2012 Yaris + Tanabe RnD Pics

[zackt69]

In February I purchased a 2012 Toyota Yaris and was lucky enough to be asked by Tanabe USA if they could use it for research and development later in the year. Well the spring RnD session started and I dropped off the car at their headquarters in Torrance CA this past Monday. I picked it up yesterday, and they left on the front strut bar, Tanabe Sustec Pro S-0C, and the Tanabe Medalion Touring Exhaust

Here are my initial impressions after driving the car for a couple of days. The exhaust has a great sound to it, it's much deeper sounding (there are videos below). The coilovers/strut bar definitely offer a much firmer ride, but not jarring or harsh. Overall, the car feels tighter... and I'm very happy with the changes!

The fit and finish of everything is great, and the quality of the products look to be top notch. Here are the pics and results they posted on the Tanabe-USA site, they tested their catalog of parts on the car. I'd like to thank Danh, James and the crew over at Tanabe for selecting my car and giving me an opportunity to be part of the RnD!




Tanabe Front Underbrace
"First up to bat is the 2012 Toyota Yaris! Here are some pictures of the front underbrace we tested, this part fits great and will will with strengthening the chassis! The front subframe needs to be dropped for this installation!"



Tanabe Front Strut Tower Bar
"And we also tested a strut tower bar for the Yaris and this bar also fit great! This bar will help reduce flex in the upper chassis around the strut towers! The nice thing about our tower bars is that you can adjust the preload!"




Tanabe Front Sway Bar
"And here are the Swaybar pictures! The front subframe needed to be dropped to install this but this is a great way of reducing body roll with having a minimal effect on the ride quality."



"We're also testing some suspension for the yaris. Let's take a look at the stock height first."




Tanabe Sustec Z40 Coilovers
"Now let's take a look at the Yaris on SUSTEC Z40 coilovers."





"And here are the Z40 at the highest setting"




Tanabe Sustec Pro S-0C Coilovers
"Now let us take a look at the Tanabe Sustec Pro S-0C coilovers on the 2012 Yaris"





Tanabe NF210 Springs




Tanabe Medalion Touring Exhaust
"We have tested the Medalion Touring exhaust system on the 2012 Toyota Yaris."



Exhaust sound clips -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=bsXfNjOUsW4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8JYG...layer_embedded

Tanabe Concept G Exhaust
"We fitted the Concept G exhaust system for the 2012 Yaris."



Exhaust sound clips -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=MeXTWGL8nmg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K2pj...layer_embedded