underseat tray

[BMGYaris]

hey, I just recently found out that some of you have trays under your passenger seat. I was plannning to make one of these coming out of my passenger glovebox actually, but under the seat would be way sexier. I think i have too many wires there though because of the airbags. Anyway, if anybody can take pics of your tray that would be awesome, it sounds so cool, i really wish i had one.

[Pars]

yeah, there's more then enough space under the front passenger seat for a tray. Too bad I don't have one. :frown:

Another good place for a tray is under the rear bench seats. There's also a bit of wasted space down there.

[spkrman]

lots of room under all the seats in the LB

[paultyler_82]

Soooo.... which models have the tray and which ones dont?

[St_G]

What's the function of this tray thing?

[punch]

What's the function of this tray thing?

to hold stuff, slides in and out

[BMGYaris]

OH come on guys make better contributions than that...:) i really want to see some photos of it, how its connected, and how it looks pulled out and everything. hoping to make some myself for all around my car, id like to see what the stock one is like

[Chris07LB]

We have a what??? :confused:

Never seen that before, will have to check tomorrow..

[acrbill]

I googled yaris seat tray and every hit was from non north American Toyota sites. It might be because we have weight sensitive seats that trigger the passenger side airbag. If you ever look under you seat you will see the wiring for it.

[jaspie]

Yes.....mine has the under passenger seat tray ~

I will take photos soon if you guys want to see ~ I found that was an interesting place too but I like it ~ Though haven't used it yet ~

Will show photos soon ~

[paultyler_82]

I didn't think I'd ever seen this on a North American model, our PT Cruiser had it... one of the very very few neat features on that POS

[hasher22]

I cant even find my one under the passenger seat.....

[acrbill]

I didn't think I'd ever seen this on a North American model, our PT Cruiser had it... one of the very very few neat features on that POS

It was pretty nice. You could fit all sorts of junk in there. Since the seats where on stilts there was tons of room for the big drawer. I even fitted a 10 disc changer under the drivers seat.

[Adriaan]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e206/adriaan007/underseattray.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e206/adriaan007/understeeringwheel.jpg

here a photo of the under seat tray in taiwan they have them on the yaris, also there can work on north America version since there driving style is like ours.

there also a small tray that goes under the steering wheel like this good place for sunglass, stereo remotes etc.

Now all that is left is for part numbers.

They have alot over there to see more go to http://www.yaris.com.tw/index.asp
press enter, skip etc. go to navigation click on the car with the girl in the back seat and then the center button to see all what they have. If you click on the sports version they have the hid lights & housing that will work with our car. just fyi for you guys.

[Nutzoids]

Dear Vendors...

I want all those little compartments for storage... I love that one under the steering wheel! Get on the ball and start selling them here in the US of A... Come on, anything to make a Buck right? Why is America always left by the wayside when it comes to cars and options???

Thank you,

:evil:

[SmellyTofu]

My knee area in the 2nd pic has an airbag. No space there.

[acrbill]

That under steering wheel shelf looks nice. You have to wonder why they would leave that out on the U.S. model? When I did my alarm install I noticed there was all sorts of room back there. I can see not wanting to add stuff like the tray to keep costs down but that shelf area wouldn't cost any more to install.

[punch]

I didn't think I'd ever seen this on a North American model, our PT Cruiser had it... one of the very very few neat features on that POS

I loved my pt cruiser, as does acrbill

[Violin]

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[acrbill]

The question of the hour is what type of bulb that headlight uses. If you can get away with buying those headlights and using an ebay HID kit that would be sweet. If you had to buy all the HID stuff from Toyota that would be super expensive and probably not worth it.

[SmellyTofu]

If you actually look carefully, there's 2 bulbs in there. One for low beam, and below for high beam.

If you feel buying Ebay stuff is worth the effort for additional glare to oncoming cars, then by all means go for it.

[Violin]

You can pick up new Philips D2S bulbs for about $30-40 each. They'll last about 3,000 hours.

