Superedition project part 1 of 3 completed ~ Pic Heavy ~

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Superedition project part 1 of 3 completed ~ Pic Heavy ~

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Hi everyone,

My name is Imran and based in Manchester. in 2010 I sold my supercharger but soon got itchy feet and wanted another SC as a project. So I got myself a superedition which needed quite a bit of work.

Three issues with the car:

1) RUST
2) engine overheats on longish runs
3) full respray

In the last few months I took the car to Gary to sort the rust on the car. And am pleased to say stage one is now complete.

I have copied the images and text from another forum so it may not flow right:

Car when I got it:


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The rust:

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Look what I found hidden behind the front driver side wing, all this damp stuff has caused lots of damage to the door post, see images below:

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Door post - very close to where the door bolts on, cant been a good place to rust.
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Found a small hole, did have a poke around and does looks quite solid:

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More rust on the floor, this is that the front driver side floor:

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Driver side sill, looks good apart from one hole in the middle:

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Rear driver side floor:

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Some new parts for the car: front bumper bar for 134 pounds from Toyota, they originally wanted 150+ but asked for a discount and got it 8) ... Going to make sure the bar get protected well to stop it from rusting.

Also I found a newish number plate bar in my store room (forgot I had it :oops: ). So after the welding the front end should be like new...

Need a better bumper skin though as the current one is wavy at the top ( maybe its on to tight :think: )

Also got a set of new APEX springs for 70 pounds (they were not my 1st choice as I wanted to buy the Fensport springs but cant afford them and need the springs to pass the MOT.

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Okay the most important parts I have are the replacement panels, I've managed to get two sills (not sure if I need them to be honest) and both rear arch kit sets...

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I have copied the text and image from the mk1 forum:-
Hi all . i have now started to restore the se ,she's a bit of a rusty shed at the moment:lol: but that is about to change , its to me the mk1 to have, very rare and this car is mental fast with the engine mods . She need a lot of work to put her back on the road , its a good job imran brought her and he is a mk1 enthusiast otherwise we would have lost another se .

pics of work done .

striping car down

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the bumper bar is fubard so its going

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the passenger A post is rusted so i started here first

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this area is a pain to get the shape right but it can be done .

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More updates, again copied from the mk1 site:-


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the next area is passenger side B post

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this was cut out

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a little bit more filling and it will be spot on

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A post drivers side

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new metal welded in

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new arches welded in

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loads more work to do including floor pan .
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The floor (passenger side) :angry:

leaking t bars have caused this damage .

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remove the sound proofing to access the damage and it looks worse than it is , the rest is solid and the inner sills a rust free .
the only way to stop corrosion spreading is to cut it out , this is a rough cut to remove the damage first .

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The replacement floor pan I got a while ago:

i have a floor pan to graft in , this will be fun and a bit off a pig but its straight forward if you take time .

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Gary made good progress on the floor to day and the passenger side is now sorted . :+:

new piece cut to size

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final marking out before cutting

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trail fit

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welded in place

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other bits welded in
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now painted with zinc enriched primer .


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Copied from MK1 site:

hi, i have now done the drivers floor pan , this wasn't as bad as the passengers . all the sound proofing was removed to check the pan and i found water underneath the sound proofing so its a good job i checked .

damage to floor pan .

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welded up

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painted floor

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a post plated

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A and B posts painted with zinc primer .

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corner welded in

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a bit more done this weekend and its now coming together .

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flat the primer when its gone off and sort out any imperfections then the top coat , happy days .
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sorted the front chassis and lower cross member with new metal and is now soild .

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and she now has some paint .

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New Apex springs fitted:

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Can now at home:

Me getting the car collected:

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On the way home

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New rear arches:

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Finally home:

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Some goodies for my car:

Super edition replacement stickers (not original unfortunately)

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Original Toyota t-bar seals

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3 piece split rims, (PIAA nakajima racing) the rims needs a polishing also the caps was missing, it took me a year to find them. I will post images of them in the next post as can't add to many images in a single post.

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mirror t-bar:

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Super edition floor mats:

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Pic of the Momo gear knob

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the momo steering wheel without the original cover:


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I did manage to find a cover which fits the wheel, as I don't think I will be able to find a original steering cover.

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Also I have 4 of these seats, two was from my 1st sc and the other two came with the car. So with the 4 seats, I will be able to have two mint seats for this car.

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Am not sure if these are for the SE or just all aw11 but here is a pic for you guys, they sit behind the seat.

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Toyota Tape player:

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Brilliant. :clap:

Fancy doing my mk1? :lol:
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Guess what's in the box, its 20+ years old...

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Its original Toyota fog lights, they are brand new and never been on a car. I believe they came in the early aw11 and ae86. these are the 1st model that were out, then a few years later there was another set available which had different covers (black and silver) these are black and gold. The black and gold will suit the SE colour scheme I think...

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all orange indicator lens

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Limeymk1 wrote:
Fancy doing my mk1? :lol:


:lol: I took its to Gary (mk1dal) I did start it by cutting some of the rear arch and then I bottled it :D
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Looks really good

Where did you get your replacement stickers
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MR2MK1MAD wrote:Looks really good

Where did you get your replacement stickers


from ebay, see link below:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1ST-GEN-MKI-J ... 242wt_1185
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Imran, did you not get the Super Edition visor decal from Chris?

It's just Mark sold him one of his super duper screen printed decals which is much better than vinyl.
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Lauren wrote:Imran, did you not get the Super Edition visor decal from Chris?

It's just Mark sold him one of his super duper screen printed decals which is much better than vinyl.


O yeah I still got that, I just need a mint visor to put it on. I've already paid for two from ebay which were advertised as mint and they come all scratched :shock: :evil:
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You don't live by the Snipe in Ashton do you buddy?
Sure I recognise it in the pics?
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