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05-15-2006, 11:59 AM | #1 |
[Photos] Yaris II by TRD
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05-15-2006, 12:07 PM | #2 |
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Yes please!
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05-15-2006, 12:09 PM | #3 |
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Pretty stupid to bother putting in a cage, and then not have proper 4pt belt placement. In a rollover crash have the shoulder belts at that angle can end up compressing your spine.
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05-15-2006, 12:17 PM | #4 |
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I'm pretty sure that's a bona-fide race car, though.
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05-15-2006, 12:23 PM | #5 | |
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05-15-2006, 12:49 PM | #6 |
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Actually this is a repost.....with better pictures however. This is a factory optioned Vitz hence the rear seats, etc.
Earlier post with links: http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146 |
05-15-2006, 03:24 PM | #7 | |
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http://www.trdparts.jp/list_race_vitz91.html http://netz-fls.broadbandgw.ne.jp/ Please have a look before pointing that it's stupid. |
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05-15-2006, 03:30 PM | #8 | ||
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05-15-2006, 03:42 PM | #9 |
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Maybe it's just a show car, or a display car.
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05-15-2006, 03:46 PM | #10 | |
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It's a cool idea, I wish we had stuff like that in the US. Manufacturer-support amateur racing series, that is. |
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05-15-2006, 06:18 PM | #11 |
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Yes, it's a race for upcoming racers and a very "cheap" way to enter motorsports. The Netz Cup is the bottom end of the racing. There is (was I think) an Altezza Cup as well but obviously a little more expensive.
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05-16-2006, 01:01 AM | #12 |
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I like the TRD Vitz. Why? it looks great and sticks to the small wheel base that the Yaris should be sticking with. Not droping giant 17-18's on it.
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05-16-2006, 02:57 AM | #13 |
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I like the way the car looks too, but Idjiit is right, having the belt like that is more likely to kill the driver than help him.
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05-16-2006, 11:30 AM | #14 | |
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Remember, this is just a modified stock Vitz RS. Harness Mounting notes |
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05-16-2006, 11:44 AM | #15 |
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It may conform to FIA rules, but you will not find them mounted like that in any professional racing car.
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05-17-2006, 09:08 PM | #16 |
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Why do you keep insisting that it should be professional when you already got the definition of the race. And by FIA standards the only safetybelt manufacturer legal is willans which will cost about 800 per seat belt to get. Anyway look at the Vitz cup as an amature track day and then tell me how pro that seems.
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05-17-2006, 09:17 PM | #17 | |
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I'm harping on this because a lot of dumb kids end up putting in belts like this not realizing that it can actually endanger their lives. Just trying to get the word out that if you want to do things properly, you don't want your belt at a 45 degree angle. If you're just throwing them in for an Auto-X where you want to be pinned to the seat, fine. But for a daily driver they can actually be more dangerous than a normal belt. |
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05-17-2006, 09:35 PM | #18 | |
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As for the young and dumb kids doing this I totally agree with you. Especially since here in So Cal I see it all the time. Hell I have even stopped a couple of people to tell them that there belts could possibly kill them. Also I think that thats the reason why they left the factory belts in the car so that they could use it for daily driving. |
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