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Old 03-18-2019, 03:44 PM   #1
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New tail lights or spoiler?

If I was going to only update one or the other, which do you feel would add the more visual appeal to my 2013 10 Series FR-S, Valenti tail lights or add the factory rear deck spoiler?
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Old 03-18-2019, 03:46 PM   #2
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Tails, OEM look so dated to me.
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Old 03-18-2019, 04:20 PM   #3
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Opposite, get the Nur-spec spoiler! Stock tails are mean looking.

If you have a totally empty trunk, I think the normal trunk lid spoiler is great. The Scion/Toyota one though, not the Subaru one

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Tails. I hate the stock chrome look. Reminds me of the early fast and the furious car scene and chrome civic lights.
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If I was going to only update one or the other, which do you feel would add the more visual appeal to my 2013 10 Series FR-S, Valenti tail lights or add the factory rear deck spoiler?
If you haven't seen yet, an inexpensive alternative to the Valenti is VLAND lights, they look similar to the 2017+ lights but have some minor differences at night time with output:




Gives a nice, subtle stock-but-not appearance. I got mine for $218 (my car below)

I bought a ebay, pre-painted TRD style rear spoiler for $140, and it fit great. I just used my own 3M tape instead of the supplied.


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I say spoiler. A decent spoiler will add visual length and lines to the car. Tail lights just look good from the rear.
I have the stock Scion spoiler and all the cars I see without it look strangely short to me.
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A spoiler visually raises the rear of the vehicle and gives it more of a wedge or doorstop shape from a side profile. The trunk lid without a spoiler looks a little too droopy IMHO.
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Thank you for all of your inputs so far. Like me, the posts have been about 50-50. I'm still on the fence about which I'll do, but there's a chance I will end up having done both at some point in time.
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Thank you for all of your inputs so far. Like me, the posts have been about 50-50. I'm still on the fence about which I'll do, but there's a chance I will end up having done both at some point in time.
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+1 to spoiler.
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i fully support both.



and louvers that are in my future.
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New tail lights or spoiler?

My vote is to do both but tails first. The OEMs are unbearable. The chrome crap belongs on a teenage girl’s car that still thinks “Alteza” lights are cool. I sprayed mine red and it looks WAY better.
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If ur not aware, the OEM spoiler needs trunk holes. Must people are dying to get a trunk without holes so they can mount a traditional spoiler. I say tail lights, and get a traditional spoiler. Google frs trunk holes and ull see.
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