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Good thinking, maybe I should attempt to wrap mine in a light/thin black shade... I'll add it to my ever growing mod list.

Jesus Christ that is a big list. I don't think I will be getting into it that much. I did some research and that list has a pricey total! I already have wax so I am just thinking about shampoo, glass cleaner and wheel cleaner and sealant for now.
I looked at meguiars towels and cleaning stuff today. It seems quite good but I have yet to do more research. Thanks for your input!

I used to subscribe to Waxybox samples and with the myriad products I tried it was impossible to keep track of the wheat and chaff, so a list was born 📃📁🗄
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I love that you have a list ready to go for moments like this 😂 

It's very personal, but for what it's worth hear a list of my own favourites.

It's a little out of date as I've found a better drying towel - http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/gyeon-q2m-silk-dryers-cat5.html and I've replaced my decent MFs with these - http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/gyeon-q2m-polishwipe.html

I've been working through a few bulbs recently, these are what I've fitted so far:
Front & Rear Indicators - Bulbs
http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/xtec-585-wy21w-chrome-amber-indicator-capless-wedge-bulbs/
Reverse - LEDs
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LX8OQEN/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
These are on order, I hope they will fit:
Boot Interior & Plate - LEDs
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I798TKO/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item
 
List from the manual below:

Essential maintenance this time, none of your frivolous modding rubbish
New Stoptech pads and Goodridge SS lines all round. I don't know what pad combo the PO was running but I wasn't impressed by the bite or how quickly they started to fade. Much happier today on the spirited ride home. Looking at the good condition of the lines which came off, I suspect the pads have more to do with the performance improvement than anything else. Very pleased.

 
I also took the yolks out of the fried eggs, front and back. i did try LEDs first but they weren't kicking out the light output I was expecting, so they'll do as spares. 

 
No pics but I also had some camber bolts fitted up front, a geo and a super pro gearbox mount insert fItted. This last bit of maintenance has raised a small buzz in the cockpit, nothing noticeable with the tunes on, but has tightened up shifting nicely.
All in all some pleasing maintenance making her feel just that little bit sharper all around.

I wouldn't learn on my car, but a black bonnet from a scrappy can't be that hard to find!

I'm not saying you can't, obviously you can. You could learn with a rotary on your own car, but for the sake of £10 you could experiment with all manner of pads and liquids, you could even wet sand it. All the while building confidence and knowledge.

Needs a new number plate.

Thanks mate, I'll chuck you a PM. 
I know I'm not holding much hope but you never know! I'd love to learn, I feel on my GT wouldn't be the best starting place. 

I paid more than £150 in Blackpool for a single stage correction, good luck in West London. If you wanna save the cash, you'd be better picking up a second hand DA and learning.

And I bet she counts herself lucky you drive her there...

And I bet she counts herself lucky you drive her there...

I have a set of these:

Came as a pack of one large, two small. They are really good, they velcro to the carpet and are nice and stable.
Under 20 quid from amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Automotive/STAYHOLD-Super-Pack-Boot-Organiser/B017BOSMD4/ref=pd_sbs_263_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ARVEB64B5VY69CERA7HP

They are

Luckily our oem wheels have 60dg conical taper most "aftermarket wheels" have. So in many cases you can use these stock nuts on many aftermarket wheels and vice versa.

Some great ideas and even better reasoning. 
I modded my mx5 spending a fortune only to break it on a track day.  As such my lovely lady has banned me from spending money on mods for the 86. Saying that I've still managed to aquire brand new coilovers new tyres and better break pads For £0 keeps the blagging skills sharp 

Having removed all the glaze hiding the myriad swirls all over my mica blue paint, I bit the bullet and took her to local a professional - http://www.autoshineblackpool.co.uk - I'm very pleased with the results and obviously can't resist some glamour shots to show her off. Hope you don't mind the self indulgence.







And a few reflection shots as well.









One last glamour one.

Hence the green caps ... then again it was ATS ...
Who was the chain reported to be telling customers it was N, and charging extra, but in reality it was common or garden compressed air?

Here's the camera https://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m-audiovox-rvc1_p-31209.htm it's a bit more expensive than I've paid for them in the past but it was just easy because I was getting a head unit from them also.
Fitting is straightforward but a little time consuming, obviously you have to run cable behind the dash, down the passenger side (front and rear) behind the trim and up into the boot. I was also replacing the head unit so I had the necessary adapters and cabling to tap straight in, I don't know how easy it is to retrofit to the OEM head unit.
The two tricky bits are getting the wire down the rubber from the boot lid to the body, here

and tapping the reverse light for power from here

it's the pink wire. This last bit is tricky because the loom is very tightly packed, individual wires are quite thin and fragile and it involves working on your back, in the boot and stripping the cable insulation off without cutting the wire. 
I believe you can get the reverse signal up from behind the head unit, but I didn't have that guide and you will still need to run a cable to the camera for signal and power to the back. Here's some links I found useful for cable routing and ideas.
http://www.gt86ownersclub.co.uk/forum/tomtop-white-reversing-camera-install_topic2800.html
http://forum.gt86drivers.de/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=1110
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30144
It's not what I'd call skilled work, just be patient and careful. Check your wires with a multimeter before splicing/soldering anything. Stay safe. This is all for info, if you electrocute yourself or chop your loom in half I won't be held liable 😆
 

Having removed all the glaze hiding the myriad swirls all over my mica blue paint, I bit the bullet and took her to local a professional - http://www.autoshineblackpool.co.uk - I'm very pleased with the results and obviously can't resist some glamour shots to show her off. Hope you don't mind the self indulgence.







And a few reflection shots as well.









