Dirt Road / Off Road Yaris

[dogsridewith]

Front sway bar delete will improve Yaris' traction on choppy dirt (see first thread photo) and rock crawling, particularly with the stock peg-leg differential.

[justjesus]

Originally Posted by David C

Looks pretty good, those tires are sweet.

I'm looking to lift mine too, mostly for winter since I do carry hefty cargo... I've seen the Firestone helper, which is a very quick and easy install, for about $150 CAD, and some rear coil spacers on eBay... I don't know if these would work, ..., however all I need is to understand how it works (aka the purpose and function of each parts) and I can start wrenching.

Thanks. I do like these tires. Not so good for the MPGs, but it's a trade off.

You definitely want those helpers! Thanks to CTScott for info and pics on those (he's got a thread on it, I'm sure). He's carried quite a bit of weight with his. They do help with loads, and on my trip to the Redwoods, my car didn't compress much at all, with a little air added to the helpers. I could have added way more, but didn't need to.

Nice find on ebay for those spacers. I did similar, but I bought some for a Jeep, that I measured out and feel they should work, but I never tried them out. They're in a box somewhere in storage (recent move). I'll try and remember to look for them next week, next time I'm there, to provide a part number. I want to say about 40$.

The plan was to install them UNDER the coil spring, to act as a spacer between the lower mount on the beam, and the coil spring itself. I was going to test out travel, to make sure the springs don't get unseated. If they did, I would have added a limiting strap (or a thin cable). Also, You might need slightly longer shocks. I didn't measure them out. I've seen shock extenders, that basically attach to the top of the shock, screwed on, and add about 1.5" or so. That would have been the simplest solution

Originally Posted by dogsridewith

Front sway bar delete will improve Yaris' traction on choppy dirt (see first thread photo) and rock crawling, particularly with the stock peg-leg differential.

I did disconnect the bar, and went on that same trail shortly after. The disconnected bar made a nice improvement on the dirt roads. With the shocks set to a very soft setting, I was able to comfortably hit some "high" speeds (relatively speaking, of course). Easily outran that 4Runner.

On the uphill part where I couldn't make it passed a certain point, I was able to go just a bit further more up that hill with the disconnected bar. In the end, the LSD is needed for those ruts and what not. I also tried another part of the trail, almost knocked my front bumper off!! Was doing okay, but you get on those crazy uneven parts, and the tire unloads, and that's when it's over.