Do you plan to keep your FR-S/BRZ Bone Stock?
 

I was just curious if Anybody at all on this forum planned to keep their FR-S or BRZ BONE STOCK. I've had many a times throughout my car shopping past when I was interested in EVOs, STis, and WRXs and the most irritating thing was never being able to find a truly bone stock one, that had never been modded or molested.

I know A lot of people tastefully mod their cars, however if ever i'm shopping for a used performance car, I want one that has Never been modded.

Should add an option for "won't know till I drive it".

That's why i want a brand new one and not a used one.
You dont know who's been bagging the crap out of a car when its used (especially if its a performance oriented car, which the chances of it being beat up is higher than if it wasnt)

Probably just stick to small upgrades as new aftermarket parts come out.

I plan to avoid major modifications. My advice has always been "don't mod what you can't afford to replace". Get an cat-back install wrong, and you are out $80 at a muffler shop. Get a cam swap wrong and you are out $5000 of engine.

I know what you mean, for the longest I been looking for a bone stock 05 STI aspen white (bug eye style) before I decide on the FRS/BRZ all I could find was rape Sti either they been heavily mod with cheap aftermarket Parts,car accident,weak frame the list goes on... I will do nothing too major with the BRZ.... Light mods cold air,exhaust,suspension,big brakes,more wheel sets, most of this from the Trd side.... But no supercharger or turbo for me....

I agree, I warn anyone waiting for an used FR-S/BRZ, or any other used sports car, you are up for a surprise, no matter how good the car is, if it's beat like crap, it will turn out a lemon. I rather buy a cheaper new car than a cheap used car that will cost me more in the end due to bad owners.

As far as topic, I will most likely keep it stock until either warranty expires, or have too much money to burn.

I mod everything I touch... except for the '96 Sentra I owned. There was no point in polishing that turd. But otherwise, I'm never happy with a stock car. I'd rather finance this car and modify it than keep leasing my S4 which is twice the car the Subie is, because I can't mod it! (I've driven a STaSIS-tuned S4 with suspension/wheels/tires/chip/exhaust and it blew my mind, hence why I can't leave well enough alone).

I'm planning on saving up money for quality (read: NOT eBay/made in China) parts as they come out. I hope to supercharge the car once the warranty expires or is close to expiring. I want to upgrade the brakes with either WRX 4pot/2pot or STi Brembos, a good set of coil-overs and thicker sway bars, forged wheels with summer performance tires, headers and exhaust, and the aforementioned supercharger. I also want to do some interior tweaks to make it look more upscale, such as replacing the painted silver trim bits with carbon fiber/real metal. Last, I'll keep the body styling conservative with an STi front splitter and rear diffuser, and possibly the TRD rear spoiler (not the wing).

Good man. I am absolutely DONE with buying modified cars. Granted I usually buy ~20yr-old modded cars with 3+ owners, but still. Unless you know the work was done professionally and/or have the stock parts to revert it back, buying a modded car can be a huge PITA. However since I'm buying this car for me and not for resale, it's getting modded. ;)

I'll keep it as stock as stock Auto-x classes allow. So I guess not Bone-stock. I won't be buying for a couple years though, so I may be looking for a used one and hoping to find the needle in the haystack.

I'm probably going to do rims/tires very quickly, followed by springs and maybe other suspension mods. Powertrain modding will likely be limited to a K&N drop-in and a catback exhaust until the engine warranty is up.

Replacing amber side markers with clear - guess I'm a hardcore modder according to the poll.

For aesthetic modifications:
There's a few I see myself doing right away...

For performance modifications:
I will drive the car stock for a while. I want to learn the car before making any modifications, that way when I do, I can be sure they improve a specific aspect of performance.

+1 I'm planning almost the exact same upgrade path for my frs.

"Hellastock for resale value"