WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR BRZ TODAY? - Page 1418 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

tarzan_nojane · 10-05-2023, 01:00 AM

I thought it was my FR-S keeping me young. Now I realize it is to this forum that I owe the thanks...

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dpfarr · 10-05-2023, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by JD001

What kinda bike is that? Familiar with old skool BMX, never owned one, was too busy with road racers and mountain bikes...More recently started to think about Gravel bikes but my wife won't allow any type of bike as she sees them as dangerous..

Just a modern bmx bike. Almost 40 and still rip when I can.

gav_abr · 10-05-2023, 07:15 PM

The two most recent additions to my car have been a dumb license plate and sticker.

BirdTRD · 10-15-2023, 12:42 PM

In the de-mouseification project on the BRZ, I designed and printed some body plugs to fill the holes in the trunk. The "tape" that Subaru uses drifts over time and leaves a mess.

Posted them up on Thingiverse along with the Fusion360 .f3d file for editing sizes.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6266485

JD001 · 10-15-2023, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BirdTRD

In the de-mouseification project on the BRZ, I designed and printed some body plugs to fill the holes in the trunk. The "tape" that Subaru uses drifts over time and leaves a mess.

Posted them up on Thingiverse along with the Fusion360 .f3d file for editing sizes.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6266485

Plugging holes just adds weight.. Come on man, get with it..

Kiyora · 10-27-2023, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

be sure to put some anti-seize on those tire caps! they're all aluminum, and the valve stems are all bronze/steel. dissimilar metals create galvanic corrosion, which murphies law dictates, they will seize, but only once one of the tires deflates enough that you can't fill it easily anymore.

i learned the hard way years ago, and had to cut all 4 of mine off with a dremel without damaging the valve stem.. it was a long saturday...

Oh my goodness.. thank you for telling me I'll do it this weekend!

Grady · 12-01-2023, 06:16 PM

Got a car cover for it!

dpfarr · 01-05-2024, 12:56 AM

Did my pads this afternoon. Very happy to have done the whole thing with needle nose pliers. Took me about an hour because I had to redo a rear caliper because I put two of the same pads in the previous one.

CBRZY · 01-12-2024, 05:53 PM

tried drifting for the first time

tarzan_nojane · 01-12-2024, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by dpfarr

Did my pads this afternoon. Very happy to have done the whole thing with needle nose pliers.

Did you tighten the bolts to spec just by feel? Personally have never seen needle-nose pliers that had any sort of torque-setting capability...

Ohio Enthusiast · 01-13-2024, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by tarzan_nojane

needle-nose pliers

My guess is that @dpfarr was referring to other cars that have the parking brake as part of the regular caliper (unlike the Twins that have a separate drum brake for the parking brake). In that case compressing the rear caliper requires a twisting motion, typically done with needle nose pliers (although there are dedicated tools for that as well).

gen3v8 · 01-13-2024, 11:38 AM

You only need needle/long nosed pliers on a ts with good Brembo calipers. Calipers remain bolted on the car. 2 clips and 2 pins each brake caliper. Oh and a good squeeze with fingers on the pistons.

dragoontwo · 01-13-2024, 11:42 AM

Or Brembo style that come out the top after removing the clip and pin.

dpfarr · 01-14-2024, 01:15 AM

Yea, the process for brembos is new to me. 30k miles and about 3mm of pad left. Very reasonable to be able to swap track pads in while switching wheels.

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