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David Grab
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Monday, December 21, 2009 - 04:35 am, by:  David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Only other thing i wise late model Soarers got was a gated shifter, would save me arsing around trying to figure out how to do a retro fit.
Ali Saeed
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Monday, December 21, 2009 - 05:11 am, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thats the one David. I am interested to know how you got an is300 airbag from the states and how much it cost? i was going to get one of those late model lexus 3 spokes out of a SC but the postage was like 250USD.

gated shifter tutes are on clublexus. i think there was one for sale too.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 11:16 pm, by:  David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I bought two, the one that is on its way was from a wreck with 53,000kms on it. Cant remember exactly as i bought it a little while ago, it was around $650-$700 as it was mint. Spewing that ill be selling it as there would be no difference between it and brand new and considering brand new is aorund $3000. Other steering wheel was just under $500 from memory.

Anyone wanna give me money for a rental house deposit so i can keep the airbag ;-) pretty please haha

Also Ali can you link me to the gated shifter installs. Ive only ever seen a Jap website with a few pics of how to do it which didnt give me enough confidence. Specifically im looking for an english Celsior gated shifter tutorial. The US guys got luck as the late models got a gated shifter so they install them. Doubt there would be many in the US running LS400/LS430/Celsior gated shifters. Also really interested to find out if anyone has gone a JZX100 gated shifter, tute would be crazy awesome.
Ali Saeed
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Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 12:42 am, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

nah the link i had was for late model SC gated shifter onto an early model one, so it wouldnt be what you were looking for.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 03:39 am, by:  Rowan McMahon (Mr_eps) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

GUYS!!!!

this adaptor plug that Ali and David were talking about.. can someone please summarize it for me??

no splicing required? i don't get it - what does that mean?

does this mean that this connector acts as a catalyst between a soarer harness so that you can run dual stage airbags on a soarer?? i'm confused..
Simon Trainos
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Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 10:25 am, by:  Simon Trainos (Lexgo) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Toyota made different plugs for their single stage airbags.

Pre 98 - Large single stage connection on back of airbag
98-00 - Small single stage connection on back of airbag

So the adaptor allows you to connect your soarers large connector to the airbags small connector.


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Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 10:29 am, by:  Simon Trainos (Lexgo) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Rowan McMahon wrote on Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 03:39 am:

does this mean that this connector acts as a catalyst between a soarer harness so that you can run dual stage airbags on a soarer?? i'm confused.




It doesn't let you connect a dual stage airbag.
Michael Larcombe
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:20 am, by:  Michael Larcombe (Lextcy_tas) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I just picked up an Altezza / IS300 wheel with the e-shift buttons, it came with the airbag removed but the centre piece attached still, and as my Soarer is a '91, this posed no problems.

Should be a straight fit, all I have to do is dremel a little piece out of the rear cover for the cruise control stalk, and eventually hook up a suprastick for the e-shift buttons.

Has anybody with this conversion found a new emblem to replace the "Altezza"? A toyota or lexus one would be nice
Ali Saeed
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 04:18 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yeh i was keen to get an altezza one but couldnt find a decent replacement emblem.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 04:28 pm, by:  Michael Larcombe (Lextcy_tas) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Its a bugger because the wheel is perfect otherwise.

The existing altezza one simply peels off but id rather it be on there than be blank. As far as I know the IS300 wheel originally used embossed rubber as a lexus emblem, but finding a metal badge to fit has proven a task and a half.

I've seen them on EBay, theyre out there, but not at the moment (just my luck!)
Sebastian Grant
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 05:02 pm, by:  Sebastian Grant (Saabg) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Like this? I need to fix mine and do the suprastick conversion also.
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Michael Larcombe
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 05:38 pm, by:  Michael Larcombe (Lextcy_tas) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Exactly that Sebastian. How did you manage to get yourself a blown horn pad? Asking around all the wreckers, and EBay sellers, they sell only the horn outer piece, and simply throw the centre out if the airbag had deployed - bloody useless unless you're replacing an existing worn wheel.

I might scout around some dealerships and try and get a Lexus logo then.

Any idea of the part no.?
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 05:55 pm, by:  Sebastian Grant (Saabg) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I just asked the ebayer to send the blown horn pad with the wheel as his photo was of the steering wheel still in the car.

