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    2 hours ago, nerdstrike said:

    Drones are resonant frequencies. There are several ways to get there, but one of them could be a crack or poor fitment which changes the acoustics.

    Otherwise, a helmholtz resonator is your primary option, to damp only those frequencies, but leave everything else at full volume. I have seen a chap fashion his own by computing the appropriate dimensions from an analysis of the exhaust noise and some good guesses of the gas temperature, but it's a technical bit of work. No idea if your typical exhaust shop is able to do that sort of thing, as opposed to just bunging a standard silencer on.

    What is a helmholtz resonator? Can you hand a link so I can check it out? Can't seem to find much but then again I don't know what I'm looking for...it sounds interesting!

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    1 minute ago, Lauren said:

    TE37s around £2-2.5K. They really are forged. I've looked up stuff on Japan Racing wheels but can't find any description of them actually being forged, so who knows? 

    Some info here: 

    http://s3mag.com/blog/real-vs-fake-wheel-guide/

    Rays themselves: 

    https://www.rayswheels.co.jp/concept/technology.php?tech=2&lang=en

    Analysis of Rays: 

    Once a wheel is produced – RAYS tests their wheels to higher specific standards than what is required.  This is all verified with the government as well.  What a lot of people don’t know is that supplying to OEM requires the highest standards in the world.  It’s at least double of what is required by standards put out by governments like JWL, or TUV.  This means the amount of time and testing required drives up costs, but ensures a solid product. There are not many manufacturers that are able to satisfy these conditions and RAYS is one of them.  If a fake wheel maker claims to make OEM wheels, or has the testing to back it up… get a copy of a verified report.

    From there, RAYS utilizes the most advanced method of manufacturing wheels – Mold Forging – to produce wheels.  The tooling to set up a new design is expensive, but it makes sure that they are forging and improving the original qualities of the raw material into a structure.  In fact, RAYS uses their own specially-developed aluminum, which has a higher tensile strength than typical 6061 aluminum.
    By adding all of this together, you can see that there are significant costs that go into producing a wheel.  It’s something that requires a lot of investment and know-how to contribute positive parts to the market.  That’s why these wheels cost more – but you get what you pay for

    Seems like everyone has replied whilst I've been trying to find some decent information on Japan Racing wheels but all to no avail! 

     

    Ive been trying to find anything about them as well but I've found nothing. Everyone mostly tell me that "they're fine" but now that you mentioned forged rims I am more keen on those... the price tag is juicy though.

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    6 minutes ago, Deacon said:

    Nothing will happen if they're not forged (and they definitely are not forged) and the Ray's are more like 4x the cost not double. 

     

    Yes. 

    You may want / need to buy some camber bolts for the front and either camber arms / bushes for the rear to correct the camber once it's been lowered. 

    What price are we looking at for those camber bolts? Small money, aye? How is this all to install as well? I have contacts but the harder the job is the more money it's gonna cost. :( 

     

    Also, what is the upsides of forged rims? What are the reason I should get those instead of normal cast ones?

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    54 minutes ago, MartinT said:

    I lowered my current car by 25mm and kept the stock shocks on good advice.  They're Eibach Pro-Kit progressive springs and give an excellent ride while firming up the suspension considerably on corners.  I understand that H&R springs are equally as good.  I'm not at all sold on cheap coilovers.

    Really? Will the stock shock absorbers handle 25mm lowering?

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    8 minutes ago, MartinT said:

    I'm also interested in views as I've been looking at the exact same size: 18 x 8 wheels with 225/40 Yokos (Advan Sport V105S).  ET40 looks ideal but I haven't been able to measure whether a poke of around 60mm is ok.  Speedo error would be 1.87% which is fine.

    I'm going with H&R lowering springs to retain a good ride (it'll be my daily driver) while suiting the wheels.

    If you're gonna lower the car you're gonna need new shock absorbers as well? Which is gonna cost you almost as much as some of the cheaper coilovers?

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    I've recently been eyeballing some sweet japan racing rims called JR3 (6 spokes) and the dimensions I've been looking at are 18x8 ET(offset) 40.

    Some suitable tyres I guess would be 225/40r18? 

    What I'm wondering is if I should roll with some other offset and what tyres would you recommend? Will all this look silly on stock suspension setup? 

    What color would you prefer to a satin white GT86? :D

     

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    Rim colors are either bronze, gun metal or hyper black.

    image_JR31880XX3574BZ_11766_1_2.jpgbronze

    image_JR31885XX2574HB_12315_1_1.jpghyper black

    1629-9241.jpg gunmetal

     

     

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    44 minutes ago, Church said:

    Diffuser should fit also BRZ, IIRC read bumper was same. Front splitter - for GT86 & FRS 2012-2016. Most shops list with which car part is compatible with, or relist product in "several car areas"

    Ye but looking on diffusers and splitters from the US they only list FR-S and BRZ, never the gt86 since it isn't sold there (right?).

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    1 minute ago, Church said:

    There might be differences in stock spring rates. Maybe of what goes into stock trim levels. Audio headunit. Maybe function of side markers and rear tail lights, not sure about those. Maybe ECU tune. And probably speedo, including digital one, marked in miles.

    As for part fitment, almost each and every should fit. Including from BRZ. Though Scion & Toyota shares part number system, with Subaru having own. No wonder most aftermarket shops show most parts as being compatible with 2012-2016 brz/gt86/fr-s .. a bit more differences come from 2017 restyled/refreshed models, but even then many parts are inter-changeable/compatible.

    Only things i'd be more careful with fitment/compatibility, front & rear bumpers that differ between GT86 & BRZ (but not vs FR-S). On GT86 of mine i use retrofitted shark-fin from FR-S, sidemirror auto-fold system and group-n front topmounts from Subaru. Intercompatibility expands ways/numbers of shops to get parts from.

    What I am looking for at the moment are a diffuser & splitter but you're saying that the diffuser & splitter fitting a 2013 FRS is gonna fit my 2012 GT86 as well?

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    I've made a quite recent post about looking for parts but as I've now understood the FR-S wasn't available before 2013 in US meaning that all FR-S/GT86 parts that are in the US will be marked as 2013+ but what I am wondering is if anyone know the actual difference between a 2013 FR-s and a 2012 GT86 (europe). Will every single bit and piece that I find for an FR-S 2013 fit on my 2012 GT86? Please make this as clear as possible.

     

    Side note: Sorry for posting several times about a very similiar subject but I want to put the hammer down and know the actual difference because I don't dare to buy anything incase it won't fit on my 2012 GT86. 

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    1 minute ago, Cerastes said:

    How much is the shipping though and would you have to pay ridiculous custom tax like we do in the UK :(; which by the time it all adds up you might as well just buy straight from a UK retailer.  

    I have no idea about the shipping since it's a quite large and heavy object but the custom tax is gonna be 25% of the items value, or something like that.

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    1 minute ago, Cerastes said:

    Unfortunately you won't find Invidia N1 for a decent price, in fact most cat backs and any exhausts parts are really expensive. 

    I would suggest a 2nd hand bargain, that is the only way you will get it at a decent price

     

    I did find a 2013....for 620$ which I think is ok (that's without shipping) but better than the 1000€~ that I can get it for in Sweden.

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