90 7mgte powered supra

[MA70R]

This would be the same bloke on sf who also thought me saying I had one automatically meant I had one for sale?

I said it there, and I'll say it here - it's not for sale!

sorry didnt know it wasnt for sale
i dont remember asking you for one on sf? did i? i dont know anymore im just asking around for anyone that might have one for sale.
sorry if i already asked

 

[LilMissMkIII]

I think someone you're mates with asked me over there

/thread jack

 

[IJ.]

I has a front lip

good for you

 

[LilMissMkIII]

It makes me feel special damnit

 

[IJ.]

<Pats you on the head> "yes you're very special "

 

[LilMissMkIII]

:boobies::boobies::boobies::boobies::boobies::boobies:

 

[Supra_Villan]

thanks mate.

I wish I had a front lip!

shipping from the states kill my interest in buying one

yeah...funny story actually! i paid the price of my lip in shipping so it was like buying 2 lips on my Bomex 3 hole because it was from japan. 183 for the lip and like 130 or something for the shipping. But due to a vendor error....they sent me another lip like 2 weeks after receiving the first one....so i sold it at price

 

[AndyMac]

yeah...funny story actually! i paid the price of my lip in shipping so it was like buying 2 lips on my Bomex 3 hole because it was from japan. 183 for the lip and like 130 or something for the shipping. But due to a vendor error....they sent me another lip like 2 weeks after receiving the first one....so i sold it at price

ah man! thats awesome!

you dont have the details of the company in japland do you?

It would be a lot cheaper shipping to here than the US so maybe its affordable..

 

[AndyMac]

Update-

got all of the soldering done on the new ev1 connectors for the injectors. I just have to put everything back together now.

Another nasty thing I found out about the car is that the previous owner decided it would be a good idea to put 20 locknuts on the wheels. Yes 20! every single FREAKING lug nut is a locknut, and I dont have a key!

I am currently searching for the corrent pattern as no socket seems to want to get over them

 

[IJ.]

Wouldn't that mean there would be at least 4 keys for them?
(probably hidden in the car somewhere)

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Can't you contact the previous owner and ask where the keys are?

 

[IJ.]

Can't you contact the previous owner and ask where the keys are?

Don't be getting all logical and stuff you

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Lol!

Would have saved a load of work just calling the guy!

 

[AndyMac]

when I got the car he told me he had lost the key.

I wasnt that worried as i thought it was only 1 per wheel, plus you can normally smash a socket on the end.

but ALL of them being locknuts is a different story!

 

[IJ.]

A Pin socket may work if you can get one into the wheel hole Andy.

Or maybe one of these

 

[AndyMac]

A Pin socket may work if you can get one into the wheel hole Andy.

Or maybe one of these

that was one of the methods I was looking at. I think I have found a better one thought

there is a product called selleys Knead It. Its a 2 part epoxy that has the consistency of bluetack. What you do is get the closest fitting socket (I think it was a 17mm), then put oil on the locknut itself and the epoxy on the inside of the cheap socket. Next you jam the socket over the lock nut to make a mold and take it straight off again. The Selleys product sets as hard as steel so you essentially mold yourself a new lock nut key.

thoughts?

 

[IJ.]

Might work on 1 may 2 then you'd have to start again Andy.

A lot depends if they've been rattle gunned on as well (tool of the butcher)

 

[AndyMac]

yeah thats true.

if I can get one off i have a lot better chance of being able to match it anyway. I have spoken to the local repco and they have a catalogue of the most common australian lock nut keys. They can order them in if I can get one off.

 

[AndyMac]

ok good news!

I have found out that they are not lock nuts... they are tuner nuts, just a "harder" to steal nut as they dont use a standard thread. You can buy them from anywhere and they require a tool to fit around the nut.

attached is an image of what they look like.

 

[IJ.]

Hope the original owner used antiseize on them