My BRZ daily driver build - Slow and steady
 

Sup everyone. Just picked up a 14 brz about a month ago. I have owned a few subarus i the past, 12 wrx and then an 05 wrx.

Plan behind this car is a fun, useable daily driver. Im a huge fan of feel and feedback in a car. So that will be a LARGE focus with this car. As of the date of purchase i had 14 months left of warranty. I bought the car used with only 5600 miles. Previous owner barely drove it. Regarding that 14 month warranty, i promised the wife i wouldn't touch the engine till it is over. WE had some issues with my 2012, broken ring land, of course, on my 12 at 37000 miles, she seems to think it was from the modding but is too stubborn to realize its a ,sadly, extremely common issue on the ej25's.

Here is a few shots of my previous cars. Sadly, i parted the 12 out before i was able to paint the Vairs parts. I loved that kit. Good news is a friend of mine bought it from me so i get to see it completed.


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As with the 05, it was nothing but trouble, constant issues from previous owners mods etc. It met its odds in the manner it only knew, smoked a hog on the way home one night and it totaled.

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And lastly my project 240. She's in for the long haul, already been working on her for 6 months now, still got a long ways to go now. Im sure pictures of her will pop up in here every now and then

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So anyway, enough about the other cars. On to the BRZ.



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Current Goals for the car

-improve feedback
-improve overall performance
-increase comfortability
-give it my own stylistic personal touch.


Im a huge fan of rare and well, expensive jdm parts. I like using parts you normally dont see, even sacrificing slight initial goals to use them. I had varis parts on my 12 wrx and i had a massive amount of work to make the front bumper work with the fenders, as even tho they were both varis, the fenders were made to fit a different varis bumper which i didn't like.

Now I'm not going to go to that extent on this car, ill save that amount of work for the 240, but i do intend to add my personal touch vs just bolting on parts here and there.




Current parts on the car

EXTERIOR

-Perrin Shorty Antenna


INTERIOR

-Overland Design Alcantera dash knee pads
-Recaro RS-GE bucket seat
-Prodrive Suede deep dish steering wheel
-Prodrive steering wheel quick release (made by works bell)
-Splash steering wheel hub (made by works bell)



DRIVETRAIN

-Energy suspension shifter bushing
-MTEC shifter springs
-Jon Motoring short throw
-Anarchy Motive Galaxy Black Titan shift knob
-Motul 300 trans oil

SUSPENSION

--Front camber bolts





FUTURE WANT PARTS

--PowerHouse Amuse titan r1 single exit
--Varis Arise front bumper with VSDC diffuser
--Rocket Bunny V2 side skirts
-- Todokori front fenders
--Pro Composite rear bumper
--Full Alacantera interior
--Custom fit Re Ameyia FD rx7 diffuser
--TRD carbon fender canards

CURRET PHOTOS

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As soon as I saw the first couple of pictures I knew I've seen them somewhere, then I scrolled down and saw the 240. I've been following your crazy (understatement) 240 build on zilvia for a while now. Awesome work on the 240 and good luck with the BRZ!

thanks man! glad to see there are a few on here that are over there as well.

One of the first things i did once had the car was increase the front camber. Ive learned from my previous 2 wrx's that additional camber adds good front grip to the car. The method was simple enough, i had a set of camber bolts from my previously mentioned wax's.

Granted this amount of camber still isn't optimal for my intenions of a fun, communicative daily driver, it is definitely better than the measly -.5 or so from the factory.

I also took the time while the car was up on the rack to get some inial weights of the car.

+++++Bone stock, Full tank of gas, No driver++++

=Overall weight 2744

= Front to rear bias 56/44

=Cross weight balance 49.7/50.3

=Side to side 50.2/49.8

I was pretty happy with these figures sans the front to rear bias, I was expecting a bit better than that. Regardless the stock cross weight ( front right + back left divided by the overall weight) was excellent.

++++Bone stock, full tank of gas, WITH driver++++

=Overall weight 2963

= Front to rear weight bias 54.7/45.3

=Cross weight 50.2/49.8

=side to side 51.5/48.5

Subaru/Toyota really did there homework. Weight of the driver improves the front to rear bias and the cross weight as well. Obviously wasn't going to positively affect the side to side as the driver position is offset. But regardless 54 is much better than 56, even if you will never drive the car at 56 front bias, well under your a ghost or something...


