Casey's RHD Swap/Build

dcrusupra · 04-29-2006, 05:11 AM

WELCOME TO MY OBSESSION

I'm restoring my '87 Supra before I start to make modifications. I started with the interior. I did a color change in the interior. It started out as grey and I changed it to black/red.

Completely stock grey interior before I started.

This one is of my old door panels. I covered the insert with black vinyl and red stitching. But I ended up getting new ones and redoing the whole thing.

Dash is painted black along with the red air vents. I didn't really finish painting the air vents red. Theres still a few spots on it that are still black.

This is the armrests in the backseat. You can see the original color and then the black.

These are the door panels in the middle of the color change....

And after the color change.....

This is the rear quarter panel window thingy, whatever it's called. Lol

This is the center console and armrest that I recovered with black vinyl and red stitching w/ extra foam. It was well worth it. It's much more comfortable that it was.

This is the new carpet compared to the old one.

Almost completed interior. I need to get new seats or recover the ones I have in black.

And I put new red LED's in my gauges and key ring. The lights in the gauges are kind of dull because the battery wasnt charged. I did it while the engine was blown so the battery wasnt charged because I left the lights on for a few days.

Thats all for now. I will update when I get more things done. I'm ordering a new 7M-GTE in about a month or so.

tonystarks · 05-01-2006, 04:30 AM

What did you use to paint the interior? I see that the red is vinyl/leather but how about the dash? How do you change the LED? Where did you buy the bulbs? Your interior is looking great, keep me posted on progress!

dcrusupra · 05-02-2006, 04:13 AM

I used Dupli-Color Vinyl & Fabric spray paint for everything. And that red is actually the spray paint also. It works really well. It came out a lot better than most of my family thought it would have. They have low expectations for my car. They think a 19 yr old kid cant build a 600hp car. I will prove them all wrong

. And you will all see my progress. I used WLED 5-LED Wide Angle LED and 74 Wedge Base LED bulbs from superbrightleds.com. Thats the exact title of the bulbs by the way. To change them, you just take out the gauge cluster and twist out the bases of the bulbs and pull the old bulbs out and replace the old bulbs with the new ones.

dcrusupra · 05-02-2006, 04:45 AM

Ok, this is everything I'm putting into my car. Everything being done to it, my entire setup.

Engine

Full Ferrea Valve Train
Pauter Rods
JE Pistons
N/A Cams
AEM Cam gears
Clevite 77 Bearings
HKS 1.2 MM MHG
ARP Head Studs
ARP Rod Bolts
Port and Polish Head
Front Facing Intake Manifold
Infinity Q45 Throttle Body

Fuel

Aeromotive A1000 Fuel Pump
Aeromotive FPR Kit - Have
680cc Injectors
LIPP High Flow Fuel Rail - Have

Cooling/Intake

Apexi Intake Filter
PWR Water/Air IC
Cooleze intercooler piping/Blitz BOV
Flex-A-Lite Dual Fans
Fluidyne Radiator

Wheels and Suspension

Dunlop SP Sport 9090 Tires
Motegi Touge Rims (Black 18x10 rear, 18x9 front)
Tein Type Flex Damper

Electronics

Apexi AVC-R EBC
Blitz DTT Type-X turbo timer
Autometer Nexus Blacked out boost gauge
Autometer Sensor Module
Valentine V1 Radar/Laser Detector
Tein EDFC

Turbo

BOSS GTS67 Dual Ceramic Ball Bearing 700HP

Exhaust

Goliath 4" Exhaust

Clutch/Flywheel

Fidanza Lightweight Flywheel
Clutchmasters Stage III Clutch

Exterior

Shineauto Greddy Replica
Bomex Sideskirts
Bomex Rear Under Cover
Hatch Sunshade
89+ Taillights
Carbon Fibre FX Hood
Carbon Fibre FX IC Block Off Plate

tonystarks · 05-02-2006, 05:40 PM

good luck on the build. I just bought my supra and its alittle more difficult than my past cars ie; civic hatches. I had an 11 second hatcha and it took way too much work. My friend bought a supra and put half the money that I had into my hatch and he runs low 12's but looked a million times better tailwhipping! haha damn your interior looks fawkin nice. I'm in the process of just getting my mk3 running decent so I can drive it daily. I'm locating new replacement oem parts but am having a hell of a time. Its fun though. Better than busting a nut when I find what I'm looking for! CarbonFX has a lot of cf for the mk3 . I love their hood but its like 700 bucks.... shiet I'm cheap! I just located a mint stock hood so I'm sticking with that. haha what kind of mods do you have to do to fit those 10'' tires in the frnt?

