7th (93-97) Gen Showoff - Megathread

^ Thanks man. That's great news about your car!

Installed my OEM driver's electric seat rail today:

Very nice! How are you wiring up all your new accessories? DIY relay box?

I just wire them up to existing power sources, haha. My Air Fantasy is tapped into my headunit's wiring, my Air Purifier has it's own plug which was put there from factory, which is also what my electric seat is tapped into

looking good! i wonder whats next!

Yep, this is 100% my daily driver . I'm just very cautious of the places I drive. For example, I'll avoid all unsealed or freshly resealed roads, but if I have no choice but to go through one then I'll literally drive along it at about 20kph until I get back onto older tarmac again. The funny thing is that in the mornings if there's a little bit of condensation on the car, I'll dry the whole thing down before going out. But by doing that I use a bunch of energy, so by the time I'm ready to leave I'm already knackered . I suppose New Zealand is relatively clean, in the sense that there's not much dust or smog in the air, but what it mainly comes down to is constant cleaning

Thanks man. I wonder what's next too!

Kiwi (SharpShooter), can you get me a sprinter front bumper and grill, trunk with tailights?? think thats it..send me pix of what you can find at the 'junk' yard. aka sweet jdm goodies nobody wants! lol

Yep, but unfortunately the only thing I'd be able to send is the grille due to size restrictions on NZ Post. I'm really going to knuckle down in the coming weeks and try my best to find a shipping company who will ship items such as bumpers etc for a reasonable price. I got a quote from NZ Post's oversized parcel service a little while ago and they were literally wanting to try and charge me $2400 NZD to send a front bumper to America . I've had quotes from third party companies and they want around $900 to ship a front bumper.

The biggest downside is that I don't know what a bumper weighs exactly. I can get an estimate of the length based on my current bumper, but I'm not sure of the weight unless I actually took my one off. Because of this, it means I have to guess what the weight is in order to obtain a shipping quote. Perhaps I could take some scales into the junkyard sometime.....Anyway, the main goal is to find a company who can provide the shipping that's as cost effective as possible and within a reasonable delivery time frame.

In the meantime I can send smaller things such as grille, headlights, tail lights, steering wheels (non-airbag), interior pieces (except for seats) etc. I'm actually heading to a couple of junkyards today. There was a Sprinter that had come in last Friday which still had a mint grille, so PM me if you're interested and we'll talk prices

Bought another electric driver's seat from the junkyard today (out of another SE-G model). The motors in this one seem to be a lot stronger than my current one, so I suspect it hasn't been used much. I'm planning on just swapping over the rails and chucking out the seat. I'll keep the other electric rail for spare parts.

Also bought some other parts at the same time:

Whoa man. does that go over head? does it have like an extra dome light cuz i was looking for something like that for my car.

Yep, it gets mounted on the roof . Yeah the clear piece at the front is a large light. Unfortunately it's missing the rear cover and filter as someone got to it before me, but for $10 NZD it was a steal

Are they easy to come by? I'm very interested in one. Should we take this to our pm thread?

I wish! They're one of the rarest parts to find. They were only available as an optional extra for certain models and cost a lot when they were brand new.

sweet. the grill fit my car but have to modify mines...
love that armrest!

i have those wheels
car looks good

Dam! that looks legit man, clean.. I like it

those rims man. i want them

^I WANT THAT BUMPER!!!! i have 2 euro plates

@SUVman. those rims were super heavy and not my style.
Edwin has a 240 he's working on. his old school meshes look good too, getting refinished.
If i see him today take some pics. they all have 240's. i feel left out

@rollaGT, i got super lucky. last set for next 3 months B)

Holy shit, am i seeing correctly; are those 16's???? If they are, well, Jody, this might be the last day of your life.

I guess that would be worse. Thanks for the idea SUVman

LMFAO i love how everyone's picked up on my SUVman, my evil doing has succeeded. *insert dr. evil face*

And CorollaGT, ill race you to those wheels, theyll be gone before you even get there. All youll see is jody sitting outside his house crying his car is on BRICKS.

why not phone books and milkcrates? over here they just leave the car on the ground after they take the rims lol

I know i saw, i was thinking how considerate of the thieves to put the car on phone books huh? Most people just drop em on the concrete. I guess thyre that stupid and poor they cant afford a chunk of wood or a phone book... which is FREE.