Carbon Fiber Gas Door - Toyota Yaris Forums

Jerkratt · 06-26-2007, 03:56 PM

heh just bought of of these... i think it will look good after i get the sibon lip kits and stuff

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=300122367642

hasher22 · 06-26-2007, 05:38 PM

coool.....

i was searchin for replacement handles, u can get carbon fibre door addons from ebay.....but replacements are better.....

remember to post some pics of it!

blacksan · 06-26-2007, 05:42 PM

Fiber/Gas Door? Am I just not wrapped tight, or is this funny in a Monty Python kind of humor.

uncleyaris · 06-26-2007, 07:06 PM

Can't wait to see the pics!

cali yaris · 06-26-2007, 07:45 PM

couldn't help it -- I ordered one of those last week too.

I hope it's not crap.

brickhardmeat · 06-26-2007, 08:06 PM

this will definately improve performance

nice little touch on a black car

Ryosuke · 06-26-2007, 08:37 PM

Nice, It would look very good

njyaris · 06-26-2007, 08:46 PM

after i do everything else i'll consider that .. only b/c my pockets are thin

Jerkratt · 06-26-2007, 10:11 PM

haha your the other person who bought one i was wondering everytime i get outbid on something for the yaris i wonder who it is lol i just won the upper lower tie middle lower tie and rear lower tie bars... idk if im going to put all them on or not tho

Jerkratt · 07-27-2007, 04:27 PM

ok so i have it in my hands...... but its rivited in... dont know what size they are nor do i know how to get them out... if anyone can help me out online or in person ill take a drive... get some beer or smokie smokie or something but yeah really wanna put this on

Kaotic Lazagna · 07-27-2007, 05:06 PM

post some pics of the OEM one and the CF one, showing the bolts.

whooppee777 · 07-27-2007, 05:18 PM

would that fit the sedan? haha he said "smokie smokie". only you can prevent forest fires.

*Astroman* · 07-27-2007, 05:30 PM

Usually you have to drill rivets out. And you can easily get a rivet gun w/some rivets and reattach. Although I don't know about the angle they are at... Dunno if this helps at all.

Meteorite Man · 07-27-2007, 05:36 PM

As the site says "Read Carefully", fits HB only!

Ummmm.....Might want to fire up the "smokey smokey" after you are done with the "FUEL" door. flame.gif

I'm sure you can drill out the rivets and use bolts and nuts in their place.

Not sure of the set up from where I sit but can you peel back the inner fender liner and look aft? You might have a better angle there.

SailDesign · 07-27-2007, 05:36 PM

Holy Shi'ite!
You folks are serious? It is simply a stock part, with some carbon twill wrapped over it and clear-coated. So in fact it is HEAVIER than stock by the weight of the carbon and clear-coat.
If it is all "Grade A+" carbon, then it is probably crap, since there is no such grading system for carbon, let alone a color other than black available. All other colors are not carbon - I don't care what the brochure says - they are at the best carbon wrapped in a colored sheath, which adds weight and reduces strength, at the worst they are simply polyester in a twill weave , what everyone thinks of as "carbon" even though it is simply one of hundreds of fabric types available.
Looks? Well, to each his own

I'm not blameless in that department myself, but don't kid yourself you're getting anything special there.

Jerkratt · 07-27-2007, 06:32 PM

dont car rto much as long as it does not like fall apart.. the workmanship looks pretty good.... ill take a pic of the rivets in a little im at my friends house right now ill take pics of the gas door also

Thotprawsis · 07-27-2007, 07:06 PM

Here's a pic of the rivets. Sorry it's so blurry. The head appears to be 1/2" and approx' a 1/16" thick. Maybe someone can i.d. it from this

gas-door1.gif

I hope this helped.

Jerkratt · 07-28-2007, 03:34 AM

hey man thanks... was about to go and upload them

06-26-2007, 03:56 PM	#1
Jerkratt View User's Garage Drives: 08 Yaris Liftback S (RIP 07) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Fair Lawn, NJ Posts: 1,378	Carbon Fiber Gas Door heh just bought of of these... i think it will look good after i get the sibon lip kits and stuff http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=300122367642 __________________ "It hurts more when its wet"

06-26-2007, 05:38 PM	#2
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	coool..... i was searchin for replacement handles, u can get carbon fibre door addons from ebay.....but replacements are better..... remember to post some pics of it! __________________

06-26-2007, 07:45 PM	#5
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	couldn't help it -- I ordered one of those last week too. I hope it's not crap. __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

06-26-2007, 08:06 PM	#6
brickhardmeat Lonesome Cowboy View User's Garage Drives: 2007 WHITE HATCHBACK Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Inner City, Dallas Posts: 2,995	this will definately improve performance nice little touch on a black car __________________ SPONSORED BY

06-26-2007, 08:37 PM	#7
Ryosuke View User's Garage Drives: yaris Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Venezuela Posts: 228	Nice, It would look very good __________________ My Yaris

06-26-2007, 05:42 PM	#3
blacksan Drives: 07 Bayou Blue Liftback Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,121	Fiber/Gas Door? Am I just not wrapped tight, or is this funny in a Monty Python kind of humor.

