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Old 04-05-2012, 02:52 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by 86fanatic View Post
Same, HIDs are the one thing I would want. Once you have a car with HIDs it's actually kind of hard to go back. They do make a pretty big difference at night.

But they aren't worth more then a grand. They should be a 300-400 factory/dealer option, or if you really want them you can get bulbs and housings for cheaper on the aftermarket.

I have a feeling Scion will open up options in the future. Once Subaru brings out the stripped BRZ which competes more directly with the FR-S I think the FR-S will also offer more options to compete with the BRZ.
We'll see. Typically from Toyota/Lexus, HID's are about a $900 option by themselves and nav is about $1900, so that makes it somewhat of a good value to me. Having done a factory HID setup in my Lexus, I know that doing it after the fact can cost at least double that, so getting it from the factory is a much more appealing idea to me.

Still, if I got the FR-S, I would probably be ordering the European LHD HID/LED lights. It would cost as much as getting a BRZ, and I still wouldn't have nav (which I don't want, but still).

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