jive's breeze
 

most of you may know me for this beauty:

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[ame="http://youtu.be/d3NhvQYUXkk"]2011 Subaru STi Sedan - YouTube[/ame]


well long story short i ended up trading it in...

i dont know what else to say but i'm excited about the brz.
had it for about a day and smile on my face the entire time,
its nice to be excited about a car again. i guess stay tuned as i start to mod it :lol:



galaxy blue, limited.

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today:

(Photos by Rsutton)

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Track days shots:


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photo's taken by my buddy.

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MOD LIST:


Exterior/interior:
Fully Shaved front end by Vilar autoboy
JDM side markers paint matched
HPT motorsports front lip
HPT motorsports side skirts
HPT motorsports rear spats
Custom aluminum spliter + canards
20% 3m tint
Baked/painted headlights
Red out tails
Duraflex ducktail wing
Beatsonic sharkfin antenna
Rydeen Duo back up camera
JPM coach works Knee and speaker pads
Custom center console relocation with shaved push start and relocated heated seats
Genuine Alcantara wrapped cluster hood with red stitching, center vent with red stitching, center console, hvac surround, vents, one piece molded/wrapped stereo surround by @Overland Designs.
Genuine Perforated Alcantara wrapped door card trim and fabricated block off plates by @Overland Designs
Custom gt2 door pull conversion
Hardwired Valentine 1
Anarchy motive shift knob
AUS spec black interior trim
JDM foglight mod.
Grimmspeed hood struts
Lamin-x yellow fog overlays
Yellow stained glass DRL
Airhorns
Nokya yellow blinker bulb
Underglow



power
Perrin un-resonated catback
Perrin black CAI
Perrin black silicone inlet tube
Ecutek- dyno tune by Mikey at EFI Logics 176/155

Suspension/drivetrain/brakes
AST 4150 coilover
Group-N front top hats
GR Sti rear tophats
Whiteline positive shift kit
Whiteline rear diff inserts
Whiteline rear subframe isnserts
Whiteline Rear adjustable toe arms
TiC solid steering rack bushings
GS master cylinder brace
Kartboy rear shifter stay bushing
Cusco rear lower contorl arms
Front STi brembos
DBA4000 slotted rotors
Stoptech pads
SS lines
Super blue fluid

WHEELS
Summer mode:
Rays Gramlights 57xtreme 18x9.5 +40
Black w/red centercaps
265/35/18 Bridgestone potenza RE-11

winter mode:
17x7 +30 RS4 wheels
225/40/17 Blizzaks



-ivan

first update:
well i got home tonight and to my surprise my package from Mach V motorsports arrive and i bursted out laughing. in the comments i said "i want to laugh when i see the box" and they nailed it.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...55087799_n.jpg

any way i ordered a refill for the air freshener and then the license plate relocate kit. it feels really well made and solid. once my plates get here i'll post up some installed pictures.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8323/8...3cc4b91c_b.jpg

update 2:

so i had ordered a roll of alcantara and 1/8' foam because i knew that i wanted to get rid of all of that ugly silver trim.

i spend all night wrapping it all and this might have been one of the trickiest intalls I've ever had to do simply because this was my first time and wrapping curves and corners is incredibly hard. i now understand why JPM coach works stitches in the places they do. this isn't easy but i'm beyond happy with the results. i'll post some real pictures later, here are some cellphone snaps. i wrapped the silver dash pieces, the trim by the AC controls, the shifter surround, the steering wheel plastic, the circle vents, and also the door handles.

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update 3:

i dont have the time to snap good photos, sorry but these quick cellphone snaps will have to do.

today i rebadged the trunk, got rid of that damn chrome fender trim, swapped ALL bulbs to led and then hooked up the JDM rear foglight.

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the trim is mint and for sale if anyone is interested.


update 4:

just some quick snaps i took. these wheels are temporary while the stockers get painted.

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and better interior shots:

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and got some more goodies :D

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update 5:

parked it for the hurricane today. ODO says 997 :lol:

finished finally tweaking the read fog. swapped all bulbs with LED. debadged, painted rear emblem black/got rid of chrome on the car for the most part gotta bake headlights last.

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1k!!!! and its hurricaning so i went and had some inclement weather fun :D

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update 6:
well i was bored out of my mind today.

so i installed and hardwired my radar. http://www.iwsti.com/forums/how-inst...-into-brz.html

then i installed red out rear overlay. (still waiting on tails)

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YAY FUN!!!

