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BRZ3N Series.HyperBlue OEM+ Build.
Jordan’s BRZ3N Build Unique, Bold, Shameless 2016 Subaru BRZ Series.HyperBlue #631 http://i.imgur.com/UQbwiEC.jpg Prelude: Hello fellow auto enthusiasts, my name is Jordan and the following thread consists of my OEM performance build for my 2016 Subaru BRZ Series.HyperBlue. I absolutely loved the car the way it was when I first drove it home and while I planned and still plan on modifying the car in a tasteful and subtle manner, my auto passion has continuously grown and driven me to go further than I even originally realized. Even today, the way this car makes me feel every time I hop in and those wheels get to rolling and those horizontally opposed pistons start moving I can’t help but have a smile from ear to ear. In the time since, I have nicknamed it “Bernie” and have chosen to name my build “Brazen” or in this case “BRZ3N”. I love this vehicle and community and am always open to connecting with others out there. With that said, feel free to ask away or provide feedback. I always like to talk, small or big. Thanks for your time! -Jordan Silveira Vehicle History: 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT 1996 Honda Prelude VTEC 2013 Scion tC Release Series 8.0 1993 Honda Prelude Si 1996 Honda Prelude VTEC 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo 2016 Subaru BRZ Series.HyperBlue http://i.imgur.com/kv5dcWb.jpg Alterations Engine & Drivetrain STI Radiator Cap STI Battery Tie Down STI Short Shifter STI Sports Muffler TRD Performance Air Intake Modellista Red Manifold Cover Fujitsubo SuperEX Exhaust Manifold Fujitsubo SuperEX Overpipe Fujitsubo Dual-Resonated Front Pipe Driveshaft Shop Carbon Fiber Driveshaft (1-Piece) MTEC Shift Springs Fumoto F108S Oil Drain Valve Grimmspeed Hood Struts HKS Intake Duct OpenFlash Flex Fuel Tune OpenFlash Flex Fuel Kit Chassis & Suspension STI Flexible Tower Bar STI Flexible V-Bars STI Flexible Draw Stiffener STI tS Showa Dampers STI tS Coil Springs STI tS Rear Lower Control Arms Subaru Underbody Panel Set TRD Shifter Bushing MTEC Clutch Assist Spring Radium Engineering Master Cylinder Brace Wheels, Tires & Brakes STI 18" x 7.5" tS Enkei Wheels STI Valve Stem Caps Michelin Pilot Sport 4S 225/40ZR18 Subaru 2015 WRX STI Brembo Calipers DBA T3 ClubSpec 4000 Series Rotors Hawk HPS Brake Pads StopTech Stainless Steel Brake Lines Interior STI JDM Push Button Start STI 6MT Shift Knob Subaru JDM tS Interior Trim Subaru Cargo Tray Subaru Bolt Head Covers Subaru Door Hinge Covers TRD Momo Steering Wheel Reupholstered By Sweidit (HyperBlue Stitched, HyperBlue Center Marker, & STI Etched Into Original TRD Location) Scion Armrest W/HyperBlue Stitching Toyota JDM Rear Armrest W/HyperBlue Stitching Toyota JDM Black Door Handles WeatherTech FloorLiner Mats YoSpeed Center Console Plaque Exterior STI Front Lip STI Side Skirts STI Rear Apron Spats STI Gurney Flap STI Grille Emblem STI Trunk Emblem STI Door Sills Subaru Rear Diffuser Subaru JDM Fog Light Bezels OEM Black Housing Tail Lights YoSpeed License Plate Frame Electronics Subaru 2018 Head Unit Retrofit OEMAudio+ Series SL HyperBlue (Color-Matched) Diode Dynamics 1st Gen Always On Module Diode Dynamics Tail As Turn Module + Turn Signal Reverse LED Diode Dynamics Interior LED Swap Diode Dynamics Luxeon LED Fog Lights iJDMToy Rear Fog Light OpenFlash Tablet Version 2.0 Miscellaneous Subaru BRZ Sunshade Subaru BRZ Car Cover Tint: SolarGard HP Quantum; Pentagon Windshield Avery Dennison Nano Fusion Clear Bra; Done By AutoTuned http://i.imgur.com/cclYaTh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Ptz19Ra.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/EZruWz2.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7YgwoXP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mN2VOm2.jpg |
