raddys Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) This isn't really a build thread, it's more of a supra diary just interesting things that have occurred in my supra ownership. I always enjoy reading others build threads and the like and always wanted to do one myself, so here we are, enjoy! When I was a kid my dad had all sorts of Japanese cars, mk3 supras, mk4 supra, evo 8, evo 2 and various other interesting jdm motors, so from a young age I was always around cars and grew up to love them, just before my 25 birthday in march 2016 I decided it was time to step into the big world of 300hp +, the only car that was going to scratch this itch was of course a mk4 supra twin turbo. Previous to this I owned various Toyota glanza turbos, integra type R and a mk4 supra n/a manual along with various other mundane dailys. I was out one day in my mk4 supra na and had a race with a mini cooper diesel, it beat me, my heart sunk and it was at that moment I realised I needed a turbo supra. I contemplated turboing my na but I just couldn't be bothered with it and thought I'd rather just have a factory turbo car. I searched for months for the right car, travelling to various parts of the country only to see dog after dog. one day I put up a wanted ad on this very forum and low and behold within a few days I was contacted about a possible lead on a car for sale, I went to see it and would you believe it, it was finally an absolute belter of a car. we looked around the car for a few minutes, I gave my mechanic mate a nudge and whispered 'what do you think' and he told me to get my money out straight away. I worked out a price with the seller and 10 minutes later I was the proud owner of a september 1993 Toyota Supra TT GZ auto with 38,000 miles on the clock in renaissance red and most importantly all stock and clean I drove it home and was astounded, here's some pics of when i 1st got it... As I'm sure everyone will agree it was the find of the century after all the crap I'd looked at previously. So just like that in April 2016 I was the proud owner of a Mk4 TT supra January 2017: The car was picked to feature in BANZAI magazine, a full 5 pages on my new purchase, I was a little chuffed to say the least. January 2017: I took the car from stock to BPU, I've got no pics unfortunately but its running whifbitz decats, TANABE touring exhaust, blitz boost controller, Walbro fuel pump, running 370bhp on low boost all fitted by SRD. The car was also in kmh and had the stock 112mph Japanese limiter on, SRD removed the limiter and just plugged the converter into the speedo and not anything else on the car so that I have mph displayed on my speedo but everything else remains in kmh. my odometer still counts in kmh as it did from Japan (I did this as I'm always sceptical about mileages that have been changed so Lee advised I do it this way so that the odometer remains as it came from factory, therefore avoiding any mileage discrepancies if I were to ever sell) April 2017: After searching for a year for the perfect plate I finally found SUP 2J, after the bidding war on DVLA had concluded I had myself one very cool plate this was the 1st pic with the new plates on. April 2018: Im 2 years into supra ownership now and wanted to make the car mint, so I started by stripping the interior and wheels. I even found a Japanese pokemon card and a few Japanese coins in the car when I took the carpet out 1st step was removing the horrible coating on the dash panels, mine were chipped and scratched in places, they were by no means bad but I wanted it perfect I did 3 panels, tried loads of ways to remove the coating, got pissed off and called a few bodyshops After a few calls I found a body shop that would do them and dropped them off, here they are drying after being sprayed satin black I then put them back together once I got them back I then jet washed the carpet and mats, steam cleaned the floor, got new supra logos for the mats, took the wheels to be powdercoated, got new ad08r tyres all round, new h&r spacers to bring the stock wheels flush, new discs and pads and treated the leather in the car to a good clean and seal, here are the results Absolutely chuffed with the result, I also fitted a new "Toyota secret box" under the radio I then got the front end resprayed (my mate had a 600hp GTR and after a few spirited drive I was absolutely peppered with stone chips) The car went to the body shop and the owner told me how surprised he was that it had never had the front end painted. The end result was nothing short of perfect and after a full Mop on the rest of the car it came up gleaming! Got new badges for the car too now the car in my eyes was pretty mint July 2018: My car was displayed at Waxstock and the car went away a week before to be fully valeted and detailed August 2018: Since playing Gran Turismo as a kid I'd always wanted to visit the nurburgring and drive a fast car round it, now was the perfect opportunity. me and a mate set a date and off we went, what a place, what a blast. My 1st time on a proper track was brilliant, didn't set a time as I was to worried about binning my pride and joy but I still had an amazing time on the ring and around the autobahns December 2018: The supra is featured in another mag, this time its Japanese performance magazine January 2019: My Supra goes into the forum Supra calendar February 2019: The Parallel Pomeroy Trophy, a very cool day out where a ton of old toyotas competed against eachother May 2019: My car is picked for a film review against the new mk5 supra, I had to take the car to Longcross studios for a day of filming https://www.instagram.com/p/BzOtLx8n_S4/?utm_medium=copy_link August 2019: Another photoshoot for OhSoRetro magazine January 2020: Goblin works garage use some footage of my supra on part of their supra episode where they made branners goblin supra February 2021: My Supra is used by