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then i overlayed my front fogs and side reflectors, still waiting on the JDM reflectors so this is just temporary because i had nothing else to do. i'm partial on smoke over amber look but it looks so much better than all amber.

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then i threw i a rope of LED's into the trunk because at night its too dim. now its really bright, yes i know red isn't for everyone but in person it looks great and matches the interior nicely.

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update 7:

had my first oil change! azp installs always treating me good. also sending out for oil analysis at blackstone. can't recommend both of these placed enough. i plan on running motul just like i did on my sti.

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alright so my mission to get rid of all chrome is almost complete, baked my headlights today. have yet to see someone do this to a brz. FRS guys have been doing this for a while already.

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these are the major two pieces of the headlight.

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i hit the blinkers with this:

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that way they are black but still maintain the reflective ability like stock.

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masked off so that the rest remains gloss black while all the chrome was painted with flat black enamel.

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also installed my Hella horns today. finally no more quiet flimsy horns. these things will be heard

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these are the led's split with the cover. as you can see all you need to paint is the cover. also anyone who wanted could now overlay the LED strip in any color they would like, might be kind of cool but i decided to keep it clear.

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and presto!

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i'll get some more shots later. this took me and my buddy ALL DAY. if anyone will do this, just take your time and be patient especially with paint drying. trust me you dont want to rush this.

reserved 2

reserved 3

reserved 4.

Nice, i also traded in my 2011 sti for a brz

^I know how you feel

Welcome! can't wait to see what happens here.

what a huge mistake!

Try not to crash this one!

I actually recognize your car from the nasioc forums. I like most of it, except maybe the wheels. I'm a little surprise you traded it in.

please do explain. :popcorn:

really?

the wheels weren't for everyone. this brz will be more subtle

what I meant to say is...

better luck with this one

i'm just busting balls. :happy0180:

if i get hit by a drunk in this one i'll just kill that person on the spot :paddle:

I don't blame you for getting rid of it.... With that amount of damage I don't know how it could ever drive the same

to be 100% honest it drove the same. hell i tracked it and it was fine.

but i wasn't the same, i just didn't feel for the car, and every little thing wrong i found drove me over the edge. not to mention i didn't see the point in making payments for a car that i not longer liked so i traded it in.

Do you like the fuel cap door?

i hate it, came with the car i had no choice.

its coming off along with that chrome on the fender trim. lmk if any one wants it or else im tossing them both.

Awe shucks, i was hoping to have a chrome kit buddy, LOL. Mine also came with the fuel door sticker and fender trim chrome. I hate the fuel door, but the fender i don't mind much (its also on white so a little different than blue).

I refuse to take the door sticker off yet though, because I had to pay 100 bucks for it. Might as well get use out of it lol.

I also sold off my sti and picked up a BRZ. I miss the speed but definitely made the right choice. My girlfriend has a stage 1 wrx hatch limited (2010), and I drove it the other day, and even though its fast I wanted to switch back and get in the BRZ.

Power is fun, but this car made me completely over it. Good luck with it!

too bad youve got a wing ;) lol

exactly i thought i'd miss my sti power. but on the street, i really dont. so maybe i wont be able to shut up every ****head that pulls up next to me, and i do miss my EWG blaring passed people but this car is a GOOD different. so much easier to drive smooth and its effortless to get it where you want.

the sti would understeer so heavily and i'd have to correct it with throttle every time where as this is the opposite. i plan to have lots of seat time in it. IMO takes more skill to drive a slow car fast than a fast car average.

and my gf couldn't care less about cars she has a mercedes truck :iono:

i like it but i have other plans so i would REALLY like to swap with some one. if anyone is interested lmk.

this friday i plan on baking the headlights, swap led's everywhere, do the rear foglight mod, painting the stock wheels and my alcantara that i ordered should come in so i will most likely begin to wrap the interior.

snow tires will go on in a week or so and i'm also getting tinted and wrappign rear tails in over lays this weekend hopefully.

i finally figured out my wheel setup for summer and now its time to order and wait 3-6 months but hey, its nice to start fresh with a car. :happyanim:

expect picture updates.

couldnt agree more, i took my 2011 STI to the track 3 days after getting it.....and hated it ever since. It understeers SOO much....and i didnt want to put mods on a car that wasnt cheap to begin with. I also didnt like the lag and lack to throttle response. Maybe thats cuz i swtiched from a 2011 S4 to a STI. Hell i could drive my friends civic SI, wich wasnt stock, faster than my STI. So when i heard that North america was getting BRZ, i traded it in. Love my car so far....love tailing GTRs, M3s, Porsches, STIs with a crappy driver who thinks they r fast with a good car in the corners and pushing them off the track hahahah. Its big pressure when theres a lower power car tailing you. I had pressure when my friends civic SI tailed me in my STI......and I'm the one who taught him.

