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The big wang can be easily fixed by buying a premium/limited BRZ trunk from the junkyard. The aero kit can be easily removed. The 2018 tS will still hold the most value IMO.
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the really hard question I have to ask as I did this to my car whats it worth to buy a tS kitted car vs an older and updating it with tS stuff? my FRS was 15k out the door, and i kitted it with about 17k worth of stuff.. If I was going true to form tS only stuff the diff cost me 300 to find. the sti bits and wing where about 5 grand bumper conversion and wing mount 900. and im still well under the 30k asking price. Hazard to guess a PP Brz would be even easier to get to ts spec. I regret not buying 18, but at the same time. it was way more cost effective to update the older chassis and now its leagues better. just without the nuances that make the newer cars nicer Now, if my Frz was totalled out Id probably be looking for a PP car... or a Ts. and i can sell my spare wing for you functional rice lovers |
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08-17-2019, 07:32 PM | #88 |
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Dry carbon. It refers to the method of construction, not the finish.
https://www.sti.jp/en/parts/subarubr.../ST96050AS220/
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For the 2016 BRZ Series.HyperBlue with 7,200 miles and 2.5 Years old the KBB offer was $21,500 (MSRP $28,485) or about 25% depreciation. For the 2018 BRZ tS with 1,300 miles 1.5 years old, the KBB offer was $23,500 (MSRP $34,962) or about 33% depreciation.
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So what I'm getting out of here, is you spent 32K total (to include the cost of your FRS) to turn your 2015 FRS into 2018 ts look alike? From your other post, it looks like you got the wheels, wing, front and rear bumper, and tail lights. But you did not the headlights, or aero kit. Perhaps you have these, but haven't installed yet? No offense, but from what I've seen I wonder how this is the better option. A used car, with part of the job done, for the same price I paid for a new complete car? In this additional 17K, did you also do all the STI suspension parts? Or did you swap other parts in? I 100% do not regret getting my 18 tS, over a 17 PP. Not for 1 minute. The finish on the interior was significant enough I didn't enjoy sitting in the PP after I was in the tS. Now with that said, I've wripped out the STI coil springs and dampers, and wheels, to make room for wider wheels/tires to support my power gains, but I've tried to leave my tS look as stock as possible that the vast majority of people think it still is stock. |
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I bought D-Spec headlamps, because they are cheaper to replace for when I break them I bought bayson Ts replica body kit, because they are cheaper to replace when i break them the additional 17K I bought myself a full STX buildsheet worth of modifications as well as alternate parts and setups depending track/course layout. 207 proven whp. with the torque dip shifted over 700 rpm lower and launch control activated at 3500 rpm with a higher redline (7800) to ensure in running at track days I won't face that dip, ever. I even have a 4.3 diff and there is no remote start or auto entry. It's as bare bones as you can get. with a proven and reliable set up. Oil cooler. pickup and baffling. It would be a more solid car than a bone stock 32k tS, which is the entire point. To which is the lament that a PP car would have been a better base to start from in terms of having the brake upgrade, and the 4.3 diff and the "spicier engine" but at what cost difference? back when i was shopping it was near 8k difference in off dealer lot price. Now.. the margin gets slimmer because resale on these cars is abysmal. What I did was a better option for going as extensively far as I have with the car OVER a stock car from factory. Now if i wasn't intending on participating actively with the CCA and HPDE/time trials I would be more than happy with a stock 2018 tS and all the clout it takes to get that. And it's hill start assist ( my ND1 had it and it made me lazy) |
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Well clearly you have the best vehicle on here, and everyone should follow your plan...to each their own I guess? I sure do love all the hate everyone throws who doesn’t have a tS though... |
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Proof the chassis is ready for more and the R&D is mostly done. Who needs GR/GRMN when you have Tom's...
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I'm not really sure about the value proposition of this new tS. Feel like they should have just called it something else, some other special edition. The 2018 tS was seriously overpriced but at least it was further differentiated from a Limited with the Performance Pack. This new tS, barely seems much different.
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