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I'm looking for good quality pictures and/or schematic view of front brakes (TT UK spec). Anyone ?

29 and collecting my first supra next week end :)

looks nice..... I wasn't thinking of getting an aftermarket one, just to replace a damaged stock one but well, why not thanks for the information

So if I got it right a bov is about no use on a uk supra ? Plus it's an auto gearbox so I guess I couldn't "play" with it that much anyway....

I think I like the Blitz one.... very much So if there's no benefit, are there any drawbacks ? Nic, I'm buying an uk-spec at the moment, J-spec are too much of a mess to get registrated in France

much knobs can be found for manual transmissions, but what if you want to change it in your auto-supra ?

Hi mates ! the newbie I am is wondering, what's the benefit of a blow-off-valve ? I mean, ok there's the strange sound, but what else ? Is it much work to fit one on a stock engine ? Thanks for your enlightenments

Thanks for all your replies mates, happy to learn I'm not going to do off-road as soon as I hit the throttle haha Plus I guess removing the wing gives a somewhat better sight from the inside rear view mirror. Removing your wing is good for health and safety !

Then what if I'm hanging around derestricted highways in germany ?

Hi all.... I read somewhere that the rear wing was not only for cosmetics, it actually provides downforce..... now I'm wondering : what if you have the wing removed, doesn't it come at the cost of some grip-loss ? (I'm about to buy a wingless supe, the wings comes with it but is not fitted so I'm just wondering about having it re-fitted or not...).

Thanks for the information Homer, I'll get in touch with MVPmotorsport then

.......... desperate bump.......

Yes I think the guy from suprastore meant that the same lights could be put on both rhd and rld car, but not talking about which side of the road those car are actually supposed to drive on

Thanks for all your comments buddies, and of course I'd be happy to see this move to the FAQ section if you think it's helpful enough... after all, isn't it the aim of such a forum ?

You're right michael, more about it here : http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=177353

Alright folks, first off I'm not a professional, just a french enthusiast trying to import a supra down here in France. Along my readings here I've came across some weirds beliefs, and I felt the need of making a point, but again, I'm not a professional import-dealer or whatever... I'm only speeking through my own experience. I'll try to make it short, I swear, but you have to know that france is a weird country and law is sometimes more or less applied, I mean, I'll depict the fully legal thing but sometimes a dealer would "tolerate" some exceptions you know.... What happens once a french guy has bought an english supra (uk or j spec doesn't matter so far) ? He needs to get a "carte grise", which is the french version of your V5 if I got it right, and you are charged about 400€ for a TT car. But, prior to this "carte grise" and in order to get it, you'll need : 1 a clean french MOT 2 a paper that says that yes, the car is road-legal in France, and here is where it can get Messy. In the perfect case, this paper is delivered by Toyota France and for that you pay 125€ and wait about 4 weeks. BUT this paper (named "certificat de conformité") comes in two versions : -conformité totale -> means the car IS road legal, french-wise (UK spec) -conformité partielle -> means the car MAY be road legal but more tets have to be done (J-spec) **********fonformité totale********** So let's have a look first at the best and most easy case. You get your UK-spec car (not J-spec) to a local toyota dealer, along with the paper you've been given by toyota France. Here you have your car checked and for all the ux-spec sellers out there, here's the points that are checked and that MUST be in stock state in order to get a quick (1 month and a half or so) and easy french homologation through the "conformité totale" paper. (sorry for the potentially poor translation, I've never pretented beeing 100% fluent in english) 1 lhd or rhd 2 commercial name 3 VIN number (at this point, J-spec car will AUTOMATICALLY get the "conformité partielle" stamp, regardless to their being stock or not) 4 country from which the car is imported 5 when was the car bought first 6 foreign plate 7 does the exhauts has cats on (little tip, if you're selling a de-catted supra to a french guy, theres' no problem as long as it's a '93 car because the french law allowed this untill late 93-early 94...if you're selling a 94+ car, SOMETIMES one cat is enough, depending on the polution-score you get at MOT). 8 number of seats 9 tyre sizes brake types front/rear (drums or disc) 10 displacement (not sure about the translation)...you know, the 3L thing about the engine haha 11 fuel type 12 drivetrain (manual/auto) 13 number of gears If the car gets all the "correct" answers and is a UK-spec, you get your "carte grise" very easily... By the way this all makes me believe that it should be easier to register ie a BPU ukspec than a bone-stock J-spec, as they don't check the turbos, ecu etc at all.. .. .. Oh and I almost forget, you have to change headlights because the beams face the wrond direction here.... By now and after we stick our noses into the J-spec question, some of you may wonder why their car have gone to France on 18" or 19" rims without troubles..... well it's basicly because either the new owner bought 17" stock-size wheels afterwards or he simply "borrowed" a set of stock-wheels to have his car checked and stamped, and then put the big ones back.... or he kindly arranged something with the guy in charge of the check for some bucks, I can't think of any other option. The thing though is that, as a french driver and car-owner, if you get involved in a crash and you don't have stock-sized tyres, your insurance will simply kick you, no matter if you are responsible for the crash or not that's all.... some drivers take the risk, I don't want to. **********conformité partielle********** Now, what about the "conformité partielle" thing ? Basicly you'll get this stamp as soon as you show up with a j-spec car or a not-stock-enough uk spec as seen earlier. Why that ? Simply because my lovely France **coughing** relies on paper rather than technical realities, in other words, you have to cope with a BECAUSE answer. So what if you get a "conformité partielle" paper ? Then you can't get your "carte grise" straight forward, you need to get an appointment with the DRIRE services (upon availability, usually a couple of weeks during which your car is NOT road legal and has to remain in a gargae, on a trailer, whatever.... as long as you want to comply 100% with law). This check is a much more in-depth one and will cost you 87.69€ I don't exacly know what they look for during this test but they still won't approve non-stock-sized tyres. At this point it's really better to have the homologation-process handled by a professionnal because he will write the papers and show the vehicle in such a manner that the car will get a full-homologation from DRIRE (which is a RTI paper, standing for "Réception à Titre Isolé", basicly an exceptionnal homologation thing). But those professional importers charge quite a lot.... I was first after a cheaper J-spec car but a 3000€ quote for the paperwork made it not cheap at all compared to a "stock" UK spec. I don't know exactly what are the critical points, but doing some mods on the car before having it checked helps getting the right paper if you can show your good will, so you have to change some parts that must be euro-labelled and obviously are not on a J-spec car (seatbelts, horn, lights etc.. don't have the complete list). Alright let's go ahead, what if, for some reason, the DRIRE desk doesn't give you the RTI paper ? (very likely if you attempt registrating a J-spec/modded car without professional advice), then you are askes to get a full check-up of your car from the UTAC desk, and this is what we could call nightmare. Keep in mind that you'll probably have to wait for 3-4 months (with your car still sleeping on a trailer), pay around 1500€ to have your car fully checked. And I DO MEAN fully checked (they even put a camera inside the car, aiming at the rear view mirors, to measure the exact angles at which items get out of the mirror, if you know what I mean....as well as MANY other weird tests). So in a nutshell, importing a stock-uk-spec takes about 1 month, everyone can do it. Importing a J-spec one is about 4 month with the *not free*help of a professional but may get longer for the messy cases... (was told about 1year+ homologation processes by a professional dealer from belgium). Right now I can't think of anything really important that I'd have forgotten, thanks for reading, I hope I've not been too long and messy. I hope this will be useful to some of you. Where can I get my "longest-post-ever" medal ? ---------------------------------- in the meantime, I'm still looking for my car haha