"Straights are for fast cars, corners are for fast drivers"

:happy0180:

well i got home tonight and to my surprise my package from Mach V motorsports arrive and i bursted out laughing. in the comments i said "i want to laugh when i see the box" and they nailed it.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...55087799_n.jpg

any way i ordered a refill for the air freshener and then the license plate relocate kit. it feels really well made and solid. once my plates get here i'll post up some installed pictures.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8323/8...3cc4b91c_b.jpg

Following this thread. Watched the sti build and loved it. So well executed. I couldnt believ when I saw the posts of the accident.

I know this your brz has a bright future ahead!

I don't have either, but even the black vents are pretty lame. I have been thinking about buying the frs fender trim and taking off the GT86 emblem so its just plain jane.

So why the switch?

To keep the stock ones. Im also not sure if they are taped on or bolted on, but it seems like the 86 badge would be easier to take off vOv

ah welcome ivan!

sti was rear ender months ago, i just didn't feel the same way about it after.

you mean the entire thing or just the badge? the plastic trim is all double sided taped.


oh hai

*I'll take the chrome fender trim if you're just gonna toss 'em...* I can paint them a different color instead of the actual fender garnish...

when i take em off i'll pm you.

so i had ordered a roll of alcantara and 1/8' foam because i knew that i wanted to get rid of all of that ugly silver trim.

i spend all night wrapping it all and this might have been one of the trickiest intalls I've ever had to do simply because this was my first time and wrapping curves and corners is incredibly hard. i now understand why JPM coach works stitches in the places they do. this isn't easy but i'm beyond happy with the results. i'll post some real pictures later, here are some cellphone snaps. i wrapped the silver dash pieces, the trim by the AC controls, the shifter surround, the steering wheel plastic, the circle vents, and also the door handles.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...90865571_n.jpg

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Oh that really brings a different, very put together look. I love it! Don't like that the buttons stick out now, though.

I envision this a bit differently in my car if I could pay JPM to do mine: Alcantara the dash instead of the silver inserts; Alcantara shifter boot (titanium knob and reverse lockout); Alcantara right where you did it on the sides of the center stack; MAYBE the wheel and handbrake, but I'm not decided on those yet. Not sure where I want to leave leather, if it all.

dude it came out great. i like it. it looks like it matches the seats very well!

Ooh, another great interior interpretation! I see why they stitch their Alcantara, too. I'm not sure how they do it with a plastic backing, though? Nice work nonetheless!

I think I'm gonna do the dash piece in carbon fiber, paint the rest of the silver plastics with metallic ghost chrome paint, Alcantara headliner, sunvisors, and door panels (where there's perforated leather), and smooth leather steering wheel, gauge cluster hood, shifter and e-brake boot, and get the JDM kneepads and speaker covers. Titanium shift knob and metal reverse lockout as OrbitalEllipses mentioned. Interior's gonna look so classy! But I'll still only have 200hp, lol

it honeslty transforms the entire interior. pictures, especially cellphone shots do it no justice. if you're going to do this, grab a 6-pack and spend all night, because this is so hard and takes forever.

i'd love JPM to do mine but i cant justify spending that much money. and i think it came out pretty well for my first time working with fabric.

thats what i was going for!

:burnrubber: rwd baby. but seriously i've been driving al weekend i haven't had so much fun in a while. car is so nimble and the rear kicking out is just so cute LOL. you can always add power.

update 3:

i dont have the time to snap good photos, sorry but these quick cellphone snaps will have to do.

today i rebadged the trunk, got rid of that damn chrome fender trim, swapped ALL bulbs to led and then hooked up the JDM rear foglight.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...42571618_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...55129234_n.jpg

the trim is mint and for sale if anyone is interested.

How'd you get it off? Heat gun?

I was debating taking them off originally, but they grew on me. Now I'm kinda tired ofthem again.

just some quick snaps i took. these wheels are temporary while the stockers get painted.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8323/8...6059c9d3_b.jpg

and better interior shots:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8048/8...70940372_b.jpg


and got some more goodies :D

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8...eb7e76d1_b.jpg

ahh those were from an 04? i guess the owner got them painted red. i want big brakes! all in due time.