Triple C Design TRD pod [Archive] - Toyota Yaris Forums

cruz-gsr

11-01-2009, 09:43 AM

OK here is the deal me and my brother deside to put just one on production for now and see how it goes, the mold will be ready for wenesday and units ready for the weekend, in the mean time i just wanna make sure if there is interest that way i can become a vendor or if not.

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/images/funkygarage/752/trd.jpg

schleppy

11-01-2009, 10:11 AM

Some installed pics may help get people's interest up.

Bump for a good guy, and hopefully a future vendor!

cali yaris

11-01-2009, 11:05 AM

and some close up pictures to show nice lines and smooth surfaces! :thumbsup:

anubisx99

11-01-2009, 12:03 PM

cool, the pics of the 1st install (and step by step instructions) will be up thursday or friday since the mold is in the process of curing and production of the pods will begin by the weekend so, please let us know if you're interested so we can start looking on becoming official vendor

tk-421

11-01-2009, 12:57 PM

Looking forward to the pics/pricing... Let me know when you're ready to become a vendor. :thumbsup:

frownonfun

11-01-2009, 01:52 PM

looks awfully cumbersome... where would that thing go? or should i say, what location did you guys have in mind for this pod to go?

tk-421

11-01-2009, 02:19 PM

This pod goes right on top of the steering column. It gets mounted on top of the glovebox behind the steering wheel.

1NZYaris1

11-01-2009, 03:09 PM

Best of luck :bow:

anubisx99

11-01-2009, 03:29 PM

This pod goes right on top of the steering column. It gets mounted on top of the glovebox behind the steering wheel.

that is correct:thumbsup: it goes above the steering wheel column, the way we made it also is for all of us who use that compartment wont loose it:thumbup:, so after you install the pod holder with all 3 gauges you still have the compartment available..:biggrin:

tk-421

11-01-2009, 03:40 PM

Nicely done! :thumbsup:

Will you be able to offer these painted? I'm guessing most people would prefer black or dark grey... You could even offer glossy or matte finishes if you want to go all out

anubisx99

11-01-2009, 03:43 PM

well as of right now we're going to make them in a already black tinted plastic (almost the same as the interior) we figured that was a more general color that way painting is an option, you can just install it right out of the box keeping it black or just painting it the color you want... depending on order we might do them in different plastic tint, that way there's no painting since it'll come the color you want them...

tk-421

11-01-2009, 04:53 PM

OK I'm a bit confused... I thought you were making these out of fiberglass? If you're using plastics then that's a whole different story...

Or maybe you're just referring to a plastic "finish"?

kac

11-01-2009, 05:05 PM

Can't wait to see finished product/installation....

anubisx99

11-01-2009, 05:48 PM

the finish product can be made out of either fiber or plastic, the thing is making it out of fiber will take longer because if we pour a lot of resin in one shot the resin will crack (trust me, that's why it has taken us so long to figure out on what to make it) and it can also brake the mold that was very expensive to make, also as I said before the plastic we are making it out of has a few advantages over resin:

1- won't crack easy on fabrication
2- can be made in color (some limitation of color apply)
3- more resistant
4- no paint require (unless you want to paint it in a color that's not available)
5- less time for individual fabrication

and that's just a few of the things, but just wait for the pics next weekend.

thebarber

11-01-2009, 06:05 PM

interested if the price is right....whats the range you're looking at?

Sabretooth

11-01-2009, 06:08 PM

I say just go with the higher grade plastic, pending it doesnt jack the price into the $150+ range.

anubisx99

11-01-2009, 07:19 PM

well gents that's the best part, the actual unit will cost no more than US$120.00, shipped to all US, international is available but we'll have to see and calculate it (plus 3% if paid by paypal), it will have tracking # and delivery confirmation...

advocate

11-01-2009, 07:27 PM

The unit is absolutely gorgeous. I'm sure you won't have trouble selling any.

anubisx99

11-01-2009, 07:54 PM

thanks, it really is gorgeous and it blends with the interior quite nicely, you'll guys will love it, we made sure we fitted as perfect as possible, we know how are YW critics are lol...

thebarber

11-01-2009, 08:31 PM

for $120 shipped? nice.

anubisx99

11-01-2009, 08:52 PM

yeah that's the first price, after we get fabrication methods perfectect I'm sure it'll be a few $ less...hope it sells tho...

