Building a Subaru BRZ

This is a Subaru BRZ and this one belongs to my girlfriend Chelsea. Two months ago her car was hit and suffered major quarter panel damage and that was the perfect excuse that I needed to get my hands on a Racabonni V3 Widebody Kit. Today we're going to transform Chelsea's car with a mountain of parts including an AWE Touring Catback Exhaust System, BC Racing Coilovers, Consite Wheels, and a ton more. By the end of this episode she's going to have an insane show car. But first things first we need to get this car fitted with our Pandem Kit. Here's the plan to tackle this build. Step one, install the body kit. Step two, install the exhaust system. Step three is going to be install all new suspension on the car. And step four of course toss on a crazy vinyl wrap. Lastly toss on a new set of wheels and tires and new lighting all the way around the car. If you don't know Chelsea she has helped us wrap many projects in this garage from our Hellcat Viper, the Freak, our most recent Integra build, and even my Fast and Furious FDRX7. To begin the installation of the Racabonni kit we're going to get the front bumper mounted first and work our way back to make sure we got all the gaps proper. But before we can stick this on we actually have to measure and cut the front crash beam to make sure this fits over it. Time to cut it. There we go liberated brother. That's how you do it baby! Get this kit on baby come on! We learned with Dream Build 2 that these Racabonni kits need to be bolted together before it goes onto the chassis. Once we've got it lined up Ricky's sanding it with self-tapping screws to give us holes in the chassis as well as have the kit secured to the car. These self-tappers will be removed and replaced with rivnuts and downstart dress-up hardware when the install is finished. The body kit is fully installed on the car. It looks absolutely insane. This is my favorite kit for these cars. Chelsea is on her way down right now. When she gets here we're going to bring her out and surprise her with how her car looks. You ready to see your car? Yeah I think that's good. All right you ready? Oh my god you guys that looks so insane. Oh I'm shaking. Oh my god no I can't. It's so freaking good. Oh my goodness I can't wait to see it all like completely done that looks wild. Now's the part where we tag you in because you got to wrap all this stuff. Let's go. Now before we take the body kit off we have to lay a tape line because Chelsea's actually going to be wrapping this car half red and half black. A little bit of a livery going on the car. So we got to lay a tape line from pretty much that back corner all the way to this front corner and then another line on the front end of the car. Time to cut baby let's go. Yeah my boy Quinn make the line right here. That's my cut line? Yep that's it. All right no turning back now I'm Cutting the fenders is crucial for a wide body so the new massive wheel and tire package doesn't hit the stock fender. We're cutting the outer fender out sectioning the inner fender liner and welding it. We're using a weldable primer to prevent rust and we're adding new inner fender liner plates to add structure back to the fender as well as a better seal. Seam seal will keep the fender well sealed preventing water dust and debris from getting inside the car and it's going to make sure that this car lasts out in the elements. Rear corners are done cut welded and sealed. Ricky really took our time here we actually plated the underside so everywhere we did cut we re-fortified this is going to be a lot stronger and it looks a lot nicer. Chelsea is going to be daily driving this car so we want to make sure it's sealed up properly we don't have any problems with the work we did here. This turned out amazing and let's continue with the build. 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We've got her tackling the wrap on the body kit in the background while we install the rest of the parts. Up next to the BRZ we have this beautiful AWE touring exhaust system. One thing I don't like about the car is the exhaust that's on it right now because it drones a lot when you're on the highway it's like and that's all you hear is the exhaust drone so we got to crank the audio it's hard to have a conversation this is going to fix that. We've got a beautiful anti-drone tube right here we've got two nice mufflers it's not going to be crazy loud it's not going to be crazy droney but it is going to give us that nice boxer sound we're looking for and it's going to be finished off with some black diamond tip exhaust so let's get the old exhaust off and get this on. Let's do it baby. First things first we're grabbing a can of WD-40 to help break the hardware and get the rubber