Keethos

Nice lil meet, besides the slow ass drivers, some nice roads down the Snooty and the food there was pretty good. Thanks Dan for organising this and it was good chatting to everyone!
 
My quick snap from the meet.
 
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Check out number 8 
 
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Valenti Headlight Height Controller Units
Now in Stock
For those who have lowered your GT86 or BRZ, you may of noticed that the reach of your headlights whilst driving will reduce, depending on the amount your ride has been lowered. If significantly lowered, it can severely reduce visibility whilst driving at night. 
The Valenti Headlight Height Controllers over ride the electonics of you headlights giving you a manual up and down switch located on your dash.

Valenti Headlight Height Controller Units @ £78.00 inc VAT
Fitting at £90.00
 
Please contact us on 01244 683119 or email sales@tuneduk.com

@S18 RSG @GreenSpring @BristolLee @Tareim @Sean-A @jevvy @Igi @CHOSENMAN007 @Keethos
Evening all, table is all booked for Sunday, quick reminder of the address:
http://snootymehmaan.com/
Faringdon Road, Littleworth, Faringdon Oxfordshire SN7 8PW
Steeps, SimonB95, Falix and I are meeting at Tesco in Buckingham at 11am to convoy down to Faringdon from there, you're welcome to join us if any of you are heading that way.
Look forward to seeing you at 12:00 on Sunday :-)
If any of you are running late on the day please give me a shout on here so we can hold the table until you arrive.
Cheers,
Dan.

When your little girl sees a Hyundai and says...
 

I've been meaning to post some pic of my audio install. Rather than write an essay I will be brief with lots of pictures.
Aim of the system was light and competition level sound quality. I used CLD, Egg box foam and 3M thinsulate to sound deaden. The latter two are very very light. I added 6kg of CLD total.
I decided pretty quickly to have a front and sub with a fully active setup. Pioneer Headunit with DSP and crossovers built in and 3 amplifiers; a two channel for tweeters, a two channel for mid/bass and a single channel for sub. The two front amps fit under the drivers and passenger seat. The sub amp goes in the back mounted to the sub box on isolation feet.
Doors were damped with CLD, sealed to make air tight as possible and foamed to prevent rattles. Speakers mounted on MDF baffles treated to seal them from water damage. 
I also added sound deadening to rear arches which made a world of difference. 
System Spec
DEH-80PRS Headunit Genesis Profile 2 for Tweeters (under passenger seat) Genesis Profile 4 bridged to drive the mid/bass (Under Driver Seat) Genesis Profile Sub for the Sub (boot) Morel Virtus 602 component fronts Peerless XLS 10 4ohm subwoofer Van Damme Pro Audio Blue Speaker Cable (2.5mm for mid/bass and Sub, 1.5mm for tweeters) Van Damme Pro Audio Instrument cable with Brass Gold plated RCA connetors CCA 4AWG and 8AWG power cable  
Here is a ton of pictures. 
The headunit



Dash in pieces fitting the Microphone for the bluetooth phone calls.

Surround was glued together and covered

Filled




 
Next up - The Battery
Installed an AGM battery for better voltage regulation



 
The Doors
Damped with CLD and added some Egg box foam inside

Sealed to make as air tight as possible

Whole door covered in closed cell foam

Speaker baffle with acoustic foam to protect the back of the speaker from water

behind the speaker


Tweeter in the dash

The Amps
I forgot to take a pic of the passenger side but here is the drivers side for the mid bass (its bridged Genesis Profile 4)


 
The Sub
Sub enclosure is a hybrid MDF and Fiberglass molded to the base of the boot and bolted down using the spare wheel anchor and screwed to a bit of MDF glue the panel at the back.
Sizing it up

ready to fibreglass

curing

Made the top and test fitted the sub and Grill

covered

amp mounted on isolation supports

installed in car



 
Finally some addition sound deadening to block some road noise
Layer of CLD to reduce panel resonance

and two layer of 3M thinsulate

This is the best place to start with sound deadening. Reduced road noise massively. 
 
So there it is. Hope you like it. Any questions please ask away.
Cheers 

Hi Folks,
Got my ginger GT86 today from a fellow member. Love it. I have been wearing the biggest smile all day. Can't wait to take it into work tomorrow. It will be my daily drive.
Look forward to meeting you at a future meeting.

April (continued):
Interior bits!
Now that the wheels and suspension is on it's time to add some subtle touches to the interior. 
Thanks to the taobao asian markets i settle for some brushed steel AC knobs & gauge trim, 'T-Carbon' flappy paddle extensions and steering wheel badge. The latter is discontinued but luckily some dude in asia was selling one that he had never installed.

