Thanks to the moderator that got my opening post sorted back into paragraphs the way I had submitted it.
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Originally Posted by Rehaan Sounds awesome. Could you list off a few add-ons that you've already blessed your car with?
Do you have specific features you're hunting for? |
Thanks for the warm welcome.
Unfortunately none of the parts I have bought in the last 2 years are actually on the car yet, though I have lots of pictures of them. I have just been collecting them up till now and plan to take my car out of service in a couple months, when the garage/shop I have been building is finished, to start the installs in an organized and documented fashion.
But to answer your question here is a sampling:
Stealth RT/TT C pillar air deflectors (sourced locally)
GTO RHD 6-way Power Driver's Seat as my LHD passenger seat so my passenger is as pampered as me. (imported from Japan)
GTO Power folding mirror system with all the switches and black boxes. (imported from the UK)
Entire headlight washer system including steering column switches and the 1 gal tank that fits behind the bumper. (all from the UK except LHD column switches from Sweden)
Vertically adjustable, 2nd gen headlight aiming system, remote controlled electricly from the cab with all related wiring and switches. My US rare glass tops will be swapped on in place of the standard Lexan when I robo and halo mod them. It should be noted that the OEM system is only for the high beams but the low beams appear to be set up to accept remote controlled adjusting motors too so I have acquired a second set of motors and switches with wiring as well. (all from UK except the LHD lights themselves from Sweden)
3000GT Swedish Spec heated seat switches and wiring (sourced from Sweden). Still trying to source the OEM seat heating elements themselves to add to mine, but they were never sold as a separate part and breakers aren't willing to sell them to me out of a seat they have removed. There were only 57 total cars sold in Sweden from 1991 to 1999 so all their uniquely Swedish specific parts are very rare. I expect to end up using heating elements from a Pajaro that look to be campatible.
UK clear bumper corner marker. (from UK)
UK front fender turn signal light behind wheel in aftermarket clear. (from UK)
GTO rear quarter window sun visors (mounted from the inside), with the critical wiring harness, that the "GTO" badge lights up on when the car lights are on. These are from the GTO Accessories Catalogue. I have both the early fragile versions with the vertical cutouts and the later stronger solid ones. (sourced from Canada and the UK)
GTO BBS alloy wheels out of the GTO Accessories Catalogue. (sourced from a car in the UK that had been imported used from Japan)
Bozz Speed wing extension and fairings. Not OEM but are reminiscent of the Spyder wing and fairings and look like they could be OEM. I fell in love with them when I saw them a couple years ago. (sourced from 2 different GTOs in the UK)
Here is a list of what I am looking for at the moment. I have pictures too but need to double check rules before posting them:
1) Ralliart AWS (All Wheel Steering) Hybrid Rear Diff (B4H): Sold only in Japan, so it is more commonly found on GTOs. There was also a 2WS version (B3H), but I only want the B4H since I have the AWS version. All GTO rear diffs had a different gear ratio than US Spec cars so I will need the related gearing parts to convert my car to GTO gearing to go with this diff.
2) Front brake cooling fins: GTO MRs (and I think UK Spec 3000GTs) had brake cooling fins (plastic I think) attached to the front A arms. I would like a good used set of A arms with the fins attached. Yes I know I could just drill holes into my A arms and attach a set of fins, but as a collector I want the bragging rights that go with having the actual OEM set.
3) Heated seat heating elements: Swedish and German Spec cars got heated seats, the only countries to do so.
4) Swedish and German heated seat switch console mounting trim (early version): These are LHD specific and the heated seat switches were mounted between the cruise and AA switches in the trim piece just ahead of the shifting stick up through about the first half of 1995 . After that they were mounted in the dead space just below the single din stereo .
5) An actual copy of the GTO Accessories Catalogue for Japan only dealer added options. I only have scans of them at the moment, including a set I recently had translated that is being cleaned up for me to look more OEM.
6) The OEM mounting clips for the optional GTO rear quarter window sun visors out of the GTO Accessories Catalogue.
7) All the options from the GTO Accessories Catalogue.