hangers moving. Unbolting this exhaust system is extremely straightforward just a couple bolts some hangers and the old system is out. Installing the new AWE exhaust system is very simple starting at the front and working back one pipe at a time. AWE makes this exhaust system a very straightforward process we got this whole system done in about 20 minutes. One thing I really like about this exhaust is the way the tip pipes are mounted onto the mufflers it makes it extremely easy to get the tips exactly where you want them to be. The AWE tuning exhaust system is finished we're going to fire it up. Well that sounds way better than before. I love it. Wow it sounds so good. Oh that sounds really good that sounds really good. That's awesome it's pretty good it's pretty nice. Oh yeah sounds really good it sounds way deeper. It's not super loud inside the car which I appreciate. Now it's time to address the suspension because the Rocket Bunny kit moves the wheel arches so high up we are going to have to lower this car. We got BC Racing BR series coilovers they're perfect for this fully adjustable height 32 adjustable dampers and of course because this is a street car we reached out to Whiteline to get some alignment correction stuff. So we've got lower control arms to rear this is going to allow us to get the proper camber to reduce tire wear. We've got a strut bar for chassis stiffness and some nice new sway bars to make everything feel good. I'm very excited to see what all the suspension components look like on the car when it's complete so let's get it on the car. I love BRZs because of how easy these cars are to work on. The front shocks were out in just about three minutes flat and the new coilovers are just as easy to install. Since we're installing coilovers adding the strut brace was a no-brainer and we're also going to pull the front sway bar out. The new suspension is going to make this car unbelievably more refined and much nicer to drive as well as giving us the look we're after. Yeah don't need this anymore. Our front suspension is completely dialed in let's move on to the rear. We have new Whiteline lower control arms which is this piece here now everything else we're replacing is actually bolting to that so we're going to take the sway bar off we're going to take the strut out and the lower control arm off then we'll put our new bar on our new coilovers in then we'll install our lower control arm bolt it all back together and be done. What he said. Let's go baby come on. Oh dude oh my god. Why are you scared? You almost took your head off. I didn't. Yes you did. All right now it's time to get all of our new suspension in the car. BC coilovers are installed brother let's go. Last piece of the rear suspension is our Whiteline sway bar let's get it on. Suspension system on the BRZ is completely done now obviously we have to wait to dial in the fitment until our wheels and tires are here and the body kits on the car as far as it goes for now we're finished let's keep going. It is time for the wheels and tires we've got a Kansai Astro this is a beautiful looking wheel this is a 10.5 in the back 9.5 in the front 18 all the way around. I love the gloss white it's going to be a nice hit of white because the car is red and black. Over here we're running a 285 in the rear a 255 in the front these are Azenis FK460 so this is an all-season tire not something we typically run on the channel but this car is a daily driver for Chelsea. It does rain here occasionally I want something on the car that she can handle and will be perfect for everyday condition and these are going to handle it just fine. Let's get these things mounted up. I'm next for the engine bay we have a bunch of JD Custom goodies everything out of titanium. Everything looks amazing but one of the best things I've ever seen in my life coming from JD Custom is this this is a fuse box cover and look at it looks so good man this thing is gonna look really good I can't wait to install it so see the engine bay. Chelsea just finished the body kit. Body kit is wrapped we're moving on to the fenders next. It looks so freaking sick I cannot wait. Don't show it it's a surprise. Oh dude it looks so good though I can't wait to see the whole car together. All right we're gonna start the car. We're starting on the front driver fender they're not going to match so I have to make sure that I know which color is which because they're not going to be the same. All right you got a lot of work to do still. You got it. We got the brand new XB LED headlights from Morimoto's and these things are going to make this car look insane so let's get them on. I cannot wait to see the DRLs because it is going to look so freaking sharp. It looks like a McLaren like