The gauge rings were the hardest to install due to a little bit of brute force being required to remove the top section of the dash. However, it was relatively simple, only requires a screwdriver and there are several videos on youtube.
Although this is just the start for my interior, the result already transforms the feel inside the cabin.

2.5 years ago i bought a 62 plate GT86 with in Silver 50k on the clock. I wanted a change and to be a bit different, plus i live in a city centre (Norwich) so i went for an Auto.  Usually I'd avoid AT on most cars but I heard this box was actually pretty good with intelligent down shifting and whatnot. I paid 15k in the end (only 6k over original car budget). The car was advertised much cheaper than all the others at the time due to mileage, so the perfect culprit for a project build.  The car also had a good service record (RRG Macclesfield & Bolton) and no initial issues besides an exhaust rattle that was fixed at 10k miles.
As this would be my first build i did a lot of reading up on the car and various mods, and spent a good amount of time with it stock so that i could get to know the vehicle as a daily, and decide whether i was happy with my decision before i put any money into it!
Flash forward one year and i had my first full service to take care of. Thanks to lurking on these forums and reading up about their race car, i then decided to pay the guys at Fensport a visit, only an hour down the road so would be rude not to .
I had the service done with no issues, turns out this was the first time they had done a 60k service, so i was delighted to be the guinea pig! Everything went without a hitch. All the guys are super friendly and enthusiastic. First impressions is this is how a business should be run! I discussed with them my plan for NA tuning + FD mod. Also opted for the HKS panel filter and HKS spark plugs for the service. All good stuff!
The plan now was as follows: 4.67 FD, manifold, remap and license.
- FD for torque/improved 0-60
- Remap + HKS EL catless manifold to address the torque dip
- Suspension to improve stability and handling
This is the arguably the best bang-for-buck option and should be the go-to for anybody who wants a relatively low cost transformation. The next step was going to be  new wheels, rubber and suspension.
Happy with the service and eager to do more, we booked in the above for a couple months time, but unfortunately i had some personal issues pop up and we had to cancel . Turns out i would not get around to doing anything with the car until 2017! 
February:
During February i decide to start looking around again for wheels as i can't stand the OEM any longer, that and I'd need wider rubber for more power in future anyway. Granted Silver is not a popular car color choice but it actually has potential to look really clean if you pair it with the right wheels & mods. This is by no means an easy task, anything glossy outside of black clashes in my opinion and most colors/finishes just don't sit right. Black is also just a little too dark in contrast to the silver imo and looks better on a black or grey car.
After plenty of poking around i realize that I'm pretty much limited to Matte Gray, Gunmetal could in theory be an alternative option but can look cheap and tacky on some wheels in my opinion (Rota). I also saw a some forgestar in a dark midnight blue that looked really mean with a silver BRZ, so that color might be an option some day if i get bored.
After a fair few restless nights browsing wheels and fitments i stumble across this on the usa forums:
Gram Lights 57C6 18x9.5 +40 'Matte Graphite'

Just what i was looking for. Looks like he decision has been made. However, i contacted the UK distributor only to find that these have been discontinued! I then spend a good couple weeks (!) poking around and come across a small lesser-known company in the USA and look what they have:

Vordoven Forme 6 18x95 +38!
There is a god! A very cruel one who will later sting me roughly £500 on shipping and fees . Although i decided it was worth it when i stumbled across a thread where a guy tried out four different made in usa 'replica' wheels over the course of a year and voted these to be the best by a long shot and turns out the weight isn't far off the Rays either, practically the same in fact. Also no cheap Taiwanese jobby here so i was sold.
March:
Wheels & Yokohama Advan Sport V105 245/35 square setup are ready to go on. Luckily I managed to take this all to the fitting place in one trip! As you can see below four new tyres and wheels of this size will only just fit in the car.



TA-DA! All balanced and fitted by the guys at STS Tyre pros in Norwich, doesn't it look fresh.

I can confirm that this size and offset will only just fit without rubbing on stock suspension, if it wasn't for the mild tyre stretch the front would most definitely rub against the spring. Also worth noting that the wheel caps actually match the color of the body paint too which is a nice touch.
April:
Suspension time..
So i did a lot of research here- I wanted a nicely balanced & silent coilover setup for fast road & track at a reasonable price. I also wanted a mono-tube damper setup rather than a twin tube, plenty of details online between the pros and cons for both types. The Tein Flex A was my second choice as it was a twin tube.
I ended up opting for a set of MeisterR ZetaCRD+ mono-tube dampers and an Eibach rear LCA kit. If you want to go a little more track-focused then heavy duty anti-roll bars would compliment this setup very well, and i will be doing so in good time.