My Introduction to Automotive Passion
Hey there,
My name is Jordan Silveira. I live in Southern California. I am 24 and have just recently discovered my passion for vehicles. It all started with my first car, I owned a Milano Red 96' Honda Prelude BB1. It had quite a lot going for it 5th gen sunroof conversion, 5 lug conversion, K Sport suspension, ITR wheels, short shifter, AEM fuel regulator, DC headers, AEM CAI, Skunk 2 manifold. This was my Lucy Lude and she was my introduction to cars. I then had to let Lucy Lude go because it became unreliable. I was the 8th owner and it just had too many cooks in the kitchen. I then got a 2013 Scion tC RS 8.0. This was my Lady Red, Melisandre. Mel for short. I loved this car and went all out by paint matching the interior trim, Five Axis S7F wheels to match the Five:AD body kit Troy Sumitomo and his crew put together. Spec D tails and heads. I also had OEM Audio and that was definitely my favorite mod. Sandy and Daniel are magic in the automotive audio game and can truly say I had a concert hall in my tC. In short, I loved this vehicle but was hit on my passenger side and the car never was the same. I currently have the payments being taken over by family and thus, this allowed me to get my 2016 Subaru BRZ Series.HyperBlue! I got the car as an unwind vehicle from Subaru of Glendale as "used" with 190 miles. I purchased the car on March 22nd, 2016. I was pretty pleased with the deal I got. Since then I have been babying the car until I could get a nice wash, clay, buff, polish, wax, and clear bra. With that said. Here are some initial pictures. I plan on building my BRZ along the lines of OEM performance parts and modifications. I enjoy very subtle, simplistic, and minimalist modifications. |
Craigslist Value
First thing I bought for my BRZ was an OEM Subaru Cargo Tray, and OEM BRZ Car Cover.
I ended up getting both for 100 dollars and thought that was a pretty solid deal. I had to clean up the cargo tray quite a bit but the car cover and cargo tray now look like new. http://i.imgur.com/Y1uMi4c.jpg http://i.imgur.com/w0vN8cd.jpg http://i.imgur.com/XnNE9B0.jpg Overall, it was a purchase I am pretty happy about. |
AutoTuned...Homebase For The BRZ3N One.
My next mod came yesterday on April Fool's. When I got the vehicle as an unwind the dealer had it sitting on the lot for longer than usual, at which point they would "wash" it if that's what you want to call it. Really they wet sanded my car and left so many swirls I knew upon purchasing I would be looking into getting a detail to buff out and polish many of the swirls and imperfections in the paint. With that said, before I even decided to buy an 86 I knew that even though I didn't necessarily want a clear bra, I NEEDED a clear bra for the oh so exclusive and beautiful HyperBlue paint. Well, in short I contacted AutoTuned and Young Tea knowing his expertise in the industry and not just the type of work, but the quality I can expect to get from AutoTuned in regards to working on my BRZ3N 86.
