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Old 02-03-2021, 03:06 PM   #61
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Thanks y'all. Not a whole lot of progress lately. I did install new coilovers and raised the car to an old man kind of height. I want to enjoy driving it when I drive it not have to clench my butt cheeks over every pothole I see.




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Old 02-04-2021, 07:18 AM   #62
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Don't be ashamed by a normal ride height. Car is awesome!
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You know when your older then pc/ac and comfy is needed lol. Build looks great
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Old 02-06-2021, 01:48 PM   #64
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Haha you're not wrong. Thanks!

Looks like after running it a bit more one or both of the cam seals have failed. I had used a non OEM seal on one side since I damaged an OEM seal during install. I guess that came back to bite me in the ass so I have to address this asap I knew I should have waited and got an actual toyota seal.
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Old 02-06-2021, 03:01 PM   #65
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Haha you're not wrong. Thanks!

Looks like after running it a bit more one or both of the cam seals have failed. I had used a non OEM seal on one side since I damaged an OEM seal during install. I guess that came back to bite me in the ass so I have to address this asap I knew I should have waited and got an actual toyota seal.
I recently redo the whole interior. Did sound deaden for a better comfy quite ride. Worth every penny.
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Old 02-06-2021, 06:07 PM   #66
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I recently redo the whole interior. Did sound deaden for a better comfy quite ride. Worth every penny.
I would like to take out the carpet to dye it or replace with black carpet and I would definitely do sound deadening at the same time.
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Old 02-06-2021, 08:32 PM   #67
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I would like to take out the carpet to dye it or replace with black carpet and I would definitely do sound deadening at the same time.
I did dyed the carpet. It was much cleaner being black and flows well with everything. Trust me it?s worth it.
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Old 02-08-2021, 07:29 AM   #68
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I did dyed the carpet. It was much cleaner being black and flows well with everything. Trust me it?s worth it.
What product did you use/process?
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I personally followed this write up and had great results.

https://www.supraforums.com/threads/...-black.674305/

I've owned far too many S-chassis running aftermarket carpets and they all fit bad. No where near as nice as an OEM one.
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Old 02-08-2021, 03:57 PM   #70
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I personally followed this write up and had great results.

https://www.supraforums.com/threads/...-black.674305/

I've owned far too many S-chassis running aftermarket carpets and they all fit bad. No where near as nice as an OEM one.
Hey thanks! I was looking into the rit dye soaking method. I'm hoping maybe there's a product that could be sprayed with a gun to consider too.
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Old 02-09-2021, 12:20 AM   #71
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Hey thanks! I was looking into the rit dye soaking method. I'm hoping maybe there's a product that could be sprayed with a gun to consider too.
Didn?t have luck with rit dye even with many methods. I think bc of cheap style carpet. It?s like made out of plastic vs fabric. So the dye didn?t work for me at all. It got rain on while being dry on the 4th day, 100% of the dye when down my driveway. Yes it over over 75 degree each day. I later went with Dupli-Color Flat Black Vinyl & Fabric Spray Paint. Work out perfect for carpet. It now looks oem.
On the other note, it didn?t like my back seat. It made the fabric hard and feel cheap. I have a roll bar now so it didn?t matter. I?m sure if I went with rit dye for the back seat it would have been better.
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I personally followed this write up and had great results.

https://www.supraforums.com/threads/...-black.674305/

I've owned far too many S-chassis running aftermarket carpets and they all fit bad. No where near as nice as an OEM one.
I lied. I did not try this method. First time hearing about this. Wish I known it took that long to let it work in. Oh well
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Old 02-09-2021, 07:02 AM   #73
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I lied. I did not try this method. First time hearing about this. Wish I known it took that long to let it work in. Oh well
If you didn't soak it in a continer did you spray the dye with a bottle or brush it on?
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I'm surprised your carpets are worthy of a dye. Mine are trashed and have a huge hole near the pedals so I'm gonna give stockinteriors a shot. A few guys on here have had good results: https://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=654618
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Old 02-09-2021, 01:06 PM   #75
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I'm surprised your carpets are worthy of a dye. Mine are trashed and have a huge hole near the pedals so I'm gonna give stockinteriors a shot. A few guys on here have had good results: https://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=654618
Yeah mine are in pretty good shape, just a little fading and staining. No thinning. I bought my car with about 70k miles and immediately put new OEM floormats in it. It only has about 130k now.
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If you didn't soak it in a continer did you spray the dye with a bottle or brush it on?
Brush and spray. Many layers lol
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I have the car running and driving pretty well on a base tune now. I am putting miles on it so I can have it street/dyno tuned in the next couple of weeks. No real complaints or issues at all which is surprising. The 4" exhaust is epic in sound and not obnoxiously loud- I will get a driving video.

When I first drove the car I quickly realized how awful no power steering is so I took it upon myself to do the electric PS colum conversion using a column/motor from a chevy equinox as a donor and cut and spliced it with the s14 column. I ordered a steering controller with an adjustable dial and wired it up. The sweet spot tends to be just under full asist. I am happy to do a more in depth write up on another part of zilvia if anyone else is interested in doing this conversion too.






If you're part of the s14 owners group on FB I posted a demonstration of the power assist in action there. Not sure if it's visible otherwise.
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Can't see the vid but definitely interested in the EPS conversion.

Also how much did it cost all said and done?
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Can't see the vid but definitely interested in the EPS conversion.

Also how much did it cost all said and done?
Chevy equinox column $75 at JY (with core)
steering controller with potentiometer dial $65 HERE ON EBAY
8 gauge wire and 80 amp fuse/holder/terminals $40
spare s14 column (Made things easier but not necessary) $90

total $270
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I was watching thic whips' latest video this morning and saw your kouki on there. I knew I recognized the wood grain center trim and 2jz

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I second this. I am very intrigued.
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Beautiful car! Great build.
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Thanks y'all. Let me see if I can find the photos of the EPS conversion.
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How do you like the Fortune Autos? People mostly say good things, but always curious to ask an actual review of them. Any particular reason you didn't put swift springs on?
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How do you like the Fortune Autos? People mostly say good things, but always curious to ask an actual review of them. Any particular reason you didn't put swift springs on?
FA's are amazing. Have had them on nearly ever car - including the JZX90. I actually have FEALs on my S14 though and they're some quality units. Can't go wrong either way and both will custom valve/build whatever setup you can think of.

Figured I'd butt in quickly as 7/10 cars I own right now have either Fortune Autos [6 of them] and FEALs [1 of them] - and the other 3 don't only because they're Wranglers on FOX's.
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I absolutely love the fortune auto 500s. I just sold my cayman s and the 240 rode so much better than it. I didn't opt for the swift springs because they weren't suggested to me when I called to order, but it was probably just an unnecessary expense for what I do with the car honestly. I guess there are a lot of unnecessary expenses on this car though haha. BTW I did dig up the EPS pictures should I post here or on another subforum?
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Id make another thread for it, that way its easily searchable and not buried within this thread.
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I also think a dedicated post would be nice.
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Okay I will do that.

Still haven't dyno tuned the car.

I also decided to go ahead and get jdm bumpers. I like the USDM look but have always wanted to try jdm on the car. I won't be able to paint/clear them for a couple of weeks unfortunately but did get them in primer and filled the front license plate holes.



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