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SKurj
05-07-2011, 06:39 PM
Ok today I installed Teins, tokico blues and a rear bar on my 09 yaris. Big thanks to all the DIY contributors!

Anyways, where the strut mounts under the hood, doesn't quite look right.. or does it? The strut tower mount is higher than with the oem struts see below.

Both sides are the same:
http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww82/SKurj_Photos/09%20Yaris/IMG_1815.jpg

Before:
http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww82/SKurj_Photos/09%20Yaris/IMG_1791.jpg

After:
http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww82/SKurj_Photos/09%20Yaris/IMG_1822.jpg

WeeYari
05-07-2011, 07:20 PM
Please do a search on "strut gap"

SKurj
05-07-2011, 09:16 PM
Thanks Wee, i feel better now. I wouldn't have known the term even

thebarber
05-07-2011, 10:37 PM
i was just about to post "holy fuck, not ANOTHER thread about the strut gap..."

do the install w/ viperoni?