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Friend and I found an old mark 4 supra, twin turbo Japanese import for what we thought was a bargain so picked her up. 
 

She’s been sitting in a barn for 11 years, has some general wear and tear marks on the paintwork which doesn’t really concern us. The engine starts up first time and runs sweet. 
 

Couple issues we do have, 1 is the car has no brake hoses. Sourced from HEL lines, the original hoses are convex and the new ones supplied are concave. HEL claim they’ll work as the lines are designed to be dual flare, anybody come across that before? 
 

The other thing we’re trying to do is put it back to as original as possible. The car doesn’t need that much, original wheels, side skirts removed and some other smaller bits. Trying to find original wheel sizes and every thread/website seems to contradict another, anybody know for sure what size wheels belong?

 

I’ve never removed side skirts, they look glued on! How would these be removed? Concerned about damaging what’s underneath. 
 

Fairly new to all this, with lockdown it’s given a project to keep busy. Appreciate any and all feedback that’ll help. 
 

Thanks all for your time 

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Welcome. Pictures would definitely help but side skirts are usually held on by a row of bolts along the sill and a few round the wheel arches. My old skirts had side skirt tape strips as well- found a chemical that dissolved it but it took a lot of effort. I ended up sanding and repainting the sills as the tape still left some marks and residue. All the best with the work- keep us posted! 

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The Japanese OEM wheels were all 16". With 7j width fitting standard 225/50R16. It's rare to find the OE wheel in a 16" 8j to take a wider rear tyre. Its acceptable to fit the UK or Euro spec OEM 17" wheels onto a jspec. They are hard to find though. If you struggle to find a 8j wheel then you can go up to a 235 tyre on the 7j to get a wider tyre on the rear.

There is a 17" OEM set for sale in the for sale section of this site at the moment. You probably need to become a member to view that. They don't come up very often so you may want to check it out sooner rather than later.

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You will probably be able to polish up the headlights to get those clearer or back to clear. 

Lots of stuck on plastic has always been an excellent harbinger of rusting metal behind. You will need to look out for some OEM pods so you can replace the damaged sill adornments in your goal to return to stock. These are getting more expensive by the day but last time I looked the silver ones were still available from Toyota. Be prepared to find rust in or on the sills though and if you don't, that'd be a bonus. You have a bit of painting to do anyway as the colour match on the front bumper doesn't look to be a good match to the wings and bonnet.

A lot of the stock look is inside the cabin as well with a drive in the cars early years to personalise with different steering wheels and paint the dash every colour imaginable plus cut in the odd extra dial or booster. If the interior is intact and original then you are doing very well. Under the bonnet people are craving standard air boxes as just about everyone fitted a cone filter back in the day. These all got binned so are like hens teeth now so if you have the standard air box that's another big plus in the drive for stock.

It looks like a budget £3k project to me just on the outside bits. At the end of the day its all down to what you want from the car. If its to drive and enjoy then money usually isn't the determining factor. If its as an investment then what you can spend is tied to what you paid for it and only you and the former owner are aware of that number.

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