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The day has finally come. I sold my car to a strapping young lad and now I'm out of the Supra game. Word. I finally realized that when people refer to late 80's/early 90's sports cars as money pits, it's no joke. There are a thousand upgrades I wanted to do but never had the money for...

I have been getting an arrary of popping sounds from the front end while turning and just recently it has gotten so bad that it will sometimes make the sound in a straight line. Every topic I searched on that described my same problem pointed to ball joints. I looked up the recommended test to...

I've had a ripped steering rack boot for the past 2 years, and i'm uh finally ready to fix it :icon_redf One useful tip I've gathered so far is to count the tie rod threads so I can reinstall it exactly the same, but my question is what the boot is supposed to do in the first place. Is it just...

It's been a while since I did anything to my car, I'm overdue ;) Here's how I made someone change my fuel filter without dropping the gas tank, but I did have the necessary access to a lift and a manslave. http://gallery.sanitylapse.com/v/supra/Fuel+Filter+9-9-06/

My sub calls for a .85 cubic foot sealed box. If, hypothetically, my internal box dimensions were 12"x12"x12", would my box volume be 1 cubic foot or would it be 1 cubic foot minus the volume of the speaker cone?

My drive home from work a few weeks ago was uneventful, and the car drove like a supra should. The next day, however, I got lots of bad clicking and vibration from the drivetrain !!!?!?!?!? The sounds in question are weird little clicks that range from soft to pretty loud. It sounds like it...

http://gallery.dylanwiggins.com/v/supra/Turbo+Timer+Install+5-23-06/ Ok stop laughing at me, I have done pic-by-pics for easier things but not many :) super easy install! oooooh shiny

I bought the car in February 2005 after a 6 month search for any decent condition car. I was so close to owning an FC twice, and then I saw the ad for this 90 turbo 5 speed with 154k on it. Hooray for old lady ownage since 91 and constant documented service. Then I moved back to Oregon in...

It's finally all finished and written up, with credit given to the SM doodz that helped me out. If you know anything about painting, this writeup is probably not for you so I'll just post the awesome before and after pics here. Enjoy...

I pulled apart the intake side to do the coolant bypass hotness today, and now the car won't start. During the operation I unplugged the alternator, coilpacks, ISC, CSI, and TPS, and those are all securely plugged in now. On first crank the tach wouldn't move, so I wiggled the CPS wires...

SO the hvlp and all the good paint bits fell through, and I only have enough budget to paint my wheels with rattlecan. BUT, i don't want it to look like rattlecan. I've been doing a 9-day process or painting and sanding, and just tonight I got to put a few coats of clear on one of the wheels...

I got the chance to put my car on the scales today. I had half a tank of gas, stock suspension, and the only weight savings I can think of are no spare tire and no charcoal canister. Everything else is stock for a 1990 turbo. This is without me in it: LF: 1017 RF: 978 LR: 824...

I recently acquired these wheels (thanks kwnate!) and now it's time for me to get off my ass and get them on the car. But they need to be white first! I'm going to use a real hvlp spray gun with a compressor so I can achieve the secondary goal of learning how to paint parts without using...

The exhaust leak has got to go.... THe VW guys I work with say I shouldn't use helicoil, but instead spring for the timesert kit. It's $113 for the M10x1.25 kit, compared to $60 for the helicoil kit at napa. Ebay has PermaCoil kits for $35 shipped. Which am I better off with? Are...

before: Add some simple green, vinyl/plastic goop, and a roll of paper towels: Watch out for the gremlin that flips around your stock IC pipes!

There are countless threads both here and on SF about installing bigger speakers in the front, but not enough solid info. Here's how I did it with the idea from MK3Trent, the car sounds great now: http://gallery.sanitylapse.com/v/supra/Front+Speaker+Install+1-21-06/

After replacing my crappy rotted out gaskets with brand new ones and cleaning the taillights and body, I still get rain leaking in. I tested with the hose and it is coming in between the top middle and top outermost bolts. If I push in on the light I can see the drip come to a stop, which...

http://gallery.sanitylapse.com/v/supra/Taillight+Mod+12-29-05/

before: after: Full writeup coming soon ;)

Right now i have a cheap kenwood mp3 playing deck with 1 set of 2V preamp outs. My 4" door stockers are almost completely blown and they sound like ass :3d_frown: Soon I will have a set of decent 5.5's waiting to go in plus a nice polk 12" sub, and here comes the amp question. Assuming the amp...