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Another Buckeye! Welcome anyway and Go Boilers! Keep that baby clean and in a garage and it will last you a long time!

Welcome Buckeye! Go Boilers!

I do feel that lost inch when I get in and out, Suprapowaz! And I'll have to side with 3p141... I don't see the resemblance to pizza cutters. With the vents blacked out they look more like sawblades than ever! I will definitely have to soften the coilovers up a little--things are starting to...

Well here's the final product. I think the wheels look great. The center caps are smooth versus the machined texture of the wheels but you don't really notice it until you are up close. What a difference from my original sawblades. The Fortune Auto 500 coilovers are installed and now comes...

Nice thread Silver! Looks like we have a couple more things in common beyond sawblades and the desire to keep our Supras mostly stock. First, I was a Supra & 4Runner owner for many years, also. About four years ago, my '93 4Runner had a catastrophic radiator failure in rush hour traffic and...

I received the can of Eastwood 2-stage clear coat a couple of days ago and shot the center caps today. They turned out great! Smooth and shiny. And I saved $177 by not contemplating that ridiculous quote of $200 the paint shop gave me. I already had a respirator with vapor filters so all it...

Thanks! I've been looking at a lot of pictures of MkIIIs lately and I have to admit, the ones that really catch my eye are the ones with sawblades. I'm not saying that the aftermarket wheels don't look good--some of them really do. But, I guess the purist in me identifies the real Supra...

I wasn't aware that there was a polished wheel option. The wheels I bought off Craigslist had the same silver-gray paint that my own wheels have. When I removed the paint from the caps is when I noticed the tops were clad in thin aluminum. It's easy to tell without stripping--just pop them...

Thanks! Actually, "they" didn't do anything with the center cap. I stripped the old paint off with Orangestrip, a "green" stripper that I got at Home Depot. I got the most gentle stripper they had since I didn't want it to eat through the plastic. These particular caps have a thin aluminum...

Okay, after a lot of research and calls to several tire repair shops and chrome shops, I couldn't find anyone in the San Antonio area that would consider chroming my wheels. Most places do chrome work for the aircraft industry--one place only does propellers and another said they only do small...

Well, here is an interesting turn of events. After becoming despondent over the potential outlay for quality wheels in the style that caught my eye and the fact that I would have to go with a larger diameter rim than I had anticipated due the unavailability of 17" rims in that style--and I...

Okaaaay, well I checked out CCW, HRE and Rays Engineering and now I'm depressed. Now refurbishing the sawblades for $600 seems like a really good deal. Damn it. Any decent knockoff brands with bolts that aren't necessarily functional?

Thanks for the warm welcome and advice! Silver Mk3--I'll try that Photobucket thing and let you know how the Fortune Auto coilovers work out--should I do that in this thread or somewhere else? Grandavi--Wow! You've got quite a saga going. I'm looking forward to reading the whole thing. I can...

Hi all! I'm the original owner of my '89 MkIII turbo. I've been loving it for nearly half my life. I've always been one of those guys that believe the Toyota engineers got it right when they developed the MkIII so I've never had the impulse to modify my car. I have had to replace a few...