Yaris to Vitz conversion

[jcboy]

Originally Posted by MadMax

Here ya go, these are some of the 47 pics I took during my week in western Tokyo (Fussa)...


Note that some do have side marker lights, but others don't. I just realized that, but at least that means Captain Slow wouldn't have to remove his to be "authentic" since as far as I can tell, the earlier models (2008 and prior) don't have 'em whereas from 2009 onward they do.

But also note that the Vitz only has the Netz emblem on front, and the Toyota one on the rear. Also, the 'Vitz' badge is on the left whereas our 'Yaris' one is on the right; and there is no written 'Toyota' badge as on the US versions.

Hope that helps!

Cheers! M2

Actually if you have sidemarkers, you wouldnt have led sidemirrors, and vice versa. it's similar to the ones here in manila, except for the RHD.

so yes, captain doesnt have to eliminate his sidemarkers at all, unless he has LED sidemirror covers, which IMO are easy to replace with non-led covers anyway.

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by jcboy

Actually if you have sidemarkers, you wouldnt have led sidemirrors, and vice versa. it's similar to the ones here in manila, except for the RHD.

That tracks, hadn't noticed it but now that you've told us, it makes sense!

so yes, captain doesnt have to eliminate his sidemarkers at all, unless he has LED sidemirror covers, which IMO are easy to replace with non-led covers anyway.

We don't have the LED side mirror covers here in the States, unless someone imported them.

Cheers! M2

[jcboy]

:)

TBH I dont dig the LED side mirrors, except that they have the power mirrors and the smaller engined models have the sidemarkers and manual mirrors.

Yeah I noticed that the US versions always lack sidemarkers(used to own a civic EK 96-00), and that manual windows/locks/mirrors are still a dealer (or probably a trim) standard.

Ours dont have those manual windows anymore, except for the super bare trims for yaris sedans (vios) and the lowbudget cars produced by hyundai and kia. (the i10, eon, etc). some of those lowbudget cars even have front power windows.

ive noticed too that you still get steelies and not mags in some trims, here it's only the bare yaris sedans who get those. the hondas, fords, mazdas, mitsubishis etc all have power as standard as well as mags.

my yaris sedan even came with standard 15" Enkei mags.

Sorry to be off topic even more, yeah, in a few years we will probably have those power LED mirrors in the scrapyard, and hell yeah, we can talk about trading OEM products.

Originally Posted by MadMax

That tracks, hadn't noticed it but now that you've told us, it makes sense!



We don't have the LED side mirror covers here in the States, unless someone imported them.

Cheers! M2

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by MadMax

That tracks, hadn't noticed it but now that you've told us, it makes sense!



We don't have the LED side mirror covers here in the States, unless someone imported them.

Cheers! M2

. I agree. I wish we had the LED side mirror covers.

[catliektheif]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

. I agree. I wish we had the LED side mirror covers.

what about the ones MI sells? couldnt you paint them to color match the car?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by catliektheif

what about the ones MI sells? couldnt you paint them to color match the car?

Thanks for making the suggestion.