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That is a proper haul, do they have courtesy cars or do you need to make alternative arrangements to get yourself home and then back to collect that car?
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Couple of alternative sites claiming to still have stock of this product: Best grab some if/while you can. https://www.lubuniversal.com/6020-8872-huiles-pour-transmissions-automatiques-huile-de-transmission-automatique-mobil-atf-d-21065.html https://www.aubiri.de/9730ac-aw2-automatikgetriebeol-psa-mobil-atf-d-21065-at42-1l-p174884/
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Engine Specifications: Standard, with original air box. Turbocharger & Induction: Stock twin turbo Fuel, Tuning & ECU: Standard Exhaust: 3.75" HKS Drivetrain: 6 Speed manual Weight Reduction & Transfer: N/A Suspension, Wheels, Tires & Brakes: BBS RZ standard brakes 17" OEM wheels stored Interior & ICE: Leather front, UK MP3/hands free set upgrade Exterior: Standard with UK spec bonnet scoop (cosmetic) and aerofoil added Performance: Max power - 330bhp @ rear hubs Max torque - ??? lb/ft Max speed - 157 mph (gauge reading at the limiter cut off - as run on the Autobahn 2001) 0-60 - ?.? seconds Ownership history Imported in 1998 and I became the UK second owner, also in 1998. Nothing has changed or been modded since then, the car still looks the same today; over 20 years later. Same wheels to same paint. Its proved bullet proof with only one non service item failing, a holed a/c condenser in 2003. Even the original clutch lasted 106,000 miles before being replaced, with another OEM clutch. Full service history car with a cam belt change every 6 years even if only a few thousand miles have been run since the last change. There is a full set of MOT certificates as I've put the car through every MOT test, since the first fell due in 1999. It was the only car, daily driver in the early years of ownership doing 12k miles a year but has since 2003 it has been a second car to then go on to become a car amongst many so that the annual mileage from 2015 is only a few hundred per year. The car underwent a comprehensive underneath refurbishment in 2017 with a galvanized rear sub frame and all new OE bushes, bolts and arms fitted while they could still be purchased from Toyota. Rear wheel bearings were also changed as well as roll bars, links etc. The underside was rust treated whilst the rear frame was off the car and painted with POR 15. Then, in Spring 2019 a complete change of the front suspension arms, bushes, links and roll bar completed the underside overhaul. The dust shields, 4 new Toyota Bilstein shocks and front wheel bearings were replaced in 2016 so the car has been restored to drive as a new car would. After all the new suspension components were fitted, the car was treated to a full chassis tune by Centre Gravity. The cost of the underside refresh ran to £15k with me providing over 100 hours of my own labour at no cost. As part of the ongoing renewal process, the car the coil connectors and coil packs were all renewed in 2021 using the OE Denso coils. Not very often on show these days, usually garaged, It did get out to make a very rare public appearance on the club stand at NEC classic car show in 2016.
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Very retro. It's going to take a bit of getting used to after 27 years on the BBS alloys.
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The new tyres are being fitted tomorrow so a pic afterwards will finally close this thread that has been around 8 years in the making since the wheels were purchased. With the car on the ramp awaiting the wheels I have taken advantage of the variable height platform to give the car a clay bar rub down followed by a 3M polish. Although the paint is far from factory fresh it still comes up nice enough for a 29 year old mostly original paint car.
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If you head to the NZ Supra site they have all the brochures over the years archived and I think the watch was a 1995/96 special. So you might be able to find out how much this particular 'optional extra' was back in the day from the original options brochure. That'd give you a good starting point, knowing if it was a £5 special or £5,000 curiosity.
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3 1/2 years on I have finally test fitted one of the OE wheels to the car. It's service time ready for its planned Summer European tour and the BBS wheels are off. The front pair are 8 years old and the rear pairing 12 years old. Although they still have 6-8mm tread due to very little road use they are too old to go racing up and down the Autobahn with. So the OE rims will be getting a new set of Michelin tyres over the next few days. The OE wheels use different nuts to the BBS alloys. I did buy a set of nuts back in 2021 which fit as they should so everything is ready for the mobile tyre fitters to add some tyres. I'll get on with the oil and filters service plus a quick hard brush down tidy up underneath while the car is up on the ramp.
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Unless anyone knows for sure with a vernier check the info from restoration forums is Toyota trucks used 20 gauge and cars used 16 gauge steel in the 1990's. On that basis it should be 1.5mm steel.