[paultyler_82]

The biggest problem I see with transplanting some of these parts is the fact that Japanese cars drive on the other side of the road and drivers side is on the right. On the under steeringwheel tray, i'm not sure it would fit perfectly, as the panel that replaces it on US cars may actually be a mirror image shape, and if the panels aren't symetrical, it nixes a plug and play approach. If I was able to get one of the Japanese panels, there's always a possibility I could use it and the US panel to make a US-fit panel with the Japanese storage tray in it, possibly make several out of fiberglass. As for the underseat tray, besides having to make up the bracketry to get it to fit, you'd also need to find a way to keep it from catching on any of the passenger sensor wires. Finally, the headlights, they're problematic for two reasons, they're made for cars that are RHD, the beam pattern will be completely improper for US roads, as the upward spike in the cutoff will point toward oncoming traffic, blinding them, and pretty much assuring you will be bright-flashed by other drivers and probably pulled over for failure to dim headlights. Unlike projectors, this isn't a simple fix like a swapped shield, Reflector patterns are near impossible to modify without replacing the entire thing. The other problem with the JDM headlights is the lack of the Amber reflector, US Law mandates an amber reflex reflector on the front side of a motor vehicle, and while some jurisdictions really don't enforce this, you're just asking for trouble if you ever move to or drive through one that does. We could probably could have gotten away with cleared headlights if only Toyota had made those side turn signal repeaters with a reflexive amber shell, that would have satisfied the requirement for a side front amber reflector.

[acrbill]

If you actually look carefully, there's 2 bulbs in there. One for low beam, and below for high beam.

If you feel buying Ebay stuff is worth the effort for additional glare to oncoming cars, then by all means go for it.

The glare is created by the headlight housing not the bulb. If the housing is an HID housing then any HID should have the same pattern.

[acrbill]

The biggest problem I see with transplanting some of these parts is the fact that Japanese cars drive on the other side of the road and drivers side is on the right. On the under steeringwheel tray, i'm not sure it would fit perfectly, as the panel that replaces it on US cars may actually be a mirror image shape, and if the panels aren't symetrical, it nixes a plug and play approach. If I was able to get one of the Japanese panels, there's always a possibility I could use it and the US panel to make a US-fit panel with the Japanese storage tray in it, possibly make several out of fiberglass. As for the underseat tray, besides having to make up the bracketry to get it to fit, you'd also need to find a way to keep it from catching on any of the passenger sensor wires. Finally, the headlights, they're problematic for two reasons, they're made for cars that are RHD, the beam pattern will be completely improper for US roads, as the upward spike in the cutoff will point toward oncoming traffic, blinding them, and pretty much assuring you will be bright-flashed by other drivers and probably pulled over for failure to dim headlights. Unlike projectors, this isn't a simple fix like a swapped shield, Reflector patterns are near impossible to modify without replacing the entire thing. The other problem with the JDM headlights is the lack of the Amber reflector, US Law mandates an amber reflex reflector on the front side of a motor vehicle, and while some jurisdictions really don't enforce this, you're just asking for trouble if you ever move to or drive through one that does. We could probably could have gotten away with cleared headlights if only Toyota had made those side turn signal repeaters with a reflexive amber shell, that would have satisfied the requirement for a side front amber reflector.

Look at that website. The cars they show are LHD. Thats a Taiwan Toyota site.

[paultyler_82]

Look at that website. The cars they show are LHD. Thats a Taiwan Toyota site.

Wow... so they are... I wasn't even paying attention, well in that case, all parts (except the underseat shelf, because of the wires) should fit fine... this has got to be the only toyota global site I didn't check when I was looking for parts unavailable on US models... There is still the matter of the amber reflectors, of course, but that's minor, and most people won't care, just watch where you're driving, some jurisdictions are pretty tough on DOT/SAE regulations. Even the HIDs will be fine, Taiwan drives on the right, like us, I've got some of the Taiwanese model Cefiro one-piece headlights on my I30, much better than the separate headlight/corner signal units stock on the I30, plus even with a halogen reflector, it has a fairly definite cutoff, I think Taiwan uses the ECE standard for thier headlights, good sharp pattern, better than the blurry or spotty (in halogen applications) DOT beam patterns

[SmellyTofu]

The glare is created by the headlight housing not the bulb. If the housing is an HID housing then any HID should have the same pattern.

