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04-20-2018, 05:07 PM | #1 |
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.Kyle's OEM+ boosted 2015 BRZ
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Modifications/Equipment 2015 BRZ Limited - no factory options added at time of order. Wheels/Tires Current: Rays Gram Lights 57CR 17x9 +38 Gun Blue II Project Kics R26 neo chrome lug nuts 3mm Spacer (will be swapped for custom milled piece to incorporate spacer and hub ring) Bridgestone RE71R 255/40/17 Previous: Advan RGIII 18x9.5 +45 Super GTR Face Project Kics Hub Centric Rings Michelin Pilot Super Sport 255/35/18 Enkei RPF1 17x9 +35 Homemade Centercaps Unknown Brand HC Rings Michelin Pilot Super Sport 245/40/17 Dunlop SP6000 235/45/17 Brakes Current: 2014 WRX STi Brembos front and rear with front bleeders swapped to keep bore taper correct. DBA Rotors Stoptech Stainless Steel Brake Lines Stoptech Street Pads Previous: FHI 4 Piston/2 Piston Calipers KNS Brakes Adapter Bracket for rear Subaru OEM pads Suspension Current: Eibach ProR1 Coilovers Voodoo13 Rear Lower Control Arms Hotchki's Front Strut Brace Whiteline Adjustable Rear Swaybar & Support Brackets Previous: Bilstein B14 coilovers Whiteline Com-C upper mounts Engine Vortech V3 Supercharger Standard Pulley (have others but do not have supporting mods or tune for it) Gates Racing serpentine belt Turbosmart Compact BOV ECUTEK tuned Invidia Front pipe Invidia Over pipe Gutted Stock manifold Koyo Radiator Koyo Fill Neck and 1.3 bar cap Homebrew Oil Cooler (Greddy/Trust Core, Mocal fittings and sandwich plate, Jackson Racing riser, XRP hose, DEI fire Sleeve) Kraftwerks Washer Reservoir Homebrew Cold Air Drivetrain Whiteline transmission mount insert Whiteline Rear Cradle mount inserts Whiteline Differential mount inserts Perrin Rear Shifter Bushing Exterior/Aero STi front lip Subaru rear diffuser JDM STi Emblems front and rear tS under panels JDM STi Gurney Flap Tom's USDM red tail lights Grimmspeed hood lifters Xpel ultimate stone shield bumper/hood/fenders/a pillars/leading half of roof/mirrors/rear bumper ledge Interior/Accessories Homelink mirror Rydeen Duo backup camera Toyota sliding armrest Toyota red stitch rear seat hump cover Subaru/Toyota dash knee pads Subaru/Toyota speaker covers Subaru suede/red stitch cluster hood DentSportGarage shift knob Beatrush Reverse Lockout Stock floormats Stock trunk liner 2015 Once upon a time about 3 years ago I got the itch to replace my trusty bugeye WRX wagon with something a bit more modern and capable of better fuel economy for my commuting. I hadn't necessarily reached the end of my rope with the WRX but it did have 160k accumulated on it and was starting to show it's wear in various categories. It was a great car and I would buy one again if they were offered new. I didn't opt to replace it with a WRX again as the new cars had gotten kinda ugly (that is saying something coming from a bugeye owner). A far cry from their best looking years in 06-07. I made the decision to order a BRZ Limited devoid of any add-ons as I could source them in a more cost effective manner than the window sticker charge. 2/25/2015 Order Placed 5/3/2015 Vehicle arrived to dealer inventory. Delivery arranged for the end of June. The car was 10 states away in the Chicago suburbs. I was planning to pick it up when I went back to where I grew up for a friend's wedding. 6/25/2015 Delivery and drop off. Vehicle was picked up in the morning and promptly driven to The Tint Factory in Madison, Wi for XPEL Ultimate Clear bra install and 35% 3M Carbon Ceramic window tint. The vehicle was left until the following Tuesday. 6/30/2015 Pick up car and start the drive back to Phoenix. No pictures from Chicago to Denver. It was early and very boring. Driving through a mountain west of Denver Winding along the Colorado River North of Moab just before going into Arches national park to hike around for a bit South of Moab 7/5/2015 Let the fun begin. Enkei RPF1 17x9 +35 with some carry over tires I had from the WRX (had on the WRX for a day before I opted to order a new car) Tom's Tails Bilstein B14 Coilovers Hotchkis front strut brace FHI 4pot front calipers (carry over from the WRX) FHI 2pot rear calipers (carry over from the WRX) KNS Brakes rear adapter brackets DentSportGarage shift knob (carry over from the WRX) Toyota Armrest Speaker Pads Knee Pads Rear Seat Armrest STi Front Lip Project Kics R26 Neo Chrome Lug Nuts 10/15/2015 Picked up a few exhaust parts from a local Invidia front pipe Invidia over pipe -no install pics- 11/20/15 Encountered another local who was being transferred for work and parting out his car. He was moving to a northern climate and moving onto an evo. This made for an opportunity to get some nice bits at a very reasonable price. STi Gurney Flap Vortech V3 Supercharger Turbosmart BOV Mishimoto Oil Cooler (never installed - sold off as I'm not a fan of Mishimoto products) The car sat in this format for quite a while. Last edited by .Kyle; 01-02-2019 at 10:53 PM. |
