Hannah - '14 SWP BRZ
 

My name is David and I’m based out of San Francisco, CA.

The last car I owned was my 2013 Argento FR-S. Sadly, on 2/28/14 – I was involved in a solo accident. Long story short, I was too fatigued from work and driving 7 hours back to Los Angeles, CA to be safely operating my vehicle; not to mention in heavy rain and slick conditions. The FR-S has since been officially totaled and although I was far from speeding, the experience definitely shook me up.

After the accident, I understandably began to fear RWD – however, I realized after having gone through a couple RWD cars (350Z, C350 Coupe) and safely managed many absurd winters in the East Coast, that my fear shouldn’t be of the car itself, but of understanding my own limits. Growing pains, for sure – as it was a big first “ding” to my otherwise spotless driving record (no tickets, accidents, etc).

Yesterday, by the grace of God – insurance totaled the FR-S and would help me back into another car. This time around, I decided to go for the twin I wanted in the first place – a Limited BRZ and was offered a brand new, fresh-off-the-truck-still-wrapped 2014 SWP. That's with a ton of goodies, and phenomenal service - definitely hit up Tommy Quach over there! I was pleasantly surprised that they are a "hush-hush" mod-friendly dealership. The guys there are super stoked about cars, and very knowledgeable. Not to bash on other dealerships, but they usually don't have very passionate salespeople who are into the technical or historical aspects of these cars. Their tech is also a guy who built a certain SpeedElement EVO X...

I’m a religious man and I truly believe that everything happens in accordance to His will; I’ve never named any of my cars, but I am naming my new BRZ “Hannah” – as it means grace. A reminder of having hope in situations that look down, and that things will work out, even if they don’t seem that way.


TL;DR – After a traumatic car accident with my lovely FR-S, I decided to stick with the 86 platform, and go with a ’14 SWP BRZ that I named “Hannah” as a reminder of God’s grace.

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First update, will be adding this to my car shortly once I get home to an SD card:

Made this for my BRZ's startup screen... feel free to use it!

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Goodluck with this one man! Looking forward to it!

Did you get it at Capitol Subaru down here in San Jose? :D

Thanks man, I can't wait to put my FR-S parts on, but realllly resisting the urge and trying to enjoy her as is for once :thumbsup:

Yes sir, you bet! :)

holy moly!

I did not realize there were dealers in the bay area letting go of white brz limited below invoice. did the 25.6K include $795 destination fee?

I love your Hannah reference :) very cool. Glad to see you bounced back (in a BRZ no less)!

Yup! Mine had coincidentally rolled onto their lot that same day, I saw it before it even got checked in at the dealer - I have some of the original documents from the factory (in Japanese lol) that I snatched before they were going to take it away.

The price included options too like wheel locks, rubber OEM trunk mat, bumper applique, chrome fender trim, etc. No gaudy options thank goodness.

Thanks! You know it! BRZ was the one I wanted all along, but ironically ended up not saving much money going the FR-S route, should've stuck with my gut feeling, it would've been practical too!

any finagling on your part, or does capital subaru have so much volume that they let go for so cheap.

i would've definitely reconsidered the brz limited at that price vs the monogram.

Well, I can't explain why but Tommy hooked it up! They're a huge dealer group with 10+ marques and the largest Subie dealer in CA. Looks like the CO days are over for us lol :thumbsup:

I posted this above "I was pleasantly surprised that they are a "hush-hush" mod-friendly dealership. The guys there are super stoked about cars, and very knowledgeable. Not to bash on other dealerships, but they usually don't have very passionate salespeople who are into the technical or historical aspects of these cars. Their tech is also a guy who built a certain SpeedElement EVO X..."

I was just at Capitol today and they have quite a few BRZs on the lot.

Yeah, they brought in a ton the day I bought mine!

Oh man, just stumbled onto this. Glad you're ok man! Also glad you're enjoying the BRZ.

