"Kuro" - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Luke.Cariveau · 08-14-2012, 10:32 AM

The Beginning.

I saw the BRZ commerical around May 30th. I immediately fell in love with it, after following up with multiple subaru dealerships in washington where I live and to no avail.
I purchased my BRZ from a local dealership back home in Maine when I was visiting family.
I decided to put 13k Down and set up financing for the remainder.
Kept payments down to 350$ which is manageable for my budget.

The Voyage

I had to pay to ship it across the country!
And with no patience I had it expedited.
In 7 painful days I received it on the 16th of June.

I was so excited in the first weekend I put on about 800 miles.
Drove it until I was hurting from the seats!

First Mod!

Next step was to get these silly clear windows tinted!

Here she is all clean and tinted. I had the windows tinted 20% all around and
the side markers tinted because of the contrast I didn't like the yellow.
Also debadged the rear for a "cleaner" look.

Rims/Tires And Exhaust.

Right when I received the car a local friend who was in the Subaru community immediately recommended I get some wheels. After a few weeks I decided on Work Emotions Ultimate's.
I drove a hour north to a wheel shop That was recommended to me and had a staggered set up of 18x8.5 +47 Fronts And 18x9.5 +38 Rears. I wrapped the rims in BF Goodrich Sport Comp 2.
235 Front and 245 Rears. In the same day I went 3 hours south to Nameless Performance to put on a full exhaust!

Here She is with the rims and exhaust installed!
Which was on 12 Aug.

Smoked Tints/Overlays

Coilovers!

Detailing Done By Reflective Auto!

Local Photo Shoot!

Streetsweeper.NW

Luke.Cariveau · 08-14-2012, 10:34 AM

NW Carrier Meet 12'

Fog Light Overlays

Putting Her Away For The Season!

Interior Wrapped In 3M CF Vinyl

Powdercoated Exhaust

Upgraded Rotors And Pads

StanceWars Golden Gardens 13'

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCUPtYt1BKE&feature=g-upl"]Subaru BRZ Exhaust - YouTube[/ame]

Mods:

1.)Window Tint 20%
2.)Side Marker Tint
3.)Tail Light Tint
4.)Badge Overlay's (Gloss Black / Matte Black Stars)
5.)Fog Light Overlays
6.)Interior Wrapped In CF Vinyl
(1-6 Were Done By Guardline Here In Puyallup)
7.)Badge Removal (BRZ/Subaru)
8.)Nameless Exhaust (Installed Locally By Them)
9.)Work Emotion CR Ultimate (Installed By Driven Products)
10.)Pedders XA Coilovers (Installed at Nameless)
11.)Pedders Front Camber Plates
12.)Front adjustable sway bar endlinks
13.)Nameless Front Plate Delete
14.)High Performance Rotors
15.)Hawk Racing Pads

Considering:

1.)Header From Nameless
2.)Momentum Intake
3.)Sharkfin Antenna
4.)Tune
5.)Perrin Pulley
6.)Flossy Knob
7.)Cusco Rear Lateral Links
8.)Replacing Alcantra With Leather
9.)Swapping Yellow Bulbs For Clear/Silver

Edit: I will be reformatting/adding pictures as I go along; I'm new to contributing to forums and want it to be easy to navigate/read.

Luke.Cariveau · 08-14-2012, 10:34 AM

Reserved For Future Work

Mishimoto · 08-14-2012, 11:45 AM

Car looks great! And the exhaust sounds excellent.:happy0180:

eikond · 08-14-2012, 12:27 PM

Love it! Nice wheels.. the stagger looks great!

schtebie · 08-14-2012, 12:29 PM

Nicely done! Hope to have my CBS soon too.

And great name for the car.

BoxeRZ · 08-14-2012, 04:43 PM

Wow that is looking mean! Love the wheel choice, mind saying how much$ ?

DarkSunrise · 08-14-2012, 04:48 PM

I really like that wheel design in black.

dj_mallu · 08-14-2012, 05:01 PM

I have the same exact car.. Looks great with tint and new wheels.

Luke.Cariveau · 08-14-2012, 05:11 PM

I had it all installed, reusing my old tpms sensors.
Rims/Tires/Center-Caps/Lugs/Installation
Was about 3,600.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoxeRZ

Wow that is looking mean! Love the wheel choice, mind saying how much$ ?

Luke.Cariveau · 08-14-2012, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj_mallu

I have the same exact car.. Looks great with tint and new wheels.

Yea It's a looker!
Pain to keep clean though.
(-_-)

BRZranger · 08-20-2012, 06:24 AM

Nice setup, not too different than what I'm doing. As far as keeping her clean, i generally garage it. I bought a California Duster to quickly wipe the dust my black BRZ... Along with daily detail spray tips bug guts off. All that work means I wash once every 3 weeks (while it's dry and sunny at least).

Wolfking · 08-20-2012, 07:55 AM

Omedeto! "Kuro" ga suteki na namae desu yo!

Luke.Cariveau · 08-30-2012, 06:28 PM

Updated 30 AUG 2012.

