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just another ruined BRZ

This is just a little thread to keep track of some of the shit I've done to my car and share some photos.
I used to hate slammed cars and now the frame of mine is an inch off the ground :iono: But its still fun as hell to drive and that's all that matters to me.
I'm @ seankfoto on instagram if any of yall are on there. :cheers:

Current setup:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...sized/leak.jpg

Suspension/Wheels
- Stance SS coilovers 12k(5" swift)/8k
- Powered By Max rear LCA
- Megan rear toe arms
- Powered By Max solid subframe & differential risers
- front camber bolts 16mm top, 14mm bottom
- ARP extended studs all around
- ESR SR05 18x9.5 +35 (+10f, +15r after spacers) on accelera 215/35

Engine/Exhaust
- Berk 2.5" high-flow catted frontpipe
- custom 2.5" resonated catback with 2x2.5" blastpipes (by Big B Mufflers)

Exterior/Interior
- CS style front lip, sideskirts & rear spats
- TRD style fender bezels
- Valenti CR taillights

Old setups/full build history:

2014 Subaru BRZ Premium in Satin White Pearl, purchased on 2.18.14

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...stock%20af.jpg

1680 miles
- Eibach Sportline springs

2600 miles
- CS style front lip
- Whiteline 16mm front camber bolts (for upper slot)
- XXR 527 17X8.25 +35 flat black
- Hankook Evo2 245/40

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ger%20proj.jpg

7350 miles
- Berk high flow catted 2.5" frontpipe
- custom 2.5" catback (Big B Mufflers)

8550 miles
- Valenti CR taillights

17300 miles
- Stance coilovers 8k/6k
- Vordoven Forme9 17x9 +35 painted gold
- Federal 595 245/40
- STi style front lip
- Grimmspeed license plate relocator
- chrome fender garnish delete

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...resized/ok.jpg

21,500 miles
- Powered By Max rear lower control arms
- Swift 12k springs (5") for front; moved 8k to rear
- TRD style fender bezels

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...d/testdone.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ized/wheel.jpg

25,000 miles
- Ikon lip for about a week
- CS style front lip, sideskirts & spats
- Megan rear toe arms
- SPC 14mm front camber bolts (for bottom slot)
- ESR SR05 18x9.5 +35 on Accelera 215/35
- ARP extended studs all around
- 25mm spacer front, 20mm spacer rear; camber -5f -4.5r
- 2.5" catback with 2x2.5 'blast pipes'

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...d/newfront.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...desilvcrop.jpg

27,000 miles
- replaced broken axle
- Powered By Max solid differential & subframe risers

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ed/rearpro.jpg

in progress ~28,000 miles
- 20K 4" Swift spring for front, moved 5" 12K Swift to rear
- replace differential
- (2) ESR SR05 18x9.5 +22 for front (same wheel lower offset) = -3 after spacers
- the subframe/diff raise pushed out the rear wheels about 12mm per side, so a smaller spacer can be ran (20mm -> 10)
- quik-latch front bumper quick releases
- alignment: camber -5f, -2.5r; toe +0

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Originally Posted by manualmotive (Post 2565715)

Need to take better photos but I recently lost my differential's drain plug from bottoming out on so much shit, so I'm waiting for the dealership to receive a new plug before I can drive again. Which is why I was bored enough to compile a thread for my ruined little ricerocket.

http://i.imgur.com/PmgC9pL.jpg

It's awesome seeing the progress like this on a build! Keep it up!!

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Originally Posted by ATL BRZ (Post 2565731)

http://i.imgur.com/PmgC9pL.jpg

I've had AAA drive all the way to me just to tell me to essentially fuck off because my car was "too modified" (when it was on stock wheels) and "too low" to tow. Fucking bullshit because the next tow driver they sent (2 hours later) had no problem getting it on.

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Originally Posted by midnight23 (Post 2565734)

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/76/76b1...338825d278.jpg

Workin on it right now haha!

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Originally Posted by Juvenile (Post 2565728)

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Originally Posted by akidnamedguiza (Post 2565833)

It's awesome seeing the progress like this on a build! Keep it up!!

Thanks!

I'm enjoying the majority of replies being memes. Keep it up lol

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...pswjvsa1q5.jpg

I like seeing different things with these motors, better that than seeing the same track builds being recycled over and over.

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Originally Posted by manualmotive (Post 2568408)

The fact that you're still dedicated to scraping and understeering your car all over the place is a testament to just how far some owners will go to have their car look broken while hardparked.

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Originally Posted by manualmotive (Post 2568408)

I'm enjoying the majority of replies being memes. Keep it up lol

http://i.imgur.com/8EcghNF.jpg

Herrafrush....with spacers....lol.

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Originally Posted by Summerwolf (Post 2568669)

Herrafrush....with spacers....lol.

And rep wheelz

Whatever though. Looks good enough for an absolutely non-functional vehicle

The equivalent of stanced cars, for parachuting, is a parachute with holes in it.