Still loving that axleback but definitely craving that suby rumble. You get your headers yet?

Thanks my friend, recovering well for sure! We are in the proper brand now together :P

Ugh yeah the Axleback is great. Headers aren't here yet but it'll be easy to see before and after maps with an OBD reader. Saw your post.

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What font is that "Proud of Boxer"?

Today I found out my car was produced 01/22/2014 :D

I tried looking it up but gave up after a while, I found some images and used Photoshop to pull out what I wanted :thumbsup:

is there any way you can edit that image to take out the proud of boxer and just leave in the STI logo and post it? thanks!

I'll do it at some point, I didn't save my original photoshop file, had I done so I could've just masked that text layer.

Ordered some suspension goodies today!

• Swift Sport Mach Springs - BRZ
• SPC EZ Front Camber Bolts
• SPC Performance Rear Camber Arm & Toe Kit

Finally paid for my Nameless Performance frontpipe/overpipe combo (catted w/ helmholtz resonator) - bought it new from a former twin owner, so thankfully no month+ wait times. :)

Very, very excited. Today will be the last Tuesday night meet in SF that my car will be bone stock. It's about to undergo a serious transformation over the course of my birthday weekend (timing really wasn't planned). Can't wait to get some of my parts back in use, this time with the BRZ. :thumbsup:

New additions have been included below, including some CF bits...

Received:

• Swift Springs, BRZ

In Transit/Ordered:

• SPC Front Camber Bolts
• SPC LCA with Toe Bushing
• DD (Diode Dynamics) LED Flasher
• DD Door Light LEDs
• DD FlexLight Trunk LED Strip
• DD License Plate LEDs
• DD White Sidemarker LED (still need clear housing)
• Nameless FP/OP Combo, Resonated
• FT86 SpeedFactory Catted UEL header

Buying/Installing this weekend:

• Password:JDM Dry Carbon 3pc Front Splitter
• Downforce Cabon Fiber Side Skirts
• Perrin Resonated 2.5" Catback
• TOM'S USDM tails
• Raceseng Red R-Lock (Reverse Lockout)
• Raceseng Slammer shift knob
• Home Depot Special: Resonator Tube Delete and Plug
• K&N Drop-in filter
• RallyArmor
• OFT Stg. 1 OTS

Should sound mean!:burnrubber:

Woah. I saw you post elsewhere in the forum, so decided to catch up and see the progress on your car, was surprised to see the white BRZ.

Sorry for the loss, but I'm sure you learned from the accident. Glad you got back into a ZN6, and equally stoked that you got a white BRZ.

Thanks bud, now we can have semi-matching front ends! :bonk:

Technically ZC6 ;) Still getting used to the C as opposed to the N.

now.. to somehow make my car white.. haha. :popcorn:

Haha, were you really thinking about going white? If you do... Championship White.... :happyanim:

same here!

I've been considering it... Haha. I wanna get new wheels first, but championship white would be a great color choice.. :popcorn:

Definitely, it'd stand out, even among all the white twins out there. NO ONE has a Championship White one (to my knowledge).

New wheels again!?

Sorry to hear about your FRS, glad to see you bounced back. Noticed you order the catted UEL header, by any chance do you know if its good for smog?

It has begun...

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Exhaust on, CF skirts and lip (front splitter off for now, just sides), flaps, side markers, bunch of LEDs, drop in filter, etc...

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Looks great. Keep it up my dude. 👍


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I got my SWP 14 brz from capitol also and must say they have amazing service there! Again sorry about your accident but now look at you! Congrats man and Hannah is looking awesome already! My build is definitely going slow but surely will be coming along!

Tommy Quach from Capitol Subaru??? LOL. If so, I NAMED MY CAR AFTER HIM HAHA

Tom's look great. Can't wait for mine to show up this week! When are you installing the new suspension @leicaboss?

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Tyler, the beginning of the end has happened!

Edit: Swifts are in!