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ZDan · 06-10-2024, 08:21 AM

Car is gawgeous! Super lightweight compared to FT86. Seats are kinda CRAP tho! Gonna hafta get 3-point compatible racing seat (Cobra Nogaro?). Planning on coilovers anyway, but stock suspension (I think '22 GT comes with Konis?) also is CRAP! Undersprung, overdamped (high-speed damping anyway), and it feels like the bushings (dunno if shock bushings or control arm bushings or both) are too sproingy, hit a bump and there's this ~4 Hz uncontrolled jiggly shudder/judder, and taking an onramp at 6/10ths with some broken surfaces the car was just skittering all over the place! Suspension can't keep tire contact with road in less than glass-smooth surfaces...

Honestly the BRZ (1st or 2nd gen) is a way way WAY better package out of the box! But I can fix, I think/hope...

06-10-2024, 08:21 AM	#5
ZDan Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Drives: '23 BRZ Location: Providence, RI Posts: 4,675 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,012 Times in 2,098 Posts Mentioned: 85 Post(s)	Car is gawgeous! Super lightweight compared to FT86. Seats are kinda CRAP tho! Gonna hafta get 3-point compatible racing seat (Cobra Nogaro?). Planning on coilovers anyway, but stock suspension (I think '22 GT comes with Konis?) also is CRAP! Undersprung, overdamped (high-speed damping anyway), and it feels like the bushings (dunno if shock bushings or control arm bushings or both) are too sproingy, hit a bump and there's this ~4 Hz uncontrolled jiggly shudder/judder, and taking an onramp at 6/10ths with some broken surfaces the car was just skittering all over the place! Suspension can't keep tire contact with road in less than glass-smooth surfaces... Honestly the BRZ (1st or 2nd gen) is a way way WAY better package out of the box! But I can fix, I think/hope... Last edited by ZDan; 06-10-2024 at 08:58 AM.