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11-17-2016, 01:24 AM | #1 |
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dustinkessler's Jon Olsson Inspired BRZ
Fall 2016 - So I figured it was about time I share progress on my build on a more consolidated space than random places on the internet and bring everything to a central location...so here we go! // current Track Beaters Daily Setup I picked up my BRZ with 13k miles on it as a CPO car mid 2014 after searching for a few months for the right car - it was between this or a pearl white BRZ more local to me. Something about this particular car made it really feel right, though. The car was located in Maryland, and with me in Indianapolis, I took it as an opportunity to fly out with my dad and drive it home as a father-son trip. I encourage any of you considering buying a car out of state to take your father with you and make it a memory - one of the best decisions I've made with this car. Going to go ahead and get this out of the way before it's brought up - yes, it's an automatic. No I do not have any fucks left to give on that topic of discussion. // day 1 Drove the car home, 600 miles in a day. Will always remember the feeling of my first *new* car (close enough) - felt like everything I had worked for up until that moment was worth it. I will remember that feeling for the rest of my life and try to recall it every time I deal with frustrations on the build or setbacks in life. If anything comes across to anyone reading this thread, I hope that you'll take away one thing - stay humble and work hard and you can do anything you want. At the time, I was working for a Lotus dealership in Indy doing marketing and media management, so I had access to a few parts distributors and ordered Tein Street Basis coilovers, an Invidia N1 catback, and a Cusco front strut tower brace bar right off the bat and started digging into the platform to learn and absorb as much knowledge as I could about it, which I continue to do to this day and will never stop learning. We had a corporate account with a local track to host track events and weekends, so I was able to get the car out on the track for the first time a few months after I purchased it, and even though I was just on coilovers and stock wheels/tires... I was instantly hooked. This build has been a combination of form and function, due to my inner ricer, but usually function ends up winning out. -- I won't bore you any more with long winded explanations - will be updating thread over the next few days on the reserved posts with build progress. -- Mod List Key: Black - current Blue - planned/near future **Will be updating this list with images of install[ed] if applicable. Suspension: Teain Street Basis Coilovers *current* Tein Mono Sport Coilovers (2017) Cusco Front Strut Tower Brace Velox Motorsports Rear LCAs (2017) Velox Motorsports Front Camber Plates Hotchkiss Front and Rear Sway Bar Brakes: Stoptech Stainless Lines Stoptech Race Rotors Stoptech Race Pads Velox Motorsports Brake Cooling Kit Aero: Velox Motorsports Front Diffuser with Race Upgrade Velox Motorsports Front Carbon Endplates Velox Motorsports Rear Aggressive Diffuser Custom Carbon Fiber Side Skirts Custom Carbon Fiber Race Canards (2017) Nur Spec OEM Option Carbon Wing Engine and Exhaust: Tomei Type 80R Single Exit Exhaust MXP Catless Front Pipe 93 octane OFT tune Drop in high flow air filter Velox Motorsports Air Oil Separator (2017) Velox Motorsports Fuel Rails (2017) Moto East Flex Fuel Kit (2017) JDL UEL Header (2017) Interior and Safety: Auto Power Welded in 6 pt Cage Sparco Pro Adv Halo Bucket Seat Sparco Sprint Bucket Seat Schroth Racing Harnesses Fire Extinguisher SFI Approved Cage Padding Custom Carbon Rear Seat Delete Wheels and Tires: Track Beaters - Ambit RE02 w/ Toyo R888 Daily Wheels - Fifteen52 Rally White Tarmacs Misc - Enkei NT03 +M
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Hey this is pretty cool. I too flew out and bought my BRZ and drove it 9 hours back with my dad (I actually bought it off someone from this forum lol). Nice looking car btw!
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Thank you! It's a great experience to go on a road trip with your dad haha
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I've seen you in the Cincinnati group and I think we are even friends on FB. Your pictures are amazing! Looking forward to updates.
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