Yari build thread

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Originally Posted by 06YarisRS

Nice! Will be following your build.

I'm considering coilovers too for my car. There are very mixed reviews of the Godspeed coilovers. If I go the coilover route, I'll be looking at something other than the Godspeeds. IMO, too much of a risk. It would suck to install them, have the suspension tuned only to have it start to fail within a short period of time. There are many reviews of people that liked them for a short time, but then things started failing. I may simply pick up the Eibach lowering springs and hope that it's what I'm looking for. I have other places to spend money on my car, so still very much undecided about suspension upgrades. I like the stock handling, but would just like about 1" drop, largely for aesthetics, but also for a little better cornering performance. I do have the TRD rear bar and it improved the handling characteristics.

How are the SpecD headlights at night? I've not had good luck with any of the aftermarket eBay type headlights. The OE lights in almost every case produce much better light patterns and night time visibility. Where these are projectors, maybe the lighting is good, or acceptable.

I really like your strut brace.

I had trouble finding reviews for the yaris god speed set, so I looked into reviews on accords, camrys, etc. which everybody thought they were good for the money. Thank you for the word, will be looking into more! The Bilstein b12 package on rockauto is right in my budget, but I would like to have more ability to tune the suspension. I want to be able to lower the car about the same, but I'm scared of sacrificing the ability to take her off-road. I take mine to the lake at least once a month and have some real fun, not to mention my area has quite a few cliche/gravel roads. Stock ride height is about 5" I believe and I like its capability, but I agree the Yaris looks much better lowered. I would love to be able to install an air ride system, but that's a mile out of budget. I think I'll just save up for the next few months and drop it on the Yellow Speed Racing coil-overs for about $920 USD. They are the only ones under $1000 that can be set at stock ride height. The Fortune Autos look high quality, but are a few hundred out of budget, also can't find specifics on drop range.

I really enjoy the Spec-d headlights, as you can see in the pictures my stock headlights were very faded, mostly on the inside of the housing, so I decided to replace them. Nighttime visibility has doubled, they have a higher projection than the original housings which allows you to see much farther ahead. They also fit the body lines better, as my original housing beside the airbox had 1 mounting bracket, so it would pop in and out of the bumper cover and bother the hell out of me. Personally one of my favorite mods, I really enjoy the look of them as they remind me of an Alfa Romeo 4C.

Thank you, I do too! I took my engine cover off and left it off a while ago, and I thought the strut-tower bar brought some character to engine bay. Much more confidence in cornering and I've also noticed that the wheels stay planted when going over bumps on our curvy highway. Prior to the Sustec bar, I would hit them going about 80mph and could feel the wheels and steering lose grip for half a second.

I loved your test drive video of the turbocharger, which inspired me to dream bigger with mine. Could you take a picture from the rear showing your wheel fitment? I tried to get a better fitment between the fender and wheel by upsizing to a 16x7, but it still looks awkward to me. Curious if the 13mm spacers are a good size to mitigate the gap.

Thanks, ya'll!