The wait is over
09/05/2017:
Finally the wheels arrive! I can be pretty picky when it comes to parts choice, especially wheels. For the BRZ is was tough to choose a set of wheels. Coming from the S chassis world, it's hard to find a wheel that doesn't look good on that car, but for the BRZ, I found this to be the opposite. Nearly every wheel looked a bit odd on the car. I had TE37's in the past, and love them, but I don't think they look that good on this car. I considered Gram Lights, but they looked pretty similar as well, and didn't wow me. It wasn't untill I saw @
PRORICAN 's car that I knew what I wanted: Advans.
I started doing a bunch of research. Apparently, they no longer offer the TCIII in Semi-Gloss Black. It comes with some weird silver/gunmetal center. Frustrated, I considered other options. I went through the wheel directory looking at wheel/tire combo's, trying to find something that resonated with me, but I couldn't. In the end, I did what any rational person would do. I ordered Advan GT's. Essentially, these are the forged, "big bother", to the cast TCIII wheel (ie; more expensive). I weighed the pro's and con's of just settling for another wheel, but I just loved the 5 spoke look. If I didn't get these, I feel I would of just got bored with whatever wheel I bought and would want to get these anyway, so I just bit the bullet and went for it.
09/09/2017:
Took the car to Auto Innovation's in Milpitas to get the tires mounted and the alignment done. Since this car is mostly for mountain runs and eventual track usage, I went with a (somewhat) aggressive alignment.
Front Camber: -3.2
Front Toe: 0
Front Caster: 5.8 (This is stock, but I'm looking into different options to get this adjusted in the future)
Rear Camber: -2.5
Rear Toe: 0
Car drives and feels great! I am getting some rubbing on the rear bumper, and on the front fenders near the side marker. The fenders have not been rolled or touched at all, so I will need to roll the fronts. The rear don't seem to have any issues so far besides rubbing on the bumper. The tires I ended up with are a bit wider than I was planning to run, so I did need to run a bit more negative camber in the rear than I would of liked. However, I don't believe I am suffering too much loss of contact patch in the rear, as these tires are pretty sticky. If need be I can always do a slight roll/pull in order to dial out some of the camber, but I haven't ran into any issues where I felt like I didn't have enough grip. Although, I've only just done a few light mountain runs with them, so only time will tell as I get used to driving on the new setup. I will hopefully be doing some HPDE with the car next year. I want to upgrade the cooling system first, and do a brake pad/fluid flush on the car so it will be able to handle the stresses of the track.
09/17/2017:
Washed the car inside and out, so I did a little photo shoot.
To be continued..