Additional pics of 86 GR parts

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Summerwolf

I like the seats. The whole "gazoo racing" thing and badging is kind of lame, but... at least you know all the safety stuff would work like stock.

"Gazoo Racing" came out of gazoo.com in the mid 1990s, basically it was a place to sell used Toyota cars online in Japan. Some inside Toyota has basically called it "Toyota Garage Racing"

https://www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/mo...k-gazoo-anyway

[Summerwolf]

Originally Posted by mav1178

"Gazoo Racing" came out of gazoo.com in the mid 1990s, basically it was a place to sell used Toyota cars online in Japan. Some inside Toyota has basically called it "Toyota Garage Racing"

https://www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/mo...k-gazoo-anyway

Cool. Still pretty lame. TRD has a much more storied history, and cooler badging. If we are talking strictly toyota specialty racing anyways.

[quik1987]

loving the single centered exhaust

[PandaSPUR]

Originally Posted by quik1987

loving the single centered exhaust

Kinda interesting. Not a fan of how they left holes for a typical dual exhaust though.

EDIT: unless those holes are for lights...?

[PetrolioBenzina]

Bummer this never went anywhere.

Gazoo Racing Unveils Twin-Charged 2013 Scion FR-S Concept

[fx1mark]

Originally Posted by PandaSPUR

Kinda interesting. Not a fan of how they left holes for a typical dual exhaust though.

EDIT: unless those holes are for lights...?

yep.


http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123756

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Summerwolf

Cool. Still pretty lame. TRD has a much more storied history, and cooler badging. If we are talking strictly toyota specialty racing anyways.

TRD's history is more in line with politics, since it involved two other companies.

Even to this day, TRD is a name but a gigantic mess worldwide, with 3 separate entities running the same brand.

[gravitylover]

Originally Posted by fx1mark

yep.


http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123756

Oooh real backup lights. Wouldn't that be nice to have

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by mav1178

TRD's history is more in line with politics, since it involved two other companies.

Even to this day, TRD is a name but a gigantic mess worldwide, with 3 separate entities running the same brand.

^This... this is why there will be never TRD Worldwide. So we'll never see TRD JP parts selling in TRD US. Sad sad world we live in.

[airjonny]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

^This... this is why there will be never TRD Worldwide. So we'll never see TRD JP parts selling in TRD US. Sad sad world we live in.

Is that also why we won't see Gazoo name here? There are articles on the next Supra wearing the Gazoo badge overseas, but will they just slap TRD on for us?

[StraightOuttaCanadaEh]

You can still order the parts though

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by airjonny

Is that also why we won't see Gazoo name here? There are articles on the next Supra wearing the Gazoo badge overseas, but will they just slap TRD on for us?

TBH IDK how they gonna do Supra here in US. It doesn't make sense to put it as TRD Supra in US, cuz TRD US is pretty much offroad specialist now. This is going off topic, but I think US will get Supra is Toyota Supra and we won't get GR Supra (which is high end Supra)... Unless, Morizo bring GR to US.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanadaEh

You can still order the parts though

"Order the parts"...

Have you tried ordering TRD parts before? Which parts? From what dealer?

Most of the orderable parts stateside (that you can get from a Toyota dealer) are not parts you can buy in Japan, most of them are sourced from a vendor or OE supplier on the US side.

Most of the Japan parts, you can inquire but you will get one of two replies:

"Yes we can get it but it's special order, blah blah. Oh and no warranty."
"No we can't get it."

[StraightOuttaCanadaEh]

Originally Posted by mav1178

"Order the parts"...

Have you tried ordering TRD parts before? Which parts? From what dealer?

Most of the orderable parts stateside (that you can get from a Toyota dealer) are not parts you can buy in Japan, most of them are sourced from a vendor or OE supplier on the US side.

Most of the Japan parts, you can inquire but you will get one of two replies:

"Yes we can get it but it's special order, blah blah. Oh and no warranty."
"No we can't get it."

I just wanted the aero winglets above the fog light thingy and was given a quote. Will get them in the future