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08-14-2012, 10:32 AM	#1
Luke.Cariveau "Fast Looking Slow Car" Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 13' BRZ Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 298 Thanks: 62 Thanked 83 Times in 54 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	"Kuro" The Beginning. I saw the BRZ commerical around May 30th. I immediately fell in love with it, after following up with multiple subaru dealerships in washington where I live and to no avail. I purchased my BRZ from a local dealership back home in Maine when I was visiting family. I decided to put 13k Down and set up financing for the remainder. Kept payments down to 350$ which is manageable for my budget. The Voyage I had to pay to ship it across the country! And with no patience I had it expedited. In 7 painful days I received it on the 16th of June. I was so excited in the first weekend I put on about 800 miles. Drove it until I was hurting from the seats! First Mod! Next step was to get these silly clear windows tinted! Here she is all clean and tinted. I had the windows tinted 20% all around and the side markers tinted because of the contrast I didn't like the yellow. Also debadged the rear for a "cleaner" look. Rims/Tires And Exhaust. Right when I received the car a local friend who was in the Subaru community immediately recommended I get some wheels. After a few weeks I decided on Work Emotions Ultimate's. I drove a hour north to a wheel shop That was recommended to me and had a staggered set up of 18x8.5 +47 Fronts And 18x9.5 +38 Rears. I wrapped the rims in BF Goodrich Sport Comp 2. 235 Front and 245 Rears. In the same day I went 3 hours south to Nameless Performance to put on a full exhaust! Here She is with the rims and exhaust installed! Which was on 12 Aug. Smoked Tints/Overlays Coilovers! Detailing Done By Reflective Auto! Local Photo Shoot! Streetsweeper.NW Last edited by Luke.Cariveau; 11-14-2012 at 12:24 PM.

08-14-2012, 10:34 AM	#2
Luke.Cariveau "Fast Looking Slow Car" Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 13' BRZ Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 298 Thanks: 62 Thanked 83 Times in 54 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	NW Carrier Meet 12' Fog Light Overlays Putting Her Away For The Season! Interior Wrapped In 3M CF Vinyl Powdercoated Exhaust Upgraded Rotors And Pads StanceWars Golden Gardens 13' [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCUPtYt1BKE&feature=g-upl"]Subaru BRZ Exhaust - YouTube[/ame] Mods: 1.)Window Tint 20% 2.)Side Marker Tint 3.)Tail Light Tint 4.)Badge Overlay's (Gloss Black / Matte Black Stars) 5.)Fog Light Overlays 6.)Interior Wrapped In CF Vinyl (1-6 Were Done By Guardline Here In Puyallup) 7.)Badge Removal (BRZ/Subaru) 8.)Nameless Exhaust (Installed Locally By Them) 9.)Work Emotion CR Ultimate (Installed By Driven Products) 10.)Pedders XA Coilovers (Installed at Nameless) 11.)Pedders Front Camber Plates 12.)Front adjustable sway bar endlinks 13.)Nameless Front Plate Delete 14.)High Performance Rotors 15.)Hawk Racing Pads Considering: 1.)Header From Nameless 2.)Momentum Intake 3.)Sharkfin Antenna 4.)Tune 5.)Perrin Pulley 6.)Flossy Knob 7.)Cusco Rear Lateral Links 8.)Replacing Alcantra With Leather 9.)Swapping Yellow Bulbs For Clear/Silver Edit: I will be reformatting/adding pictures as I go along; I'm new to contributing to forums and want it to be easy to navigate/read. Last edited by Luke.Cariveau; 06-11-2013 at 06:26 PM.

08-14-2012, 04:43 PM	#7
BoxeRZ Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: 13LTDWRBBRZ6MT Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 159 Thanks: 89 Thanked 17 Times in 16 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Wow that is looking mean! Love the wheel choice, mind saying how much$ ? __________________ "Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster, which in turn inspires the Subaru logo and alludes to the six companies that merged to create FHI."

08-14-2012, 05:01 PM	#9
dj_mallu Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: BRZ-L Black Location: New York Posts: 58 Thanks: 13 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I have the same exact car.. Looks great with tint and new wheels. __________________ Xbox live: SealTeam6Member Car: BRZ Limited

08-14-2012, 11:45 AM	#4
Mishimoto Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 736 Thanks: 11 Thanked 404 Times in 209 Posts Mentioned: 52 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Car looks great! And the exhaust sounds excellent.:happy0180:

08-14-2012, 12:27 PM	#5
eikond Wish Nissan made one Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: '13 WRB BRZ Premium Location: Lake Orion, MI Posts: 886 Thanks: 129 Thanked 360 Times in 189 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Love it! Nice wheels.. the stagger looks great!

08-14-2012, 12:29 PM	#6
schtebie Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: CBS BRZ Limited Location: TN Posts: 494 Thanks: 336 Thanked 193 Times in 136 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nicely done! Hope to have my CBS soon too. And great name for the car.

08-14-2012, 04:48 PM	#8
DarkSunrise Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: 22 BRZ (Previously 13 FR-S) Location: USA Posts: 5,794 Thanks: 2,164 Thanked 4,242 Times in 2,220 Posts Mentioned: 48 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I really like that wheel design in black.

08-20-2012, 06:24 AM	#12
BRZranger Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: BRZ Location: Everett, WA Posts: 736 Thanks: 996 Thanked 268 Times in 180 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nice setup, not too different than what I'm doing. As far as keeping her clean, i generally garage it. I bought a California Duster to quickly wipe the dust my black BRZ... Along with daily detail spray tips bug guts off. All that work means I wash once every 3 weeks (while it's dry and sunny at least).

08-20-2012, 07:55 AM	#13
Wolfking Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Asphalt FRS Location: OVP, KS Posts: 609 Thanks: 684 Thanked 194 Times in 134 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Omedeto! "Kuro" ga suteki na namae desu yo!

08-30-2012, 06:28 PM	#14
Luke.Cariveau "Fast Looking Slow Car" Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 13' BRZ Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 298 Thanks: 62 Thanked 83 Times in 54 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Updated 30 AUG 2012.

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