So, I went and had my car buffed and detailed in the morning to head straight to AutoTuned for my clear bra. It was truly an honor meeting Young since I have been aware of his work since Simpli-tC. I was super excited to watch the process and couldn't be happier to have started working with AutoTuned in turning my BRZ into the dream I hope to achieve one day. I truly feel so relieved to have a place I can call a home away from home with my car and any automotive needs I may possess. It only took the majority of a day to realize how great of a person Young is and his whole team at AutoTuned and can easily say I would be hard pressed to trust anyone else with my car. As I said earlier, it is truly an honor and blessing to work with AutoTuned. Now that I am protected I feel like I can actually drive around now. As of now, I have spent maybe 2 hours of drive time in my BRZ since I got it on the 22nd. I have been driving my tC around to prevent any damage to the HyperBlue paint until I got my clear bra done. Needless to say, it definitely isn't an exciting mod but it provides piece of mind and now I feel I can start moving in the direction of the mods I want to pursue for aesthetics, performance, and otherwise. Anyways, enough talking and here are some pictures from yesterday's adventures. http://i.imgur.com/MY0E8de.jpg http://i.imgur.com/McVTA0r.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tryrPbC.jpg http://i.imgur.com/yaDetRX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/beHWK1G.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UQbwiEC.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UREMDwG.jpg Just my lucky number so I had to capture on my ODO. http://i.imgur.com/Je6ONNX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/yaj6jWG.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xNSaHLu.jpg |
Welcome Back
Hey FT86Club, it's been a long time since I've updated this thread but I've just been busy. I've gone through quite a bit from purchasing various parts to continue my build, to having the car out on the sideline for over a month and fighting tooth and nail with Subaru over a problem that I was falsely accused of. Anyways, I'm back with an update on my BRZ3N build. I haven't taken much pictures but needless to say I am enjoying this car so much! Since I’ve last posted I’ve passed the break in period of the FA20, I am just shy of 5,000 miles currently and have been able to stockpile some parts that I hope to add on once the time comes in the near future.
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Exterior Realization
I've been slowly acquiring more and more parts in the efforts to continue the realization of my OEM+ performance build. Since the last post I have gotten some black 18 inch JDM STI Enkei Wheels. Huge thanks to @kuczynskika. Can't thank you enough for helping my build! I will be holding off to put these on until I decide what tires to go with and get some TPMS and McGard STI lug nuts.
Yesterday, I was able to get some time in at AutoTuned with Young Tea. First and foremost I cannot begin to express the thanks to Young and the AutoTuned brand for helping bring along the progress of my BRZ3N build and the friendship between Young and I as time goes by. I cannot begin to say enough good about AutoTuned and would highly suggest if you need work done you go through AutoTuned. Anyways, the laundry list for yesterday consisted of the remainder of the STI aero kit, and the Scion sliding armrest. All in all it was a great day and I really like how much more complete Bernie looks with the new additions. Here are some photos: http://i.imgur.com/eNCn2EE.jpg http://i.imgur.com/2tnja9E.jpg http://i.imgur.com/0GzEPbN.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KVqQOdA.jpg http://i.imgur.com/aSfkaIJ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mTC7NGn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/b0tpNqX.jpg |
Love the color and tasteful parts :party0030:
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BRZ3N: Unique, Bold, and Shameless
"The Arts" Vanity Plates came in today. As a California boy born and raised I love the "Arts" plate for its roots and tradition just steeped in a California'esque look with the sea, beach, sunset, palm trees. Anyways, I love the look and glad I can finally sport the BRZ3N name!
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For the Scion Armrest W/HyperBlue Stitching, who did the HyperBlue stiching for you? I am looking to get my Tom's armest stiched for Series.Blue.
Oh and how much if you don't mind me asking did AutoTuned charge to install the STi Gurney Flap & Subaru Rear Diffuser? |
Oh you are in LA haha. Didn't know. Yeah, Young is a good guy.
Great build so far. Let me know if you need any interior done, we can get the Blue Alcantara to match too if you are into it. |
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I like your changes. You can try to install also the STI flexible tower bar. It was installed by default in the HyperBlue edition in Australia. Not sure why it didn't make it to the US:
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Nice build. I was looking for a color matched thread for HyperBlue to replace the red stitching on the Toyota sliding armrest, but after searching for about 2 months, I finally decided to get mine done in all black alcantara. Your's turned out really nice.
