Any of you putting off mods??? - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Opie · 09-13-2012, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by zoomzoomers

The chirpping issue for one. The slight dip in idle. The windows not going up or down together. The GPS loosing signal and the Navi being sluggish in general. I'm hoping there aren't any others.

Chirping is a fuel issue, not a mechanical issue. It will likey not be remidied unless you can convince the gov't to stop putting ethanol in our fuel to appease the corn farmers.

rice_classic · 09-13-2012, 10:29 PM

2 reasons I won't mod.

1: Warranty - 1st year model car... and it doesn't need it.
2: I'm massively increasing the resale value if I decide to sell it because by the time I go to sell it 90% of the other ones for sale will most likely be modded so my car will demand a much higher price.

jstans84 · 09-13-2012, 10:36 PM

I'm not holding off on moding it at all. However I will be keeping all of the stock parts. That way if/when I sell it I will be able to sell it either modded or stock.

ranisron · 09-13-2012, 11:38 PM

Trying to muscle and handle in stock form before doing anything extra. May be suspension mods - power mods, wait till warranty is up. Honestly, i am happy with the power level.

DeepHunta · 09-14-2012, 12:12 AM

Delayed modding because I will be replacing my brz with the STI brz when it comes out in a year or 2

BoxeRZ · 09-14-2012, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by zoomzoomers

The chirpping issue for one. The slight dip in idle. The windows not going up or down together. The GPS loosing signal and the Navi being sluggish in general. I'm hoping there aren't any others.

Just got over 1000 miles and am experiencing everyone of these. Always told myself I'd never buy a first year model car. Damn you BRZ in all your glory!!!

zoomzoomers · 09-14-2012, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BoxeRZ

Just got over 1000 miles and am experiencing everyone of these. Always told myself I'd never buy a first year model car. Damn you BRZ in all your glory!!!

Honestly, I'm just glad that's it so far. God forbid I get that dreaded CEL light.

DaJo · 09-14-2012, 01:44 AM

Just like many of you, I am holding off the mods as well.

Warranty and reliability are the two things I just can't risk especially on a first year model vehicle.

SkAsphalt · 09-14-2012, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jstans84

I'm not holding off on moding it at all. However I will be keeping all of the stock parts. That way if/when I sell it I will be able to sell it either modded or stock.

Me too!!

reeves · 09-14-2012, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by zoomzoomers

The windows not going up or down together.

What does this mean exactly? I've heard others mention it but don't really know what people are talking about when they say this..? TIA!

MRZ415 · 09-14-2012, 03:01 AM

Been there, done that, maybe I am getting OLD,
but I've swapped out different rims on my current ride,
did the whole hella flush thing... and now I really appreciated
when my ride was stock...

With the BRZ I will TRY to keep myself from burning excess $
aside from maybe ClearBra for protection.

sho220 · 09-14-2012, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by avp1

Modern cars are highly optimized, so when you replace components, you either do not get any improvements, or compromise reliability.

As a blanket statement, that's BS. Sure some "upgrades" aren't upgrades at all, but there are plenty of things that can be improved over stock...

Sportsguy83 · 09-14-2012, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by avp1

Modern cars are highly optimized, so when you replace components, you either do not get any improvements, or compromise reliability. My last car was a model popular among tuners, but the only non-factory thing I installed was Bluetooth hands-free system for my phone.

Really??? I think you should immerse yourself in the Technical Forums to open your eyes BIG.

mla163 · 09-14-2012, 08:22 AM

I don't feel the need to modify this car since it is pretty good out of the box.

I'm sure I could find a few improvements to put on the car, but I am holding off because it's a new car, they are still working out the bugs. I fully expect to bring it in for something under warranty (idle, nav). I don't want to give them any reason to deny warranty claims.

I'm not worried about it, but I don't want to have the argument of "you put on a catback, so I won't fix your idle issue". Even though it's a dumb conversation, I don't want to have it.

09-14-2012, 12:12 AM	#19
DeepHunta Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: '05 Outback Wgn, '05 Lotus Elise Location: WA Posts: 543 Thanks: 21 Thanked 99 Times in 67 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s)	Delayed modding because I will be replacing my brz with the STI brz when it comes out in a year or 2 __________________ Proud ex-owner of GBS 6MT BRZ Limited. Pre-ordered on Feb-29-2012, got VIN on 5/19 with ETA 6/6, arrived early on 6/2, but still didn't pick it up until Jun-6-2012. Recently sold the Buuurz as of 4/21/2014

09-14-2012, 01:44 AM	#22
DaJo FT86Club Vancouver Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: BRZ Sport-Tech; Drove: MR-S, AE86 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,533 Thanks: 391 Thanked 1,180 Times in 634 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s)	Just like many of you, I am holding off the mods as well. Warranty and reliability are the two things I just can't risk especially on a first year model vehicle. __________________ 1984 AE86 BT 20V 5MT 2007-2012 2000 MR-S 5MT 2010-2012 2013 BRZ Sport-Tech 6AT Since '12 (OEM+ STI tS Build) 2015 Lexus IS250 AWD F-Sport 2 2015-2018 2018 Lexus NX300 F-Sport 3 Since '18

09-14-2012, 03:01 AM	#25
MRZ415 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: 2015 Subaru WRX Location: San Francisco Posts: 339 Thanks: 41 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	Been there, done that, maybe I am getting OLD, but I've swapped out different rims on my current ride, did the whole hella flush thing... and now I really appreciated when my ride was stock... With the BRZ I will TRY to keep myself from burning excess $ aside from maybe ClearBra for protection. __________________

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rice_classic Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Nevermorange FRS Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 4,175 Thanks: 758 Thanked 4,215 Times in 1,809 Posts Mentioned: 78 Post(s)	2 reasons I won't mod. 1: Warranty - 1st year model car... and it doesn't need it. 2: I'm massively increasing the resale value if I decide to sell it because by the time I go to sell it 90% of the other ones for sale will most likely be modded so my car will demand a much higher price.

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jstans84 Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 788 Thanks: 353 Thanked 345 Times in 180 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s)	I'm not holding off on moding it at all. However I will be keeping all of the stock parts. That way if/when I sell it I will be able to sell it either modded or stock.

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mla163 Overthinking it Join Date: May 2012 Drives: BRZ in CS Location: DC Posts: 271 Thanks: 27 Thanked 81 Times in 48 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s)	I don't feel the need to modify this car since it is pretty good out of the box. I'm sure I could find a few improvements to put on the car, but I am holding off because it's a new car, they are still working out the bugs. I fully expect to bring it in for something under warranty (idle, nav). I don't want to give them any reason to deny warranty claims. I'm not worried about it, but I don't want to have the argument of "you put on a catback, so I won't fix your idle issue". Even though it's a dumb conversation, I don't want to have it.

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