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Postby Simon K » Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:55 pm

The white one next to the showroom seemed a bit more palatable/low key :wink:
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Postby GDII » Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:22 pm

Just saw an Orange Metallic 86 going north just out of Johnsonville. They do stand out compared to other cars. Look good irl.
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Postby Stott69 » Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:44 pm

Drove past king toyota yesterday. Had to stop n check out their white one. Very nice to sit in. Can see what you mean Sam
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Postby snwtoy » Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:47 pm

Spotted a grey one on Cascades road, Pakuranga yesterday. Looked boring and didn't stand out at all.
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Postby TTEETT » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:25 am

There was a white "86" one with a TRD kit and other shiny bits being driven very poorly on Hampton Downs skid pan yesterday, it looked tuff as $&#$% lowered on some nice wide wheels.

After my test drive on Friday I had a look at a second dealership in Auckland on the weekend, funny that they only had Automatic models.

Very very tempted to get the GT model in white.
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Postby 1I1 » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:00 pm

TTEETT wrote:After my test drive on Friday I had a look at a second dealership in Auckland on the weekend, funny that they only had Automatic models.


Manual GT's were sold out quite quickly
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Postby SkylineObsession » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:18 pm

GDII wrote:Just saw an Orange Metallic 86 going north just out of Johnsonville. They do stand out compared to other cars. Look good irl.

I saw one the same colour cruising around after the car show in Dunedin on Saturday - looks pretty cool. :)
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:28 pm

Saw a bronze one then a red one 30sec later on the motorway near the police college near Porirua.
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Postby Firefly_NZ » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:57 pm

TTEETT wrote:There was a white "86" one with a TRD kit and other shiny bits being driven very poorly on Hampton Downs skid pan yesterday


That'll be North Shore Toyota's Cusco one
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Apparently of the 100 available this year in NZ, only 30 are GT86s and of them only 6 are manual. I can't verify this info though.
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Postby TTEETT » Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:32 pm

That's the one, it is a 86, looks great.. although I would think that setup may blunten the performance some what.

I did mention your car (congrats again) as I thought it may have been yours, they guy tells me this is a demo car of sorts and they are throwing a few parts at it to demonstrate what can be done.
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Postby Rick » Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:11 pm

TTEETT wrote:There was a white "86" one with a TRD kit and other shiny bits being driven very poorly on Hampton Downs skid pan yesterday, it looked tuff as $&#$% lowered on some nice wide wheels.


I was there too and saw that one

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Postby Willdat? » Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:12 pm

What wheels/offset are those?!
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Postby Rick » Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:17 pm

Willdat? wrote:What wheels/offset are those?!


They are Works wheels thats all I know
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Postby Distrb » Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:18 pm

Willdat? wrote:What wheels/offset are those?!


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Postby Firefly_NZ » Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:21 pm

Willdat? wrote:What wheels/offset are those?!


Work Wheel CR Kiwami's. 18 x 9.5 + 38 offset.Tyres are Bridgestone RE002 18 x 40 x 225
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Postby Kiwi-Corolla » Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:02 pm

Seems there's an aftermarket exhaust now available for the GT86/BRZ:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 543624.htm
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Postby xsspeed » Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:51 pm

*COUGH*COUGH*Mark, I am here today/tomorrow, had a sneaky 1min geez when I cam through Palmy mid morning, smaller than they look in pics was my first reaction, looked pretty sweet.
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Postby Willdat? » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:05 pm

Going for a drive round the block this evening 8)
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Postby 1I1 » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:12 pm

xsspeed wrote:*COUGH*COUGH*Mark, I am here today/tomorrow, had a sneaky 1min geez when I cam through Palmy mid morning, smaller than they look in pics was my first reaction, looked pretty sweet.


Come in, if you tin it right they'll prob let you take it for a drive. Rhys was in on Saturday and the salesman ended up letting him take it for a drive.
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Postby TTEETT » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:48 pm

Kiwi-Corolla wrote:Seems there's an aftermarket exhaust now available for the GT86/BRZ:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 543624.htm


That is from NZPT, they are good to deal with, I have a Miltek on my race car and its fantastic quality, they know their shit when it comes to tuning good sounding exhausts and getting performance gains.

http://www.nzperformancetuning.co.nz/
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