If I were you I'd just start contacting anyone on eBay who sells the steering wheels and ask if you can buy the centre. They just throw them out anyway so you'll probably get one for next to nothing.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 06:13 pm, by:  Michael Larcombe (Lextcy_tas) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That's what I did several times, to no avail. Came across an altezza one with everything intact, but the actual airbag removed from the centre. $150 posted thanks to the strong AUD :-) How did you go about adapting the horn wiring to the Soarer? Or haven't gone that far yet?
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 05:26 am, by:  Sebastian Grant (Saabg) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I haven't installed mine yet. As I said I need to repair the horn pad first. There is a tutorial I think, if I find it I'll post it up.
Matthew Sharpe
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 07:13 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bit of Ajax will get the blood off ;-)
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 05:51 pm, by:  Michael Larcombe (Lextcy_tas) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That would be great Sebastian if you come across it. I came across Peter Nischke's tutorial for the removal of the stock wheel, but the wiring plug on the altezza wheel is a little strange. I'm pretty sure an adaptor is available from Toyota, but I'd have to ask around for those in the know (especially considering mine has the e-shift buttons)
David Grab
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Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 03:03 am, by:  David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey Michael and Sebastian now that the kit groupbuy is winding down i can finally after a year get back to forum pleasure reading. Anyway i got a brand new is300 airbag for sale if you like. Was going to do the whole supra stick thing but im probably not gonna bother with mine.

I see two problems, firstly i would prefer CAMs box but its impossible to get one from him as he doesnt ever answer emails. From my memory (this is going further than a year back now) CAMs box samples a lot more frequently than the Supra stick, something like 30 times a second compared to 2. Secondly its been a year and no one else has taken up the challenge of figuring this out and getting it right. Ive sort of given up the ghost as i got the airbag and wheel ready to go in, but no CAMs shifter ecu (again from memory it samples a shed load more than the supra stick thus why i dont want the supra stick as they are the same price practically). Secondly i was going to mate the e-shift wheel with CAMs box and then a gated shifter. I came across one SC400 gated shifter in the states but the labeling for the gear selection if on the wrong side (ie faces the passenger) so scarp that. Then there is the UCF20 gated shifter tutorial in Japanese however actually finding a wrecked UCF20 has been near impossible looking in Aus, NZ and Japan. Lastly i was going to use a Chaser gated shifter as they are plentiful but considering i got a rare factory black late model last thing i want to do is hack stuff up. Seeming as no one knows if the Chaser gated shifter will work im unwilling to go ahead with it because of the cars rarity.

So looks like no e-shift, no supra stick or CAMs box and no gated shifter for me. Quite pissed about it due to the amount of time i devoted to finding stuff out and sourcing parts but what can you do.

So if you guys want that airbag picture with the 'L" Lexus logo i can sell it to you guys. Would have been perfect for me as i actually for legality purposes needed to retain an airbag. If i didnt i would have scrapped this idea a while back and just gotten a Nardi or OMP wheel.
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Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 07:43 am, by:  Michael Larcombe (Lextcy_tas) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Fantastic mate, so what would you be chasing for just the emblem? I can swap for an Altezza one, but probably not a lot of use to you :-)

I have found also the IS200 airbox badge is almost a perfect fit, but is fairly robust plastic, the upside being a chrome "L" emblem, but pending a decent price I may just get a rubber one.
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Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 09:30 am, by:  Sebastian Grant (Saabg) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

David, pretty sure that cams box couldn't be mated to the buttons anyway. Plus, cams box doesn't sample anything as it is not a replacement auto Ecu, it just over rides the standard Ecu where as the suprastick is a complete replacement. If you have a manual Ecu with a suprastick you will still have an auto mode, if you have a manual Ecu with cams shift box you will only have manual mode.

I'll be doing the suprastick conversion once I get my new 19" work vs rims polished, painted and installed, my ride height adjusted to suit, my exhaust fixed (squashed it because my cars too low), replace my coil pack and injector plugs, get my car tuned, install a car pc, paint and install my carbon fibre bonnet and bodykit as well as my chrome window trims and 94 tail lights then repair my steering wheel and it's suprastick time. So really, it's just around the corner, probably around the year 2022 I should finally get to this haha.
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Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 07:36 pm, by:  David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Haha Sebastian im in the same boat, by the time i get around to doing it the supra stick will cost more than the car is worth haha

Michael im not keen to pull it off, im just considering selling the whole airbag as is.
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Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 09:38 am, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Jeez that black interior is mint...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 11:35 am, by:  David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Michael i just looked at the is300 airbag and there is no way the 'L' will come off anyway. Seems to be the same plastic or whatever the entire airbag is made of.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 11:36 am, by:  David Grab (Blastedbyasoarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Glen Muller wrote on Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 09:38 am:

Jeez that black interior is mint...




Makes me think i should post a pic of mine so i feel all warm inside haha
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 07:07 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

if anyone is interested ive got a gs300 single stage airbag sitting at home, its black with a toyota logo.

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