RedA90 - 2020 LE Build Thread

[Reda90]

Just starting this thread to document parts I'm putting on and pictures of the car.

Bought the car in December of 22' with 20k miles on it. Picked it up in Memphis, TN and drove the 8 hours back, I've fallen in love with this car more every day.

Originally wanted just an oem+ build, something of a GT car and wanted to just have it look sleek and look like it was cutting through the air, currently transitioning to a street/trackable car.

LE - 1237 of 1500
Current Mods:
Performance
- Visconti Flex Fuel Kit
- Visconti STG1 Fuel System Upgrade (Pump)
- MST Cold Air Intake and Turbo Inlet
- AMS Catless Downpipe
- VTT Single Piece Silicone Charge Pipe
- HKS BOV
- Boostin Performance E50-E70 Tune (EcuTek)
- XHP Flash Transmission Tune - Stage 2

Appearance
- Tints
- Ebay Gloss Black Anti-Wind Buffeting Deflector
- Monaco Motorsports M Style Carbon Fiber Mirror Cover
- OLM V2 F1 Multi-function Style 4th Brake Light - Smoked Lens/Black Base/Red Bar
- American Panda Design Badges (Toyota and Supra Emblem)
- Verus Full Car Cap Kit

Aerodynamics
- Verus Dive Plane Kit
- Autotecknic Carbon Competition Trunk Spoiler

Wheels
- BMW G8x 826M Competition Wheels (19"/20")
- Michelin Pilot Sport 4s (275/285)

Detailing
- Rain-X 2-in-1 Glass Cleaner + Rain Repellent
- Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus
- CARPRO ECH20 Waterless Wash
- Meguiar's Hybrid Ceramic Wax
- The Rag Company - Eagle Edgeless 450
- ProElite Clear View Towels

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[Meraki Autoworks]

Nice!

-Josh

 

[Reda90]

2024 Build Items (Ideally)

- Battle Aero Sayber Design Swan Neck Spoiler
- Sayber Design Thermal7 Carbon Hood Louvers
- Trackspec Hood Vents?
- Max Orido Front Lip
- Max Orido Fins
- Turner Motorsport Tow Straps - Front and Rear
- OLM Front Side Bumper Covers

- Cusco Harness Bar
- OMP Harness (Sabelt?)
- OMP WRC R Art M Rain
- Zestek Racing OEM Hub
- Triple Seven GT3 Steering Wheel
- Triple Seven Motorsport Door Release

- Blitz Strut Bar

 

[Mpower3jz]

Fuel pump upgrade without pi? Does that get more power on oem turbo and injectors?

I also have a LE (#288) and like your build so far!

 

[Reda90]

Fuel pump upgrade without pi? Does that get more power on oem turbo and injectors?

I also have a LE (#288) and like your build so far!

So, with my tuner, they could do a e50 tune with just a flex fuel kit. I was looking to go full e85, but with everything involved with achieving that, it just wasn't worth it to me, so they said if I did the fuel pump upgrade I could do a e50-e70 tune and that was good enough for me. I want to go port in the future but I'm going to want to upgrade the intake manifold and transmission too, so it's on the back burner right now while I focus on other upgrades.

 

[Reda90]

First of the upgrades in and installed. Zestek OEM Racing Hub and Triple 777 GT3 Style Steering Wheel; wasn't terrible to install, the hardest part was getting the OEM steering wheel off. Took 20 minutes to get the airbag out, patience and fiddling with a flathead screwdriver eventually got it out. Needed an impact wrench to get the 16mm bolt off, after that it was a breeze. Honestly super happy with the products, makes such a difference to the car and I personally really enjoy a smaller diameter wheel. 10/10 would recommend both products if considering an aftermarket steering wheel without an airbag.

 

[MisterSkiz]

Did you change the steering rack/ratio with the video game steering wheel?

 

[Bigboss]

Whats gonna happen if a clueless npc crashes head on to you at full speed… head crushed in by video game controller?

 

[Reda90]

Installed Sayber Design Thermal7 Carbon Hood Louvers (fender vents). Took roughly 4 hours start to finish; the second vent was a lot quicker than the first one to install and cut. Used an angle grinder for the large cuts and a dremel for the corners and plastic. The vents not only help pull heat but should alleviate pressure in the wheel well.

 

[Reda90]

Installed the Sayber Design Swan Neck GT Wing by Battle Aero, honestly this whole endeavor was a mess; I'm not sure if I was unlucky or if this is typical experience.

I waited 10 weeks from order placement to delivery day which is fine its advertised on their website that it would take that long (wording could've been clearer). However upon the first try of trying to install the wing I found out that the mounts were improperly manufactured and didn't line up correctly, along with missing and incorrect hardware. I contacted Battle Aero about this issue and while they were pretty quick to respond it took in my opinion an obscenely long time to resolve the issue. It took another entire 6 weeks to get the new brackets and they still didn't include the correct hardware like they said they would.

The entire experience just left an extremely bad taste in my mouth. I do enjoy the spoiler, but if I had to do it again, I would go with Verus, Spage Sport, or AeroFabb personally.

 

[kcsupra]

Hey, sorry for making bringing this back from the dead, but I plan on doing the Zestek hub! ( gen 2.0 now in this case) But was there any extra wiring to pull extra power to th eHUb/ airbag sensor capacitor thing? Or is that all kind of contained in the hub?

 

[Reda90]

Hey, sorry for making bringing this back from the dead, but I plan on doing the Zestek hub! ( gen 2.0 now in this case) But was there any extra wiring to pull extra power to th eHUb/ airbag sensor capacitor thing? Or is that all kind of contained in the hub?

Hey, when I installed the gen 1.0 version, there was no extra wiring it was all contained in the hub. I took a brief look at the gen 2.0 version and it looks pretty similar, I doubt there's any extra wiring that will need to be pulled.

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