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kch · 03-14-2016, 12:26 AM

Installed the Racer X Fabrication oil cooler tonight. Mounts to the crash beam with a Setrab 619 core. A lot of oil cooler kits use this core, but the @racerx1715 mounting brackets, hardware, and sandwich plate were tip-top quality and are what really set this kit apart. Fitment was a little tight with stock airbox, but I made it work.

jochfr · 03-14-2016, 04:24 PM

Received my 3D Maxpider floor mats... Put them in during lunch.
My first purchase for my BRZ.
I can see now that this will be an addiction and my bank account will hate me.

Edit: Also removed the dealer decal from the car... No free advertising for them.

BRZtoni · 03-14-2016, 04:48 PM

waiting for my Intec 3rd brake light and
AP racing Sprint kit ^_^ so excited

pfaffendorn · 03-14-2016, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaJo

Anyone remember this?

We were talking about parking the BRZ in the living room, but this is a garage I'd move into in a heartbeat!

x1UP · 03-14-2016, 08:55 PM

I'm shopping around currently for coils, fender turn signal and 4th brake lights.

DGMlJDlBRZ · 03-15-2016, 03:06 AM

Got the RacerX LCAs, toe arms, and end links installed. Now onto the alignment shop...

Trueweltall · 03-15-2016, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pfaffendorn

I put the same mud flaps on mine (but with gray branding, of course). At least I didn't suffer a scrape before I got them. I actually liked the sleek fit of the OEMs better, but they looked like they wouldn't fend off anything. Installation was not too problematic, but there is one screw on each rear flap which will never be tight, until tire rotation anyway.

Dang, I have never liked blue cars, but y'all have shined up your WRB Z's SO pretty!

Thanks! I ended up removing the rear tires just to get to that one screw.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kch

Installed the Racer X Fabrication oil cooler tonight. Mounts to the crash beam with a Setrab 619 core. A lot of oil cooler kits use this core, but the @racerx1715 mounting brackets, hardware, and sandwich plate were tip-top quality and are what really set this kit apart. Fitment was a little tight with stock airbox, but I made it work.

When you change the oil filter does the oil leak everywhere? Other oil coolers have some kind of catch but this one appears not to.

DocWalt · 03-15-2016, 09:42 AM

I have no issues with oil spillage with my Maximal oil cooler (using a similar design of sandwich plate) as long as I let the oil drain out of the filter for a while. I just change the filter last (after draining the oil) and everything stays clean.

kch · 03-15-2016, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trueweltall

Thanks! I ended up removing the rear tires just to get to that one screw.

When you change the oil filter does the oil leak everywhere? Other oil coolers have some kind of catch but this one appears not to.

I don't know yet, as I literally just installed it. But in the past when I've done my oil changes, I don't recall there being more than one or two drops that came out of the filter. I'll just give it 30m to sit before removing.

Edit: even if it does spill onto the plate, it'll still get caught by the cup below. I'll just have to wipe down the plate.

Stang70Fastback · 03-15-2016, 11:03 PM

Finally got a few decent photos of my newly-installed parts:

- KW V3 Coilovers
- ICON Coilover Covers
- Raceseng Cas/Cam Front Plates
- Velox Rear LCAs
- Gorilla Mud Flaps
- HRE FF15 Wheels (18x9+40, Tarmac)
- Michelin PSS Tires (255/35ZR18)

No, I'm not going any lower, lol. Just wanted to kill the massive fender gap, but I'm not a fan of the wheel-under-fender look. I like when a small gap is maintained all the way around, to keep the wheel/tire separated from the body. The flaps were not for looks, but to protect the paint from the much wider wheels.

Man this thing changes direction so quickly now it's hilarious.

shiumai · 03-16-2016, 12:35 PM

Did something whimsical/non-functional last night: I added an 'S' emblem to my trunk in the same position the TS emblem is placed. Since it's not an STI or TS build, I decided to designate it my own model 'S', which I shall claim stands for 'shiumai, supercharged, sport'...whatever. The S is STI pink and comes from the Subaru WRX STI S204 trunk emblem, so at least it's a Subaru emblem.

JPxM0Dz · 03-16-2016, 03:06 PM

go_a_way1 · 03-16-2016, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by x1UP

I'm shopping around currently for coils, fender turn signal and 4th brake lights.

You should ask Jason@DSG about the fortune auto's they sell. I have a set I just put on and was blown away with how they preform

chas3wba0 · 03-16-2016, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shiumai

Did something whimsical/non-functional last night: I added an 'S' emblem to my trunk in the same position the TS emblem is placed. Since it's not an STI or TS build, I decided to designate it my own model 'S', which I shall claim stands for 'shiumai, supercharged, sport'...whatever. The S is STI pink and comes from the Subaru WRX STI S204 trunk emblem, so at least it's a Subaru emblem.

Cousin, is that you?

03-14-2016, 04:48 PM	#13793
BRZtoni Turbo E85 Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 13 wrb brz Location: torrance, ca Posts: 1,093 Thanks: 172 Thanked 555 Times in 349 Posts Mentioned: 32 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	waiting for my Intec 3rd brake light and AP racing Sprint kit ^_^ so excited __________________ Flex Fuel Turbo BRZ

03-14-2016, 08:55 PM	#13795
x1UP One & Done (AOZORA) Join Date: Jun 2014 Drives: '15 Series.Blue BRZ (WRB) Location: New York City Posts: 932 Thanks: 340 Thanked 217 Times in 160 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm shopping around currently for coils, fender turn signal and 4th brake lights. __________________ "I have the need....the need for speed! - Maverick (Top Gun)

03-15-2016, 03:06 AM	#13796
DGMlJDlBRZ Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 2014 DGM BRZ Location: Oxnard, CA Posts: 323 Thanks: 189 Thanked 190 Times in 84 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Got the RacerX LCAs, toe arms, and end links installed. Now onto the alignment shop... Attached Images

03-16-2016, 12:35 PM	#13801
shiumai Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 DGM BRZ, 2020 C8 Corvette Location: USofA! Posts: 1,760 Thanks: 963 Thanked 1,893 Times in 787 Posts Mentioned: 41 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Did something whimsical/non-functional last night: I added an 'S' emblem to my trunk in the same position the TS emblem is placed. Since it's not an STI or TS build, I decided to designate it my own model 'S', which I shall claim stands for 'shiumai, supercharged, sport'...whatever. The S is STI pink and comes from the Subaru WRX STI S204 trunk emblem, so at least it's a Subaru emblem. Attached Images __________________ My DGM BRZ vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OL9OhxexAA My car journal thread: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43402

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