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How much is your car worth do you think Jay Bamrah?

Lovely car, GLWS.

No I've got a traditional 2 piece setup. Looks as if its just a trait by the sounds of it!

It's ok you will get used to him. Does it to every thread.

Quite the opposite. Factory fitted equipment is going to be under stricter design criteria, regulation and scrutinsation than the aftermarket industry. You are never going to see K sports fitted to a car out of the factory. I fully expect OEM brembos to outlast your BBK.

Fair enough. Let's hope it all works out ok. Nothing wrong with having more options!

I can't help but think your efforts are a little wasted. You can buy a 4 pot brembo BBK in the UK from Godspeed at £999. It sounds identical to what you are doing.

Just the first time, all subsequent times its quiet.

I don't think I've ever read or heard an issue for the Auto it's only ever been manuals. Then again manuals probably heavily outweigh autos sold. Shad get yourself MTEC gearbox springs, won't help crunchy 2nd if you suffer from it but it makes the gear shift feel lovely.

Straight groove discs fellas. Glad its not just me.

Does anybody run AST 5100s on their twins? I can't imagine there are many but if so what spring rates did you go for and why? What are they like in terms of performance (road, track, ride comfort) and how are they holding up? Cheers Matt

Do we have the same car? Exactly the 2 rattles that drive me mad, although my glovebox rattles and so does the gear lever. I'm driving a 13 year old Micra at the minute and it genuinely rattles less than my car. I find when you are rattling hunting this works quite well (especially if you have a subwoofer). Download a frequency generator app on your phone then connect to your headunit with bluetooth, run the frequency app and play specific frequencies through your speakers, I've found that as you scroll down through the frequency range 400Hz and lower, you trigger all sorts of rattles to start, then you can hunt them down at your leisure rather than trying to figure it out whilst driving.

I wouldn't go for +25 unless your car is lowered with a bit of camber, otherwise it will look like a monster truck. I can't imagine the face design will be any different between the ET35 and ET25 anyway. They are quite popular so there will be lots of photos on google.

The Konig Oversteer looks similar but they are still over £1000. Best of writing a list of imitation brands like Bola, JR and Rota then going through their catalogue of wheels.

I can't get my head around the looks, to me the design looks older than the outgoing model and the proportions don't look right. The ride height with those 18s is awful, its jacked up, the bonnet line looks higher, the squarer headlights and frumpy boot pushes the whole car up, its gone from a sports car to a coupe (think 2 series, c class). That dashboard looks fit for a 4x4 or a pickup. I don't think there is any threat of me moving my GT86 along

Not with those brakes. Look the same as the outgoing model. The extra weight and power will quickly show their weakness.

Looks great. Enjoy the updates on your BRZ. What APC did you use on your steering wheel? I do mine often but it never looks perfect. I use BH surfex diluted 1:100.

+1 To Sam's comment. Non spoilered boot lids are very rare and sought after. So wouldn't be surprised if someone is very keen to swap.

Thats a rare combo! Good luck, hope its a good one.

Naa think I'd prefer that one on the left 😉

Ah ok, I see your predicament. Nice choice of wheels by the way.

What you need is hubcentric bolt on spacers. I also use Eibach spacers, using their 'system 4' setup. The spacer bolts directly to your hub with studs being pressed into the spacer which you bolt the wheel to. You will only need to replace wheel studs for extended ones for slip on type spacers, or anything below 15mm (as there isn't enough material to make the spacer strong enough to have its own studs).

Invidia Q300 is the quiestest aftermarket exhaust for this car. Pretty much every aftermarket exhaust is made from 304 stainless, its a common grade stainless so its pretty cheap but it still rusts, just not as quickly. By exhaust cutout do you mean you want a valved exhaust? To switch between quiet and loud? Its possible but it will be expensive and nobody has done it.

Reminds of the last Focus RS and when the Mustang was introduced, they were demanding silly money. There is no doubt Toyota absolutely nailed it with this car. It will be the gearbox that will be the limitation, that will lunch itself way before the engine does by the sounds of it.

Chill my friend. Educate him, don't bash him, for he does not know what he speaks.