follow ft86club on our blog, twitter or facebook.
FT86CLUB
Ft86Club
Delicious Tuning
Register Garage Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community - FT86CLUB > 1st Gens: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 / Subaru BRZ > BRZ First-Gen (2012+) -- General Topics

BRZ First-Gen (2012+) -- General Topics All discussions about the first-gen Subaru BRZ coupe


User Tag List

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 07-08-2016, 11:53 AM   #981
SuperDave
Senior Member
 
SuperDave's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Drives: DAT Rally Blue BRZ
Location: SoCal
Posts: 770
Thanks: 1,431
Thanked 234 Times in 166 Posts
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Garage
Am I the only one who thinks the PP wheels look like garbage?
SuperDave is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to SuperDave For This Useful Post:
JDM4E (07-08-2016), krayzie (07-08-2016)
Old 07-08-2016, 12:03 PM   #982
raven1231
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Drives: 2013 Firestorm FR-S, 2016 DGM WRX
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 4,580
Thanks: 8,264
Thanked 3,118 Times in 1,667 Posts
Mentioned: 24 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by funwheeldrive View Post
I don't think I've read most of the reviews that are coming out, but it doesn't seem like many journalists notice a huge difference between the 2 generations.
You mean they don't- "The new 86 has been perfected to such an extent that, from the moment the steering wheel is gripped and the vehicle accelerates away, every driver will be able to recognise its evolution.”
raven1231 is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to raven1231 For This Useful Post:
funwheeldrive (07-08-2016)
Old 07-08-2016, 12:09 PM   #983
Bristecom
Senior Member
 
Bristecom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Drives: 2017 Subaru BRZ PP
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,525
Thanks: 1,702
Thanked 646 Times in 317 Posts
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave View Post
Am I the only one who thinks the PP wheels look like garbage?
The only thing I don't like is the angled part where the spokes connect to the rim. I see the pattern but having it angled to only one side on an evenly split 10 spoke wheel just looks odd. I prefer the style of 10 spoke star shaped wheels most but the evenly spoked wheels satisfy the mechanical efficiency side of me more (like what the F1 cars use). :P
__________________
Toyota + Subaru =
Bristecom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2016, 12:36 PM   #984
Sport-Tech
Senior Member
 
Sport-Tech's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Drives: TBD
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2,583
Thanks: 665
Thanked 685 Times in 386 Posts
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Autoblog review up:
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/07/08/2...-drive-review/

A few reviewers (including Autoblog's) have commented on how the very poor weather conditions at the track prevented them from pushing too hard. It seems the effects of the MCR changes will not be fully understood until some fair-weather comparisons are run.

Last edited by Sport-Tech; 07-08-2016 at 01:01 PM.
Sport-Tech is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2016, 12:58 PM   #985
krayzie
Drive From Home
 
krayzie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Drives: BRZ STI Performance
Location: Filth City
Posts: 4,914
Thanks: 2,368
Thanked 3,111 Times in 2,007 Posts
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave View Post
Am I the only one who thinks the PP wheels look like garbage?
Reminds me of these ugly rims:

krayzie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2016, 01:20 PM   #986
nikitopo
Senior Member
 
nikitopo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Drives: '15 BRZ RA
Location: Greece
Posts: 3,787
Thanks: 2,416
Thanked 1,944 Times in 1,261 Posts
Mentioned: 29 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Strangely all the reviews are saying that the rear suspension is now softer, but no one questions how they solved the rear bottoming out issue...
nikitopo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2016, 01:24 PM   #987
krayzie
Drive From Home
 
krayzie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Drives: BRZ STI Performance
Location: Filth City
Posts: 4,914
Thanks: 2,368
Thanked 3,111 Times in 2,007 Posts
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by nikitopo View Post
Strangely all the reviews are saying that the rear suspension is now even softer, but no one questions how they solved the rear bottoming out issue...
Probably with the Sachs shocks on the GT package.

I no longer have this stock rear bottoming out problem with the Bilstein shocks (also softer ride than stock if you can believe).
krayzie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2016, 02:05 PM   #988
nikitopo
Senior Member
 
nikitopo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Drives: '15 BRZ RA
Location: Greece
Posts: 3,787
Thanks: 2,416
Thanked 1,944 Times in 1,261 Posts
Mentioned: 29 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by krayzie View Post
Probably with the Sachs shocks on the GT package.

I no longer have this stock rear bottoming out problem with the Bilstein shocks (also softer ride than stock if you can believe).


