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03-10-2014, 09:09 PM
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 Drives: Prius C Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Socal
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Hey Yaris folks! Not a Yaris but Prius C here, lowered the car and wheels
I feel I have more related to you Yaris folks vs the Prius guys on the other forums. I've been lurking around and I like how you guys do things and mod your cars.
The Prius C is our daily driver, it shares the garage with our 4runner, S2000 and my track car, a turbo NA Miata. Many thanks to Jeff and Garm at Micro Image. Top rate service over there. I bought the suspension on Friday, attempted to install them on Sunday, but got stuck because I dont have an offset wrench to reach the 17mm nut at the top. I emailed them on Sunday afternoon and they replied immediately to setup an appointment for Monday. I arrived around 1030am Monday and we began working on the car. The whole time we were working on the car I felt very welcomed at the shop and it was just great all around. I wanted to throw on the 13mm hub spacers but Jeff recommended I wait until I get the new tires on, let the suspension settle and get an alignment first. Probably a very smart idea since I would have probably rubbed a bit on the way home. My initial impressions with the coilover is the car turns much nicer, I didnt get a chance to really test it yet, but some of the understeer is gone, not completely gone but much better. The ride is much more firm but still smooth. One thing that also went away was that on the stock suspension the car pulled heavily to the right, once we got the Tanabe on the steering wheel can now be centered and the car will go straight. Wheel specs are 17x7.5 45et, 225/45/17. I dont recommend running these tire size as it will rub on the inside when the steering wheel is cranked in one direction, even on stock suspension. I threw these tires on because I got them for free and these are my 2nd set of wheels. New tires that are more prius friendly are coming this week. The rears are sunken in a bit so hub spacers are coming to even them out with the front. Last edited by BoostTed; 03-10-2014 at 09:50 PM. |
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03-10-2014, 09:26 PM
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Mr. 155 and climbing
Drives: Seriously Modded 07 Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In The Hotbox
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welcome....now get that C outta here!
jk!  Many folks here with MI experiences. Welcome to the community. 
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03-10-2014, 09:30 PM
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 Drives: 2012 Grey Toyota Yaris SE Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Chicago
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Very nice!!!
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Upgrades: AFE SRI. Tanabe Touring Medalion Axleback exhaust. Micro Image OEM Sized Lightweight Pulley. DC Sports header. |
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03-10-2014, 09:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Very nice Clark...but the lights aren't twinkling.
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03-10-2014, 09:41 PM
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Drives: Prius C Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Socal
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Whoosh is the sound of that comment going way past over my head.
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03-10-2014, 09:47 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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this should help....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsaxNehMibg My sense of humor sometimes tends to drift...nice car! |
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03-10-2014, 10:06 PM
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Drives: 2007 Toyota Yaris Hatchback Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Nice ride =]. Any potential mods in the future besides wheels?
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03-10-2014, 10:10 PM
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Drives: Prius C Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Socal
Posts: 4
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I already have HIDs in there. I'll most likely do the Clazzio seat covers, do some audio stuff, nothing crazy like my previous cars, but something simple an emphasis on staging and SQ.
Performance stuff i'll look at a rear sway bar. This car is our daily and weekend beater so we rack up a ton of miles, not sure if I was to dump too much money into it. Quote:
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04-02-2015, 10:53 PM
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Drives: Prius C one Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: United States
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Where are you getting the 13mm hub spacers? I've been looking for some but Farm said he usnt selling them and I got no answer from penguin garage. Thanks
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04-04-2015, 03:15 AM
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Drives: Prius C Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Socal
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Did you mean Garm?
I got them from Micro Image. Quote:
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04-04-2015, 09:00 AM
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Drives: Prius C one Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: United States
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Yes, autocorrect thought I meant Farm when I typedd Garm. I sent microimage an email when I didnt see the spacers, Garm replied he's not selling them. 😞
nice prius c btw. I may not lower mine at all, or certainly not as much, but the rear wheels seem like they are further inset even though I think the front and rear track ate close. |
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