Anyone know the history on this yellow, non-release series ‘15 FR-S?

[Quentin]

http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/1d0e0805

At first glance, it appears to be a modified release series. The VIN info shows yellow as the factory paint color but it is missing all sorts of things that came on the release series. The aero kit, HID headlights, push button start, auto climate control, and fender garnishes are all missing. Did someone go through the effort of removing all of that or was this one of those weirdo SET vehicles? My lookup system shows it as yellow as the original color and delivered with some SET packages. TIA.


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[funwheeldrive]

That's really interesting. It still has the front seats from a RS 1.0 too. Weird that the FRS badge is in the wrong place. If I had to guess I would say it was a RS 1.0 that had all the goodies switched out. I wonder if it has a serial number on it still like the other RS 1.0?

[Quentin]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

That's really interesting. It still has the front seats from a RS 1.0 too. Weird that the FRS badge is in the wrong place. If I had to guess I would say it was a RS 1.0 that had all the goodies switched out. I wonder if it has a serial number on it still like the other RS 1.0?

The badge and lack of aero kit made me think that it was in a collision and the person just repaired things differently so save money (HIDs and TRD aero kit are probably pricey), but auto HVAC and push button start don’t make any sense in that scenario. Unless maybe it was a theft recovery. I don’t see a salvage title or anything like that listed with it. My now-totaled FR-S shows a big salvage title warning when I put its VIN in.


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[MRCA1ST]

Any chance it was just a custom paint order?

[Quentin]

Originally Posted by MRCA1ST

Any chance it was just a custom paint order?

No, the system I look at pulls up the factory color as yellow from the VIN.


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[Leonardo]

IMO, the paint is factory. (judging from the pic of the engine) The badge is in a weird spot... It looks to be good condition other than the weird badge. Cant really tell more from the pics...


If insurance is kept out of the loop, the title stays clean. So, if the owner damaged parts and then replaced them him self, it could look like this... Anyway, it is strange...


My advice: Pass. There are plenty more "fish" in the sea. Too many questions at that price.

[PetrolioBenzina]

Looks like a Fram oil filter. Pass.

[Quentin]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

IMO, the paint is factory. (judging from the pic of the engine) The badge is in a weird spot... It looks to be good condition other than the weird badge. Cant really tell more from the pics...


If insurance is kept out of the loop, the title stays clean. So, if the owner damaged parts and then replaced them him self, it could look like this... Anyway, it is strange...


My advice: Pass. There are plenty more "fish" in the sea. Too many questions at that price.

Yea, that is generally my opinion as well. I actually really like the color and aero kit versus the release series we got, but all those missing RS parts raise too many questions. It was more of a curiosity at this point versus actually considering purchasing it. I know the RS1.0 spec pretty well so I was really interested in the back story or if there was a yellow FR-S spec that I didn’t know about. I know that Japan market had yellow available as a normal color during that time.


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[extrashaky]

It has definitely been modified from original:

https://www.floridafinecars.com/cars...FL-Stock=93094

[corry29]

That or someone paid the owner good money to swap regular FRS parts for his RS1.0 FRS parts

[mazeroni]

Maybe it was supposed to be a show car or something. They stripped the interior and parts of the exterior, sold them to pay for aftermarket stuff, then ran out of money. So then the owner or someone else found some cheap parts and tried putting it back together.

I'd want to see the car in person. It looks salvageable, I'd just worry that if my theory is correct, they did a shit job in rebuilding it.

$16K it too much.

[mav1178]

yesterday I saw this car in my area:

2013-2015 (as evidenced by the lack of shark fin on the roof)
white color
"Subaru BRZ" with Scion emblem
RS 1.0 kit front end, RS 1.0 (or TRD) rear bumper
2017+ tail lights
TRD carbon fender inserts
stock exhaust with large tips

[extrashaky]

Seeing that swapped trunk lid, my guess is that it has been wrecked.

Per the link I posted above it appears to have found its way to Velocity Motorsports from Florida Fine Cars in Hollywood, FL. Florida is a no-fault state for injury coverage, but not for property damage. As a result of our idiotic regulations, insurance rates down here are insane. For example, when I recently bought my fourth car, my insurance company quoted me $4000 per year to insure all four vehicles, for a 48 year old with no recent accidents or tickets, very good credit and no other drivers on the policy. I can't imagine what they would quote me if I were 22 years old and had a FICO score below 800.

A lot of people here are so shocked and panicked by their insurance quotes that they either drop everything except the state minimums, or they just get insured long enough to get registered and let the coverage lapse, or they switch their insurance to one of these scam insurance companies that charge really low rates just to provide proof of coverage but fight tooth and nail against any claims. If the owner wrecked it, he may have had no insurance with which to file a claim, so he may have fixed it out of his own pocket or sold it to someone who repaired it. That would make sense with the pic of that obviously swapped trunk lid with the side pieces of the spoiler still on the rear quarters. And it would still result in a clean Carfax.

So I'd stay away from it even if the price weren't way too high for what now amounts to a 2015 base model FR-S with yellow paint.

[highway7]

Those tail lights are definitely not original 2015 design