06-26-2007, 07:06 PM	#4
uncleyaris View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Bayou Blue!!!!!!! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,523	Can't wait to see the pics!

06-26-2007, 08:46 PM	#8
njyaris YARIS NEWBIE View User's Garage Drives: YARIS 07 LIFTBACK Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NORTHERN NEW JERSEY Posts: 159	after i do everything else i'll consider that .. only b/c my pockets are thin __________________ Hudson County, New Jersey

06-26-2007, 10:11 PM	#9
Jerkratt View User's Garage Drives: 08 Yaris Liftback S (RIP 07) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Fair Lawn, NJ Posts: 1,378	haha your the other person who bought one i was wondering everytime i get outbid on something for the yaris i wonder who it is lol i just won the upper lower tie middle lower tie and rear lower tie bars... idk if im going to put all them on or not tho __________________ "It hurts more when its wet"

07-27-2007, 04:27 PM	#10
Jerkratt View User's Garage Drives: 08 Yaris Liftback S (RIP 07) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Fair Lawn, NJ Posts: 1,378	ok so i have it in my hands...... but its rivited in... dont know what size they are nor do i know how to get them out... if anyone can help me out online or in person ill take a drive... get some beer or smokie smokie or something but yeah really wanna put this on __________________ "It hurts more when its wet"

07-27-2007, 05:06 PM	#11
Kaotic Lazagna View User's Garage Drives: '14 GT86, '08 Vitz Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Valley, CA Posts: 9,873	post some pics of the OEM one and the CF one, showing the bolts.

07-27-2007, 05:18 PM	#12
whooppee777 I used to have 1700 posts View User's Garage Drives: 2008 Yaris Hatch Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 808	would that fit the sedan? haha he said "smokie smokie". only you can prevent forest fires. __________________ *First Boosted Yaris On The East Coast*

07-27-2007, 05:30 PM	#13
Astroman Modded Moderator View User's Garage Drives: 07 Toyota Yaris, 71 Galaxie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 3,670	Usually you have to drill rivets out. And you can easily get a rivet gun w/some rivets and reattach. Although I don't know about the angle they are at... Dunno if this helps at all. __________________ Please visit my online store for computer stuff and Official Yarisworld decals!

07-27-2007, 05:36 PM	#14
Meteorite Man Passin' The Gas...Station Drives: Same As You But Different Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Taunton, Mass Posts: 266	As the site says "Read Carefully", fits HB only! Ummmm.....Might want to fire up the "smokey smokey" after you are done with the "FUEL" door. flame.gif I'm sure you can drill out the rivets and use bolts and nuts in their place. Not sure of the set up from where I sit but can you peel back the inner fender liner and look aft? You might have a better angle there. __________________ MY Gas Station Attendant Misses Me... Chuck

07-27-2007, 05:36 PM	#15
SailDesign Drives: . Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: . Posts: 1,931	Holy Shi'ite! You folks are serious? It is simply a stock part, with some carbon twill wrapped over it and clear-coated. So in fact it is HEAVIER than stock by the weight of the carbon and clear-coat. If it is all "Grade A+" carbon, then it is probably crap, since there is no such grading system for carbon, let alone a color other than black available. All other colors are not carbon - I don't care what the brochure says - they are at the best carbon wrapped in a colored sheath, which adds weight and reduces strength, at the worst they are simply polyester in a twill weave , what everyone thinks of as "carbon" even though it is simply one of hundreds of fabric types available. Looks? Well, to each his own I'm not blameless in that department myself, but don't kid yourself you're getting anything special there.

07-27-2007, 06:32 PM	#16
Jerkratt View User's Garage Drives: 08 Yaris Liftback S (RIP 07) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Fair Lawn, NJ Posts: 1,378	dont car rto much as long as it does not like fall apart.. the workmanship looks pretty good.... ill take a pic of the rivets in a little im at my friends house right now ill take pics of the gas door also __________________ "It hurts more when its wet"

07-27-2007, 07:06 PM	#17
Thotprawsis View User's Garage Drives: '07 Blazin' Blue LB Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 201	Here's a pic of the rivets. Sorry it's so blurry. The head appears to be 1/2" and approx' a 1/16" thick. Maybe someone can i.d. it from this gas-door1.gif I hope this helped.

07-28-2007, 03:34 AM	#18
Jerkratt View User's Garage Drives: 08 Yaris Liftback S (RIP 07) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Fair Lawn, NJ Posts: 1,378	hey man thanks... was about to go and upload them __________________ "It hurts more when its wet"

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