The Small Questions Thread

[Silver MK3]

I had a targa leak but I replaced the seals and added silicone following the step by step guide and that stopped that leak I also replaced my tail light gaskets and awhile ago I did the rear hatch seal as well. When I open the hatch water drips from the trim panel on the right side. I need to remove the spoiler one day and seal that up and the wiper arm but not sure how to remove that.

Pull that trim piece off and try and see if there's any visual clues as to where the water is coming in from. You should be able to see the dirt is in a kinda "flowing" pattern from wherever it is leaking in and moving the dirt around.

 

[Doat]

Pull that trim piece off and try and see if there's any visual clues as to where the water is coming in from. You should be able to see the dirt is in a kinda "flowing" pattern from wherever it is leaking in and moving the dirt around.

yea I need time to tear it down and look around. I did remove the spoiler and put a little silicone around the bolt holes and the third brake light hole to see if that helps since the water is coming from the panel that's the only place I can think of, other than the wiper arm, where water would get into that. I also saw corrosion or signs of water on the nuts for the spoiler.

 

[hvyman]

You can get new seals from toyota for the spoiler. there not expensive, same for antenna

 

[Doat]

I want to replace my antenna with a short mast anyway. I didn't know they still had the spoiler seals I'll order those, thanks.

 

[atmperformance]

what kind of spring or coilover setup can i use to retain as much ground clearance as possible?

 

[Doat]

I have BC racing coilovers and I love them and I daily my supra lol. You can have ground clearance with any coilover setup since you can fully adjust them I adjusted mine to where the fender is about half an inch or an inch above the tire for a clean; yet, functional look. I only have to worry about big dips or steep inclines but I also have a front lip.

 

[Grandavi]

I run HSD coilovers. (Same as Stance)

They are adjustable... I'm not sure how high I could go though (never thought about raising the car... Lol)
I'm actually going to raise mine about a quarter inch simply to save my bumper.

 

[atmperformance]

most the coil overs I've seen give you a max ride height of about 1"-1.5" under stock. I've seen one or two that's even 2". I'd like something slightly stiffer than stock but with really good dampening. I know tein and ksport make custom coil so i could probably have a ksport GR made but the cost is making new struts look good for now. I just appreciate my front bumper and chassis belly until I drive offroad.

 

[sheedy126]

Is there a short antenna replacement? I know I can buy an aftermarket one that goes on the hatch but I would prefer to put it in the factory location.

Any ideas or has anyone done this?

 

[Grandavi]

most the coil overs I've seen give you a max ride height of about 1"-1.5" under stock. I've seen one or two that's even 2". I'd like something slightly stiffer than stock but with really good dampening. I know tein and ksport make custom coil so i could probably have a ksport GR made but the cost is making new struts look good for now. I just appreciate my front bumper and chassis belly until I drive offroad.

You mention cost so air ride is out... Lol.

Pretty sure I could go lower than a 2" drop with my HSD coil overs, but that, to me, would be stupid. Unless your slamming solely for car shows, that's not practical. I am between 1-1.5" and I elegant to raise mine about 1/4" to save my bumper. Right now I scrape coming out of parking lots and there's no way I can get in my driveway without touching. Our cars nose is too long to be slammed and maintain drivability.
My opinion of course.

 

[Doat]

can you lower the brake pedal to make it easier to heel toe?

 

[atmperformance]

You mention cost so air ride is out... Lol.

Pretty sure I could go lower than a 2" drop with my HSD coil overs, but that, to me, would be stupid. Unless your slamming solely for car shows, that's not practical. I am between 1-1.5" and I elegant to raise mine about 1/4" to save my bumper. Right now I scrape coming out of parking lots and there's no way I can get in my driveway without touching. Our cars nose is too long to be slammed and maintain drivability.
My opinion of course.

My bumper clears most curbs it just dips a lot from the blow out shocks

 

[suprarx7nut]

I'd recommend the tanabe and koni combo like what I have. Nice, even drop, but still high enough that you don't have to sweat every pull or out on an angled driveway.

 

[drogon]

is this thing not needed on a GTE motor? It's in my GE but not on both of my spare gte's


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[Doat]

I've never seen that before on my GTE

 

[Silver MK3]

That's probably the vacuum tank for the ACIS that only the GE's have. It didn't come on the GTE's.

 

[drogon]

Sweet thanks guys. Couldn't find it in the tsrm.


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[AbsoluteSpeed]

When replacing the distributor cap and rotor, do I need to reset the timing?
I doubt I would as it should all be in the same place as long as I don't remove the distributor completely.

 

[hvyman]

No unless you turn the distributor housing.

 

[AbsoluteSpeed]

I figured as much but wanted to find out for sure. Thanks hvyman.