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BRZ3N Update
Hey there,
Sorry I am back from a long hiatus on my build. Since the time of the last post I haven't done anything too extraordinary, I mean well something but first, I was able to pick up a TRD Performance Air Intake and I seriously cannot begin to explain how happy this modification made me. It has made a significant difference in my day to day driving and I have suffered no real drop off in fuel economy. I feel better throttle response, butt dyno is happy and the sound is more throaty. The deletion of the sound tube I thought was underrated until now. That thing is so unnatural and diminishes the experience. The throaty growl coming from the intake and deleting the sound tube has made a world of a difference. This is definitely one of the best mods and I was able to get it for a steal. I did however have to put a bit of elbow grease into it to get it cleaned (pictures below). Okay, so...here comes the extraordinary announcement I was referring to earlier. I have been waiting to reveal something that was originally supposed to be unveiled during the weekend of SubieFest but life happens but here it is... a 1 of 1 OEMAudio+ created Series SL paint matched in HyperBlue. The Series SL was a made to order limited quantity run of dual subs for FRS/BRZ owners that were made for those really looking to up the ante on audio. Whether you're an audiophile, a bass fiend, or just someone who truly appreciates a simplistic audio solution that brings concert hall level audio reproduction, this system could confidently stand up to the task at many shows and audio events. I believe there are somewhere around ~25 or so of these Series SL solutions in the world and needless to say I was able to get one by happen stance. HUGE THANKS OEMAudioPlus, the whole team but especially Sandy and Daniel. They are amazing people and have been there to help me time and time again. Words cannot begin to express the gratitude I have for what they were able to do to help me accomplish this part of my build. So... while there is around 25 or so of these solutions, you'll notice I said 1 of 1. Well, the reason for that is a couple of things, the first being that my subs are color matched to a limited series vehicle, Series.HyperBlue. However, a few others have certainly paint matched their Series SL so that's a minor difference, the real reason I consider my system 1 of 1 can be attributed to the back bone and electrical side of the system. I have somewhat of a complicated way of describing it so I will do that below. The key difference comes in the set up of my amps and how each integral piece of the solution is being powered. I have 3 amps. One OEMAudioPlus 8-channel, 360 watts DSP amplifier. This amp resides in place of the factory 2-channel door speaker amplifier. This 8-channel DSP amp is responsible for running the front dash tweeter and 4 inch carbon fiber midrange on each side of the vehicle on channels 1 & 2. The rear upgraded 4 inch speakers that are part of the Series SL are ran on channels 3 & 4. The two 6.5 inch door woofers on each side of the vehicle are ran to channels 5 & 6. For channels 7 & 8, well those are responsible for sending the subwoofer signals to the next part of the puzzle, my two other amps. These two other amps come in the form of Rockford Fosgate PBR300X2 amplifiers that each possess 300 watts. Thus, a total of 960 watts! To get more specific, these Rockford Fosgate amps are running in 2-channel mode (150 watts per channel) to each 4 coil, 8 inch carbon fiber cone woofer in their respective sealed 15 liter HyperBlue enclosures on each side of the vehicle. That was convoluted I'm aware but it's all in the details. As for the entire package, I simply couldn't be happier. From an aesthetics perspective, the paint match is impeccable, the install is extremely clean. No visual footprint. The guys over at OEMAudioPlus even made my harnesses in blue! The sound is exactly what you'd expect. Unbelievable! Truly astonishing! It looks like the subs in the trunk are part of the fender. We were able to make the kit fit with the Subaru OEM cargo tray (with some trimming of course). We also made it so that in a pinch I should be able to pull the spare tire with ease without removing the enclosures. Anyways, I've gone on long enough I apologize for the lengthy post but hey, it's all in the details. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, qualms, etc. Let me know and I will do my best to respond promptly! http://i.imgur.com/3VEbaax.jpg http://i.imgur.com/kOm3NLz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Lv319F1.jpg http://i.imgur.com/XekHqVn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Z0aO2Rl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Mfp4q5p.jpg http://i.imgur.com/1bH9A1O.jpg |
EOY Update
Hey there FT86Club,
Just another update on the status of BRZ3N and where we are in the build process. I have no new mods seeing as the most recent OEMAudio+ addition ate into a big portion of my budget for change. With that said though I have also found a new passion. Admittedly I was building onto an already beautiful car and while there's nothing wrong with that, I realized I was chasing a build with the wrong foundation to start. In my eyes at least, it doesn't make too much sense to keep adding pricey changes to the car if one of it's most important characteristics and foundation, its paint, is marred, swirled and everything in between. I have a lot and I mean a lot of paint correction to tackle and I have been educating myself with the world wide web as much as possible. Thank you to Adam's Polishes and Junkman2000 for the help in this regard. With that said, where my Christmas time car budget for changes would have gone is now transformed to getting all the things needed to take proper care of my baby BRZ3N. Below is a shot of my arsenal and since that pic, have also added the Adam's Swirl Killer (15mm long throw, random orbital) Polisher orbital. It's going to be a long process but hopefully by the time I am done that paint will shine flawlessly and perfectly! http://i.imgur.com/1mveeBM.jpg http://i.imgur.com/TfXVZKM.jpg |
Awesome build! Great to see someone doing the same style build that I am doing. I always get weird looks when I say I am going for a OEM performance only build. Keep up the great work!
