Buddy32's WRB BRZ "Buddy"

[buddy32]

Starting a build thread to keep track of what I've done, and how much money this car is sucking from me.

I live in Atlanta. This car is my DD and I have only driven on the street (spiritedly). Purchased "Buddy" (very original i know) 4th of July weekend, and have done small cosmetic stuff so far, but FI is on the wish list. Driving the car stock first and also hope to make it out to the track to learn more about it. I've never taken apart a car before, but hoping to learn with this car. Going to try my best to do stuff myself hopefully with some help. There's so much info on here! Hopefully I'll receive some pointers in here as well! Looking forward to getting schooled!

Edit (3/25/15): No longer a DD but still driving at least 3 days out of the week. Learning a lot as I go along with this car.

At dealership:


OEM Audio + Reference:



4th Brake Light/ Fog Light Enable:


Anarchy Motive Shift Knob:


Done so far:

Cosmetic/Comfort/ Safety:
4th Brake/ Fog Light Enable
Rally Armor Mud Flaps
Grimmspeed Hood Struts
OEM Audio + Reference 400 @oemaudioplus
@Anarchy Motive Shift Knob (Tiger Blue)
@Diode Dynamics Always On Module
@Raceseng Front + Rear Tow Hooks
Agency Power Bolt-in Harness Bar

Brakes:
AP Racing Sprint BBK
Spiegler SS Brake Lines
Torque RT700 Brake Fluid
Carbotech 1521 Brake Pads for Street
Carbotech XP10 Brake Pads for Track
GT3 Brake Air Guides
Radium Engineering Master Cylinder Brace

Wheels/Tires:
Set 1: Stock (SOLD)
Set 2: Enkei Raijin 18x8 +45 Powdercoated Gold, wrapped in 245/35-18 Bridgestone RE760 Square
Set 3: Gram Lights 57Xtreme 17x9.0 +40, wrapped in 245/40/17 Bridgestone Potenza RE-11A
@CounterSpace Garage Chromoly Lug Nuts
ARP Extended Studs

Suspension:
@Racecomp Engineering Tarmac TII
@Raceseng Cas/Cam Plates
Whiteline Front Camber Bolts
Whiteline Positive Traction Kit (KDT922)
Whiteline Support Outrigger Insert (KDT925)
Whiteline Front + Rear Sway Bar End Links

@ptuning Turbo Build:
Ptuning GT3076R Turbo Kit (Charge Pipes Powdercoated Black)
Ptuning Fueling Package (770CC Injectors, 4Bar MAP Sensor, ECUtek)
Ptuning Small Battery Tray Kit (Odyssey PC680 Battery)
Ptuning EBCS
Ptuning Oil Cooler Kit
Ptuning EL Headers
Ptuning 3" SS Turbo-Back Exhaust System
Koyo Radiator
Radium Engineering Dual Oil Catch Cans
ACT PTSB7-HDG6 Clutch Kit (OEM Release Bearing)

Monitoring:
ATI Triple Gauge Pod
AEM Wideband Failsafe
Innovate MTX Dual Oil Pressure/ Temp

Fluids:
Motul Gear 300
Motul Gear 300 LS
Motul 300V 5W30

Etuned by Toan at @ptuning

[Anarchy Motive]

looks good in there man. nice looking car!

[BRZSTIAZ]

Very nice. Did you do the interior lighting yourself or was it a kit you bought?

[buddy32]

Originally Posted by BRZSTIAZ

Very nice. Did you do the interior lighting yourself or was it a kit you bought?

Bought the kit from @Phastek Performance.

http://www.phastekperformance.com/20...well-light.htm

[BRZSTIAZ]

Originally Posted by buddy32

Bought the kit from @Phastek Performance.

http://www.phastekperformance.com/20...well-light.htm

Cool thanks!

[buddy32]

Ordered the OEM Audio + reference series a while back and neglected to post it. I ordered it when the website still said "pre-orders only" and it did indeed come after 2 weeks.

