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That's because england is extremely lax with their rules , Over here it's nearly impossible, some examples why importing cars from england or modded cars in general is a pain in the butt in belgium - Lights incorrect - Non OEM suspension (they even cried about the toyota bilstein i had) - Engine swaps are illegal (even if it's the exact same model, swapping a 2JZ GE with another 2JZGE is not allowed without letting the government change your papers with the engine code on it) You can't see the engine code so u can do it & cheat on it, but still it's a risc - Other then OEM brakes, not allowed - 90% of the exhausts are illegal due to not having a "european approved" paper. Few exceptions are made when importing, i was lucky because it was quiet enough & passed the emission test. - need 11CM of distance between the lowest part of the car & the ground - CARBON IS A NO NO - Towhooks aren't allowed - Not allowed to install lambo doors that aren't european approved. EU approved hinges including papers are just mad expensive. - Startbuttons aren't allowed lol - Spacers, not allowed - Engine tuning as far as it comes to upgrading turbos, or turbocharging a car that's not a turbo by default, not allowed without getting your papers changed. - ... I just named the most silliest things & some obvious things, but yea. When buying a supra here, the more stock, the beter or u'll be spending tons of time to prep it for MOT & den rebuild it once it passed for another year. lol Alot of these things are "allowed" if you have approval of the car constructer itself. (For the supra case, this means you get an official paper of toyota that says "you are allowed to put this on the car with that chassis number". Carbon hoods, trunks, brakes, etc are examples of this). The reason why i put "allowed" is because toyota will never allow that xD, so it's pointless to even try.

30/05/1994 here buddy, my car is a year older den me xD

Will do, will be starting to save up for the maintenace right now like timing belt etc, (will be selling the engine to a buddy of mine so i'd rather have it be all ok ), den going to do the TT swap hopefully by the end of the year Last 2 weeks been so happy cos i've finally made progress, i'm tellin you, buying something you really want & not being able to use it the first year sucks dick lol Best thing about the timing: 3 may is racewars in belgium & 10 may is japfest in holland, will be attending them both Just waiting to recieve the bonnet from the boddy shop (should be tomorrow )

As a small update as of today, but still a huge achievment: WOOOOOOP she's street legal! I recieved the plates today, got all the legally required documents to be able to drive her . It's been a wild adventure that took me 310 days or 44 weeks + 2 days. Really excited for the first legal drive tomorrow

Apexi is another good brand to look at buddy

Yo mate welcome to the club, good to see another supra owner from manchester what region u in mate? I'll be visitin manchester this summer (probably august)

Are these oil filters the same?

- - - Updated - - - First signs of bad luck :c Quickly called a buddy of mine, day after that, he helped me to get it fixed. Big shout out to him btw! After an 7 hour fight, finally got it off. Quickly went to the garage to pick up a new stud. What was left over off the nut Left over of the drill On the same day, started installing the roofing & the seats. Seats Passenger was the easyst one Done Drivers side done, not so easy due to that half working electrical engine, broke one of my small rachets on it :c Found this weird black thing under my chair, no idea what it does Driver side done Rears seats removed to take off the side covers to get the original roofing off All panels removed Old roofing removed New roofing installed Black leather visors Eventually on the 17/03/2015, I passed the import inspection. Now it should be around a month waiting to get the COC paper that is required in Belgium. Then going to the normal MOT, get her taxed & insured!

