And so the transformation begins of "Lady in red" (1994 Supra) UPDATE 31/8-2014

Mgrene · August 20, 2014

I am no singer, dancer, football player or mechanic. I am just a regular office guy from Denmark who caught interest of this (IMO) worlds geatest engineering piece of art, when I saw it the first time in Fast&Furious. Back then I promised myself that one day I must own such a beauty. Now 12 years later I finally had the oppertunity to buy one and so I did.

I bought the car in June last year (2013) and was practically happy with the look and everything, BUT the more I started to examine the car, the more it became obvious to me that this car needed some serious nursing.

As of today, the car will be stored for the next 6 months, which mean that I now have 6 months to pay all my attention to the car and go crazy. My girlfriend is really exicted about that

I am primarily going to focus on the interior as I'm pretty happy with the exterior, not said that I don't want to do anything about the extorier, but for now it is more "critical" with the interior.

To do list:

Totally refurbish the interior
Sound proof the whole car
Install brand new ICE
Refurbish alloys
Re-polish engine bay

More will follow as we go along.

Since it is taking forever to write, I will primarily be posting pictures, but in-put's are more than welcome.

This is basically how the car looks today:

And a small appetiser

That's it for now. Much more will follow, but in the meantime, is somebody able to inform me if there is an easier way to upload pictures than manually copy paste all the time. Takes for ever

Edited August 31, 2014 by Mgrene (see edit history)

mplavery · August 20, 2014

Stunning Supra there mate

Is this JP old Supra ?

Mgrene · August 20, 2014

Stunning Supra there mate

Is this JP old Supra ?

Thanks, yes this is JP's old Supra. Jamie sold it to a Danish guy back in 2009 (if I remember correctly), and then I bought it from him in 2013.

JamieP · August 20, 2014

I had some good times in that car

supersizejim · August 20, 2014

I remember that car too Jamie... Fun times mate.. Will never forget the rolling burnout you done for a zillliooonn miles in it! Still looks pretty good considering that was a few years ago now. Glad to see her back around here now. Feel done to the new owner!

JackyBoi · August 20, 2014

That's a nice car!! Have you installed all the audio equip yet?

ShawnPreece · August 21, 2014

Awesome car mate and especially loving those wheels on it

Mgrene · August 21, 2014

That's a nice car!! Have you installed all the audio equip yet?

Awesome car mate and especially loving those wheels on it

Nope the audio is not installed yet. It will be once the car has been sound proofing.

Yeah the alloys are lovely but in a very poor condition (not easy to see on the pictures). They will be refurbished though.

Mgrene · August 22, 2014

So Me and the Misses (yeah you heard me right) had a go with the car today.

I have to ask Jamie, was it you or the latest owner who assembled the car? Half of the srews are missing and some poor bodywork has been done inside the car. Anyway, it is all fixable

On Sunday I will remove the remaining part of the interior.

Now some pics. I apologise if the pictures are a bit grumsy but there is not much light in my garage. I will make sure that future pictures will be better.

All parts has been clearly marked and the srews has been put in a bag and attached to the respective part. This should make it easier when I assemble the car again.

Supradk · August 22, 2014

look at BG mate, a new do luck front is up for sale

Mgrene · August 22, 2014

look at BG mate, a new do luck front is up for sale

You mean the replica kit? Think I will go with the original instead

Mgrene · August 24, 2014

Had another go today.

Jesus Christ the main dash (think it's called) is a pain to remove. I gave up after an hour. Luckily a friend from the forum is going to help me out next week.

I found a lot of loose wires and "crap" which will be removed completely since they have no function.

When the main dash has been removed, I will sort out all the wiring behind it. As you can see it will be a few hours of work alone.

Less talk more pictures:

mplavery · August 24, 2014

I'm looking to get my dash out to be flocked and not looking forward to it lol

Why you taking the dash out ? Re trimmed ?

Mgrene · August 24, 2014

I'm looking to get my dash out to be flocked and not looking forward to it lol

Why you taking the dash out ? Re trimmed ?

Yeah to be re trimmed and clean up all the wiring behind.

Haha, I can highly reccomend to take it slowly with the dash. Have a few cokes and listen too some music while you are working on it Takes a lot of paitence but this is the first time for me, so I need to learn my way around

I am split between getting the dash flocked or re trimmed with leather? I am kinda using this car as inspiration:

Edited August 24, 2014 by Mgrene (see edit history)

JamieP · August 24, 2014

Propshaft donut failed and the prop ripped through the floor, floor took a real beating, it was all on the forum back in the day.

The car never had an interior for most the time I owned it, when I sold it I did a deal with supradibs and he took the roll cage in exchange for an interior he had, he did the fitting. Although I don't remember it having a black carpet.

Mgrene · August 24, 2014

Propshaft donut failed and the prop ripped through the floor, floor took a real beating, it was all on the forum back in the day.

The car never had an interior for most the time I owned it, when I sold it I did a deal with supradibs and he took the roll cage in exchange for an interior he had, he did the fitting. Although I don't remember it having a black carpet.

Hi Jamie.

This is my first Supra and don't know how the floor looked like before the donut failed, but now that you mentioned it, it becomes obvious to me that some repair has been done on the floor. It feels strong enough so I am not nervous about that.

I just removed the carpet today and it looks pretty new so maybe the previous owner changed it or had it re painted.

Anyway everything will be refurbished so the interior and all the things you can't normally see will be top dollar

JackyBoi · August 24, 2014

I do love a red Supra

Mgrene · August 25, 2014

I do love a red Supra

Normally I'm not a fan of red cars but I changed my mind when I saw this the first time. The combination of a black bonnet and polished alloys simply looks awesome.

Mgrene · August 31, 2014

After a bit of struggle and some help from a friend the main dash finally came off. So the next step was to clean up all the wiring. Just hope I haven't removed any important wires Think it turned out pretty okay.

The car is basically ready to be sound profen now. I also managed to drop of some dash parts at my parents house, where my mom will have a go with some carbon wrap It has become a family project.