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Hey guys Basically in june i wish to focus on the exterior of my sup, these are my plans: Paint correction stage 1 by invisible touch skirts ( undecided ) do luck front bumper coilover/ shocks and springs Refurb alloys / New set Now the big problem im having and its really racking my brain, is whether or not to refurb my 19" jade r's , they have slight curbing and scuff's and by the looks of it have been badly resprayed by previous owner. I didnt really want 19" alloys due to the handling side of things, but looks wise its spot on. I really want a set of 18" alloys to allow for better handling and also to allow me to lower the car slightly, as at the moment the 19" alloys have very little room for lowering and i fear they will rub the arches if i put 30mm lowering springs on. So do i: Stick with the 19's and refurb them and dont lower it but save money. Buy a new set of 18's and lower on coilovers but fork out a stupid amount for good looking and fitting alloys. does anybody have any idea's on a good looking wheels? i absolutely love my jade R's and would love to get another set but in 18's, found some on ebay but im afraid the offset etc will be totally wrong. i will have a budget of around 500-700 for the wheels alone. advice would be brilliant as im stuck lee

Bump. still looking for a 1st or 2nd cat and im really desperate for it now, need it by the 11th of april for my MOT. please help guys lee

HAHA saw this advert for the first time just now and it really does look like shes handing him a meat whistle !! Are we all disturbed for thinking this ?

Welcome to the club you can always find what your looking for with the search button Your topic has been covered many many times, just give the search button a try and see what you find. manual TT... Jspec or UK ? you can pick up a good looking manual supra for around 7-9 k these days. depending on mileage etc happy hunting

WOAH !! easy now, I just want to double check everything dude. Its always better to be safe than sorry in my eyes. Im just a worrier thats all,I love my sup and dont really want to get things wrong as its me baby so im sorry if i annoyed you

Really sad to see this sort of thing happen. hope you find those little mongrels worth a thought though, did you tell anybody or show anybody the wheels ?? maybe they got stupidly jelous and decided to nick em... harsh i know but im sure its happened before. id start there if it where me

Good stuff, cheers dude. thats exactly what i wanted to know

Seeing alot of Sup's now !! its like the old saying "you wait forever for a bus, then they all come at once" type thing really nice looking supra , very impressed.

Sorry to thread steal:innocent: but i just need to know that putting the 2nd cat back in and having the 1st decat and RR put in will be ok ? how much power will i lose ? im prepared to lose a few BHP and .0 bar to stop my turbos from destructing

Just thought id say hi as im not sure if you saw me in the white Sup turning left down towards cowfold. lovely sup from what i saw of it any how lee

Just an update with the rear of the unit.

as does mine. my bro said to me yesterday "just how small is your battery" haha its ok and isnt giving me grief so why change it i said. but i do agree it looks tiny compared to newer cars etc

Bump again .... New price £80 delivered

Bump ... still on offer.

Im selling my Boost controller that i have never fitted to my sup , mainly being that i have my eyes set on a new one and never got round to fitting this. I do believe it has been used before and is in full working condition, recently bought from a member on here. very good condition and all looks fine ( beside the gash colour ) Im looking for £80 including delivery to anywhere in the UK. Any questions, just let me know.

cheers guys will have this all checked by next week hopefully.

Rob: i did say that to him and he said yes it would increase slightly but not enough to damage/harm anything, maybe he doesnt know as much as i thought oh well ill have to keep this thread shut until i do some research with the cats and RR. cheers for your help guys , much appreciated

Will do nic, working alot of daytime hours this week so cant get at it soon but hopefully ill have some the 1s and 2nd cats with me by next week so will try it all out next week some time.

i have a boost gauge from ebay already lol but not sure wether to trust it fully, on full boost its reading just under 1.5 i did think whifbitz as my original one is from them so im just thinking will it be the same ??

Good point made nic, i think i will do some running tests with 1st and 2nd cats one at at time and see how it affects the boost and power etc Pistonbroke: no i dont currently have a boost controller fitted but i do have one just waiting to be fitted. does anyone know where i can aquire a RR with a 1bar hole or smaller ? as i think putting the cat in is my last resort.

just a quick update if anyones about to advise me otherwise Just rang my local performance specialists (SPChorsham) and the mechanic Phil who has a single supra himself advised me that putting the 1st cat will most certainly drop the boost and wont harm the engine, but as homer rightly said masking the possible problem isnt a good thing. I Dont really want to put the cat back in as this will negate the point of being BPU but without seeing where i can buy a 1 bar RR i have no choice. if i am currently peaking at 1.4 bar with RR and full decat, how much bar will i be looking at with just the 1st cat back in place with no RR , i haveto pop a cat in there for my MOT so i thought why not leave it in there if the boost is fine after ?? If someone can suggest another alternative then im all ears

ahh good bit of info there, but no im just a plain old jspec TT facelift '97, definatley not vvti cheers though

ahh your a star bud, the 2nd one would be great. PM me a price your thinking of .... or if you just want them out of your garage just to double check .. they have come off a jspec TT facelift yaa ? not sure the facelift bit matters but you know what i mean.

very true good sir, i will have a new 1 bar RR fitted and then go from there. thanks for your help homer and co.

cheers homer, might get my restrictor ring looked at then as it might well be a 1.2 bar ring. so am i right in saying getting a 1 bar RR will lower boost by a few notches to "safe zone" for me turbo's ?