Mods You Should Do To Your Yaris! 

I've always said they only break if you don't use them!

@@DriveShifty funny enough my yaris didnt start today, batterie sounded powerful, but the last sound while starting didnt appear and it doesnt work now. Have no idea what it could be

@@TobiasLA Easiest thing to do is to jump it. If it started then you know the battery is just to flat or even the connections and earths could be corroded and just needed taken off and cleaned. If it's still unhappy and not starting that is unfortunately that's when it could be a list of problems

@@DriveShifty thanks a lot mate, appreciate it! it somehow simply started again the next day and since then everytime within 1 second. Like it was tired for an hour and just needed some rest :D awesome car I tell you

Link ?

where did you get it?

@@kerimmusovic9503 Theres loads on ebay at around that price.

@@henryrolt3747 Thank you !

That's a great line up of cars you have! Sometime less power is more fun! Thanks for the support!

this is the best comment ive ever read. TOP G

You legend

You sir, have supreme taste.

Brakes are wear and tear items as well! They are good cars!

Nice man! I wanted a MK2 when I was looking for my first Yaris! Subs are such a simple thing that adds a lot to your sound range! All yaris's are monster trucks on stock springs!

Everyone always ask me "What car should I buy that is reliable?". The awesome is always yaris!

Hey thanks for sharing your story of your troubles! Yeah this is something that would have been good to add in my radio install video but sometime for myself I can forget about that kind of thing as it's second nature to me now. Maybe even just a video on what a headunit need to work. Power wire, ground, 12 volt switch ect. Something for me to thing about!

Thank you! I felt as if we needed something like this

No problem

Thanks man!

Thanks man. I'm sure that it is for the really bad intro xD

I would have hate to have seen the body roll when it did snap! I miss my old sportex exhaust :( It looked and sounded good but rusted far to quick xD Should look good once it all together. I'm think about getting a t sport yaris but I honestly not sure if its worth the extra power. I need to drive one first to make my mind up

Do you know where I can get the mudflaps from

Do you have a French or jap yaris and how did you find fitting the tsport seats in it? I'm looking to buy some now but don't know how or if they'll fit

Oh dear...

Yeah 100%. They are super high on the back!

O.O

3sgte ;)

1.3L + small turbo = beast.

It's a good upgrade! There is a video on the channel on how to change them!

Good fun cars to drive!

No problem! Yeah I'll try my best xD So if you have ever flipped up the seats you are half way there! Remove the head rests. Remove the 2 bolts under the base of the seat. You will find them where the legs of someone would be if they sat in the middle seat. On the frenchy they are a weird torques head bolt. Fold the backs down and lift the bar at the back that would flip the seats. Wiggle it out the car without scratching stuff xD I hope this helps. It is the same as flipping them but you need to remove the two bolts holding them in!

@@DriveShifty thanks! i'll give it a go, cheers again for all the tips and videos

I would do the close captions for my videos if it wasn't a massive pain to work with. I've done it for a few of them and its a buggy mess. If you look at it from my view RU-vid wants me to keep people's attention spans on the video. If I put it all into the comments or the description then there would be no reason to watch the video 😅

@@DriveShifty aye but I did watch the whole video I just wanna know the details of the mods man

Awesome to hear! Yeah I'm always suprised to hear what other yaris's their are all over the world! Good luck with the car. It will be some good fun

GG your insurance my first year for a yairs 1.0 1.5k

Since you have the Yaris SE parts bin available, you might see what all can come off that. The rear disks (and likely larger front disks) are both likely plug and play. I really like the S hatchbacks and SE (aside from the horrible turning circle-- they have a unique sport steering rack), but no matter what, they're nowhere near as light as my Echo Coupe. At least with a Yaris, you can fit the Corolla/xD 1.8L Dual VVTi. Not as peppy as a 1NZ IMO, but very smooth and proven regardless.

Nice good to hear!

Thanks! The car is in way rougher shape that before!

