CCColtsicehockey

You offering? When you coming down?

civicdrivr

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I don't see a shorter final drive or a header on either list.

March 1st Mr. Regional Coordinator

00TL-P3.2

We saw a red FR-S at lunch. Co-worker was shocked when I told him it was a Scion.

I need to get out & test drive one.

CCColtsicehockey

Yeah I have a wedding in the afternoon that day so won't have time unless we skip the meet. You should stay over and help me do them Sunday morning.

JS + XES

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Sales pending on my Advan wheels.

Local guy paypaled me $100 deposit to hold til next Friday. The deal was $1100 cash pick up.

Yayyyyy

Forgot about the final drive. Yes, I'm certainly planning to do that.

UEL Header broseph. It's there!

Make sure to test drive the FRS, not tC.

JS + XES

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Yay. My first mod. 5whp for $40.

CLtotheTL32

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Btw, I like the black roof, but wait until you have more mods that support that look.

00TL-P3.2

Yeah, I test drove a tC a long time ago & wasn't too impressed.
Can't mistake a BRZ for a tC though. Maybe I'll just stop by Subaru.

JS + XES

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Just changed it. First time doing anything under the hood. Everything's so small and cute in this car. lol The hood is so light. I think it's made of aluminum or something. I noticed that the car being very low is a plus when working under the hood. :

I'm sure I won't be able to notice the added 5 hp, but who cares. It's there.

JS + XES

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And man.. I think this is one of the nicest FRS. The black one..

I really want that finish on the wheels. That's exactly what I want. 17x9 +35 SBC finish. Apparently that's a little hard to find.

oonowindoo

Like i said before, you have to do a lot to pull off the 17" look.

Knowing you, i am not sure you would slam your car to make the 17" look good.

I personally think the 18" looks just perfect. You will have good drivability and looks.

Aman

Hood is made of aluminum, no?

for mods! No need for an actual intake I guess, since the stock one flows so well. I was surprised by the amount of intake noise from my friend's BRZ as well (in a good way).

chill_dog

You must be short

That black FRS is fucking hot!! Stickers aside, of course.

civicdrivr

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It is aluminum.

Aaron - don't lean too hard on the car, the aluminum is thin and dents easily.

Also, the stock intake is loud because of that dumb sound tube that leads into the cabin. I yanked that thing out.

JS + XES

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Yeah, I know. haha

But I'm pretty set on 17" with fat tire look for this car. It's also lighter than 18".

I always wanted this spec on rpf1. And if anything, I can easily change it out for something else in the future. You know the wheels are the easiest thing to swap around!

Yeah, I know told not to get an intake system for now. The drop in filter will do for now. Glad I did it because the stock one looked pretty bad.

I know you like the stickers. Come on man!

I need to yanked that thing out too. Haven't looked into how to do it.

So, I got quotes for RPF1s from the local shop that organized the track events. It's called CounterSpace Garage.

RPF1 17x9 +35 Silver or Black
$1055 pick up





RPF1 17x9 +35 SBC
$1400 pick up





I'm so indecisive. Can't make up my mind. The SBC finish is apparently pretty hard to find. They did a groupbuy on it for 10 sets, and it's the last set that they have right now.

My wife likes the SBC finish obviously. She said the black color looks too boy racer-ish. If I get a silver set, I can always powder coat them in red or blue or something even more obnoxious in the future for fun.

I don't know. We'll see.

oonowindoo

If you don't care about the extra $350, then of course SBC,

between silver and black, go with the silver. 17" is pretty small already, black will make them look like 16"

JS + XES

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Another one in my sight.

Wedsport TC105N 17x9 +35
$1699 Shipped

This is like 15lb per wheel. Insanely light..



This is pretty cool too but not light at all, even though it's Gram Light.

The Gram Lights 57XTREME
$1588 shipped

chill_dog

The RPF1s look better than those two. SBC or silver.

Also, not sure if the specs will work for you, but a set of Motegi Traklite 2.0's (17x8 +45) weigh 14lbs, and come in a nice six spoke design.

