Some interesting EBAY items are starting to show up

[Turbowned]

Aww c'mon man! Half an ounce here, half an ounce there... It won't affect the car's polar moment of inertia unless you move the cupholders closer to the shifter

[ESBjiujitsu]

Originally Posted by Turbowned

Aww c'mon man! Half an ounce here, half an ounce there... It won't affect the car's polar moment of inertia unless you move the cupholders closer to the shifter

so thats the secret for the PERFECTTTTT DRIIIFFTTTOOOOOOOOOOO

[Jay Grey]

Oh hell noooo... I would not pay that much for those accessories!!! Some of it looks tacky as hell anyway.

[86'd]

Originally Posted by Turbowned

I'm sure prices will drop once they realize no one's buying them at these outrageous prices. The rear diffuser is $1049+250 for shipping? Dealer cost in the U.S. is $600. Can probably get one for less than $700. (which is already insane)



Who wants to make these for not $179+shipping? That's plain stoopid!

Maybe they'll double as these:



So you can moonlight as a magician.

[zoomzoomers]

Prices are outrageous, but at least stuff are becoming available.

[ESBjiujitsu]

now its worth the money!

[Dark]

Would you pay 120 for a pair of bulbs?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-TOYOTA-...ht_3890wt_1282

[MRZ415]

The stuff on the site makes the stuff I I bought for my car
cheap, and here I was thinking Euro stuff was expensive but
this JDM stuff is gonna cost an arm n a leg.

[jonnyquest]

This stuff will drop as soon as the car is out for a little while

[groucho]

Originally Posted by NYC BRZ

Holy shnikes. I'm waiting until we can get part numbers for this stuff and using my super secret squirrel dealer connections for my discount lol. I wonder if STI is going to do the short throw shifter and shift bushing kit?

Originally Posted by Scooby South

NO...but KartBoy definitely is..

I kind of doubt both of these... this isn't like the WRX where the tranny is a couple feet ahead of the shifter. I suspect the stick has a very short or possibly even non-existent linkage. From what I've seen so far, the shifter movement is already extremely short, and I suspect it won't need any special bushings. My Elan's shifter goes straight into the gearbox without any linkage, and it is wonderfully short and mechanical-feeling. If the BRZ is anything like that, I will be ecstatic.

...I just did a little looking, and there's some photos of the transmission on this page that show some linkage coming out near the rear of the transmission; I assume that's the linkage we're talking about. Not much there to do anything with.

[mattles]

As the 86 is RWD, its transmission hat/turret is directly under the center console, and as such has no linkage or cables/arms/what have you. The shifter rod and bushings go directly into the shifter turret on the back of the transmission unit, and may even be lubricated by the oil in the casing of the transmission.

That being said, even though this is an AZ1 transmission like the s2000, it still seems like it has a longer throw, in my opinion it needs a shorter throw and a shorter overall height, but certainly nothing drastic as its quite a bit better than most cars out these days.

[tom@kartboy]

Originally Posted by groucho

I kind of doubt both of these... this isn't like the WRX where the tranny is a couple feet ahead of the shifter. I suspect the stick has a very short or possibly even non-existent linkage. From what I've seen so far, the shifter movement is already extremely short, and I suspect it won't need any special bushings. My Elan's shifter goes straight into the gearbox without any linkage, and it is wonderfully short and mechanical-feeling. If the BRZ is anything like that, I will be ecstatic.

...I just did a little looking, and there's some photos of the transmission on this page that show some linkage coming out near the rear of the transmission; I assume that's the linkage we're talking about. Not much there to do anything with.

We'll just have to wait and see now wont we

I have all the shifter parts lying on my workbench. We WILL have something... I just need the shop BRZ to hit to test out the prototypes.

Then to see how long it take GTP to make shitty knockoffs.

Tom

[brianbot5000]

Originally Posted by MmmHamSandwich

For that money you can almost buy a catback exhaust. Anyone who pays that much for tips is an utter fool.

If you are desperate just go online or even to Pep Boys (lawl) and buy a set for as low as 1/10th the cost.

I'm not saying it's not crazy expensive, and probably foolish to buy at that price, but the devil is in the details - some random large exhaust tip from Pep Boys isn't going to look the same, and it's going to be pretty obvious to anyone who knows (especially me, who would have to look at them every day). The whole point is to change the tips to what they should be, not to "something close".

I guess it all depends on what your motivation is. To mod with an emphasis on power/function, or to mod with an emphasis on OEM look first, power/function second. I'm typically the latter. For example, if STi comes out with an exhaust I'd probably be in.