WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR BRZ TODAY?

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by LatentWagen

Our bearings suck. What are your wheel and alignment specs? Or are you just putting a ton of heat into the brakes and cooking them? Sounds more like the latter, if you're tracking.


A 5x114.3 swap would beef up your failure point, since they have beefier bearings IIRC... or, since it's a probably a heat thing, maybe titanium brake shims and/or two-piece rotors, to keep heat from from cooking that grease into ineffectiveness. Two piece rotors would probably cost more than the 114.3 swap, but they sure would look cool and do a ton to reduce rotating/unsprung mass. I ran DBA 5k's on my spec B and loved them.

-3.2F, -2.2 rear and zero toe. Running BBK with two piece rotors already. Stock wheels on the street with 10mm spacers in the front to clear brakes. Track wheels are 17X9 +38. I don't get it, I am not doing anything different then anyone else.

I think it is a conspiracy by "big bearing" to make me spend more money on bearings so they can take my money and keep me down.

[lvwds.tm]

Originally Posted by melvin_213

Any info on where I can get those knee pads for the center console? Local Subaru dealership doesn’t have any in stock

FT86SF or you can order them through the dealer. They also pop up on eBay. I bought mine from a member here.

[LatentWagen]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

-3.2F, -2.2 rear and zero toe. Running BBK with two piece rotors already. Stock wheels on the street with 10mm spacers in the front to clear brakes. Track wheels are 17X9 +38. I don't get it, I am not doing anything different then anyone else.

I think it is a conspiracy by "big bearing" to make me spend more money on bearings so they can take my money and keep me down.

Sounds like you're pretty far down the path. At a certain point, they do become regular wear items like pads or rotors. Big bearing wins again!

I think I have a set of titanium shims from TiC kicking around, might be worth a shot.

[Busybee]

Today filled the tank 105th time and got my second highest MPG (36.9). Tracking with Fuelly. Average on Fuelly and the dash is also very close for the 25k tracked. Happy BRZ owner


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[weederr33]

Ordered a new bumper to be repainted and eventually clear bra and ceramic coated.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Ordered a new bumper to be repainted and eventually clear bra and ceramic coated.

how do we convince the rest of the population to start using clear bra's?

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by LatentWagen

Sounds like you're pretty far down the path. At a certain point, they do become regular wear items like pads or rotors. Big bearing wins again!

I think I have a set of titanium shims from TiC kicking around, might be worth a shot.

Ended up being a bad spherical joint on my toe arm. Much easier fix.

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by soundman98

how do we convince the rest of the population to start using clear bra's?

Show by example!

[Oxyg3n]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

I'm sorry, I know I'm old and not as bright as I once was but... You have a 2018 BRZ with what looks to be the exact same head unit that is in my tS. That unit comes with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. So, why the need for the phone dash mount?
Kenwood looks good and if you like it better than that's money well spent for you. However, I fail to see why you'd change when the stock unit does the same thing.

Does the one piece dash trim have the same size cutout as the stock piece? I installed an aftermarket 6.95in Sony AX5000 and had to get a bracket to fill the gaps. Looks a lot cleaner with your one piece!

[BA9092]

Originally Posted by Oxyg3n

Does the one piece dash trim have the same size cutout as the stock piece? I installed an aftermarket 6.95in Sony AX5000 and had to get a bracket to fill the gaps. Looks a lot cleaner with your one piece!

The single piece dash trim has the cutout to accommodate the 200mm head units without the need for the side brackets to fill the gaps. But you must search for the 200mm head units specifically if you don't want to use the brackets.

[whiskeyfox]

installed coilovers and 18x9.5 +38 ambit wheels with nankang NS-25 265/35/18 tires. rides way better than my old setup can't believe it was $900 for the wheels and tires. rides better than my stock suspension with some bridgestone tires. need an alignment but honestly can't tell while driving. drives straight and no change from before I installed the coilovers....probably have some messed up toe or something though.

[ItsReiko]

Originally Posted by spike021

Ended up also swapping in the STI push to start button I bought in Japan last month (excuse the dust.. I just aircan sprayed it last week ):

Do you feel this piece was worth the high price? Also do you know which model you got? There are close to 6 different ones on ft86speedfactory and they all look basically the same but some has a status light and others do not.

Been tempted to get this for a long time..

[dragoontwo]

Originally Posted by ItsReiko

Do you feel this piece was worth the high price? Also do you know which model you got? There are close to 6 different ones on ft86speedfactory and they all look basically the same but some has a status light and others do not.

Been tempted to get this for a long time..

Got mine for ~$96 shipped from a dealer. Should have seen if my dealer would price match another and got it for $85.


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[grumpysnapper]

Ive got two sets of Rays CE 28 (16 x 7 J+33) , one set is powder coated in a titanium finish, but my favourite now is these that have just arrived back....