Difference between "13 and "14 FRS
 

Hi,
I'm in the market for an FRS/86. I am wondering if there are any major differences between the three and whether or not a small issue was fixed in the later models.
Thanks

MY13 and MY14 cars are the same, 2015 MY cars got the following changes:

Valve, Intake
old SU003-00196
new SU003-04745

Valve, Exhaust
old SU003-00197
new SU003-04746

Camshaft, Intake, RH
old SU003-00180
new SU003-04741

Camshaft, Exhaust, RH
old SU003-00181
new SU003-04742

Head & Valve Set, Cylinder, RH
old SU003-00103
new SU003-04958

The old cam sprockets had some failures so they revised the design I believe. Other than that, they're all the same until the 2017MY cars that are out now.

They are all about the same.

Minor issues were fixed.

What you see is about what you get (especially pre-owned).


humfrz

There was no '12

Hi,
What minor issues were fixed?
Thanks

They changed out a couple of chassis bolts in MY14.

The taillights don't seem to leak nearly as much.

I think some MY13s had cam gear sensor issues too?

I would go with the 2014 if there isn't a huge price difference. The changes are minor, but the MY13s seemed to have the most issues of any year which makes sense seeing as it's the first year of production.

Hi thanks for the reply,
There is quite a price difference between the two. The headlights don't bother me as i'm planning to go after market.
Thanks

Early 2013's had a habit of burning out direct injector seals, but that was addressed by an ECU reflash midway through 2013.

I think in Australia some of the new ones were called MY12.


humfrz

I see that @funwheeldrive got it covered.

Mine was built in April of 2013 and I haven't had any problems with it.


humfrz

The 14s got KNEE PADS!

Don't you get a touch screen head unit as well in the 14 vs 13?

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Yes, depending on where you were and how late a 14. They seemed to be pretty mixed for a bit there.

Didn't they dumb down the suspension after the first year, or was it MY15?

They made it push more like the BRZ.

That was the 15s.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73739

Literally the only differences between 13s and 14s is knee pads and HUs. Oh and many of the early 13 issues had been resolved.

Well I bought MY14 at the end of 2014 in california and it came with touchscreen head unit which was a plus bc I didn't like how the 12 and 13 model came with a tiny display screen full of buttons 😅

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Most did but there were some that didn't. I think the Canadian ones had a different HU in 14 from the US but could not swear to that in court.

I can't thank your OP again or I would. Maybe I should remove my thanks and then thank it again.

Hey, @humfrz, you forget a lot of stuff now. What should I do?

Fun fact. About 6 weeks after I wrote that I pulled (well had pulled) the TRD sway bars. I like the car way better without them.

Are you stock, or freeballing it?

Me.....forget..?? What stuff .. ?? Who are you..?? What is this .. ?? Why am I here .. ??

What should you do..?? Maybe just :slap: me every now and then........::thanks:


hum...humrfz ...or was it ... hmrfz ..?? Oh, just call me "h"

Went back to stock. I got the stock exhaust, springs, sway bars and drop in with the car since the TRD stuff was all dealer installed. Technically they were all mine since I paid extra for the TRD stuff (even if I did only pay about 25% of their value). When I had my snows put on I had the tire shop swap back to stock. No labour charge and they gave me $100 for them. Since I only paid $1000 for the exhaust, bars, drop in, spoiler, tint and clear bra I figured I did OK on the deal.

Dont really have much different.
Get the best one around your area.