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Fascist Fish · 10-14-2012, 02:48 PM

Are those the first BRZ/FRS in snow pics?

chanomatik · 10-15-2012, 02:31 AM

Maybe for Alaska? I've only seen the promo video from early this year that showed the BRZ driving through snow, otherwise I haven't seen a snow covered GT-86/BRZ/FR-S at all. Pretty weird-looking, right?

chanomatik · 10-16-2012, 02:05 AM

slizoth · 10-16-2012, 12:13 PM

Congrats on the new BRZs you'll have to post pics and and details about winterizing your car, tires, underbody, ect.

chanomatik · 10-16-2012, 01:24 PM

I shall! And thanks! Right now the car is getting window tint: 30% front, 20% rear. It's so dark around here and I get night-blindness easily. However, police have almost zero tolerance for window tint on import cars, especially Subarus at the moment. We'll see how long this lasts. On my WRX it was barely a month later before I got a ticket, then a month after that before I was pulled over again.

My 2008 Forester Sports XT had a bunch of tint and I never got harassed, even when there were local reports of an abductor picking up kids, and he drove a dark, newer wagon type of vehicle (my FSXT was Dark Gray Metallic)...

I never could get those kids to shut up... haha I kid! I kid!!

Anyways, as far as winterizing, I have the studded tires which work like crap on the ice, but had good grip today in the snow. I don't do engine block heaters or anything because I drive my cars a lot and Anchorage doesn't get THAT cold for that long. 300 miles north in the interior Fairbanks DOES get that cold, so it behooves them to use a block heater.

I really want to get the JDM underbody panels ASAP. Right now my priority is getting these Sparco RTT524 wheels from Tirerack. They're closing them out and they just dropped the price on them AGAIN, so after I set money aside for getting the windows tinted today I'm going to see if I can order the wheels and have them shipped to Seattle, my company's headquarters. I doubt I'll be able to get them until I get paid again in two weeks, but I'm going to try. I need to see how many they have left...

Tomorrow is the autostart.

chanomatik · 10-16-2012, 03:12 PM

From yesterday. Forgot to share them in this thread. Too many threads to whore out to!

chanomatik · 10-17-2012, 01:07 AM

Windows tinted. 30% front. 20% rear.

chanomatik · 10-17-2012, 02:34 AM

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2421351

chanomatik · 10-20-2012, 06:13 AM

chanomatik · 10-20-2012, 04:22 PM

chanomatik · 10-25-2012, 11:46 AM

Swapped back to summer wheels since it's supposed to not snow for a while. Just cold and dry.

Borrowed wheels.

chanomatik · 10-25-2012, 01:25 PM

Borrowed camera, too.

Furtive · 10-26-2012, 02:41 AM

took off winter tires again chano? I'm still searching for good cheap 16 inch rims.. steelies isnt cutting it lol

chanomatik · 10-26-2012, 03:06 AM

Yeah. Getting my car so late in the year, I just had to take advantage of this cold, dry, sunny days we've been getting and will continue to get for a bit. LOVE IT!

I'm uploading some more pics right now and hopefully a video, too. I had a lot of fun with the BRZ tonight with Davin and Kyle. Hooligans! The stock WRX tires had to worn ones, which I wound up mounting both worn tires on one side, so when I attempted to drift in a certain direction the BRZ did NOT like it. In the opposite direction, though, it was smooth as heck. So in the parking lot we lifted the car and swapped the wheels so that the tires in good condition were in the rear. Now the car feels a lot more balanced. I've been having a lot of fun driving around with traction control off. I only use it on wide corners when no one's around me. RWD just feels so familiar to me! I miss it!

Yeah, the steelies were embarrassing to say the least. I got some snow tires now, though, for the stock wheels. When I have some money I'll have Paul/retraC Engineering mount the tires on the stock BRZ wheels and call it good.

10-17-2012, 02:34 AM	#22
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	BRZ BIU Customization Options List http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2421351

10-14-2012, 02:48 PM	#15
Fascist Fish Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: Sold: 13 SWP BRZ Location: FG, OR Posts: 209 Thanks: 48 Thanked 32 Times in 17 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Are those the first BRZ/FRS in snow pics?

