Avid Toyota enthusiast, figured I would start a thread.

First off, my previous ride:


13' that I owned for two and half years. Had a great time with the car, attended meets and was regularly involved in the community. In August I started school and with an hour commute, meant I'd have to drive through winter salt which I did not want to expose the car to. My heart told me to stay with Toyota so I traded into a 2015 6sp tC in Absolutely Red.

 

First picture of the car the day I bought it:

The car was shipped with not a single piece of optional equiptment, so I haggled the dealer into the OEM rear lip spoiler (high profile), OEM mudguards and OEM carpet floor mats. Also had the car completely rustproofed.
Home:

 

A week later I ordered the TRD front strut tie brace, TRD oil cap, OEM all weather mats, and the OEM carpet cargo mat:

Installed

Then another week later, this arrived:


I had Xpel applied to my last car but this go around I couldn't justify the 600 dollars, so I decided to try a leather bra. Fit and quality is great and I would recommend the Colgan for anyone considering.
So how it looked:

 

Next I ordered a set of OEM Zelas Toyota emblems from Nigel JDM-Parts.

Unfortunately the front emblem base of the Zelas is slightly different than the one on the tC2 as I found out:

So I worked around it and ended up fitting the the new emblem on the tC2 base:

finished:

 

Nice clean looking planning any mods?

 

more updates coming!

 

Drove the car for a month until I decided on what I wanted to do about the suspension. I originally planned on going with the TRD springs, but for the money, it is not worth a 1 inch drop. After doing some research I discovered the best drop/progression rate of any product (non coilover) were S.Techs. Got a great discount on a new set and:
Fresh from Japan!

Installation underway:

Casper:

Finished:

A before/after:



Very happy with the springs. I instantly noticed a difference on the post drive, more road feel and response from the steering wheel. Starting to remind of a certain car.

 

Shortly after that I figured I would try out the ezlip...

Very happy with how this product turned out as I'm not big into drilling into my car. Not bad for a quick easy cosmetic mod that also offers protection.
So this is how it currently looks, notice the S.Techs have settled also:

 

Looks good man really like the lip how much was it?

I think I should of gone with the s techs a little lower than the eibach sport lines

 

Looks great man!

 

Thanks, I paid MSRP for the lip direct from Ez lip. $34.99 for the regular and 54.99 for the Pro.

The S.techs really do offer a great amount of drop for just springs, just enough in my opinion as I'm not into the whole slammed scene.

 

Thanks!

 

I sourced a genuine TRD shift **** from the SW20 days:

Some comparison shots between OEM ****:

 

great build so far, i really like what you have done

about the shift ****, how does the weight feel compared to the stock one?

 

Subbed!
How do you like the TRD strut brace?

 

Thank you. The shift **** is... light. That's its only downfall. If the stock FR-S **** would be an apple, the stock tC2 would be a halo and this TRD one would be a grape- weight wise. If that makes sense?

It's a nice dress up. I can tell a slight difference, but maybe I'm just fooling myself. The sway bar set would probably be a better upgrade first.

 

What happened to your bra? Looks good on your car but so does the EZ lip. I was reading some of the reviews. How is the lip holding up?

 

The bra still gets used, I just had it off in that pic. The ez lip has held up great. No evidence of wear. And the bra still fits on over it, as the lip bends and once removed it goes back to shape with no markings.

Anyhow, here's an updated pic. I picked up a few more things for the car but haven't been able to get time during school.

 

Is this place still active? If it is I will update this thread.

 

Yes.

Go ahead and Update your Thread
Let's see your pics