Another rear spring option! Honda Fit springs!!

[regal]

Be careful folks, the shocks available for the Yaris can't handle high spring rates. Look for blow-outs unless you spurge for the $700 Tokicos.

[kngrsll]

Originally Posted by regal

Be careful folks, the shocks available for the Yaris can't handle high spring rates. Look for blow-outs unless you spurge for the $700 Tokicos.

or, you can run higher rate dampers. i havent tried it myself yet, but i am going to see if Fit dampers will fit on the yaris. We have two sets of stock suspension sitting at the shop, my old stock suspension and my buddies Fit suspension. they are remarkable very similar. the rear shocks and springs look identical, which is what started us down this path in the 1st place. The rear springs work perfect. The dampers look like they may be the same story. I will get around to fitting them when i am done with my medical rotation here in michigan so we can konw for sure. then, if you run higher rate springs, you can run the higher rate dampers to go alone with it. if not, the rear shock is about as basic a design as you can get so it will be very easy to find a substitute design. if this doesnt work, you can use the xD rear shocks, which will allow for higher rates. 350 lb springs are really not that heavy anyways, especially with all the shock travel we have in the back. when i spoke to the technical team at tokico, they said that the HTS shocks will easily handle spring rates over 500 lbs. at 350, we are not even pushing their limit. if you dont have a ton of cash, you could only upgrade the rears and use blues in the front. or you can use blues all around and use xD rear shocks. someone should check and see that they have different part #'s first rather than assuming they are different. also, using the old shock dyno i posted, you may be able to assertain what the max rear spring rate is by comparing the dampening of the blue and HTS since the dyno plots those two variables along with the stock shock.


anyways, lots of options if your mind is open. beware, more innovation and creative ideas are coming ;)

[JTDBT903]

Any updates?

Pictures of this set-up would would be even better!
I would like to see the stock Honda Fit spring set-up.
I have a '09 Honda Fit Sport that I want to drop and it would be cool to only have to buy one set of springs!