What box looked like first opened:


Painted sub:


A true plug and play system. Didn't cut any wires. Replaced the factory woofers on the doors, and also the tweeters on the top deck. Removed the 3.5" on the top deck since they were just being bypassed. The instructions weren't as complete as I would have liked, but everything on this car is pretty easy to disassemble and reassemble.

Figured everything out from videos and called them to ask a few questions during installation. The connectors that go directly into the radio unit seemed a little different. Had a hard time getting it in there, and finally just dremmeled the "fins" on them to get them to fit into the radio (no problems after dremmeling).

Connectors:


Sound quality is much better, with the bass extremely clear. Did not do any sound deadening work in the doors, and it still hits clean and relatively hard without an rattles. The doors would rattle on the stock system around volume level 30, and now it doesn't anymore even at high volume levels.

This is most likely the simplest/easiest way to add quality sound to your 86 with minimal wiring work and not add a significant amount of weight.

Overall extremely satisfied with the system. I need to start making it out to some meets but if you'd like to check it out in person and are in the Atlanta area, feel free to PM me!

[buddy32]

Pretty long but good weekend and some exposure for me!

First off, finally tried my hand at vinyl wrapping. Decided awhile ago that I needed to accent the awesome @Anarchy Motive tiger blue shift knob, and ordered some blue carbon fiber vinyl wrap off ebay. Finally gave it a shot and went pretty well. Just wrapped the two dash pieces and the door handles. I'm thinking about plasti dipping the rest (steering wheel, air vents, 2 big pieces in between the ac controls) and using the gold metalizer to go with the eventually gold/ dark bronze wheels.



Went for a drive with a buddy up in the north GA mountains around Turner's Corner Cafe and had a blast up there.

Gassing up and getting ready:


View from a stop up top:


Stopped by AMP on the way back and Velocity Motorsports were doing their driving experience programs, checked out the go-karts at the back area (those things look so much fun to drive!) and finally even got a ride in one of the guys' dedicated track M3.

Track:


Velocity's Lambo:


Doing small stuff and trying to keep my attention away while I save up for performance mods and at the same time learn to drive the car stock well before I dig in!

[buddy32]

Been a long time since I've updated.

Since the last time I wrote, I've picked up some Enkei Raijins 18x8 +45, had them powdercoated gold, and wrapped them in 245/35-18 Bridgestone RE760s square setup. Still going to hang on to stock wheels/tires for now. Going to run the stock tires at RA probably till they die.



Also picked up a used Sprint BBK from @CSG Mike with all the goodies, Spiegler SS brake lines all around, ARP extended studs, 10mm spacers (to run stock wheels), CSG Chromoly lug nuts, Torque 700RT Brake Fluid, a set of Carbotech 1521 brake pads for the street, and a set of Carbotech XP10 brake pad for the track.



Please ignore wheel gap. Suspension mods are up next after March track event.

Huge shout out to @CSG Mike answering all my questions patiently and the guidance he provided along with @ImperiousRex! Transaction was also smooth with no problems whatsoever!

All signed up for March 15/16 HPDE with NASA at RA, can't wait!

[SkAsphalt]

Your wheels in gold look great!

[buddy32]

Originally Posted by SkAsphalt

Your wheels in gold look great!

Thanks! Inspired by @ATL BRZ. He is selling his set though, can't wait to see his new setup. He's answered a lot of my questions too! This community really has some awesome people willing to help just out of passion. Extremely thankful!

[ATL BRZ]

Jealous of the BBK, congrats!

More pics of those gold Raijins please!!

[buddy32]

Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

Jealous of the BBK, congrats!

More pics of those gold Raijins please!!

I'll snap more pics next time I have em on the car.

You could browse through some of the pics on http://davidnew.net/site/2014/01/05/...-january-2014/

[qitorr]

Blue and gold is such a classic and looks great. Did you do any more work to the interior after the dash vinyl?

[buddy32]

Originally Posted by qitorr

Blue and gold is such a classic and looks great. Did you do any more work to the interior after the dash vinyl?

I actually did. Popped the trim pieces off and plasti dipped them black, then used the plasti dip metalizer and painted them gold.