New Ride - Aristo Pics!

[gtst25]

Hi all,

Thought I'd post up some pics of my Aristo which is waiting on the docks in Japan at the moment...

I need a 4 door and looking at what's available locally in the same price range made me cringe. I was considering 4 door 33 but I've sort of been there with the 2 door we've got. Here's some stock specs for those that are new to these cars - correct me if I'm wrong:

front strut brace

same brakes as supra

8 way electric seats

8 speaker stereo system including 2 subwoofers and 6 cd stacker

they make about 180 rwkw stock

all Aristo V have the legendary 2jz 3 litre twin turbo supra engine

Some options mine has:

Sunroof

Abs and cruise control - you can tell ABS by the horizontal indented line on the steering wheel

All cars with ABS have cruise control

She's got a logbooked 69000 k's on it and was a grade 4.5 but they found a noise coming form the brake master cylinder so downgraded to 4. The japs generaly look after the aristos unlike skylines silvias etc but don't get me wrong - we looked at a lot before bidding on this one - it took two weeks for us to find it!

It's the first car I've bought without sitting in it so I'm excited to say the least.

Here's a link to a Aristo article.

http://www.jzs147.com.au/documents/Supra%2...0a%20Tuxedo.pdf

Cheers

Edited February 23, 2008 by gtst25

[gtst25]

Oh poo these bitmap pics won't upload and what a pain - I don't want to purchase a converter.

[adam-__-]

Pictures are a bit small, but from what I can see, the car looks pretty clean mate.

Do you have any plans for it yet?

[NA_R33]

Congrats mate, i looked atm for ages, but decided i couldnt afford a house for a few years and went with the v35.

[gtst25]

Cheers fellas - not happy about these bitmap pics - for some reason a heap of my jpeg pics have been changed to bitmap.

Plans? Not many at the moment - it'll need some nice wheels to fill the arches, dark tint the windows and make sure the AC works really well! They've got big potential but I've got the 260rwkw '33 for those games - we want something easy to drive - put on the cruise control and enjoy the smoothness for now!

[LoNg_ShaNks]

Oh poo these bitmap pics won't upload and what a pain - I don't want to purchase a converter.

open the bmp files in ms paint & save as jpeg

[MZTRBO]

Hi Mate,

Im really interested in getting this model for a family car. I went and looked at one at a car dealers and I really like the size of it too.

What year model is it? Im guessing 95-96.

And if you dont mind me asking, how much all up has it cost you. pm me if you like.

Its a nice example of an aristo, congrats.

Cheers

D

[MZTRBO]

And how was j-spec to deal with. Ive heard so many conflicting stories about so many different importers.

Cheers

[TTT]

how many dollars?

why not buy one already here?

Looks nice..

Do they come with leather?

[MZTRBO]

GTST,

The definately do come with leather as a factory option. Theres a few colour schemes - tan, and grey. Not to sure how many other colours schemes there are.

[VB-]

damn auction garde 4.5 is good, and thats probly the reason he bought one from japan GTST, probly too hard to find a nice celan one here for the money.

would also like to know how much it cost

[typevu]

Nice buy! Real nice interiors these cars have.

[gtst25]

Hi fellas,

Purchase price for these as long as you don't go too silly isn't the expense - it's shipping, compliance and rego. It's a 95 model - J-spec have been great so far although I haven't seen the car in the flesh yet! I found it was great having experts at the auction yard - if you bid on a car but leave a comment saying don't get this car if it isn't immaculate or whatever the guys will check it out and if anything's sus no go.

And there are a lot of sus cars - if you bid without getting it checked it would be totally luck of the draw. There were cars smoking with auction grade four - one even had a leaking heater! They don't seem to take into account for mechanical problems in the gradings.

As for interiors all the white ones have a tan interior - leather or cloth. I've seen blue and grey but that's it - not sure if black models come out with black interiors?

Have a look on j specs website for pricing - the ones in the lower range are what I am looking at dollar wise but I won't know exactly what it's cost until I'm driving it!

Cheers

[EMZ R33]

Pimp car dude, nice ride.

Really classy car with the real wwwwwwwrrrrrroooooooooommmmmmmmm that we all love!!!

Nice JZ power 2

EMZ

Edited December 10, 2007 by EMZ R33

[32vspecII]

And there are a lot of sus cars - if you bid without getting it checked it would be totally luck of the draw. There were cars smoking with auction grade four - one even had a leaking heater! They don't seem to take into account for mechanical problems in the gradings.

saw a grade 4 car the other day that was full of rust ! definetly do not buy unseen at auctions!

180rwkw seems like a bit of stretch for the aristo . they are much slower than a auto TT supra , have softer cams and ecu mapping and an increadibly restrictive tiny stock exhaust . it probably pulls it on the dyno but it feels much slower

but if you want a smooth cruiser you have picked well!

Edited December 10, 2007 by 32vspecII

[stolen_s15]

Congrats mate, top car! There is one I have seen getting about Melb with some nice deep dish's, looked very yakuza!

[TTT]

first few mods..

http://forums.performanceforums.com/forums....php?t=67225328

[fieds83]

saw a grade 4 car the other day that was full of rust ! definetly do not buy unseen at auctions!

180rwkw seems like a bit of stretch for the aristo . they are much slower than a auto TT supra , have softer cams and ecu mapping and an increadibly restrictive tiny stock exhaust . it probably pulls it on the dyno but it feels much slower

but if you want a smooth cruiser you have picked well!

The jdm supra 2jz is the same as the aristo except for the sump, engine fan configuration and the auto has a slightly different overdrive ratio as the aristo comes with the a341e and the supra with the a340e. The cams are the same as all other jdm 2jz's its only the Americans that got better breathing cams. 180rwkw is the norm as it was with my stock tt aristo though it does feel slower than the supra as it is 200kg heavier and is less agile.

Nice choice, i had one for a while and it was an excellent cruiser with every possible nic nac you could want in a car.

[Pal]

mates run a 15 sec 1/4 with pod and exhaust. need to do some work to get them going

[gtst25]

Hi there,

For standard 0-100 times (6.02 sec) and standard 0-400 metre times (14.37 sec) check this link to an aristo review.

http://www.jzs147.com.au/documents/Supra%2...0a%20Tuxedo.pdf

For power output in RWKW check here there's a lot of guys pulling around the 180 rwkw figures dead stock

http://www.jzs147.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=542

From talking with owners it seems they feel slower than they are as they are so quiet and put out little fuss. 14's? put it into drive and get off the line nicely! Once you're moving along apparently they go just as well as the supras especially at overtaking speeds.

Cheers