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old greg 05-07-2012 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by WingsofWar (Post 138592)
To answer "is the Digital HVAC swapable". Most reasonable answer is no. Heres why;

If your FRS comes with manually controlled climate control, chances are it lacks the hardware (control arms, etc..)to operate the vents automatically used in the Digital Climate control. Vise versa, Digital HVAC controls lack the manual control arms to operate the ventilation in a manual climate control.

Because of this control mechanism, the size difference between DHVAC & Manual Climate is likely substantial, and the wiring will likely be different by a few pin differences if any.

I think you are wrongly assuming that manual=mechanical and that only automatic climate controls are electronically controlled. It appears to me that the manual HVAC controls operate the blower and ducts electronically rather than mechanically. The giveaway is that recirculation is controlled via a button rather than a big slidey knob. I'd say it's quite possible that the only difference between the auto and manual HVAC is the controls. Given that both are electronic, it wouldn't make much sense to have different blowers, ducts, or wiring harnesses.

tripjammer 05-07-2012 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by old greg (Post 203462)
I think you are wrongly assuming that manual=mechanical and that only automatic climate controls are electronically controlled. It appears to me that the manual HVAC controls operate the blower and ducts electronically rather than mechanically. The giveaway is that recirculation is controlled via a button rather than a big slidey knob. I'd say it's quite possible that the only difference between the auto and manual HVAC is the controls. Given that both are electronic, it wouldn't make much sense to have different blowers, ducts, or wiring harnesses.

You could be right, we just have to wait and see.

Who said the factory HID headlights from the BRZ were going to be super expensive, I bet they will be priced like the 370Z hids, about $700 to $800 per headlight.

Still is it worth it to pay $1600 for some HID headlights when the BRZ premium is only $1300 more and had Navi and better seats? Hmmmm

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