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While i had the luxury of the car up on the rack i assessed the the split i had seen before on the bumper from underneath. I also changed out all the lock lugs as they are just plain unnecessary in my application.

I also curbed my first wheel the other day :/ didn't have a choice as someone came into my lane i my in laws neighborhood and it was either my front end or the wheel.


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The other day i installed the follwoing

-Jon Motoring Short throw
-Rear shifter bushing
-Mtec shift springs
-Anarchy motive white shift knob (temp till my galaxy black on comes in)
-Motul Gear 300 trans fluid
-Motul 8100 motor oil
-Fumoto quick oil drain
-STI oil filter
-Overland Design Alacantera center console sides
-Perrin 2'' Shorty antenna
-BRZ Weathertech logo inserts
-Whiteline transmission insert

I didint take too many pictures as i was tryign to get done quickly as at the time my wife was home 9 months pregnant and i didnt want to be away from her too long. But here are a few


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Few notes on the parts i installed.

--Weighted feel increase from mtec springs was great. Absolutely reccomend it.

--Jon Motoring Short throw is SHIT. Rattles WAY more than stock (part of the pushing factor to change)

--Im not sure if this has to do with the short throw or my syncros, but 2nd to 3rd is more vague and causes mis shifts since the parts install. Doubt its the mtec springs.

So after its all said and done im considering switching back to the stock short throw and going with the USD TRD short throw kit. I prefer a taller shifter height, which the Jon motoring lowers is i think 5/8", where as the US TRD kit changes underside the car not the shift leber so it stays stock height, plus the add. height my shift knob will give, i think that will give me the feel i am after.

So in for this build....as well as more of the 240! I also have a CWP White BRZ. Man, I got to get mine as clean as yours. What is your detailing process? Your BRZ is crispy clean for sure. I'll be watching this!

Thanks man! As for detailing, a good base haha. I got the car with 5600 miles. So there was minimal detailing that was needed. Justa good clean on the interior and i did a bit of polishing on the paint before wax. In the next month or so i plan to color sand it a bit to get rid of some more orange peel and get it even more slick.

Ill be sure to post 240 updates in here every now and then, but i have a tol of info and pictures on its own build thread in the link in my first post.

EDIT: Just realized i never linked my 240 build thread. Here it is over on stanceworks.

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=82162

That's awesome. Yeah I bought my '16 limited over a month ago. I do a lot of highway miles with it and I live in a townhouse with no garage so it's hard to keep clean.


Are there any areas you thought to watch out for while polishing on the BRZ?

Yeah i have 20 mile commute to work on i-12 (Super busy interstate here) and i park in a dusty gravle parking lot by a few trees. When she is clean she doesnt stay that way for too long lol the 240 is in the garage so the brz is out in the driveway right now till we move and build a larger garage

As for watching out for areas while polishing, its just like any car, dont spend too much time on the edges, watch out for sharp body lines, etc.

Im hoping the clear is somewhat thick as id like to remove a decent amount of orange peel, need to do a test with our paint mil gauge and see how thick it is.

Currently no real update.

Still have yet to install my Extended pedal, which i desoeratly need to do, as i cant quite get the hwee toe down given the stock spacing. I also want to remove the clutch assist spring and adjust the pedal height some, just to my liking.

Currently getting some pricing on some coilovers and wheels. Have ultimately decided against the JRZ's, as good as they are i just dont want to invest that much money into suspension when that additonal money can be put into parts for my 240 project to continue progress on it.Still want a set of coils and wheerl tho, hate the stock height sunken look, on top of a lightweight set of wheels and good coilovers will do wonders for the ride quality, which i feel to be a bit crashy as slower speeds an to some extent at highway speeds.

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Been so busy lately, really been neglecting the BRZ. She has gotten so dirty from all this rain that caused the flooding few miles away in the Baton Rouge area. Pulled it in to our detail bay and gave her a good washing and interior cleaning.

Also pulled off the side clear protectors, the rear bumper clear protector, and did a partial debadge on the trunk. I hate how those clear decals get nasty dirt lines and they just look terrible over time. Also added our local groups equal to the back glass as well, SOLASEC.

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Pulled the car up near the garage and did an oil change today, as well as FINALLY installing my SRB extended gas pedal, def makes a difference on heel/toe shifting.


Now, onto the clutch spring. REMOVE IT AND REMOVE IT NOW. it gives such a natural feel and shifting is smoother and easier. I HIGHLY recommend it.