I've always went with Kenwoods for headunit's. I've never owned any touch screen stuff. Not my kind of thing. Best off reading reviews on them! I've seen some folk have good luck with the android ones but I tend to stay clear from them as when you get a rubbish one, it is really rubbish! They do have a lot of body roll from stock. Doesn't give you the sporty feels haha

I can't comment on the mk2 modles but I know the MK3 MR2 had a great sound system and it was the same age as the mk1 yaris. Hopefully they upgraded the sound systems between the MK1 and the MK2

I'm not sure what part of the world you are from but in the uk when have handy sites like eurocarparts where you can type in your reg and fit parts that fit. Ebaying "Toyota yaris 2005 springs and shocks" and comparing the pictures to your yaris is one of the most basic ways of doing things. And lastly you can always try asking the selling if they fit you car! Hope this helps

@@DriveShifty Europe, more precisely Bosnia and Herzegovina. My is Yaris 2009year 1.4d. Ty for answer.

@@Isah305 Oh wow! Turns out my videos have more of a reach than I though! It will be nice and sunny there! Yeah just replace the 2005 with 2009! No problem!

Nope it dosen't drag! It's a right jigsaw puzzle to get the rear drums set up right haha. I started with a FM to aux adapter but I hated the sound quality and how fiddley it was!

@ that’s great! I need to do that to my Yaris but it’s just too fiddly.

mine used to stop with 1 click.. until i took it to a shop to get a wheel alignment done and when they parked it they ripped the e brake super tight and way up i had to use both hands to undo it, not it needs 3-4 clicks and still rolls a foot or so when i do. Dont let other people touch your ebrake. Probably stretched cable

What brand did you go for? I used to run green stuff until I completly cooked them! They were good when they lasted as well! Miss them haha

@@DriveShifty can't remember the brand but I know for a fact that they are mid range performance breaks 😂 and they are working great rn cant wait to start adding more to my car

i went with ebc front pads and rotors stage 3 and stops so smooth and has great grab

@@joefries7046 that must be the brand I got, they are good and have lasted me this long still haven’t replaced! Little grinding now but I can still stop on a dime.

They are simple to work on so I really wouldn't be worried! Just make sure you wire brush the bolts. Enjoy it!

They are cheap enough! Problem get one for £500

Good question. I'm not sure about the Asbestos in the brake pads. Resreach into it would need to be done. I've never see a warning stick on a set of pads saying that it contains Asbestos. You would think it would only be on really old stuff. As for converting it to disks on the rear unless you are going to be doing track days and racing it isn't really needed. You can get a pretty good braking set up just by keeping on top of the rear drums and adjusting them. You would be better off sticking a set of upgraded pads in the fronts if you are looking for a better brakes. To convert to rear disks you need a T sport rear axle and even at that you might as well get the bigger front brakes and the engine out of it!

@@DriveShifty Okay, thanks. I just wanna buy one as a fun and affordable daily driving, it's between this and the 1.4 Vauxhall Corsa c, but I'll probably go for this since Toyota is always reliable, it looks better imo and hopefully it's more fun to drive. So probably not worth switching to disc brakes on the rear, just hoping it has no asbestos but I might upgrade the front brakes.

@@TDF2004 If it's anything to go off the yaris in the video is my first car and I've had it since 2014. I've done well over 70,000 miles in it and it's even passed 150,000 miles. It needed welding as like all car they become rusty. Upgrading the front pads is a really nice upgrade. It's also easy to do and really good for if you are starting to work on your own car! Even if you run around on the stock pads and get a feel for them, then upgrade them so you can feel the difference. It's always good to know why to change them

195/50/15!

