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Old 01-23-2014, 11:27 AM   #39
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Which mud flaps are you getting? I didn't think they were a requirement here - until i drove the brz in the rain (which it actually does in Austin unlike other parts of texas). All the sand and crap that blows onto the road between rains then gets splattered all over the car - and caked on sand is quite scary to try to wash off. (I think my next upgrade purchase will need to be a pressure washer!) I am not a huge fan of the OEM or the Rally Armor which seem to be the 2 available for this car. I am looking for something more subdued than either of those - please let me know if you've seen other options.

Thanks for the before / after reverse pics. I've been looking at doing that but I didn't trust the marketing pics from the LED dealers. Also good call on LED Fogs - the stock BRZ ones look weird because you have the very nice bright white headlights with the high intensity and the LEDs but the stock fogs are normal bulb which looks weak and warm colored. I wish they would have either gone with actual yellow fogs or done LED from the beginning. Also trunk light looks great - you sold me. Do you find the cabin LED too bright when coming in from the dark?
I haven't seen any other options yet, but I kind of like the rally armor between the options of oem and rally armor with the color matching text. I'll be looking a lot more extensively after I get a couple large bills paid in the next couple weeks. I have seen the black with red text on a red frs and thought it looked sporty and the lines looked a lot nicer in person (my own opinion). I got the middle of the road brightness for the cabin and I love it, I think the stage 3 (same as the trunk LED i have) would be too bright. At night I can see everything in my cabin and read notes or a map if I need to, obviously not while driving. Stage 1 might be nice too, but I was not happy with the stock bulb which didn't really help me see anything inside the cabin at night. Also, the car gradually turns on the cabin light so it is not a BAM and you're blind thing either.
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