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What are your plans for the car when it's done? A museum piece? Or a show queen for the fine Summer days? Or a garage queen that rarely sees the light of day? Or a regular out and about tourer? It's likely to be a tough call. When I took my Supra to the club stand at the 2016 NEC Classic Car Show there were a bunch of Toyota GB guys dropped on the stand. The leader of the pack bounced over and said to me, right colour and to not use it except to run down the MOT station once a year. It's been pretty much like that for the last 8 years but I'm looking forward to taking it on a 3,000 mile European tour this Summer. More nervous about how it'll hold up on the Autobahn than I was when it last travelled there in 2002 seeing it's all original under the bonnet baring the usual service items. It's a nice kind of nervous though, to get the excitement back. A proper grand tour accompanied by my petrol head daughter who I'll be adding to the cars insurance for the first time. I found spending so much time and effort and money on the car in 2017 made me reluctant to dirty the underside. Hopefully you won't gain the dirt and puddle phobia that I fell to and find the time and desire to use the car to it's fullest potential; just wincing only a little bit as you pass through that unavoidable puddle. Part of the grand tour has me heading across a number of passes in the Alps, one being where the Top Gear bods stood looking down the snaking road when in search of the best driving road in Europe. That is right on the Swiss/Italian border so the plan that day is breakfast in Switzerland and lunch on the Italian peak. I'm planning to get a good photobook of memories with the car and daughter then I'll print that off into a booklet. Then, it'll probably be back into the garage to rarely see the light of day. Or, hopefully not and it'll become a more regular travel partner. Or my daughter can take it on, she was 3 months old when I bought the car so it's been a constant for her and a driving desire. To sum up, cars are more than metal and the Mk4 Supra is no ordinary car. Enjoy.
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When you fit the subframe it is tempting to grease up the nuts and threads but it is important to resist the temptation as all Toyota torque specs are on dry threads. I applied liberal amounts of grease to the bolt heads after tightening to prevent future corrosion but I doubt you'll want to dirty yours like I did mine. The badly corroded bolts I found when I did my rear end work were the 10mm ones at the rear end on the tank guard and exhaust hanger. So those got big globbings of grease on the renewed bolts. I used to work in the oil industry and there is one additive used as an EP additive in some gear oils, amine phosphate, that blocks rusting like you wouldn't believe. You only need 0.02% in a base oil and coated steel never rusts even bare metal sprayed with hot salt water. I've often looked for somewhere to buy the stuff but I only ever come up with Chinese sources in big quantities. I wish I had grabbed some when it was an on the shelf bottle. It's so good it should be an off the shelf item at Halfords. https://www.unpchemicals.com/ep-aw-additives/amine-neutralized-mixed-phosphate-esters-psail-2280.html
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I've booked my passage for The Grossglockner High Alpine Road for an Alpine and Dolomites tour in June in the Supra. I'm looking forward to getting a good set of pics of the road trip through the mountains of Austria, Italy and Switzerland and the Italian lakes. I've booked a hotel for a first night stop in Limburg on the way down to the Alps.
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These were last available in 2021 and Denso USA listed the product code as discontinued so I wouldn't hold out much hope of seeing a new production run unless Toyota GR Heritage twist Denso's arms.
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Heading on a European tour with a, by then, 29 year old car
rider replied to rider's topic in Supra Chat
I've bought one of those really cheap kits for travel around Europe, it also has breathalysers; a requirement these days in France. I have routed the tour to avoid all toll roads on the Garmin DriveSmart 66 I've just bought, other than the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in Austria. The Garmin basecamp route planner software isn't particularly user friendly but I have mapped out the planned route totalling 3,000 miles on my PC and load it onto the Garmin. I hadn't read about headlights on being mandatory in Switzerland. Last time I took the car to Germany it was peak Summer so I didn't bother with beam deflectors as I never ran in anything other than daylight. I suppose I should fit those this time if daytime headlight on running is required. The once I got a big brown bloom flash was in the Netherlands I never received anything from that so hopefully it'll be a fine free tour and that the Supra, that has never missed a beat doesn't miss a beat. -
Heading on a European tour with a, by then, 29 year old car
rider replied to rider's topic in Supra Chat
Well, it's on. Scheduled for the second week in June since not all the Alpine passes open up before June. I've sorted the RAC European zone 2 cover and booked a flexible ticket on the Shuttle. Hotels are all identified and will be booked during January. It's cut across the Austrian and Italian alps to spend a couple of days on the Italian lakes then into Switzerland for a few days running a few Alpine passes then returning via Lake Constance. I refurbished an OEM set of road wheels a while back now. They will finally gain some new tyres in the New Year and be put onto the car so we will be set for fast running down the Autobahn on new rubber. It seems that the only manufacturer for same tread pattern premium tyres on staggered OE 17" wheels are manufactured by Michelin so there isn't much choice available. -
Not unless WW3 breaks out then 1BTC will be worth one loaf of bread. It's a good time to realise any gains.
