"No Brainer" upgrades

[NWFRS]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Pretty much personal preference when it comes to this question really..

Seriously.

I think the amber side markers to clear JDM side markers are about the biggest no-brainer. Followed closely by a shorter antenna-I went with a Perrin 2" stubby. OE mudguards are kinda up there also.

Everything else I've done SEEMED like a no-brainer to me. I had a vision for my car before I bought it, and I sort of viewed that vision as a package. It's possible I wouldn't have even bought the car if I had to leave it stock. I wanted 16" wheels, fatty tires and brown leather upholstery. A silver BRZ dash facade is just icing on the cake. This car is MINE now.

[Impureclient]

3D MAXpider floor mats, roughly $80. Look so good and are very functional.
Toyota Corolla cargo net, $30. No more groceries all over the trunk when drifting on the turns.
Esky EC170-06 back up camera, $20. No more guessing when backing up.

[Aztec]

Lower the car, don't do exhaust upgrades unless you do the header+tune first: Header+tune will be the easiest upgrade to drivability, tint windows, audio upgrades: head unit/subs

just depends on what you want

[ZX88]

mtech shiftier spring.

[LOLS2K]

Originally Posted by dnieves

Dead give a ways:


If you have AC + HID and the car is a '13 then you have a 10 Series (bluish silver paint job), if you have dual AC + HID and the car is a '14 then you have a Monogram (almost every color paint job depending on market). If you have dual AC + HID and the car is a '15 then you have a RS 1.0 (bright yellow paint job).

I have a black '13 so... base?
Coming from Honda world I'm accustomed to CX, DX, EX, CR etc.

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by FR-Sky

$200 for a HID kit and install sounds expensive to me....

I'm assuming it's not just an HID kit, it sounds a full retrofit to me. Otherwise if it's just an HID kit + install OP got ripped off.

[cycleboy]

Originally Posted by ZX88

mtech shiftier spring.

This! (and the shifter spring, hah!)

Makes shifting intuitive like it should've been from the get go.

[Packofcrows]

Originally Posted by NWFRS

Seriously.

I think the amber side markers to clear JDM side markers are about the biggest no-brainer. Followed closely by a shorter antenna-I went with a Perrin 2" stubby. OE mudguards are kinda up there also.

Everything else I've done SEEMED like a no-brainer to me. I had a vision for my car before I bought it, and I sort of viewed that vision as a package. It's possible I wouldn't have even bought the car if I had to leave it stock. I wanted 16" wheels, fatty tires and brown leather upholstery. A silver BRZ dash facade is just icing on the cake. This car is MINE now.

Why clear? Jw i like amber much more. I think they nicer.

[NWFRS]

Originally Posted by Packofcrows

Why clear? Jw i like amber much more. I think they nicer.

It's just a color scheme preference. Our cars already have several colors going on, and that amber is sort of the odd-one out. Nothing else is amber. A motorbike for instance will usually have three colors going on-the frame will be one color, the tank and fairings will be another, and then they will usually choose an accent color (like maybe the wheels and forks will be gold, or the brake calipers, engine hardware and clutch will be red). Get too many colors going on and everything starts to look busy...

...also I might be a little bit OCD...

[Packofcrows]

Originally Posted by NWFRS

It's just a color scheme preference. Our cars already have several colors going on, and that amber is sort of the odd-one out. Nothing else is amber. A motorbike for instance will usually have three colors going on-the frame will be one color, the tank and fairings will be another, and then they will usually choose an accent color (like maybe the wheels and forks will be gold, or the brake calipers, engine hardware and clutch will be red). Get too many colors going on and everything starts to look busy...

...also I might be a little bit OCD...

Lol i want red calipers or yellow. Too expensive though. I get your point though. Lol

[Pekingduck]

I really like my supercharger, some type of coilover, wheels, and tires. The car become very competitive without becoming non usable

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by NWFRS

It's just a color scheme preference. Our cars already have several colors going on, and that amber is sort of the odd-one out. Nothing else is amber. A motorbike for instance will usually have three colors going on-the frame will be one color, the tank and fairings will be another, and then they will usually choose an accent color (like maybe the wheels and forks will be gold, or the brake calipers, engine hardware and clutch will be red). Get too many colors going on and everything starts to look busy...

...also I might be a little bit OCD...

The amber only works on Hot Lavas

[strat61caster]

HPDE, AutoX, track brake pads and fluid.

[dnieves]

Originally Posted by LOLS2K

I have a black '13 so... base?
Coming from Honda world I'm accustomed to CX, DX, EX, CR etc.

Sounds base. Funny, your coming from Honda reminds me of the only thing I hated about my Civic Si: that people lumped it in with the rest of the Civic line (although it came in handy for insurance rates).