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Josh Coleman
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Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 09:57 pm, by: Josh Coleman (Rampnt_lexxtc)

Hey guys i have a JZZ30 1991 twin turbo soarer. a few things are confusing me, accoding to wikipedia my soarer is a gt-t, due to the electric seats etc, and then also apparently my model of soarer doesnt have air bag suspension, but in the engine bay it has the air bag suspension control pods above each front gaurd. can anyone tell me whats going on? the car and all the things it does and doesnt have just gets to me.

its still strange cos i still feel like i know absolutely nothing about my car.

i have pictures on my myspace in my lexxtc album if anyone can have a look and tell me something i dont know about my car that i should know

my only enquiry is because of these reasons. when i insured with JUST CAR insurance, they listed it as a GT, when its not badged or labeled as one anywhere on the car or its identification plates, and then with the air bag suspension im not sure how they work if thats what it has or not and how to tell... can anyone help me?

www.myspace.com/rampnt_gt

Alan Chow
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Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 10:37 pm, by: Alan Chow (Alanchow)

turbo's have springs no airbags. You're probably seeing the TEMS which control the dampeners. Turbo's are GTT or GTTL's. V8's are GTL's.

Josh Coleman
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Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 10:43 pm, by: Josh Coleman (Rampnt_lexxtc)

that makes a lot of sense, whats the difference between a GTT and a GTTL then? thanks for the speedy reply

Alan Chow
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Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 10:56 pm, by: Alan Chow (Alanchow)

GTT-L's are fully optioned GTT's... something like that.

Steve Petkos
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 10:51 am, by: Steve Petkos (Vipimp)

GTTL's have - electrics seats, wood grain trims, dash with scroll function, TEMS shocks (NOT airbags) ect..

The TT's never came out with airbag shock. So dont bother looking.

And Just Car have no •••• idea AT ALL. Just go with what ever they say or they will ramp up the price if you say it's different than what their computers say because they will assume its moddified.

They tryed to tell me that my JZX100 never came with a single turbo 1JZ....and that it must be custom. •••• dikc heads.
I tryed to explaine the difference between the '1JZ' and the '1JZ VVTi', but NO "It must be a custom single turbo setup".
So i told them to get stuffed and went with Vigil.

Josh Coleman
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 01:38 pm, by: Josh Coleman (Rampnt_lexxtc)

mine must be a gttl then. came out with electric seats, windows, woodgrain trim, cloth seats. but whats this scroll function dash?

Josh Coleman
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 01:39 pm, by: Josh Coleman (Rampnt_lexxtc)

sorry for askin all these stupid questions, but thanks for the help! livin in tassy instead of nsw these days makes it 100% harder to find anything of any use

Alan Chow
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 03:54 pm, by: Alan Chow (Alanchow)

scroll dash is an LCD with japanese messages on it. Also tells you the exact fuel usage, time, etc.

Daniel Czechowski
Goo Roo
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 05:44 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

GT-T is otherwise known as the "pov-pack" soarer. No electric seats; only some had woodgrain fitted by dealer (like mine); different seat fabric; dash did not have the text prompt on the bottom, just a normal gear display; no TEMS; no cruise; no TRC; no ABS...among the few things I can think of at the moment haha. Only luxuries are climate control, electric window/mirrors, and that's about it.

Josh Coleman
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 05:55 pm, by: Josh Coleman (Rampnt_lexxtc)

Ah yep my dash has the scroll dash. GTT-L sounds likely then! i guess i had better pick up a badge off lexus or something! atleast i know what it is.. thanks guys

Alan Chow
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 06:38 pm, by: Alan Chow (Alanchow)

GTT's have cloth GTT-L's have velour. Honestly in the end its just options.

Ryan McDonough
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 06:50 pm, by: Ryan McDonough (Ryan)

Daniel Czechowski wrote on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 05:44 pm:
GT-T is otherwise known as the "pov-pack" soarer. No electric seats; only some had woodgrain fitted by dealer (like mine); different seat fabric; dash did not have the text prompt on the bottom, just a normal gear display; no TEMS; no cruise; no TRC; no ABS...among the few things I can think of at the moment haha. Only luxuries are climate control, electric window/mirrors, and that's about it.

