Adam9

Mine is decat (as all TD), so it would be louder than a catted manifold but it still made very little difference to the exhaust sound/volume with the stock exhaust.

I got 70mm myself because I couldn't get 100mm at the time too. I think even TD use similar bolts when they are installing the systems brand new. You can spot it on their YouTube video for the exhaust.  The high tensile bolts will withstand all the vibration from the engine too so it will last long time. 

@rob275 demoted me ( 😂) but me and @will300 try to put on Midlands events every month or so - this one has been missed due to Japfest. A number of Milton Keynes area events have also been sorted by @DanJ

Hi Adam,
 
We haven't no, everyone has still gone for the atmosphere currently  
 
Mike

At last, an end to the madness.

Great, I've not sold anything here before so hard to know what is mandatory and what isn't without any information. Much clearer now!

Finally managed a ride in  a TD Car a while back and absolutely loved it but I think the screamer pipe  might be a bit harsh for me. Is there any possibility of having the wastegate plumbed back in?

OK thanks for the quick reply Mike.

Having driven the BRZ home and back, Day 2 began with a snow foam and two bucket wash. I must say again that the BH Autofoam is even more impressive when fired out a heavy duty pressure washer, instead of the fast running foam I get at home from my Karcher, which drips off in 5-7 minutes, this produces a heavy, dense shaving cream. It holds it shape for quite a while before dripping away. Left to its own devices, out of the sun, I’m sure it would cling for 20 minutes! Just because I can, I fired up the Dezyna Dog Gizmo again. This is definitely my favourite pro-tool. Sadly John isn’t as impressed as me, pointing out that it moves the water around too much, instead of blasting it off the car. Whatever. I love chasing the water away with it!
Up on the ramp I found this unpleasant surprise, no idea what has done it, but it must be me as it’s fresh and crud free – needs touching up pronto before rust takes hold L

Being up in the air meant a rare opportunity for wheels off cleaning. I really dislike cleaning wheels at the best of time, particularly fiddly ones with narrow spokes, this means I don’t do it as much as I should. They got hit with Bilberry, both as a concentrated spray and shampoo. I’ve not really fallen for this product. It looks like it should be a fallout remover, with its deep reddish purple, but it isn’t. I’m not convinced by it as a shampoo either, I can’t see it dislodging my Envy Evolution and AMMO Plum for the time being. Another new, Red 7 fallout remover. It seems to do the trick, in that it smells like the inside of Mr Creosote’s jockstrap and turns iron to a purple streak, again I haven’t fallen in love and CarChem Revolt won’t be being dislodged from my shelf just yet.

This is the Red 7 after brush agitation, but not much falling out, as I had washed them at the weekend, including a Revolt stage.

This next item, I did fall in love with. My current AMMO woollies were superb on the 350z’s RAYS, but are just too damn thick to go through some of the narrow BRZ wheel spokes, but this little beauty gets into even the tightest of apertures, the EZ Detail Wheel Brush. I’ll be having one, no doubt.

The wheels got a fairly familiar, to me, coating of Gtechniq C5 and as you’d expect from thier range, they look glossy, reduce water/drit adhesion and should last 3-6 months. This is the first time I’ve bothered to coat wheels, rather than wax, so I’m hopeful it’s up to the job, because (did I mention it already?) I really hate cleaning and sealing wheels. Like. Really. A LOT.

With the car up in the air for wing and door inspection under the lights, it became clear that they had seen a bit more action than the bonnet, roof and boot.



Accordingly, Scholl S20 Black[/url] was broken out. Apparently a true one stage polish, which reduces down from a cutting compound to a finishing one, just through the working on the panel. All thanks to the diminishing abrasives.  

As with any product which purports to do many jobs, it can sound a bit too good to be true to me. But, I must say that on a yellow pad, it shifted the majority of my scratches and left a stunning finish, so that just shows what I know. Polished Bliss goes so far as to use the phrase, “Holy Grail of polishes”. Looking at these pics, I can see why they’re so effusive. These first few pics don’t appear to show much, but it’s harder to photograph scratches than I expected, and wider shots with bigger reflections tend to hide, rather than reveal. So I’ve included these to try and show how super the finish is.



Slightly wider.


Up in the air is truly the way to work on the side of your car. Instead of tending to rush a job to save either my back or knees, all of a sudden you can take your time and get eyeball to eyeball with the paint. Now, I have to tell the truth here. I’d like to say that the wings and doors were expertly corrected by my fair hand, but John did the work here and I studied and took pictures.
Remember the monster defect above? Well this is what was left of it after a few passes with S20 Black by a professional. Still visible under the lights, but incredibly hard to find outdoors


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlrBQUDDAQY
 
Not a bad finish eh?

Another great tool, the Scangrip Sunmatchinspection lamp is so much better than the LED torch I use to try and find swirls. The light is super sharp and is a must for finding defects and checking work.