JS + XES

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Jeez... so, I'm going to go check out this local guy who is selling his RPF1 Tony Angelo Black Edition 18x9.5 +38 / V12 255/35/18 with less than 2000 miles for $1200 + stockies...

I know it's not what I want but this is pretty good deal.. Googled the weight of this size and it's only 18 lbs.. wtf it's light.



He's selling the TOM's RED for $400 too..

CLtotheTL32

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Black wheels

I like the TC105s out of everything you've posted. I know they are fairly common for your platform but I'm sick of seeing RPF1s everywhere

JS + XES

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TC105s is a really good set too.

This seller said his rpf1s are some type of limited edition and it really is. Tony Angelo Black Edition. I don't know who tony angelo is anyway.

And oh, it's 17.6 lbs per wheel. Woah.

http://ft86speedfactory.com/blog/ton...els-exclusive/

Flipster23

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Congrats, and I'm glad I see coilovers on your list of mods.

JS + XES

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Thanks man.

Coilovers was on my list for Mazdaspeed3 as well.

CLtotheTL32

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Why are you wheel shopping before coils?

JS + XES

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Because the stock suspension set up is actually EXTREMELY balanced.

The stock wheels are heavy and ugly. The stock tires belong to Prius. That's why I'm trying to get these changed asap. haha

mrmako

Looks like you have a good list in order. Will you track her once you're done?

JS + XES

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Of course!

Just did my first track event last Saturday.

I'm looking to participate on at least 6 more this year.

Trying to find out how to participate on local Auto X sessions as well. I've never done Auto X before.

Sarlacc

http://www.scca.com

Just don't get caught up in all the "political BS" drama that can happen. Its a close crowd with some good people, so have fun.

TylerT

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AutoX looks like too much fun.

Let me know if you find any events in the LA - I'd be down to participate, too.

JS + XES

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Oh Tyler, where are you located??

v6cord2k5

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I wonder if they allow meth at SOW.

JS + XES

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Nevermind. You are in SD. I was on my tapatalk, didn't show your location.

Yeah man, let's see how it is. Will look into that site sarlacc posted.

Do you think you will ever come out to the track events around here sometimes? It's a bit far from San Diego though. But I know some 86 members come out from SD. It'll be fun if we can go together man! You can certainly learn and explore the limits of your car without much problem at the track! The worst thing you can do is spin out. haha

JS + XES

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Hmm.. when I was there, no officials ever checked what anyone has. I would think it's fine.

JS + XES

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So good news and bad news.

Bad news first

The person who was supposed to purchase my Advan wheels backed out.

Good news

He actually offered me free track event for this saturday at SOW.. haha its the same track that I went last week but it'll be CW this time. He said sorry and just offered it to me.

AND he owns a modified FRS and tracks his car very often. He's sponsored by some aftermarket brands.

He actually offered me a pretty much brand new set of front Project Mu club racer pads for 50 bucks. It's like +200 bucks brand new which I was actually thinking about buying for my car..

So yeah, I got pretty lucky.

Anyway, going back to the track this Saturday!

civicdrivr

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Missed this one - that could work

Have you seen my car when I first put the wheels on? You could fist my wheel wells. No bueno.

Get me a set too

CLtotheTL32

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Drop a few zeros off of the price of the Advans and I'll buy them

vwong

http://www.solo2.com

This is the local region here in the LA/OC area. They have events primarily at AAA Speedway (mostly in the winter season) and El Toro (mostly in the summer season). Very good group of people. I started autox'ing back in 1998 with them. If you don't do anything to your car (this includes the wheels), your car is in the C-Street class. If you need more info, just ask. Or you can go on their forum (http://forums.solo2.com) and get more info too.


Would love to join you this Saturday, but it's Chinese New Year. So I won't be able to go.

JS + XES

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but but but it only has 2 zeros.

charliemike

I don't know what the wheels are on the orange car but they're the best looking ones of the lot you've shown us. They're probably 80lbs each or cost $5,000

JS + XES

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Ooooh thanks! I'll look into this. Would love to start on this.

And btw just realized it's Korean New Year too this Saturday. Oh well.

haha I'm taking my wife and a gopro with me this time.