My new 2008 Absolutely Red 3 Door Yaris Project Car

[mr_miles]

kinda late to the punch here - but Scott, could you PM me about the core supports? i cant seem to figure out a few things about them - like if the sedan and HB share the same pieces or not. i can find all 4 pieces for the sedan, but not for the HB.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by mr_miles

kinda late to the punch here - but Scott, could you PM me about the core supports? i cant seem to figure out a few things about them - like if the sedan and HB share the same pieces or not. i can find all 4 pieces for the sedan, but not for the HB.

Funny story on that - I was scrambling to get the parts ordered before vacation and I did a buy it now on an ebay listing for all 4 of the parts for the radiator support structure for $100 (which is about 1/3 the price of buying the 4 from an online Toyota parts retailer). When I got back from vacation and opened the box I noticed that something looked a little different with the new ones. I went ahead an mounted them and everything fit OK. Then, when I went to put the headlight on, I realized that the headlight brackets on the radiator supports were in the wrong place (making the radiator tab of the headlight sit almost 1" too high. I went back to check my ebay purchase and noticed that in the listing it should compatibility with the 06-11 liftback and sedan, but the title of the listing was "2006-2011 Yaris Sedan Radiator Support". Somehow I missed that and didn't check the part numbers versus the EPC.

As it turns out the LB and Sedan share the bottom part. The sides, if purchased complete with the headlight brackets attached, are different, but if you purchase them without the headlight brackets, then they are the same. In that case you buy the headlight brackets separately. So, for that part I cut off the wrong headlight brackets and fabricated my own (since they are a simple L-shaped piece). The top is also different, but the primary difference is two extra support tabs (that have to be removed for the liftback) and two bumper clip holes in the wrong place (which can easily be redrilled for the liftback).

So, the bottom line is they top 3 parts are different, but can be easily made to work to save some serious coin. When I have a chance I will post the correct part numbers for the 4 liftback parts for you, in case you want to save the modification work to make the cheaper Sedan ones work.