New 86

[xdavidx]

Hi forum


Thought I'd introduce myself as I just bought a 2019 toyota 86 gt asphalt manual on Monday. Already got TRD springs and sway bars on there (car really should just come that way). Would have ordered it with them if they had let me order one.



I don't plan to do a lot of modifications, but do plan to drive it excessively and smiling a lot. Occasional autox.



This is my 44th car 1st Toyota and/or Subaru though.
Thinking about naming her Chihiro, but not fully decided yet.



David

[humfrz]

Hi xdavidx and welcome to the forum -

Congratulations on your new purchase.

I don't care that you have had 44 other cars - stay further back from parking stops than you ever have had to before.

Everything else you need to know about this car is in the owners manual or maintenance schedule -


humfrz

[xdavidx]

Originally Posted by humfrz

stay further back from parking stops than you ever have had to before.
humfrz

I can tell from looking at how low and long that front bumper is, this is the best advice to a new 86 owner Thanks

[wolffbite]

Originally Posted by xdavidx

I can tell from looking at how low and long that front bumper is, this is the best advice to a new 86 owner Thanks

Especially true with the TRD springs. Even speedbumps will be your enemy now in some cases. Angled approaches will help avoid any scraping

Welcome and enjoy your new ride, they are a blast!

[xdavidx]

Originally Posted by wolffbite

Especially true with the TRD springs. Even speedbumps will be your enemy now in some cases. Angled approaches will help avoid any scraping

Welcome and enjoy your new ride, they are a blast!

Thanks. Luckily, I live in southern california where roads are pretty clear and flat and no winters/pot holes to deal with. Sometimes people complain about the roads here and being from NYC I laugh pretty hard when they do. So many lowered cars and exotics around here, that I think they make speed bumps a bit lower and flatter.

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by xdavidx

Thanks. Luckily, I live in southern california where roads are pretty clear and flat and no winters/pot holes to deal with. Sometimes people complain about the roads here and being from NYC I laugh pretty hard when they do. So many lowered cars and exotics around here, that I think they make speed bumps a bit lower and flatter.

Took my car to NYC to visit some friends was a shit show on the bad streets. Avoided as much as I could and still ended up scraping in a parking garage

[xdavidx]

So, seeing the car a bit lower I feel like the wheels especially in the rear are a bit too inset looking now. I guess this is how it happens with these cars... Thinking maybe the TRD forged wheels might help... Pretty inexpensive for forged wheels and I can pretend those are stock, but they aren't much wider or lighter so won't get a performance gain for the money... Pretty sure this has all been rehashed on here a million times by now eh?

[accwai]

Originally Posted by xdavidx

[...] Thinking maybe the TRD forged wheels might help... Pretty inexpensive for forged wheels and I can pretend those are stock, [...]

Inexpensive?! I thought TRD SF-2 forged wheels aren't officially available in North America and are like $3k USD a set through side channels. When the stock tires are worn, I'm thinking about putting snow tires on the stock wheels and add a set of summer tires on 18" forged wheels. Highly unlikely those will be SF-2 though.

Anyway, I have TRD lowering strings and sway bars as well. This video on low car rituals might be of interest:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y2J2y9OeZc[/ame]


For potholes, just keep an eye on where you're going. If you can see them on the ground, you can usually dodge them. If you can't see the ground ahead because you're following somebody, just watch for the guy in front bobbing up and down, SUVs are especially bad for that. Then you know the hole's there. If you have to brake hard for a big one, don't forget to ease off to take the weight off the front before you hit. For my regular routes, I know where almost all the significant potholes are by heart. If a route is really beaten up, I just make up some excuses and tell my wife I'm taking her Corolla

For speed bumps, cut them at a constant angle as per the video. That isn't always possible though. There is a camera store in Toronto that has parking lot in a courtyard area only accessible through a narrow passageway with a pair of really high and sudden speed bumps. And the passageway forces you to take them head on. The only solution there was to complain to management. "Oh, they don't cause any problem for the owner's Porsche."

And for parking, the back up camera allows you to see what's on the groud so backing in is much preferred. I almost never go head first these days.

[xdavidx]

Originally Posted by accwai

Inexpensive?! I thought TRD SF-2 forged wheels aren't officially available in North America and are like $3k USD a set through side channels. When the stock tires are worn, I'm thinking about putting snow tires on the stock wheels and add a set of summer tires on 18" forged wheels. Highly unlikely those will be SF-2 though.

Anyway, I have TRD lowering strings and sway bars as well. This video on low car rituals might be of interest:

Maybe the TRD stuff is different in Canada? They sell a set of 17x7.5" matte grey TRD forged wheels as a standard option/dealer installed option for msrp $375/wheel here in the US.


Video has some good tips, but so far the 1 inch drop from the trd springs hasn't been causing me to alter my driving habits any. I've always had sports cars though that are often pretty low. Had a stock height bmw M235i before this and the lowered 86 actually seems easier to manage. That car would actually get stuck on occasion coming into my driveway because it didn't have a limited split dif and the dip/angle would cause one rear wheel to lift and therefore spin freely while the other didn't move.

[GrantedTaken]

Why did you replace the springs on a brand new car?
Do you have an engineering degree?

[BigHugeFatGuy]

Originally Posted by GrantedTaken

Why did you replace the springs on a brand new car?
Do you have an engineering degree?

He doesn't need one. Toyota made them, RS1.0 had them factory. It's more of an upgrade than a mod.

[DarkPira7e]

Congratulations! Be sure to look at some hood struts, and removing the gas cap leash. Best mods for any new car in my opinion most of all, enjoy it and be proud!
Be wary that while springs and sways reduce body roll, body roll is a good tell for how close to the edge you are, hopefully some of those 44 cars have had similar handling mods! Some body roll is a safety net

[Hanson]

Congrats on the purchase, I order a new 2018 gt black, took from may to August 31 to receive, I ordered it with trd drop springs, but the wait was so long I bought tien z flex ciolovers, when the car came in I did drive it a week before installing ciolovers, the trds was very hard ride, the ciolovers, wow, much better, and dealer installed, " It's a 86 thing " have fun, stay low.

[xdavidx]

Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

Congratulations! Be sure to look at some hood struts, and removing the gas cap leash. Best mods for any new car in my opinion most of all, enjoy it and be proud!
Be wary that while springs and sways reduce body roll, body roll is a good tell for how close to the edge you are, hopefully some of those 44 cars have had similar handling mods! Some body roll is a safety net

Yes, the very first mods I ever did were to myself. I've been to about 8 different driving/racing schools and have done autox/track days now for 22 years in cars ranging from a stock 80s honda civic to modern 911 GTS. Once I got my human driving skills mods wrapped up, I decided I was ready for a set of springs and sway bars on an 86