a 765 or 670 whatever it is. That's a bold claim there. It is. Hold on just show it. This is the thing I saw their video they promoted on these headlights. They look freaking sick. They are super sick. So I can't wait to see them on the car getting powered up. It's going to be insane. Chelsea has finished the vinyl wrap on the car. There's one last touch that we still need to add which is a set of stripes across the car. It's going to break up the color combo with the red and the black. Chelsea's laying the stripes right now and this thing's going to look insane when it's done. How are you feeling? So good. Nervous. It's the last day so we're almost done. Chelsea has completely finished the vinyl wrap on the BRZ. What do you think Ricky? Dude I came out here this morning I was like no way bro. This is so sick. So we took the kit off to finish some tucking on the stripes. So we've got a few things to finish before the kit goes back on. I'm going to be handling the front bumper so we need to put the grill in. You've also got canards that are going on. The front lip needs to go on and this is really cool. This is a Lit Logos BRZ logo. So this actually has to tie into Dream Build 2. Alex actually sent this out when he heard we were doing another BRZ. So really nice piece. This actually lights up so we're going to wire that into the underglow. Really cool piece. So let's get the whole front end of the car back together. Once that's on we can get this thing back on the car and reinstall the rest of the kit. Front grill is on. The Lit Logos is on and our canards are on. Now it's time to install our front lip and get this bumper back on the BRZ. We're making insane progress on their BRZ. I just got both of the sides for the body kit bolted together. Now we're going to install this kit for the final time on this car. Let's go baby let's get this thing done. Next up for the BRZ is going to be the rear diffuser. Now the rear diffuser goes over the bumper but eliminates this right here. So we do have to cut this off in order for the diffuser to fit because it's a lot more aggressive than the original one is. So unfortunately this has to go and all this has to go. I'm going to take the light off, unplug it, get the wires out the way and then I'm going to begin to mark and cut everything off. Diffuser is completed. It is we have all the brackets done. We even have the reverse light in here and it's working. It's all wired up and it's ready to go. I hope you guys enjoy it. My boy Antonio from Opelight Optics pulled up. What up what up? What are you doing here brother? Ambient lighting. We're going to make this thing shine nice. We're going to try to make it as classy as we can. So this is like door lighting? Yeah so this is an acrylic strip and there's a whole bunch of little LEDs inside this and then from there we just get power to the doors. We install the main module and you guys will see the results in that and I promise. So sick. So Antonio already installed the Starry headliner kit in the BRZ. That was like a while ago right? Yeah we did version 2 so you guys will check it out in the video. So I cannot wait to see this. This is going to be awesome. Antonio is dialed in on the BRZ. He knocked it out of the park and got it done super quick. Show me what you did brother. So we went ahead and did ambient light strips on the door panels. We did ambient lights on the door pocket lights and the door storage lights. We also added footwells and a light strip on the dash. Light it up dude. Show me. Flex a little bit. Let's see it. So look at this Start it on the dash. Boom. Then it goes to the door panels right here. We actually did two strips. One on top and one on the bottom. Give it about 5-6 seconds and it will go straight to the red that matches the livery. There we go. Yeah that's freaking heat bro. That looks so good. And of course Starry headliner is already dialed in. Looking good dude. You did extra stars on this right? Uh-huh. We did like 16 shooting stars. Wow. Insane bro. So freaking sick. So a huge thank you to Antonio. Where can we find you bro? So you can find me at opalightoptics on Instagram. Just shoot us a DM and we'll get back to you guys as soon as we can. I promise we are busy but we will get back to you if you want to quote our ambient lights, star lights, upholstery for your headliner. We're the people to call. So tap in. Thanks dude. Thank you bro. Appreciate you. Next up is going to be underglow. Quinn and I are going to go crazy with this. We're going to do two strips in the back, two strips on the sides, and then two strips right here in the middle. We're going to meet and then we're going to wire it to the battery and switch and then we should be all done. The underglow is fully