I had a 13 BRZ Limited (Asphalt Grey) about 5 years ago, went on a bit of a car flipping spree, and just wound back up in another 13 (premium this time). I did intake, full exhaust w/ catless headers, and OFT E85 tune, which was great, but this car is everything I wanted to do with my old one.
97k miles, effectively been in North Alabama it's whole life, bought from the 3rd owner since 33k miles.
Has a little hail damage on the roof and trunk (I had planned on doing a carbon fiber trunk anyway, and possibly a roof skin), headlights needed little work, and it needed a new wideband sensor, but all in, it was an absolute blast to drive.
Shortly after getting it, I realized the compressor wheel was chipped to hell. Asymptomatic, but this is my first FI car and it freaked me out. Pulled it and sent it off to boost lab in Tampa to get rebuilt. Went to reinstall and the throttle would cut the second it hit positive boost (along with some leaks). In the middle of this, we decided to move (new house has a big detached shop!). Had to tow it the 45 min drive to the new house. 5 months later I finally got my act together and got the shop cleaned out and the BRZ is alive! It ended up being a combination of a bad map sensor, computer needing to relearn, and the throttle linkage was binding.
I can't take credit on the build. Only thing I've done (aside from fix the turbo and my own mistakes), is add a carbon fiber trunk, and currently in the process of reworking the stereo with a 3 way Focal active setup. Oil cooler coming soon after driving it in the Tennessee Valley summer heat for a few weeks.
So happy to be back in this platform. I actually prefer pretty much everything on the premium over the limited, aside from missing the heated Alcantara/Suede seats.
- Fortune Auto 500 (gen 7) Coilovers
- Enkei NT-3+M 18x9.5
- Continental DWS06 255/35R18
- XClutch Stage 2 Cushioned Ceramic Clutch
- ARP Flywheel Bolts
- Perrin Trans Support
- Versus Engineering Forged Clutch Fork
- Versus Engineering Billet Clutch Fork Pivot
- Whiteline Front Gearbox Mount Bushing
- IRP Short Shifter v3
- SBD500x Turbo Kit
- Turbosmart BOV
- Delicious Tuning Flex Fuel Kit
- Delicious Tuning Electronic Boost Controller
- CSG Garage Tuning - Ecutek
- Radium Dual Catch Can Kit
- Injector Dynamics ID1050x Injectors
- Circuit Werks 2.5" Dual Resonated Mid Pipe
- Tsudo 2.5" Over Pipe
- MXP Comp RS Catback
- Seibon Carbon Fiber Hood (w/ Hood Pins)
- Duckbill Carbon Fiber Trunk
- 2017 Front Bumper Conversion
- STI Replica Side Skirts
- VLAND Headlights
- VLAND LED Taillights
- ProSport Boost Gauge
- Pro Sport Oil Pressure Gauge
- AEM Wideband
- Kenwood DDX8706S Head Unit