I like the way it looks. Some guys track, some guys scrape. Do whatever you'd like. Did you need absolutely need the rear toe arms to correct the geometry at that camber level? I've read about some guys running -4 in the back on OEM arms

Y'all are great. Unfortunately the car is far from being "absolutely non-functional" as its still my daily driver, still pulls away from "functional" cars in the canyon (but that is more dependent on the driver), and is still fun as hell to slide (probably more than ever). I don't do it for "hardparking", I drive it 90% as hard as I ever have. The thing about slamming a car that is built for handling is that it still drives pretty damn good even with a completely retarded suspension geometry. Understeering is annoying but it's only certain turns and even then it's still better than a stock WRX. If you're going to hate on low cars at least bring some interesting arguments. TBH I'm tempted to go lower all around with stiffer springs but then it would actually be fucking impossible to drive. My fuel tank is already dented enough lol.

Agreed on the spacers and rep wheels though hahaha it's a work in progress. Trying to save for a trip to Japan now instead of blowing it all on dumb car shit.

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Originally Posted by fumanchu1 (Post 2568746)

The equivalent of stanced cars, for parachuting, is a parachute with holes in it.

Exactly... it still works :D

So is the parachute with holes, It's not absolutely non functional, I mean it will slow you down some vs no chute but you'll still fdrom the impact of hitting the ground.

While your car may still be somewhat functional (and I also like you don't just want to hardpark it lol) I still feel like doing this is detrimental (but not my car so really doesn't affect me much tbh). I can name several reasons that slammed/stanced/hellflush is non-functional but they've all been exhaustively listed many times and I'm pretty surre you are aware of them.

Also what functional car did you pull away from in canyons? a Yaris or a Aveo?

I don't understand why so many of you are bothering posting memes and stuff here.

I mean, it's not as if he's totally ignorant to the fact that he's damaged his cars utility as a functional vehicle. I mean, the title itself informs us of this and he keeps up the theme throughout his post.

He's already pointed it out; no need for ten posts reminding him of this.

Otherwise, your pictures are nice. Who gives a damn if you're on replica wheels. While I wouldn't want to go too heavy over stock, I personally get mad when I see someone with crazy lightweight wheels on a scraping car. There's no point if it's not performance oriented. At that point, it's just about showing off the money you spent.

Enjoy your ride.

one question; What are TRD fender bezels?

@MrFisty was about to say something about lightweight wheels but then noticed the performance oriented part and was like... oh... he's right :P

Don't get me wrong, it looks ok(never been a big fan of stance) and I am aware op knows his car is less functional because of it. That being said, this is a public opinion forum and my discussion was related to his car as I was sharing my opinion

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Originally Posted by eggncheese (Post 2568848)

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Originally Posted by fumanchu1 (Post 2568910)

So is the parachute with holes, It's not absolutely non functional, I mean it will slow you down some vs no chute but you'll still fdrom the impact of hitting the ground.

Also what functional car did you pull away from in canyons? a Yaris or a Aveo?

Ahhh gotcha, that's a pretty perfect analogy for it actually. And I saw that one coming LOL, just the usual stockish WRX/350Z/gen coupe/etc. But thats at my local canyon that I've been driving at least once a week for about 3 years now, so it's probably not a fair comparison. The only thing that really bugs me about this height is that the dif scrapes on all the center bumps there since they're unusually tall - most likely how I blew off the fucking drain plug :bonk: Going to take it up to GMR soon and see how it does...

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Originally Posted by MrFisty (Post 2568923)

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Enjoy your ride.

one question; What are TRD fender bezels?

Thank you for that, and agreed about the wheels - especially when people run $50 tires on their $3,000 wheels...

I don't know if I'm calling it the right name, but the little fins that I have in place of the stock chrome strip (or 86 piston logo on the frs) that are in front of the mirrors on the top rear-most part of the front fenders.

edit: here they are - http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/221677687528
Think I got em for like $40 used, they're always on local FRS buy/sell facebook groups. The real TRD ones are like $200 something but come paint matched IIRC

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Originally Posted by manualmotive (Post 2568994)

Thanks & agreed, I'll most likely end up going back to a track setup before whenever I sell the car anyways, I just get bored of the same old and like trying out different shit sometimes :respekt: And it depends how much camber you are trying to get, I needed them because I wanted around -1.5 camber with 0 toe in the rear when it was as low as it is now, and the stock toe arms maxed out when the camber was at about -2.5 at that ride height. But if you're shooting for -4 I think you should be fine on stock toe arms.

Ahhh gotcha, that's a pretty perfect analogy for it actually. And I saw that one coming LOL, just the usual stockish WRX/350Z/gen coupe/etc. But thats at my local canyon that I've been driving at least once a week for about 3 years now, so it's probably not a fair comparison. The only thing that really bugs me about this height is that the dif scrapes on all the center bumps there since they're unusually tall - most likely how I blew off the fucking drain plug :bonk: Going to take it up to GMR soon and see how it does...

Thank you for that, and agreed about the wheels - especially when people run $50 tires on their $3,000 wheels...

I don't know if I'm calling it the right name, but the little fins that I have in place of the stock chrome strip (or 86 piston logo on the frs) that are in front of the mirrors on the top rear-most part of the front fenders.

edit: here they are - http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/221677687528
Think I got em for like $40 used, they're always on local FRS buy/sell facebook groups. The real TRD ones are like $200 something but come paint matched IIRC

looked at it then saw this lol :http://www.ebay.com/gds/The-Essentia...9058397/g.html

@manualmotive Ah, that's a fender garnish, I believe!

I only asked because I thought there was some cool TRD part i didn't know about and I got pumped.