NYTRYDR · 05-02-2006, 10:10 PM

Wow, I am really impressed with the work you've done. It looks fantastic !
Good luck with your build .

damdog05 · 05-03-2006, 01:40 AM

i needed to do something like what was done with the paint. so i went to my local auto parts store and bought some of the dupli-color vinyl and fabric paint. it worked amazingly well. thanks for the tip and i would most definately recommend this.

dcrusupra · 05-03-2006, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonystarks

haha what kind of mods do you have to do to fit those 10'' tires in the frnt?

Ah, good catch. I guess thats what I get for posting at around 1am after a long day of work. Lol. And yea, the dupli-color spray paint works insanely well for just spray paint. Not sure how long it will last but it shouldnt matter much because it's only going to be a weekend car if that.

And....

I think I found new seats to put into it. It's the ones that come in the GT V6 Tiburons. Its black with red stitching and whatnot. Problem is they have airbags in them. Which will make them big money to get. So if they come without airbags I might pick up a pair. If they do then I'll just say forget it and recover my seats. I was thinking microfiber lol. But that would be crazy expensive.

These are them.....

Very comfortable and feels very well made. Since I work at an oil change place I get to test out a lot of seats while driving the cars into the bays.

dcrusupra · 05-03-2006, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonystarks

I'm locating new replacement oem parts but am having a hell of a time. Its fun though. Better than busting a nut when I find what I'm looking for!

This site is a little expensive, but it has EVERYTHING for the Supra.

OEM Supra parts

Just put in the year/make/model is under celica supra. Have fun bustin a nut a whole bunch of times.

Lol.

Supra2NR · 05-08-2006, 09:40 PM

what kind of led did u use were they the same size a the original ones and where did u get them , see i jus did my dash light today and i follow what somebody said to just paint them and they will work, so i painted them blue , and it jus resulted in a dim white color could tell me what type bulbs or what part number are they

04-29-2006, 05:11 AM	#1
dcrusupra 500whp yet? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Plantation, Fl. Posts: 1,052	Casey's RHD Swap/Build WELCOME TO MY OBSESSION I'm restoring my '87 Supra before I start to make modifications. I started with the interior. I did a color change in the interior. It started out as grey and I changed it to black/red. Completely stock grey interior before I started. This one is of my old door panels. I covered the insert with black vinyl and red stitching. But I ended up getting new ones and redoing the whole thing. Dash is painted black along with the red air vents. I didn't really finish painting the air vents red. Theres still a few spots on it that are still black. This is the armrests in the backseat. You can see the original color and then the black. These are the door panels in the middle of the color change.... And after the color change..... This is the rear quarter panel window thingy, whatever it's called. Lol This is the center console and armrest that I recovered with black vinyl and red stitching w/ extra foam. It was well worth it. It's much more comfortable that it was. This is the new carpet compared to the old one. Almost completed interior. I need to get new seats or recover the ones I have in black. And I put new red LED's in my gauges and key ring. The lights in the gauges are kind of dull because the battery wasnt charged. I did it while the engine was blown so the battery wasnt charged because I left the lights on for a few days. Thats all for now. I will update when I get more things done. I'm ordering a new 7M-GTE in about a month or so. __________________ New Rebuild My CarDomain Last edited by dcrusupra; 05-04-2006 at 03:16 AM.

