Yay! It's here!

[SpectreRT]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

Not against modifying a car, but pretty odd starting just a few days (or even hours?) after you got it. Modding for the sake of modding ...

If you are not familiar with autocross, there are classing rules that you must abide by, or risk disqualification or being placed into another class.

For the competitive - they pay attention to this and take every advantage they can. So, its far from modding for the sake of modding, its making specific changes to stay competitive. Milliseconds matter.

[timurrrr]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

Not against modifying a car, but pretty odd starting just a few days (or even hours?) after you got it. Modding for the sake of modding ...

Depends on your goals.

For example, eliminating the fender gap. I anticipate a lot of people who already have coilovers and wheels/tires on their 1st gen cars to transfer those on the 2nd gen cars shortly after getting those.

[nikitopo]

Originally Posted by timurrrr

Depends on your goals.

For example, eliminating the fender gap. I anticipate a lot of people who already have coilovers and wheels/tires on their 1st gen cars to transfer those on the 2nd gen cars shortly after getting those.

So is the fender gap still there? I was reading people here saying that new car's suspension is lower, because cog was lower too ...

[Kona61]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

So is the fender gap still there? I was reading people here saying that new car's suspension is lower, because cog was lower too ...

I don’t think so. I saw two new ones yesterday and they both looked like monster trucks lol.

[Stonehorsw]

Car is not lowered when compared to gen1, ground clearance increased. Also, total height decreased and CG lowered a little bit

[timurrrr]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

So is the fender gap still there? I was reading people here saying that new car's suspension is lower, because cog was lower too ...

Have you seen any photos or videos?

[nikitopo]

Originally Posted by timurrrr

Have you seen any photos or videos?

Do you mean of pre-production cars? Most photos are shooted by certain angles and the rest are photoshop 'ed by the journalists .

[Pete]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

Do you mean of pre-production cars? Most photos are shooted by certain angles and the rest are photoshop 'ed by the journalists .

LOL! Yeah sure man, those evil car journalists, they are all out to fool you with tricksy photoshop!

[LanceLane174]

Can you say Conspiracy Theory?

[rawpoly]

Originally Posted by Pete

LOL! Yeah sure man, those evil car journalists, they are all out to fool you with tricksy photoshop!

Just ignore the troll.

[MyHybridBurnsGasAndTires]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

So is the fender gap still there? I was reading people here saying that new car's suspension is lower, because cog was lower too ...

cog is lower but it's millimeters lower.

there is not a significant difference caused by the springs in the overall cog

[Blighty]

Originally Posted by MyHybridBurnsGasAndTires

cog is lower but it's millimeters lower.

there is not a significant difference caused by the springs in the overall cog

Yep.

Its 1.5mm lower for the GR86, 4mm lower for the BRZ.

[nikitopo]

Too bad they didn't fix the fender gap. Main issue is not the suspension, but the diameter of the wheels which are quite small. Other manufacturers are offering much larger wheels with the expense of a longer gear ratio, but if factory kept the previous 4.3 final drive ratio it wouldn't be noticeable at all. With a larger wheel the suspension would have to be redesigned a bit to keep the vehicle height same, BUT overall it would be better than to have this ugly gap and use again old coilover solutions with the lose of suspension travel.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

Too bad they didn't fix the fender gap. Main issue is not the suspension, but the diameter of the wheels which are quite small. .

Well, the real issue is they made the wheel well to fit larger wheels/tires because they knew folks would change them out.

Frankly I don't find a drop much of a solution because all it does is close the gap at the top. I'd rather have the symmetrical gap than no gap at the top and a wide one at the bottom.

If If were going to "fix" it, I would go with larger (more sidewall) tires rather than larger wheels. Since mine is primarily a road car, I would hope it would help soften the ride a bit, plus I HATE low profile tires.