WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR BRZ TODAY? - Page 1267 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

BA9092 · 05-27-2019, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Gecko

Any vibrations with that one? I was concerned since it only had one piece of foam tape.

I was concerned about that too, but it's VERY light and the 3M tape on the top part of the light holds pretty tight. I haven't noticed any vibrations. Also, the sides and bottom have a decent gap from the window, so they don't tap/rattle on it as I thought it would from its design.

Stephen W. · 05-28-2019, 11:22 AM

It's not what I did, it's more like what I'm having done...
Dropped of the tS at Scott's Automotive Detailing Services in Brighton Ontario. Check him out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/s.w.mclean65/

Quick wash, followed by a second wash and dry. Then clayed and masked off! This will be receiving Nasiol ZR53 Layered Ceramic Coating.
After a 3 stage polish, the paint really Popped!
I can't wait for it to be finished.

JD001 · 05-28-2019, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

It's not what I did, it's more like what I'm having done...
Dropped of the tS at Scott's Automotive Detailing Services in Brighton Ontario. Check him out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/s.w.mclean65/

Quick wash, followed by a second wash and dry. Then clayed and masked off! This will be receiving Nasiol ZR53 Layered Ceramic Coating.
After a 3 stage polish, the paint really Popped!
I can't wait for it to be finished.

I can see that the paints "popped", enough to push your rear wing another 12inches above the trunk... BTW, how old is the car?

Stephen W. · 05-28-2019, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

I can see that the paints "popped", enough to push your rear wing another 12inches above the trunk... BTW, how old is the car?

I took delivery on Sept. 6, 2018. However, the car had been in the show room since it arrived in Feb. or Mar. It was probably washed only once and then just had the dust pushed around with some old cloth. It had lots of swirled scratches. I have only ever used a touchless car wash since picking it up. The car has only 4,000 sunny kilometers on it. I always had it in mind to get the paint done. It just took this long to find and then book the car in. Funny thing is, I couldn't find anyone closer than over an hour away that did ceramic coating. Then, as luck would have it, I read on a Facebook community site about where I grew up that Scott had just started this business 15 minutes from my youngest daughters home. Turns out his mother went to school with and knew my older siblings. They lived just around the corner from where I grew up. Small world sometimes.

Check out the scratches and swirl marks.

wolffbite · 05-28-2019, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

I took delivery on Sept. 6, 2018. However, the car had been in the show room since it arrived in Feb. or Mar. It was probably washed only once and then just had the dust pushed around with some old cloth. It had lots of swirled scratches. I have only ever used a touchless car wash since picking it up. The car has only 4,000 sunny kilometers on it. I always had it in mind to get the paint done. It just took this long to find and then book the car in. Funny thing is, I couldn't find anyone closer than over an hour away that did ceramic coating. Then, as luck would have it, I read on a Facebook community site about where I grew up that Scott had just started this business 15 minutes from my youngest daughters home. Turns out his mother went to school with and knew my older siblings. They lived just around the corner from where I grew up. Small world sometimes.

Check out the scratches and swirl marks.

I removed all my dealership swirlies and some random oxidation in March with a bit of elbow grease. The two times I have brought it to the dealership for service I have been adamant that it is written on the work order in all caps "DO NOT WASH CAR". Single bucket of dirty water and old rags used for multiple cars... no thanks.

Dark paint looks great but is certainly laborious to keep looking good.

Enjoy your freshly polished machine, looks great!

arkanist · 05-30-2019, 01:48 PM

Installed some FA500 coilovers, now I need an alignment.

hdz_BRZ · 05-30-2019, 05:20 PM

Installed the Skunk2 powerbox

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Stephen W. · 05-31-2019, 03:33 PM

Picked the car up last night. It looks amazing!
Scott made note of a couple things. One, Subaru paint is among the softest, (and thinnest) finishes of all the automotive brands. It's very easy to go through the clear coat and damage the paint when prepping. All water based painted cars seem to have orange peel but mine being black is more noticeable than others. Also, he's noticed on the two BRZ's he's done both had damage from the bottom edge of the rear plate frame rubbing on the paint. He had a kit with rubber stoppers for the other car but all he could do for mine was use plastic washers behind the frame to space it out from the body. I'll have to look for a stopper kit.

tomm.brz · 05-31-2019, 04:14 PM

every black brz i saw has crazy amount of orange peel, mine included
it s judt more noticeable on our colour

jubella2 · 06-01-2019, 08:07 PM

I sold it

Fidel_86 · 06-02-2019, 01:09 AM

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Decided to have the car wrapped. Ignore the pink daylight runners... its RGB and not the permanent color lol

Oxyg3n · 06-02-2019, 08:25 PM

Installed a head-unit that actually works.

Brink · 06-05-2019, 02:41 AM

Went shopping at Smart & Final for work today. Fit everything in the car easily with room to spare.

Gecko · 06-06-2019, 10:30 PM

Windows Tinted before Boxerfest, Check.

05-28-2019, 11:22 AM	#17726
Stephen W. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Drives: 2018 CBS BRZ tS Location: Quinte West Ontario Posts: 1,392 Thanks: 1,142 Thanked 2,313 Times in 924 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It's not what I did, it's more like what I'm having done... Dropped of the tS at Scott's Automotive Detailing Services in Brighton Ontario. Check him out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/s.w.mclean65/ Quick wash, followed by a second wash and dry. Then clayed and masked off! This will be receiving Nasiol ZR53 Layered Ceramic Coating. After a 3 stage polish, the paint really Popped! I can't wait for it to be finished. Attached Images

05-31-2019, 03:33 PM	#17732
Stephen W. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Drives: 2018 CBS BRZ tS Location: Quinte West Ontario Posts: 1,392 Thanks: 1,142 Thanked 2,313 Times in 924 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Picked the car up last night. It looks amazing! Scott made note of a couple things. One, Subaru paint is among the softest, (and thinnest) finishes of all the automotive brands. It's very easy to go through the clear coat and damage the paint when prepping. All water based painted cars seem to have orange peel but mine being black is more noticeable than others. Also, he's noticed on the two BRZ's he's done both had damage from the bottom edge of the rear plate frame rubbing on the paint. He had a kit with rubber stoppers for the other car but all he could do for mine was use plastic washers behind the frame to space it out from the body. I'll have to look for a stopper kit. Attached Images

06-05-2019, 02:41 AM	#17737
Brink Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Drives: 2017 BRZ Location: CA Posts: 665 Thanks: 200 Thanked 392 Times in 236 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Went shopping at Smart & Final for work today. Fit everything in the car easily with room to spare. Attached Images

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