New to the 86 world, and love every bit of it.
 

Greetings all. My name is Alex and i have had my 2013 Ultramarine FR-S for a month now. I have to admit I am in love with my car. My previous chariots include a '90 miata, ' 94 camaro, an '02 Mustang,' 01 prelude, and an '04 Tiburon. This is by far the greatest handling of the lot. I am currently saving for a wedding and don't have a lot of money to splurge on extras. She came with an HID out already installed as well as window tint.

I have a couple questions. Does anyone know how I can adjust my headlamps to angle a little higher? They are a little low. Also, the one owner before me was an older guy who traveled interstate for his job, this pitting 40k miles on my baby already. I am on with this because this dropped my price tag by about 3500 bucks. My question is what sort of maintenance should I be considering at this mile mark and soon to come, as far as preventative stuff goes, fluid and systems stuff.

Another question, does anyone hear a sound when they turn the steering wheel hard over in a resting position like in a parking lot? I hear kind of like a whir and was wondering if this was normal. This is the newest car I've ever owned and I want to keep her like new as long as possible.

I've posted some pics. I think the ultramarine gets a little underrated. What do u guys think? Also any suggestions for 'budget mods'? I love to spend time working on my cars, just need to focus on a wedding as well. I look forward to hearing from you all and discussing our amazing vehicles!

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Congratulations on your cool car and good luck with the wedding :-)

Thanks!

The ultramarine is my second favorite colour and yes it seems to be underrated but that is personal preference.
The noise you hear is just the electric motor for the steering not an issue.
Doesn't LOOK like it was modded but that is hard to tell as they could have just put all the stock parts back on so just the regular maintenance schedule as per the manual should do you.
Also don't know if they plugged/removed the sound tube yet but if not you may want to do that. Makes a big difference in the sound of the car (I have made it a personal crusade to get rid of everyone of those tubes!!!) and you passengers will thank you!

Headlight adjustment
 

Little grey/silver adjuster at the center back of headlight. Counter clockwise raises the lights, clockwise lowers them.

WOW I learned two new things today. I am on a roll!

You sir can now take the rest of the day off. :cheers: I had to find out as my 6 k HID's were blinding everyone. lowered the driver side ones and kept the passenger side pretty much level. No more pissed off people.

I have the reverse issue where I can see about 10 feet in front of me. Wanted to figure out how to raise them a tad but was just to lazy to look it up. Now I don't have to!!!!

Sweet preciate it guys. Does the sound tube reduce sound or increase? I kinda like the cockpit noise. I had flowmaster 40 series with one resonator removed as well as a k&n Sr cai on my tib. Thing was loud and deep. Twin definitely not as loud, but I do enjoy her sounds

Sound tube increases noise in cabin but as it is resonating intake sound it makes the car sound crappy (MY opinion). It is sort of the mechanical equivalent of a kazoo. Without it you will get a much more accurate feel for what the engine is actually doing and a nicer exhaust tone.
Some guys do like it though as it does give a more "race car" impression in the cabin.

Got it

New to the 86 world, and love every bit of it.
 

For budget mods if you're looking for power, The best thing in my opinion would be to get the Open Flash Tablet along with the Open Flash Header. You should look them up. It's about $1000 total and you can gain up to 30 hp. It really makes this car feel alive.

It's definitely the best bang for buck power mod out for this car as far as I know. And the best part is it's really good quality

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Wow. That sounds nice. Unfortunately way out of my budget at the moment. I will keep in mind tho going down the road..

Little story about today, in the A/t, I was driving thru downtown omw to work, saw some people kind of look at the car. I had to make a sharp left on a one way street that is pretty wide. So I dropped it in second from third via the manual mode shift knob, hit the apex, and had the whole rear end slide out making a beautiful turn. I looked in my mirrors and saw the guys who were looking at my car reaching for their cell phone cameras. Beautiful commute to work

Get used to it! Unless you are in one of a few population centres where there are a bunch of them you will get a lot of people gawking. Just yesterday I watched a guy walking along staring so hard at my parked car he walked into a garbage can!

I'm not sure I would be proud of and posting about drifting on a public road, but ok. :iono:

Sounds like a little drift at worst and with an auto at that!

Yea. I'm sorry. I guess I should return my car and get a Dodge caravan so I can not have fun on the road.

Haha, really? I'm sure your fiancée encourages you to drift on public streets too, right? She must be so proud.

Keep the nannies on and drive civil on the street. Take the drifting to the track or empty/abandoned parking lot.

Grats on your new ride! Maybe it's just my eyes or something but this shot make your car look like a 1:16 scale diecast. Lol

I was messing with my camera on my phone. Lol. And Clipdat, I was turning left onto a five lane one way street with no other vehicles around.

My fav budget mods so far:

- Whiteline front camber bolts (improves front-end grip) - $35
- Whiteline KDT925 diff cradle & outrigger inserts (reduces drivetrain slop) - $60
- Stoptech brake pads (better initial bite and heat resistance) - $60 F; $50 R
- Clutch pedal adjustment (lower clutch engagement point) - FREE

Others I haven't done, but you might consider:

- Whiteline Positive Shift Kit (supposedly improves shift quality) - $30
- Sharkfin antenna - $100
- Xenon HIDs - $200
- Clear sidemarkers - $50 (aftermarket) or $100 (OEM)

Congrats on the best color there is. Too much fun right?

I love driving it. And I love the blue yes. It is a very deep blue. Thanks for the parts! She already has a nice hid kit installed. I really want the shark fin antenna but it's a lil pricey. Also I absolutely want the TRD fender aero fins. They look so sexy

Second best!
Go Team Lava!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I second that second best. Go team!

Wrong and wrong. Haha. I actually almost bought a lava. Had financing done and ready and all that, then the ultramarine popped up at a way better deal. Love it!

Mine was the complete opposite. Went in for an Ultramarine then got way better deal on the Lava.
My wife was PISSSSSED as the whole family's (Son, daughter, son in law, and wife) cars were blue and she always liked to make a big deal of that. Don't regret it though as the Lava is awesome in the sun and loads of people say "love the colour".

You sir, deserve a cookie:thanks:

Too much time spent studying bug shit? :D

^^this by a country mile!

I got my sharkfin for $44 on eBay! Good reception , sticks good, and good quality.

Not sure if this is standard, but I just discovered it on mine. Next to the dash lights dimmer there's another wheel that adjusts the height of the headlights. Never seen this before in any other car I've owned.

Must be a HID light thing as mine just has the blanked off hole for it. My wife's RVR has it and I actually have used it when had a heavy load in the back and was blinding oncoming traffic.

I love the Hot Lava, BTW. Kinda torn when I see it but us old farts hafta keep it low-key.

Hey I am as old fartish as they get but have always liked the "hey look at me " colours!!!!!
You know if anybody ever did a poll on age of owners? Be willing to bet some of the younguns would be surprised just how many of there are!

Yeah, there's an age thread in here somewhere. 50th birthday for me tomorrow. Woo-hoo!

Happy birthday JUNIOR!

Ha ha ha NO WAY! :w00t:

Thanks!! ...sir

Has anyone with an A/T attempted to burnout in manual mode? In normal automatic mode, if I hold my foot on the break, the rev limiter kicks in. However in manual mode, if I out my left foot on the break and right foot on gas, I can rev as high as I like. Has anyone else noticed and/or tried this? This is my first automatic vehicle I've owned in the last ten years so I'm still playing around and getting used to it.

Someplace on here is a thread about what to do with the AT. If memory serves me right you are pretty close to how to do it. Mind you it is an auto so not really gonna get the best burn outs no matter how hard you try but it can be done.