My '15 Halo Build
 

Well, where to start?

At the ripe, young age of 18 I first saw the 86 come into the world. Since then, I eagerly awaited it to be released. When it came out, I just couldn't afford it due to school and only working part time. Fast forward to 9 Dec 2014 when I picked up my new FR-S. In the past 2 and a half weeks, I've put about 1500km on it and have been steadily modifying it.

This is my first car that I've put any actual mods on. And have been doing everything myself, in the comfort of my garage. Lucky it's been a very mild winter so far up in the great white north.

As for a parts list, here's what I have so far:

Interior:
Weathertech floor mats
LED dome light
Black interior pieces

Exterior:
Tow hook plate holder
Switchback LED front turn signal bulbs
Window Visors
LED plate lights and Reverse lights
Clear side markers

Engine:
OFT (stg 1 91oct rom)
Nameless Axle Back (5" mufflers, blue/gold tips)

Suspension and Wheels:
DSG Performance Special Edition Fortune Auto 500 Coilovers
Powered By Max lower control arms
XXR 527 17x8.25 +25

Please excuse my pictures, just taking them on my phone for right now, until I can get a proper shoot done in the spring with everything finished up. Now onto the good stuff:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7580/...c93db425_b.jpgIMG_20141209_152559 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7518/...19f840bd_b.jpgIMG_20141213_120004 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7561/...fe7f0235_b.jpgIMG_20141218_125424 by colekmiecik, on Flickr


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8565/...0c7ab207_b.jpgIMG_20141218_125359 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7582/...47112da6_b.jpgIMG_20141224_114229 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/...9e31d846_b.jpgIMG_20141224_152013 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8573/...06f7b83d_b.jpgIMG_20141224_114736 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

Some new pictures from today with the summer wheels on, VERY happy with how they turned out although the poke in the front is a bit much for me.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7633/...b4e64b39_h.jpgIMG_0310 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8731/...98a11d78_h.jpgIMG_20150313_140044 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8679/...9f4dfd1a_h.jpgIMG_20150313_143528 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7654/...c8f12793_h.jpgIMG_0311 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8598/...298f8255_h.jpgIMG_20150313_142644 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7618/...166d57d5_h.jpgIMG_20150313_143510 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7721/1...ef4b382a_o.jpgIMG_0737 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8813/1...b72edc8b_o.jpgIMG_0722 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8890/1...d4535c9a_o.jpgIMG_0725 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

nice little mods sofar, where are you in ontario?

Any more pics of the wheels mounted (with tires)?

This! Might be a nice rim to replace my steelies with for my winter tires :)

Still have to go and pick up my summer tires. The rims are currently still just sitting in their boxes. If you're curious what they look like mounted, guerilla racing has them on their website and have a few pictures of the wheels in the same size and offset as mine on their FR-S

Got the tires mounted. Needless to say, being 2500 km away from the car, and it being winter really, really sucks.

I'd like to paint the "Bridgestone" and "Potenza" labels. What's the best way to go about that?

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8678/...bf267e8c_b.jpgIMG_20150108_151203 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

Guelph

I wouldn't do it. It starts to rub off over time and looks like shit.

Update:

Car is currently in the shop getting the coilovers and LCA's installed.

Big thanks to @jamies31 for the few pictures of it before they start tearing it apart.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/...5044577b_b.jpg20150203_172434 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8606/...ef9c7766_b.jpg20150203_172342 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

Take the silencers out...just cat back right?

No can do. Live in a quiet residential area. Neighbours have already complained politely once. Plus, I have no desire to listen to the drone as I do a lot of highway driving.

And, here's the "finished" product. Lowered about 1.5" all around. Will be going lower once spring comes around.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/...2e876cb1_h.jpg20150204_183939 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8624/...c183f20e_h.jpg20150204_184006 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

Made some more progress with this, installed some of the black interior bits. Fairly happy with how it came out, although the interior does seem a bit more "bland". Interior is dirty, don't care because winter.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8586/...815a3c19_h.jpgIMG_0199 by colekmiecik, on Flickr
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8628/...e7fffafa_h.jpgIMG_0207 by colekmiecik, on Flickr
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8562/...7f41e578_h.jpgIMG_0204 by colekmiecik, on Flickr
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8670/...46677f23_h.jpgIMG_0202 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

New pictures in first post from putting on summer wheels

Love the wheel choice :)

You guys actually inspired me to get these wheels! Only reason I didn't buy from you is because of a combination of the Canadian dollar and what the shipping was when I went to check out on your website.

Edit: How are you guys dealing with the poke on the front end? I'm about 85% sure I have -2* camber (Can't be sure because my parents picked my car up from the shop after the alignment and didn't get the alignment spec sheet). It's pretty bad poke and I'm a little concerned about the fender coming down on the tire.

Awesome! I'm getting an alignment done this week and will come back, but I'm pretty sure we are at -2 also. There's no issues with rubbing or anything, but we also have 10k springs in front.

Looks awesome dude! I wish I could put my summers on. We still have snow up here :(

Still snow here, but the weather has been consistently above 5. Apparently my cottage is also pretty nice (Sauble) so I'm not all too concerned.

Great mods! How are you liking your OFT?

Not too impressed. Been having logging issues and the guys at OpenFlash haven't been able to tell me anything about it.

Great looking wheels!

Whatd you use to paint the interior parts black. Very clean look

It's not paint. They're OEM replacements from the EDM and JDM cars

Nice you have the link to it with the part numbers?

There's a DIY somewhere on here with everything you need.

Damn I'm sorry to hear that, I was going to buy it in the summer so I can get ready for my race against a G35. If you need assistance you can contact Steve999 or something like that, he is really helpful when it comes to OFT questions.

There's nothing to be done until the guys at OpenFlash release an update. In the mean time I have to log other parameters to be able to derive things like knock.

AH I see, hopefully they will release an update soon

Found my car's long lost cousin at work the other day

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7653/...5a8d6d92_o.jpgIMG_0340 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

And a picture of what the booty looks like now. Absolutely loving the Tomei 60R. VERY quality piece.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7628/...d3750e70_o.jpgIMG_0343 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

And a couple more pictures

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7588/...128a84c1_o.jpg2015-03-17_1426627308 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8718/...c750883c_o.jpg2015-03-17_1426627368 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7586/...c42a6ddc_o.jpg2015-03-17_1426631455 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7634/...afa29e06_o.jpg2015-03-17_1426632769 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7598/...42e32a36_o.jpg2015-03-13_1426264591 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

Quick exhaust sound clip:

https://flic.kr/p/rMcd3b

The 60R is now gone, back to the stock exhaust for the time being. The 60R and OpenFlash header was just too much for me.

Got some new stuff since I last updated, wheels, suspension and headlights.

Not happy with the tire size I got. I didn't anticipate 205/40/17 looking so small on the car. I'll just deal with it for the time being, and when funds permit, I'm going to look into something in the 18x9.5 or 10 range, with something like a +15 or +20 offset

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8786/...b1d2c234_o.jpgIMG_0486 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7791/...1161e4a6_o.jpgIMG_0535 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7738/...7f0f1f64_o.jpgIMG_0597 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7629/...16a6cc63_o.jpgIMG_0489 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

First post updated, last 3 pictures

Got some new lower control arms this weekend.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5577/1...50da377f_k.jpgIMG_0865 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5345/1...932c7883_z.jpgIMG_0874 by colekmiecik, on Flickr

What does that even mean?

Berg got himself a stalker!

That I was a young(er) gun when I decided to buy one of these. Are you daft, mate?

Must lose it's nuance and deeper meaning in English.