Hi all,
I've been on the forum for almost 6 years, based in Essex during which I've been very close to buying a Supra a few times; the last time, i opted to buy an e60 M5 instead which while was stupidly fast, proved to be the wrong choice after the engine blew and was never the same again. Fell in love with the Supra in 2002 on a trip to visit my uncle who owned a Black NA and previously the JZ70 Supra; it also was the first car I ever drove.
Long story short, I finally bit the bullet and have put a deposit down with JM Imports and will be taking receipt of a '98 Twin Turbo VVTi 6 speed in RSP Blue next week (fingers crossed)! She has BPU; Ridox front, side skirts, spats and a Varis bonnet (i think); a TRD spoiler and Advant wheels and is pretty much immaculate on the outside. Inside, was a bit more of a headscratcher as the previous owner decided to fit a purple Bride seat and a bright blue bucket seat (really?!) but luckily the rest of the interior was pretty clean bar some gauges which annoyingly were screwed into the left side of the desk on the curve and a small jumble of wires - nothing a bit of TLC can't fix.
I'm chomping at the bit to get stuck in and my plans so far include...
- Changing the seats; got some stock supra cloths lined up thanks to JM but hopefully will move to something a little nicer like some Recaro speeds
- Moving the dashes to the A pillar in a triple gauge pod; these seem to be quite hard to find
- Cleaning up/removing the mess of wires and random gadgets in the car; i'm not sure what a few are at the moment.
- Adding a Trial rear bumper
- Carbon wrapping the TRD blade
- New Alloys; a concave deep dish preferably
- Upgrading the sound system
- Some general bits to spruce up the interior, chrome rings, gear gaiter, handbrake gaiter, new gear knob, handbrake handle etc
- New dials from Moman
- Changing interior lights to an Ice white including the AC/Heating controls.
- Swapping out the Varis hood with something a little more subtle; probably stock with some vents, maybe GTR style
- Swapping out the front indicators and the rear lights with some of Hecklers LED ones
I'm planning on keeping the colour scheme black/dark and blue and open to any suggestions or ideas!
I've been reading through loads of info on the forum and have some great idea's for what i want to do with her ultimately culminating in a single turbo probably towards the end of next year. Until then i'll just be adding a few bits here and there to get here to where i want her aesthetically.
Anyway, I've attached a pic of her right now and I'm looking forward to getting stuck in!
Thanks,
Looms