One last glamour one.

I spent a small fortune modding my 350Z and, as expected, saw none of it back when I came to sell. So this time I'm not modding the BRZ and it's staying OEM, so really there's very little point in this thread as I'm leaving it alone. Definitely. No mods.
 
This is how she looked after collection and a wash - stunning - if I do say so myself.

 
Despite the modification ban, I am allowed to do maintenance and preventative maintenance. Like all addictions, it starts with a gateway item - in this case a simple cabin filter. Original was absolutely minging.

 
Then the (I think original) wipers were looking quite smeary, so in with the Bosch. I did dabble in PIAA last time but I didn't rate their water clearing as much as the Aeros.

 
After seeing all the posts about battery capacity leaving people stranded, I plumped for another preemptive strike - more Bosch.

 
With a complete absence of Bluetooth it made the BRZ impractical as a work/commuter vehicle, so I decided to deal with that problem and fit a Sony headunit. I've since improved the surround finisher trim.

 
Naturally it made good sense to fit a reverse camera at the same time, another preventive job this one. Preventing bodywork repair.

 
Now there is not much point in being able to see out the back and not see what's up front, so I popped in a Mobius dashcam - unbeatable piece of kit at the pricepoint.

 
The screw covers in the registration plates were unsightly and the plates were frankly awful (overlapping text, dealer advert etc) so they were recycled and new ones fitted with double sided.

I also moved the rear one down a touch, as I wasn't happy with the use of negative space in the rear plate recess  and it stopped it touching the reverse camera.
 
Subaru "forgot" to include an armrest to cover the expanse of hard plastic in the centre console, so I sorted out another bit of maintenance there.

Had to strap on the Captain Brave pants before drilling INSIDE the car, but manage to retain my dignity in the most part. You might have also noticed I popped in a lightning adapter for the headunit. I did initially retain the OEM USB/AUX port but I would have had to mount my phone on the dash or have unsightly cables knocking about.
 
Another bit of forgetfulness from Subaru saw me add a Beat Sonic shark fin, as this is stock on a MY2017, it's technically more maintenance.

 
This one was very nearly just a mod, but some of the OEM exhaust had some light surface rust, so yet more maintenance.

Thanks to bildingo for the Ark GRiP - it sounds brilliant at idle and at cruise, with a nice beefiness when you get on the loud peddle. On top of that it looks superb. Slash tips are JDM yo, but I think I prefer rolled. I genuinely won't be playing around with HFCs, de-cats or the rest of the exhaust as I can't be doing with the MOT hassle and CELs I've had to deal with in the past.
 
For reasons unknown Subaru don't have a cargo net offering for the boot, which given the way the car is meant to be driven, is a huge oversight. More maintenance required here. Picked up these self tapping fixings from fleabay.

And recycled the cargo net from my 350z

I have four spare fixings left over (enough for one more 4-point cargo net). If anyone wants them, please get in touch. Yours for free.
 
Last but not least, I allowed myself one genuine mod. A club sticker.

Local seagulls felt this relenting on my zero mods policy should be met with a dirty protest.
 
I had a go at the plastic scuttle under the windscreen, which is already looking tired even with our 4 weeks of sun a year.

 
Got a sample pot of this from a Waxybox a while back, decide to splash out on a full bottle. 

 
Very easy to apply and buff, but I won't know if it's really any good until it's lasted 6 months or so. Definitely looks the part for now.

 
Now the bit of bad news. The dealer promised a service before I collected the car and after a week or so of nagging I got a copy of the invoice for work done (mainly for my service history). Disappointingly, the wrong grade of oil had been used and cheapo filters all round. So I splashed out on some Millers Nanodrive (I even got the right viscosity), a K&N oil filter and a Cosworth panel filter. She's now breathing better.
Worryingly, the best part of 10 litres of the olive oil the previous servicer used came out. I believe the correct capacity with an oil filter is 5.4L?

I had checked the dipstick at collection but it was only showing a splash over full! Needless to say I'm glad the wrong grade was used, as that convinced me to drop it out, so it was only over full for a short while. Slack work though from "professionals", the sump plug and oil filter were only touch tight as well - GRRRRR.
 
That's me for now, only maintenance and preventative maintenance from here on in. With that in mind, I've got a paint correction booked with a local detailer in a couple of weeks. I need to know what glaze the dealer valet used because it did an incredible job of hiding a truck load of swirls and random deep scratches. Soon to be perfect though 
 
 
 
 
 

It's common with all silicone hoses, you'll have the same issue if you want to open the Airbox. Simple work around.... Undo the 3 bolts holding the Airbox to allow movement. No issues after that

A little bit of maintenance and a cheeky cosmetic mod.
Firstly the car came with some Apollo Aspire 4Gs on the front axle, I wasn't blow away by their wet performance and they seemed to lose pressure for fun, so I decided to treat her right and put some lovely fresh rubber on all round. I must apologise for the green dust caps, apparently ATS think that's an ok thing to do.

 
I ran the MPSS on my 350z but as they are being consigned to history I decided to try these instead. So far so good and I can confirm there is definitely no more release agent on the rears
On to more frivolous pursuits, I've had my pipe blocked for some time now (ooohh and indeed errr) so it felt right to do away with this lot and add some lightness.

 
Everything still runs fine, so I guess it really doesn't do anything other than make a noise. I was just going to leave a hole in the intake pipe and just run the car like a boss, but in the end I decided to add even more lightness and some purple too.

 
Just need to find some more purple...
PS - Anyone else found the Samco intake pipe to be a bit of PITA to fit? It just didn't want to play with the airbox end, so I swore at it until it did.