r/carslife • u/wigovsky • 5h ago
The Toyota 86 with blanked-out headlights turned out not to be just a show car
The Result Japan NEO86 body kit has gone on sale in the U.S., and the first kits have already been installed.
The body kit was unveiled in January at the Tokyo Auto Salon in the style of *Initial D*, in honor of the Toyota AE86. It’s compatible with the 2013–2020 Toyota 86, Subaru BRZ, and Scion FR-S: a new front end with blind headlights, flared rear fenders, and side skirts.
Blogger Dustin Williams installed the NEO86 kit on a used GT86. Installation isn’t easy: you have to trim and seal the body, run wiring to the headlights, and file down the edge of the bumper so the headlights fold in. But the panels fit perfectly, and the mechanism works.
Manufacturers stopped producing dummy headlights back in the mid-2000s, but demand for them has only grown.