TinyGiant

11-01-2009, 09:39 PM

looking forward to seeing the finished product :)

gmodder

11-01-2009, 09:49 PM

Count me in...Also maybe you can setup it up with gauges too...I love the 1 stop shopping thing...

cruz-gsr

11-01-2009, 10:03 PM

thanks boys, my bro and i work hard on this, for now it looks that garm at micro image is going to be selling them for us.

TinyGiant

11-01-2009, 10:06 PM

sweet!

Sabretooth

11-01-2009, 10:18 PM

Always a plus to have someone be able to buy 20 or more at a time to keep costs down!

frownonfun

11-01-2009, 11:47 PM

cool i'm looking forward to seeing some pics with it installed. what size gauges will these hold or fit?

cruz-gsr

11-01-2009, 11:48 PM

3.5 tach and 2 2/16 gauges

SilverBack

11-02-2009, 12:46 AM

Couldn't find any LHD pics, so you'll have to use your imagination
http://www.carview.co.jp/road_impression/2006/worlstuning_repo/trd_vitz/photo_imp/images/03_l.jpg
http://www.carview.co.jp/road_impression/2006/worlstuning_repo/trd_vitz/photo_imp/images/04_l.jpg

Source: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2784762&page=3

Me want :drool:

TinyGiant

11-02-2009, 01:12 AM

looks nice :)

advocate

11-02-2009, 01:19 AM

Omg :drool:

anubisx99

11-02-2009, 08:14 AM

thanks Krazee!!!, that's perfect I was looking for one pic like that in the mean time!!!
gents that is the same one you'll be getting...

POORSHA

11-02-2009, 12:13 PM

Does it come with the rest of the interior?

cruz-gsr

11-02-2009, 12:29 PM

:eek:tell me about it :drool:

SilverBack

11-02-2009, 09:30 PM

Does it come with the rest of the interior?

I wish! Like the post on VW forums says: "This is what the Yaris should have looked like." He or she is right on the money about that. JDM TRD Vitz RS FTW :bow:

advocate

11-02-2009, 09:42 PM

So this might be a dumb question but is the unit coming WITH or WITHOUT gauges for $120? I was sure it was when I started reading the thread but now I'm not so sure.

Some clarification would be great.

thebarber

11-02-2009, 10:03 PM

H3LlIoN

11-03-2009, 12:55 AM

time frame?

cruz-gsr

11-03-2009, 08:56 AM

im going to send garm a unit in wenesday and we hape by the weekend will have the first group buy.

H3LlIoN

11-03-2009, 02:42 PM

word.

cali yaris

11-03-2009, 03:08 PM

looking forward to seeing the sample, and to facilitating so the guys can make these available to you.

CASTREX

11-03-2009, 04:17 PM

Would love to see this pod with 3 gauges 2 2/16 instead of the larger Tach hold in the middle.

You know, for the people who already have a Tach! :wink:

anubisx99

11-03-2009, 06:06 PM

Castrex, that's a posibility no problems however tha's the reason why we want get this one going first and then see how it goes from there, with everybody's support I'm sure lot more models will be available, let see how this one does first...

H3LlIoN

11-03-2009, 06:42 PM

Do you have a solid price and availability date yet?

anubisx99

11-03-2009, 09:06 PM

ok, we will be shipping the first sample to Garm tomorrow so he can see it and test it (since we will be selling them thru MI we want to make sure it's a top quality product) and as soon as he gives the ok, production will begin on the weekend

1NZYaris1

11-03-2009, 09:49 PM

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::c lap::clap::clap::clap:

keep it up guy's :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

Kioshi

11-03-2009, 09:53 PM

I can't wait for final production pics...seeing that it's EVEN super hard to get Vitz TRD parts specifically for M Turbo and Vitz Cup Cars from Japan over to the US....

