Why I'm glad I got my FRS (And why you should pull the trigger if you want one.)

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by VoltsFRS2013

I'm a huge fan of the diffuser look, how much was it? I just got that muffler delete yesterday in the mail from a Private Label shop in California who's been popping them out for like $220 on eBay, I literally had to take a blow torch and heat up the bolts and cut them off, it was insane getting my OEM Muffler off. Never seen such rust in my life and the bolts were practically round by the time i got to them

Hey, you're my kind of mechanic ........


humfrz

[Paladin]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Only for 5 months a year.

The joys of living in Canada eh? I'm really happy I can store my FR-S for the winter

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Paladin

The joys of living in Canada eh? I'm really happy I can store my FR-S for the winter

I specifically got it since it was inexpensive enough I would need to store it and could drive it all year round without feeling too bad.

[Paladin]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I specifically got it since it was inexpensive enough I would need to store it and could drive it all year round without feeling too bad.

That's awesome! It's probably a lot of fun in the snow lol. I don't see to many Toyobarus driving around in the winter so that's really cool that you drive yours year round.
I'm a bit further north in Ontario. (north end simcoe county) I do a lot of driving on country roads that are crappy enough in the spring, summer and fall and the FR-S is a little low for unplowed roads
I also have loads of space and an empty shipping container that my car could happily sleep in.

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[jcutner]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Toyota-86-Sub...5TbY64&vxp=mtr

Stupid question, but does this just use the existing pop-rivets that hold the bumper on?

[Yousend]

Originally Posted by Paladin

That's awesome! It's probably a lot of fun in the snow lol. I don't see to many Toyobarus driving around in the winter so that's really cool that you drive yours year round.
I'm a bit further north in Ontario. (north end simcoe county) I do a lot of driving on country roads that are crappy enough in the spring, summer and fall and the FR-S is a little low for unplowed roads
I also have loads of space and an empty shipping container that my car could happily sleep in.

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I drive mine in the winter too. It's a fun ride in the winter, it behaves when it needs to and playful when you want to. Only needed to be pushed twice in 3 winters. Once I was parked on pure ice at work. Second time it was in a Blizzard after I got done watching Hockey. The parking was unplowed and we got a foot of snow under 4hrs. Friends also got stuck in their econobox, so that's not exactly a strike against low RWD cars.

I've always been someone that sees a car as a consumable, I pay to use my car. I refuse to let it sit in the garage for 4-6 months, it will die eventually, might as well get the most out of it.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by jcutner

Stupid question, but does this just use the existing pop-rivets that hold the bumper on?

Uses all existing holes yes. The required hardware is included. Took me about 10 minutes laying on the lawn to do it.
It is very strong and I literally used it to snowplow my driveway several times.

[ImAdopted]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Uses all existing holes yes. The required hardware is included. Took me about 10 minutes laying on the lawn to do it.
It is very strong and I literally used it to snowplow my driveway several times.

reminds me of the winters over here, plowing the streets in the frs all winter without a care in the world lol

[mrderp]

Plowing fresh snow is awesome! hitting a chunk of ice is less so.

As long as you remember to keep at least half a tank of gas, winters are a blast

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by mrderp

Plowing fresh snow is awesome! hitting a chunk of ice is less so.

As long as you remember to keep at least half a tank of gas, winters are a blast

You can say that again!

[VoltsFRS2013]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

You can say that again!

it's funny, I've came up on two curbs accidentally slowly urching up while parking and never had this issue

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by VoltsFRS2013

it's funny, I've came up on two curbs accidentally slowly urching up while parking and never had this issue

That was a block of ice frozen to the ground and covered in snow. I caught it pulling into the spot and didn't realize what the crunch was until backing out and the crunch was louder. I though I had just run over some wheel well slush pulling in.

[VoltsFRS2013]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

That was a block of ice frozen to the ground and covered in snow. I caught it pulling into the spot and didn't realize what the crunch was until backing out and the crunch was louder. I though I had just run over some wheel well slush pulling in.

Damn man. And by the way about that little difuser lip, does that need any drilling or does it use pre-existing holes? If it requires no drilling i'm literally gonna click buy now

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by VoltsFRS2013

Damn man. And by the way about that little difuser lip, does that need any drilling or does it use pre-existing holes? If it requires no drilling i'm literally gonna click buy now

Uses pre-existing holes. The hardware is all included.