FT-86 to be named FR-S...

[E-Z]

The concept is OK, but those tiny little nuts worry me a little. They look like they only have 6mm or so thread engagement which could be a concern.

its ok, there is 5 of them so thats 30mm

but yes they are fine

[Rona]

5x100?? What do you have them on? I guess since I have 6 wheels sitting here if the idea is OK, I would use the Enkei as track wheels.

Yes 5 x 100. They are on my Caldina, not selling them just thought you might like to see if they fit that way if you decided to sell the STi rims and buy some 17 x 8 in 5x100 you'd have a good indication of what offset to go for. Could pop over one weekend and just test fit the wheels if you are interested.

[MZ21]

Yes 5 x 100. They are on my Caldina, not selling them just thought you might like to see if they fit that way if you decided to sell the STi rims and buy some 17 x 8 in 5x100 you'd have a good indication of what offset to go for. Could pop over one weekend and just test fit the wheels if you are interested.

Ok that's a plan. Will pm you when car is ready. Would be good to check before spending cash on spacers (which in honesty I'd prefer not to run)

[260BC]

Yeah the rubber bushes will go for poly. Got it just to stuff around with to see how much it will change the rear. Was cheap enough.

For a rear driver no rear ARB can work very well,providing the front bar and the springs are heavier enough to control body roll. Gives you more rear grip, particularly in corners.

Those Pauter rods look great, perhaps open a separate build thread?

[perthdrivers.txt]

The concept is OK, but those tiny little nuts worry me a little. They look like they only have 6mm or so thread engagement which could be a concern.

Those nuts cant be big because they have to sit flush in the spacer. Im sure with a dab of threadlocker they arent going anywhere

5x100 is a bit ghey for aftermarket wheels but there are just enough choices to make it not a total dealbreaker, unless you already have a nice set of 5x114 as above

[crimespree]

As stated ENKEI make plenty of 5x100 wheels for the 86. There are even more in 2013 catalogue. Rpf1 17x8 will come in well under $1500. Surely you could get most of that back selling STI wheels??

[crimespree]

These... 17x9+45...7.2kg!

[crimespree]

Except you will need the 8 inch to clear the bigger brakes... Different face gives more room.

[200]

I also have 17x9 enkeis as track wheels if you want to test fit (hills)

[MZ21]

sweet. will be good because I know the STi Enkei's will defiantly clear brembo's, will be good to test some other sizes before handing out cash

[perthdrivers.txt]

Build thread?

Need some inspiration, at the moment the only thing I've decided on for sure with mine is to get a set of springs to drop it about 20mm

[MZ21]

Looks like 86 plans will be severely revised, ie no more balls out track special that was being planned. Will still be build but more as a tuff daily, sometimes track car.

Reason, see PF Cribs, both and at the same time.

[crimespree]

Build thread?

Need some inspiration, at the moment the only thing I've decided on for sure with mine is to get a set of springs to drop it about 20mm

What springs are you thinking?
From forum trawling I will use racecomp engineering yellow or the eibach pro kit. Both have a small drop, slightly firmer rates and new bump stops to reduce suspension travel loss. All depends how the 17x9s fit against the std spring. (They will be very close to rubbing) Prefer to avoid coilovers at this point.

[perthdrivers.txt]

Going by the spring table on ft86club most of the spring rates even for very small reductions in ride height seem very high for a daily driver.

Given how high the car sits from the factory I would've thought you could drop a good 20mm without needing to run stiff springs but it seems not?

those RCE Yellows for instance seem way too high a rate for the front

The RS-Rs look like the closest to what I want at this stage, though the BRZ sets are a bit *too* soft in the rear (they make different spring sets for the Subaru and Toyota)

[crimespree]

Not much fussed on the firmer rate but i think a little firmer is necessary to prevent bottoming the strut out...
from an interstate mate with an 86, the std can run out of travel quite easily, I still haven't driven one hard enough to know. I wouldn't want just 20mm lower springs going off his recommendation.
the RCE bloke on ft86 seems to well justify his set, geometry changes as the car lowers. who knows, i certainly don't. which is probably why i'll drive it a lot before fucking with it. The cars I've seen in the flesh don't look like they need lowering as much as the pictures make the ft86 community scream "yo slam that shit"