Alright let's make a point then, opening e specific thread in order to avoid getting too messy.....

In order to prevent you from waisting your time, I need the 17" rims, not the 16", with 235-45 front and 255-40 rear. Thanks

Well I dindn't say it was impossible to register a J-spec car in France, only that it was much more complicated and can get VERY long and pricy under some circumstances, so as I don't want my supe to be 5 months on a trailer waiting for a stamp, I think I'll go for a UK-spec that needs almost no paperwork as long as it's more or less stock (mainly regarding tyres and the exhaust which must have at least one of the 2 cats left).

Alright, let's answer step by step : >>> Jurgen, PM me and offer. And.. sorry but no, as far as I know, importing a J-spec here is not the same than importing an UKspek; regardless to the V5, it's all about the VIN number. We could open a specific thread about this if need be. >>>Snooze, yes, J-spec can get very nightmare-ish to register here in France >>>Michael, I must agree, those rims aren't especially pretty... but they have stock-sized tyres which is necessary for french registration... therefore my quest for stock-sized wheels in the parts/wanted area, because I'm also after other cars from the classified area, but they (almost) never have stock tyres....

Hi all Does one of you know about this car ? http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/847551.htm I may be interested but I wondered if someone around here had some info, feeling, advise, whatever

Hi all I'm looking for a complete set of stock (or stock-sized) rims + tyres. Anyone ?

Alright, thanks to you all, now it does make much more sense to me ! I was confused about this being kind of a optional-feature-level or something and I was tearing my hair off because this didn't lead anywhere >>Jurgen, no I'm not particulary looking for an X reg car... My X in the question just stood for an unknown letter.... I'm not sure if this is very clear the way I'm putting it though... So I'm just looking for a *whatever* reg car haha

Hi there I hope my question won't be too much stupid but a quick search here simply didn't give me any answer so here it comes : what do the X-Reg things stand for actually ? (L reg, P reg, R reg ...)

Little bump to this topic : I was about to order a set of euro-headlight (the glass ones) so that the beams will face the correct direction when driving in France, and now I'm told by the dealer (suprastore, not to name it) that the headlights are the same for rhd and lhd cars... I thought I had understood that I'd have to change them, and now I'm getting lost again