Project Restore :-D

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Originally Posted by cre

Way to ruin a good pair of 89+ tails.

Did you paint the windows???

Looks good. The only color I like better on a MKIII is gunmetal.

there not ruined there fully functional if you look at the kouki lights there similar but not solid black more like smoked i had them like this on my last supra alot of people including my self liked it instead of a circle like the popular ones i went with a square..

http://www.tunerzine.com/articles/17...s/_DSC7348.jpg

its commonly done. :-p and no i didnt paint the windows there just dirty

[cre]

Umm... no. JDM lenses are just a cherry red, they're not smoked or blackened. That car has an actual aftermarket COVER... but yes, the underlying lenses are tinted. And I merely think it's a waste.

There's a guy around here who painted his windows with black spray paint... tail lights, head lights and fog lights as well. He painted the side windows and all the lights with LOTS of (crooked) thin lines of black so some light could still get though . It's a black RX7.



BTW, you mean they're, not there. They're (they are) not over there( a place); They're in their (they possessive) car.

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yeah then that lol but still i like the style of my tail lights and i apologize for the miss spelling

[cre]

It bugs me but whatever, you're not asking me for help with your car so spell and punctuate however you like I'll just ignore it if it bugs me. It's your image after all; I mean you can be bothered to learn to spell Japanese slang but can't use a period, capital letter or the right English word? It just blows my mind. No wonder the Japanese and Europeans think we're all ignorant. I'll drop it now... been seeing a lot of this lately and I should just use my ignore list more.

With the tights you'll get little credit from the Supra purist crowd. I think blackouts are too common; I prefer either stock and polished to look like glass or a custom cover or paint/tint job. Did you leave the small retroreflectors unpainted though? That does look odd.

Have you ever seen the rare silver/clear tails which were available in Japan? They're VERY odd. I'll see if I can find a picture.

[cre]

Here's a poor photo of the JDM Cherry colored lenses... It's a dark photo so they look a lot darker than they really are. I have a side by side I'm trying to find.



Gains taillight cover (painted to match the body).



Weird clear/silver JDM aftermarket tails (which make the car look like it backed up over a big fish).

[Sonyps307]

I love the way the JDM tail lights look. Do u know where to get the covers they look sick painted to match.

[cre]

The covers were made in a few different styles by a few different company, but I don't think any of them were sold outside of the Japanese market. Naturally, there have been some imported over time and originals do pop up for sale on the Supra sites and places like eBay. There was someone who had a replica set (the one in that photo I posted is one of those replicas) produced as a part of a group buy I'm not sure who it was but it too may have been KevinM; He's on SupraMania and SupraForums and SM is where the group buy was hosted, IIRC.

Also of note, most will work with pre89 taillights, they fill the indented center piece; Takes mounting with a couple standoffs but may save you the expense of upgrading the tails. There were also some covers made for the pre89 lights, specifically. They're uncommon and I wouldn't count on finding set.


Pretty sure these are a DIY job:


These ones look good on a pre89... I think it would look best if you pulled out the yellow turn lens and tinted the reverse light a very light red.


This is a style someone suggested in that former group buy... never produced.


I have more of others but I'd probably spend the rest of my weekend looking for them, so "that's all folks!" (tm)

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Got the replacement 7m today finally few things i've noticed off bad the motor mounts are completely different they look similar to the JZ brackets the harness came with grey plugs and cords cut in a lot of places so i replaced the brackets with the onces from my old 7m as well as a few other transplanted parts so far hopefully tomorrow turns out more successfully..

less than 48 hours to get this going..

[btwilson86]

How do the oil pans compare? Sounds like you may have a later model 7M

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Originally Posted by btwilson86

How do the oil pans compare? Sounds like you may have a later model 7M

Well basically the harness had grey plugs with the green tipped injectors
Different injector connectors tails and few other slight differences with the
Sensors as far as the oil pan I found out last night that also is different
So yet another thing ill have to change before I can drop this motor in
Btw my 7M I received has two throttles in the main location that connects
To the Y pipe and a plate that says Toyota traction control or something to that
Effect slowly but surely getting closer to it being on the road thought.. I apologize
For any bad spelling it's eairly and I'm beat up lol