rear left taillight broken, bumper cracked
 

eesh, another post another problem, sorry.

heres the picture:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...X/DSC00158.jpg

not sure what parts i have to order, or where i can get them from. any way to fix that crack in the bumper? the paint is chipped off and theres a crack in it. the 'TURBO' metal insignia thing is inside the car, so i just have to focus on the taillight...hes knocking it off the price.

and the exhaust, which im not sure is getting fixed...i took a picture of it, but i can describe it...the pipe ends like a foot or two behind the front wheels. everything after that is missing. so ill need a downpipe, cat, and a muffler right? hes either gonna buy one or knock all that off of the price.

thanks again :)

Sounds like the downpipe is there. Just a cat or test pipe, and a cat-back.

Post a pic of the exhaust.

How much is he asking for it?

oh, and the speedometer doesnt work. and the e-brake light is on for some reason...it doesnt seem to work. and a wee bit of oil on some stuff in the engine, big mike says its a seal. then theres absolutely nothing else wrong with it.

heres a pic....i didnt wanna get all dirty from the snow, so i took it upside down *goofy smile*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...X/DSC00159.jpg

im driving it back in like 15 or 20 mins so ill take a few more pics of the exhaust just in case. and the oil.

Looks like the flange on that downpipe is f'd up. Post a closer pic of that when you get a chance and post a pic of where that oil is like you said.

turns out theres a crack before the first cat in the pipe. so im just gonna get a whole new exhaust, cats and muffler and all. 3 inch, preferably =P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...X/DSC00160.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...opyof7mgte.jpg

in red is where the oil is. its not a ton, its just kinda lightly coating everything. not on the 3000 pipe, behind it.

eesh, parents are really being sticklers about this. theyre saying offer him 1500 for the car cause of all the problems with it, n if he gives a stern no then its not happening. any idea on where to find the glass panel for the rear light?

Is that a sponge type air filter?

up close, yes it looks spongy. is that a problem?

I've heard that over a period of time they start to disintigrate(sp?), and all that spongy stuff starts going into your intake manifold. But im not sure. :dunno:

yay, another problem :-D thanks for the info though, ill switch it out after everything else is done.

BTW I also had the bumber on my camaro cracked, and I was able to get it fixed. So you should be able to get the cracks on your bumber fixed.

sweet. i just called toyota, and the tail lamp kit was $192, so i could probably find it for cheaper elsewhere. now i have to find a performance exhaust from someplace...3 inch preferably...both cats and a muffler. basically every pipe, from the pipe coming down from the engine straight back to (and including) the muffler.

edit: to aid in my search, what would all those parts be called?

so how much does he want for the car

the asking price in the paper was 3300. since then, he has said hed fix the exhaust for sure and would cut down the price because of the tail light problem.

mom suggested offering a grand, going up to 1500. dad said start at 1500, which im probably gonna do, a grand is silly. between 1500 and 2000 is probably a good spot, because of those first two reasons and the numerous other little things wrong with it. *crosses fingers*

considering the damage on that car exceeds what you might pay for it...


id start real low about $1500 too

thas what i said haha. well, i called him, and thats where i started...he sounded REALLY surprised, and promptly refused....so i bumped it up to 1800, because of how shocked he was, he said he wouldnt sell it for under 2700...which i responded to just as shockingly lol. i mentioned something about all the damage, we kind of threw out a few more prices, and he said to call him tomorrow while he thinks about it and talks to his mom.

i dont think ill go higher than 2250. 2300 tops. i cant be spending all this money i dont have on repairs for a car that shouldve been fine when i bought it.

I bought mine for $1500. Shotty turbo and the interior was a bit torn up. And it had full 3" exhaust, boost controler, K&N intake, turbo timer. Don't spend more than $2000 on that car, for $2700 you could fine one bone stock and in near perfect shape. (If you look long enough.)

ok, ill keep that in mind. 2 grand it is :-P finding prices on exhausts n stuff now...COOLEEZE 3 inch cat back with magnaflow muffler, 400...high flow ceramic cat 240, all bolt on.

um, whats the name of the pipe that leads from the engine down towards the exhaust? its almost perpendicular to the ground. thats the one thats cracked.

interior isnt bad, except for the moonroof, which someone ripped the cloth almost entirely off of.

gah. negotiating sucks. thanks though :)

Its called a downpipe.

Example. http://newyork.craigslist.org/jsy/car/279476121.html

Also KBB on it is around $2000 in "fair" shape.

thats the downpipe? i thought the downpipe was the one leading to the second cat, parallel to the ground. crap, now i need a downpipe. any place you can just buy it by itself?

o0o, craigslist...thanks for the link. ok, ill keep that in mind as well....not to sound maniacal or anything, but ive been talking to myself for the past half an hour trying to find the best wording for convincing him its worth 2 grand. ive got quite the argument :P i hope it works.

say youll offer him 2000 and if he laughs then turn around and walk away.
i wouldnt buy that car. theres a lot of damage there.

thats what im going to do, but im a more wordy way.

if i find a better supra somewhere, ill buy it. but seeing as how its right in front of me anyways, i might as well go through with this sale. i know exactly whats wrong with it, so thats good i guess.

grr, now im waiting til sunday to hear from him lol.

looking at exhausts, ive settled on the Cooleeze cat back exhaust at suprasport, coupled with the cheaper high flow catalytic converter, seeing as it doesnt come with one. my question being: the downnpipe i have has an old catalytic converter on it...if i bolt on everything else including the high speed cat, will it be legal in NY state? eventually im getting the cooleeze downpipe too (seeing as mine is cracked lol), so will ONE high flow cat be legal? thanks.