Alternative title "My Riced out BRZ"
Just about to hit 48k miles when I'm "done" my car. I say "done" because these wheels are actually not staying on the car. They're from my Hawkeye Impreza and I just wanted to do this to see how I liked them.
What makes up my idea of a BRZ STI?
-JDL Catless UEL / JDL Overpipe / JDL catted and resonated front pipe
-Perrin 2.5" resonated exhaust
-RCE Yellows
-SPC LCA
-JPM knee pads/ gauge hood / shift boot and e-brake boot
-04 STI 5x100 wheels (but will replace with something else nearly as light)
-Cheap lip kit because this car is meant for abuse, not being pampered (yet I manage to do both)
-Continental DW's
-JDM STI engine, trans and diff mounts (not yet installed)
-JDM underbody panels
-Toms tails
-5 Axis spoiler (just not a fan of the OEM spoiler)
-Little things like MTEC shifter springs, perrin shifter bushing and steering rack mounts
I think about the only mods I did outside of my vision as an NA BRZ STI were the Grimmspeed hood struts, grimmspeed tool tray, and Perrin shift knob. And opticoat.
Anyways, I got the side skirts on last weekend with an FRS friend's help and today I decided to finally take the wheels off the Impreza to see how I liked this look. I think I like it.
Overall, the car feels decently more powerful than a stock BRZ and it has a good bit more
usable power. Level of grip and suspension all around (and alignment) are dialed in to my liking.
Basically how the car would have come stock if the engineers got drunk and gave me the final say. The resonators in the front pipe and perrin exhaust make the car shockingly quiet when you aren't trying to get on it. And perfectly loud when you aren't. It's
perfect (to me).
