Category: Aero Top Progress

Car is nearly ready for primer now bonnet and both wings went back to bare

Mike2jz has skills and removes engine

The car goes to paint

I start spraying and cleaning engine parts

So the story, as someone of you saw the paint on my roof started to fade, at first I put it down to a farmer spraying chemicals. So I had the top half redone is black as a fix. Alas this summer the rest of the car started to go the same way. It seems from talking to people there was a fault in the paint itself and as it got hotter and hotter the paint got worse and worse.

Sooooo I sold the Cupra R I brought and saved some cash and today I dropped my car off to the mechanics. 

The plan.

Health check car…This should be fine as the engine was rebuilt not many miles back. This was confirmed when the compression read 185 across the board. However as I expected a smoke test revealed a boost leak.

1. Remove and replace all boost pipes.

2. Put new boost gauge in, repair or replace boost control.

3. Fix broken seat motor.

4. Check fuel and brake lines, replace if need be.

5. Install black carpet

6. Change fan belt

7. Install new o2

Remove engine for respray.

Then its off to the painters for full respray inc engine bay. 

My aim is to have it future proofed as best as possible. Having had the engine pulled apart, every gasket changed, then a full polybush and coilover upgrade the final bits are mostly to do with the boost pipes.

Dyno results come back

Had a package today from NOZ containing my refurb headlights and custom rear lights

Car goes for a full BPU and a poly bush upgrade using the kit here https://www.strongflex.eu/en/supra-93-02/1295-216180b-suspension-bush-kit-5902553521238.html and a gates cam belt

Mike came over to help with diff oil change. He is a lot skinnier than me and got under the car with ease…..me not so much.

Anyway it didn’t take to long at all the drain plug was clean as whistle no metal flakes at all

The old oil was somewhat of a unknown asI brought the diff when I did my TT swap. Why I didn’t change it while it was off the car I don’t know. Anyway to my suprise the oil was quite new loooking

Refilled with 1.5 ltrs ish and she’s all back together.

Meet Kaan today who very kindly took some pics and let me have a ride in the GTR which scared the poop outa me

I use the car for a bit before making more changes, coilovers added and the missing diff mount installed and some 20mm spacers on the rear

She comes home

Seems my run in with the farmers chemicals has ruined the paint on the roof of my car. 

So I’m making the bold choice and spraying the top half of the car gloss black. I said all along i wanted to copy Ibars car as I loved it so much. Its going in on Thursday. Fingers crossed