10-15-2012, 02:31 AM	#16
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Maybe for Alaska? I've only seen the promo video from early this year that showed the BRZ driving through snow, otherwise I haven't seen a snow covered GT-86/BRZ/FR-S at all. Pretty weird-looking, right?

10-16-2012, 02:05 AM	#17
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)

10-16-2012, 12:13 PM	#18
slizoth Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Drives: 2013 WRB Subaru BRZ Location: Oregon Posts: 454 Thanks: 185 Thanked 70 Times in 45 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Congrats on the new BRZs you'll have to post pics and and details about winterizing your car, tires, underbody, ect.

10-16-2012, 01:24 PM	#19
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I shall! And thanks! Right now the car is getting window tint: 30% front, 20% rear. It's so dark around here and I get night-blindness easily. However, police have almost zero tolerance for window tint on import cars, especially Subarus at the moment. We'll see how long this lasts. On my WRX it was barely a month later before I got a ticket, then a month after that before I was pulled over again. My 2008 Forester Sports XT had a bunch of tint and I never got harassed, even when there were local reports of an abductor picking up kids, and he drove a dark, newer wagon type of vehicle (my FSXT was Dark Gray Metallic)... I never could get those kids to shut up... haha I kid! I kid!! Anyways, as far as winterizing, I have the studded tires which work like crap on the ice, but had good grip today in the snow. I don't do engine block heaters or anything because I drive my cars a lot and Anchorage doesn't get THAT cold for that long. 300 miles north in the interior Fairbanks DOES get that cold, so it behooves them to use a block heater. I really want to get the JDM underbody panels ASAP. Right now my priority is getting these Sparco RTT524 wheels from Tirerack. They're closing them out and they just dropped the price on them AGAIN, so after I set money aside for getting the windows tinted today I'm going to see if I can order the wheels and have them shipped to Seattle, my company's headquarters. I doubt I'll be able to get them until I get paid again in two weeks, but I'm going to try. I need to see how many they have left... Tomorrow is the autostart.

10-16-2012, 03:12 PM	#20
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	From yesterday. Forgot to share them in this thread. Too many threads to whore out to!

10-17-2012, 01:07 AM	#21
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Windows tinted. 30% front. 20% rear.

10-20-2012, 06:13 AM	#23
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)

10-20-2012, 04:22 PM	#24
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)

10-25-2012, 11:46 AM	#25
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Swapped back to summer wheels since it's supposed to not snow for a while. Just cold and dry. Borrowed wheels.

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10-25-2012, 01:25 PM	#26
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Borrowed camera, too.

10-26-2012, 02:41 AM	#27
Furtive Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 13' SSM BRZ Location: Alaska Posts: 250 Thanks: 21 Thanked 72 Times in 52 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	took off winter tires again chano? I'm still searching for good cheap 16 inch rims.. steelies isnt cutting it lol

10-26-2012, 03:06 AM	#28
chanomatik Snow Don't Hurt! Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited 6MT CBS Location: Anchorage, Alaska, USA Posts: 2,538 Thanks: 6,416 Thanked 1,497 Times in 902 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yeah. Getting my car so late in the year, I just had to take advantage of this cold, dry, sunny days we've been getting and will continue to get for a bit. LOVE IT! I'm uploading some more pics right now and hopefully a video, too. I had a lot of fun with the BRZ tonight with Davin and Kyle. Hooligans! The stock WRX tires had to worn ones, which I wound up mounting both worn tires on one side, so when I attempted to drift in a certain direction the BRZ did NOT like it. In the opposite direction, though, it was smooth as heck. So in the parking lot we lifted the car and swapped the wheels so that the tires in good condition were in the rear. Now the car feels a lot more balanced. I've been having a lot of fun driving around with traction control off. I only use it on wide corners when no one's around me. RWD just feels so familiar to me! I miss it! Yeah, the steelies were embarrassing to say the least. I got some snow tires now, though, for the stock wheels. When I have some money I'll have Paul/retraC Engineering mount the tires on the stock BRZ wheels and call it good.