Hello Guys First a little bit about myself. I've always loved supras & ever since i drove along with a 450 HP supra, I was blown away. I'm 20 years old (becoming 21) & besides the supra. I own a Hyundai Coupe from 2005 (2.0 with 143 hp) as a daily driver. This is going to my build topic for my supra. First off some information about the car itself. It's a j-spec Non turbo from 1993 with manual tranmission. The state when i bought her was bad if not horrid. My buddy bought her from a fella in the uk in 2012 & ended up on his driveway never started it or tried importing her into belgium. In July 2014, I bought her off him in a horrible state. The battery was close to dying, the starter was all messed up, the paint on the bonnet is absolutly horrid, theres a squar whole in the rear bumper, the little engine on the drivers seat didn't work, etc etc ... Many flaws to be Fixed, so here goes the story of El Supra The first day when I went for a viewing, the car instantly blew me away & I fell inlove with the rims, the look & the side skirts. Viewing and buying (complete album here: http://imgur.com/a/dOykM First viewing, they are putting her back on his driveway with a cover over her. Some of the flaws No radio Squar whole in the rear bumper & exaust hanging really low Couldn't really pay for the car, but my buddy would keep it aside from me, Payed him a small deposit & left the car on his drive way until i had the money. Finally after a couple of months waiting & after a lot of luck (i won the lottery so i could pick her up really fast! Was so happy lol) Things I will do on the supra Die the carpet black Change the roofing from gray cloth to black leather including visors Do a 2JZ GTE engine swap Do a R154 gearbox swap Get the glass headlights Put devil toyota badges on it 19" rims Audio system Change front seats to black leather with working engine to move drivers seat Do luck front bumper Fix all paint damage Full paint job to blue (yet to descide what blue, but pretty sure it'll be blue) Change interior lights to white Driving her home (full album here: http://imgur.com/a/Ugwkw) This will be mostly pictures, only thing i gotta say is that the exaust was sooooo loose due to a broken exaust rubber in the back. First stop to get sigarettes and food lol On the high way. Home after an 35 min drive. No plates because not yet imported. Getting her ready (Full album here: http://imgur.com/a/0IbTE) First things first, getting her ready to get her on belgium papers. In Belgium, getting these cars imported is a pain in the ass to do. You need extremely much time (from 1 month up to 10) to get a paper called COC. To get this you need to pass a certain MOT which took me almost 8 months to do. First thing to do was remove the MPH converter. Getting ready Dash disassembled Cluster out to take the mph sticker of the KPH Installed the woofer & radio (Don't have an actual picture of the woofer itself but it's a 200 RMS woofer from pioneer) After a long day of work got this beautiful shot. Still lowered on the OEM toyota bilstein shocks & springs. going to the import inspection (Full album here: http://imgur.com/a/m7V4U) Waiting for them to let me in D: Finally inside, 30 minutes after the appointment... This is when I drove over the pit so they could inspect under neath the car. Just to show how low the exaust really was. The exaust by then had the rubber fixed but still hung extremely low (& scraped alot). Got it fixed by welding a piece in between so it doesn't hit the rear axle anymore. First time i went: Failed Reasons: 1. No headlight conversion 2. No foglight 3. No papers for axle weight, motor specs 4. Suspension does not clear the 9 CM you need to have 5. Headlights to foggy 6. No european approved seatbelts 7. No papers for the suspension that, according to them, is not OEM. 8. Need geometrie MOT done 9. Exaust rubber in the middel was on breaking point. At first, i started to change the suspension. I found a cheap set online (4 schocks & springs for 350 euro, so cheap ). Quickly ordered them & they arrived a week later. Started swapping out the rears which worked great, but the fronts were allot more horrible. We broke a suspension arm & at that point, I kinda lost my love for the supra for a while. Didn't really do much on her until recent. (Keep in mind, wasn't really that active on the forums as well back then). Eventually, the starter acted up into her not starting anymore, when the start immobilizer went bad due to a flat battery in the fob, i lost all hope & let her stand asside for 4 months until I moved. Then i Tried selling a car that didn't start but no luckily, had no serious offers. When i moved, i descided to get her picked up by the garage & fixed up. Eventually they got the start immobilizer out, replaced the battery & she started again. Second time for mot! Was really happy, figured i'd pass, but no. They started talking about airbags all of a sudden (which is irrelevant for belgian law, if the original car doesn't have an airbag it's ok not to have one. Since this car is never produced in Belgium they can't know nor cry about me not having an airbag). All of a sudden the foglights was required (when the mot paper said it wasen't), Worst of all, didn't got an outlining done nor a geometry MOT which had to happen in Ypres & or brugges. It's easy an hour driving from my house to there lol. So on to the tyre centre to get an allignment done & got the wheels balances + fitted the centering rings. After that, went to pick up the 2 front seats in lancashire from Jimmy1985 (thanks alot, they still look bloody amazing mate! ) & the black rooflining at kerons place. When i came back home got a package with wheelnuts i've ordered with anti theftnuts. Started undoing all the nuts & changing them to the ones i ordered & guess what happened, one of the nuts broke off.

I'd just use hammerite

flake of probably, fire hazzard, don't think so. They don't get that hot

Looks great shawn, ur a lucky guy :o

To be honest, pistonheads is a good website to "look" at cars, not to buy them. if you want good deals & good value for your money, buy supra projects of people here. Once you pay your membership (if you ahven't already) you gain access to sale forums where people sometimes sell their cars.

nice one boost man, looks amazing so far, i'm really curious what this gunna turn out into

i'll be able to tell you guys once i get her on the fuckin road >_ The only place i've been to so far is mot & they always say "huh, your steering wheel is on the wrong side"

Its 4k £ for a v160 of keron amd 2700£ for an gte engine. Those are complete kits including all u need to do the conversion, for 700£ he places the engine for u, dunno how much to place gearbox but i reckon summin similar. Its 2000£ for an r154 gearbox kit

shit i wanted that wheel lol

I know for BBS, if they are real, you can send the number to BBS support or something & get new ones (for a price, they are expensive for caps as they are original BBS, AFAIK, they don't just sell them to anyone so u can put them on replicas)

Already have the paint & everything, but haven't had time to do them yet lol

+1

Going to do mine soon aswell, heres what i have so far Air filter Oil filter New engine oil (it's black as the night) Clutch Spark plugs Brake discs rears (these are worn, check what brake discs are worn with you) Brake pads rear (obv when you change the discs ) All the windshieldwipers Timing belt including tensioner Serpentine belt (preferably with tensioner) water pump (including gasket) new fuel filter new oil drain plug As for the fluids New coolant New engine oil (as mentioned before) New break fluid (with flush) New gearbox oil New differential oil New windshield washer fluid Fill up the airco I'm sure i still forgot some stuff, but i'm still looking for everything aswell. (didn't forget the power steering, already flushed that like 5 times trying to repair a leak lol) Mines an NA 1993 JDM

Hello Does anybody know where i can buy a tensioner (new) for the V belt. The ones new from toyota are so expensive oO Looking for an after market brand that's descent quality & not to expensive Cheers

pics please Looks like a mint car bro, welcome to the club

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?213864-How-to-remove-rear-bumper Cheers mate

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?51682-How-To-Overhaul-starter-motor-contacts This should help; had the same issue, replaced battery, did the DIY & starts up everytime i turn over.