Ordering a BRZ - Accessories questions
 

I have a few questions about Accessories.

STI Short throw shifter - is this worth the extra money, are the shifts more crisp?

STI Flexible V-Bar - Does this make the car corner better, reduce interior noise?

Trunk Spoiler - I can only find one picture of this online, I see lots of aftermarket ones. How does it look?

Also the BRZ had 3.91 gearing while the GR86 has 4.10s
How do you BRZ people like the 3.91 gearing?

Tj hunt has a video on installing on STI accessories. TLDR: short throw shifter has a different shift feel but the throws arent all that noticeably shorter (they said the throws are only 6mm shorter).

Personally not a fan of the STI spoiler. The toyota ducktail spoiler looks much better

Short throw shifter is OK, nothing to call home about. If Billetworkz takes care of the rattle issue, its a much nicer option.

V Bar is more aesthetic than functional. It does a little, but its almost imperceptable.

Trunk Spoiler isn't my jam. To each their own though.

I think you're getting final drive ratios mixed up. The AT is 3.9, MT is 4.1. No difference from BRZ to GR86

Thank You!

I just picked up my BRZ with the short throw shifter and am pretty happy with it. Very short throws and feels closer to the shifts in my Miata.

I have it on mine (maybe the one youve seen, idk). I really like it, but its extremely subtle. Im on a work computer, but cant try to add more pics if you need or want afterwards.


EDIT: here are the best pics I have.

https://i.ibb.co/mSrKxCR/20221216-164706.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/HDvZjgy/20221216-164629.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/Tv5TwLK/20221216-164613.jpg

I got short throw shifter from factory, it would have cost me more to get installed and I wasn't going to tinker car for at least first year.

I installed v bar and didn't find any difference. I thought they would make ride a little better but nothing too noticable. May be if I put original back, I would notice something.

Spoiler is just asthetic, so waste of money for me.

Manual has shorter final drive while auto has larger. I think 3.9 and 4.1 are in reference to those.

I did the short throw shift just since it would be installed when it arrived. Is it a huge difference? No. But I also don't need to cut half a tenth off each shift when running to go pick up a 6-pack and introduce a bunch of vibrations and extra noise into the cabin.

The Subaru spoiler is fugly IMHO. That's why I ordered the GR one to put on my car.

Just a heads up not all the accessories will come on your build. My original build had the short shifter, V brace and spoiler. When it arrived it only had the short shifter. I was relieved that the spoiler didn't come, its not my cup of tea now that pictures came out.

To me v bars were shown as dealer installed only and was no way to get them as factory installed.

Love the subtle, more OEM (IMO) look of the Subaru one. The tall ducktail makes it look like a Hot Wheels car.

Yea be aware, dealer charges for my accessories installs were about $750. That was for STI kit, Rear View Mirror, Footwell kit, and a few other small things. Dont expect any of it to be installed (for free) when you get it.

I think they raised the price for accessories. I was going to order the front lip kit from Subaru and the price went from $400 to $480 before the 15% discount.