wile e coyote Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) So as some know the Dragonball car as it became known as is going back to oem. had the car for around 18 years and been really reliable doing plenty of dragonballs ( well all but 1) but I had always said it will get a full respray and back to oem at some time. anyway time has come and I’m able to financially afford to spend the money on her plan is full oem with some suttle improvements james and Kane at retro roadsports will be doing the majority of the work with lee at srd doing drive train refresh rebuild yesturday I dropped the car to James with a load of oem stuff that I had kept and collected over the years. and chatted about the build bouncing ideas around there will be items for sale as they are removed and will be advertised in the for sale thread I’m excited and apprehensive at the same time james will be bombarding me with pictures Edited February 13, 2022 by wile e coyote (see edit history) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Very exciting. Must be a relief to finally get the project going. What's the original colour? Looking forward to the updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 So original colour is the white with black wrap will stay original white 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 So bit of progress stripping car down to find 25 years of driving my poor car looking sorry for herself, genuine duluck spats removed which I’ll sell with the defuser james thinks the side skirts will not come off in one piece so they will be scrap but the genuine stillen front bumper will go up for sale, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 It’s a process mate, going to look bad for a bit, but just think how good it will be when it’s all done. Mine was the same at this point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Supes Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I personally love ripping off old bodykits and getting the needle gun out. It's very satisfying removing years of wear n tear and then beautifying again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I wonder whats caused that rear bar to corrode so much. Maybe the diffuser causing some sort of air deflection with water going into the area. Very odd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Supes Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Noz said: I wonder whats caused that rear bar to corrode so much. Maybe the diffuser causing some sort of air deflection with water going into the area. Very odd Probably just steel without much treatment. I noticed mine was looking a bit tatty when I was under the car last. When the rear bumper comes off to be tidied up, I'll more than likely replace it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugello Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Looking forward to seeing more updates on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Big Supes said: Probably just steel without much treatment. I noticed mine was looking a bit tatty when I was under the car last. When the rear bumper comes off to be tidied up, I'll more than likely replace it. Maybe, but that's not corroded that's actually begun to crumble. I've never seen any look mint, they all have surface corrosion but never seen one surpass the total material thickness. I know Keron had a load made, not sure if he still has any or sells them. Looks like it was the front end. Not sure if bolt hole pattern is the same front/rear. I know the rear has a slight kink in it so would need a little bit of tinkering. Link on Kerons page is to his last page. https://www.mkivsupra.net/topic/108850-extreme-performance/page/20/ If only the forum has multiple pages, sellers could use the forum as the selling platform. How cool would that be. Product listings on the forum, be so cool. Especially if they took a cut. Edited February 18, 2022 by Noz (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keron Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 i have the rears in stock too if needed.... common to rust out from the heat of the exhaust etc. but thats the worst ive seen to be fair.... 20 minutes ago, Noz said: Maybe, but that's not corroded that's actually begun to crumble. I've never seen any look mint, they all have surface corrosion but never seen one surpass the total material thickness. I know Keron had a load made, not sure if he still has any or sells them. Looks like it was the front end. Not sure if bolt hole pattern is the same front/rear. I know the rear has a slight kink in it so would need a little bit of tinkering. Link on Kerons page is to his last page. https://www.mkivsupra.net/topic/108850-extreme-performance/page/20/ If only the forum has multiple pages, sellers could use the forum as the selling platform. How cool would that be. Product listings on the forum, be so cool. Especially if they took a cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 17 hours ago, Noz said: I wonder whats caused that rear bar to corrode so much. Maybe the diffuser causing some sort of air deflection with water going into the area. Very odd The one one mine was starting to go, its just not well protected and made of steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 Thanks for the comments guys yep they do rust but mine is bad, maybe thinner because it’s face lift ? as I receive pics I’ll be posting up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 6 hours ago, keron said: i have the rears in stock too if needed.... common to rust out from the heat of the exhaust etc. but thats the worst ive seen to be fair.... Grear news!! Darren is sorted then. know where to come when mines dead too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Supes Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 7 hours ago, Noz said: Maybe, but that's not corroded that's actually begun to crumble. I've never seen any look mint, they all have surface corrosion but never seen one surpass the total material thickness. I know Keron had a load made, not sure if he still has any or sells them. Looks like it was the front end. Not sure if bolt hole pattern is the same front/rear. I know the rear has a slight kink in it so would need a little bit of tinkering. Link on Kerons page is to his last page. https://www.mkivsupra.net/topic/108850-extreme-performance/page/20/ If only the forum has multiple pages, sellers could use the forum as the selling platform. How cool would that be. Product listings on the forum, be so cool. Especially if they took a cut. I think people forget the age of these cars. Having one completely gone on one side isn't an eyeopener for me, personally. Cheap steel and Toyota probably wanted to keep them as light as possible. I'll let you know I get one with mine as I didn't look great through the gap of the bumper, looking up underneath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m12aak Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Someone rear ended me earlier this month (luckily at low speeds, it was a blessing in disguise as mine was also on it's way out too, albeit not quite like yours Darren!) I bet most cars' ones are in need of a replacement. Funnily enough I just picked a new rear bar/polystyrene insert up from Keron a few hours ago! I'm not sure if mileage/age makes much of a difference but that's after 142k miles and 26 years (18 in the UK) of being daily driven for presumably its whole life really. Good thing you've decided to get her in for the work, god knows what a couple more years' would've done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Supes Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 10 hours ago, m12aak said: Someone rear ended me earlier this month (luckily at low speeds, it was a blessing in disguise as mine was also on it's way out too, albeit not quite like yours Darren!) I bet most cars' ones are in need of a replacement. Poor Supra even looks sad lol. Reminds me of Johnny 5 when he's upset. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 So little update we have been chatting and getting information on how to deal with the shell so options were to manually remove sound deadening under seal and media blast or dip the shell and e coat it the costs are very similar due to lots of labour costs in the blasting way also you can’t get all the media out and we can’t get into the box sections dipping will get everywhere and removes everything and rust there was a few issues about 12 years ago with acid leaching out of joints due to not being thoughally rinsed but this seems to have been addressed now so we have decided to dip it and e coat it first it’s going to have 2x new rear quarter panels due to the arches being rolled and flared and also this will sort the rust that was found behind the spats The ally bonnet has its own treatment only a couple pics from just recent as was deciding the process but as the dip is all booked for 11 April then all systems are go the rad support will be replaced with new as I don’t think much will come back lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blythmrk Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 It will be interesting to see what’s left after dipping There’s no turning back now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Will you have all the seams resealed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Supes Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Owww, looking forward to seeing pics post-dip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, mwilkinson said: Will you have all the seams resealed? Yep the seams will be resealed to oem spec or better all box sections will be treated with a product James told b me but can’t remember name lol Edited March 9, 2022 by wile e coyote (see edit history) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 Few more pictures today Drivetrain removed and engine stripped down to go off to srd along with the diff Turbos inspected and in good condition but will get rebuilt, connecting pipe collapsed as usual, and will replace the mounts 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 All looking good Darren, looking forward to more updates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 So I’m on the search for new rear quarter panels i have sourced the rh side but need the lh side (passenger) so if any body knows anybody with stoke please let me know thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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