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switchlanez · 07-24-2013, 02:59 PM

So my dad has had 3 generations of Supras (including MkIV TT), '69 Mustang, '88 Firebird... never ever modded anything on any of them. Now he has a WRB BRZ Limited (like me) and never intended to mod it... but I keep pushing things on him. He's got the GrimmSpeed license plate relocator kit, gave him my JDM exhaust tips, and bought FR-S dash panels and Carsmo armrest for him. He likes all of it. Now he wants Tom's lights like I have. His car still looks mostly stock just with little touches that enhance.

I kept my MR-S visually stock and, after I sold that, my last 3 sports cars that followed (MR2, MR2 Turbo, and G35) were completely stock (sold off any aftermarket parts already on them and bought stock parts to restore to stock). There's something nice about "preserving" older sports cars by keeping them completely stock while everyone else's are modded out. And when the BRZ came out, I tried to keep the same mindset. But the ride height bugged me. The engineers intended for it to be lower for truer sports car handling. The suspension geometry is ideal at 20 +/-5mm lower than stock height according to a PM exchange I had with Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada. But to clear dips/curbs/parking stops and be public road-friendly, they lifted it to monster truck stratification.

Also, everyone else's BRZ was stock when I got mine and I don't like being like everyone else. Parts available for this car were too sublime to ignore. With the BRZ, it can't be helped. It's meant to be tinkered with, with "hooks" in place from the factory for modding. So I'm having at it, the way it was intended. Kept all my stock parts in case I want to be "different" and revert to stock when every BRZ I see is modded out later on.

07-24-2013, 02:59 PM	#65
switchlanez Glorious BRZ Master Race Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: Subaru Libird Location: Race Wars Posts: 3,645 Thanks: 1,050 Thanked 2,719 Times in 1,079 Posts Mentioned: 110 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	So my dad has had 3 generations of Supras (including MkIV TT), '69 Mustang, '88 Firebird... never ever modded anything on any of them. Now he has a WRB BRZ Limited (like me) and never intended to mod it... but I keep pushing things on him. He's got the GrimmSpeed license plate relocator kit, gave him my JDM exhaust tips, and bought FR-S dash panels and Carsmo armrest for him. He likes all of it. Now he wants Tom's lights like I have. His car still looks mostly stock just with little touches that enhance. I kept my MR-S visually stock and, after I sold that, my last 3 sports cars that followed (MR2, MR2 Turbo, and G35) were completely stock (sold off any aftermarket parts already on them and bought stock parts to restore to stock). There's something nice about "preserving" older sports cars by keeping them completely stock while everyone else's are modded out. And when the BRZ came out, I tried to keep the same mindset. But the ride height bugged me. The engineers intended for it to be lower for truer sports car handling. The suspension geometry is ideal at 20 +/-5mm lower than stock height according to a PM exchange I had with Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada. But to clear dips/curbs/parking stops and be public road-friendly, they lifted it to monster truck stratification. Also, everyone else's BRZ was stock when I got mine and I don't like being like everyone else. Parts available for this car were too sublime to ignore. With the BRZ, it can't be helped. It's meant to be tinkered with, with "hooks" in place from the factory for modding. So I'm having at it, the way it was intended. Kept all my stock parts in case I want to be "different" and revert to stock when every BRZ I see is modded out later on. __________________ << BUILD THREAD >> Last edited by switchlanez; 07-25-2013 at 12:58 PM.