Cars which share the same headlights?
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Quick mention, take a look at the taillights at this Winnebago Rialta & take a wild guess where they were taken from.
Can you think of any other RVs that borrow lights that are from commonly seen cars & trucks?
Early 2nd gen Ford Ranger.
I always love to play the game of "guess that vehicle that those lights came from" regarding RVs. It makes sense though, rather than making their own lights, it's much easier for the RV manufacturers to either use generic lights or lights from existing vehicles. They are already approved by the DOT, they are easy to source, and generally easy to incorporate into their design. Granted, there are times where you wonder why they decided that a particular set of lights would be used, despite them having to do some weird body creases to get them to fit properly!
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Huh?
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The three particular variants of the BRZ/FRS/86 seen in your pictures have different headlights. There's differences in the shape of the DRL, turn signal integration, the type of light used, and maybe others I'm not aware of.Huh?
For example, the first picture is a facelift Toyota 86.
Its DRLs are LEDs arranged in a relatively straight line:
The next picture is a facelift BRZ. Its DRLs are also LEDs but arranged in a C-shape as per Subaru's current design language:
Finally, the third picture is a pre-facelift FRS, and its DRLs are just halogen bulbs in reflector housings:
I appreciate that not every country mandates DRLs, but this was just an example to illustrate the fact that the lights in the cars shown in your pictures are all different.
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Alright, I get your point. They may not be exactly the same because of the orientation of the DRLs and indicators but aside from that, the shape of their headlights aren't that much different at all, more or less.The three particular variants of the BRZ/FRS/86 seen in your pictures have different headlights. There's differences in the shape of the DRL, turn signal integration, the type of light used, and maybe others I'm not aware of.
For example, the first picture is a facelift Toyota 86.
Its DRLs are LEDs arranged in a relatively straight line:
The next picture is a facelift BRZ. Its DRLs are also LEDs but arranged in a C-shape as per Subaru's current design language:
Finally, the third picture is a pre-facelift FRS, and its DRLs are just halogen bulbs in reflector housings:
I appreciate that not every country mandates DRLs, but this was just an example to illustrate the fact that the lights in the cars shown in your pictures are all different.
Moving on, if the sizes of these trucks are put aside, they have some pretty similarities not only in their headlamps but also their fascias as well.
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Ehhh. They're not the same head lights and the general style of them dates back to the 60's, the earliest I could think of off the top of my head. Here's the Matra that came to mind.
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Lol I never said they were exactly the same. What made you think that? I just mentioned that they seem to be based on that design which was common to those race cars before. Then maybe, that style came originally from that Matra race car which I've never heard before.
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But you did look it up, and I think the willingness to do so says a great deal more than already knowing about something.
And I agree with the latter completely; they actually suit a great many vehicles from a certain period. They have a sort of "OEM+" appeal--which is to say something not made by a manufacturer but made available through the dealer network as licensed accessories...despite that not actually being the case.
