Any GT86 owners from Belgium?

[Izurath]

Originally Posted by remme

Big tyres !!! Cool.
Identical front and rear?
I was considering 225's or max 235's on 18 inches. And not 'too sticky' ones to keep the sliding progressive (and most of the time they're a lot cheaper than 'good one's').
But out of pure curiosity, what ET do those rims have? Seen you've done 9.5inch wide rims, coming from a 7" ... that's a serious increase.
You had to modify something on the wheel arches, bumper ... to avoid/eliminate rubbing?

Yup, all-round 245 since a staggered setup isn't allowed. The COC only mentions the stock 214/45 R17 front and rear. The 245/35 R18 is still within tolerance
limits.

ET +38, no modifications at all and no rubbing. The coilovers are needed to have enough space for the front wheels. The stock suspension is too wide and would rub against the tyre.

245 is about the maximum size in the front if you don't want the tyre sticking out. I still have to make some adjustments because the tyres are sticking out +/- 5mm in the front, the rear is a perfect match.
Space in the rear is never a problem there are build threads with a 10" wheel in the back and up to 265/30 R18 tyres and they still clear everything.

It's all about flavour of course, but I love the big tyres!
The car sits on the road like a brick and it slides only when I want it to.
It also looks and feels a lot more aggressive than with the stock wheels.

Sitting on 225 winter tyres (stock wheels) for the moment the car slides all over the place. The car feels very nervous and unpredictable to me this way.

Just my opinion, its my first RWD car and I'm still getting used to it.

In Belgium, if you change your brakes you can kiss goodbye your road-legality at the same time.

Unfortunately this is true otherwise I would definitely consider the Brembo GT kit. I talked about it with my dad a couple of days ago and he's response was "Who's ever going to notice!" I have the same idea but it's not a risk I'm willing to take with the insurance and a +/- €7000 BBK

The 'safe' option is having the stock callipers coated and maybe upgrade the brake pads.

[mackeye]

So I passed by my dealer to check upon my car.
They have placed winter tires, added a BRZ rear bumper panel and one at the fuel tanker, debadged Subaru & BRZ. They're working on the new radio-nav-bluetooth and the wnidows will be tinted too.
Hope you'll like the pictures

[frank]

Hey Guys,

Maybe a little bit off topic, but here are some pictures of a Tamiya gt86 scale model (1/10) i have made.
Mounted on an old tamiya chassis ...

[mackeye]

lol
nice sample! ;-)

[mackeye]

Hi,

Just got back from holidays and got my car from my dealer today.

7km on the counter, changed the radio / nav system and have winter tires.

I enjoy every moment driving it and people just stare at it

[frank]

Originally Posted by mackeye

Hi,

Just got back from holidays and got my car from my dealer today.

7km on the counter, changed the radio / nav system and have winter tires.

I enjoy every moment driving it and people just stare at it

Congrats on your purchase
I see that you mounted a rear view camera. how is the picture quality?

[mackeye]

Originally Posted by frank

Congrats on your purchase
I see that you mounted a rear view camera. how is the picture quality?

Indeed ... hey, you got good eyes!

The view is perfect as the picture is 16/9 on the Kenwood audio station.

The audio sound for me isn't good enough.
I never had this kind of problem with my Mazdas before.
I will need to change the booming system or add a subwoofer.

[Pascal_TTH]

Hi there !

I order my Subaru BRZ last week end. Until January 20, Subaru offers the GPS system or 4 winter tires with rim. They also have a nice 0% credit until 15 000 € (.99% until 20 000 € and 1.99 € until 30 000 €). I get 2000 € discount.

[Guillaume]

Sounds like a deal. What color?

[mackeye]

Hard to keep a white car clean in a weather like this! :-)

[Pascal_TTH]

Originally Posted by Guillaume

Sounds like a deal. What color?

Yep, 31 440 € with free Kenwood DDX630WBT and WR Blue Pearl due to my wife preferance is a nice deal. Adding 15 000 € at 0% credit (4 years) and it's a great deal ! Sterling Silver Metallic (my current is already silver) and Satin White Pearl are also fine for me.

[Guillaume]

WR Blue is the way to go (who said I was biased?), good choice! You might have seen mine around Liège before Christmas, spent a few days there.

[Pascal_TTH]

True, after a silver SLK, it *should* be WR Blue Subaru. Historical colors...

Nope I still haven't seen any BRZ (except the one I use to try at Houffalize), but I read your post about Milltek Exhaust system.


Here is the one I try in october.

[Pascal_TTH]

@ mackeye : Do you have the Pioneer DDX630WBT with your car ? Is there a build-in microphone in the BRZ ? If true, does the audio system use it ?

I don't really want to have a microphone taped somewhere...

BTW, does the car already have a mounting support for the front plate ?