This is actually take two for one of these cars, after owning one for about 6 months last year, I unfortunately totaled it in an accident caused mostly by heavy rain, I bought the car back from insurance, mostly to rip all the mods off, part out whatever I could, and sell it to a family contact of mine, who makes a living buying wrecked cars and either rebuilding them or ripping them apart, much further than I am capable of doing.
So anyways, on November 26th last year, I totaled my first 86 after buying it in early June last year.
Going through insurance processes and getting the car in and out of the shop to get it inspected to see if it was repairable (it wasn't, at least not except for the price of a new car anyways), and to get mods off of it that required a lift, like the exhaust, made me hold onto the car for a couple months, but on February 28th, I picked up my new car! This time, I made sure to find one without the front plate, which was something I regretted not doing with the first one.
I picked it up at Toyota of Kirkland, a dealership where I know quite a few employees, as I work close by at the Kirkland Subaru dealership. I hunted this car down in Beaverton, Oregon, the only one in the area ("area" is a stretch), with no front plate drilled in this color, and of course, ToK was more than willing to work with me to get me that car, unfortunately, it had a few chips here and there on the front bumper, and the hood had a bit of what appeared to be sap damage, I was informed this car had sat at the other dealership for over a year!
Thankfully, they were able to cover me for a repaint on the affected parts of the car, and a couple weeks later, I picked up my car for real this time!
Immediately, I put all the mods I scavenged off the first car onto this one, that includes the TRD exhaust, the Subaru mirror, the license plate frame, and the polarized wide mirrors.
I was not able to remove the wing or the footwell lighting from the old car, but I did get another footwell kit from my Subaru dealership at cost, I think because they felt bad for me having to buy it again, because last time I got it for at cost + a little bit extra. The Perrin Inlet Hose was damaged when the car got totaled, as the impact from another car pushed it right into my drive belts and put a clean cut right through it, so I picked up another one of those as well. I didn't really care about the wing, because this time I want to pick up the Sard LSR Carbon Fiber wing, I much prefer the removable wing, this time I won't have to drill my trunk.
I picked up Helix Smoked side markers as well as OLM amber bulbs for the side markers and installed those as well.
Mods:
Performance:
-TRD Performance Dual Exhaust
-K&N Drop-In Air Filter
-Perrin Intake Inlet Hose
-TRD Carbon Fiber Strut Tower Brace
Interior:
-Subaru OEM Auto-Dimming Mirror w/ Compass
-Subaru OEM Blue Footwell Lighting
-RSP TRD Lumbar Support Pillow
Exterior:
-GT86 / Behind the Badge Foundation Personalized License Plate
-TRD License Plate Frame
-Rexpeed Wide Side Mirrors
-Rexpeed Carbon Hood Damper Kit
-Helix Smoked Side Markers
-OLM Amber LED Side Marker Bulbs
-Sard Carbon Fiber LSR Style Wing
On The Way!:
Planned:
-Ceramic Coat by APC in Woodinville
-OLM LED Interior Dome Light Black Series
-Tomei Expreme UEL Header
-Drift Office Dyno Tune
-TSW Nurburgring 17x8 Forged Matte Gunmetal Wheels
-Michelin Pilot Super Sports 225/45ZR17
-Rexpeed Carbon Fiber Door Handles
-Rexpeed Carbon Fiber Shifter Trim
-TRD Quickshifter
-TRD Sway Bar Kit
-TRD Brake Pads
-TRD Oil Filler Cap
-TRD Radiator Cap
-TRD Door Sills
-Eibach Pro-Street Coilover Kit
-Raceseng Cam Plate
-Driveshaft Shop Carbon Fiber Driveshaft
-Sony XAV-AX200SXM
-OEM Audio Plus 450Q
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