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4/3/2016 Finally got around to installing the Vortech. Installed The JDM STi front and rear emblems at the same time that I got from JapanParts.com. Also replaced my Gurney Flap with a new one since the emblem wasn't staying adhered properly. It seems the earlier Gurney Flaps have a chiclet emblem and the later have a simple metallic sticker. Also added the OEM subaru diffuser. 4/10/2016 @nelsmar came over, told dirty jokes, and did the ecutek tune on my car. 7/11/2016 Installed a set of Michelin Pilot Super Sports 245/40/17 to replace the worn and meh performance Dunlops that were on there. Also installed a set of Whiteline Com-C upper front strut mounts. Hanging out with @asianCHAU 12/25/16 My mother in law gave me a JDM tS cluster hood cover. I feel as though the interior is now at a place that is the way the car should have been shipped. It seems all the new models get these items but early cars got cheaped out on. |
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6/10/2017 I have been harvesting a few parts for some time. STi Brembos front and rear Stoptech Pads Stoptech Lines DBA Rotors Advan RGIII 18x9.5 +45 Super GTR Face Michelin Pilot Super Sport 255/35/18 Eibach ProR1 Coilovers Voodoo13 Rear Lower Control Arms Whiteline Differential Bushing Inserts Whiteline Rear Subframe Inserts Whiteline Transmission Mount Insert Whiteline Rear Swaybar Support brackets |
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4/9/2018 Installed tS aero panels 4/12/2018 I never really got completely on board with my last wheel selection. The spoke shape/lack of even a little bit of lip bothered me. I was also not fond of the driving dynamic change from 17" to 18" wheels. So I took advantage of a promotion from one of our vendors and got myself a set of Gram Lights 57CR in 17x9 +38 and wrapped them in 255/40/17 Bridgestone RE71R. This brought a whole lot of enjoyment back to the car for me. There is a thread in here somewhere in which FT86SpeedFactory showed the 57CR fitment with the performance package Brembos as being about 3mm. I am not certain if there is a variance in STi Brembo thickness to BRZ as I have not had them side by side on a bench but I had less than a fingernail of clearance. Subsequently I have installed a 3mm spacer to gain minimum caliper clearance. I will be readdressing this soon with a set of hub bore/wheel bore centric 3mm spacers and longer studs. I have to break out the solidworks and send a drawing off to the machinist and I have been a bit busy with other things. All photo documentation will be in posts here forward rather than be duplicated. Last edited by .Kyle; 01-02-2019 at 10:55 PM. |
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Great build! Good to know about the STI brembo clearance on the 57crs as that is an upgrade I have been considering.
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18 clear without issue in 5x114.3 as it’s a common setup on STi. If the hub pad and spoke angle is the same on the 5x100 there is no trouble.
The 17” is where it gets tight. I like concave wheels. I could’ve easily gone flat face with tc105n and had miles of clearance but I figure I’m ugly, I should make the car that sits in the garage look good. |
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Any ideas for an exhaust?
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Uncertain. I like that the stock exhaust shape effectively acts as a diffuser. I intend to bribe Marin for some logging and maybe some tweaks once I hang the gutted stock manifold. Cat back will likely be stock modpipe and a modified stock muffler or the STi muffler. At the power level I exist at a 3” is overkill and most sureness would drone. I’ll give up 5-10hp to be happy with noise levels since the car gets used randomly/sparingly/my drive to SEMA for work each year/a run to California to be disappointed in an event.
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Greddy Supreme SP catback also more or less keeps the same shape as the stock exhaust canister.
Or Greddy SP Elite axleback if you can find one used.
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I will keep an eye out for an elite. I installed a sp on a friend's car. It was hard to gauge how it would sound on my car. On Chau's vortech'd frs he went through 2 or 3 exhausts before settling into a 3" melon shooter due to constantly blowing out the packing. He is running a ebcs/wastegate/smaller pulley setup on his and thus more cfm. I don't think I will ever be to that point but I have my concerns.
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Through my desire to replicate as much of the tS as reasonably possible I bought the rear emblem. I could have gotten one of the $6 ones ft86speedfactory sells from aliexpress but would much rather have the oem one. The subaru one also comes with the foams for properly positioning/aligning it on the decklid.
A local also parted out his car years ago when he moved onto a new platform and had some stuff sitting around that he didn't want to move to his new home. I bceame the benefactor of a Fullblown motorsports radiator and mishimoto hose set. I have no idea when I will get around to installing this. It will probably happen in the fall after I recover from the vet bill I just received for my daughter's cat. I'll build an oil cooler to install at the same time with a mocal plate and mocal core. I am up in the air about using the socketless fittings and hose and oetikers or doing -AN. |
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