So with these coilovers the spring rate is a bit more sensible than that of other popular solutions. With front at 5kg/mm, rear 4kg/mm
These are designed to be a good fast road setup with enough damping adjustment for occasional track day use.
Front top mount is spherical bearing with camber adjustments.
The rear top mount is rubber insulated press steel to reduce possible road noise.
These are 32 stage damping adjustable mono-tube dampers (compression & rebound combined).

The spring rates of the ZetaCRD+ come out at 5/4 is because of the vehicle dynamic calculation that they do. On the GT86, when you are on the low end of spring rates for fast road, a 5/5 setup is a bit too close between the front and the rear so you could hit a harmonic frequency. The choice then is either 5/4, or 6/5. So they opted for the 5/4 in the end because it suits the requirements of a balanced fast road & track car better.
Pictures of them fitted on the car below, 5mm pre-load at the rear and id say 35-40mm drop all round, i would not go lower as i've already had a few scrapes on speed bumps . Camber at approx -1.5 all round definitely gives the desired aesthetic (yes i do need SS lines).
:

It has totally transformed the ride! Tight, responsive, nimble and composed through the twisties. Feels like a totally different car in many respects now, the grip is insane on NA but doesn't feel bogged down at all once aligned correctly.
For those worried about running a desired 9.5J aesthetic due to weight, just do it. I read a really informative article where different sizes and weights were tested and there was literally a couple tenths of a second difference on a track at most, and i know that most of you wont be building a fully stripped out race car ;).
I'm running damping at 18 clicks from soft front and rear, 16 was a little too soft.
Even though it is stiffer and lower I find the ride to be just as comfortable as stock in my opinion. Everything that I was told was correct, these are the coilovers to go for if you want to upgrade for occasional track without sacrificing too much comfort on the road.  Thoroughly impressed. If you have any further questions be sure to hit up Jerrick at MeisterR, he knows his stuff.
Coming Soon: FI and more!
 

Went off for a little photoshoot with my mate yesterday, can't see them on the pictures but the calipers are red now, and the spoiler is on  No further plans to be honest apart from potentially carbon wrapping the wing mirror covers and the part with the gt86 badge on, if I can work out how to get them off! 

Hi guys, first post! Picked up my new to me Gt86 in pearl white last Friday, have to say I'm loving it! Hadn't driven a standard one, just an aero, but was put off the aero by the, in my opinion chavvy spoiler. My car turned a year old on Friday, collection day so that's a strange coincidence! Have attached some pictures, main problem is the dashboard panel that's carbon wrapped has rub marks over it, and the brakes squeak under soft braking, looking at getting both the dash panels wrapped, presumably best to take the old wrap off first? Best way to do this? And tempted to take wheels off and clean out the calipers as they may have a build up? Other than those couple of issues I'm loving it, got it booked in for rear 3 window tint next week and got an oem spoiler on its way for it! Are they much hassle to fit? 
 
Cheers!!

Congrats and welcome to the club (apologies for a delayed welcome)

So I'm just joining this forum, reading up on all your cars! I've had my car a month today, it's a grey GT86 Pro on a 66 plate, I got it as an ex-demo with about 3000 miles on the clock. I've since upped it a fair bit, and I'm loving it!
Saving any mods for a year at the least. But thinking something noisier sticking out the back in when the time comes around, otherwise I'm happy with it so far! Any other facelift owners on here yet?

 

Hi peeps joined your Facebook group this week name's Matt i drive a metallic black gt86 with a few mods 
Deathtune gearknob
Perrin intake hose
Hks panel filter
Hoonigan oil cap
Completely de badged rear
Nankang dust caps
More to come

Hi, just a quick hello to introduce myself.
I feel like I'm cheating a little bit because I'm actually a 7th Gen Celica owner, but it's coming to a point where I'll have to reluctantly replace it soon and natural progression (I had a 6th Gen before this) means I'd like a GT86, but I have some practical reservations.
So I hope you'll forgive my ignorance while I read up all the info you have to offer.
 

