Best / Worst Yaris Investments

[toyo]

Originally Posted by Forrest

Best Investment: Buying a Yaris and not doing any changes to the car !

Worst Investment: None !

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Best: $9 for a cassette player and 4 used speakers, my yaris came with no radio and now I don't worry about someone stealing my radio lol installed it myself, don't have cd player fuck hey, for $9 I love listening to the radio

worst: OE air filter, could've had a similar one cheaper...

[Bob Dog]

Best for the money: Rear anti sway bar.

[regal]

Best - TRD package (springs, shocks (oops mine are blue) and trd sway bar
Worst investment - $50 Fog light kit that you have to pay another $50 for the 09 bezzels


I think there will be better investments in due time, the aftermarket will catch on to this hot hatch.

[JBougie]

Best: Window tint; I hate sunlight. I wish it was darker, but at 20% I am already taunting the cops to pull me over - I don't want to push that anymore :)

Worst: my Hello Kitty floormats ... they get stained as soon as dirt touches them!

Honorable mention(s): My wheels, lowering springs, CAI, sway bar, shift knob and system in a couple weeks once I get everything installed lol

[SpaceShot]

Best: ScanGuage II
After a year of practice I have surpassed the goal of doubling the commuting Mpg of my prior ride. Now I am trying to find the maximum possible...

Worst: Stubby antenna
Signal loss far outweighed improved look or immeasurable Mpg gain.

Worthy Mention:
Racing Disc hubcaps - very slight gain, but very distinct look, my friends know its my Yaris on the highway
Class I hitch bar & basket - carries 3 bikes, makes dump runs, holds coolers, and provides lot of utility from an `economy' hatchback

[Jeemee]

Yeah I'm 100% positive Alpine is Japanese, for the record.

Best:Ultra Racing 23mm Rear Sway Bar
Worst:Probably the Tanabe DF210s only because I plan on coilovers soon
Honorable Mention:Nitto Axleback Exhaust...Sounds a million times better!

[solarVitz]

Best Investments:

1. Megan Racing coilovers - love the handling it gives and i can lower my car more

2. Megan Racing axleback exhaust - love the sound and look

3. Megan Racing C pillar bar - love the look
4. Nitto front and rear strut bars - love the handling it gives


5. Penguin Garage rear 13mm hub spacers - love the extra rear wheel out
6. NST short shifter kit (engine-tranny) - love the 30% short throw
7. Weapon R floormats - love the look


8. Viper alarm - love the security and remote keyless entry it gives


Worst Investments:

1. Tein S tech lowering springs - my car went up when i took out my interiors and rear seats.

[scape]

so far i've only done two mods, but they are great in my opinion :D

tint, wider tires

::waits impatiently for more mods::

[R2D2]

Best: Stainless racing disc wheel covers

Auto Meter Ecometer


Thanks to all the members of this thread and their reviews I haven't made any bad investments yet. Soon will add a rear swaybar.

[blacksandiegovitz]

Best investment : Cusco compact S coilovers , Recaro seats/takata harness's. The coilovers really improved the over-all feel and handling of the yaris and also lets me tuck tire . I was running df210's before and it was a night and day differnce. The Recaro "pole position" seats are simply amazing in all aspects . Looks , weight saving, and to just hold my whole body in place when hitting up some twistys . Of corse pair up the recaros with a set of 4-point takata harness's and that just holds me in place that much better and makes for some serious eye candy Imo .
Worst: 18" , Big, heavy, fragile trd/racinghart gt5 rims . They are sooooo heavy They really kill the spirt of this little yaris . I got them for 200 bucks but cracked the front driver in a pot hole which cost another $90 to fix . They look good but thats it . If I could go back, my first modd would be some cheap light weight rims like some rota slips, koesi k1 or good ol' konig heliums paired with falken azenis
Honorable mention: Garm and his company Microimageonline.com ! Such a cool guy and got me hooked up with most of my parts at amazing prices !

[Kioshi]

Best investments:NST SSK kit (engine bay), NST pulleys (all 3), JDM 5zigen proracer A-spec exhaust, JDM RS LED Tails, H&R springs, Fujita CAI....

Worst Investments: Enkei RS7 17s....i hate them, holding my car's weight down~

Honorable Mention:TRD rear sway bar...this should be stock equipped on all Yaris vehicles~~

[cali yaris]

wow, just found this

BEST INVESTMENT: whatever gets me to 300 whp

WORST INVESTMENT: Glowshift gauges, single-projector headlights

WORTHY MENTION: Bride seats, Kenwood/JBL, all the carbon fiber in the whole world.

[DandiDani]

best investment so far is my window tints. i hate driving while squinting.i havent made a bad investment.

[wiliker]

Best Investment: Tanabe DF210's and Tokico Blues

Worst Investment: None

Worthy Mention: aFe intake

[the_boss]

best investment...short antenna
worst..well not that worst but kinda useless its the factory MP3 radio...I always use the radio but I only paid 50$ for it so not a big waste of $$

[PETERPOOP]

one of the best.............retro fit projectors

[Altitude]

Originally Posted by Bob Dog

Best for the money: Rear anti sway bar.

+1

2nd for me is the Tach.

Other mods I have but won't rate:

- New wheels and tires
- Scangauge II
- NST lightweight pulley.
- PG Rear hub spacers
- Aluminum underpanel and hood seal kit (loving it - I love to keep my Yaris engine clean, it's a clean machine...)
- Leather shift boot and brake boot
- RedTop battery
- Window tint
- Replaced stock speakers
- Sound deadening +extra padding throughout

[fmicle]

Best investment: AEM CAI, NST SSK + pulleys and Ultra Racing 19mm sway bar
Worst investment: Sunpro Super Tach II - has been working on and off since installed, almost like it needs to warm up or something, 5 minutes before I get home it starts working fine. Lately, it seems that the warm-up period is shorter...
Honorable mentions: window tint