Which is best to lift Yaris??

[Abdoo]

Hey there everyone,

This is my first post on this great forum, so please bear with me, I have a 2008 Yaris (Gulf).

I live in Yemen where roads are not very well done, broken and the bumps are huge which may cause the bottom of my yaris to scrape if I am carrying four people in my car...

I've heard of lift up kits, but unfortunately they do not provide them here in Yemen, however what we have are are I think are spacers but they come in either aluminum or rubber I have attached two pictures showing them...

My tire size is 185/65/15 as seen below..

My question is which would be better the aluminum or the rubber? Because I am getting biased opinions from mechanics..

On a side note someone advised me to get the rear coils of the corolla 2007 and place them on my yaris which will give it a lift up what do you guys think? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180128/5e116be8663d650a570ce43df000384e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180128/3b58fc40fc5f26c9a24e93ba3e40f024.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180128/6e1b80bf53e3bd32ce32e141a037ba8e.jpg

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[Type-Y]

Have you seen this thread?

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58448

[malibuguy]

rubber would be quieter...however may eventually split and break up. Aluminum would be the way to go or just a taller rear spring. Up front just make a spacer that goes on top of the strut. Many Subaru kits are like that simple strut spacers. Anything crazy you will need to start re-engineering geometry angles

[Abdoo]

I placed the rubber ones yesterday, because I figured it was a safer choice..

They are 4mm tall and were placed above the rear coils...

However I no problem with scraping the front of my car on the bumps so I just left them...

Is it necessary to place spacers on the from struts if I lifted the rear??

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[malibuguy]

I placed the rubber ones yesterday, because I figured it was a safer choice..

They are 4mm tall and were placed above the rear coils...

However I no problem with scraping the front of my car on the bumps so I just left them...

Is it necessary to place spacers on the from struts if I lifted the rear??

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Really no as 4mm is nothing significant.

[zimmer]

rubber would be quieter...however may eventually split and break up. Aluminum would be the way to go or just a taller rear spring. Up front just make a spacer that goes on top of the strut. Many Subaru kits are like that simple strut spacers. Anything crazy you will need to start re-engineering geometry angles

We will be working on buddy's Yaris right after we installed the new set of tires and forged wheels (http://4wheelonline.com/forged-wheels.292396) plus brake job on his truck project. He wants to lift the Yaris. We'll take a look at the Subaru kits.

[David C]

Maybe you could install a set of air bag in the coils to keep them from sagging down too much under load, like the Firestone Coil-Rite kit #4136 https://www.etrailer.com/Vehicle-Suspension/Firestone/F4136.html

I'm about to do this on my Yaris since I plan to drive a 5 000km trip with bikes and a lot of cargo and don't want to have the headlights shooting too high and the car sagging for 5-7 days in a row.