What's the difference between the lights? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

kndonlee · 06-30-2012, 09:40 PM

So it appears there's 3 lights for our cars.

JDM gt86 lights
Subaru's HID with the led surround
USDM FR-S projectors

Is the list above correct?

Is the desire for gt86 & brz lights in the fr-s purely for looks or is there an actual advantage to the light quality/beam between the fr-s and brz lights?

As far as I can tell, the US FR-S projectors seem HIDish, but it seems they are being called projectors, and there's a desire to modify them into HIDs. I'd like to understand. =)

Fly Guy · 06-30-2012, 10:39 PM

The Scion has halogen projectors. The others have HID projectors. More than that, I'm out of my league talking about.

ragingSPAM · 07-01-2012, 03:04 AM

^^ fly guy is correct, the BRZ/GT86 have HID headlights with LED accent/DRL lighting where as the FR-S has halogen for both, high/low/DRL

Bonburner · 07-01-2012, 03:17 AM

I don't even know what warrants using different light sources yet .. I will read into this later though.

86_ZN6 · 07-01-2012, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kndonlee

So it appears there's 3 lights for our cars.

JDM gt86 lights
Subaru's HID with the led surround
USDM FR-S projectors

Is the list above correct?

Is the desire for gt86 & brz lights in the fr-s purely for looks or is there an actual advantage to the light quality/beam between the fr-s and brz lights?

As far as I can tell, the US FR-S projectors seem HIDish, but it seems they are being called projectors, and there's a desire to modify them into HIDs. I'd like to understand. =)

first of all gt86 is not JDM

in japan its called toyota 86

gt86 is often referred to as the euro spec.

toyota 86 in japan both has the FR-S halogen projectors (lower spec) and bi xenon projectors with LED (higher spec)

GL4787 · 07-01-2012, 03:21 AM

ft-86

jurjurson · 07-01-2012, 11:29 PM

Scion Fr-s.

06-30-2012, 09:40 PM	#1
kndonlee Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: asdf Posts: 156 Thanks: 4 Thanked 24 Times in 19 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	What's the difference between the lights? So it appears there's 3 lights for our cars. JDM gt86 lights Subaru's HID with the led surround USDM FR-S projectors Is the list above correct? Is the desire for gt86 & brz lights in the fr-s purely for looks or is there an actual advantage to the light quality/beam between the fr-s and brz lights? As far as I can tell, the US FR-S projectors seem HIDish, but it seems they are being called projectors, and there's a desire to modify them into HIDs. I'd like to understand. =)

06-30-2012, 10:39 PM	#2
Fly Guy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Drives: '91 MR2 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 267 Thanks: 2,363 Thanked 66 Times in 40 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The Scion has halogen projectors. The others have HID projectors. More than that, I'm out of my league talking about. __________________ Tada-san: Oh so cooler than the concept.

07-01-2012, 03:21 AM	#6
GL4787 Toyota Service Writer Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Whiteout M/T, 2003 Duramax Location: United States Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	ft-86 __________________ Whiteout Manual I'm a service writer at a Toyota/Scion dealership, if I can help at all let me know.

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