Link us a place from Ebay where I can buy a HID housing from Taiwan (being a LHD country)?

[Billstein]

If you actually look carefully, there's 2 bulbs in there. One for low beam, and below for high beam.

If you feel buying Ebay stuff is worth the effort for additional glare to oncoming cars, then by all means go for it.

Ah I put new lamps in my lower front they are 5w driving lights:cool:

[paultyler_82]

Link us a place from Ebay where I can buy a HID housing from Taiwan (being a LHD country)?

Eh... doubt you'll find any on Ebay, you'll more than likely have to find an importer that can buy them direct.

[mutatio]

so the bulbs light up the tray? new thread anyone? ;)

[Pars]

So, does this under seat tray actually exist? Cause I haven't seen any photos. :confused:

[paultyler_82]

This right here, from the first page

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e206/adriaan007/underseattray.jpg



is a pic of the tray.

[nsmitchell]

The leather is bad ass! :drool:

[sewid]

Australian delivered Yaris didn't get this because they put the jack under the passenger seat.

[SmellyTofu]

sewid, look again because there is one under the passenger's seat below the fore and aft adjustment for the seat.

[sewid]

sewid, look again because there is one under the passenger's seat below the fore and aft adjustment for the seat.

Cool. I hope so. I just looked yesterday and saw a jack. I'll have to look more closely........

[SmellyTofu]

You're looking at the wrong end. Go from the front.

[jaspie]

Australian delivered Yaris didn't get this because they put the jack under the passenger seat.

Huh? I have one though.....and the Jack is there too ~

I was just playing around with it the other day ~ Quite useful actually ~

Jaspie ~

[hasher22]

Huh? I have one though.....and the Jack is there too ~

I was just playing around with it the other day ~ Quite useful actually ~

Jaspie ~

i cant find the dam thing..................

or is it in the YRX version only?

ill try find it again today........if i do find it...great a nice place to store my weed

[SmellyTofu]

i cant find the dam thing..................

or is it in the YRX version only?

ill try find it again today........if i do find it...great a nice place to store my weed

It appears to be a YRX only thing according to the web site.

[hasher22]

It appears to be a YRX only thing according to the web site.

Then there you go......thanks for clearing that up....

[jaspie]

Ok.....I didn't know it was only in the YRX ~

It's quite handy actually ~ Mayby custom/after market ones are for sale if you guys really wanted one?

Jaspie ~

[Jem_hadar]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e206/adriaan007/underseattray.jpg



Awesome! Wish my car had come w/ that standard!! Would be soooo effing handy!!

[hasher22]

They couldnt impliment that change in all Yaris models..... errrrrr what was toyota thinking..."only the ones that buys the higher standard models can get a cheap $50 plastic tray.." yay

[Jfoofoo]

WOW.. I am from Taiwan and the Taiwan version of Yaris has so much more in it than US version.. some of us can't even find power package to go alone with our car.. in Taiwan they got all the control on the steering wheel. leather seats, sound activated dome lights. Smart key and much more.. now I am jealous...

[IsLNdbOi]

Necro. bump. Anyone ever find these for sale anywhere?

[elmo]

my wifes Echo has the tray sadly my hatch don't

[fluke_boy]

I used to own a 2001 Echo and it had that kind of tray underneath the front passenger seat. After a while it got annoying wherein whenever I hit the brakes that tray would slide open.

[birdman]

The US Echo models have one under the passenger seat. It might be worth a look at one to see if the seat frames are similar enough to allow the Echo one to be installed underneath the passenger seat of the Yaris.

[upgradedyaris]

Can someone get these!?! The Echo has it but want it in my Yaris!

[Yarrris-Wench]

Yes let me know for sure if anyone finds it. That would be pretty nifty to have, as well as that under steering wheel compartment.