Summertime

[ChinoCharles]

Spent the past couple days going crazy... tire rotation, got her on jack stands and sprayed her belly off, hit the wheel wells, removed much of the interior paneling and vaccuumed like crazy, treated the plastics, wash, wax, spray detail. Results...


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I know all you guys are out there prepping her for summer. Lets see your pictures!

[eTiMaGo]

wow if you treat your GF with this much TLC, she's gotta be one happy woman!

But yeah, she looks goooood!
If I showed you a picture of my car right now, you'd cry... I got splashed by a car going through a big muddy puddle, so the car is BROWN :cry:

[ChinoCharles]

wow if you treat your GF with this much TLC, she's gotta be one happy woman!

I do and she is. :laugh:

[brickhardmeat]

Car looks really great.

[ChinoCharles]

First I smoked everything but the white part, but then I decided I would rather have the whole thing dark and lose the reverse light functionality. Its easy enough to poke your head out the window to see behind you at night anyway. Those tail lights are going in the boneyard soon, as I plan to replace them with a smoked set of JDM replicas via our good friend Thomas.

I also have an idea for the badges on the car and ordered the piece I needed today. Stay tuned for that.

[blacksan]

Good job. Are the wheels fading some, or did you paint them flat black? The reason I ask is I am considering flat black finish before I do the pinstripe around the edge.

[ChinoCharles]

The wheels are fading and spotty oddly enough. The only thing I could think of that would cause that would be tire shine, which contains petroleum distillates and over time has turned my first set of wheels brown. Needless to say this is the last time I use tire shine on a set of tires. Anyway, if I were you I would paint them flat black first. Just allow them proper time to dry. Also, a trick to getting the paint to set well is to hit the underside of the surface with a torch gently to heat it up a bit while the paint is drying. It will help the paint cure to a hard, tough finish fit for use on a wheel. Also, be sure to clear coat it many, many times over. It will buy you time before they chip, which they will eventually.

[Doc Zaius]

Got a huge order of Zaino products on the way (thanks Charles!). So the first weekend that I have absolutely nothing to do for an entire day, I'll be making the jellybean all pretty! :biggrin:

[blacksan]

The wheels are fading and spotty oddly enough. The only thing I could think of that would cause that would be tire shine, which contains petroleum distillates and over time has turned my first set of wheels brown. Needless to say this is the last time I use tire shine on a set of tires. Anyway, if I were you I would paint them flat black first. Just allow them proper time to dry. Also, a trick to getting the paint to set well is to hit the underside of the surface with a torch gently to heat it up a bit while the paint is drying. It will help the paint cure to a hard, tough finish fit for use on a wheel. Also, be sure to clear coat it many, many times over. It will buy you time before they chip, which they will eventually.

If things work out I am getting a spare set and they will be powdercoated.

[Doc Zaius]

Fresh from a wash a couple weekends ago:

http://lh6.google.com/image/manttila/RjFWOgdKxDI/AAAAAAAAAyY/LY4mF2aaa2Y/IMG_0870.JPG?imgmax=800


Later that night:

http://lh4.google.com/image/manttila/RjFU0AdKw6I/AAAAAAAAAxQ/KXXOSiCi5gg/IMG_0832.JPG?imgmax=800


Double trouble... hahahahha! :biggrin:

http://lh3.google.com/image/manttila/RjFV5wdKxBI/AAAAAAAAAyI/EM7ihkt4Dco/IMG_0862.JPG?imgmax=800

:thumbup:

[blacksan]

Sweet! I think a little tire dressing would have been the cherry on top.

[joey1320]

clean cars guys. really good jobs!
mine is really dirty, i'll prob. wash it tomorrow since i'm off. but then i'm leaving for florida tomorrow night so the car is gonna sit outside for 10 days... what to do, what to do, don't know what to do???

[Kaotic Lazagna]

i'm blind now! lol...shinny.

[eTiMaGo]

Here we go, bright shiny day today, car freshly cleaned, freshly photographed... I was walking up the stairs and looked out the window and had a big smile on my face :biggrin:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

man, your Yaris is one of the nicest Yarii out there!

[eTiMaGo]

ahhaha thanks... and it's not even close to done yet...

[blacksan]

Sweet!

[Kaotic Lazagna]

ahhaha thanks... and it's not even close to done yet...

can't wait to see what else you have in store for your Yaris. btw, all my friends mention your Yaris when they look up Yaris online (more specifically, YW.) :thumbsup:

[eTiMaGo]

Ah I'm blushing now... Go look up that photoshop of my car, that's essentially a teaser of things to come :biggrin:

[uncleyaris]

Got a huge order of Zaino products on the way (thanks Charles!). So the first weekend that I have absolutely nothing to do for an entire day, I'll be making the jellybean all pretty! :biggrin:

That Zaino shit is f....n the bomb. I gotta get me some and congrats on the tails. that bitch is smokin'!!!!!!!!1:thumbup:

[BokChoi]

just cleaned and ridin' steelies

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l228/rockets1wu1/IMG_0565.jpghttp://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l228/rockets1wu1/IMG_0564.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l228/rockets1wu1/IMG_0558.jpghttp://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l228/rockets1wu1/IMG_0555.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l228/rockets1wu1/IMG_0557.jpg

[blacksan]

Thomas. you ride is most definitely appealing, but I must stick with BokChoi as he is in WV and I am in VA. We hicks must stick together!!!