carwow for filming against new mk5 supra 2l and 3l And again it's filmed against a celica gt4 and new yaris GR, I think she would have done better against them if mat had not had the car in overdrive pulling off each time really slowly March 2021: After many years of wanting to restore the underside of one of my cars I decided it was time to do the Supra, I shopped around and spent a small fortune on new parts for the underside, I enlisted Paul cheshire of PCheshire Automotive to do the work and his work is 99% complete, theres a serious amount of work that's gone into the underside resto and il add all the work that's been done as soon as I get the car back, but for now here's a peak of the rear about 90% complete That's it for now Edited July 19, 2021 by raddys Extra photos not needed (see edit history) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m12aak Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Brilliant write up, she's certainly one of the nicest almost fully stock examples on the forum. The work Paul Cheshire has been doing is incredible! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raddys Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 hour ago, m12aak said: Brilliant write up, she's certainly one of the nicest almost fully stock examples on the forum. The work Paul Cheshire has been doing is incredible! Cheers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Was wondering who had the car wow supra. Nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 That underside shot looks brand new! Amazing work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Car looks stunning. Very impressed with Paul's work on the underside of your car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raddys Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) Cheers guys. Yep Paul is brilliant at what he does, leaves no stone unturned. Just look at my steering rack, this is fully rebuilt and powdercoated, 28 years old rack and it looks better then new VID-20210630-WA0025.mp4 Edited July 21, 2021 by raddys (see edit history) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I've previously spoken to Paul about doing my gearbox. My plan is to now get him to do a load more of the parts from my car. I love the fact he can refurbish parts back to a better than new condition. I'd also seen your steering rack on his Facebook page and was very jealous as to the finish of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raddys Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, mwilkinson said: I've previously spoken to Paul about doing my gearbox. My plan is to now get him to do a load more of the parts from my car. I love the fact he can refurbish parts back to a better than new condition. I'd also seen your steering rack on his Facebook page and was very jealous as to the finish of it. He can indeed, just look at the finish difference, the arm on the left is a new one, the arm on the right is my 28 year old one. the one he has refurbed looks better then the new one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 37 minutes ago, raddys said: He can indeed, just look at the finish difference, the arm on the left is a new one, the arm on the right is my 28 year old one. the one he has refurbed looks better then the new one Refurbishment and innovative solutions will be the way forward for keeping these cars on the road. Toyota have been quite clear that they have no ambition or plans to support heritage cars in a meaningful way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raddys Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 1:53 PM, Tyson said: Refurbishment and innovative solutions will be the way forward for keeping these cars on the road. Toyota have been quite clear that they have no ambition or plans to support heritage cars in a meaningful way. 100%, the amount of parts that I come across that were discontinued was quite astonishing really, even Paul was shocked at how much has been discontinued. These cars are getting old now and the rubber seals/parts are deteriorating fast, in 10 years we will see so many supras scrapped because of this. If I were you lot I'd start buying the small seals, gaskets, hoses and storing them ready for that inevitable day when nothings left. I just bought a load of seals, gaskets, window rubbers, bonnet seal etc to future proof the car should it ever need anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 If I was going to buy another mkiv I'd want yours but doubt I could afford it Looks fantastic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Dnk said: If I was going to buy another mkiv I'd want yours but doubt I could afford it Looks fantastic He might do a straight swap for your Range Rover 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Annabella said: He might do a straight swap for your Range Rover Should be sold, the guys coming to collect it on Monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raddys Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Dnk said: If I was going to buy another mkiv I'd want yours but doubt I could afford it Looks fantastic Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raddys Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) I'm back, I've been meaning to post the progress pics of the underside for months now but have been so busy, anyway there's a massive album but il post the important ones so you can see whats happened to the underside of the car ... It's basically been stripped back, bent sills repaired, the shell itself is in very good condition but the parts had alot of surface rust, any old loose underseal was then removed, bare areas primed and coated in gravitex upol. Now obviously in that paragraph I make it sounds like it's a 5 minute job, it really isn't, there a million more photos and things that pop up when dealing with a project like this. originally I set myself a