The "I finally have my 86/brz" thread! - Page 5 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

rosco186 · 07-06-2012, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by sirus

Mine is getting dropped on Wednesday

where and are you just getting springs(which ones) or coilovers? im planning on just springs.

sirus · 07-06-2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by rosco186

where and are you just getting springs(which ones) or coilovers? im planning on just springs.

I bought some RS*R Sports-i coilovers from RS*R USA about a month ago. I'm sending the car to Wilkinsons suspension to get the work and tune done. I was going to change out the coilovers myself but I won't have enough time to get it done this weekend.

sirus · 07-06-2012, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by stevo_12v

Haha get some pics up when it's done!!

lol mine will (should) look like Moto-P's before he swapped out his wheels

blags · 07-06-2012, 10:11 PM

Here is mine...

Removed TOYOTA badge from the rear.

UnLeasHer · 07-07-2012, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dangerfield

So I figured to make things easier for us who actually have received our cars to organise meets/cruises or whatever I'd start a list for each state. I'll update it as we go along, just post here when you have taken delivery

count me in da club

white gts auto

Skorov · 07-07-2012, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by UnLeasHer

count me in da club

white gts auto

I hate you... ><

Blue86 · 07-07-2012, 02:59 AM

Nice wheels Stevo! that's some seriously light stuff.

Any of you guys on the unsprung weight diet ever give the weight of the tyres a thought too?

For example I just bought some 225x45x17 tyres that are 20lb. In this size some tyres can easily be 26 or more pounds! Consider the forces operating further from the rotational centre and see that tyres make a big difference too!

My rims on my soon to be delivered 86 will be 8kg each and coupled with these tyres I will be 37.6lb per corner vs 41.4 for the stock 17s and Primacy tyres.

FYI the Primacy tyres are very light too!

JiB · 07-07-2012, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by UnLeasHer

count me in da club

white gts auto

pics or it didnt happen!@

UnLeasHer · 07-07-2012, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by JiB

pics or it didnt happen!@

just spent 12 hours driving from melbourne... pics tomoz.. front var is full of bugs atm!

07-09-2012, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Blue86

Nice wheels Stevo! that's some seriously light stuff.

Any of you guys on the unsprung weight diet ever give the weight of the tyres a thought too?

For example I just bought some 225x45x17 tyres that are 20lb. In this size some tyres can easily be 26 or more pounds! Consider the forces operating further from the rotational centre and see that tyres make a big difference too!

My rims on my soon to be delivered 86 will be 8kg each and coupled with these tyres I will be 37.6lb per corner vs 41.4 for the stock 17s and Primacy tyres.

FYI the Primacy tyres are very light too!

What tyres did you get?

dangerfield · 07-11-2012, 11:34 PM

Updated and bumped! So nobody from SA/ACT/NT yet? :P

JiB · 07-12-2012, 12:17 AM

I want my car

Blue86 · 07-12-2012, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Paragon

What tyres did you get?

Continental 225x45x17 Extreme Contact DW i think they were called. very light and a great all round tyre especially wet grip.

Interesting thing is this....

stock 16" GT wheels: overall diameter including tyre = 631.9mm

stock 17" GTS wheels: overall diameter including tyre = 625.3

My choice of 225x45x17 = 634.3

I wonder if the speedos on the GT and GTS are calibrated differently to account for this?

Either way i think people recommend staying within a few % either side of stock. My tyres on this calculation would be 0.4% different which is fine by me.

Real world may be different because tread height may vary a fair bit, haven't looked into it

JRO85 · 07-12-2012, 08:18 AM

Velocity Orange GTS AT. Very much struggling to stay under 4k RPM. Loving it, already needs a wash!

07-07-2012, 02:59 AM	#63
Blue86 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Sonic Blue 86GT Manual Location: Victoria Posts: 376 Thanks: 51 Thanked 122 Times in 61 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nice wheels Stevo! that's some seriously light stuff. Any of you guys on the unsprung weight diet ever give the weight of the tyres a thought too? For example I just bought some 225x45x17 tyres that are 20lb. In this size some tyres can easily be 26 or more pounds! Consider the forces operating further from the rotational centre and see that tyres make a big difference too! My rims on my soon to be delivered 86 will be 8kg each and coupled with these tyres I will be 37.6lb per corner vs 41.4 for the stock 17s and Primacy tyres. FYI the Primacy tyres are very light too! Last edited by Blue86; 07-07-2012 at 03:00 AM. Reason: spelling police might be lurking

07-12-2012, 12:17 AM	#68
JiB * Join Date: May 2012 Drives: GT86 Location: Sydney Posts: 845 Thanks: 525 Thanked 266 Times in 144 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I want my car __________________

07-12-2012, 08:18 AM	#70
JRO85 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: GTS 86 Velocity Orange Location: Brisbane Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just got mine today. Velocity Orange GTS AT. Very much struggling to stay under 4k RPM. Loving it, already needs a wash!

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