FT86Club's BRZ Series.HyperBlue Owners Registry

[Luftwaffel]

I actually had the same exact experience about six years ago. Thought I was going to be clever after some rain in San Diego. Issue is, it doesn't rain in San Diego enough to keep the roads clean, so where water pools a bit, so does a metric shitload of oil. Being a desert rat, I knew better, but I did it anyway. Lesson learned the hard way.

It was a pretty kick ass slide while it lasted though.

[Vesartis]

Originally Posted by Luftwaffel

I actually had the same exact experience about six years ago. Thought I was going to be clever after some rain in San Diego. Issue is, it doesn't rain in San Diego enough to keep the roads clean, so where water pools a bit, so does a metric shitload of oil. Being a desert rat, I knew better, but I did it anyway. Lesson learned the hard way.

It was a pretty kick ass slide while it lasted though.

Not a fun situation. At least you enjoyed your slide a bit, everything happened so fast for me. Thankfully I did get to take the car up to the mountains in Glendora, CA and really enjoy it before the accident happened. Now I am back in the break in period with the new one.

What is interesting is how similar the cars are, but I still know the difference in all the little defects.

[Veloist]

@Vesartis wow I didn't even notice that 585 was yours. Glad you are okay & very happy to hear you've remained in the club!

[p1l0t]

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!?

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[p1l0t]

Fixed.

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[Veloist]

Noticed this yesterday when updating...but how did you manage to get a HyperBlue in Germany? I don't think they offered the car as a retail product?

Originally Posted by lanemccall_75

1) Lane McCall
2) Kaiserslautern, Germany
3) 343
4) I drive it every day and slowly building it into my dream car. Mostly just cosmetics for now.

[Luftwaffel]

Originally Posted by Veloist

Noticed this yesterday when updating...but how did you manage to get a HyperBlue in Germany? I don't think they offered the car as a retail product?

I'm going to go with USAF stationed at Ramstein, which is in Kaiserslautern.

[Luftwaffel]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Fixed.

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Oh weird. You're missing your black fender garnish like I was. You should go complain to your dealer. They need to order E7110CA100 "Side Fin Blade Black"

If they try to charge you, they're full of shit, it's literally in all of the promotional material about the Hyperblue.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Luftwaffel

Oh weird. You're missing your black fender garnish like I was. You should go complain to your dealer. They need to order E7110CA100 "Side Fin Blade Black"

If they try to charge you, they're full of shit, it's literally in all of the promotional material about the Hyperblue.

Hmmm I guess I am.

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[Veloist]

Originally Posted by Luftwaffel

I'm going to go with USAF stationed at Ramstein, which is in Kaiserslautern.

Oh I see! I noticed he had a German License Plate so I wasn't sure.

[Jordan Silveira]

