TOUGEghost's 09 Yaris S Picture thread

[TOUGEghost]

I tend to take tons of pictures so I figure I'll just put them all here. :smile:

First day home (Nov. '08)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/486840.jpg

First mods: Tein S-Tech springs:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/500650.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/500250.jpg

AEM cold air intake:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/aemcai.jpg

DC Sports header:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/dcvsstockheader.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/installed.jpg

Greddy Ti-C exhaust:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/tiC1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/tiC2.jpg

More to come soon...

[TOUGEghost]

I took a bunch of pictures to try and figure out which angles work good; hopefullly soon I can go out during the day and get some good sceninc shots.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/492250.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/up.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/front.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/back.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/down.jpg

[Yaris Palme]

looking nice.

but you need bigger wheels, tinted windows, and other rearlights.

[ruimond]

Looks good, don't think i've seen that kit before. Nice bunch of mods u've done already. +1 for some bigger wheels :D

[Crandall]

Someone's not waisting anytime doing mods. I have to say the rear lip on the new 09s is much nicer then the one that came on the 08s.

Sharp looking car all in all.

[josevenezolano]

Wow, Very nice Yaris 09. Over here we have just few Yaris '09. Those lip looks awesone we don't get those lip over here. Damn it.

[marcus]

i cant get use to the front lip...somethings weird about it..

[tetzyamis]

Looks nice!
I like the design of 2009 alloy wheels.
And LB S looks so nice even when it's bone stock.

[TOUGEghost]

Tinted windows are definitely next on the list, then a set of wheels and tires, and after that some TRD struts and a rear swaybar. I like to do the handling mods one at a time and get used to each one before adding something else. The Yaris on stock springs, no rear swaybar, and tiny little tires still handled better than I expected. :thumbsup:

Took a few more pictures today:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/501450.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/502850.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/502750.jpg

[kid chino]

Beautiful, i kinda wish i went with white now :(

[Crandall]

Again, looks great.

[TOUGEghost]

Got some new pictures with my new wheels on:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/507850.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/508650.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/5098cr.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/513050.jpg

Time to make an appointment to get my windows tinted. :cool:

[smofskra]

you need some center caps on those rims

[eTiMaGo]

agreed for the center caps.
Other than that, she's looking gooooood!

[Demon]

whoa, what a great looking car !!

I suggest: brakes !! They are not so useful, but the aesthetic effect is priceless !!

[cleong]

Nice car and nice mods, but can't say I'm a huge fan of the gaussian blur being applied to simulate an image with a shallow depth of field though.

[Ryu]

Looks very nice, and the enkei is a great choice as well !!!
At the same time, I guess it needs some time for me to get use to the black out front bottom lip.

[Crandall]

Nice choice on the RPF-1's :)

[PETERPOOP]

looks good. needs tint. lol at the guys who are being anal about the PS in your photos. give me a break nerds.

[Yaris Palme]

like it very.

[yarisugi]

Wow, you just bought the car a couple months ago and you already got more goodies than
I'll ever have in my lifetime! Very nice mods and thanks for buying an '09! I definitely
like the '09 kit but the front seemed a little funny to me. I hope you don't mind but I
borrowed your picture to see what it would look like if the bottom half was painted white.

By the way, how did you even get a 5spd S model? Did you special order it? Oahu doesn't even
have any 2009 2dr S for sale on the island, much less a 5spd! Looking forward to more in this thread :)

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk125/LookOnTheBrightSide/tougeghostPS.jpg

[AdeJong 03]

i really dig the front lip actually

i have the 09 s sedan and i love the lip spoilers. they follow the curves of the car pretty nicely

nice car btw
rear disc conversion and big brake kit are definitely a must!

if it was mine id throw in the miracle x brace and some brides.

im really liking what youre doin with the car man

[TOUGEghost]

LOL at the critiquing of my photoshop $killZ (yo!). :clap: It's a free program done with a touchpad on a laptop; I never claimed to be a professional photographer or anything like that. I'll make a special MSpaint one for you guys later. :wink:

I actually don't like center caps that much, especially in this case if I have to pay $25 each for little plastic pieces with fake carbon fiber on them.


I suggest: brakes !! They are not so useful, but the aesthetic effect is priceless !!

I agree/disagree with this. I want to do the rear disc brake conversion, but for better braking, not because it looks nice. :thumbsup:


By the way, how did you even get a 5spd S model? Did you special order it? Oahu doesn't even
haveny 20009 2dr S for sale on the island, much less a 5spd! Looking forward to more in this thread :)


I have actually been thinking about painting the bottom like that picture you made. I'm actually not sure how I got the 5 speed S; I lucked out and the dealer over here just happened to have one on order with the exact specs I wanted. :smile:

Next mods will probably be TRD struts and rear swaybar.

