How long did you own your BRZ before you started modding?
 

Today marks my 1 month of owning my BRZ, and I want to mod this thing BAD!

Too bad I don't have the funds to do it... :(

So as the title states, how long did you wait until you decided it's time to mod, and what first?

I tried searching for this topic but didn't see any, so threadgods please forgive me if this topic exists already /bows

I'll go first

After riding in a buddy's 14 STI that has cold air and a exhaust, I really wanted to put those two in mine... Stock rumble is so boring after hearing some of the aftermarket ones.

For my FRS I started adding minor stuff the day after lol

About a week, if that. Not going to tinker too much mechanically until it's out of warranty, but aesthetics are a full go.

I bought the STI body kit from a forum vendor before I got my first tank of gas. :lol: since then I've gotten a Perrin pulley set and an Greddy catback. I have 7K mi. :)

Ah! What does the pulley do? I've seen a lot of people with the pulley mod... Guess I should Google it lol

I considered greddy but decided I prefer Perrin 2.5's rumble better

i bought stuff for it before i took delivery of the car.

within first couple days had an order coming in from ft86-sf. very mild stuff. perrin tube, drop in filter, clear side markers and led front/rear turns. and set of perrin exhaust covers to fill out the bumper.

not much really. :lol: though I haven't done the crank pulley yet. These were a gift and they left that out. I've noticed the revs are a little quicker up and down and the engine feels "smoother". tough to describe since it's so faint.

yeah, I was going to go with that. the Greddy is a bit loud. but a guy that was literally 2 miles from me was selling his from his wrecked BRZ for $500. couldn't pass that up for a catback that was pratically new.

You're in for a treat reading about pulleys. Make sure you dig deep to read about both sides of that argument. :bonk:

Iv'e seen people on here posting about buying things for their car before they even got it. I put a Corsa cat-back on after changing my oil at about 5k miles.

It's hard to imagine myself buying things before the vehicle purchase seeing as how the vehicle purchase downpayment was a huge chunk of my savings lol!

If I was young and stupid like I was back in freshmen year, I probably would have already blew 2k on mods :party0030:

Yeah I would have done the same thing in your shoes lol
I wish I could find a local trynig to sell his exhause system so I can buy it for cheap

About 4000 miles I think. That's when I changed out tires, wheels and brake pads for track use.

I thought the stock setup was pretty good on the street. Maybe needs just a bit more exhaust noise. I'd start with a UEL header and tune, maybe the OFT + OFH combo for $1000.

I got lucky. I'm not going to dump a bunch into the car. going for a sorta "stock plus" kinda thing until the warranty is out or it's paid off. then I'll decide if I want to do more "stuff" or just get something else. who knows.

I modified the car in the dealership lot before I even bought it.

I win.