ULTRA RACING braces - Toyota Yaris Forums

botchilah · 05-07-2009, 01:11 PM

Haven't posted in a while here so I thought I'd share my experience after putting in Ultra Racing (plus some Megan Racing) braces in my Yaris. After spending about 600 bucks to install the following:

1.) front strut-bar
2.) front lower 4-pt brace
3.) side lower brace
4.) room bar
5.) rear lower 2-pt (Megan)
6.) middle lower 2-pt (Megan)
7.) rear combination suspension brace and sway bar (Megan)

I have to say the car now feels so very very tight! Handling has improved significantly in that steering response is better, it's so much more easier to get the tail out with the yank of the e-brake (much harder before) and at high speed the car feels a edgier compared to before.

It stiffened up the car so much that the ride has changed drastically. Of course NVH is up but I knew that coming into this so I'm not complaining. It really feels like I put a 'cage in the car, omparingg it to my two other cars that I installed roll-cages in (Evo and Supra).

I know some 'experts' will argue I wasted money on some/all of these braces but hell I swear by all these braces put together in theYris, not exactly what you'd call a 'stiff' chassis out of the box. Even with new 17' 57 Motorsports wheels and 205/45 tires, the suspension is just really transformed thanks to the really stiff chassis.

I'm just waiting for the fender brace. I didn't install the rear strut brace anymore as I won't be able to fit my golf bag and spare wheels and tires for myself and my buddies when we hit the track. I'm amazed the Yaris, with the rear seats down, will swallo 17' and probably even 18' wheels and tires! Fantastic!

FYI the UR stuff is made out of chromoly-steel alloy. Not as light as some of the CF / titanium / aluminum Cusco but the overall weight added to the car was a measly 20 kilos (we weighed them in all before installing).

Hope others who ave UR braces or similar can chime in. :)

My issue now is how to go about upgrading the suspension. Coil-overs, shocks n springs or just springs? Oh well, gotta try a Yaris with coil-overs first hehehe

awdblazer · 05-07-2009, 01:19 PM

post pics!!!

BLAZINBLUEVITZ · 05-07-2009, 01:20 PM

botchilah · 05-07-2009, 01:28 PM

You know I'd love to but I just plain suck at these things (still somewhat living in the stone age hehehe). I can email pics to someone who can post them up for me hehehehe

mikenacarato · 05-07-2009, 01:28 PM

pikturs!

33OH · 05-07-2009, 02:18 PM

Email me and I'll post them. ryankerch@gmail.com

botchilah · 05-09-2009, 08:51 AM

ryank thanks for the offer! Gimme a few more days to get the fender bars installed (will take almost an entire day to install since the front fenders, front bumper, headlights and some other stuff will have to be removed) and get pics of the car underneath to show off the braces there, which is quite a lot!

botchilah · 05-16-2009, 11:52 AM

BUMP!

I am sending some pics to ryank now. Sorry for the quality of the pics, I forgot to bring my camera and had to use my phone camera with shaky hands.

There was a HUGE difference when I finally installed the fender braces. NVH increased tremendously, and tire noise from the tires was noticeably louder.

The good part? There's a very nasty expansion joint I have to go through on EDSA, our main intra-city highway. WHenever I'd pass through these expansion joints before in any car, the entire front end would really shake hard with a loud bang and sometimes the steering wheel would kickback violently. Yeah I know I should slow down for this. The Yaris was no exception. But when I intentionally passed it earlier, there was simply a mild thump but the Yaris kept going straight and there was none of that loud, crashing sound followed by really harsh vibration and sudden steering wheel kickback. The entire front end feels solid, I'm impressed!

botchilah · 05-18-2009, 12:25 PM

UPDATE: the fender braces, which bolt up to the front door hinges have slightly misaligned my front doors. I'll have to align them again this weekend, hopefully aftrwards it should close better. Still waiting for ryank to post pics online of the pictures of the braces I took.

33OH · 05-18-2009, 01:38 PM

cali yaris · 05-18-2009, 02:18 PM

very nice! -- when you say "misaligned", can we see what that looks like?

ROCKLAND TOYOTA · 05-18-2009, 03:55 PM

where's the room bar and underside braces?

botchilah · 05-18-2009, 11:01 PM

Re underside braces, it's the white A-shaped bars on the 2nd picture that's sandwiching the red Megan bar. I could not get good clear pictures because the lighting sucked big time. RE room bar, damn I knew I forgot something! Will take more pictures and have ryank post them for me again soon.

botchilah · 05-18-2009, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cali yaris

very nice! -- when you say "misaligned", can we see what that looks like?

cali, you can't really see it. It's just that the door doesn't close as smoothly, like the hinges forced the door to move upward/downward a bit by maybe no more than a millimeter so the edges of the door catch the door frame / jamb before it closes.

cali yaris · 05-18-2009, 11:12 PM

Quote:

where's the room bar and underside braces?