Naturally I quickly decided I needed one in my life, until I found out that they’re the best part of two hundred sheets. I learnt quickly in my time in the workshop, and it’s well worth remembering if you go to a professional detailer for a quote, EVERYTHING in detailing is expensive. I daren’t even look at the price of the floorstanding lights.
On to the final stage, this is where it gets interesting (well for me anyway, perhaps for you, if you’re still reading!). I’m a natural sceptic, accordingly any kind of superduper sealant/coating/wax/spray/magic dust which claims to be an all in one glossifier, anti-stone chip, anti-etching, super strong but flexible mega product which lasts for 100 years - always seems a bit far fetched. However, the boss advised me that the [url= http://www.ceramic-pro.com/en/]Ceramic Pro[/url] range was so good that not only did he literally wet his pants when he first saw it, but he became a fully paid up fan boy. I was further swayed when another pro detailer dropped in during the week and told me tales of being a converted sceptic who was won over by the product upon use. This was enough to convince me that having a chance to have it on the BRZ was not an opportunity to be passed up – especially as it’s about £219 for 50ml for the 9H :scare:
So here it is. Much like myself, it’s not very tall but the magic juice inside makes the difference

It’s unforgiving to the untrained, so I was placed on long pile buffing duty for this, well away from the product, which was applied by a trained professional. It needs to be worked relatively quickly but isn’t a huge departure from the Gyeon and Gtechniq sealants I’ve applied in the past. In a nutshell, don’t use too much, spread evenly and precisely, wipe away promptly with one towel, look for high spots and buff again with another towel (my job).
After only a few minutes it leaves a very pleasing level of gloss, I’m sure you’ll agree. 






Once complete, the coating needs a minimum of 8 hrs out of the elements, so she spent the night in the workshop. I returned this morning to pick her up and have a feel of her wares. Ooooh and indeed errrr. Well, what can I say? The slickness is phenomenal. You know what paint feels like when it’s been clayed to perfection, and it’s glossy and glass like? Well it’s beyond that. It’s super, super slippy. It’s so super slippy I’m sure that as well as feeling immense, the car actually goes faster. Slipping through the air as it struggles to get a grip on the panels. I’m going to keep an eye on my MPG, as I’m convinced the reduced drag will mean an extra 5mpg
I may be a little over excited, possibly the drag coefficient has been affected, but I must admit that having been a bit of ceramic coating sceptic, I’ve certainly been won round on the look and feel front. In terms of its ability to repel dirt (mainly bird s**t around here – more on that later) and traffic grime, only my first wash after some motorway miles and standing in the elements will tell. The same can be said of longevity, I’ll be keeping a close eye on her for the next 6 months at least. The marketing describes it as “permanent” but I’ve not drank so much of the koolaid that I’m willing to buy in, just yet!

Ahh thats what you said, I misheard you on the phone. I'd have sounded a little more impressed if id realized its the Fensport car!

Thanks all, was great to see everyone. Thanks to S18 RSG for taking me out for a spin, was great to finally get a ride in a FI car. Thanks Lucas for the ride out as well, definitely need to sort out my excess or rear grip after seeing how fun the car is on narrower rims.

Thanks all, was great to see everyone. Thanks to S18 RSG for taking me out for a spin, was great to finally get a ride in a FI car. Thanks Lucas for the ride out as well, definitely need to sort out my excess or rear grip after seeing how fun the car is on narrower rims.

Thank you guys for coming! We all agreed, that we'll have another meet next year! 
It was really nice meeting you all and seeing you cars. 
I hope, that now you are a bit more familiar with what we are doing here, and we value our customers very much, so you will never be disappointed. 
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Thanks all, was great to see everyone. Thanks to S18 RSG for taking me out for a spin, was great to finally get a ride in a FI car. Thanks Lucas for the ride out as well, definitely need to sort out my excess or rear grip after seeing how fun the car is on narrower rims.

I'd be very grateful if any of the forced induction people would take me out for a quick ride, especially the TD turbo.

They are very popular in the US, have a look on ft86club. By most accounts they sound great and work well but obviously they aren't cheap.

I'd be in for this one, put me down please.

Looks great, a video would be good if you get a chance so we can hear it too.

So yesterday I had installed a cat back Scorpion exhaust, resonated. 
 
The exhaust itself looks great, the sound is very subtle! 
 
At low revs to rumbles, at high revs it doesn't get too loud and it doesn't have any drone.  
 
What I will say is if you're looking for a loud exhaust then this one isn't for you, it's much louder than stock, but can go quiet at points.
 
I personally love it  Picture attached from behind 
 
 
 
 

Had an update from @Riceburner @RRG today, 14th July is the provisional date for my baby's return!

If the OP hasn't been here in 2 weeks I think the thread is fair game..

As I've been unable to find this anywhere else I've created a printable template for cutting your own front door speaker baffles.
The preferable way to do this is to print the PDF with no scaling, it should print to the correct dimensions on A4 but check the measurement guides against a ruler before you start work to make sure they are correct. The guides should be accurate to within less than 1mm, if they are out then the template has been scaled by your printer or application and you need to try again.
The second option is to use the attached PNG file and insert it into a document yourself in something like word or publisher and play around with scaling until it prints perfectly (you will probably waste a lot of paper). You will need margins set very small to fit this on the page at full size.
I haven't tested these myself yet but I have sized them against existing adaptors and they look perfect. I don't believe the GT86/BRZ needs the outer corner thickness reducing so the baffles can be a single thickness with a hole in the centre. 
For the last time:
DO NOT waste time and materials cutting against this template if the scales don't match perfectly against a ruler or tape measure etc.
If you've stumbled in here searching for baffles for a different  model of Toyota then these might do the trick as well, this layout is used in multiple models.
PDF File:
Toyota-Speaker-Baffle.pdf
PNG File:

I think it's the latter. Less is more and all that.

On a fresh boot it takes about the same time as the Toyota unit , maybe a couple of seconds longer. If you haven't left it alone for several days though it's instant on as it sleeps in a low power state rather than shutting down. Honestly i'm really impressed with it so far, it feels a bit too light compared to the Toyota unit when you first pick it up but now it's installed it all looks and more importantly sounds great.

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