ichi's 86 Project

[JD001]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Finally one of the thing I've ordered have came, so was able to start doing FXT water/oil cooler.

I read a lot of thread which way to do the water/oil cooler. I decided to go with TB route. Overall it wasn't hard to install. Biggest struggle was looping the hose under the AC took a bit of work and putting the clamp on the TB side.


I also took this chance to install Perrin intake pipe. Don't like having bling looking under the hood, so kept it black. Overall it still look like OEM.

How come you haven't painted your dip stick?

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by JD001

How come you haven't painted your dip stick?

Haha i know which thread you’re talking bout. I haven’t read that thread yet

[ichitaka05]

New wheels & tires installation time. Wheels & tires review will come after driving em for a bit more

[JesseG]

Ichi what wheels and tires did you choose? Sorry if you mentioned it earlier I haven’t skimmed the thread.


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[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by JesseG

Ichi what wheels and tires did you choose? Sorry if you mentioned it earlier I haven’t skimmed the thread.


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Haven’t mentioned it here... can’t say about the wheels (yet), but The tires, I got Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4.

[ichitaka05]

Update.

Several months ago, some idiot hit my front bumper & damaged it. Did a lot of debate between aftermarket bumper & stock bumper, decided to go with just fix the current front bumper. Plus few other things getting painted.

[ichitaka05]

Update:

After not having my car for almost 2 months, finally got it back... but sadly, they didn’t do a great job painting. Hoping to do some good photo shoot this weekend or so to show my current look. But for now, enjoy my ejecto seato! Lol

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Update:

After not having my car for almost 2 months, finally got it back... but sadly, they didn’t do a great job painting. Hoping to do some good photo shoot this weekend or so to show my current look. But for now, enjoy my ejecto seato! Lol

Time to take your painter/body shop guy for a ride then?

[ichitaka05]

Went to the shop to get few things done.

TOB whistling even in the cold temp, thought it’s a time to replace it. While replacing the TOB upgrade the clutch fork & pivot with Verus Engineering. Bob from Drift Office alway said to replace bearing retainer too, so got those as well.



Got it back next day. Bearing retainer looked decent. The the greatest, but didn’t look too bad.


Same goes for Pivot. A bit dusty from the clutch, but still better than expected.


Clutch fork & TOB was pretty good. No extreme wear. TOB spin smoothly.



2nd thing I’ve done is I’ve finally tinted my windows. Front got tinted to 50%. State limit is 45%. 50%~55% visually looked good and still able to see outside in the night, so went w it.


Back is 35%. Shop recommended 25%, but it looked WAY dark, so upped 10%.



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[ichitaka05]

Replaced brake pads.





Everything looked good. Hoping to test this setup on Autox next month.

[enivid]

This thread has seen better days

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[WeekendTrackWarrior]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

That's a pretty badass photo. I like that WRX I have seen in your photos too... a nice combo to have there.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by WeekendTrackWarrior

That's a pretty badass photo. I like that WRX I have seen in your photos too... a nice combo to have there.

Haha thanks! It’s my wife’s WRX


She love to mod her car equally as me PLUS track as well. Last week, she went on amateur track day.

Originally Posted by enivid

This thread has seen better days

Yes, yes indeed… sadly last Dec I’ve traded my car.

So let me give some last updates that never posted. To start off, here are few photos
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Some might wonder what happened to my park lights on the front bumper. I’ve asked to delete it & put BMW (F90?) LED on it.

It’s smoked, so daytime can hardly see it.


When it’s dark, it look like this.


It really helps cuz it doesn’t pop off like stock one lol & FYI, it looks like new Gen GR86/BRZ park lights, but I had it first! K, I lie, I seen the prototype way before anyone & thought it’s a great idea & applied on my BRZ.

Here’s closer photos. Light off


Lights on


Next is the wheels info. They’re custom made wheels. Due to Covid, took FOREVER to get it delivered from China!


Specs are 17x8+35. I wanna say it’s one of its kind… but it’s not. It’s close to Advan tc4, but it comes in 5-100 (Advan doesn’t make tc4 in 17x8+35 in 5-100). & no, I do not need wheel hub bearing cuz hub size is measured exactly as stock spec.



1 con I have is, wheels aren’t THAT light. iirc it weighted fraction more than my old Weds TC105N (17x9+35).

Is that mean I don’t like em? Oh I LOVE EM! Even I’ve traded my BRZ, I kept these wheels! It’s hands down my fav wheels on 86/BRZ! Wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 4 (225/45/17), it can grip & drift w ease! I would highly recommend this setup!


…so traded my BRZ for what? 2022 Toyota Highlander XSE


We needed family hauler. Yes, WRX can haul baby as well, but I felt bad making my wife do ALL the family & baby travel. My BRZ was swapped w Bride seats, so it was almost impossible to put baby seat on the back.

Of course HL doesn’t stay stock. Already did few aftermarket stuff


When used market go back to down, I’m planning to buy TRD86… until then, I’ll be hauling the baby or when the baby is old enough to cram it in the 86/BRZ backseat, I’ll buy it as a 2nd car lol