on my website, and in stock

battleversiontc · 05-18-2009, 11:23 PM

wow since when did they have the ones for the inside fenders

cali yaris · 05-19-2009, 01:24 AM

Since I started selling them... just kidding, actually longer than that, but they are in stock:

http://shop.microimageonline.com/pro...&productId=136

side underbraces too!

http://shop.microimageonline.com/pro...&productId=135

AlainMikli · 05-19-2009, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cali yaris

Since I started selling them... just kidding, actually longer than that, but they are in stock:

http://shop.microimageonline.com/pro...&productId=136

side underbraces too!

http://shop.microimageonline.com/pro...&productId=135

I just realized you got those in stock today, I have to think about the fender Brace then

05-07-2009, 01:11 PM	#1
botchilah Drives: white and red shiny things Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 140	ULTRA RACING braces Haven't posted in a while here so I thought I'd share my experience after putting in Ultra Racing (plus some Megan Racing) braces in my Yaris. After spending about 600 bucks to install the following: 1.) front strut-bar 2.) front lower 4-pt brace 3.) side lower brace 4.) room bar 5.) rear lower 2-pt (Megan) 6.) middle lower 2-pt (Megan) 7.) rear combination suspension brace and sway bar (Megan) I have to say the car now feels so very very tight! Handling has improved significantly in that steering response is better, it's so much more easier to get the tail out with the yank of the e-brake (much harder before) and at high speed the car feels a edgier compared to before. It stiffened up the car so much that the ride has changed drastically. Of course NVH is up but I knew that coming into this so I'm not complaining. It really feels like I put a 'cage in the car, omparingg it to my two other cars that I installed roll-cages in (Evo and Supra). I know some 'experts' will argue I wasted money on some/all of these braces but hell I swear by all these braces put together in theYris, not exactly what you'd call a 'stiff' chassis out of the box. Even with new 17' 57 Motorsports wheels and 205/45 tires, the suspension is just really transformed thanks to the really stiff chassis. I'm just waiting for the fender brace. I didn't install the rear strut brace anymore as I won't be able to fit my golf bag and spare wheels and tires for myself and my buddies when we hit the track. I'm amazed the Yaris, with the rear seats down, will swallo 17' and probably even 18' wheels and tires! Fantastic! FYI the UR stuff is made out of chromoly-steel alloy. Not as light as some of the CF / titanium / aluminum Cusco but the overall weight added to the car was a measly 20 kilos (we weighed them in all before installing). Hope others who ave UR braces or similar can chime in. :) My issue now is how to go about upgrading the suspension. Coil-overs, shocks n springs or just springs? Oh well, gotta try a Yaris with coil-overs first hehehe __________________ 08' Yaris HB 5dr: RAYS 57 Motorsports 17X7 / K&N SRI / TANABE axleback exhaust / ULTRA RACING complete braces / MEGAN RACING complete braces / NEX coilovers / NEX 330mm 4-pot front BBK / PENGUIN GARAGE hub spacers / HOTBITS headers / BUDDY CLUB oil cap and rad cap / APP SS brake lines / HKS synthetic lubes / RECARO SR5 seats / TRD shiftknob / cheap FEDERAL (free) tires lol. NEXT: HKS F-CON iS

05-07-2009, 01:20 PM	#3
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05-07-2009, 01:28 PM	#4
botchilah Drives: white and red shiny things Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 140	You know I'd love to but I just plain suck at these things (still somewhat living in the stone age hehehe). I can email pics to someone who can post them up for me hehehehe __________________ 08' Yaris HB 5dr: RAYS 57 Motorsports 17X7 / K&N SRI / TANABE axleback exhaust / ULTRA RACING complete braces / MEGAN RACING complete braces / NEX coilovers / NEX 330mm 4-pot front BBK / PENGUIN GARAGE hub spacers / HOTBITS headers / BUDDY CLUB oil cap and rad cap / APP SS brake lines / HKS synthetic lubes / RECARO SR5 seats / TRD shiftknob / cheap FEDERAL (free) tires lol. NEXT: HKS F-CON iS

05-09-2009, 08:51 AM	#7
botchilah Drives: white and red shiny things Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 140	ryank thanks for the offer! Gimme a few more days to get the fender bars installed (will take almost an entire day to install since the front fenders, front bumper, headlights and some other stuff will have to be removed) and get pics of the car underneath to show off the braces there, which is quite a lot! __________________ 08' Yaris HB 5dr: RAYS 57 Motorsports 17X7 / K&N SRI / TANABE axleback exhaust / ULTRA RACING complete braces / MEGAN RACING complete braces / NEX coilovers / NEX 330mm 4-pot front BBK / PENGUIN GARAGE hub spacers / HOTBITS headers / BUDDY CLUB oil cap and rad cap / APP SS brake lines / HKS synthetic lubes / RECARO SR5 seats / TRD shiftknob / cheap FEDERAL (free) tires lol. NEXT: HKS F-CON iS

