Calgary/Edmonton BRZ/FRS thread

[kbye]

Originally Posted by Heru Farukon

I find it to be super pointless esp if you switch wheels very often or even just putting on the winters lol

Yep. According to my guy at Centaur, all Canadian Subarus don't have TPMS. The reasoning is that most subie owners in Canada have separate winter wheels and either:
a) have to swap stock sensors every season
b) buy a separate set and get them reprogrammed every season or
c) put up with the tpms light
so basically they don't bother with the system at all

[JTOFJPN]

Originally Posted by BRZZZZZZZZZZ

It took them nearly 90 days to get brake pads for my Miata, which I now no longer own. I know Jimmy asked if I needed something right that minute and I said no a month down the road was fine but three fucking months is ridiculous.

I assume you purchased Endless? Which is not common for Miata? Which would come from Japan, on a stock order with other items to save shipping?

[BRZZZZZZZZZZ]

Originally Posted by JTOFJPN

I assume you purchased Endless? Which is not common for Miata? Which would come from Japan, on a stock order with other items to save shipping?

Yeah. But still 90 days is ridiculous. I literally had to buy $20 pads used from someone and install them at the track because I ran out of pad, and that was after 75 days of waiting. Really pissed me off.

[zumhakr]

Originally Posted by kbye

Yep. According to my guy at Centaur, all Canadian Subarus don't have TPMS. The reasoning is that most subie owners in Canada have separate winter wheels and either:
a) have to swap stock sensors every season
b) buy a separate set and get them reprogrammed every season or
c) put up with the tpms light
so basically they don't bother with the system at all

Yeah that's what Subaru Calgary told me.

Now looking for good (cheap) online places for rims. Any suggestions ? 1010 ?

[go_a_way1]

Shout out to the guy I followed down Macleod last night with the red FRS with some stickers a cat back and the crack in the rear bumper for be a cool guy! I was the guy in the "hot lava" one haha!!

[JTOFJPN]

Originally Posted by BRZZZZZZZZZZ

Yeah. But still 90 days is ridiculous. I literally had to buy $20 pads used from someone and install them at the track because I ran out of pad, and that was after 75 days of waiting. Really pissed me off.

If you didn't spring for air shipping on a made-to-order part from Japan... It's not really Vex's fault. Container shipping is slow. The only company who ships containers to NA regardless of how full they are is Bulletproof Automotive. Other than that it's not up to the distributor to determine shipment times sadly.

[BRZZZZZZZZZZ]

Originally Posted by JTOFJPN

If you didn't spring for air shipping on a made-to-order part from Japan... It's not really Vex's fault. Container shipping is slow. The only company who ships containers to NA regardless of how full they are is Bulletproof Automotive. Other than that it's not up to the distributor to determine shipment times sadly.

I told them my timeline of roughly 1 month 2 months maximum and they didn't even come close. It IS their problem. They didn't even offer any faster shipping or other options to me.

[MAX]

Is there some reason you can't order your own brake pads?

[BRZZZZZZZZZZ]

Originally Posted by MAX

Is there some reason you can't order your own brake pads?

I went to VEX because I had good experiences spending $8k on FI and various other things on my car and I got talked into Endless. I'm not saying they are bad guys or bad pricing but I did make it clear what my timeline was and they didn't even come close.

[D88]

Did everyone manage to keep their FR-S/BRZ above the water level in Calgary?

[Brooklyn]

Kept it above water but got hailed on pretty good on Tuesday. Waiting for the appraiser to call me...

[go_a_way1]

Mine was all good, Thank god!!

[JTOFJPN]

Originally Posted by D88

Did everyone manage to keep their FR-S/BRZ above the water level in Calgary?

Airdrie didn't see much hail. The 25k in house damage last year was enough headache that I'm still dealing with.

FR-S was safe in the garage. Whew.

[DimSumHero]

Originally Posted by D88

Did everyone manage to keep their FR-S/BRZ above the water level in Calgary?

Luckily I was out in strathmore both times I would've cried since I just put on my new bumper