finished. We are done with this car on the lift. So we're going to throw the wheels on, get it on the ground, get it out of the bay so it makes it easier to work on. We're going to throw on our wing, our taillights, rear canards, and then the BRZ will be completely finished. I know. Let's show them the lights real quick though. You want to see it? Yeah. Let's do it. Let's do it. All right, we got the house lights off. Let's see what you got Ricky. Yeah. Oh my god. Oh dude, the doors. Yeah, she's got all the lighting dude. Oh, this is freaking sick. Put the Morimoto's on. Dude, this thing looks gangster. So freaking rad. All right, let's get this thing off the lift. Oh my god, it looks so freaking sick. This is insane. It looks so good and it's not even done though. This thing looks like a professional drift car. Like no lie, it looks really nice. Damn, that's crazy. Crazy that this thing's going to be on the streets. It's insane. Oh my god. It's not even done yet. All right, let's finish this car. It is time to get some taillights on this car. We got Valenti Ultra LED Jewel taillights. I love the design of these. I cannot wait to see them lit up. It's going to change the brand of this car for the better. It already looks so freaking good and good lighting is always a huge improvement. So let's get these on. Yeah, that is sick. That design is so freaking cool. Those are modernized like crazy. This Pandem Widebody kit is really cool in that it is one of the later versions that has all of the canards to really make this thing look super aggressive. These things look nuts off the car. I don't really know what they look like, but when they're on the car they look really cool. So we've already mounted the front ones on the front bumper and the ones on the side skirts and now it's time to put the rear bumper ones on. I can't wait to see this all buttoned up because it has all the aero. Final piece for the exterior of Chelsea's BRZ is this wing. This is a Battle Aero 70-inch GT wing. This element is freaking huge. It looks like a surfboard. It looks so freaking sick. We've got 12-inch risers and we've got boomerang end plates. This is really going to tie the exterior of this car together. It's going to look insane. Ready to get it on? Yeah, let's get on. We've got some side plates here. These are actually mounted on the trunk. Super thick aluminum. We're going to keep this thing from flopping around in the breeze. Yep, let's get on the truck. Let's do it. Oh my God. The wing is perfect, dude. It fits the car literally perfectly. Chelsea is going to absolutely love this car. She loves the loud styling, the wide body, the huge wings, the lighting everywhere. She likes this stuff. So she's going to lose her mind when she sees this thing. The wing was like the cherry on top. All right, the BRZ is officially finished. Let's get this thing outside. No rubbing? There's no way it's the same car even though I helped build it. It just does not look the same. It looks like a video game car. It looks like something out of Forza. Looks really cool. I love the red, dude. The red is so cool. Dude, it looks so freaking cool. I cannot wait to see what Chelsea thinks about it. She's going to freak out. This thing looks insane. This looks like a show car. It's a proper show car now. So old Chelsea, she saw it when it was, she just wrapped it, right? But she hasn't seen it with the wheels or the wing on. Yeah, so the last time she saw it, the kit was on, but nothing else was. The mesh, the canards, the wing, the wheels, tires, nothing. So she has not seen it in this state. This being on the lift with the wrap on and it being on the ground, two completely different looks. It looks so freaking good. Chelsea's going to be here first thing in the morning, so let's surprise her with her own car. Chelsea's just got here. We're going to reveal her car to her right now. I'm so scared. No way. No way. Oh my God. That's my car? That's my car? Oh my God, that's my car? Go check it out. Go check it out. Look around it. That's amazing, you guys. It looks so much different. I'm shaking. I'm shaking. That's so exciting. It's beautiful. Okay, that looks so sick. I love it. It looks so sick. Not an FRS. Not an FRS. I love it. And the headlights, oh my God. They're sick, huh? All right, so that's going to be it for today's episode, guys. Thank you, as always, so much for watching. Thank you, guys, because that was absolutely amazing. I'm so excited with my car and I'm speechless. I'm glad you love it. I can't wait to see you drive this thing every single day. Thank you, guys, as always, so much for watching. Don't forget to like and comment down below how you think Chelsea's BRZ turned out, and we'll see you guys in the next episode. See you.