WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR BRZ TODAY? - Page 1267 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

wolffbite · 05-28-2019, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

I took delivery on Sept. 6, 2018. However, the car had been in the show room since it arrived in Feb. or Mar. It was probably washed only once and then just had the dust pushed around with some old cloth. It had lots of swirled scratches. I have only ever used a touchless car wash since picking it up. The car has only 4,000 sunny kilometers on it. I always had it in mind to get the paint done. It just took this long to find and then book the car in. Funny thing is, I couldn't find anyone closer than over an hour away that did ceramic coating. Then, as luck would have it, I read on a Facebook community site about where I grew up that Scott had just started this business 15 minutes from my youngest daughters home. Turns out his mother went to school with and knew my older siblings. They lived just around the corner from where I grew up. Small world sometimes.

Check out the scratches and swirl marks.

I removed all my dealership swirlies and some random oxidation in March with a bit of elbow grease. The two times I have brought it to the dealership for service I have been adamant that it is written on the work order in all caps "DO NOT WASH CAR". Single bucket of dirty water and old rags used for multiple cars... no thanks.

Dark paint looks great but is certainly laborious to keep looking good.

Enjoy your freshly polished machine, looks great!

arkanist · 05-30-2019, 01:48 PM

Installed some FA500 coilovers, now I need an alignment.

hdz_BRZ · 05-30-2019, 05:20 PM

Installed the Skunk2 powerbox

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Stephen W. · 05-31-2019, 03:33 PM

Picked the car up last night. It looks amazing!
Scott made note of a couple things. One, Subaru paint is among the softest, (and thinnest) finishes of all the automotive brands. It's very easy to go through the clear coat and damage the paint when prepping. All water based painted cars seem to have orange peel but mine being black is more noticeable than others. Also, he's noticed on the two BRZ's he's done both had damage from the bottom edge of the rear plate frame rubbing on the paint. He had a kit with rubber stoppers for the other car but all he could do for mine was use plastic washers behind the frame to space it out from the body. I'll have to look for a stopper kit.

tomm.brz · 05-31-2019, 04:14 PM

every black brz i saw has crazy amount of orange peel, mine included
it s judt more noticeable on our colour

jubella2 · 06-01-2019, 08:07 PM

I sold it

Fidel_86 · 06-02-2019, 01:09 AM

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Decided to have the car wrapped. Ignore the pink daylight runners... its RGB and not the permanent color lol

Oxyg3n · 06-02-2019, 08:25 PM

Installed a head-unit that actually works.

Brink · 06-05-2019, 02:41 AM

Went shopping at Smart & Final for work today. Fit everything in the car easily with room to spare.

Gecko · 06-06-2019, 10:30 PM

Windows Tinted before Boxerfest, Check.

AllThePeat · 06-10-2019, 12:12 AM

Not so much what I did to my BRZ today, but this is what I did with my BRZ...

First ever autocross — hooked!

K&N Drop-in
PERRIN Intake Tube
Invidia Catless/Resonated Front Pipe
Corsa Cat-back
Rays 57CR 17x9 | 245/40/17 RE71r

Kids Heart · 06-10-2019, 12:18 AM

Swapped glove box latch from an Impreza for the lock.

Jdmuscle · 06-11-2019, 05:36 AM

Subaru sent me a nice gift for the purchase of the BRZ.. jabra headphones.

HeresMyMind · 06-11-2019, 07:34 PM

Installed a switch and OEM JDM rear fog light.

-B

05-31-2019, 03:33 PM	#17728
Stephen W. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Drives: 1993 Caterham HPC Evo Location: Quinte West Ontario Posts: 1,744 Thanks: 1,645 Thanked 2,991 Times in 1,183 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Picked the car up last night. It looks amazing! Scott made note of a couple things. One, Subaru paint is among the softest, (and thinnest) finishes of all the automotive brands. It's very easy to go through the clear coat and damage the paint when prepping. All water based painted cars seem to have orange peel but mine being black is more noticeable than others. Also, he's noticed on the two BRZ's he's done both had damage from the bottom edge of the rear plate frame rubbing on the paint. He had a kit with rubber stoppers for the other car but all he could do for mine was use plastic washers behind the frame to space it out from the body. I'll have to look for a stopper kit. Attached Images

06-05-2019, 02:41 AM	#17733
Brink Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Drives: 2017 BRZ Location: CA Posts: 662 Thanks: 200 Thanked 392 Times in 236 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Went shopping at Smart & Final for work today. Fit everything in the car easily with room to spare. Attached Images

06-10-2019, 12:12 AM	#17735
AllThePeat Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Drives: 2019 Autox BRZ & 2021 GTI (Daily) Location: MKE Posts: 39 Thanks: 48 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Not so much what I did to my BRZ today, but this is what I did with my BRZ... First ever autocross — hooked! K&N Drop-in PERRIN Intake Tube Invidia Catless/Resonated Front Pipe Corsa Cat-back Rays 57CR 17x9 \| 245/40/17 RE71r __________________ 2019 BRZ \| Autocross focused, CSG tuned w/Jackson racing C38 & PTuning flex fuel kit 2021 GTI \| Daily

06-11-2019, 05:36 AM	#17737
Jdmuscle Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Drives: Supra, Viper, Z06, GT350 and GX460 Location: Houston Posts: 116 Thanks: 31 Thanked 68 Times in 37 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Subaru sent me a nice gift for the purchase of the BRZ.. jabra headphones. __________________ IG: @vipraz 94 Supra Turbo // 15 Viper GT // 16 Corvette Z06 // 18 Shelby GT350 // 19 BRZ LTD // 18 GX460 Premium // 13 Vrod Muscle

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