MrH's BRZ Thread

[68_427]

Bonneville has factory tinted headlights.  :COOLASFUCKYO:

[Eye of the Tiger]

Get da amberlamps

[MrH]

I've seen guys with the smoked corners.  Looks pretty stupid I think

The light output is reduced so dramatically that it looks really amateur I think.  If you can do it just ever so slightly, it won't look bad.  As for now though, just the clear corners will work.

Btw, quick report on gas mileage:

Life of the car puts me around 31 mpg right now, which I think is really good.  Navigation system tells me I'm around 34-35 mpg on the highway, and 28-29 mpg in the city.  If I set the cruise control at 65 mph, instantaneous mpg puts me around 41 or 42   It's still like Christmas in my mind.  I look forward to going to sleep every night so I can wake up and drive it.  It's hands down the ultimate daily driver under $60k in my mind.  Only thing that would be better would maybe be an M3, but those are so far out of my price range, it doesn't matter.

I'm liking the blue more and more.  I parked next to my friends new Mazda3 sedan in bright blue this weekend.  I was thinking they'd be about the same shade.  Not even close.  His has a pearlescent teal tint to it.  A lot more green in his color.  I'm parked next to a blue civic Si at work right now, and his is the same way.  This world rally blue just looks like pure blue. No teal or purple to it at all.  It ranks right up there with Mazda's Winning Blue and Nissan's Daytona Blue as my favorite shade.

Here's what I'll be buying this week:

-Clear corners
-LED bulbs for the interior
-JDM wrapped knee pads for the console and doors

I also decided I want this car off my books ASAP.  I don't want to keep this loan at all, even though the payments are small.  So I'm hoping to have this all paid off in 6-8 months is the goal.

[Secret Chimp]

There's no such thing as tasteful smoking, it always looks retarded.

Also get cool rimz before salt time.

Also whatever happened to magic ultra coating this thing?

[Rich]

Yeah, what's the wheel/tire plan?

[MrH]

There's no such thing as tasteful smoking, it always looks retarded.

Also get cool rimz before salt time.

Also whatever happened to magic ultra coating this thing?

I detailed it myself, and it came out really really good actually.  Shockingly good.  I thought it was going to look like garbage, but I dove in, bought a random orbital buffer.  I wash, clay bared, polished, and waxed it myself.  For now, I'm just going to continue doing it.  Whole lot cheaper, and I doubt it'll look any better if at all.

As for wheels, right now I'm just riding the stock wheels until I decide what to do.  Either I'll get winter wheels this fall, or put snow tires on the stock ones.  I got some time to decide.

[Rich]

I detailed it myself, and it came out really really good actually.  Shockingly good.  I thought it was going to look like garbage, but I dove in, bought a random orbital buffer.  I wash, clay bared, polished, and waxed it myself.  For now, I'm just going to continue doing it.  Whole lot cheaper, and I doubt it'll look any better if at all.

As for wheels, right now I'm just riding the stock wheels until I decide what to do.  Either I'll get winter wheels this fall, or put snow tires on the stock ones.  I got some time to decide.

I think it'll look better if you put winter tires on your stock wheels and get new wheels, but if you add width (which I think the car needs visually) and change offset I think you'd lose some feel/chuckability.

[MrH]

Eh, a little.  I'm not going to try and go 245s or anything.  Mostly just something with more aggressive compound than anything else.  Probably 225s.

[Rich]

Eh, a little.  I'm not going to try and go 245s or anything.  Mostly just something with more aggressive compound than anything else.  Probably 225s.

I'd go wider, but with less sticky rubber.  More tail out fun.

[Raza]

My car has factory smoked taillights.  It looks good, but it's a lot less extreme than you see on aftermarket cars.

[MrH]

I'd go wider, but with less sticky rubber.  More tail out fun.

Why bother going wider if you want less grip

235s with really high performance summer tires on this thing will be nuts.  It pulls .92 g's already on these crappy tires.  1 g is obtainable

[Raza]

Two words.

Stretch.  Poke.

[SVT666]

Why bother going wider if you want less grip

235s with really high performance summer tires on this thing will be nuts.  It pulls .92 g's already on these crappy tires.  1 g is obtainable

I think you should leave the tires as is.  That's what makes this car fun isn't it?  The balance they struck between grip and handling?

[MrH]

Grip isn't the antonym of handling.  There isn't two ends of the spectrum of grip and "handling" and the car is great because it falls perfectly in the middle. 

High limits are really really fun.  The handling of the car is what makes it great.  Being able to control it when you exceed the limits of grip is just a byproduct of the great balance and suspension tuning of it.

[SVT666]

Grip isn't the antonym of handling.  There isn't two ends of the spectrum of grip and "handling" and the car is great because it falls perfectly in the middle. 

High limits are really really fun.  The handling of the car is what makes it great.  Being able to control it when you exceed the limits of grip is just a byproduct of the great balance and suspension tuning of it.

The great thing about the car that everyone raves about, including you, is that you can reach the limits without landing yourself in jail.  By raising the limits, you no longer have that.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Get the cheapest, narrowest generic brand all seasons at Walmart.

[mzziaz]

Get the cheapest, narrowest generic brand all seasons at Walmart.

Yes!

[280Z Turbo]

It's easier to hold a slide at 50 mph than 100 mph. My Focus is almost less fun with Bridgestone Potenza RE760s.

[MrH]

The great thing about the car that everyone raves about, including you, is that you can reach the limits without landing yourself in jail.  By raising the limits, you no longer have that.

No.  I ranted and raved about how controllable it was at the limit.  I still have that balance with stickier tires.  Might break away a little more sudden, but power sliding through every single corner isn't synonymous with fun.  Being able to power slide it so easily is just an after effect of making a vehicle so sorted out to begin with.

[Onslaught]

The great thing about the car that everyone raves about, including you, is that you can reach the limits without landing yourself in jail.  By raising the limits, you no longer have that.

Truth. This is the thing that made the MX-5 so popular for so long. And when you start making one "better" you lose this. Trust me, I know.

[Rupert]

It's easier to hold a slide at 50 mph than 100 mph. My Focus is almost less fun with Bridgestone Potenza RE760s.

The other day, I tried to swing the tail out during a U-turn, and all I got was a little itty bitty tire squeak.

[hotrodalex]

The other day, I tried to swing the tail out during a U-turn, and all I got was a little itty bitty tire squeak.

I did that once in the BMW. It was the only time I've gotten those tires to smoke.

[MX793]

Get the cheapest, narrowest generic brand all seasons at Walmart.

Sooo, basically what Ford puts on the V6 Mustang from the factory....

[Cookie Monster]

The other day, I tried to swing the tail out during a U-turn, and all I got was a little itty bitty tire squeak.

I do that all the time when I make a U-turn. Except in my case I get some tail-out dorifto action.

[2o6]

I for serious want to drive one of the babies.

[Rupert]

I do that all the time when I make a U-turn. Except in my case I get some tail-out dorifto action.

Yeah, this was the first time with these tires. It was from a stop, but still.

[MrH]

[hotrodalex]

I've seen two FRSSSSSSSSs in Puerto Rico this week. Que son muy agradables!

[Eye of the Tiger]

I keep watching FRS/BRZ and MX-5 videos, and I can't decide which one I'd get.

[MrH]

I keep watching FRS/BRZ and MX-5 videos, and I can't decide which one I'd get.

Having owned both, it shouldn't even be question.