[TOUGEghost]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/redhotridur/KMA2.jpg
:biggrin:

[SilverBack]

See you didn't waste any time getting started with the mods

Those Enkei's look awesome! And keep the center cap off, it gives it that nice race car look IMO

Great pics:w00t:

[cleong]

I'll take a stab at why some people find the '09 S skirt kit looking a bit odd. The blacked to the bottom front lip treatment visually looks "incomplete" as if the front lip had broken off during a curb-car interface.

I would have customized my car the same way. Few aesthetic mods if any at all, and all the good stuff is stuffed under the bonnet and wheel arches. Great choice of a lightweight purposeful rim, as well.

Let me qualify my comments on the photo editing. If the threadstarter posted unedited photos, clearly, he does not care much about photo editing. His aim is just to show the car. But he took the effort to select and blur out the background, which shows that he was trying to achieve a certain artistic concept for his photo. And it is to this end that I advised that what he's doing doesn't really work so well.

[thebarber]

I'll take a stab at why some people find the '09 S skirt kit looking a bit odd. The blacked to the bottom front lip treatment visually looks "incomplete" as if the front lip had broken off during a curb-car interface.
the new S front skirt is odd because the car is round and the front clip is flat and angles at 90degrees back under the car. its a right angle on a car without sharp edges.

reminds me of my 04 matrix xrs....the flat front w/ protruding chins looks awkward when its up on stock suspension, but much more complete and proper when dropped low.

[TOUGEghost]

Let me qualify my comments on the photo editing. If the threadstarter posted unedited photos, clearly, he does not care much about photo editing. His aim is just to show the car. But he took the effort to select and blur out the background, which shows that he was trying to achieve a certain artistic concept for his photo. And it is to this end that I advised that what he's doing doesn't really work so well.

It's cool, I know what you're saying. I'll probably keep doing it anyway. :wink: I like to avoid editing the pictures if possible, but I haven't been able to get the lighting and angles I want yet.

[eht13]

It's cool, I know what you're saying. I'll probably keep doing it anyway. :wink: I like to avoid editing the pictures if possible, but I haven't been able to get the lighting and angles I want yet.

I for one thought your original photos looked pretty cool... and gotta love the addition of Domo in that follow-up pic. :laugh:

[thebarber]

spent 1/10th of the value of the car on rims/tires = badass

[Thej3sta2]

i disagree with the whole center cap thing the rfp' for peet sake.

[Littlefoot]

Car is looking awesome. I agree the tint will do a lot for it. I just got mine tinted and boy does it make a difference. I would suggest you debadge the rear to give it a cleaner look; I am going to do this weekend.

Are you running stock headlight bulbs?

[AdeJong 03]

i disagree with the whole center cap thing the rfp' for peet sake.

well yea i agree too because they were made to be lightweight, it would defeat the purpose to add weight to it

thing is, i think anything bigger than a 16 inch wheel on a yaris looks tacky unless you are or have plans to run a big brake kit.

i think 16s are perfect for the size of the car, less weight and cheaper tires too

[gomez1184]

looks great man, congrats!! :w00t:

[computerlove87]

Is it dropped at all or is that the stock height? I think the whole controversy over the front lip is solved when you see the thing riding on dropped springs like god intended.

PS love the pics, I was thinking about meteorite, but now you have me thinking white!:clap::clap::clap:

[yarisugi]

If you look at his first photos, you can see he's riding on some Tein Springs.

[TOUGEghost]

The front bumper is a matter of personal preferece; I like it so its all good. :thumbsup:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/513550.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/514050.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/514350.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/515150.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/515550.jpg

The car is a little dirty, but the photoshop police can rest easy this time since I didn't mess with anything. :wink:

[Mead]

That thing is SWEET!!!

[yarisugi]

Looks like a bugs graveyard on your front bumper! lol

[TOUGEghost]

Yeah, I dunno, they're attracted to my car like crazy for some reason.

[cleong]

Your car has the same colour scheme as the helmet in your avatar. If you tint the windows bluey-purple like the Stig's visor, you have the Stig car!

I'm liking this angle:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Whitehot/Yaris/515150.jpg

I'm going to shoot my car from the same angle soon!

[MadMax]

I really, really like the spoiler on that S!

Cheers! M2

[PETERPOOP]

Yeah, I dunno, they're attracted to my car like crazy for some reason.

yah man, i don't know if it's hawaii,but those stupid little black bugs are always killing themselves on my bumper. it's annoying

[bikegerm]

Ghost... your car is looking awesome !! I really love the "S" bumpers, side skirts and spoiler. With your wheel choice, the car looks real aggressive. You need to look at a set of smoked side marker lights that MicroImage sells. It's a cheap and easy mod that would really tie into the black in your grill and bumper. http://shop.microimageonline.com/product.sc?categoryId=5&productId=68 . Mod on !!

[ZING]

Liked the car, and I'm a little jealous hehe.


Front with no license plate just looks exposed..naked. Maybe it's just me.

[ardianpradana]

find this thread after searching "yaris enkei" in google :P

very nice yaris!!really like it :D

[TerenceCruz]

Ahh, I love your car! Makes me miss my RPF1s. I want that S kit so bad :(