FRS front grill modification

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Originally Posted by zeal86

Install the Beatrush front beam brace and polish the radiator and AC condenser lines/ends as well as powder coat the surrounding brackets to add some visuals to the opening.

Here mine...

Beautiful work Zeal! Any chance you could do me a huge favor and get 2 quick measurements?

The distance between those pins on the Beatrush bar and the depth from the driver side pin to where the Beatrush meets the frame?
I'm planning to fabricate my own and curious on material dimensions before pulling the car apart. Thanks!

[zeal86]

Originally Posted by Uplink

Beautiful work Zeal! Any chance you could do me a huge favor and get 2 quick measurements?

The distance between those pins on the Beatrush bar and the depth from the driver side pin to where the Beatrush meets the frame?
I'm planning to fabricate my own and curious on material dimensions before pulling the car apart. Thanks!

I'll try to get you those measurements soon... I've been really busy polishing aluminum lately... lol

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Originally Posted by olsonpg

Here comes zeal with his car porn again. Always making my car jealous I'll have to delete my history.

Heres a cheaper alternative to the Beatrush crash bar that I just ordered.

http://www.enjukuracing.com/products...scion-frs.html

Plan on giving it a shot of red for some extra bumper opening sweg for anyone that cares to look.

That's actually a good deal compared to the Beatrush if it's going to be hidden and actually gives me great direction, thanks.
The only concern would be that you don't have mounting location for the plastic air dam below the snorkel. I forget the review (maybe Perrin?) but they said without that the air turbulence near the snorkel actually robbed performance from a NA twin.

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Originally Posted by zeal86

I'll try to get you those measurements soon... I've been really busy polishing aluminum lately... lol

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Thank you, much appreciated!



And I just got a Dunkin Donuts visual of... 'Time to polish the aluminum...'

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Originally Posted by Uplink

That's actually a good deal compared to the Beatrush if it's going to be hidden and actually gives me great direction, thanks.
The only concern would be that you don't have mounting location for the plastic air dam below the snorkel. I forget the review (maybe Perrin?) but they said without that the air turbulence near the snorkel actually robbed performance from a NA twin.

Found it... http://blog.perrinperformance.com/br...design-part-2/

"The next test was removing the plastic air diverter which rests between the fresh air scoop and the lower portion of the bumper. This part is installed to help block some of the air from blowing up and around the radiator. With the diverter removed, there was a nice steady noticeable amount of air flow coming from the scoop at 1.5MPH. This sounds like it would be a great way to make our intake system get a little more flow and cool air, or would it…

After testing this on the road, we found this was a really bad idea. The added pressure and airflow while driving at 45MPH or more would cause the car to run poorly and actually die if you push in the clutch! So the plastic diverter got re-installed and the PERRIN intake would be designed around utilizing this part."

[zeal86]

Originally Posted by danny_d19

So I like the look of some 86's without the front grill, but hate the look of the styrofoam painted or stock crash bar painted. So I'm wondering if anyone has any pictures of the front grill cut out below the solid section that covers the styrofoam/crash bar?

Poor photo shop example of my car to illustrate what I mean

Curious... what did you decide to do about your front grille?

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[danny_d19]

Originally Posted by zeal86

Curious... what did you decide to do about your front grille?

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Took it all out, just need to trim or paint the tabs

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this one is the best I've seen! looks like a modified brz one or he just filled the holes with putty or something like that

[danny_d19]

That does look really clean!

[zeal86]

Originally Posted by danny_d19

Took it all out, just need to trim or paint the tabs

The 86 is looking sharp!

Btw, a Dremel will work just fine to grind down the tabs... what also works well and provides a lot of control and a clean cut are flush cutters.

I have used both methods...how much material I plan on eliminating determines my method. Dremeling is obviously better for grinding out a curve.

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Originally Posted by stevemp5

this one is the best I've seen! looks like a modified brz one or he just filled the holes with putty or something like that

The mod to the front beam brace is really well executed!

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Originally Posted by stevemp5

this one is the best I've seen! looks like a modified brz one or he just filled the holes with putty or something like that

Any word on what was done here? I'm very interested in this smooth option


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thats the super street "ratchet bunny" frs. i doubt anyone from superstreet (namely the editor) is on this forum

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Originally Posted by HuntingtonFRS

Any word on what was done here? I'm very interested in this smooth option


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I'm pretty sure that he cut the grill as in the photo and then sand it forms and use some filler for body, primer,paint ect ect. I'll try this technique when I will be on vacation. I'm pretty sure that's how he did