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Pwolf · 09-30-2013, 07:31 PM

Awesome. Despite the lack of military demonstrations it should be a pretty good show. I love airshows mostly for the military exhibitions (F22 show couple years back was awesome) so I'm a bit dissapointed but I'll probably end up checking it out on Saturday anyway. Never met anyone who didn't enjoy their first airshow so I hope your dad enjoys it.

BRZkitty · 09-30-2013, 09:23 PM

@Pwolf, my car happen to be right btw the damn cameras.. my luck :<

denkigrve · 09-30-2013, 10:38 PM

Booo that sucks @BRZkitty. Glad they're taking care of it though.

garfull · 09-30-2013, 10:48 PM

Did you try any of the brake braces?

Coming from a miata with very firm and responsive brake feel I was initially disappointed in the frs brakes. I didn't believe that the brake braces would work but a coworker swore they made a difference on his car. So I was going to make my own but was able to get the grimspeed cheaper than my time/labor so I gave it a try. Whoa did it make a difference. The brakes feel is so much firmer, I couldn't believe it.

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I have them on my car, and I have to say I do suffer from a mushier brake pedal... as far as I can tell, compared to my experiences behind the wheels of other FRS. I can't say for sure it's due to the speed bleeders as I have yet to do a full bleed since the initial flush to RBF660, but that could be a good reason why I'm not satisfied with the brake pedal feel. It could also be the result of my switching back to stock pads from the race pads, and the perceived loss in brake firmness. Call it unconfirmed until further testing on my part.

86_ZN6 · 09-30-2013, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by garfull

Did you try any of the brake braces?

Coming from a miata with very firm and responsive brake feel I was initially disappointed in the frs brakes. I didn't believe that the brake braces would work but a coworker swore they made a difference on his car. So I was going to make my own but was able to get the grimspeed cheaper than my time/labor so I gave it a try. Whoa did it make a difference. The brakes feel is so much firmer, I couldn't believe it.

MCB is a great bung for the buck brake upgrade

B2FiNiTY · 10-01-2013, 01:53 AM

you definitely will feel the pedal become stiffer since it takes out the slack of the booster.

PMok · 10-01-2013, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by garfull

Did you try any of the brake braces?

Coming from a miata with very firm and responsive brake feel I was initially disappointed in the frs brakes. I didn't believe that the brake braces would work but a coworker swore they made a difference on his car. So I was going to make my own but was able to get the grimspeed cheaper than my time/labor so I gave it a try. Whoa did it make a difference. The brakes feel is so much firmer, I couldn't believe it.

yeah I have the GrimmSpeed MCB. It definitely helps some but not nearly as much as the feel of stainless steel braided brake lines on other cars like my MR2. With my race pads and the MCB it was feeling pretty good, but when I switched back to the stock pads (race pads are just too dang loud for the street) and pushed the pistons back in, my brakes felt really mushy again. I think I need to try bleeding them again soon.

ck-GT86 · 10-01-2013, 02:40 PM

excited to say that I had Sportlines installed at SpeedElement last night. Looks SO MUCH better compared to factory height, hit up Dev or Tom. Thanks @Speed Element

.ck

PMok · 10-01-2013, 04:44 PM

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excited to say that I had Sportlines installed at SpeedElement last night. Looks SO MUCH better compared to factory height, hit up Dev or Tom. Thanks @Speed Element

.ck

pics or it didn't happen!

ck-GT86 · 10-01-2013, 10:41 PM

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pics or it didn't happen!

Request and ye shall receive!

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Need to clean up that wheel gap, 20mm and 25mm spacers on the way

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ck-GT86 · 10-01-2013, 11:08 PM

Bonus pics of my dash black-out

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Looks so much better than the factory "carbon" wing stuff

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NorCal_Guy · 10-01-2013, 11:37 PM

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Bonus pics of my dash black-out

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Looks so much better than the factory "carbon" wing stuff

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.ck

That looks great, what did you use to black out your dash?

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BlaineWasHere · 10-02-2013, 11:20 AM

Well I'm getting the rest of my plugs/coils replaced under warranty, hopefully this makes my misfire/CEL go away for good!

BigFatFlip · 10-02-2013, 02:42 PM

Anybody try GTA online yet? Tried last night but kept getting server errors...so I went to the strip club instead

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Pwolf Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2013 GBS BRZ Limited Location: Sacramento Posts: 1,321 Thanks: 1,979 Thanked 1,380 Times in 560 Posts Mentioned: 120 Post(s)	Awesome. Despite the lack of military demonstrations it should be a pretty good show. I love airshows mostly for the military exhibitions (F22 show couple years back was awesome) so I'm a bit dissapointed but I'll probably end up checking it out on Saturday anyway. Never met anyone who didn't enjoy their first airshow so I hope your dad enjoys it.

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B2FiNiTY JDM JUNKY Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: NSX Location: United States Posts: 387 Thanks: 50 Thanked 101 Times in 73 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s)	you definitely will feel the pedal become stiffer since it takes out the slack of the booster.

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