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05-12-2012, 01:52 AM | #1 |
Nikki Alanna
Drives: 08 Meteorite Metallic Hatch Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Build thread! '08 Yaris Hatch
Hi, I bought this car back in December of 2011. When I bought it one thing ran through my mind.. how am I going to modify this thing so it looks like mine. Me being a girl afterall needed to add few girly touches to this car; not that the car doesn't look girly enough overall, but I wanted to make it stand out.
It's been fun with this little thing. Here are a few photos I have taken for my build journey! Okay, enough of the boring stock photos of my car, here are the mods I started doing (in order of modifications!) I like the look of badge-less hatches, so I simply removed the 'yaris' and 'toyota' to give it a cleaner look. Wheels in my opinion are the most important part to a car. They enhance the overall look. I decided to go with some Axis OG Sakuras (in pink of course). 'Sakura' in Japanese means cherry blossom. The center face of the wheel resembles a blossom figure. Wheel size is the standard OG Axis size, 15/8. This was the day I brought my little blossoms home! The lovely gents at Urban X mounted my wheels for me. I chose at 195/45 for the wheel to give it a bit of stretch. I decided to go with the JDM Yaris badge. The 'Vitz' logo is more aggressive and adds a slight uniqueness to the appearance of the front end. Since my model doesn't come factory with fogs, I thought i'd buy a set and install them. Also, adding a more aggressive look to the front end. It was a difficult decision to whether I should order lowering springs, or coil overs. I tossed the choices back and fourth. I put in an order for Tein S-tech springs, but after short realization I noticed it might not drop my car as much as I'd hope it would. I cancelled that order and instead I ordered Tein Street Basis coil overs to give me the option to adjust the ride height and have a stiffer suspension so there is less body roll. Here's a picture of the day my coil overs were installed. Hours later after coils were installed... wheels went on! The final mod I have recently just added was the tiny lip added onto the front bumper. And finally after all of these pieces put together, heres a shot of the way it's looking today! Hope you enjoy my photographic journey! - N Last edited by nimuntak; 05-13-2012 at 08:00 PM. |
05-12-2012, 08:31 AM | #2 |
2ZR swap. DO IT! Ask how!
Drives: 09 Meteoric Metallic HB Join Date: Feb 2011
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Well done!
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05-12-2012, 09:09 AM | #3 |
Wait, what?
Drives: NULL Join Date: Feb 2012
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A girl in Canada that has impeccable taste in cars and shoes? Marry me.
Joking aside, I love the ride. Those rims are hawt, it looks very nice slammed. Any other mods planned? Like say...a turbo ;) |
05-12-2012, 02:09 PM | #4 |
Drives: 2010 black yaris Join Date: Oct 2010
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sweet ride.. nice touches.. what offset are those 15x8 wheels if you dont mind me asking?
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05-13-2012, 03:34 AM | #5 |
Nikki Alanna
Drives: 08 Meteorite Metallic Hatch Join Date: Mar 2012
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05-13-2012, 07:13 AM | #6 |
Drives: 2010 black yaris Join Date: Oct 2010
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Yep, you can definitely tell the stick out a bit more in the front. When you say more wheels, do you mean 2 more to replace the front 15x8 +25 with 15x8 +42? or just a whole new set altogether?
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05-13-2012, 01:04 PM | #7 | |
Nikki Alanna
Drives: 08 Meteorite Metallic Hatch Join Date: Mar 2012
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And I'm hopefully getting a set of 5zigen zr 520's 17/7 +42. |
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05-15-2012, 10:05 AM | #8 | |
Drives: red bare bone yaris hb 3dr Join Date: May 2009
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Im selling my Gold 5zigen 5zr rims, it's the magnesium barrel's one, made by Rays Engineering, real 2pcs wheels, but it's 18" x7.5 +44 ...... interested ? :P |
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05-12-2012, 07:32 PM | #9 |
Drives: 07 Toyota Yaris Join Date: Feb 2012
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Hey welcome to yaris world! :) im jose3293 from instagram
Nice Yaris! keep it up!
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05-12-2012, 09:55 PM | #10 |
Drives: 2011 yaris Join Date: Mar 2012
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Bravo! Dont think the yaris is girly, I think it is more gnomish...
But I like the touches youve added. Now you need the hello kitty tailpipe :'D |
05-13-2012, 01:19 AM | #11 |
Drives: 09 Blizzard Pearl RS LB Join Date: Sep 2009
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She's a beauty Nikki! the coolest chick in Calgary to roll in a yaris! :)
P.S.. Love those wheels..but I think my bronze would be cooler on your ride :D |
05-13-2012, 03:38 AM | #12 |
Nikki Alanna
Drives: 08 Meteorite Metallic Hatch Join Date: Mar 2012
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05-13-2012, 12:02 PM | #13 |
Drives: Toyota Yaris Join Date: Aug 2011
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A girl who work's in cars, that live's in Calgary. Dream come true haahah jk.
Nice yaris tho! How do you like the coil overs? I was looking at thoses ones. |
05-13-2012, 01:06 PM | #14 |
Nikki Alanna
Drives: 08 Meteorite Metallic Hatch Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Hahaha well thanks :p. and the coil overs aren't bad. The ride in my car is fairly uncomfortable because my coils are maxed and they're super stiff. Plus I bought them brand new so the springs still need to wear in.
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05-13-2012, 06:57 PM | #15 | |
Drives: Toyota Yaris Join Date: Aug 2011
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It's always good to see more canadians on here, especially in Alberta! And okay thanks! Still thinking if I want to drop mine or not. Damn Alberta snow :P |
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05-13-2012, 07:57 PM | #16 |
Nikki Alanna
Drives: 08 Meteorite Metallic Hatch Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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DROP IT. always drop it LOL. That's how I see things anyways. I would suggest coils though so you can raise it up for winter
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06-20-2012, 01:12 PM | #17 |
Drives: 2010 Yaris S Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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excellent
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05-13-2012, 01:02 PM | #18 |
Drives: red bare bone yaris hb 3dr Join Date: May 2009
Location: columbus
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nice build ...the pink wheels r kinda grow on me :P
kudos for a girl that loves to modify a car instead of buying shoes n purses ! |
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