Pre-purchase mods and plans
First off lets start by saying yes I plan to mod this car, I know I have said no with my other cars, but this one is not staying stock from day 1. The first couple of months will be slow on the mod front but May onwards is where the fun begins
Plans include removing the fugly stock spoiler and fitting a duck tail type one, BRZ side vents, a set of wheels and coilovers. Then I can start planning the performance mods which would include a turbo/supercharger kit of some sort and a brake upgrade. I am also 70/30 split on a rocket bunny kit which is a irreversible mod as you have to cut away the arches to get it to fit. If I don't go for this, I will go down the 5 axis kit route which is subtle in comparison to the RB kit.
For anyone that knows me, they wont be shocked when I say that before I have even purchased the car I have a number of mods in the garage ready to go:
Alcantara/leather Interior
A full alcantara/leather interior just incase the car I find didn't have one. A lot of the cars seem to have a cloth interior which wouldn't do, plus even if the car I purchase does have alcantara, this gives me a spare set to retrim etc later down the line:
Alcantara and Cloth Interior by
tweedbean, on Flickr
P3 Vent Gauge
I have purchased a P3 air vent gauge as I was going to keep my scangauge from the Clubby however I couldn't find anywhere to fit it in the GT86 interior that would look right. Its great as it still allows you to use the air vent. It does everything my scangauge could do including reading codes etc and also has connections for boost if I decide down the FI (Forced Induction)route:
P3Gauge for the GT86 by
tweedbean, on Flickr
P3Gauge for the GT86 Fitted by
tweedbean, on Flickr
VHT Red Wrinkle Finish Paint
Purchased this to add some colour into the engine bay, spotted this done on a car in the US and it looked pretty good so I am going to give it a go. More details once its done.
Wrinkle VHT paint by
tweedbean, on Flickr
Red light tint and green glass paint
To remove the lexus style stock rear lights I want to tint them all red, while I take my time to decide if I want to switch to aftermarket lights. Green glass paint to ensure rear indicators flash amber through the red tint.
Red light tint and green glass paint by
tweedbean, on Flickr