GR86 Questions for new owners

[86GR]

Thought would be useful to start a new thread for those of us still waiting and have questions.

As mentioned in another thread, looking at the pics of the rear bumper on several dealer demo cars there are 4 pilot holes/divots on the rear bumper, presumably for JDM spec square plates. Question is for those that have collected, does your car have these too and if you had the plate lower would it cover them?

 

[Kenco]

Yes, divots in-situ

Took a photo in the showroom especially for you.

 

[Kenco]

Hard to see from a photo though…

 

[86GR]

Hard to see from a photo though…

Yeah, hard to see in that pic, maybe some are worse than others? Is it noticeable in the flesh?

 

[86GR]

Bit more noticeable in this pic

 

[LukeC22]

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Bit more noticeable in this pic

This is shocking. I wouldn’t expect it from a £4k Dacia, never mind a £30k Toyota.

 

[86GR]

This is shocking. I wouldn’t expect it from a £4k Dacia, never mind a £30k Toyota.

Yeah, it’s not great. I’m guessing Toyota UK ordered the wrong spec - here is another one…

 

[mirokujames]

Has anyone queried/pushed dealers for a fix for these holes?

I’ll be honest they will annoy the life out of me

 

[v8s]

Maybe they are just pilot holes for the parking sensors

 

[86GR]

Has anyone queried/pushed dealers for a fix for these holes?

I’ll be honest they will annoy the life out of me

Only way to fix it (properly) is to drop the bumper, fill the holes and respray the whole bumper. I wouldn’t want that on a brand new car though, a real chance the colour match will be slightly out and possibly the finish wouldn’t be as good as OEM which would annoy me even more. Might be possible to hide it with a bigger plate or a square JDM type plate.

 

[--Rage--]

Wait so delivered customer cars also have these holes, or are we talking demonstrator cars only?

 

[86GR]

Wait so delivered customer cars also have these holes, or are we talking demonstrator cars only?

That’s what I was trying to work out, most of the pics of dealers cars seem to have them, though some more noticeable than others. Looks like @Kenco has them on his car, but strangely only 2 holes visible rather than 4.

 

[v8s]

Another question for owners, tell us how well they have undersealed it? TIA.

 

[volksdub]

Some shocking pictures there

 

[86GR]

Well I picked mine up today, it was pretty filthy and going dark, but as far as I could see mine didn’t have any holes or divots, although they had stuck the plate on a bit lower down than on other cars I’ve seen. Will investigate in the morning.

 

[AndyRC]

So those who have taken delivery does the rear bumper have mysterious dimples

 

[GR86GRY]

yup, 100% has the dimples.

 

[AndyRC]

yup, 100% has the dimples.

I’ve still not seen a decent photo which shows the issue, I didn’t notice them on the demo car I drove but guessing they were probably there

 

[GR86GRY]

 

[AndyRC]

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Hmmm , pretty clear from your photo Do we have a definitive answer as to why they are there Has anyone asked when taking delivery