But they do come with cruise

And they are lighter

Daniel Czechowski
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 07:00 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Alan Chow wrote on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 06:38 pm:
GTT's have cloth GTT-L's have velour.

No, it's still velour, only a different (more basic looking) pattern.

Ryan McDonough wrote on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 06:50 pm:
But they do come with cruise

Some probably did, optionally fitted. But plenty don't.

But yeah, they are he lightest out of all soarer models.

Joshua Rao
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Monday, November 12, 2007 - 03:45 am, by: Joshua Rao (Soaren1)

Hi Guys,

I created this thread to clear up the whole GTT vs GTTL features. Please alter where necessary.

https://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/messages/285/215288.html

Sounds like you have a GTTL Josh, lucky man. Enjoy

Mike Triggs
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Monday, November 12, 2007 - 11:25 am, by: Mike Triggs (Mikeandimah)

The Wiki article on the Soarer at one time stated that some Soarers were built in Australia!
Naturally, I edited that bit out

Wiki is not all that authoritative, I'm afraid.

Our '95 was "pov pack" but did have the premium stereo, no ABS etc (I think the latter was an option on pov pack). Its model designation was "GT" but of course it might be different for later model 3.0 n/a.

Jose-Antonio Castillo
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Monday, November 12, 2007 - 01:31 pm, by: Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer)

As the years rolled on in production the differences became smaller and smaller (e.g. the late model turbo Soarers all have traction control and ABS)... most of the stuff that's different is internal but then again very small.

Joel King
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Monday, November 12, 2007 - 10:41 pm, by: Joel King (Twinturbos_rock_my_chasis)

Hey,

Another Newbie here (Thanks Josh saved me from asking a whole pile of questions). I was just wondering how to find out a few things about my soarer.

I know mines a GTTL but im unsure about the ABS, LSD or Airbags came with my car, is there any way of finding out?

Its a 1991 by the way....

Regards,

TTRMC

Daniel Czechowski
Goo Roo
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Monday, November 12, 2007 - 10:46 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

ABS- brake hard in the wet or gravel and you'll see if it pulsates

airbag - does it say 'airbag' on your steering wheel?

LSD - there is a code on the VIN plate you can find out by, but if you are lazy, drive up on grass and do a standstill lawn digs on it... if only one wheel spins, no LSD

Josh Coleman
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 07:43 am, by: Josh Coleman (Rampnt_lexxtc)

thats the back yard way to try! hahaha i recommend not going fast in the wet or on gravel before breaking hard. just incase you dont have ABS and get LOCK UP and go sliding off into someones yard!

Callum Finch
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 08:05 am, by: Callum Finch (Sigeneat)

Daniel Czechowski wrote on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 05:44 pm:
GT-T is otherwise known as the "pov-pack" soarer. No electric seats; only some had woodgrain fitted by dealer (like mine); different seat fabric; dash did not have the text prompt on the bottom, just a normal gear display; no TEMS; no cruise; no TRC; no ABS...among the few things I can think of at the moment haha. Only luxuries are climate control, electric window/mirrors, and that's about it.

Pfft you have no idea =P
You could still get a base model with options. =P

Alan Chow wrote on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 06:38 pm:
GTT's have cloth GTT-L's have velour. Honestly in the end its just options.

Bang on the money ;D

Daniel Czechowski
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 05:42 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

Fark me, someone please post a picture of a soarer interior with cloth seats... never seen one in my life.

Yeah I know there were options callum, I am referring to the base standard equipment

Steven Nanevski
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 06:42 pm, by: Steven Nanevski (Imprestik)

Daniel Czechowski wrote on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 05:42 pm:
Fark me, someone please post a picture of a soarer interior with cloth seats... never seen one in my life

Have you never seen or been in a POV pack soarer, they have cloth seats