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My Driveway is on a downward slant so i must jack up the backend and get the car level to check the oil level when changing the oil. I could drive it to the street but if i need to fix something thats a lot of back and forth, besides i had more work to do (pedals) after changing the oil.
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And lastly, last weekend i had a long day of driving. Went to Baton Rouge to eat lunch with some friends, on to Lafayette to check out a car and give a quote on some work, come back home the other way around the lake and pass through Thibideaux and Raceland and pic of a few ej25 short blocks, as ill be picking up a budgie wrx soon and be using it as a learning vessel to assemble rotating assemblies and short blocks. In total i pick up 2 complete short blocks and a set of empty case halves. ALL 3 FIT IN THE TRUNK OF THE BRZ. Along with my camera bag. To those who say the car isn't practical be damned lol That was with the back seats folded up and all. In total it was about 5.5 hours of driving. It made me realize i seriously need to get my Recaro Rs-ge mounted in there as my back was killing me once i got home. Its not that the seats are uncomfortable, just the way my body is built i can't get a perfect driving position with them. No pics from the trip as it was raining all day sadly.

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keep up the good work mate!

Nice camera work! What is your setup?
What motor is in the s13?
Is the integra yours also?

Thanks! its a Canon 6d and 50mm f1.8 lens

Im actually parting out the 240 now. Will be picking up a budgie wrx and using it as a learning vessel to build motors. 240 was getting out of hand and was going to take another year atleast. figured my money is better spent in a car that could possibly make me money in the end and be a toy. win/win imo.

And no the integral isn't mine, customers i was doing a few gaskets and such on.

Sucks to hear about the 240, but awesome that you will be building engines. I feel your pain on the dirty brz. We just had a tropical storm here and I also did a 400 mile roundtrip. So my BRZ is a dirty girl right now lol.


I dig the subtle debadge you did. I think it looks nicer.

Thank you. I think the debadge cleaned it up nicely. Its hard to keep to clean as i park in a grave parking lot, and being Louisiana it rains majority of the afternoons in the summer so all the dirt splashes up on the car :/

Been pretty busy lately, not a whole lot to update on. Im getting tired of seeing my Recaro sitting on the corner of my bedroom so I've ordered the following.

-Street faction seat brackets
-Prodrive suede 90mm deep steering wheel
-Prodrive rappix II quick release
- Works Bell short hub

Ive wanted the prodrive setup since i bought my 12' wrx back 3 years ago and finally went through with it.
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I also will in the future once i get a set of coils be running an air cup kit. Ive been down the road of cringing going up curbs and off camber turns and not anymore. So i decided one afternoon to mock up the air tank and pump in the trunk just to see what I'm working with. Consensus, that tank is no bueno. Will be going down the road of a custom tank that fits in the spare tire well and allows the floor to fit back in and you'd never know its there. The pump fits under the height of the floor no problem, so no worries on that end.
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I also attended our local groups annual meet and took a few shots. Sadly didn't even get any standalones of my own car lol
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So while we are all hanging out we see a private transporter pull up to the acura dealership across the street. One of the Subaru dealers employees pipes up and says they are suppose to be delivering a new NSX. So later on in the day we most on over, and man were we lucky. Guy had ordered it and backed out, and a new buyer was picking it up monday. This was saturday at like 3. So needless to say that was an extremely rare chance to be up and close with one f the latest supercars. Was pretty neat
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Decided it was time to upgrade the stock audio system. Was getting tired of the distortion at the necessary higher levels when driving with the windows down.

Little bit of a break down of my game plan

-Factory head unit
-Bypass factory amp
-Hijack factory amp signal inpur for aftermarket amp
-Upgraded factory location speakers
-Little bit of sound deadening on the doors
-OEM looking as possible


So equipment wise i had a bit of a hickup on my order. It was in the wee hours of the morning when i made the purchase, and i had looked at so many compomnet sets, i accidently orderd a 2 way sytem that had dual 6.5" drivers, vs a 3 way 6.5'',4'', tweeter setup i wanted. So instead of returnign the product then waiting for the new stuff to arrive i decided to just order a set of 4'' mids and start work on getting everything else in order, as i got the mids 2 day air'ed.

The gear in question is

-Rainbow CSX465.20
-Focal 4'' A3 mids
-Focal Solid2 2 channel amp


Started out by laying everything out and making sure i wasnt missing anything. been a while sincei had done an audio install so took me a bit to get sorted with everything.

