Cusco Type 1 Lower Bar Installed [pics]

[Chris07LB]

Just got finished installing the Cusco Type 1, that Jay@C2AUTOSPL hooked me up with.

Combined with the Tanbe DF210's, the lower bar made a small, but noticeable difference. The car feels much more controlled in hard cornering (i.e. highway entrance & off ramps), and the car just stays very "flat", compared to the body roll of a stock Yaris in a hard corner.

For such an inexpensive suspension upgrade, that actually can be felt, its well worth the money.

Here's a quick 15 minute How-To, as all the directions were not in a language I could understand.

Tools needed:
Floor Jack
Block of wood
Ramps
3/4" box wrench
Hammer
Gloves
Creeper

I found it easiest to drive the car up on a set of ramps. This way the suspension was also kept even across the front, unlike if it was jacked up to do each side.


Quick pic of tools used. Its next to impossible to get a 3/4" socket and rachet on the bolts, so a box wrench and a little persuasion with a hammer worked perfect for loosening and tightening.


Cusco Type 1 with its packaging.


FIRST STEP loosen both driver & passenger side bolts...





THEN get your floor jack and block of wood. Position it right in the middle, and jack it up!
You need to do this in order to REMOVE the driver side bolt. Passenger side of bar is slotted, so that just needs to be loosened, NOT removed.
Slip the bar in, and SUNG up the bolts..


With bolts snug, REMOVE jack, then tighten up bolts, and you're all finished!