Subaru Testing a BRZ with STI Badging and a Big Wing

[krayzie]

Didn't Honda pulled the same shit with the Acura Integra Type-R with red stock seats instead of Recaros thinking the majority fat North Americans won't fit in them?

But Recaro Sportster CS isn't even narrow, the top trim Nissan Juke RS Nismo has them. Probably just being cheap, I wonder what else did they decontent underneath.

I think they just put tS badging everywhere so you guys won't get confused with the WRX STI and then #sadface opening the hood and not seeing a Turbo LMFAO!

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by Poodles

Never seen factory adjustable suspension on Toyota's side of things (at least outside of TEMS), dunno about others. Usually they were TRD branded Bilstein and Eibach stuff that wasn't adjustable. Likely has something to do with safety, but I could be wrong.

He probably meant something like this.



http://www.trdparts.jp/english/86_pe...uspension.html

[chaoskaze]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

If you don't like it, then there is the option of the WRX STI RA. Can you afford this car? Go for it!

5 Years later, 2018 WRX STI RA for sale. First owner, Never benten, Never track, Never do shit, only used to beat soccor moms and camry/prius alike on highway pulls doing 4k.

[nikitopo]

Originally Posted by Poodles

Never seen factory adjustable suspension on Toyota's side of things (at least outside of TEMS), dunno about others. Usually they were TRD branded Bilstein and Eibach stuff that wasn't adjustable. Likely has something to do with safety, but I could be wrong.

Lexus LFA had KYB height adjustable dampers. It looks that it is possible ...

Originally Posted by krayzie

He probably meant something like this.



http://www.trdparts.jp/english/86_pe...uspension.html

That would be nice!

[Poodles]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

Lexus LFA had KYB height adjustable dampers. It looks that it is possible ...



That would be nice!

Well, to be fair, the LFA is a supercar. At the price point it better be adjustable.

Seems that TRD coilover setup isn't available for USDM, have a feeling there's something preventing that.

[2013dgmbrzdood]

Guys you don't really want the recaro's as it would in my mind a minimum of 5,000 probably closer to 8,000 including wing etc usd to get a package that includes them.

They must have figured we were too smart to spend 8 grand for seats and a wing instead of actual performance.
Plz resist urge to fanboi

[WolfpackS2k]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

I am not sure how much they could gain in this area. I also believe that exotic materials would be needed and again it would not be optimal or the weight gains minimal.

I was considering in the past to buy a certain high quality single pipe titanium exhaust. I could gain maybe thirty pounds, but then I would afraid to get dirty in real roads and scratch or break completely the exhaust. With single pipe exhausts there is less road clearance.

I'm a little confused about what you're talking about here. The BRZ has a single exhaust. One pipe from the headers to the muffler in the back. Two pipes sticking out of one muffler is not dual exhaust.

Originally Posted by 2013dgmbrzdood

Guys you don't really want the recaro's as it would in my mind a minimum of 5,000 probably closer to 8,000 including wing etc usd to get a package that includes them.

They must have figured we were too smart to spend 8 grand for seats and a wing instead of actual performance.
Plz resist urge to fanboi

Your whole frame of reference for how much these things cost on a manufacturer/supplier level is off by a few orders of magnitude.

[nikitopo]

Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k

I'm a little confused about what you're talking about here. The BRZ has a single exhaust. One pipe from the headers to the muffler in the back. Two pipes sticking out of one muffler is not dual exhaust.

Bad wording. It had one pipe sticking out of the muffler and the muffler wasn't positioned in the current position



I guess they made it like this to save more weight, but it had less road clearance.

Anyway, it was just an example that going lighter is not always easy.

[Racecomp Engineering]

Back in the GD chassis Impreza days you could get STI Pink springs and adjustable fixed perch shocks (KYB) and coilovers (also KYB) from your local dealer. Lots of other STI bits too. The springs were pretty good, the shocks and coilovers...not great. I'd be happy with a quality non-adjustable part instead. Little surprised they went with Sachs instead of Bilstein for the tS just based on history but...:shrug:.

MINI had adjustable Bilstein coilovers standard on their GP2 Cooper edition. It would be pretty badass if Subaru would do the same, but I wouldn't expect that anytime soon.

This tS does look very cool. Needs real recaros though.

- Andrew

[nikitopo]

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

MINI had adjustable Bilstein coilovers standard on their GP2 Cooper edition. It would be pretty badass if Subaru would do the same, but I wouldn't expect that anytime soon.

So, it is possible ...

[2013dgmbrzdood]

Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k

I'm a little confused about what you're talking about here. The BRZ has a single exhaust. One pipe from the headers to the muffler in the back. Two pipes sticking out of one muffler is not dual exhaust.



Your whole frame of reference for how much these things cost on a manufacturer/supplier level is off by a few orders of magnitude.

Ok, find a car with recaro sportster where you get them at cost. Recaro isn't going to be giving a massive discount at 500 sets of seats. The bottom line to me is go look at the extra cost to get a brz equipped with these seats if you are in Japan. Relative to a standard brz not cheap. Anyways when they use these seats in sti's the model is like 15grand over the base msrp. Eg super special edition. So no don't expect to get these seats, won't happen.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by 2013dgmbrzdood

Ok, find a car with recaro sportster where you get them at cost. Recaro isn't going to be giving a massive discount at 500 sets of seats. The bottom line to me is go look at the extra cost to get a brz equipped with these seats if you are in Japan. Relative to a standard brz not cheap. Anyways when they use these seats in sti's the model is like 15grand over the base msrp. Eg super special edition. So no don't expect to get these seats, won't happen.

Didn't you know that the Recaro seats, full race suspension, turbo, AWD titanium and aluminum bodied version should only cost about $2,000 more than base? The manufacturer doesn't have to pay for extras they are just given them for free.

[DSOmegaX]

Originally Posted by 2013dgmbrzdood

Ok, find a car with recaro sportster where you get them at cost. Recaro isn't going to be giving a massive discount at 500 sets of seats. The bottom line to me is go look at the extra cost to get a brz equipped with these seats if you are in Japan. Relative to a standard brz not cheap. Anyways when they use these seats in sti's the model is like 15grand over the base msrp. Eg super special edition. So no don't expect to get these seats, won't happen.

The 2015 tS was equivalent to $30k USD when it was sold in Japan, which for what was in it was actually pretty well priced. Obviously it'll be much more expensive here with export, shipping, certification, etc.

[NLS8520]

Can we assume this will arrive as a 2018 model? Anyone have any video footage from Boxerfest?