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I'm Back!
Hello FT86Club,
I know that I have been quite the disappearing act! What can I say, I've been busy. It's been over a year since the last update! Wow, 2017 flew by and here we are almost half way through 2018. Life's crazy! Anyways, I won't wax poetic for too long about why I've been missing. I've been watching the forums throughout, just didn't have much to report on about BRZ3N! Looking back on 2017, I moved to a new home due to job relocation as I'm now out in Riverside and the Inland Empire for work. I proposed to the love of my life last November! Lastly, I'm positive that I'm forgetting so much more that happened. In short, 2017 was much less about building my car, and more about building me! Many things changed and I've grown in many different ways. As such, BRZ3N took a bit of the backseat in my life while other things progressed. I got to sit back and enjoy the journey mile by mile! Smile after smile! Nonetheless, I am incredibly happy and blessed at where I am in life and couldn't be more thankful for the things in life I do have. With that said, enough about me and more about BRZ3N! I mean that's the purpose of this whole journal right?! Channeling back to my update a year ago. I decided to slow down on mods and focus on maintaining my BRZ for what it has now. Mainly, the PAINT! I went all out and taught myself (through a mixture of hard learned experience & trial and error). I took on detailing my car and even went through a whole paint correction stage around this time last year. The result you ask? A beautiful car that was as desired, pristine in the paint department. I washed, clay barred, polished, sealed, etc. It was an endeavor to say the least but well worth it! I learned so much! I must admit however, I haven't been able to maintain it as much as I had hoped. A large part of this is due to moving and my new parking situation is less than ideal to keeping my car clean; resulting in more washes and as such, more paint correction needed. BRZ3N just passed the quarter mark and is almost at 26,000 miles now! It's been nothing but a blast the whole way through. While planning a wedding has definitely taken it's toll on my finances; I'm lucky enough to say my lovely fiance understands and supports my passion for building BRZ3N as I intend. I've been trying to exercise restraint and moderation in modifying the BRZ but have mostly failed haha! I have picked up quite a bit of stuff and while most of it still needs to be bolted on. It's progress nonetheless. I'm a slow and steady wins the race kind of guy anyways. Would I love it to all be done now? Sure, but that wouldn't be any fun would it? I'll continue to update the build thread and hopefully more routinely this time. I'll leave a few photos of BRZ3N post-detailing endeavors! Enjoi and until next time! https://i.imgur.com/kDnyFpy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/belOgHB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dwA6VVI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1U3lSwh.jpg |
Fuji Fun
How’s it going FT86Club Fam,
I’m here to report on another update to the BRZ3N Build! Let’s call this… Fuji Fun! To preface the reveal, I’ve been long deliberating on which header I would go with for my car. I’ve heard people sing the graces of ACE, JDL, Tomei, etc. The one I seldom heard anything about…. Fujitsubo! In my search and investigation, I knew I wanted a few things from my exhaust set up: reliability, catted, performance, and arguably most important…marginalizing noise increase. After doing as much research as I could on the Fujitsubo SuperEX exhaust manifold, it seemed like it ticked most of the boxes for me. I did really want the Subie Rumble that accompanies unequal length headers, but I understood that equal length had its advantages too. Now look, I get it; Fujitsubo is damn expensive! Ridiculously expensive when you compare it to other options. I’ll be the first to admit that one of my core tenets of my BRZ3N build is doing it on a tight budget. Hell, I often have flirted with the idea of calling my build the BoB build. “Built on a Budget”. I’ll also admit that I am a person who has a taste for the finer things in life but a pocket for the cheapest things. However, I’d rather save and save and wait and wait