05-16-2009, 11:52 AM	#8
botchilah Drives: white and red shiny things Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 140	BUMP! I am sending some pics to ryank now. Sorry for the quality of the pics, I forgot to bring my camera and had to use my phone camera with shaky hands. There was a HUGE difference when I finally installed the fender braces. NVH increased tremendously, and tire noise from the tires was noticeably louder. The good part? There's a very nasty expansion joint I have to go through on EDSA, our main intra-city highway. WHenever I'd pass through these expansion joints before in any car, the entire front end would really shake hard with a loud bang and sometimes the steering wheel would kickback violently. Yeah I know I should slow down for this. The Yaris was no exception. But when I intentionally passed it earlier, there was simply a mild thump but the Yaris kept going straight and there was none of that loud, crashing sound followed by really harsh vibration and sudden steering wheel kickback. The entire front end feels solid, I'm impressed! __________________ 08' Yaris HB 5dr: RAYS 57 Motorsports 17X7 / K&N SRI / TANABE axleback exhaust / ULTRA RACING complete braces / MEGAN RACING complete braces / NEX coilovers / NEX 330mm 4-pot front BBK / PENGUIN GARAGE hub spacers / HOTBITS headers / BUDDY CLUB oil cap and rad cap / APP SS brake lines / HKS synthetic lubes / RECARO SR5 seats / TRD shiftknob / cheap FEDERAL (free) tires lol. NEXT: HKS F-CON iS Last edited by botchilah; 05-16-2009 at 12:05 PM.

05-07-2009, 01:19 PM	#2
awdblazer Drives: 1998 toyota rav4 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: winnipeg Posts: 19	post pics!!!

05-07-2009, 01:28 PM	#5
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05-07-2009, 02:18 PM	#6
33OH Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dover, Ohio Posts: 7,606	Email me and I'll post them. ryankerch@gmail.com

05-18-2009, 12:25 PM	#9
botchilah Drives: white and red shiny things Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 140	UPDATE: the fender braces, which bolt up to the front door hinges have slightly misaligned my front doors. I'll have to align them again this weekend, hopefully aftrwards it should close better. Still waiting for ryank to post pics online of the pictures of the braces I took. __________________ 08' Yaris HB 5dr: RAYS 57 Motorsports 17X7 / K&N SRI / TANABE axleback exhaust / ULTRA RACING complete braces / MEGAN RACING complete braces / NEX coilovers / NEX 330mm 4-pot front BBK / PENGUIN GARAGE hub spacers / HOTBITS headers / BUDDY CLUB oil cap and rad cap / APP SS brake lines / HKS synthetic lubes / RECARO SR5 seats / TRD shiftknob / cheap FEDERAL (free) tires lol. NEXT: HKS F-CON iS

05-18-2009, 01:38 PM	#10
33OH Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dover, Ohio Posts: 7,606

05-18-2009, 02:18 PM	#11
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	very nice! -- when you say "misaligned", can we see what that looks like? __________________ 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.

05-18-2009, 03:55 PM	#12
ROCKLAND TOYOTA TRIM HUNTER View User's Garage Drives: 2007 BLAZIN BLUE YARIS 3 DR Join Date: May 2006 Location: ROCKLAND COUNTY NY Posts: 2,088	where's the room bar and underside braces?

05-18-2009, 11:01 PM	#13
botchilah Drives: white and red shiny things Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philippines Posts: 140	Re underside braces, it's the white A-shaped bars on the 2nd picture that's sandwiching the red Megan bar. I could not get good clear pictures because the lighting sucked big time. RE room bar, damn I knew I forgot something! Will take more pictures and have ryank post them for me again soon. __________________ 08' Yaris HB 5dr: RAYS 57 Motorsports 17X7 / K&N SRI / TANABE axleback exhaust / ULTRA RACING complete braces / MEGAN RACING complete braces / NEX coilovers / NEX 330mm 4-pot front BBK / PENGUIN GARAGE hub spacers / HOTBITS headers / BUDDY CLUB oil cap and rad cap / APP SS brake lines / HKS synthetic lubes / RECARO SR5 seats / TRD shiftknob / cheap FEDERAL (free) tires lol. NEXT: HKS F-CON iS

05-18-2009, 11:23 PM	#16
battleversiontc View User's Garage Drives: 08 vip yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 808 Posts: 501	wow since when did they have the ones for the inside fenders __________________ 08 junction produce belta almost done and ready for paint 06 junction produce tc 604 bhp 445tq ddriven still trying for 700+hp 90 crx sir ls vtec turbo 755 hp mecp masters certified

05-19-2009, 01:24 AM	#17
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	Since I started selling them... just kidding, actually longer than that, but they are in stock: http://shop.microimageonline.com/pro...&productId=136 side underbraces too! http://shop.microimageonline.com/pro...&productId=135 __________________ 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.

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