[BokChoi]

Thomas. you ride is most definitely appealing, but I must stick with BokChoi as he is in WV and I am in VA. We hicks must stick together!!!

lolololz im asianhick prolly the first and only

[blacksan]

lolololz im asianhick prolly the first and only

Holmes, you is my bruda as you are in WV!:biggrin:

[BokChoi]

http://www.amranshriners.us/images/photos/hillbillies/Hillbillies2.jpg

[blacksan]

http://www.amranshriners.us/images/photos/hillbillies/Hillbillies2.jpg

My family!!! So, what is your point.:biggrin:

[Black Yaris]

That look like a photo of most of the customer from my old work, in Monroe, MI

[spkrman]

Here we go, bright shiny day today, car freshly cleaned, freshly photographed... I was walking up the stairs and looked out the window and had a big smile on my face :biggrin:

wow, looks like a toy car.

pull it back, wind it up, and watch it goooooooooooo :thumbup:

[eTiMaGo]

wow, looks like a toy car.

pull it back, wind it up, and watch it goooooooooooo :thumbup:

I prefer these...

[grampi]

Fresh from a wash a couple weekends ago:

http://lh6.google.com/image/manttila/RjFWOgdKxDI/AAAAAAAAAyY/LY4mF2aaa2Y/IMG_0870.JPG?imgmax=800


Later that night:

http://lh4.google.com/image/manttila/RjFU0AdKw6I/AAAAAAAAAxQ/KXXOSiCi5gg/IMG_0832.JPG?imgmax=800


Double trouble... hahahahha! :biggrin:

http://lh3.google.com/image/manttila/RjFV5wdKxBI/AAAAAAAAAyI/EM7ihkt4Dco/IMG_0862.JPG?imgmax=800

:thumbup:

Wow, red is definitely THE color for the LB! I like the factory alloys too. Did you have to order your's with this package, or were you lucky enough to find it on a lot?

[Doc Zaius]

Wow, red is definitely THE color for the LB! I like the factory alloys too. Did you have to order your's with this package, or were you lucky enough to find it on a lot?

Thanks, grampi! :thumbsup:

I bought mine back in October of 2005... I had to order it as they had just been released in Canada in September, but my dealership didn't get any until late November! (I had to wait till January '06!) Anyhow, so ya, didn't find it on the lot... the RS is a bit harder to come by. :cool:

[grampi]

Thanks, grampi! :thumbsup:

I bought mine back in October of 2005... I had to order it as they had just been released in Canada in September, but my dealership didn't get any until late November! (I had to wait till January '06!) Anyhow, so ya, didn't find it on the lot... the RS is a bit harder to come by. :cool:

I haven't heard of the RS. Is RS a package? If so what does it come with, and is it availabel in the states?

[Doc Zaius]

I haven't heard of the RS. Is RS a package? If so what does it come with, and is it availabel in the states?

The RS is like the sport-level package. We have 4 trim lines for the hatchback in Canada... 3-door base & RS, and 5-door base & RS. The RS adds alloys, fogs, side skirts, and a small spoiler; RS Interior is all black, with bucket seats. Aaaannnd, I don't think it's available in the States.

Check out toyota.ca (http://www.toyota.ca) if you want to see more specifics on the RS.

[Black Yaris]

nope not in the states... it sux... but as soon as an RS pops up in a Canadian boneyard in Southern ON I am so snaggin the Black interior, I have been checkin for one every month or so since I found out about the RS

[grampi]

The RS is like the sport-level package. We have 4 trim lines for the hatchback in Canada... 3-door base & RS, and 5-door base & RS. The RS adds alloys, fogs, side skirts, and a small spoiler; RS Interior is all black, with bucket seats. Aaaannnd, I don't think it's available in the States.

Check out toyota.ca (http://www.toyota.ca) if you want to see more specifics on the RS.

Wow, I just noticed your's is a 5 door! Sweet! I like that better than 3 door version.

[Black Yaris]

Wish we had the 5 door as well... I live so close to Windor, and you do not know how many time I have pondered what it would take to import a black 5 door RS here... I just want to buy it and drive it over :~(

[glxBoSS]

Wish we had the 5 door as well... I live so close to Windor, and you do not know how many time I have pondered what it would take to import a black 5 door RS here... I just want to buy it and drive it over :~(

Forgive my ignorance but what kept you from doing just that??

I'm asking becuase had I known about Canadian spec 5 door RS I would have tried to get one.

I had a friend who moved down from the North and he brought his Nissan down with him..but I didn't think to ask him what was involved.

[Sway84]

Here we go, bright shiny day today, car freshly cleaned, freshly photographed... I was walking up the stairs and looked out the window and had a big smile on my face :biggrin:

how do i fix my headlights to remove that yellow side parking reflector?...i want it looking like etimagos

[eTiMaGo]

how do i fix my headlights to remove that yellow side parking reflector?...i want it looking like etimagos

Mine didn't come with those :biggrin: They're a requirement for North American Yarii, but I think you can take the headlight apart and remove the reflector part, though be careful, it's quite possible you could get a ticket for that...

[tk-421]

how do i fix my headlights to remove that yellow side parking reflector?...i want it looking like etimagos

You could follow this DIY to split your headlights open (and give them a nice color while you're at it):
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1525

[Sway84]

i was thinkin of colouring it...but is that legal in canada?... hmmm... maybe a blue tint instead of yellow?... im affraid of tickets lol

[brickhardmeat]

You should be fine if you just smoke them. If you paint over them you will lose the reflective quality.