Yes, but what about the stock suspension? They're saying that they increased the rear sway-bar thickness and the rear suspension is softer. No?
nikitopo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2016, 02:13 PM   #989
krayzie
Drive From Home
 
krayzie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Drives: BRZ STI Performance
Location: Filth City
Posts: 4,914
Thanks: 2,368
Thanked 3,111 Times in 2,007 Posts
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by nikitopo View Post
Yes, but what about the stock suspension? They're saying that they increased the rear sway-bar thickness and the rear suspension is softer. No?
Interesting cuz my STI rear springs with the Bilstein package are the same part numbers as before when I bought the standalone for the stock shocks and nothing else changed, but cured the annoying occasional bottoming out of the rear.
krayzie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2016, 04:21 PM   #990
FitchAlcyone
Senior Member
 
FitchAlcyone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Drives: 2019 BRZ Series.Gray
Location: Richardson, TX
Posts: 175
Thanks: 62
Thanked 70 Times in 39 Posts
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sport-Tech View Post
They do look good. But going by the official photos, they are not on the Limited trim or even on the Series.Yellow so I doubt they will be an OEM option. In fact the Premium gets no additional lighting at all below the headlamp unit.

Yeah, availability is my biggest question mark here, seeing as we didn't get some bits here in the states. But for all we know, they'll be announcing available stuff closer to release. I can't imagine they won't even give us the chrome fender stickers.

Quote:
Originally Posted by krayzie View Post
Japanparts.com

I'm not so much worried about how to source them if unavailable, I'm just hoping we'll have the proper plug-and-play connections for them. Also, it appears you'll need a different housing area to fit the LED bars in.
FitchAlcyone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-08-2016, 04:36 PM   #991
DSOmegaX
Senior Member
 
DSOmegaX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Drives: '19 M2 Comp, '20 GR Supra
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 1,904
Thanks: 109
Thanked 2,152 Times in 986 Posts
Mentioned: 51 Post(s)
Tagged: 3 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by FitchAlcyone View Post
Yeah, availability is my biggest question mark here, seeing as we didn't get some bits here in the states. But for all we know, they'll be announcing available stuff closer to release. I can't imagine they won't even give us the chrome fender stickers.




I'm not so much worried about how to source them if unavailable, I'm just hoping we'll have the proper plug-and-play connections for them. Also, it appears you'll need a different housing area to fit the LED bars in.


It will not be available here. Subaru sells similar led bar kits for all their models in Japan that they don't sell here, but Japan parts and sites like t will be the source of those if you choose to import. A good 70% of that stuff is already on the site (since it's carried over from the current BRZ). The kits come with everything to make it work provided the actual car here has the internal wiring to make it so. If not, it's as simple as tapping another power source for it (I've installed Subarus kit on a WRX which required tapping and on a Forester that was pnp). Also, it does not require a different housing. If you look at a close up of the housing, it's actually a two piece, with the part where the led goes being removable for it.

The chrome fender trim will most likely still be an option here but similar to how a majority of those parts are already available for the current BRZ and never made it here, I expect it to be the same.
__________________
@dsomegax.cars
2013 Subaru BRZ Limited | WRB | STI tS Build Thread [SOLD]

2019 BMW M2 Competition | LBB | ///M Performance Build Thread
2020 Toyota GR Supra | Turbulence | TRD | Build Thread
DSOmegaX is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to DSOmegaX For This Useful Post:
FitchAlcyone (07-11-2016)
Old 07-08-2016, 04:41 PM   #992
Stang70Fastback
A.K.A. Starlord
 
Stang70Fastback's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Drives: 2015 Series.Blue
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,842
Thanks: 845
Thanked 2,099 Times in 834 Posts
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 3 Thread(s)
I'm liking these stripes more than I should...



Stang70Fastback is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Stang70Fastback For This Useful Post:
funwheeldrive (07-08-2016), meWant (07-10-2016), NemesisPrime909 (07-09-2016)
Old 07-08-2016, 05:00 PM   #993
Phijkchu
Senior Member
 
Phijkchu's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2016
Drives: Feet
Location: Interwebs
Posts: 518
Thanks: 192
Thanked 405 Times in 233 Posts
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
I wanted the BRZ originally but the toyota.jp pics of the 86 look so nice but then these sti pics come out and then the trd pics come out (the red car was hideous but the white one has a better angle for pics) and now I'm at an impasse between which one I want.
Phijkchu is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Phijkchu For This Useful Post:
airjonny (07-10-2016), raven1231 (07-08-2016)
Old 07-08-2016, 10:20 PM   #994
Axel
Senior Member
 
Axel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Drives: '13 BRZ
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 672
Thanks: 120
Thanked 357 Times in 152 Posts
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by FitchAlcyone View Post
...I'm just hoping we'll have the proper plug-and-play connections for them.
I hear this optional engine upgrade is plug-and-play!!

Axel is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply

Tags
-20hp heavy body kit, 10/10 do want, 2017, better than the 86, facelift, more drag same hp, update, would bang (gears), zaku goes to ct

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
2017 FRS Official Facelift Pics Zhangy Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 2 03-17-2016 05:06 PM
When will we see the facelift revealed? airjonny Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 48 03-17-2016 04:04 PM
2017 Toyota 86 facelift TMXSTAR Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 11 03-17-2016 11:06 AM
Were they not going to debut the 2017 facelift end October??? gt8613 BRZ First-Gen (2012+) -- General Topics 10 11-16-2015 09:21 AM
FR-S/86 Facelift render JW89225 Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 20 11-04-2015 06:43 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:48 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.