks to J_jza80 for wiring in the head unit for me:

 

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Another little job was new chrome dial rings as the others were cheap and nasty:

 

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I guess the biggest thing so far is the bodywork stuff, I aim to keep this car immaculate, it was undersealed when it arrived in the UK so next step was a few bits of body work including rear aerial/rear wiper/rear washer jet/rear badge removal weld up and paint, as well as color coding of the Carbon mirrors and painting of the wiper arms in matt black:

 

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Then a new set of grade 7 NGK Irridium plus had to go in, I had no idea how long the prevous ones were in but it was idling very low, this sorted the problem right out:

 

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So the spec as it stands today is now:

 

HKS Super Power Flow Induction Kit

Stock Turbos

HKS FCON Gold ECU

HKS VTC II

HKS EVC 6 Boost Controller

DEFI Link Controller

DEFI Boost Guage

SARD Fuel Pressure Regulator

NGK Irridium Grade 7 Plugs

SARD Sports CAT

Apexi Exhaust

V161 6 speed getrag

ATS & Across Carbon LSD

HKS Tripple Plate Clutch

HKS Hypermax Coilovers

Grenade 18" x 9.5" Front Bronze Alloys

Grenade 18" x 9.5" Rear Bronze Alloys

Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta 235/40 R18 95Y Front Tyres

Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta 255/35 R18 95Y Rear Tyres

OEM Rear Spats

OEM Side Skirts

Top Secret Front Bumper

Ganador Carbon Mirrors

Facelift Headlight Refurb In Matt Black

Aerial removed

Rear wiper and jet removed

Rear badge removed

 

Interior:

Recaro Speed Seats

Leather Handbrake Gaiter

Nardi Deep Corn Black Leather Wheel Red Stitch

Alpine Head Unit

SRD MDF Front Speaker Mounts

Apline 17cm Coaxial Speakers

Alpine 17cm SXE-1725s 220W Coaxial Speakers

 

Max power - unknown

Max torque - unknown

Max speed - unknown

0-60 - unknown

 

So thats it for now, I have some other wheels being re-furbed at the moment so that will be the next update, as well as a double din head unit to go in, really looking forward to seeing how the wheels turn out. Thanks to evryone who has been helping me along the way both through advice and hands on, this forum is a great place for Supra knowledge and has a great bunch of people on here, I love the banter :)

 

This is the latest pic of how its looking (August 2015):

 

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I can see you had a supra before, you really know what supra to buy ! Look really beautiful!!!!

 

Thanks, my last one was an Auto running TTC after the engine rebuild, always wanted a manual though so just had to do it this time, dont get me wrong the Auto was amazing, if I was using the car more often or as a daily I would have gone auto or triptronic :)

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Lovely car mate! Wouldn't touch a thing on the exterior. Really like them wheels, think they suit the car a treat :)

 

Thanks Chris, but your point on the wheels makes me think I may have made a mistake, they are already sold to another member who is collecting this weekend :oops: it was a very tough decision as I do love the current wheels but hopefully the new ones will be just as good in a different way :)

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Fitted a new head unit today, Pioneer satnav/dvd/bluetooth/usb etc, its not all back together in the video just testing it out, need to get the gps antenna and mic sorted and then its all good to go back in.

 

Been a bit naughtly though and earthed the parkbrake wire so the unit will play DVD's anytime and not just when parked up with the handbrake on :D

 

The loom was not going to fit, and I didnt want to touch any of the cars actual wiring so I adapted this to fit the loom of the current stereo:

 

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Then realised I had all male connections and had to redo with female where required.....doh

 

Anyhow, fired it up and works a treat:

 

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There was only one movie to test it out with, the quality is much better in person, it was dark and my phone isnt great for videos:

 

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cant beat a bit of fast and furious :) nice head unit

 

Thanks mate, now just need to think of another plan for where the guages are going as did have a single din 3 cluster in mind but thats out the window :(

 

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Looks nice amazing how a new headunit transforms the dash :) same dvd that I tested mine with, it's just the only movie for tests haha!! Handbrake cable I thought that was a 2nd earth hehe ;)

 

Cheers, , if I had that spoof trailer to hand I probably would have gone with that :D

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Thanks mate, now just need to think of another plan for where the guages are going as did have a single din 3 cluster in mind but thats out the window :(

 

There's a HKS 3 gauge dash pod for sale in this thread: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?319036-Big-unit-clearout&p=3993565#post3993565

 

Or get a stock one of these upper glove boxes to replace your airbag, and mount the gauges in it:

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There's a HKS 3 gauge dash pod for sale in this thread: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?319036-Big-unit-clearout&p=3993565#post3993565

 

Or get a stock one of these upper glove boxes to replace your airbag, and mount the gauges in it:

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Good idea J, any pics you can find of one with out the carbon?

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All the cables arrived this week for the new head-unit so its all hooked up with Bluetooth hands free, integrated satnav/gps, DVD player etc, I also replaced the old wiring looms with new ones so no more mess and crimped wires behind the dash following the jap unit that it arrived with.

 

Got a tip for the gps antenna of YouTube which was to use a magnetic one and mount it to the crash bar behind the dash in the car to improve signal, was impressed to see it works perfectly with full signal, and that's even with the car still inside the garage!

 

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Got the wheels back from their refurb today, here is a sneak peak, I'll post some picture of them on the car when its light.

 

There was a few issues trying to do the original design I wanted which involved 2 different color powder coats on the inner piece, after a few failed attempts I had them done all gold in the centre, but really happy with the result, they should be easy to keep on top of given they're all powder coated and no bare metal for polishing :)

 

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