Alright so I decided to stop into a somewhat local dealer (30 miles away) who had two Hyper Blue's on the lot. I mainly did this to see the color in person. People always say the color in photos isn't done justice. I never really understood what this meant... until today. I was very much worried it was a cookie monster, Honda logo blue, smurf color and wasn't sure if that would scare me off. Well, I must say it definitely does have the color of all three of those... except that I LOVED IT! The color in photos always looks too dark of a blue or too light and in person it is just the right color. Right in the middle of the spectrum! I saw one with a full STI aero kit (rear OEM diffuser included) and my opinion went from wondering if the car would benefit from it to my current feelings that while the car is fine without it, the STI aero kit really sets the car off! Definitely would be one of my first things to look into. Next, I may be wildly unpopular with this opinion but I hate the stock wheels, I don't like the design and have hated the chrome stock look since the car was released. I admittedly was sad this series only came with blacked out wheels and not the STI. However, after seeing them in person I have to say this car just always needs the stock wheels blacked out, it totally made the stock look acceptable and while I would still appreciate the STI wheels for nothing more than to complete the aero kit, I don't mind the stock Hyper Blue wheels now that they are blacked out. Additionally, I have and still am a huge fan of the Series.Blue interior with the blue leather panels. I think it was unique and was only second to the Release Series 2.0 Camel interior (I'm a huge fan). So naturally, I wasn't too excited that the Hyper Blue had just the stitching. However, I must say the Hyper Blue stitching is PERFECT! I wouldn't want any colored panels. The BRZ on the seatback is beautiful as well. While I still really like the Series.Blue Interior, I have come to really appreciate the Hyper Blue's almost "subdued" look on the interior if that makes sense. I really felt as if before all this my biggest conundrum would be the color because I am and always will be a WRB fan. I love that color and felt as if I didn't get that color I would regret it but the Hyper Blue dispelled those concerns. As a matter of fact, this has nothing to do against Series.Blue owners but there are plenty of WRB BRZ's available and out in the wild and all it takes is some red calipers, STI wheels and Aero kit and for all intents and purposes your special edition BRZ looks the same as others (On the exterior) obviously the interior changes. However, when it comes to the Hyper Blue, they are so limited and honestly I have not seen a Hyper Blue car in the last six months outside of a Crosstek parked in a Costco lot once (I believe). The color alone on a BRZ sets off the BRZ from any other 86 on the road. Similar to what the FR-S RS 1.0 does. Other than that, I didn't get much time with the new head unit or anything like that but I can now comfortably say I will be looking into getting a Hyper Blue if availability permits.

Also, sorry for the long post but I just figured I would give my new found impressions. Thanks for your time!

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Jordan Silveira

Alright so I decided to stop into a somewhat local dealer (30 miles away) who had two Hyper Blue's on the lot. I mainly did this to see the color in person. People always say the color in photos isn't done justice. I never really understood what this meant... until today. I was very much worried it was a cookie monster, Honda logo blue, smurf color and wasn't sure if that would scare me off. Well, I must say it definitely does have the color of all three of those... except that I LOVED IT! The color in photos always looks too dark of a blue or too light and in person it is just the right color. Right in the middle of the spectrum! I saw one with a full STI aero kit (rear OEM diffuser included) and my opinion went from wondering if the car would benefit from it to my current feelings that while the car is fine without it, the STI aero kit really sets the car off! Definitely would be one of my first things to look into. Next, I may be wildly unpopular with this opinion but I hate the stock wheels, I don't like the design and have hated the chrome stock look since the car was released. I admittedly was sad this series only came with blacked out wheels and not the STI. However, after seeing them in person I have to say this car just always needs the stock wheels blacked out, it totally made the stock look acceptable and while I would still appreciate the STI wheels for nothing more than to complete the aero kit, I don't mind the stock Hyper Blue wheels now that they are blacked out. Additionally, I have and still am a huge fan of the Series.Blue interior with the blue leather panels. I think it was unique and was only second to the Release Series 2.0 Camel interior (I'm a huge fan). So naturally, I wasn't too excited that the Hyper Blue had just the stitching. However, I must say the Hyper Blue stitching is PERFECT! I wouldn't want any colored panels. The BRZ on the seatback is beautiful as well. While I still really like the Series.Blue Interior, I have come to really appreciate the Hyper Blue's almost "subdued" look on the interior if that makes sense. I really felt as if before all this my biggest conundrum would be the color because I am and always will be a WRB fan. I love that color and felt as if I didn't get that color I would regret it but the Hyper Blue dispelled those concerns. As a matter of fact, this has nothing to do against Series.Blue owners but there are plenty of WRB BRZ's available and out in the wild and all it takes is some red calipers, STI wheels and Aero kit and for all intents and purposes your special edition BRZ looks the same as others (On the exterior) obviously the interior changes. However, when it comes to the Hyper Blue, they are so limited and honestly I have not seen a Hyper Blue car in the last six months outside of a Crosstek parked in a Costco lot once (I believe). The color alone on a BRZ sets off the BRZ from any other 86 on the road. Similar to what the FR-S RS 1.0 does. Other than that, I didn't get much time with the new head unit or anything like that but I can now comfortably say I will be looking into getting a Hyper Blue if availability permits.

