Raven Street Cruiser
 

I have been lurking on the forum for a while, mainly just to search the vendor and user flea markets, but I figured it was time to do a log.
I was originally searching for one in the Hot Lava color until one day a bare-bones, manual, 2013 Raven showed up fresh off the truck. 0 miles on the odometer and still covered in plastic. I really liked the look of the black and so I decided to pick it up.
So on Wednesday, May 9th I went to the dealer and picked it up!:thumbup:
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Got it home!
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This FR-S is the first new car that I have purchased on my own as well!:D I don't have many plans for this car until the warranty runs out. Until then it will be my cruiser for around town and occasional trips. I do eventually want to go FI. I have already installed a few things:

-Greddy CAI and the UniChip
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-Whiteline Front Strut Bar
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-GTSpec Rear Strut Bar
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I also ordered a 70mm Greddy RS muffler which I will be mating to a custom single exit exhaust which will exit on the driver side of the car.
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The exhaust will be done after September 3rd, (I had surgery on my right ankle on the 23rd of July and can't put pressure on it for 6 weeks.) and then I will re-tune the car with the UniChip again.

Couldn't wait any longer, got the exhaust done on the 15th and man does it sound great!

:thumbup:Good choice on color!

Thanks! I like it a lot. Nobody around here knows quite what the car is yet haha

You the Unichip only reads the voltage of the ECU and makes changes to it right?

It is a piggy back system. Not a true tune.

Many thing can go wrong with a piggy back.

Yes I do know that, I am most likely going to be selling it and getting this over the winter: http://www.fa20club.com/product.php?...cat=251&page=1

Did you install the exhaust yet? If so how does it sound?

Yes I got the exhaust installed, I just need to upload the pictures and the video. It sounds really nice I think. Sounds better than the video.

Got the exhaust done, threw a Thrush resonator in as well.
Still need to tuck the muffler a bit more, but ehhh, maybe not.
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Ordered the Cusco Spin Knob in red, it showed up September 16th.
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I like it a lot. Did a quick install on it as well. Long, annoying way is in RED, the way I did it is in BLUE.

Install? Obnoxiously easy. Here are the steps you're supposed to take:
1. With the E-Brake down, put car in gear, I chose 5th to make it easy.
2. Pull the handle off of the E-Brake, it's held on with a bit of glue and is tough so just wiggle it off with a lot of force.
3. Once the lever is off, grab some channel locks and use them on the stock knob, turning to the right. It will take some muscle. *(If you don't want to damage the stock knob, put some tape on tape around the knob, duct tape works best.)*
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4. Once the knob is off, pull out the spring located behind it.
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5. Put the E-Brake handle back on.
6. Put on Cusco Spin knob twisting to the left.

Here's the easy way(the way I did it):
1. Use channel locks to twist off stock knob.
2. Take out spring.
3. Twist on Cusco spin knob
4. Poof! Easy drifting! :)
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Hopefully I can get a few more things done over the winter. I plan on getting smoked Crystal Eye tailights, smoked clear sidemarkers, and blacked out headlight housings.

My Aunt got me a Flossy Nub Nub Knob for Christmas! It's 327 grams, making not too heavy and not too light either.
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I also decided to order a Billet Short Shifter and Trans mount, as well as some MTEC Shift Springs.
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I will be installing all at the same time once the shirt shifter and springs get here.

So all this finally came in yesterday! Woot!
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Perrin Crank Pulley in anodized red should be on its way soon! Now I just have to wait until the weather gets warmer. This whole -6 degrees thing really puts a damper on working on the car.

Over the last two weeks I was able to find some free time to get some things installed.
I got the BPS short shifter installed:
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It ended up being a bit of a pain, but nothing too bad

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Got it installed and threw on the new shift knob. Everything feels great, but I am waiting until I bring it out of storage so I can drive it and see if it is in the perfect position before I put all of the interior back together.
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I also received my Perrin Crank Pulley and threw that in as well, it was a very easy install.
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I still need to install the shift springs and the rear trans mount, but those shouldn't take very long. I just want it to be a tad bit warmer out before doing so.