My Yaris so far

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Finally decided to pot up the pics of where I'm at with my Yaris right now. When I bought the car a few years ago it was simply to get me from A to B and I swore I'd never change anything on the car. Hehehe that changed once I started to teach myself how to wrench a car and realized that I wanted to actually enjoy my commute and not just tolerate it.

Couple things I wanted to keep in mind when making mods:

-Keep it classy (subjective, I know)
-Keep it looking like a sport factory version of a Yaris or a euro inspired sport version whatever that it. Essentially I didn't ant it to look like t had a bunch of cheap mis fitting add ons (like fake vents, bullet hole stickers etc)
-Keep it reliable to be able to get me to school and back every day
-Still needs to be able to run in the winter and in snow
-Keep the ride still DDable so not ridiculously jarring.

Things I've done:
MI lowering springs, Excel G front struts, Tokiko Blue's rear shocks, Painted trunk lip, Vitz and vvt-i rear emblems, plasti dipped white emblems and grill lip, blacked out rear chrome trunk bar, TRD side emblems, TRD white weighted shift knob, white dipped interior panels, modified seat for "sport" like feel, rear 10m hub spacers w/ camber shims, In cabin and under hood MI short shift kit, MI/Golden Eagle intake manifold, DC header, TRD short ram air intake, HID projectorswith LED halos, blacked out interior headlights, Sickspeed white dual horns (>100dB), Primary cat deleted custom 2.25" exhaust, oil catch can, MI lightweight crank pulley, Front stainless steel braided brake lines, TRD rear sway bar, 1zz Throttle body, front splitter, window vents, front camber bolts, black painted drums, calipers, Viper keyless entry, gas pedal shim for better response, painted engine bay

Things added this month:
Install my Mugen GP's 15x6.5 35 offset bronze color. Install triple gauges pod (oil temp, pressure and vacuum).

Things I plan on doing in near future:
Lightweight flywheel and stage 1 clutch, driver side bucket racing seat

I plan on having this car as long as possible (hoping for a 20 year car) so I rust proof it every spring and always cover any paint chips I find. Currently run 0w30 Mobil1 oil on 10k km OCI, currently testing a 13k OCI after last UOA. I'll hopefully be doing a couple autox events this year for fun to have some fun. A lot of my km's are on the highway and mostly avoid traffic. I drive it hard (within it's limits) every few days when it's fully warmed up. I wax the car every months or so in the summer and mid way in the winter. Paint is looking pretty good so far.

best part of this build is that my fiancee loves this car almost as much as me. She's not afraid to tell me what types of mods she hates ie: non function massive spoiler seen on a passing car or ridiculously loud exhaust on an otherwise stock looking car. Somehow I've manged to keep it within her "classy" range.















The new wheels will change the look quite a bit with there much better fitment.