Here's some pics from a Girl's (assume its a 'she' because the blog is PINK) Vitz Turbo M from Japanese blog site...

http://img01.carview.co.jp/carlife/images/UserDiary/8701428/P1.jpg

http://img01.carview.co.jp/carlife/images/UserDiary/8883225/P1.jpg

Hopefully these images will wet your appetite and get you to order our version of the TRD pod...

:)

tk-421

11-03-2009, 10:02 PM

I think you mean "whet", but nice pics nonetheless... :wink:
(sorry, I'm a bit of a spelling nerd sometimes)

H3LlIoN

11-03-2009, 10:59 PM

obvious next step...anyone have the TRD gauge p/n's?

advocate

11-03-2009, 11:01 PM

Here's some pics from a Girl's (assume its a 'she' because the blog is PINK) Vitz Turbo M from Japanese blog site...

Such a sexy setup. I would do terrible and unforgivable things to meet a woman who drove a Yaris that badass.

Okay back on topic. Glad to see the pod is going to MI soon!! Can't wait to see it in production. Great job guys. Thanks for your hard work.

anubisx99

11-05-2009, 02:33 AM

ok, gents, here are the first pics of the very first pod that is made, the bad news is that making the first we notice a few blemishes that we need to fix, the good news is tho, that we know how to fix it in order to finish them, here's also a video that I did with a little more detail check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_bFbxIdw3w

so as you can see if it wasn't for these few errors pod will be done, Garm we really wanted to send you the finish product tomorrow but it's going to take just a few more days, we just want to make 100% sure this a top of the line product, not only for MI and YW but for us too...

keep the inputs coming guys, we really appreciate them!!!

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/images/funkygarage/718/photo%204.jpghttp://www.yarisworld.com/forums/images/funkygarage/718/photo.jpg

H3LlIoN

11-05-2009, 02:38 AM

Lay one over in CF. ;-)

Do you have a definite price yet?

tk-421

11-05-2009, 02:40 AM

Good job! Looks like it's almost ready to go. Keep it up, guys! :thumbsup:

anubisx99

11-05-2009, 02:48 AM

yeah, $120.00 thru MI...

anubisx99

11-05-2009, 02:50 AM

Lay one over in CF. ;-)

Do you have a definite price yet?
:laugh:CF is in the works my friend it's just a matter of time, (and support of course:biggrin:?

H3LlIoN

11-05-2009, 03:02 AM

word. Hit me up when THAT is ready.

YaYa1320

11-05-2009, 03:39 AM

Sign me up!!! :eyebulge:

SilverBack

11-05-2009, 04:09 AM

I see it's coming along nicely :thumbsup:. Just send it to Garm that way, he won't mind the blemishes :laugh:

anubisx99

11-05-2009, 08:04 AM

I see it's coming along nicely :thumbsup:. Just send it to Garm that way, he won't mind the blemishes :laugh:

lol:biggrin:, it's not Garm I'm worry about, it's the well known YW critics, with them you can either make it or brake it...:laugh:

cruz-gsr

11-05-2009, 10:02 AM

obvious next step...anyone have the TRD gauge p/n's?

you really dont need a trd unless you want to, the pod is set up to take a 3.5 inch tach, like autometer or the sunpro we wanted to make sure that if you cant buy an autometer u will have a cheaper option.

Kioshi

11-05-2009, 10:33 AM

i think this will officially be the hottest mod for Yaris owners....most here don't want to line up the gauges on the pillar like every other car on the street..very classy and cool, imo

Now....I'll have a tach in the cluster soon, hopefully...soo i dont know what to put in your pod besides water/volt gauges..

anubisx99

11-05-2009, 10:48 AM

Ok, here's the deal on the TRD tach, the original TRD tach is only 3" unlike the sunpro (3.5") and the autometer (a little less than the sunpro) however, I'm making a white face just like the TRD for my sunpro, if anyone is interested I could make them for u also, you'll have to brake the tach slowly and re-assemble it with hot glue but it'll look very nice, that's one of the next thing I'm doing since I don't wanna spend close to US$300.00 for an original TRD, so...any takers?

anubisx99

11-05-2009, 10:51 AM

Also for the side pods, there's a lot of options I personally will have a water temp and an oil pressure gauge...autometer has a nice looking neddle watch too tho...

