The opposite of the first day I owned this car, now it's jump starting the green 99 4Runner. The 99's battery had a cell go bad.
Time for a new windshield. The old one was cracked in a lot of places. The rear view mirror was broken off the windshield badly enough to rip a whole chunk of glass out, with cracks up and down the whole left side.
The dash has been in the sun most of its life, I use a windshield cover every day and I haven't seen anything get worse in the last year I've owned it. It's not all that bad, I could probably color in the foam showing on the edge of the defroster vents.
Rear view mirror mount. It took me a while to chip the old glass and glue off. I never liked mirrors that glued to the windshield...
Window adhesive
Some cowl damage. That needs to come off, along with those wiper arms, for a bath in SEM trim black. Brand new Rain X Latitude wiper blades have been installed front and rear.
When you install windshields for a living!
The mirror has a big scratch across it, which sucks, but I can easily replace it whenever I find another one. Probably gonna get a new one from the dealer, along with the small black trim along the base. One torx screw is all it takes to remove.
One thing that was really annoying was the front end light set up... whoever did this whole light swap thing did a terrible job finding the right sockets to use. The left side front signal was a small socket bulb that fit 194 and 921 bulbs.
921 bulb managed to keep the flasher from blinking fast, but a 194 was too small and would trigger fast blink. The bulb socket did not fit in the housing of the signal at all, unless jammed.
The right side front signal used a proper size socket that actually did fit into the signal housing. That side had a 7440 bulb, much larger than a 194 or 921.
Correct size shown on the left, incorrect shown on the right.
Well, I've got a parts 4Runner sitting around with perfectly good front signal sockets. They happen to use 7440s, just like the Supra. A quick test and they fit great into the Supra housings. They also use a plug on the back of the socket for easy removal. BONUS, since I had no plug at all! So both sides of the Supra now have 4Runner signal sockets/pigtails.
Next, the front markers need sockets. Maybe the 4Runner can donate some sockets there, too.
4Runner style on left, Removed from Supra on right.
A few minutes and a few connectors. The headlights pop out really easy and give you full access to the back of the signal housings. Much easier to crimp wires in that space than squeezing in below the light. The new turn signal wires are just the right length to reach the signal comfortably, not absurdly long like whatever genius wired in the wrong socket.