Central Iowa: anyone around here? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

levifig · 07-14-2013, 05:41 PM

Hey guys,

I just placed my order for a MY13 BRZ (GBS). Trying to find folks and events around Central Iowa, as well as shops and recommended places to go do things like window tinting, etc...

Let me know!
Thanks

levifig · 07-15-2013, 01:34 PM

Come on you Iowa folk: show yerselves!

White_Lightning · 07-16-2013, 10:20 AM

I'm just outside of Omaha. Being so close to Des Moines, I'd recommend checking out ft86 speed factory. They seem like a real upstanding bunch. I heard they're putting a Vortech Supercharger on one of their cars. I just finished my install, but I'd like to check those guys out in the future for possible upgrades and dyno tuning

levifig · 07-16-2013, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by White_Lightning

I'm just outside of Omaha. Being so close to Des Moines, I'd recommend checking out ft86 speed factory. They seem like a real upstanding bunch. I heard they're putting a Vortech Supercharger on one of their cars. I just finished my install, but I'd like to check those guys out in the future for possible upgrades and dyno tuning

WOW!! That's about 35m from where I live!! Thanks for the tip man =D

White_Lightning · 07-16-2013, 12:00 PM

Any idea when your BRZ is going to show up? There's a couple guys in Omaha that want to start having get togethers. That's a little drive for you, but it'd be a good opportunity to make some local friends. I took my Catalina to the "Good Guys" show over 4th of July weekend in Des Moines. I had a blast, but boy oh boy, what a boring drive that is!

levifig · 07-16-2013, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by White_Lightning

Any idea when your BRZ is going to show up? There's a couple guys in Omaha that want to start having get togethers. That's a little drive for you, but it'd be a good opportunity to make some local friends. I took my Catalina to the "Good Guys" show over 4th of July weekend in Des Moines. I had a blast, but boy oh boy, what a boring drive that is!

HAHA Iowa is only beat by Nebraska in the Top Most Boring Drives! :p

Working things out to get it next week… *fingers crossed*

Dr Huston · 07-26-2013, 04:19 PM

Congrats on purchase. I am in Des Moines! FT-86 speedfactory guys are awesome. I got my beats sonic antenna from them. Not sure on the tinting, but I am sure you could ask them. I too would like to opticoat, but have not seen any here.

levifig · 07-29-2013, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr Huston

Congrats on purchase. I am in Des Moines! FT-86 speedfactory guys are awesome. I got my beats sonic antenna from them. Not sure on the tinting, but I am sure you could ask them. I too would like to opticoat, but have not seen any here.

That's great to know! Do they have dyno gear down there too? First few things I'm thinking of doing is the "shark fin" antenna and window tinting. I'd like to do an undercoat before salt/snow season too…

Then, get some snow tires on the stock wheels (this winter), get some new wheels + summer tires next summer, and new snow tires/wheels next winter (considering this simply to get some wider snow tires/better grip).

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Dr Huston · 07-29-2013, 05:53 PM

no idea on dyno. I would again defer to them. I could be wrong on winter tires... you want narrower tires,so you drop to pavement instead of float on top. Someone correct me if I am wrong. I am planning to get x ice 3 as I believe they will stock our size starting this month.

levifig · 07-29-2013, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr Huston

no idea on dyno. I would again defer to them. I could be wrong on winter tires... you want narrower tires,so you drop to pavement instead of float on top. Someone correct me if I am wrong. I am planning to get x ice 3 as I believe they will stock our size starting this month.

Good call on thinner tires/wheels! It just reminded me of watching rally racing and seeing those tiny little tires when they race in snow! Makes a lot of sense, actually…

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10-24-2013, 06:05 PM

I'm in Ames, IA too

chilejeep · 11-11-2013, 04:50 PM

Waterloo area here, been meaning to check out FT-86 speedfactory

brzerk1 · 02-18-2014, 09:47 AM

Ankeny Ia, SWP Brz limited.

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nickmaster · 02-21-2014, 11:10 AM

hope to see you guys on any of this event!

http://iowaregionscca.org/events.html
http://www.dmvrscca.com/

btw Dubuque IA here...

07-14-2013, 05:41 PM	#1
levifig GBS Mafia Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: N/A Location: Porto, Portugal Posts: 97 Thanks: 242 Thanked 38 Times in 29 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hey guys, I just placed my order for a MY13 BRZ (GBS). Trying to find folks and events around Central Iowa, as well as shops and recommended places to go do things like window tinting, etc... Let me know! Thanks __________________ Last edited by levifig; 07-15-2013 at 01:33 PM.

07-15-2013, 01:34 PM	#2
levifig GBS Mafia Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: N/A Location: Porto, Portugal Posts: 97 Thanks: 242 Thanked 38 Times in 29 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Come on you Iowa folk: show yerselves! __________________

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07-16-2013, 10:20 AM	#3
White_Lightning Stuck in the Midwest Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: Whiteout FR-S, F-150, 69 Catalina Location: Iowa Posts: 49 Thanks: 39 Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm just outside of Omaha. Being so close to Des Moines, I'd recommend checking out ft86 speed factory. They seem like a real upstanding bunch. I heard they're putting a Vortech Supercharger on one of their cars. I just finished my install, but I'd like to check those guys out in the future for possible upgrades and dyno tuning

07-16-2013, 12:00 PM	#5
White_Lightning Stuck in the Midwest Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: Whiteout FR-S, F-150, 69 Catalina Location: Iowa Posts: 49 Thanks: 39 Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Any idea when your BRZ is going to show up? There's a couple guys in Omaha that want to start having get togethers. That's a little drive for you, but it'd be a good opportunity to make some local friends. I took my Catalina to the "Good Guys" show over 4th of July weekend in Des Moines. I had a blast, but boy oh boy, what a boring drive that is!

07-26-2013, 04:19 PM	#7
Dr Huston Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Iowa Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Congrats on purchase. I am in Des Moines! FT-86 speedfactory guys are awesome. I got my beats sonic antenna from them. Not sure on the tinting, but I am sure you could ask them. I too would like to opticoat, but have not seen any here.

07-29-2013, 05:53 PM	#9
Dr Huston Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Iowa Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	no idea on dyno. I would again defer to them. I could be wrong on winter tires... you want narrower tires,so you drop to pavement instead of float on top. Someone correct me if I am wrong. I am planning to get x ice 3 as I believe they will stock our size starting this month.

10-24-2013, 06:05 PM	#11
listairee Guest Posts: n/a Mentioned: Post(s) Tagged: Thread(s)	I'm in Ames, IA too

11-11-2013, 04:50 PM	#12
chilejeep Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: DGM BRZ Location: Iowa Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Waterloo area here, been meaning to check out FT-86 speedfactory

02-18-2014, 09:47 AM	#13
brzerk1 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: SWP BRZ LIMITED Location: IOWA Posts: 65 Thanks: 17 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Ankeny Ia, SWP Brz limited. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

02-21-2014, 11:10 AM	#14
nickmaster me Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: USA Posts: 43 Thanks: 8 Thanked 13 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	hope to see you guys on any of this event! http://iowaregionscca.org/events.html http://www.dmvrscca.com/ btw Dubuque IA here...

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