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CHurst5841 · 11-17-2008, 10:43 AM

My friend found these laying on the right side of the driver's side. Anyone know what they are from (if they're even from the car)? Thanks!

eTiMaGo · 11-17-2008, 10:57 AM

I think those are to hold your flux capacitor in place?

TheRealEnth · 11-17-2008, 10:59 AM

OH NO... Thats to hold the frame of the car in place!!! GET OUT NOW

eTiMaGo · 11-17-2008, 11:08 AM

ah come on, let's not scare away the newcomer

truthfully, I have no idea, they do not look at all like the kinds of bolts and screws used in this car.

Loren · 11-17-2008, 11:11 AM

Did you have any stereo or electronics installed recently? Looks like possible grounding hardware from a radio install kit.

Revsson · 11-17-2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Loren

Did you have any stereo or electronics installed recently? Looks like possible grounding hardware from a radio install kit.

I agree. That top one looks like a grounding/back support bolt that my old
car radios used to have.

stran · 11-18-2008, 07:33 PM

these are two very different screws. the first has a fine thread whereas the second has a course thread and a large head. the one with a large head is most likely for plastic (big head so it doesn't crack the plastic and course threads to grip better) or possible wood. actually, it has to be plastic because it's too short to grip wood and wood screws aren't button heads.

the first one is weird. i'm expecting an open box head or hex head but i don't see it. it's probably used to hold something heavy and with all those threads and the torque that should have gone into tightening it, it couldn't have gotten knocked lose by accident.

i don't think neither belongs to your car so no worries. almost everything in the yaris is made of plastic that snaps together.

11-17-2008, 10:43 AM	#1
CHurst5841 Drives: 2008 Sedan S Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Dayton OH Posts: 4	What are these? My friend found these laying on the right side of the driver's side. Anyone know what they are from (if they're even from the car)? Thanks!

11-17-2008, 10:57 AM	#2
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	I think those are to hold your flux capacitor in place? __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

11-17-2008, 10:59 AM	#3
TheRealEnth Beast View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Blz Blu LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 1,365	OH NO... Thats to hold the frame of the car in place!!! GET OUT NOW __________________ One you've taken a yaris for a spin, there's no turning back. Its a Chao!!!

11-17-2008, 11:08 AM	#4
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	ah come on, let's not scare away the newcomer truthfully, I have no idea, they do not look at all like the kinds of bolts and screws used in this car. __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

11-17-2008, 11:11 AM	#5
Loren What? Drives: 2007 Yaris LB Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,006	Did you have any stereo or electronics installed recently? Looks like possible grounding hardware from a radio install kit. __________________ ----------------------- Loren@InvisibleSun.org -----------------------

11-18-2008, 07:33 PM	#7
stran Drives: '07 Yaris 3D HB Auto Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cal Posts: 44	these are two very different screws. the first has a fine thread whereas the second has a course thread and a large head. the one with a large head is most likely for plastic (big head so it doesn't crack the plastic and course threads to grip better) or possible wood. actually, it has to be plastic because it's too short to grip wood and wood screws aren't button heads. the first one is weird. i'm expecting an open box head or hex head but i don't see it. it's probably used to hold something heavy and with all those threads and the torque that should have gone into tightening it, it couldn't have gotten knocked lose by accident. i don't think neither belongs to your car so no worries. almost everything in the yaris is made of plastic that snaps together.