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Originally Posted by skatecboy45
sigh.. Why can't toyota just get the hint that we want the 86 here? I honestly wouldn't mind having to fork over another 3-4k to get the GT-86 over the FR-S. That said, I don't want a BRZ because I prefer the looks of the FR-S/GT-86. Would importing from another country be a viable solution? lol
probably not due to costs. but whatevs. I'll just deal with driving a scion, and swap the headlights, and corner markers... And maybe a TRD kit.
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I hear you on that. Do what I've been doing, if you want to see the Toyota version in North America or at least the missing options on the FR-S. Contact Toyota and let them know you want the Toyota and all it's options. You can do so at
Toyota.com,
Toyota.ca,
Scion.com, and
Scion.ca, they all have "Contact us" or "Contact" buttons hidden at the bottom of their pages or just click the links I gave you and they'll take you straight to the email contact forms.
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Originally Posted by 86_ZN6
easier and cheaper to buy the brz and replace the bumper and side vents to look like an 86.
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That depends, you still have to swap the HID LEDs, get the fog lights, change the interior as it's different(dash and tach, plus the coloured interior pieces if you wanted those), swap badges, floor mats, and there's the suspension. The suspension on the BRZ is tuned for understeer where as the FR-S/86 are tuned for neutrality. The undercover, high grade brake pads, etc. There's still a lot to convert on the BRZ and it'd probably end up costing close to the same.
So I guess in the end for that option, it depends if you want to do more electrical or mechanical work (with an alignment in the equation due to suspension) and what dealer you want to end up taking it to for service later in it's life, Subaru or Toyota. Whoever looks after you better. In my case the only Subaru dealer within a 2 hour driving radius has been fined for rolling back odo's, insurance fraud, and other things. So my option would be Toyota but for others that may be reversed.
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Originally Posted by YankBoffin
Great write-up!
Just an FYI: from what I've read and seen in the BRZ, the HIDs are not auto-leveled. Instead, there is a manual headlight position adjustment switch on the left side of the dash.
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Thanks!
That is the auto-level system. The "manual" way of leveling headlights is popping the hood and adjusting what looks like long screws on each housing of the lights. You may be thinking of the really fancy lights that angle themselves when you take a turn, this car does not have those.
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Originally Posted by YankBoffin
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Nice find, post updated with pictures from your thread and credit given.