cali yaris

11-05-2009, 11:19 AM

You guys can also make an insert for the center opening so the pod stays the same but all three holes are 2 1/16" for those that already have a tach installed.

cali yaris

11-05-2009, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by k r a y z e e . j o j o
I see it's coming along nicely . Just send it to Garm that way, he won't mind the blemishes

If I'm taking on the responsibility of marketing and selling a new product (or even just helping with it), I will be looking at the sample quite closely, as anyone would I think.

anubisx99

11-05-2009, 02:02 PM

Thanks Garm, we actually want u to really look at the sample and then decide from there, that's why we're making sure that the product is as perfect as possible, keep also in mind tho that this pod WAS made by hand, so for everybody out there let's keep that in the back of our heads (not just Garm)...

cali yaris

11-05-2009, 02:11 PM

^ your sig file just gave me a seizure

anubisx99

11-05-2009, 02:31 PM

^ your sig file just gave me a seizure

:biggrin::laugh::bellyroll::laughabove::bellyroll: :bellyroll:

H3LlIoN

11-05-2009, 04:04 PM

you really dont need a trd unless you want to, the pod is set up to take a 3.5 inch tach, like autometer or the sunpro we wanted to make sure that if you cant buy an autometer u will have a cheaper option.

I know that, but the TRD setup looks hotttttt

RacerFreakXXX

11-05-2009, 04:27 PM

from what I can see I can't find too many tachs that are 3.5" will it fit a 3 3/4" tach? If so when is this going to be for sale?

anubisx99

11-05-2009, 05:37 PM

it does, just dremel it little by little until it goes in...since the hole is 3.5 it just a little bit more...

1NZYaris1

11-05-2009, 06:51 PM

Sorry for what is a lame question , how does your unit fix to the dash .
Trying to work out if it will suit right hand drive cars as well.
cheers :thumbsup:

advocate

11-05-2009, 08:48 PM

So I know the sizes of the gauges that are going to be used in the pod but I can't seem to find a good way to search for specific gauges in specific sizes.

Are there any good, well-established sites that sell gauges that anyone can recommend?

frownonfun

11-05-2009, 09:18 PM

H3LlIoN

11-05-2009, 10:32 PM

jeg's/summit

tk-421

11-05-2009, 10:47 PM

Sorry for what is a lame question , how does your unit fix to the dash .
Trying to work out if it will suit right hand drive cars as well.
cheers :thumbsup:
This piece gets mounted on top of the glovebox door. It will not fit RHD cars, but the piece I sold them originally will.

cruz-gsr

11-05-2009, 10:51 PM

This piece gets mounted on top of the glovebox door. It will not fit RHD cars, but the piece I sold them originally will.

our unit will not fit a RHD. and i used the one i got from tk to make my original.

SilverBack

11-05-2009, 11:29 PM

This piece gets mounted on top of the glovebox door. It will not fit RHD cars, but the piece I sold them originally will.

So will it be glued-on, or will there be screws like the JDM?

anubisx99

11-06-2009, 12:19 AM

ok, so for the mounting we have two options, 1- the unit could be mounted just like the original RHD with 4 long self tappers, in which case will be shipped with a template that you lay down on the glove compartment before pre-drilling, or 2- 1" "L" shape brackets mounted to the inside of the pod line it up and then drill the self tappers, whatever the case may be we'll choose the easiest and quickest way and post pics and instructions...

tk-421

11-06-2009, 01:02 AM

Couldn't you use 3M double sided tape in order to avoid having to drill up your OEM parts? I'm pretty sure the tape would hold and it is very thin (~1mm). http://bit.ly/3Hc8w3

It would just be a matter of adding an extra surface on the back in order to hold more tape...

1NZYaris1

11-06-2009, 01:45 AM

our unit will not fit a RHD. and i used the one i got from tk to make my original.