until I can get the quality thing that my heart desires. With that said, I did plenty of research in the time that I was patiently saving and waiting and must say, I was quickly enamored by the information I dug up on Fujitsubo. Plenty of credit to @mav1178 for his Fujitsubo factory tour along with the many other sources taking note on Fujitsubo’s quality craftmanship and their history. History dating back to supplying performance exhausts to OEM vehicle manufacturers, adhering to strict JASMA compliances, etc. When I finally got my hands on the SuperEX exhaust manifold from Fujitsubo I was very impressed by the workmanship and build quality. All welds are A+ quality, as Fujitsubo is known for. For those unfamiliar, the Fujitsubo SuperEX exhaust manifold comes with both your equal length catted header and overpipe. This accounts for 2/5 of your exhaust set up. The other three are your midpipe, muffler, and of course, front pipe. Speaking of which, I also decided that since I was all in on Fujitsubo, I might as well go with their Dual-Resonated Front Pipe. As expected, this piece of the exhaust puzzle was just as magnificent as the header and overpipe. What can I say, Fujitsubo lives up to their name! Huge thanks to @Mr.Impreza for the help in progressing the BRZ3N build and information regarding this front pipe. The dual resonated set up surely aids the big priority I had with keeping the exhaust close to stock in sound. I’m not really into a loud and obnoxious set up. I know that many others love it, but it’s just not my style. At this point I was all but tapped out financially so it was a waiting game to get them bolted on to the BRZ. I eventually found the time to get an appointment at AutoTuned where Young as usual was amazing and nothing but generous in his time and effort to get these bolted on along with other general maintenance that I came in for. It’s been a while since I’d seen Young, but AutoTuned is booming and busy as usual! If you haven’t had the chance, find time to meet with Young and if you ever need anything done to your 86, Young is your guy! There’s plenty of praise for AutoTuned on the forums but I just wanted to sing their praise! As it stands right now I’m running the Fuji SuperEX header and overpipe to go along with their dual resonated front pipe. My midpipe and muffler remain stock for the time being. Though, I should add, I have not tuned BRZ3N yet! That concludes this update. Thanks again for reading on the journey and progress of my BRZ3N build. I hope you enjoi and there’s more to come. I promise! https://i.imgur.com/KBo3V6y.jpg https://i.imgur.com/bAaCKkN.jpg https://i.imgur.com/3CpnshI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nB6mqPS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/cKbg3Kh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/iGMLuxB.jpg |
Man this car looks great. I love this blue so much. Just needs wheels and taillights to finish it off IMO. Keep up the great work. Also post a video of that exhaust note. I am curious what it sounds like.
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I guess you're right. Just embrace that bright, loud, look at me HyperBlue paint job. I'll be sure to get an upload of the exhaust as well. Still coming out of the stock muffler though :( |
Did Someone Say Brembos?
Simple and sweet…I’ve been a busy bee thus far in 2018. What next you ask? Well it’s Brembo time! That’s right, the oh so controversial STI Brembo kit for our cars that lead some to say you’ll die driving if you do the swap. First off, much appreciation to @kuczynskika for the help in progressing my BRZ3N build and information regarding this swap! As I’m sure many know, there are a ton of Big Brake Kits out there on the market for our cars. StopTech, Wilwood, AP Racing, etc. As you can imagine however, based on the BRZ3N OEM+ performance build, the STI Brembo Kit was a given. This swap for the unfamiliar entails flipping the bleeder valves on the front calipers for the proper orientation or swapping the front calipers from L to R. These front calipers have had the bleeder valves flipped. I will be pairing these to go with my JDM tS 18-inch Enkei wheels. They’ll be accompanied by DBA T3 4000 Rotors, Hawk HPS pads, and to be added at a later date; Radium Master Cylinder Brace and stainless-steel brake lines.
