Suaveflooder's Whiteout FRS Journal

[suaveflooder]

Well, I've been holding out on this for awhile, thinking that I don't plan on doing anything to my car, so why bother, but looking over some of my previous car's journals....most of it wasn't expected.

Not sure how often this will be updated, but we shall see. I've always been one to rescue cars that were previously abused and fix them and make them into something unique. It's going to be weird starting with a "perfect" car.

My list of cars:
'84 Mustang LX 5.0
'03 Mustang Cobra
84 Mustang GT 5.0
'04 M3
'03 Mustang Cobra (10th anniversary)
'13 FRS

My last car when I sold her....03 Mustang Cobra 10th anniversary. 500 horsepower beast! Loved this car!


Here we go! Cobra is sold and the FRS is spotted. I knew I had to have whiteout and I knew I had to have a 6 speed. My goal with all my cars is making them noticeable to people. Every car I've sold, I've had people say, "I saw your old car." Just little characteristics that set it apart and make it mine.

Hopefully, I can do that with this one.





Most recent pics

Current Mods:
Visual:
--Blacked out headlights--Red out tail lights--Diode Dynamic Fog light kit--FT Shark fin--Stillen wing--Tint (20% rear 35% front)--Perrin exhaust tips--

Performance:
--K&N drop in filter--Perrin intake tube--Perrin Crank Pulley--

Drivetrain:
--Kartboy short throw shifter--

Suspension:
--Eibach Pro springs--Whiteline camber bolts--TSW Nurburgring 18X8 +45--

Misc:
--JL 10" subwoofer and amp--5000k HID headlights and fog lights--LED license plate bulbs--Hood struts--Flossy shift knob--

[suaveflooder]

First order of business was lighting. First week, I picked up 6000k HID's and LED license plate bulbs



Something I've always hated where the tail lights.....time to fix that




And yesterday! The shark fin!



Not sure what's next. I'll keep this updated as I can!






And shark fin

[suaveflooder]

Small update. Decided to lower the car. I went with the eibach pro spring kit! Love it! Car rides comfortably, but is more planted than stock. Also, the body roll is pretty much gone. Loving it so far. I also got to install some whiteline camber bolts. I figure if they are good enough for @whataboutbob, I would be fine running them

Before at stock height


And now. Might be time for some more pictures that aren't taken with the cell phone

During the mess


And dropped

[johnb831]

Very nice!!! Great job!!

[suaveflooder]

Today, I met up with Chad from Flossy. I wasn't sure I even wanted to swap the shift knob out on the car, but I hated how the stock felt in my hand. Flossy had everything I was looking for as far as weight, feel, and looks.

LOVE the knob. I wasn't expecting as much of a difference in shifting feel as i got, but it was a present surprise

[suaveflooder]

I forgot to post these earlier. These are recent pics from my other thread.

[CyberCT]

Going from V8 mustangs to a smaller I4 car seems like quite a switch. Care to share any thoughts on the real noticable difference that made you go for the FRS?

[SkAsphalt]

Originally Posted by CyberCT

Going from V8 mustangs to a smaller I4 car seems like quite a switch. Care to share any thoughts on the real noticable difference that made you go for the FRS?

As someone who switched from a V8 mustang to a FR-S let me just say that I am happy that my rear end does not jump all over when I take sharp turns. I am even MORE happy that my doors do not shake while I take sharp turns like my Mustang did...Damn those things had rigidity issues before the 2005+ models. They sure sounded amazing tho...

[suaveflooder]

Originally Posted by CyberCT

Going from V8 mustangs to a smaller I4 car seems like quite a switch. Care to share any thoughts on the real noticable difference that made you go for the FRS?

Lol, it was basically to save myself FROM myself. True story. Problem with a factory supercharged V8 is that it is easy to make power out of them. That being said, there are always people modding the hell out of these things and a TON of competition. I was DUMPING money into the car and it was money I simply didn't have to compete with friends. Between mods and having to fill up every 3-4 days (I drive a lot), plus the crazy cost of tires and the ever growing "want" list, I just saw it going no where. I just woke up one morning and though, "this has got to stop." Sold it two weeks later and to this day, still don't regret it.

The three cars I was looking at to replace the cobra were the FRS/BRZ, 370Z and the S2000. When all was said and done, the FRS fit my needs better than the other two. It was a hard top, looked killer, handled like it was on rails, got the best gas mileage of the three, and really didn't have the potential to make crazy power, so there would be no temptation to mod quickly. Plus is was a new platform, so aftermarket wasn't saturated yet.

I would eventually like to get some wheels and a turbo, but those are so far off, I haven't really even researched my options (although, I do know what they are ).

I guess that kind of answered the question. Short answer is, I would have kept the cobra is $$ wasn't an issue and I had mounds of it laying around my house, but being as I have a wife and we want a family and a house in the near future, the cobra had to go. I have spent a total of $458 on mods for the car in the last 5 months of ownership. I would spend that on one purchase for the cobra, and I tended to make a couple purchases a month

Originally Posted by SkAsphalt

As someone who switched from a V8 mustang to a FR-S let me just say that I am happy that my rear end does not jump all over when I take sharp turns. I am even MORE happy that my doors do not shake while I take sharp turns like my Mustang did...Damn those things had rigidity issues before the 2005+ models. They sure sounded amazing tho...

Subframe connectors help the regidity issue out A LOT! It was always my first mod on all my mustangs. Also, the cobras had an IRS, so I had no issue with a "jumping" which was AWESOME! You are correct, there are very few things better than the sound of a Ford V8

[suaveflooder]

Well, I was enjoying a couple tasty beverages last night and I decided it would be the perfect time to do something stupid like pull my lights apart

Been wanting to do this for awhile, so I've had the supplies. Total cost was $11 and about 5 hours of time. Oddly, the most time consuming part is waiting for the lenses in the oven (total of an hour) and RTVing all the seams for insurance (probably took me about an hour and a half to get it done right for both lights). If I were to do it again, I would have used black RTV. You can see the clear and I feel the black would blend in better.

On to the pics

[suaveflooder]

And the last couple

[evof3nd3r]

Nice work. What paint did you use to make the tail lights come out glossy across the glass? I would've expected it to become matte and textured.

[suaveflooder]

Originally Posted by evof3nd3r

Nice work. What paint did you use to make the tail lights come out glossy across the glass? I would've expected it to become matte and textured.

I took them to an auto body shop and had them clear them. Did the red paint myself. I decided to go the auto body rout because it seemed to be the most consistent as far as outcome

[kayoh]

How did I forget to subscribe to this! haha