A compliment about Tokico reds - Toyota Yaris Forums

Yarflana · 03-12-2013, 01:00 PM

@ hw6515 - See this link to see my car in my garage - http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/ima...0308-00043.jpg

I am about to put DF210s on there so it will lower it another 1/2 to 1 inch hopefully.

I had no issues with the install. I highly suggest you get an alignment afterward as most will recommend. Mine was toed outward, although my camber was dead on.

On the bumpstops, the reds come with shorter bump stops, so I used those. No problem.

You want to ensure you have the right tools. On the upper mount, I used a Lowe's spline drive ratchet and socket where I could put the allen wrench in the top of the stock strut to keep it from moving during top nut removable. I had barely enough room without removing all the cowling so the right tools make a world of difference.

I used a torque wrench as well and followed the recommended torque specs from the TSB that Garm from Micro Image has graciously posted on his forum (http://www.microimageonline.com/foru...TECH-TSB-FILES).

I don't plan to cut the bumpstops further with the DF210s as they won't lower the car enough, but if you go to coilovers, you may need to trim them 25% or more if you end up lowering the car more than 2 inches from stock.

Garm, who chimed in above may have some other pointers.

You will love the ability to adjust this and you can do front and back at different settings to suit your taste, as some others have. I have it on setting 4 right now which seems perfect.

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03-12-2013, 01:00 PM	#6
Yarflana View User's Garage Drives: 2008 Base Model Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: TX Posts: 255	@ hw6515 - See this link to see my car in my garage - http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/ima...0308-00043.jpg I am about to put DF210s on there so it will lower it another 1/2 to 1 inch hopefully. I had no issues with the install. I highly suggest you get an alignment afterward as most will recommend. Mine was toed outward, although my camber was dead on. On the bumpstops, the reds come with shorter bump stops, so I used those. No problem. You want to ensure you have the right tools. On the upper mount, I used a Lowe's spline drive ratchet and socket where I could put the allen wrench in the top of the stock strut to keep it from moving during top nut removable. I had barely enough room without removing all the cowling so the right tools make a world of difference. I used a torque wrench as well and followed the recommended torque specs from the TSB that Garm from Micro Image has graciously posted on his forum (http://www.microimageonline.com/foru...TECH-TSB-FILES). I don't plan to cut the bumpstops further with the DF210s as they won't lower the car enough, but if you go to coilovers, you may need to trim them 25% or more if you end up lowering the car more than 2 inches from stock. Garm, who chimed in above may have some other pointers. You will love the ability to adjust this and you can do front and back at different settings to suit your taste, as some others have. I have it on setting 4 right now which seems perfect.