I would look up diffrent types of speakers if you haven't already just so you know the pros and cons of them. Stuff like components speakers , 2 and 3 way. I have 3 way Pionneers in the doors and so long as you have a good headunit behind them they are great! Going from paper speakers to plastic cones allow them to send the sound futher. The headunit is key as for the standard one is just lacking the power to drive the speakers. They are not hard to install as well so it won't be long till you can blast your sound system bangers! I'm getting a feeling I should do a couple of videos on sound systems as a lot of people ask about them! There is a lot of videos on youtube about sound systems in cars but maybe something simplified

​@@DriveShifty Aah yes, in face I installed a brand new headunit today (I say Brand new it was a used JVC for £30 on ebay) and it's made night and day difference, going to hold out on speakers for now but it's something I'm definitely going to do. A video would be great, lot of videos around but the jargon gets confusing.

@@AdenGFX There is lots of stuff about audio but main thing is to insalute the car from the outside noises. I'll get to thinking up a script. Thanks for the idea!

@@DriveShifty Great news, will be looking forward to the video!

G6's are the coolest! The interior looks amazing

Tein springs. For wheels I would watch a wheel fitment video somewhere as there is quite a bit to them!

I have a set of work emotions.

I think the lifted truck would be very rolly xD Yeah same here! Went from the standard 185/65/14 to 195/50/15 and it was night as day! I didn't want to put the 14's back on for when I was refurbing the 15's it was that bad haha. Lets be honest the lifted truck bombing about quarys would be more fun than the yaris

Truck was so fun on the farm but the Yaris is much more fun to drive in the road it's like a little go-kart

I have a tspirit too in blue, when I close the door the car wobbles, the body roll have given me sea sickness before.

@@codevoid4238 try driving an old pickup truck then you will know what body roll is 😂👌

@@GTO2710 lol I can imagine.

That sounds as if it was a massive pain! Trying to get a soldering iron in to do the dash speakers on my one was a pain and that was only 4 wires! Awesome work man. Good to see the newer ones are getting modded!

@@DriveShifty My back was screwed afterwards from being hunched up inthe middle of the car there. I also put the car up and realized it has full trd suspension, lowering springs shocks and rubbers! Mines a 4door but its trd ncp91r with the kit and 1.5 manual. trd exhuast and intake and it had the trd racing decals...but they were long since destroyed by the sun so i had to also spend a day with the heat gun and a credit car getting the stickers off so the car looked mint again. Plan is to drop in the jdm vitz rs rear disc brakes and do a throttle body upgrade from a 1zzge. Then maybe some headers and send a spare ecu off to be remapped+ maybe cam regrind??

@@vctrsone Thats awesome! I would look after those TRD parts. The are like gold on a the MK1's. That's awesome! You should make some videos on it if you do. In the UK we don't tend to do NA builds when it comes to cars which is a shame. Would be nice to see one getting done! I would love to do one on my MR2 but I don't have the right place to be doing that kind of work. Always wawnted some ITB's!

@@DriveShifty there are a set of 20 valve ITB at my local wreckers going for cheap...I thought about it already!

@@vctrsone Get the hole engine! I'm sure it will find a home somewhere haha

I got my last set from Fensport

I would say that teins are good quality! My ones have lasted and are still going after 5 years. The ride is good. If you want something super stiff I would go for coilovers but for back road driving I would go lowering springs. Just got to keep an eye out for those super high speed bumps.

@@DriveShifty thanks man, i had h&r springs on my last car but want a more jdm look haha

Awesome! Tyres are the best thing you can do to a car! Make sure it brakes well as well!

@@DriveShifty i splurged and got some EBC pads and rotors. just gotta do the back now!

@@joefries7046 Awesome!

