What if You had 5 Grand to Spend - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Raven 6 · 05-12-2014, 10:34 PM

Title pretty much sums it up. If you had $5,000 what would you buy for your BRZ? I'm wanting to do some upgrades to my stock BRZ but don't know exactly what.

midnight23 · 05-12-2014, 10:37 PM

Depends what kind of person you are. Do you like performance or aesthetics?

JOSEC · 05-12-2014, 10:43 PM

I would personally do wheels, tires, and coilovers.

AVodka14 · 05-12-2014, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JOSEC

I would personally do wheels, tires, and coilovers.

This ^

Raven 6 · 05-12-2014, 10:50 PM

Personally I like both. The thought of a turbo or supercharger is very appealing. But coil overs, new exhaust, wheels and tires etc. is also tempting.

hmong337 · 05-12-2014, 10:50 PM

Lots of track time and the associated maintenance... then progressively move towards brakes, wheels, tires, suspension and tune.

Raven 6 · 05-12-2014, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by hmong337

Lots of track time and the associated maintenance... then progressively move towards brakes, wheels, tires, suspension and tune.

That's not really in my character, I'm more of a person that babies my cars and run the guts out occasionally.

jdmblood · 05-12-2014, 10:58 PM

coilovers, wheels, brakes, full bolt ons+tune

dbrandt01 · 05-12-2014, 11:17 PM

I'd say if it had to be spent for mods. Wheels and tires.
If it was me trying to be somewhat responsible. I'd put the majority of it towards paying the car off.

alpine · 05-12-2014, 11:32 PM

lol Turbo obvi how has no one suggested this

gramicci101 · 05-12-2014, 11:33 PM

OFH (have OFT already)
PLM overpipe
Magnaflow catted/resonated front pipe
Invidia Q300 cat back
Crawford BPBs
RCE Tarmac springs
Bilstein B8 struts
HVT front top mounts
Grp N rear top mounts
RCE swaybar set
Racer X rear LCAs, UCAs, trailing arms, and toe arms
Energy Suspension poly bushings for front suspension
Perrin engine mounts
Koyo radiator
Perrin oil cooler
Rays 57Xtreme 18x8.5+42, powdercoated shiny bronze, with a 10mm spacer on the rear
Michelin PSS 245-35/18
Driveway Labs Type 2 rear diffuser
FT-86SF front splitter

That should about do it.

BrrrRrrZ · 05-12-2014, 11:43 PM

$5k won't get you to FI and a proper tune, and then you always have the fun of knowing it could all go up in smoke.

+1 for paying down the car

+2 for tired and wheels

If you're looking to baby and enjoy it, do something that will make you smile every time you get in without adding potential future costs. Better handling is always nice and I've heard some great exhausts.

For $150 you could go buy the cheapest tires Walmart sells and smile till you burn em' off. My buddy has a large paved strip on his property leading to the house. Turning off the nannies on this car is Nirvana. I never got why people drift until this weekend.

and the best part is you'd still have $4850 left!

alpine · 05-12-2014, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by BrrrRrrZ

$5k won't get you to FI and a proper tune, and then you always have the fun of knowing it could all go up in smoke.

+1 for paying down the car

+2 for tired and wheels

If you're looking to baby and enjoy it, do something that will make you smile every time you get in without adding potential future costs. Better handling is always nice and I've heard some great exhausts.

For $150 you could go buy the cheapest tires Walmart sells and smile till you burn em' off. My buddy has a large paved strip on his property leading to the house. Turning off the nannies on this car is Nirvana. I never got why people drift until this weekend.

and the best part is you'd still have $4850 left!

ehh I did it under 5,it is possible if you do your own work. I just priced out with 5500 you will get you a base kit from FBM with a Tune from HRI and a clutch that will keep you smiling for weeks on end.

gramicci101 · 05-12-2014, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by BrrrRrrZ

My buddy has a large paved strip on his property leading to the house.

That's called a "driveway".

05-12-2014, 10:34 PM	#1
Raven 6 Member Join Date: May 2014 Drives: 2014 Subaru BRZ Location: Southwest Va Posts: 58 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	What if You had 5 Grand to Spend Title pretty much sums it up. If you had $5,000 what would you buy for your BRZ? I'm wanting to do some upgrades to my stock BRZ but don't know exactly what.

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midnight23 dying bird under the hood Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 SWP Limited BRZ Location: Disneyland, California Posts: 1,331 Thanks: 546 Thanked 451 Times in 295 Posts Mentioned: 34 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Depends what kind of person you are. Do you like performance or aesthetics? __________________ GReddy Turbo BRZ tuned by Evasive Motorsports Build Thread Instagram

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gramicci101 Off Topic Join Date: Feb 2014 Drives: 2014 Subaru BRZ Limited Location: Vegas, baby! Posts: 4,610 Thanks: 2,369 Thanked 4,243 Times in 2,170 Posts Mentioned: 43 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	OFH (have OFT already) PLM overpipe Magnaflow catted/resonated front pipe Invidia Q300 cat back Crawford BPBs RCE Tarmac springs Bilstein B8 struts HVT front top mounts Grp N rear top mounts RCE swaybar set Racer X rear LCAs, UCAs, trailing arms, and toe arms Energy Suspension poly bushings for front suspension Perrin engine mounts Koyo radiator Perrin oil cooler Rays 57Xtreme 18x8.5+42, powdercoated shiny bronze, with a 10mm spacer on the rear Michelin PSS 245-35/18 Driveway Labs Type 2 rear diffuser FT-86SF front splitter That should about do it. Last edited by gramicci101; 05-13-2014 at 01:25 AM.

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BrrrRrrZ Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 2014 BRZ 6MT Location: Canada Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	$5k won't get you to FI and a proper tune, and then you always have the fun of knowing it could all go up in smoke. +1 for paying down the car +2 for tired and wheels If you're looking to baby and enjoy it, do something that will make you smile every time you get in without adding potential future costs. Better handling is always nice and I've heard some great exhausts. For $150 you could go buy the cheapest tires Walmart sells and smile till you burn em' off. My buddy has a large paved strip on his property leading to the house. Turning off the nannies on this car is Nirvana. I never got why people drift until this weekend. and the best part is you'd still have $4850 left!

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