2 colors is also better than broken in the drive way waiting for revival lol.

As far as mileage is concerned I saw an interesting quote a few weeks ago that I 150% agree with. "Not driving a car to keep the mileage low is like not sleeping with your girl to keep her tight for the next guy" (sorry if that's not family friendly enough for this forum. Can't remember how strict T4R is for that. Will take down if needed) I do agree its nice to see a cool car with low miles, but at the same time I think its a waste to have a car and not enjoy it. The whole reason these things exist is to be driven! Personally, I feel like its also more of an achievement to have a car running smoothly with hundreds of thousands of miles on it than it is to have one with low mileage. Anyone can buy a car and stick it in a garage, not many can keep a car running that long. Pretty sure you could though lol

She's looking really good now! Super jealous!

The engine bay finally looks decent Thanks!

Yeah I haven't changed those pics in years, I'll probably do that if we get some downtime at work today.


I agree that its more impressive having hundreds of thousands of miles on a beautifully functional car. Most car forums take pride in low miles, while most Toyota owners do the opposite.

I'm not planning to sell this one anymore. It's my first time having a somewhat low mileage car, seeing the low miles on the ODO gives me a smile With the cams and boost turned up, it gets a workout each time I take it out, but I'm in no hurry to catch up. With 3 other cars that need driving, I try to switch cars as often as possible.

87 4Runner has 9k on the rebuilt motor, 279k on chassis.
89 Supra has 700mi on the rebuilt motor, 130,700 on chassis.
94 Supra has 64600 on entire car
99 4Runner has 236k on motor/chassis, 40k since the 4wd/5speed swap.

Just posted this video, it was taken last year. I thought it was pretty funny

This is my girlfriend after she got her wisdom teeth removed.

Because Toyota is awesome

And damn lots of mileage in there. You're catching up to me with that 3rd gen! :O Gotta get rolling again so that doesn't happen

Oh and diiiiiick. Don't hide the banana from your girl

It'll be a while before I catch up with the 3rd gen, I'm barely at 237k.


About the banana lol... I don't ever hide it from her :P It was in the car the whole time!

Got an AC line to replace the bent one that came with the car.

It showed up bent also, but my friend John bent it back with a vise and a small hammer.







Front bumper retainer... again the other one flew off. This ones secured with nuts and clips







Both seats are missing the recliner handles. I got a passenger one from the US, but the driver side was discontinued. There was a surplus one in a warehouse in Japan somewhere, thankfully I got one of the last few left. Driver side is still on the way. Installed with 2 new screws each.






The rear hatch has been making some squeaking noises lately. It's definitely been exacerbated by the new camshafts vibrating the shit out of the car. I read up on the rubber stops going bad and had a look at mine. Both top ones were entirely missing, and the bottom ones were rotted and cracked.

The kicker was the screws holding on the passenger lower rubber bumper. They were stripped by someone in the past (not me, I promise). I had to rip the rubber apart and grab the screw with a vice grip, turning it ever so slightly until it came out. It was miserable, but I had a new set of stainless screws to replace them.






Top bumpers for the hatch side.






I had some cans of SEM trim black left over from past projects, just enough to repaint the wipers. First I sanded them with 220 grit, then moved up to 400 to smooth them out.

The cowl needs to be replaced because of the damage near the hood hinges.

I love your GenIV Supra!! The time and attention to detail is really awesome! I wish I had the time and patience (and Money!) to do what you've done! You also seem to snag the gems! The only Gen IV's I see up here in BC, Canada are from Japan! And yes, there are very few of them. I suppose Toyota didn't import them to Canada, possibly. Anyways, I love your 99' 4R, however, I was blown away by the Classic 4R, the whole story about saving it from the junk yard etc... wow!!! I was truly enraptured! Now the Supra! Please keep us up to date! Thanks!

This is my contribution to the Toyota Love fest!


I also spent last Sunday installing new (to it, rebuilt from the pick and pull!) complete front suspension in my (soon to be son's) 97' Corolla.... yes, another Toyota!

