WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR BRZ TODAY?

[t.chk]

Originally Posted by immaculate

Psssh

Hey man, we each have our own opinion. GBS on an overcast day made me buy it. WRB over cast was Meh...and I hate the 'subaru' blue.

[Turbo95eg6]

Originally Posted by Jmonty

What springs you go with?

I went with STI Pinks.

[kberkel]

Replaced the dome, doors, trunk, license plate, and reverse lights with LEDs. Cost about $40 on Amazon.

So happy, thanks to the DIY thread, it only took about 45 minutes

I'm not at home so I couldn't correct the color in photoshop, they're not that blue in person




Getting tint next week, then new tail lights.. then I'll probably be done for the summer.

The leds for the license plate lights were really finicky. Not sure if anyone else had that problem. I had to take needlenose pliers and tighten the contacts on the connectors.

[kberkel]

Originally Posted by syrs_finest_frs

I finally got around to redding my tail lights. Have yet to wet sand the clear and polish, but they came out pretty good I think! Wayy better than the chrome

Excuse the dirty car, it's been on/off raining the last couple days

Are those magnaflow tips? That rear end looks fantastic

[blewclouds]

Finally got my new HU received and installed!

[kberkel]

Originally Posted by blewclouds

Finally got my new HU received and installed!

Looks sweet! Improvement in sound?

[Zoti]

Originally Posted by trd87t

Finally got to check over the car for hail damage from yesterday… and there's some

Not as bad as Zoti and Guff though… but still sucks. Guess i'm finding a PDR person.

I got a great guy in McKinney if you want. PM me. I am taking my car to his place for an estimate tomorrow.

[Zoti]

Who wants a 2013 BRZ Limited with 5800 miles and hail damage for 20K?

[blewclouds]

Originally Posted by kberkel

Looks sweet! Improvement in sound?

The HU itself is a night and day difference. However, I'm currently dealing with the problem that my door speakers are now not working. A month ago the door speakers suddenly stopped working even when I had my factory HU in, so I'm positive it has nothing to do with the new Pioneer head unit. I'm reading that it might have to do with the factory amp.... hope I get to the bottom of this!

[kberkel]

Originally Posted by blewclouds

The HU itself is a night and day difference. However, I'm currently dealing with the problem that my door speakers are now not working. A month ago the door speakers suddenly stopped working even when I had my factory HU in, so I'm positive it has nothing to do with the new Pioneer head unit. I'm reading that it might have to do with the factory amp.... hope I get to the bottom of this!

Dang that's no fun. I'm still new to the car, but is the stock amp still better than an aftermarket HU powering the speakers? In my older cars, first thing I always did was bypass the stock amp

I've been disappointed in the sound. I want to upgrade the woofers in the door, give them more power, and then one or two 10 subs in the future.

[CoolBReeZe]

Originally Posted by Zoti

Who wants a 2013 BRZ Limited with 5800 miles and hail damage for 20K?

Damage estimate more than expected? Shouldn't insurance cover all but your comprehensive deductible??

[blewclouds]

Originally Posted by kberkel

Dang that's no fun. I'm still new to the car, but is the stock amp still better than an aftermarket HU powering the speakers? In my older cars, first thing I always did was bypass the stock amp

I've been disappointed in the sound. I want to upgrade the woofers in the door, give them more power, and then one or two 10 subs in the future.

Dude, I literally just went to bypass the amp as a trouble shoot. Turns out the OEM amp is a blown out POS.
To answer your question my new HU throws out 50 x 4 and I have to say its enough without the factory amp but I think its necessary to add another amp. The balance doesn't sound too great because you can't control the door woofers to be louder than the dash without the amp. So I'm disappointed as well and will be replacing my amp to make full use of my HU and alpine speakers.

[Zoti]

Originally Posted by CoolBReeZe

Damage estimate more than expected? Shouldn't insurance cover all but your comprehensive deductible??

Oh. It's what I expected. I just know there are people out there that do PDR and can do it for cheap. I want a new car. They get a deal.

[kberkel]

Originally Posted by blewclouds

Dude, I literally just went to bypass the amp as a trouble shoot. Turns out the OEM amp is a blown out POS.
To answer your question my new HU throws out 50 x 4 and I have to say its enough without the factory amp but I think its necessary to add another amp. The balance doesn't sound too great because you can't control the door woofers to be louder than the dash without the amp. So I'm disappointed as well and will be replacing my amp to make full use of my HU and alpine speakers.

Cool cool, thanks for the info. Good luck!

I'm also not used to more than 4 speakers in a car. Hoping it won't be too hard to amp some speakers and still have everything sound good. I'm not even sure if there's even a crossover for the dash speakers I'm gonna lurk the electronics forum for a few weeks.

So you're running the dash speakers and the rears on the HU? So I guess you'll run RCAs to an amp to power the doors? Just learning here