If you're in the U.S. market like I am (Echo), get a Scion rear beam. Unlike most markets, our North American Echoes didn't have the integrated rear swaybar, even the Canadian RS Hatch didn't. Australian Echo sedans even had a loaded rear beam. That, and it opens up aftermarket choices a smidge. I have a TRD/Progress rear swaybar for the xA/xB as well, and on a stock Echo torsion beam, I had to drill two holes as the bolt mounting points are a bit longer on the Scion torsion beam. One of the Echo owners even took a picture of the two beams side by side, and the Scion unit overall looks a little "beefier." And of course, xA seats are basically Yaris TS seats, which is an easy swap (xB has a much taller frame and extra bolt, but the pads can be swapped to stock Echo frame). I also have some 205/50r15's on my Echo, on very light Advanti Storm S1's. Awesome combo. For now I'm back to xB steel wheels (15x6) and 185/55 tires... lord I miss those 205's, even though it's the exact same Kumho PA31 tire.

@@hduncan2587 wow thats alot of usfull information! I will deffinatly be looking for a rear sway bar in the spring time and maybe some heavier duty springs for the rear, have some subs and box in the back and people have been high beaming me more so i take it the rear is sagging lol. yeah the 205's make it feel pretty stable to

Best to do some research into PCD's, offsets, widths and diameter to understand what you are looking for. Not really the case of typing Yaris aftermarket wheel if you know that I mean. If you search "wheel sizes explained" and "what is a PCD". This will give you a good insight into them

Parts are cheap enough and they are easy enough to work on! You will love the difference with the new parts. They are good cars!

Starlet SR wheels. You have to get them second hand

You can make them or get them from hyper-sport.co.uk/handling/yaris-poly-droplinks-d-bushings. When I bought them I had to get them shipped over from the US as they only did them for a Toyota BB

How do you mean the bumps are ridiculous? As in it bounces a lot after or that because they stiffer its to solid. If it bonces along after a bump in the road then sounds like the shock absorbers are gone and should be replaced. It's its way to stiff then this could be because of the springs. If you were to take a shock off and compress it you would find it harder to push the futher down it went. With lowering springs the are in most cases shorter springs in which lowers the car by compressing the shock more than standard. If the springs have been made and tested right then this really should mean that the springs and shocks should work together well. I would maybe look at if it has poly bushs on it. They can stiffen it up to much. Springs and shocks help each other in there jobs at taking the impact of bumps from the road and smooth it out. I don't think you can stop a shock from working with a spring unless you put an spring in with a insanely high spring rate in. A 2009 Passo is a very different car! Didn't even know they were a thing! I hope this helps you

Hey wow srry didnt realise you replied.. they were initially bouncy until they settled and i used to have 13 inch rims which added to the bounce, now I have 15" and its not so much. I guess stiffer is the term, every bump or pothole is very loud and slams the car violently...its unpleasant and Maltese roads are terrible

Btw i reaaally do not regret the springs, cornering and drives so much improved

I THINK our cars are very similar, all the things you said , suspension, brakes seem the same and even the sound I've upgraded mine too they were rubbish and now they actually sound excellent!

@@jonathancauchi7 Good to hear man! Yeah less rubber cushion on the 15" wheels

Unfortunately I can't give you a brand that you can go out and buy. When I bought mine years ago I bought them for a Toyota BB and they had to come from america. People tend to make them out of some threaded bar, nuts, washers and universel poly bushes

Hi there. It's not as easy for me to link mods. You are best to go out a look for them. Links go old and die. Some people are not from the uk where as I would link uk site. If you typed SCP10 lowering springs into google it will get you what you are looking for and also more inportantly where you are. Hope this helps

Just search on ebay "Toyota Yaris (Your year) shock abosrbers". I'm not sure on the part numbers

Good question. I've never seen a TTE spoiler in this colour but there could a PH1 SR kicking about the same colour. I just got it resparyed. Defos the other types in this colour though

The mid range drivability is nicers as well. But a few of the yaris's ECU's are not remapable so you would have to go piggy back or standalone which is money!

@@DriveShifty yeah i have an 04 1.5 echo and noone will touch it, they say its not reprogrammable and would need a new ecu to get a custom tune

I did what you said and boy it rides better.