Also, sorry for the long post but I just figured I would give my new found impressions. Thanks for your time!

Yeah it's unreal in person, good luck though there are like 25 left on the entire planet (still new at least).

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[Mmmankey]

Originally Posted by Jordan Silveira

Alright so I decided to stop into a somewhat local dealer (30 miles away) who had two Hyper Blue's on the lot. I mainly did this to see the color in person. People always say the color in photos isn't done justice. I never really understood what this meant... until today. I was very much worried it was a cookie monster, Honda logo blue, smurf color and wasn't sure if that would scare me off. Well, I must say it definitely does have the color of all three of those... except that I LOVED IT! The color in photos always looks too dark of a blue or too light and in person it is just the right color. Right in the middle of the spectrum! I saw one with a full STI aero kit (rear OEM diffuser included) and my opinion went from wondering if the car would benefit from it to my current feelings that while the car is fine without it, the STI aero kit really sets the car off! Definitely would be one of my first things to look into. Next, I may be wildly unpopular with this opinion but I hate the stock wheels, I don't like the design and have hated the chrome stock look since the car was released. I admittedly was sad this series only came with blacked out wheels and not the STI. However, after seeing them in person I have to say this car just always needs the stock wheels blacked out, it totally made the stock look acceptable and while I would still appreciate the STI wheels for nothing more than to complete the aero kit, I don't mind the stock Hyper Blue wheels now that they are blacked out. Additionally, I have and still am a huge fan of the Series.Blue interior with the blue leather panels. I think it was unique and was only second to the Release Series 2.0 Camel interior (I'm a huge fan). So naturally, I wasn't too excited that the Hyper Blue had just the stitching. However, I must say the Hyper Blue stitching is PERFECT! I wouldn't want any colored panels. The BRZ on the seatback is beautiful as well. While I still really like the Series.Blue Interior, I have come to really appreciate the Hyper Blue's almost "subdued" look on the interior if that makes sense. I really felt as if before all this my biggest conundrum would be the color because I am and always will be a WRB fan. I love that color and felt as if I didn't get that color I would regret it but the Hyper Blue dispelled those concerns. As a matter of fact, this has nothing to do against Series.Blue owners but there are plenty of WRB BRZ's available and out in the wild and all it takes is some red calipers, STI wheels and Aero kit and for all intents and purposes your special edition BRZ looks the same as others (On the exterior) obviously the interior changes. However, when it comes to the Hyper Blue, they are so limited and honestly I have not seen a Hyper Blue car in the last six months outside of a Crosstek parked in a Costco lot once (I believe). The color alone on a BRZ sets off the BRZ from any other 86 on the road. Similar to what the FR-S RS 1.0 does. Other than that, I didn't get much time with the new head unit or anything like that but I can now comfortably say I will be looking into getting a Hyper Blue if availability permits.

Also, sorry for the long post but I just figured I would give my new found impressions. Thanks for your time!

I have to agree with every single thing you said especially the interior. I like how subtle yet standout it is with the black on blue contrast. I would have written this exact paragraph but I'm always hesitant about writing books on forum sites! Good luck in tracking one down!


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[Jordan Silveira]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Yeah it's unreal in person, good luck though there are like 25 left on the entire planet (still new at least).

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Yeah I know. I have about 5 near me. Puente Hills Subaru, Costa Mesa Subaru, Glendale Subaru.

I was T boned in my RS 8.0 tC and frankly don't want anything to do with the car now. It was my baby and because Geico decided to be a cheap ass and use LKQ parts among other things I don't trust it anymore. They had to cut the A pillar and spot weld because of the damage. So I doubt this will happen but if I can get a trade in value at least somewhat close to my loan amount left I will be trying to get into a Hyper Blue.