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Once i had confirmed i had everything i need (minus my ordering mishap) i started to runt the power wire. Normally using the factory amp wiring youd use its power source as well, however i was going to be running with a bit more power than that size wire could handle, so i ran my own. PS. a level makes a great extended hood prop when the factory one gets in the way while working. ALso not show is a used a bit of goop like stuff we have at work to seal the small slit in the boot, and i also wrapped the red power wire in some loom so as it is inconspicuous.

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Once the power wire was ran i focused on mamp mounting location. Again i wanted it hidden and out of sight, as factory as possible. So i took a hint from the factory moutign and mounted it opposite the factory amp just behind the rear seat. Only issue was there is a foam piece. Nothing a saw cant fix!

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After getting the mounting position of the amp figured out, it was time to start building the harness it would receive its signal from. I used the How to on using the OEM amp wiring and it worked quite nicely.


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I dont mind running wires, ill do it all day. But i HATE sautering and the actions in building a harness, so tedious and time consuming. I cant begin to tell you how many time i forgot to slip the shrink wrap on the wire before beginning the sauter.

Anyway, enough complaining. Once the harness was built i ran the speaker wires to the general locations id be mounting the crossover. the passenger crossover will be mounted in the glovebox. I have still yet to determine where to mount the driver side, but i have a few ideas.


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Once all the wires were ran, i made a small jumper to test the power and hooked up a mid for a test. Everything worked as planned. Next phase will be installing the front speakers, and i still have to make a mount panel for the rear 6.5's behind the qtr int. trim panels.

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Over the last week or so i was able to finish up the audio install.

Started by removing there passenger door and putting it on my stand to make it easier to work on. It was such a nice morning out so the wife, baby, and dog came out to hang while i worked.

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While i was outside working the mail truck pulled up, and i had a lovely delivery. My prodrive steering wheel showed up. 330mm deep dish suede piece. It also came with a sweet origami hedgehog lol
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After playing with my steering wheel for a bit, i got back to work to start mounting the kids and tweeters. I didn't take too many shots as it was a tight space and i just got caught up in working.
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With all the speakers mounted, all that was really left was to remove the tock amp, grind and hook up the ground, and lastly reinstall all the interior trim.

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Currently uploading a metric fuck ton of pics from going to SEMA. Will also have a bit of an update coming in the next few days as well.

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To see the rest of my shots checkout my flickr. WAY too many to post in here.







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My hub and quick release finally came in. However the hub is the incorrect one. The new correct one should be in tomorrow hopefully. Still waiting on the seat mount as it was backordered. Have an email out to the company to get an updated eta on it.


So excited to finally get this wheel and seat in and mounted.


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So these last few months I've been extremely busy. I installed the steering wheel back in November, and somehow the pictures got deleted from the camera. Anyway, finally got the time to install the Recaro over the holidays. At first i was kinda put off comfort wise, as the kidney area was quite stiff and uncomfortable. However after driving in it for a few days the area relaxed and broke in a bit. Now my only issue with it is the angle the seat is at. Its too vertical. So with that being said ill be making my own brackets that allow more adjustment.

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Still have a few things i need to sort out with the steering wheel. Need to get the horn button wired up, and i also want to fab up a bracket for the cruise control stalk. Ive also still got the TRD short shifter to put on, as ill be removing the crazy rattling Jon Motoring one and goiong back to the stock shifter rod and TRD linkage.

Just a shot i took while working on my mustang over the weekend.




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Really been neglecting the brz with mods lately. Been mainly focusing on my mustang project and just dd'ing the brz. Doesntly really help I'm been absolutely slammed with work and other side work for people.

Over the last several months I've been searching for a set of prodrive calipers that were a factory option on the GD bugeye wrx. Somewhat rare BBK setup, and it goes along with the somewhat of a prodrive theme I'm after. The specs on the calipers are they are Alcon made, their type b 4 pot calipers and a 330mm rotor. The original rotors are expensive and single piece. Ill be going with a 2 piece rotor made by a diff company (currently unsure which). Right now i have an order in for a rebuild kit for the calipers. Was told it would be several weeks as they are a made to order.

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I also dropped in a Braille 11b battery the other day. The 12 wrx i was swapping short blocks on needed a battery so i did the logical thing and dropped my stock battery in it and upgraded my own haha. Dont have any pics as it was dark but ill get some soon.

