Winter Preparation AHOY! - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

denverizzles · 08-14-2012, 11:03 AM

What's up everyone! Just checking to see what everyone is doing to prepare their FR-S for the winter?

So far my plans are to:

-Hankook iPike tires
-3M paint sealant (maybe optiguard before summer)
-weathertech or JDM weather floormats (whichever is better, probably weathertech if it comes out before winter)

I'm also thinking of rustproofing the undercarriage, what do you guys think of this and can you recommend any good places?

Anything else you guys can think of?

thanks!

Stu baru · 08-14-2012, 12:17 PM

No ETA on all-weather mats from Subaru, and past experience has been they suck, so I added the rubber mats from Lloyds in the front and trunk, already had her Opti-Guarded, and I'll be putting a set of Goodyear Ultragrip Performance 2's on the stock rims around Thanksgiving.

K2 · 08-14-2012, 12:20 PM

Make sure you go to Weathertech and make a request for digitalfit floor liners for the FR-S/BRZ (if you haven't already). The more requests the sooner they'll make them.

Use this form to make a product request for digitalfit floor liners.
http://www.weathertech.com/service/p...-request-form/

denverizzles · 08-14-2012, 02:36 PM

just requested...

so if you guys had a choice between weathertech or a JDM toyota brand, what would you choose?

Foobar · 10-18-2012, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu baru

No ETA on all-weather mats from Subaru, and past experience has been they suck, so I added the rubber mats from Lloyds in the front and trunk, already had her Opti-Guarded, and I'll be putting a set of Goodyear Ultragrip Performance 2's on the stock rims around Thanksgiving.

How do you like the Lloyds? I ordered the red set, not sure if it's gonna be over the top or not.

kask2_6.0 · 10-18-2012, 02:03 PM

-Waiting til after winter to lower it
-Falken snow tires
-Rally Armour mud flaps (for winter only)
-Opti-coat

Sccabrz192 · 10-18-2012, 02:49 PM

1) Insulated Garage, Car Cover, Fuel Stabilizer, Jack Stands, some kitty litter/oil dry on the garage floor

2) Drive WRX

DjDATZ · 10-18-2012, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sccabrz192

1) Insulated Garage, Car Cover, Fuel Stabilizer, Jack Stands, some kitty litter/oil dry on the garage floor

2) Drive WRX

Jack stands under the suspension I'm assuming?

Sccabrz192 · 10-18-2012, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DjDATZ

Jack stands under the suspension I'm assuming?

I'll typically leave the suspension unloaded, held up under the main structural rails.

Stu baru · 10-18-2012, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foobar

How do you like the Lloyds? I ordered the red set, not sure if it's gonna be over the top or not.

I like them, they fit very well. I'd have preferred to get the ones from WeatherTech, and may yet once they're available, but didn't want to get caught in the snow without something.

Foobar · 10-18-2012, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu baru

I like them, they fit very well. I'd have preferred to get the ones from WeatherTech, and may yet once they're available, but didn't want to get caught in the snow without something.

Cool. What color did you get?

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FR-S_Tacoma · 10-18-2012, 09:23 PM

Purchased BRZ factory car cover

IE storing it for the winter and driving the trd tacoma

But I will be removing the tires, doing an oil change, and filling the tank.

With the 245/45 Sumitomo HTR+ its def not set up for winter lol

sevi21 · 10-19-2012, 10:28 PM

Really ticked that weather tech dont have these yet....Ive always had weather techs in all my cars and now i cant yet booo haha. But going to buy some blizzaks soon

@Art_Mighty · 10-19-2012, 11:51 PM

Brand new set of Dunlop SP Winter Sport M3 Performance Winter / Snow tires in the garage

Paint Prep and Opti-Coat on Sunday.

Clear Bra end of November

08-14-2012, 11:03 AM	#1
denverizzles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 FR-S Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 206 Thanks: 32 Thanked 77 Times in 37 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Winter Preparation AHOY! What's up everyone! Just checking to see what everyone is doing to prepare their FR-S for the winter? So far my plans are to: -Hankook iPike tires -3M paint sealant (maybe optiguard before summer) -weathertech or JDM weather floormats (whichever is better, probably weathertech if it comes out before winter) I'm also thinking of rustproofing the undercarriage, what do you guys think of this and can you recommend any good places? Anything else you guys can think of? thanks!

10-18-2012, 09:23 PM	#12
FR-S_Tacoma Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Ultramarine FR-S, '02 TRD Tacoma Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 120 Thanks: 21 Thanked 61 Times in 30 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Purchased BRZ factory car cover IE storing it for the winter and driving the trd tacoma But I will be removing the tires, doing an oil change, and filling the tank. With the 245/45 Sumitomo HTR+ its def not set up for winter lol __________________

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Stu baru Official Cobb beer knurd Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 BRZ-L MT SWP Location: USA Posts: 168 Thanks: 45 Thanked 34 Times in 28 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	No ETA on all-weather mats from Subaru, and past experience has been they suck, so I added the rubber mats from Lloyds in the front and trunk, already had her Opti-Guarded, and I'll be putting a set of Goodyear Ultragrip Performance 2's on the stock rims around Thanksgiving.

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K2 First 8600 Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Gen2 GR86 Location: Windy City Posts: 224 Thanks: 5 Thanked 117 Times in 72 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Make sure you go to Weathertech and make a request for digitalfit floor liners for the FR-S/BRZ (if you haven't already). The more requests the sooner they'll make them. Use this form to make a product request for digitalfit floor liners. http://www.weathertech.com/service/p...-request-form/

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denverizzles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 FR-S Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 206 Thanks: 32 Thanked 77 Times in 37 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	just requested... so if you guys had a choice between weathertech or a JDM toyota brand, what would you choose?

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kask2_6.0 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ Location: San Diego Posts: 724 Thanks: 229 Thanked 512 Times in 256 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	-Waiting til after winter to lower it -Falken snow tires -Rally Armour mud flaps (for winter only) -Opti-coat

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