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I just did the TOB and clutch and might have decent advice to offer.

I paid 125 for a clutch disc from the dealer(they price match) ~40 for the tob from verus.com, 35 for random shift linkage bushing etc the mechanic recommended, 60 for motul trans+diff fluid, and $180 labor(he said hed charge 60-80 and I laughed at him and gave him more than double).

He drifts a turbo brz and is a mechanic by trade and did it on a sunday as a side job at his place of work, and I was under the car w him the entire time. His boss was fine bc he got the 60 for fluids.

My advice is poke around your local community, reach out to the local frs/BRZ page. You are going to find some folks that have dropped a frs/brz trans many times. Im pretty active in my local community and dont expect everyone to have the connections I do, and that's OK. 500 really isnt bad.

Change the tob early into its signs of failure(squeaking on cold start) and you wont have to replace the output shaft. He scotchbrited my flywheel+pressure plate bc I replaced my clutch before it was worn to the backing plate and they looked beautiful.