In the mean time I'm close to order a set of coils and getting the ball rolling on the suspension overhaul.

I also picked up another project the past weekend. As if i didn't have enough on my plate. its a 66' f100 from a friend of mine. Plans for it are to turn it into a modern tow pig for my mustang drag car project.
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What kind of camera do you have?

Canon 6D, most of my shots are with my 50 F1.4

double post.

Excellent find on those brakes and the F-100!

-Carlos

Great photos! When are you getting your air cups in? interested to see this as I'm planning on doing cups in the front as well.

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Air cups will be after coils come in as i need to measure the shock shaft so as to order the correct diameter hole in the cup kit. Which brand are you going with? Im pretty set on the Stanceparts setup.

Yea the price on that Stanceparts kit is hard to beat, that's exactly what i was looking at.

Although 326 power japan has been posting tasty photos of there setup using roberuta cups

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t5...15586048_n.jpg

Roberuta are $$$$$$ I also already have lines and acompressor, and wil be going with a custom tank. So really i just need the cups themselves

The first piece of my suspension puzzle are ordered, Tein Flex Z's with EDFC kit. Once those are in i will measure the shock shaft diameter so i can order the correct air cup kit. I cant fucking wait to have full dampening and height adjust ability at my fingertips in the cabin. At the same time as the full install ill also be redoing my center console and integrating the height and dampening adjustment controllers in a neat and nicely OEM like setup.


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Bit of an update. First off I had to cancel the order on the coils, as I had something come up.

Little over a week ago, doing my typical wheel browsing I came across a hell of a deal on a set of ce28n's. Long story short 4 days later they were at my door. Specs on them are 17x7.5 +50 I know thats damn near stock specs but that suits what I'm after. If I'm correct the should poke 5mm further than stock. The best part is they weigh 7-8 lbs per corner less than stock. Which is massive.

Plan is new stickers, new paint, new center caps, and new valve stems to make them like new. I mocked them up this afternoon and they fit as expected. Inner clearance was tight as I'm running maxed out camber bolts. Outer clearance was fine. I deiced to bolt on a 25mm spacer I had, and they sat perfectly. Im not sure if I'm going to tun them or not as I have yet to decide if I'm going to do front lca's from the get go or later down the road. the lcas will allow me to increase track width and push the wheel out closer to being flush even tho they are a high offset.

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And here is with the 25mm bolt on spacer mounted.the wheel was turned slightly so it looks a bit off.



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I also pulled out one of my calipers to start teardown and take weight of a few things. One of my main focuses with the car is to reduce weight as much as possible, esp unsprung weight, as that has a large affect on handling and feedback.

The calipers need a full rebuild. New crossover tube, new bolts etc. Ive got a friend who is going to make the caliper bracket out of t6 aluminum for me, vs the steel they Come with, and I'm currently pricing out Titanium replacement bolts, as the current ones are not looking too hot. Weight savings should come in roughly 8 lbs total from both sides, with a massive jump in stopping power.



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My wife also surprised me this past week with an early birthday present. iMac 27'' 5k computer. Ive been editing and such off her 8 year old 13.5'' macbook pro for years now for pictures. Its awesome to finally have a decent large screen to edit on. This also means I can try my hand at a bit of video. The MacBook wouldn't run any video software as it has so much shit on it.
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Before I got started on stripping the calipers I had a few things I needed to do. First I measured and note the bolts sizes so as to get new bolts. I found a supplier to make the in titanium so that will be pretty sweet. Should save about .75 lbs oer side all together. Getting the heads with a burnt finish so they should look pretty sweet against the metallic silver finish. I also had to out the pistons and seals out before stripping.



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Ive been slaving away on stripping and cleaning the calipers. Picked up some aircraft paint stripper. Forgot how strong this stuff smelled. Glad I had the garage door open when I started to use it.


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With the majority of the paint stripped it was time to turn my attention to the inner side where there was caked and built up brake dust. After these are all fresh and clean im going to feel bad mounting and using them due to all the time I have in them cleaning them lol



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god damn, such quality parts and beautiful photography.

i love photography as well, your build thread make me want to start my own haha

Thanks man. Learned my lesson from past cars. Doing this one right and quality all the way.

Really enjoyed going through your thread. I also want a steering wheel like that but that means I need a proper bucket seat and harness and that's a lot of $$$

Thanks.
Yeah I've wanted that steering wheel since i bought my 12 wrx years back. finally got it.