I’m excited to get this swap done but admittedly, it’ll have to wait for a while. I am piecing together a few other things at the moment and won’t be able to use these until I get tires for the tS Enkei wheels and get those ready to be mounted on the BRZ. In the interim, I have plenty of life left on my factory tires and so I’ll be running those down while I work on acquiring the funds for the Radium Master Cylinder Brace and stainless-steel brake lines along with other projects for the BRZ3N build. With that said, one of those projects I’ll be discussing soon! Thanks again for your time and I hope you enjoi the BRZ3N build journey as much as I am. Stay tuned as there’s more to come soon. Believe that! https://i.imgur.com/AgN0Qgh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/q2QKiQo.jpg |
These are going to look awesome. Love the black caliper with the hyper blue and black setup! You also gotta get those sexy wheels on. Stock BRZ wheels are just so ugh!
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I totally agree that black and HyperBlue go so well and obviously Subaru knew what they were doing by blacking out the mirror caps, the wheels, the fender trim, etc. However, I am considering getting the calipers coated in either HyperBlue or the black as they came naturally. The STI wheels being black obviously would kind of allow the calipers to pop if they were HyperBlue but at the same time, the stock black would kind of give them the stealth, more subtle look.I also understand that sometimes less is more. What do you think? P.S. As an aside my fiance thinks that getting the calipers done in red (as the new PP is) similar to what you had in your Series.Yellow would look great too. I think she's crazy but her view is that due to the various STI bits having red accents, the calipers being red wouldn't hurt either. Either way, I'd love to get your take on this. Thanks @Elliotw! |
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Tuned by STI: Flexible Bracing?
As Subaru of America decided to finally roll out the BRZ tS (tuned by STI) last year and now the exclusive batch of 500 are on dealer lots, some lucky individuals can now say they own one. With that, I decided it was time to acquire some of those key ingredients that make up the stateside tS. Let me just say this, I call it “stateside” because well, that’s the nice way for me to refer to the car. I won’t deep dive on the tS that’s arrived here in the states but admittedly I was a bit disappointed to see what feels like a very half-hearted attempt from what the genuine JDM tS has represented over the years. The tS making its debut in the states certainly has its positives but I just had higher hopes overall.
Anyways, while I’ve certainly been as slow as a tortoise in my OEM+ performance build journey to closing in on a tS, I feel like in the end I’m getting there slowly but surely. I have the 18-inch Enkei’s that are found on the tS, and now… I’ve finally acquired the various “flexible” braces that STI offers for the BRZ. These include the Flexible V-Bars, Flexible Tower Bar, and Flexible Draw Stiffener. I must say, without having them on the car yet to give impressions, color me “skeptical hippo” or “skeptical snake” over these “performance” braces from STI. After doing some research on the braces, I understand that the intended effect was to add flexibility in a chassis brace designed for rigidity. However, on the surface that seems awfully contradictory to what the purpose of a chassis brace is. Which is to provide rigidity to the chassis under duress while driving. I get that theoretically this should provide comfort under less stressed driving conditions, but also finely tune the chassis and provide bracing during those high intensity and demanding driving sessions. The answer however, will have to be told over time. I also picked up an STI front grille emblem to finally tack on the build progress. That’ll surely pretty up BRZ3N’s devilish smile a bit 😊! As always, thanks again for your time and I hope you enjoi coming along for the ride. 2018 has been quite a busy year for the BRZ3N build and we aren’t stopping yet. Let the progress continue! There’s more mods to come so stick around. Until next time FT86Club! https://i.imgur.com/uUBZNq9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/w9UQcNL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/O4km19d.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ydZTzmH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1nznpKN.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nJ8v0aa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WP2JA5a.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0Z8EQiT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Ct2WQnL.jpg |
Love the build so far! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the draw stiffeners!
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Thank you very much for your kind words. I'll be sure to let you know when the time comes. Thanks! |
Can't wait to see this car all together. :)
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Anyways, it will be a long road until it's all said and done but I'm trying to knock off what I can at the moment. Hopefully some of the bigger pieces have been taken care of thus far. Nonetheless, your continued support is more appreciated than you know. I love getting to share what BRZ3N is shaping up to be with my fellow community members. |
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