I've seen enough Rocketbunny FR-S's, so I'm making an RB BRZ
 

So after seeing the Rocket Bunny widebody kit, I instantly fell in love. The aggressive styling looked amazing and I wanted to do it on my BRZ. Turns out I would have to change bumpers. Am I doing that? Of course not! My kit is coming in in a few days and the work is about to commence.

For the finished product I'm going to do a mock up of different kits. The fenders are a must but the lip I could do without. I love the styling of the STI front lip and side skirts and will be getting ahold of those as soon as possible. So far my BRZ is a GBS mt skunked out with a full carbon top. Seibon vs style hood, carbon roof overlay, and carbon trunk with carbon lip spoiler. I'll post pictures tomorrow because its too dark outside for me to get anything good.

Anyway, just thought I'd share my plans for my BRZ with fellow BRZ owners and hopefully come out with an awesome end product. Thanks for reading! Will update tomorrow. :)

pics!

Sweet, i was thinking about doing this to my wrb brz for awhile. Was waiting to see what it would look like.

Can't wait to see the white hood, roof, and trunk! Painted CF body panels... so stealthy. :wub:

So far the carbon isn't painted and I'm still debating on whether or not I want to paint it. I'm thinking at this moment that I'm going to leave it unpainted for a while so that I can the full tuner experience lol.

I bought a set of gold rota grids for my 06 STI and put them on the BRZ while the WRX was in the shop. The gold looks incredible with galaxy blue.

Definitely want to see this.

But the original rocket bunny kit is a BRZ with and 86 front.....anyways technicalities, in fact alot of them in japan are BRZ with the front switched, i have no idea why. I love to see your build, and your drive on the track or racing events. In the future.

did u get the big wing too?

Trying to upload some pictures, not familiar with this forums image posting so if they don't work somebody should PM me and tell me the right way to post pictures. Hopefully it works!

So far the mods on the car are as follows:
-Seibon VS style Carbon Hood
-Stock style Seibon carbon trunk
-Seibon carbon lip spoiler
-Seibon carbon roof overlay
-Carbon alternator cover
-Cusco front and rear towhooks (add about 5+hp)
-Cusco front and read braces
-Cusco engine adjustable strut bars
-GReddy momentum cold air intake
-HKS Premium legamaxx exhaust
-Agency Power lightened pulley
-ACT 6-Puck racing clutch w/ Lighten flywheel
-Custom sub enclosure hidden in spare tire well. Kenwood 12" sub with Kenwood Excellon amp set right under rear strut bar in trunk
-Carbon vinyled dash and shifter trim

And yes, I did get the giant wing. I only did it so I didn't have to wait another month or two for the wingless sets as they are coming over separately from Japan. I'm going to install it on a separate carbon trunk so that when I want to I can have an obnoxious wing and just switch trunk lids. Super easy.

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And heres the hidden sub under the trunk mat. The guys where I live do an excellent job.

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And heres a picture from when before I installed the roof but still had the Rotas on it:
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Interesting aspiration. I wonder how the STI front lip/side skirt will line up with the RB fender flares though. I look forward to seeing how your build plays out.

Looks sweet! I'm interested in you're Rocket Bunny BRZ idea, I was wanting to do something similar. From what I understand, the front lip is FR-S/86 only and maybe the rear also. What I wanted to know is if the smaller lower fender pieces will fit/look OK. I also think it kinda sucks that it's still difficult to only order parts of the kit.

Does anyone know if the kit comes with any template to cut the fenders?

-Convoy

as far as i know the kits are MADE to ORDER. So there is no way to buy certain parts of the kit..all or nothing.

That's what I'm worried about too. My friend at the body shop I'm taking my car to is amazing and is going to make those lower fender pieces work on the front bumper but the front lip I was never too elated about. I'm hoping that the STI side skirts will match up with the rear fenders, if not I'll continue with my Siebon carbon and get their front lip (hope to god I don't demolish the thing...) and side skirts.

Switchlanez, how hard was it to get the STI parts from Japanparts? I tried to order them but my bank locked up and thought Japanese hackers were trying to steal my money so I couldn't use my Debit card for a week.

Haven't had an issue with my debit card when ordering from JParts; however, I've taken to using an associate's credit card as his card doesn't have foreign currency transaction fees.

OP, who did you order through?

My bank's automatic fraud detection locked the transaction so I had to call my bank to manually push it through. Since then I've been using PayPal (with int'l surcharge that comes out to be the same as my credit card's int'l surcharge after spending rewards discount is applied).

The companies I've used are Rallysportdirect, Fastscions, FRsport, and ft86speedfactory.

They've all been amazing to work with.

UPDATE: Finally fixed my Spyder auto led Taillights. Had a problem where the red strip was the turn signal and the turn signals were always on. Only had to switch two wires. Not sure how I feel about them though. Will post pictures once I can get some good ones.

I plan on doing the same thing eventually ;)

my god thats beautiful

Which parts are you referring to? :)

Wow carbon fiber fever. Can't wait to see a rocket bunny brz

Ive yet to see someone try to CF wrap a RB kit, potential to look awesome with your theme.

Is that the same Cusco rear strut brace used in the current WRX? The design is the same, I wonder if it would fit.

Exciting! I vote you paint the carbon fiber parts. Why? Because Galaxy Blue is the sexiest of the sexy colors! Can't wait to see what's next :w00t:

Love the blue for sure, feel it more than the WRB.

I thought the bag said balls, I was like haha what the hell.

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Thumbs down for fake track cars.

Thumbs down for being so insecure you gotta put someone down for something you don't have the same taste for.
:laughabove::laughabove:

Hardly. HUGE Fan of the Rocket Bunny FR-S, just not the RICE factor that follows these cars.

I don't understand, you love the rocket bunny but you don't love it because its ricer? I'm confused.

Are you planning on rocking a huge GT Wing WITHOUT Tracking your car? If so, then that's the definition of RICE (Race Inspired Car Enhancement).

There is no definition of RICE. Its a a derrogeratory term thought up by those who dont like japanese cars.

Opinions are like a**holes everyone has them and they all stink. Lets not trash this guys build thread huh?

Ok, I'll play nice. Sorry.

Oh, no. I not bought the kit with the wing so I could get it faster. Also I have the option if I want to to put it on. I have a separate trunk lid to put it on so I can swap those without holes in the trunk.

I'm trying to make the car as factory looking as possible. I'm goin. To blend the fenders in when I get it reprinted in a number of years, but that won't be for a while (hopefully). I'm also going to paint the entire cf hood and most of the trunk lid (excluding the portion around the license plate similar if not exactly like the forgestar lava orange FR-S).

Trust me, I'm not much for rice either but I just completely fell in love with the kit. I want to make this build as clean as possible without being obnoxious.

Dear lord, I despise apples autocorrect sometimes, I tried to go back in and edit that last post but it won't let me. Meant to say that "I only got the kit" and "repainted" as opposed to reprinted. Sorry for the engrish, guys. (Engrish was intentional)

I'm sure you have every intention of keeping it clean, and I apologize for bashing your build. I've been following these cars since the beginning, and they've done nothing but bring out the same group of asshats that ruined the DSM Scene, so I'm a little bitter. Seems like every thread is about who can go the fastest, or have the best stance. Very few on here can call themselves "Enthusiasts".