$500 Tail Light vs $20 Tail Light | Worth It?

Is it really worth spending hundreds of dollars on aftermarket tail lights for your GR86 or BRZ? Aftermarket options have been starting to pop up lately with new unique designs, but are any of them actually better than the stock tail lights with some slight modifications? You decide for yourself and let me know!

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[KPMattWu]

An aftermarket version of the stock taillights that retain the red portion while adding sequential turn signals would be perfect imo

[Unchainedmaple]

Nothing will beat the previous gen Valenti taillights. The new gen taillight design, both stock and aftermarket, is so limited because of the rudimentary shape Toyota/Subaru went with.

[joenathan]

Your overlays are high quality and look outstanding. No need to spend $500 when we can support you with a $20 purchase! Thanks Kevin

[johnkeltner]

The bird noises in the background make the overlay install that much more chill!

[Joe_Av]

I'm still sticking with the stock tail lights, I really do think they look and flow the best with the body style of the GR86. I have added your overlays though and will say that they have elevated the look 100%!!

[randphillips]

Stock taillights with dark glossy tint overlays for me. Hoping there's something fresh that comes to market or an affordable clear lens option for the OEM style. Clears aren't for everyone but I think it'd look amazing with overlays on my steel grey GR86.

[bassworxdxb]

Yeah you're bang on for me. Gloss fully smoked on the standard taillights and the matte fully smoked for the bumper. Just waiting for my car delivery then will be getting my order on! 🖤👌

[MolonFrikenLabe]

Bro! I just bought all of your overlays. Thank you man. I am so happy I get to do this project and support you just a bit. Thank you so much for putting these out. The ratings on your overlays are 5/5. Can't wait to work on this. Thank you for everything you do for us man!

[daniyaalmaneveld]

It's beautiful. I have a GT86, based in South Africa. I initially wanted to purchase the ISR Performance Dual exhaust then the AWE Touring like you previously had but duties and shipping was too crazy. So we "Fused" between the Tomei and the AWE. Except, we used 4 101mm tips to keep the TRD look with the TRD rear bumper spoiler. I wish I could show U pics but it came out absolutely amazing. It sounds similar to your Tomei setup.

[buntafujiwara]

The stock reverse lights are placed way too low to do much good and they are weak anyway, so the LED upgrade is certainly worth doing, even without overlays. I'm pretty sure those overlays would be illegal in my country, though. Also, the interior lights are supposed to be dull; it's a safety issue. So be aware that road visibility can be severely marred by having bright cabin bulbs at night, especially in the wet, and especially when your eyes are dark-adapted.

[isaiahbronsertmondragon]

I recently bought your whole tail light kit to black out everything and it looks amazing! I was wondering if you’d thought about making a tint vinyl for the Toyota emblems? I would definitely buy those if you sold them! Keep up the great work

[Dr_Lord]

Kevin, great video! Looking only at the stickers, Dark smoke with the red turn signals and reverse tail light is my favorite. Light smoke is my least favorite. I went with the dark smoke on the OEM orange side makers for now while I spend the dollars on the performance mods. LED is the only way to go. I replaced all the lights except for the headlights. For map lights, I went with red, I don't need to be blinded at night. For side doors, I went with GR86 lights.

[brunostiglitz]

Love this project build - love how you explain the pros and cons to the parts installed. Makes an insight to what parts I wanna buy for my future GR86. Love your seats I want them also 😍

[bk]

Those stock lights look pretty good. I like that the aftermarket ones you own have more depth to the look. If there was like an oem+ look that gave the stock ones more depth without being too busy. It would be perfect.

[Garthydude]

I'm waiting for the right aftermarket tails, but until then the stock with overlays look best imo. Also really love the new stealth/Matt reverse overlay, that one's a must buy!

[davidrobledo]

Overlays just came in and installed them today, made the car look a lot better for just a couple of dollars compared to a whole new taillight

[PATify]

I went with the stealth reverse light, red turn signal and dark smoke reflector overlay. Red on red, black on black. huge improvement imo

[nicklauher]

I did all stealth/darker overlays on the Neptune and it looks so good. Thanks again, KV!

[daviddin]

Honestly I like the stock taillights a lot

[devonpersaud]

Rooting for this channels growth, will be getting a set of yellow and red overlays for my raven