budget of £5k, but once you get started you can't have 1 clean bit next to a dirty bit so you get that dirty bit done too and then l, we'll you've guessed it, you can throw your 5k budget down the drain lol Anyway all the parts were either refurbed where they were discontinued or hard to get hold of or been replaced for new oem, I didn't want hard plastic bushes and wanted to feel what it would have felt like from factory (with a few tweaks) so its pretty much all oem under there bar a few mods. The engine had virtually all new waterway hoses and various seals replaced all over it as 28 year old rubbers aren't the greatest things at holding that oil back lol Also a new belt and damper and a few other bits under the hood to get it running smooth as you like. Once everything had come back from powdercoaters and various bits such as gearbox, steering rack and diff had been refurbished and reassembled it was time to put it all back together, once down its had every new fluid under the sun, all fuchs and toyota fluids used. Spec is Everything new or refurbed Bilstein shocks and eibach springs Hks carbon ti exhaust Double de cat Chris wilson SMIC Chris wilson pads So there you have it, condensed down from probably 1000 photos to 150 odd photos and a 5 minute read, the reality was over 200 hours of labour into this, loads of bits you don't see and it's all down to Paul cheshire of PCheshire Automotive, Paul is a perfectionist, the level of service and help he provided is unbeatable, he even kept me up to date with pictures every day he worked on it, top lad, You'll find no one more passionate about what he does then Paul and I couldn't recommend him high enough to do work to a very high standard on any of your cars! Anyways enough of my waffle, enjoy the pics!!! Edited November 19, 2021 by raddys (see edit history) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mwilkinson Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Bravo, stunning work. It looks amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) Question for you on the alloys as I have a 17" set I'm going to set about refurbishing, probably tomorrow and I found it difficult to track down the correct silver. I went to a professional paint shop, they don't paint they just make up and sell paint primarily to the trade and came away with Toyota BSB 104 Silver. Does that sound familiar or were your wheels painted using a non-specific silver? I may end up doing a refurb thread on my set of OEM wheel. I'll be using a solvent based paint with industrial thinner (50:50) via a spray gun and then a spray can of top end 2k lacquer to finish off. Before then I have a lot of sanding down to do and fair number of curb rashes to fix. Edited November 18, 2021 by rider (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raddys Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 26 minutes ago, rider said: Question for you on the alloys as I have a 17" set I'm going to set about refurbishing, probably tomorrow and I found it difficult to track down the correct silver. I went to a professional paint shop, they don't paint they just make up and sell paint primarily to the trade and came away with Toyota BSB 104 Silver. Does that sound familiar or were your wheels painted using a non-specific silver? I may end up doing a refurb thread on my set of OEM wheel. I'll be using a solvent based paint with industrial thinner (50:50) via a spray gun and then a spray can of top end 2k lacquer to finish off. Before then I have a lot of sanding down to do and fair number of curb rashes to fix. I looked everywhere to see what colour code the wheels were from factory but I couldn't find it, so I took them to be powdercoated and asked that they match it as best they can, I don't think they are 100% the same shade but the wheels were about 26 years old so with the amount of brake dust they've seen who knows what the original silver looked like. You can't go far wrong though, be interested to see if you find the original code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raddys Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 58 minutes ago, mwilkinson said: Bravo, stunning work. It looks amazing. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, raddys said: You can't go far wrong though, be interested to see if you find the original code The paint prep outfit said they could get the associated colour codes from the main paint code, 040 in my case. They said that their database lists all colours used in combination with the base colour code which in the Supra case is pretty much down to just the alloy wheels. Like you, I found it impossible to land a colour code on the wheels from a web crawl so the BSB 104 might be a little nugget if it looks 'correct' on the wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raddys Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 22 minutes ago, rider said: The paint prep outfit said they could get the associated colour codes from the main paint code, 040 in my case. They said that their database lists all colours used in combination with the base colour code which in the Supra case is pretty much down to just the alloy wheels. Like you, I found it impossible to land a colour code on the wheels from a web crawl so the BSB 104 might be a little nugget if it looks 'correct' on the wheels. I wish you good luck, nothing better then fresh new wheels on the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blythmrk Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I don’t think the wheels were powder coated when new as they oxidise for fun They were a slightly textured matt finish when new (I have a spare rear wheel that’s not refinished but it needs refinishing!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Properly done, love it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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