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Old 09-14-2014, 08:45 PM   #379
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Here is my BRZ with Eibach Pro-Kit and 20/25mm spacers. Also with OEM rear diffuser and Perrin exhaust tips.









To be honest the rear would be better with 30mm, but it's probably because some camber is showing due to being dropped by springs. The front looks perfect though. Most people here in the forums are running the same 20/25mm setup with spacers.
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Old 09-14-2014, 09:27 PM   #380
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Anybody had problems with the ride height of the Series.Blue yet? I just got mine about a week ago and am super scared to go to places where there are speed bumps. How is the stock height (with the OEM aero kit) compared to other "lowered" BRZs? Should it be fine with most bumps?

It's not that low. So long as you're taking speed bumps at reasonable speeds you'll be fine. Hell, even at fast speeds it's fine, but the rear shocks are likely to bounce off the bumpstops if you do that. The front lip is likely the scrape though if you're aggressive on dips (I've scraped mine and was pissed about it for a while...then realized that's the whole point of having the lip to protect the bumper).


If you lower the car, all bets are off...

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I can't make it up most driveways

Have to at an angle up pretty much all the others

Speed bumps are fine though.


Are you lowered? My driveway has a pretty nasty dip at the road and I haven't scraped even once on it.
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Old 09-14-2014, 09:32 PM   #381
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It's not that low. So long as you're taking speed bumps at reasonable speeds you'll be fine. Hell, even at fast speeds it's fine, but the rear shocks are likely to bounce off the bumpstops if you do that. The front lip is likely the scrape though if you're aggressive on dips (I've scraped mine and was pissed about it for a while...then realized that's the whole point of having the lip to protect the bumper).


If you lower the car, all bets are off...





Are you lowered? My driveway has a pretty nasty dip at the road and I haven't scraped even once on it.
Nope. Just a ton of steep driveways in my area.
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Old 09-14-2014, 11:25 PM   #382
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Here's a pic of mine after I got the windows tinted. Picked it up last week in College Station, TX. They didn't mark up the price at all, but my dealer installed "option package 2" or something like that with wheel locks, rear trunk plastic mat, rear bumper applique, and maybe 1 or 2 other small things. MSRP was $30,859.

How much did you pay for it?
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Also, to add on to the above post, does anyone know where I can get wheel locks? I went to my local AutoZone and they said that my car is so new, that they didn't have any that would fit for the Series.Blue...
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Also, to add on to the above post, does anyone know where I can get wheel locks? I went to my local AutoZone and they said that my car is so new, that they didn't have any that would fit for the Series.Blue...
I wouldn't go back to that store for advice...
You can pick some up from Subaru or order some online.
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I wouldn't go back to that store for advice...
You can pick some up from Subaru or order some online.
Any chance that you can link me?

I tried Googling and nothing came up at all.
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Any chance that you can link me?

I tried Googling and nothing came up at all.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5265
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Just want to confirm that this won't be a problem for the STI rims on the Series.Blue right?
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I wouldn't go back to that store for advice...
You can pick some up from Subaru or order some online.


It's not their fault, unless you know the size and thread pitch of the nuts, there's no way to look them up because it's not in their system.


Now if you had asked for a 2013 you might have better luck...


Anyway, if you want them from the dealer, part number on the package I got mine it is B321SFG000
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Also, to add on to the above post, does anyone know where I can get wheel locks? I went to my local AutoZone and they said that my car is so new, that they didn't have any that would fit for the Series.Blue...
Go to your local Subaru dealer ( or get it on line), get the Subaru wheel lock set, cost under $30, they fit perfectly onto Series Blue STI wheels.
Other after market wheel lock set doesn't quite fit on STI wheel, due to the short stubby of the STI wheel nuts.
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Here is my BRZ with Eibach Pro-Kit and 20/25mm spacers. Also with OEM rear diffuser and Perrin exhaust tips.









To be honest the rear would be better with 30mm, but it's probably because some camber is showing due to being dropped by springs. The front looks perfect though. Most people here in the forums are running the same 20/25mm setup with spacers.
Are those the Perrin 4" exhaust tips?

http://perrinperformance.com/i-13324...-fr-s-brz.html
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Are those the Perrin 4" exhaust tips?

http://perrinperformance.com/i-13324...-fr-s-brz.html
Yep it is. Pretty expensive but really worth it if you want to preserve the OEM parts but still look good.

The 2015 tips actually look decent enough but I hate how it's so tucked in, so I just had to get these Perrin tips instead.

Another thing I noticed though is that after installing the tips, the right exhaust tip sits about half an inch lower for some reason... Are stock exhausts really like that? I'm hoping I can fix it by getting new bushings.
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Yep it is. Pretty expensive but really worth it if you want to preserve the OEM parts but still look good.

The 2015 tips actually look decent enough but I hate how it's so tucked in, so I just had to get these Perrin tips instead.

Another thing I noticed though is that after installing the tips, the right exhaust tip sits about half an inch lower for some reason... Are stock exhausts really like that? I'm hoping I can fix it by getting new bushings.
Thinking the same. I really didn't want to change the entire exhaust just to get the look. Are you able to adjust the depth of the tips? The pictures on the Perrin's website seems more tucked in?

Did you change them yourselves and was it hard with the diffuser installed?

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