Hi All, I have been a forum lurker for a while and have wanted a GT86 for years. I finally picked her up a couple of weeks ago and am loving it so far. Look forward to seeing some of you in the future! 😊

A few pictures from Bedford yesterday with the new rear spoiler fitted. The Spec L exhaust recorded 80dB at 4500rpm, plenty of headroom for when the stock manifold is ditched 
 

It's not like @Riceburner and his guys need any more praise from members of this forum, but after my first experience using them this week, I have to say a huge thanks.
My car went in Monday with an unusual and very hard to diagnose problem. Richard and Gary spent most of the week trying to find the cause of the fault, which they eventually found towards the end of the week. 
The guys worked hard to get my car fixed in time for Japfest, not only with the diagnosed fault, but also carried out warranty work and recall work that I wasn't even aware of, and certainly didn't ask for. All completed in time for the weekend.
The drive home made me fall back in love with the car again. Not only was the fault gone, but the car felt better than it's ever felt before.
A 300 mile round trip sounds like a lot, but I will never hesitate to make the journey again, as the service and quality of work is second to none, not just in the automotive world, but anywhere.
Huge thanks again for your hard work this week. I owe you many pints this weekend @Riceburner.

Hi everyone I've seen a few forums to people wondering about lowering their GT86's/BRZ's. I've also had people watch this video and ask me further about how the car feels with these springs compared to stock. Firstly, the thumbnail to this video (which hopefully you can see) is after my car has had the springs fitted. Truth be told I measured the stock vs lowered height using my shoe rather than a tape measure haha. 
 
 
Also, the car corners flatter than stock, giving me more confidence in corners. I may make a future video with driving shots where I speak about this properly. 
 
Anyone of you with a lowered GT86 will ovbiously already know about having to slow down more than usual for a speedbump though!  
 
My car has been lowered 25 - 30mm at all 4 corners. 
 
Anwyways, enjoy the video

Hey, just got my GT86 15 plate third owner (Demo/Pre-Reg, then first driver). Only 17400k on the clock!
I work at Volkswagen and was a lush part-exchange. My colleague coined this username so thought I'd try it out!
 

Greeting everyone. I have a white gt86 up north Carlisle Cumbria. This car is very rare and I think I only spotted two other cars in here. Toyota dealer ship here is useless. They don't really care about selling it. No test car no used one neither. 
I have this for 2 months now and every time in it was joy. The car feedbacks nearly close to lotus feeling I had years ago. And make me want to get rid of my M235i very soon. 
 

Just fitted an Edelbrock Supercharger  to my GT86 and for anybody considering fitment there are a couple of mods that need to be made to the kit.  The mods are nothing major and are as a result of the kit being designed for a LHD model.  Mods as follows:
1. You will need to extend the intercooler water pump wiring loom so that it reaches the battery.
2. You will need to modify the brake booster hose so that it reaches the nose of the supercharger.  The kit hose is to short, I split the hose and added in a length of copper pipework to extend the length.
3. Use jubilee clips on the hose fitments to the rear of the supercharger as the kit clips are virtually impossible to fit due to the confined space behind the supercharger.
All in all though a pretty straight forward kit to fit and it looks great under the hood.  Mark from Abbey has provided me with a base map and am awaiting the final tune on the Dyno.  Driveability is superb with very linear power delivery, looking forward to seeing what she will produce on the Dyno.
Tenchy
 
 
 
 

I'm selling my Anarchy Motive Goliath shift knob. It's in rough red and is a perfect match to the red interior trim on the red pack. It weighs in at a hefty 728g and makes a really big difference to the shifter feel.

Below is a picture of it fitted in my car where you can see how well it matches the OEM red of the wheel and handbrake:-

Two pictures of it off the car taken today:-

It's in perfect condition apart from one very small nick you can just about see on the left of the picture below:-

These are currently $60 + $25 shipping (Google suggests this is about £68) plus any import duty, royal mail fees and tax you may get caught for.
I'm looking for £50 collected or £50 plus postage delivered (I'd need to get a postage quote). I'll also be at the TD open day in a couple of weeks, Japfest at the end of April and Japfest Donnington in the Summer so could bring it to any of those.
Any questions, please ask ☺
 

Hi all,   I picked up my '14 plate black GT86 at the weekend, under 15k on the clock.  All the spec I was after, manual, mainly black inside, full leather, heated seats, sat nav, bluetooth etc.  I'm still in a bit of shock to be honest, I'd been watching the second hand market for a while and wasn't expecting to buy quite as quickly!  Looking forward to taking it on a longer run this weekend.   A few pics here.  

Due this summer More details to follow when we have them....


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