Scion Commercial, Cool photo blog from someone on set
 

Found this page, I searched and didn't see any postings of this yet.
A blog from someone on the set of the FR-S gushi Commercial

http://fatlace.com/life/loud-on-the-...-s-commercial/

Few things to note when you look through the pics:
-The FRS shown is on TRD prototype lowering springs
-That small toyota trapezoidal logo is EVERYWHERE
-The FRS front looks clean as hell compared to the BRZ
-Look at one of the last pics, the nighttime one, it's hard to tell with the white balance, but the projectors have a color temp. suspiciously like HIDS , It's really hard to tell though, some amber bulbs are more yellow, others are more orange, that's my only reference for (whiteness).

Nice find! Interesting, the FR-S they used had the 1st ever TRD lowering spring prototypes.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6...069dd31f_z.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6...6790e29c_z.jpg

^^ nice can't wait to see the commercial when it comes out..

Sorry bud we've already had pics posted from the commercial a long time ago, thanks anyway.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3432

Supposedly they are TRD springs but I don't know if thats been confirmed. I don't get why it was even mentioned about the stupid trapzoid thing in the interior like it was a secret logo...doesn't even look like a T to me. Will have to disagree with the front being cleaner compared to BRZ especially with those crappy headlights and no HIDs, just the reflection of the light on the camera.

But this blog has a behind-the-scenes narrative on the shoot (unless the same blog link was already posted in that other thread?). Thread-worthy, I say.

Eeww! The car looks so ugly and weird, when it's lowered.

yeah but the same car and lowering springs is in your profile pic...

smooth move ex-lax

No proper side shots to see what it looks like lowered...

Haha, good observation I didn't notice that.

^ Woops. I like it on the lowering springs but the wheels are so far in laterally from the fenders it does look odd. Wish the wheels were more flush with the outside edge of the fender. Also that red seems to show as different shades of red depending on the pic/video. Some look amazing, some look bad.

^Exactly! I mean its nearest competitors 370Z, Miata, and Gen Coupe aren't perfectly flush but they're passable.

http://www.lincah.com/wp-content/upl...rear-angle.jpg

http://mx5-miata.net/wp-content/uplo...Generation.jpg

http://www.autoevolution.com/images/...os-40357_1.jpg

There's a point where sunken in becomes ugly and unfortunately that point has been reached on the FR-S. A mere 15mm makes a world of difference!

Nice post!

the mountain they filmed this really is a cycling sweet spot, I've only rode it once since I live on the other side of the bay, but it feels pretty special that the FR-S was filmed in such a location.

It's a really sweet place to drift I would I think, cornering down the switchbacks here on my bike was so fun, but some corners lack guardrails!

^Hey Veloist, is your avatar with the 86 rear shot from GT5? Do you have the full-res version somewhere?

That can be fixed. It's the wheels

yup a 15 or 20mm wheel spacer would do nicely for the stockers.

With the right wheels and a reasonable 20mm-30mm drop, this car will have a nice stance.

hell, with the stock wheel gap drop it 45mm, that would look awesome..but where do you drive it?..lol

When I get the BRZ limited the only 2 mods will be the TRD springs and 18'' wheels with a low offset. The car doesn't need anything after that aesthetically and I wouldn't waste time and money with power advancements on a 2.0 liter engine.

I think that's the first photo of the bespoke radio I've ever seen in the FR-S.

Looks...interesting.

It seems likely that this inset was designed in to give an owner the flexibility to add wider wheels/tires later without rubbing issues - remember a big design goal was to make the car easily modifiable.

While I'm sure the commercial will be impressive, Scion is open to charges of false advertising using custom springs for this - it's called "bait and switch" and it's illegal in car advertising in Ontario. Yes, they probably will run a 200 millisecond, 2-point type disclaimer in the ad about "optional equipment" being shown, but most viewers are not going to be savvy enough to realize this equipment impacts the car's stance or reduced roll in cornering (assuming the springs are stiffer). And anyways the TRD stuff is not really "optional" as it cannot be ordered from the factory but is merely in-house aftermarket.

Sleazy.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6...3abf3ab5_z.jpg
The red stitching better be in the production FR-S because I can live with this interior!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6...89e74088_z.jpg

Not the first picture of the bespoke, but one of the best photos. I want to see one with the unit on...It's funny, we know nothing about bespoke unit.

I mentioned this when i started the thread, no one has brought it up yet. does that nightpic look like hid to anyone else?

Also, as basic as the front and interior of the frs is compared to the brz. It does look pretty damn good. The clean looking bespoke ties together the interior well. Makes the knobs tolerable

I have it on Facebook but Its not the high quality one. I can always reupload it into higher quality

Red stitching is definitely not going to be on Canadian market vehicles - not certain about US status.

Is that official now? A scion rep said it right? Im still hoping he was on crack

I got to play with the Bespoke unit a few weeks ago. see below thread
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3955

Straight from the mouth of the Scion Canadian brand manager at the CIAS.

Many times in photos regular halogen lights end up looking like HIDs due to the way the camera balances colors.

The corner light and the amber lights in real life are a dominant amber/orange tone...so you could deduce the actual color of the headlights.



That said though--I wouldn't be surprised one bit if they shot the ads with HID-equipped vehicles. Car advertising and promo shots rarely show stock vehicles.

Ken gushi always looks high as hell

Like i said , some amber bulbs are have a strong yellow tone so it can make 3200k halogens look more like 4200k. But yea. Often commercial cars are lowered , have larger wheels and the windows are tinted all around

anyone else notice the trim piece that seems to have come un-done with the e-brake?

Some pics are old on here. I remember the thread about this commercial we thought was coming up on the Superbowl.

I even did this for the funz

http://www.imgur.com/TNuxO.jpg

Looks like it was because the e-brake boot is wrapped around that whole piece of trim, Ken Gushi must have man-handled that thing. Weird design. Never noticed that...

Something about that pic made the Genesis Coupe grow on me... Or me grow on the Genesis Coupe.

The color temp is like 4000K ...
its either on a H-7 HID kit ... or its using some high end
HID effect bulbs ?

I had a halogen project housing... and using OSRAM night breaker
I was able to get near that yellow-white color... but this is more
WHITE WHITE ... 4000-4500K white ...