That's what i thought , no worries ,i was just curious as to how it was
also to fix to the dash .:thumbsup:

H3LlIoN

11-06-2009, 02:03 AM

Sorry for what is a lame question , how does your unit fix to the dash .
Trying to work out if it will suit right hand drive cars as well.
cheers :thumbsup:

Just do a LHD Conversion. :biggrin:

1NZYaris1

11-06-2009, 02:07 AM

Just do a LHD Conversion. :biggrin:

Smart arse ,it would cheaper to fly over there to live .:wink:

H3LlIoN

11-06-2009, 02:13 AM

Cheaper monetarily....but it'd end up costing you your soul, just like the rest of us. :headbang:

anubisx99

11-06-2009, 08:07 AM

gents, you CAN use double sided tape to hold it in place however, the only problem I see (trust me I deal with this issue all day, I'm a sign maker lol) is that after you put the tach and the gauges on it adds a lot of weight to the pod and it might fall off (even with the 3M stuff which is pretty strong) beside the weight issue there's also the problem that even if you find a double sided tape that's 1/4" wide you'll still going to have some showing from the edge of the pod, however installing it is really up to you guys how you preferred, besides you'll need to drill some holes for the wires to pass thru...(if you don want them showing of course)

cruz-gsr

11-07-2009, 01:51 AM

ok guys, correction, for the tach, the opening is actually 3 3/8" not 3.5, that's for the sunpro tach setting, the autometer tho is 3.5 if you have a mini monster (shift light included) otherwise is also 3 3/8, for the small the opening is 2 2/16", double check before you get a tach or otherwise you'll have to "Dremmel" the hole a little bigger

Gideon

11-07-2009, 01:59 AM

Put me down for one, great job guys, thanks for making such a elusive part easier to find and mount to our cars. :thumbup:

cali yaris

11-07-2009, 02:04 AM

was my last post deleted? :frown:

1NZYaris1

11-07-2009, 02:07 AM

was my last post deleted? :frown:

:iono: :iono: :iono: :iono: :iono: :iono:

:redface:

anubisx99

11-07-2009, 05:00 AM

was my last post deleted? :frown:

:iono::confused:put it again Garm:rolleyes:

anubisx99

11-07-2009, 03:23 PM

IT'S FINISHED!!!!
the perfect pod holder for our Yaris, we have corected the few issues we had with the pod, check out this video for the final product:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxYabcUn_wQ

Garm we'll try to ship the pod to you first thing on monday, please check it and let us know, for everybody if Garm gives the ok, you guys can order them from Garm and we'll start fabrication asap, also and most importatly:

THIS HOLDER WAS MADE BY HAND SO FOR AS MUCH AS WE TRIED TO PERFECTED I'M SURE THEY'LL BE A FEW CRITICS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, SO WE PUT A LOT OF WORK IN IT WHEN NO ONE DID...

that been said....hope you all enjoy the new look!!!!

cali yaris

11-07-2009, 07:58 PM

Ready to receive... :clap:

cruz-gsr

11-07-2009, 08:06 PM

pictures and install video tomorrow

anubisx99

11-08-2009, 10:55 AM

no comments anyone?

H3LlIoN

11-08-2009, 11:04 AM

no comments anyone?

wait....so you have to cut a giant hole in the driver's side glove compartment? Did not know that...

anubisx99

11-08-2009, 11:15 AM

wait....so you have to cut a giant hole in the driver's side glove compartment? Did not know that...

:bellyroll::laughabove:...
no, you don't need to, that hole is from our old tach set up, however tach an gauges have different depths so depending witch one you have you might need to do a little dremmeling here and there also, the RHD TRD in lower than ours so I'm 100% sure that you needed to open a holes for the thac/gauges, we made ours a little higher so it clears most of the tach/gauges out there, good question tho...

H3LlIoN

11-08-2009, 11:21 AM

yeah I saw that it makes it so you can't open the door anymore...what did you ultimately decide on in terms of mounting it to the dash?

anubisx99

11-08-2009, 11:26 AM

I'm heading to my brothers right now for install, we'll post the pics/video asap...

advocate

11-08-2009, 04:49 PM

It really looks great guys awesome job. I wanted to go for an OEM look so I was heavily considering just getting an S model cluster but this just has a great aftermarket badass look to it.

Waiting patiently for the install video =)