05-01-2006, 04:30 AM	#2
tonystarks Intake Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Joliet,IL Posts: 33	looking good What did you use to paint the interior? I see that the red is vinyl/leather but how about the dash? How do you change the LED? Where did you buy the bulbs? Your interior is looking great, keep me posted on progress! __________________ 86.5 MK Trey 7MGE K&N Filter Kit cheap ass exhaust turbo swap in a few months

05-02-2006, 04:13 AM	#3
dcrusupra 500whp yet? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Plantation, Fl. Posts: 1,052	I used Dupli-Color Vinyl & Fabric spray paint for everything. And that red is actually the spray paint also. It works really well. It came out a lot better than most of my family thought it would have. They have low expectations for my car. They think a 19 yr old kid cant build a 600hp car. I will prove them all wrong . And you will all see my progress. I used WLED 5-LED Wide Angle LED and 74 Wedge Base LED bulbs from superbrightleds.com. Thats the exact title of the bulbs by the way. To change them, you just take out the gauge cluster and twist out the bases of the bulbs and pull the old bulbs out and replace the old bulbs with the new ones. __________________ New Rebuild My CarDomain Last edited by dcrusupra; 05-02-2006 at 04:31 AM.

05-02-2006, 04:45 AM	#4
dcrusupra 500whp yet? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Plantation, Fl. Posts: 1,052	Ok, this is everything I'm putting into my car. Everything being done to it, my entire setup. Engine Full Ferrea Valve Train Pauter Rods JE Pistons N/A Cams AEM Cam gears Clevite 77 Bearings HKS 1.2 MM MHG ARP Head Studs ARP Rod Bolts Port and Polish Head Front Facing Intake Manifold Infinity Q45 Throttle Body Fuel Aeromotive A1000 Fuel Pump Aeromotive FPR Kit - Have 680cc Injectors LIPP High Flow Fuel Rail - Have Cooling/Intake Apexi Intake Filter PWR Water/Air IC Cooleze intercooler piping/Blitz BOV Flex-A-Lite Dual Fans Fluidyne Radiator Wheels and Suspension Dunlop SP Sport 9090 Tires Motegi Touge Rims (Black 18x10 rear, 18x9 front) Tein Type Flex Damper Electronics Apexi AVC-R EBC Blitz DTT Type-X turbo timer Autometer Nexus Blacked out boost gauge Autometer Sensor Module Valentine V1 Radar/Laser Detector Tein EDFC Turbo BOSS GTS67 Dual Ceramic Ball Bearing 700HP Exhaust Goliath 4" Exhaust Clutch/Flywheel Fidanza Lightweight Flywheel Clutchmasters Stage III Clutch Exterior Shineauto Greddy Replica Bomex Sideskirts Bomex Rear Under Cover Hatch Sunshade 89+ Taillights Carbon Fibre FX Hood Carbon Fibre FX IC Block Off Plate __________________ New Rebuild My CarDomain

05-02-2006, 05:40 PM	#5
tonystarks Intake Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Joliet,IL Posts: 33	sounds good good luck on the build. I just bought my supra and its alittle more difficult than my past cars ie; civic hatches. I had an 11 second hatcha and it took way too much work. My friend bought a supra and put half the money that I had into my hatch and he runs low 12's but looked a million times better tailwhipping! haha damn your interior looks fawkin nice. I'm in the process of just getting my mk3 running decent so I can drive it daily. I'm locating new replacement oem parts but am having a hell of a time. Its fun though. Better than busting a nut when I find what I'm looking for! CarbonFX has a lot of cf for the mk3 . I love their hood but its like 700 bucks.... shiet I'm cheap! I just located a mint stock hood so I'm sticking with that. haha what kind of mods do you have to do to fit those 10'' tires in the frnt? __________________ 86.5 MK Trey 7MGE K&N Filter Kit cheap ass exhaust turbo swap in a few months

05-02-2006, 10:10 PM	#6
NYTRYDR Stock Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 15	Great car ! Wow, I am really impressed with the work you've done. It looks fantastic ! Good luck with your build .

05-03-2006, 01:40 AM	#7
damdog05 12psi boost Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 250	i needed to do something like what was done with the paint. so i went to my local auto parts store and bought some of the dupli-color vinyl and fabric paint. it worked amazingly well. thanks for the tip and i would most definately recommend this. __________________ My cars: 85 Trans Am- Ehhh- Gone 83 Rx7- Much Better- Gone 86.5 Supra- Love- Not Gone

05-08-2006, 09:40 PM	#10
Supra2NR 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 1,643	led lights for dash what kind of led did u use were they the same size a the original ones and where did u get them , see i jus did my dash light today and i follow what somebody said to just paint them and they will work, so i painted them blue , and it jus resulted in a dim white color could tell me what type bulbs or what part number are they