frs to brz
 

Just an update. Bought a 2013 MT brz limited dark metallic grey with 10k miles on it. Paid 21k total with taxes with 19,500 down. Borrowed 1.5k @3.2 %. Had to talk the salesman down from 22,995 down all the way to the upper 19k.

I am getting back what I paid in taxes which was around 1.4k so I reslly don't owe anything at all.

First impression . Brz feels alot more tighter than my frs. I bought both cars around similar miles, both had 1 owners and both were in perfect condition. The upgraded features are worth the extra money. The heated seats will do great in ohio weather. Autoclimate work miracles with a remote start. Headlight output is a ton better. Best of all NO CRICKETS yet. My frs had crickets the next day after being bought from the dealers.

There are a few cons: terrible headunit, terrible boomrang light output. (I can use @Acree diy but I'm worry about pulling it apart than wiring jt up) , sorta ugly spoiler, and dgm is not the best color but there was only 2 color choice here unless I travel 100+ miles. Only dgm and wrb were available. I might wrap it during next summer, either a outrageous color or some nice matte white. (Any suggestions?)

I will have a grand or 2 left over after the insurance claim. Getting some mods!

Current mods:
White side markers.
6k bulb.
Debadge.
K&n intake
(From my poor old frs)

Future mods:
Decent price exhaust (any suggestions? Would love an exhaust that doesn't have a loud drone when driving on the highway.)
Motul 300 tranny oil change. (Next month)
Headers (next summer)
Flex fuel kit ( paid $150 from friends frs)
Oft (getting a free one!!!!)
Feed myself decent quality food. (Sushi.... yum)
Decent quality noodles and pudding.
Any other mod suggestions for next summer?
Next year is my co-op year so yayy...

uhmm ok...congrat on same car?
what happen to FRS?

It was murdered...
http://i.giphy.com/1jPVs0V6L3YvS.gif

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90966

Cool man. Since you're a starving student, supposedly, maybe hold off on the mods and just pay the car off right away?

Edit: also lol at not being willing to make a couple hour trip for a colour that you wanted. If I was paying 20k for a car, I wouldn't settle on a colour I didn't want.

More like euthanized since the damage costs were just barely at the write-off threshold for most places.

Yea, that's why I'm not really going to do any expensive mods until next summer where I'll actually have a job that pays 25-30 an hour. Plus no more car payment (yay!!). So I got that going for me. Not looking to spend thousands of dollar. Just want something that can put a smile on my face. For example better speakers, it's pretty sad to hear that the stock exhaust is 20x louder than the actual car speaker. Might invest 400 or so on some decent ones since I tend to travel a lot. Going to south Carolina by the end of this month. The car payments, insurance, school fees were the thing that made me broke. After receiving scholarships from UC, I no longer have to deal with that. I currently owe nothing on the car due to tax remenbursements and my insurance went down by almost 200 for 6 months due to this new car. I'm not sure how and why but this car seems to helped me out alot or it could be just luck.. All I have to worry about is getting straight As and increase my social skills ha. The car is only here for a hobby. Love driving and love exploring.

Sounds crazy but life can be funny.

You had the choice of a WRB Subaru and didn't take it?!?!

This^ and DGM is not a bad color by any stretch of the imagination...

there was 3 wrb limited but i didn't like blue. wanted black or white lol. The nearest white was 200 something miles away while the nearest black was around 80 miles. Problem is that i didnt have a car to drive those miles. I took a bus to the nearest dealership that had this car for a reasonable price. the wrb were sitting at 30k miles + for $23k. while this car came with opti front clear wrap and new tires for 23k but i was able to talk them down to upper 19k. plus it had 16k miles which means warranty for a good year or so!

Dont get me wrong i like DGM but its hard to get good look rims color that will match the car plus it look greenish or blueish at times which can be a nono. Black rims is def a nope since the contast of the color is unbearable. Any suggestion on what color wheelies?

XXR 530's in chromium black is what I would do.

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You're screwed now that you said something

The stock headunit is not that bad. Put it on the xB setting. If you are very picky about quality audio then I'd recommend your next mods be a better head unit and speakers.

Man, I still can't figure out why 23k is the going rate around here for a baseline 2013 fr-s while you guys can find a limited subie for 19. Im jealous. Dont worry about the color just have fun, it'll grow on you

Haha I think I'm starting to hear em after hitting the rev limit or it might just be all in my head.

Why xb? The head unit is okay but very unresponsive, Bluetooth is off and on and volume is very low. I got 3 month of sat radio for now. But I need a reliable Bluetooth connection. I tried doing the things that was listed on many forums with no luck. I have a samsung s6 edge, it would disconnect when the phone screen is off or when spotify is not present on the screen.

The boomerang from factory is not a DRL, it is a parking light. you can get the diode dynamics module to make it a DRL and it's ridiculously easy to hook up.

The headunit could be better, but it just takes a little bit of precision and getting use to.

i'm enjoying my resonated perrin exhaust, low key, but rips when you want it to.

I was thinking about invidia q300 or greddy evo 3. I can get those for around 400-500 easy. Perrin are about 1000ish or so which is a bit too pricey for little to no gains.

Perrin cbe has as much gain as those. Cbe, in general, won't really net you any hp to look forward to. I'm not sure where you are getting your prices from about I see $700 average for the two exhausts you picked out.

Tbh I just want something a bit better sounding than stock without breaking the bank

Just straight pipe that fucker and you are good to go.

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Why not xB? You're complaining about the stereo without fully navogating and exploring all options on it. Different vehicle settings changes the settings of the equalizer. I prefer the xB setting because I feel like the FRS setting is too low.

I've been using Spotify on Bluetooth radio since the day I've had the car with no issues at all. I've ridden in my friend's FRS/BRZ multiple times and none of us have this issue. Perhaps you should look into your phone or perhaps your service provider as the culprit.

Well for one thing he has a BRZ now so different HU.
I don't like the xB setting at all (sounds like you are in a cave) but managed to get perfectly acceptable (to me) sound just by playing with the settings for about half an hour.

The headunit works fine for my purposes. Plug in the auxiliary cord to the port and my phone, turn on music, and play. As Tcoat mentioned, I sat in the car for about 2 hours fiddling around with the settings with different genres I listen to.

http://www.imperialtheatre.net/sites...%20Wiggles.jpg

Come on, you play me for a fool???

This is my jam.

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/201...bieber-300.jpg

But.......I wanna listen to the Kangaroo song!

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.... you caught me red handed. Feels awesome to have other drivers stare at me while I jam out to Baby and... whatever else that Beiber sings.

I checked it and it was that the hu couldn't handle syncing contacts etc. So far it seem to improve a bit without syncing contacts. I don't think there's a xb setting on a brz stereo. I also went with one of the forums equalizer and it sounded alot better. I'll just have to invest in a goof sub+6.5s