It's coming along great! Thank you for rescuing this Supra. <3

Its now 2017 and I'm curious what you're up to. Have you found a new project? Done more to the Supra? You're going to need more room soon! Love what you've done, truly inspiring!

Happy New Year and looking forward to seeing what you're up to this year!

Thanks poleclimber!! Funny how the builds worked out. So many of my friends are the types who plan things to a tee, so if it's not planned, it's not happening. I get bored of that quickly, so it's nice to have fun with life's opportunities, the supra and red truck are good examples of that. By far, the majority of my friends didn't like my red truck at first. I've been slacking on the updates though, that patience and time isn't always around :P

I always assumed that Canada would have LHD models, if they didn't import them new, that would certainly be odd. I can see it happening though! Sure glad mine is LHD because RHD would drive me insane!

The 97 Corolla is a great first car, I'm sure your son will appreciate the effort you've put into fixing it up.

Thanks for following my builds, and the kind words, sir!



It's my pleasure! Thanks! Hello to you and Nick! Beautiful 1J MK3 you've got there!

Thanks again. More cars?! Haha, I'd be bankrupt! Life just got in the way a bit. The past 6 months have left me with more obligations and duties than time.

The Supra also had to step aside for the 3rd gen 4Runner to get some love. It's not easy being green. Next up is the red truck. Maybe after that, more Supra time, if the other Supra doesn't steal my attention.

I'll post the latest right now.

One thing that was getting on my nerves was the downpipe. Every speed bump, every time, it hits. I eyed a Megan downpipe on craigslist for a while until the ad went down.

A couple weeks later, someone else posts the exact same pipe up for sale. The guy had it in his Supra for a couple miles and took it back out.

$100 and no more BS sounds good to me. I took it over to an exhaust shop to have them weld a new section plus a flange for the HKS Super Drager catback to bolt right up to the downpipe. They also welded in my O2 sensor bung for the wideband, so that's finally functional now.
















The strut bar was contacting the throttle cable bracket, thus I removed it and trimmed a bit off the top.






The old Fluidyne cap has seen better days. It's been starting to leak from the rubber seal, so time for a new cap. Stant 10233 16lb caps are recommended by Fluidyne.

I've bumped the boost pressure up to 17 PSI now, which the wideband still shows as rich at full throttle. The fuel system in this car is pretty damn impressive. I've gotten a bit carried away with the power... the rear tires don't like it. TRAC OFF, shifting into 2nd spikes the boost up to 17 and spins the rears into smokey oblivion. After adjusting the tread to 0/32, the sucker kicks out like a mule now. Needs more grip!



Continental decided to discontinue the tires I have, the ExtremeContact DW, which means all old inventory went on sale. Good time to get some wider tires on the cheap!

Out with the old


and in with the new!



285/40/17


The front tires were good on tread, but considering how cheap the discontinued price is, I figured might as well get some new ones. I used part of the difference to get some 25mm spacers for the front. I went with 235/45/17 because testing 255's resulted in too much rubbing.




I learned how to do mounting and balancing myself using the equipment at work, to avoid having to pay the BS $20 a tire at America's Tire. Afterwards, I got the car aligned at a local shop.

















The front looks astronomically better spaced out.

It's just so damn pretty. Keep up the good work.

Great pictures! I really love the Supra.... wait, I love the classic 4R.... wait,I love the 3rd gen!! We have lots of RHD's here. Importing isn"t hard. Lots of Skylines and a few Supras... AND Hilux Surfs.

I wish we, in BC, had endless Summer like yourself--- I envy your ability to work in such a dry climate... shoving everything to the corner of the garage to get the vehicles in to work on them sucks, AND having to pre-heat the garage, also sucks!!

Interesting tidbit, I found out a couple of weeks ago, that Rickashay's old 4R is now owned by a co-worker!




I thought I'd also provide a pic of my 4R from a couple of days ago when the sun came out briefly...

Wish I would have noticed this build sooner. I feel giddy just seeing the progress you've made thus far.....I can't imagine your happiness!