WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR BRZ TODAY?

[wraithfive]

Originally Posted by Turkish

Voila!

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What kind of jackstands are those? They look like they are on the outside of the car?

[Turkish]

Originally Posted by wraithfive

What kind of jackstands are those? They look like they are on the outside of the car?

Those are wheel chocks. My garage has a 1" lip at the front then the drive way is a steep grade, so I backed the car so the wheels were on the edge of the lip and used the wheel chocks with the parking brake to make sure the car didn't decide to surprise me.

[Ganthrithor]

Took a picture of her with a real camera, for a change:



And took her on a quick blast down the hill to pick up dinner tonight. Drove our old 911 pretty hard this morning, and boy does that car make the BRZ feel like an easy, easy car to drive quickly. The BRZ is such a weird combination of total sweetheart and utter maniac... it's so easy to pick up and drive, but it's always urging you to push it so hard! It just feels great when you're really amping through corners and the car comes alive and wants to moonwalk around every bend. <3

[Hachiroku14]

STi-R clear lens swap...

[sshole]

Cross post from the gauge cluster LED swap thread:

I changed my LEDs to white, but left the digital speedo and odometer red. I also removed the TPMS LED because that thing is stupid.

[BoxRZ_86]

Originally Posted by sshole

Cross post from the gauge cluster LED swap thread:

I changed my LEDs to white, but left the digital speedo and odometer red. I also removed the TPMS LED because that thing is stupid.

I have been wanted to do this exact mod. thank you for making it something I want to do even more now.

also post a night shot if you can. thanks.

[Vten]

Originally Posted by Hachiroku14

STi-R clear lens swap...

Ooh more info about this one pls

[2point0]

Originally Posted by Turkish

It's far more tragic for this car to not be driven. It begs to have the miles poured on.

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Tech at the dealership last week got all wide-eyed when he saw my mileage. Highest he's seen come through, though probably not the highest on the forum. I'm at like 42,8xx right now with no signs of slowing down!

[ericmpena]

Originally Posted by 2point0

Tech at the dealership last week got all wide-eyed when he saw my mileage. Highest he's seen come through, though probably not the highest on the forum. I'm at like 42,8xx right now with no signs of slowing down!

Dang! That's a lot! Mine is pretty high considering I've only had it since June. I'm at 19,000 in only 9 1/2 months.
I work out of town so that's what screws me over.

[was385]

Didn't do anything specifically today, but I was finally able to test out my mods from the past couple of weeks on the AutoX course:

-RCE Yellow Springs
-17x8 +45 Gunmetal RPF1s
-245/40/17 Dunlop Direzza ZIIs
-22mm Strano Front Sway Bar

At this point, this is a completely new car than what it was new. There is tons of grip, very little body roll, no oversteer and pretty easy transitions on the autox. For the amount of money I spent on all of those, I honestly couldn't be any happier.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by sshole

I changed my LEDs to white, but left the digital speedo and odometer red. I also removed the TPMS LED because that thing is stupid.

Originally Posted by Sanka86

I have been wanted to do this exact mod. thank you for making it something I want to do even more now.

You guys realize that there's a reason those lights are red, right? It's not just cosmetic.

White light impairs night vision. When you shift it to red, it helps to preserve your night vision so that you can see more detail in the dark. This is why pilots use red lights in their cockpits to read charts and why Mini Mag Lights come with red lenses (so that pilots will buy them). This is also why tail lights and rear-facing reflectors are red or amber (so that you don't impair the night vision of people behind you).

I don't know how bright your white LEDs are, and you may be able to dim them so that they don't make much difference. But generally speaking, having white (or blue, which is even worse) lights on your dash runs a greater chance of impairing your night vision and also contributes to eye fatigue as you strain to see in the dark past the white lights.

The red lights bugged me a little when I first got this car because I have always associated red = warning. But after driving the car for a while and realizing what a difference they make at night, I'm not only leaving mine just like they are, but I'm also considering changing the lamps in my Jeep to red as well.

I'm not telling you not to do this, but you really ought to know what you're giving up if you do.

[sshole]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

You guys realize that there's a reason those lights are red, right? It's not just cosmetic.

White light impairs night vision. When you shift it to red, it helps to preserve your night vision so that you can see more detail in the dark. This is why pilots use red lights in their cockpits to read charts and why Mini Mag Lights come with red lenses (so that pilots will buy them). This is also why tail lights and rear-facing reflectors are red or amber (so that you don't impair the night vision of people behind you).

I don't know how bright your white LEDs are, and you may be able to dim them so that they don't make much difference. But generally speaking, having white (or blue, which is even worse) lights on your dash runs a greater chance of impairing your night vision and also contributes to eye fatigue as you strain to see in the dark past the white lights.

The red lights bugged me a little when I first got this car because I have always associated red = warning. But after driving the car for a while and realizing what a difference they make at night, I'm not only leaving mine just like they are, but I'm also considering changing the lamps in my Jeep to red as well.

I'm not telling you not to do this, but you really ought to know what you're giving up if you do.

Trust me, I know the benefits of using red (and green) lights. Simply put: I don't care for the red/amber. It looks ugly.

[BoxRZ_86]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

You guys realize that there's a reason those lights are red, right? It's not just cosmetic.

White light impairs night vision. When you shift it to red, it helps to preserve your night vision so that you can see more detail in the dark. This is why pilots use red lights in their cockpits to read charts and why Mini Mag Lights come with red lenses (so that pilots will buy them). This is also why tail lights and rear-facing reflectors are red or amber (so that you don't impair the night vision of people behind you).

I don't know how bright your white LEDs are, and you may be able to dim them so that they don't make much difference. But generally speaking, having white (or blue, which is even worse) lights on your dash runs a greater chance of impairing your night vision and also contributes to eye fatigue as you strain to see in the dark past the white lights.

The red lights bugged me a little when I first got this car because I have always associated red = warning. But after driving the car for a while and realizing what a difference they make at night, I'm not only leaving mine just like they are, but I'm also considering changing the lamps in my Jeep to red as well.

I'm not telling you not to do this, but you really ought to know what you're giving up if you do.

im aware of it. just don't care. also the FRS comes with white lights. so not sure if that was truly a design point that Subaru and Toyota considered or just something they did to separate the two versions.

[2pt5RS]

I did the Perrin inlet tube. It's so much better!