Scion FR-S Lift kit
 

Spacers cut out

http://i.imgur.com/p9aDROR.jpg

Perfect fitment, plasma was not able to cut 1/2" material so a few were stacked.

http://i.imgur.com/M5BdP8U.jpg

And results:

http://i.imgur.com/2fGfBzg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6y0bCxn.jpg

Crazy hillbillie.........

nice, what are you using the car for?

You couldn't tell what it was used for from the tires, wheels, "lift kit", and mud flaps?

I love that meaty tire look <3 - I too want to rally-fy my car :]

I've seen this car in person. The guys a total hillbilly.

awesome!

Rally is still a general term, could just be a different style for street. But thanks for the constructive commenting.

This is pretty awesome. Wish I had the guts to take my FR-S off roading.

:barf: I knew this day would come...

"Been there, done that" - Nameless :lol:
http://s8.postimg.org/r1ywvun11/maxresdefault.jpg

How much was it lifted?

1/2" at the strut tops

Will this actually be beneficial at all? I would think you'll need more suspension travel (especially up front!) more than just wheel gap.

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This is far better than any stance/car show built frs/brz out there.

I could do this, last week when we got good snow I couldn't go over 40 without instant whiteout from snow going over the hood lol


Do the rally armour flaps stop all the winter crap from accumulating on the back of the car?

All of it? No. A considerable amount? Yes. Enough to be worth it? Definitely.

The car has only been lifted for a couple days but my initial impressions are all positive. In my area in the winter the roads develope very nasty and often damaging ice ruts, so I was curious to see if just a very slight lift would put the underbelly of the frs just higher than the ruts, and success, no more dragging on the residential roads. And unfortunately being a student driver car, it sees a lot of this type of rutted road. Then there's the rallyx side of things where some courses are very rough and often involve crashing large snowdrifts. Plus I live in the country down an awesome gravel rally type road that also drifts in badly.

This was just a freeish experiment that I couldn't be happier with the results of.

Oh, the mudflaps(large RA universals)greatly increase the time in between car washes and for a student driver car that can mean decent $avings.

i wish i couldve taken my driver's ed in an fr-s.

I just hope you are in Saskatchewan. Mad respect on this!

Thanks.
I'm your neighbour to the west in Red Deer, AB

Going with taller springs would be a much better option IMO. They would give you more bump travel and ground clearance. I wonder if there are any Impreza springs that would do the job?

If the goal was simply ground clearance, then I'd agree this is a very easy (and effective) way to do it. I assumed it was for a rally car that would need more suspension travel.

I thought about that but losing droop travel is a serious problem as well and I really like the stock suspension for winter. Somewhere in the distant future I probably will get a set of super-soft gravel rally coilovers just for the winter. The sheet of 1/4" aluminum I cut the spacers out of cost me $10 and there's 3/4 of it left. Decent rally coilovers will be 5g's plus.......

This is cool. I love when folks go against the grain and find solutions to their problems.

It is also nice to see that someone else here doesn't want to lower their car. I hope to fin a nice set of coil overs that don't lower the car at all. I won't hold my breath.

Hahaha. I'm always building unique and useful parts for all my vehicles.

If you like the car at stock height there's really nothing wrong with the stock springs and struts except corner balancing is a little tough but my spacers could take care of that little problem as well. Lol running stock suspension(with poly bushings) allowed me to run 275 Hoosiers and be one of the very fastest autoxers in my region along with being the biggest money winner in Scion Canada's contingency program. I really do like the stock suspension but probably will go with some good coilovers for next summer. :-/

I agree the stock suspension, especially geometry, are not bad. Corner balancing is one of the main advantages to coilovers as well as tune-ability to current road surface. I will do a few track days before I even think of modifying anything. I only want to upgrade where the car is lacking currently.

How in the world did you clear 275 hoosiers with stock springs?

Also, any sway bar mods? Camber?

I certainly wouldn't recommend my autox setup to anyone that cares about proper autox classing but IMO my setup gave the best times for the least dough, which in turn made me the most dough with overall raw wins and ftd's within my region.

My suspension setup was very simple. Shitty garbage whiteline tophats(castor/camber). Whiteline castor/anti-dive front control arm bushings. Rear whiteline camber adjustable upper control arm bushings. And I did have to grind down the front spring perches and a little of the front springs but only where they're fully in contact with the perch. The sways and subframe bushings were 100% oem. Yes, in some pictures it looked like the car was going to tip over. Lol Much of this will change if I decide to autox again next year.

Final alignment settings were -1.3 deg camber, 1/8 toe out up front and -1.8 camber, 0 toe in the rear. I definitely needed more camber, especially in the front but I wasn't even able to slot my front struts because of the 275's. :-/ damned compromises.

Wheels are 17x9 +45 rpf1's with 10mm spacers in the front with arp studs all around. And 275/35/17 A6's that are signicantly shorter than stock which kept my fenders pretty(hellapoked FTW)

I wasn't 100% satisfied with any of this ^^^^but my car proved to be faster than anyone could've imagined, especially me.

I need those wheels in my life.

I'd love a set of Ronal R50s, but they weigh and cost too much. Why does everyone who puts a set on the twins paint them white? WTF? PAIN!

props to the op for being the first to try this on our cars
hoping this doesnt turn into a form vs function argument lmaoo

Bump!


what about spacers? I need to lift my brz.
Any sellers?

I have 1/2 a set of subtle solutions spacers if you are interested (kit is for wrx, but fronts are the same as brz, just need to purchase the rears). PM me if interested.

GT-86 rally cars FTW!

jsimon7777, please don't confuse my wheels with Ronals......

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I'm pretty sure lift spacers like this for '08+ Imprezas will bolt onto a FRS/BRZ

My bad. Didn't realize your wheels were old knockoffs of Ronals. X)