Some interesting knowledge xA and the xB! When I got my poly ARB drop link and D mounts I had to get xB ones from America! The Bilsteins I had on the rear were just a OEM replacement. I like the KYB which I had on the front more. I think they could have been the Excel G's. I got them off ebay. I know KYB was a good brand because a mate had them and when it was the Bilsteins I just wanted to try them out. In the uk there is a company called demon tweaks that are a all round track car part specialist. If you see something that you want but they don't stock it you can always send them a message and they can get in contact with the suppliers and see if they can get something ordering in. It's always worth a punt to see what's out there. Not sure what you equivalent is for you. If you want to have a wee browse on some uk websites I would recommend demon tweeks and fensport!

A quick look on Bilsten's website. You can get B4 shocks for a yaris but not an echo in America bilstein.com/en/

I haven't got a clue when it comes to them! I would have a look at my Springs and Shocks video that will give you a good idea!

eBay, facebook or even try toyota for the OEM ones

Lowering springs can add more comfort if they are progressive springs!

Hi there. I've never owned a MK2 before so I wouldn't know. It's not bad mods you should do to any cars to be fair!

You can turbo everything if you put your mind to it. I'm sure there is a turbo kit for the 1L's

Rear light seals. Check your spare wheel as well

@@DriveShifty okay thanks!

@@storrho No problem. It's a very common leak

@@DriveShifty it's been bugging me for a while, but after 3 months I'm getting quite tired of driving in a of mold reeking car haha

@@storrho Aye haha. Best sorting the problem out and they you will only need to clean it once after. A lot of folk including me have sealed the rear light in with silicon. If the rear lights have been off they are often tighten to much and the seal then lets the water in

Right now I can't due to cornna as we are in lockdown. Have you checked ebay uk? Someone might want to ship them to you on there

Also join "YarisClubUK" on facebook as ask if anyone is parting out one

@@DriveShifty ah that's understandable, I'll try hitting up the Facebook group, from what I've been reading is that canadian echos have different fog light covers but from the pictures they look identical 😕

@@YungSteambuns I would have to look at them if I'm honest. When I googled it they had a complete different bumper but I have seen them with the the uk yaris style of bumper. See if someone can get the sizes of where the clips are as well

@@DriveShifty forsure, whenever you get the chance!

T sport seats fit. Just need to cut a pin off the rails. Anything else is a bit of work

@@DriveShifty yes I’ve heard of that. I’ve also heard Subaru Impreza seats fit and might be a little more easily available??

@@thatwasthedaythatwas There will be a lot of juggling about with rails. Cutting and welding. People put the celica mk7 seats in as well but there is a lot of work with rails on them as well. If you have the infinite money glitch them I would suggest getting some rails and a reclining bucket seat. If not t sport seats are about £120. Chop off the pin and bolt it in. Plus the airbags all work with the standard system

@@DriveShifty thanks. Do you know the best place to acquire tsport seats? Apart from the obvious eBay etc?

@@thatwasthedaythatwas Yaris club uk facebook group! Put a post in on that most of the time there is a pair going!

There is a full set and door cards on ebay right now ;) Yeah Better to look out for people breaking them. There is a guy in newcastle that has broke a few. Make a post on the Yaris club uk facebook group if you are in the uk area

@@DriveShifty I just saw that listing! I'm in Northern Ireland so makes it a bit more difficult, I got my yaris for £600 with a bad exhaust leak, I think the old owner thought it was about to blow up haha

Try looking for anyone breaking a Yaris T Sport you might find the seats

Just bought a 2000 w plate Yaris Sr! Paid exactly 600 for mine which included a new clutch fitted. Currently cleaning the interior and replaced the windscreen washer pump

@@orangeInc311 nice they are great wee cars, I recommend doing an oil flush, I read about oil gunking up the vvt solenoid, did an oil flush with cheap oil (ran it for about a week, 400miles) and put fresh oil in woke the engine right up

They are discontinued but their will be a more up to date version. Recommend watching my install guild as you need adaptors for the doors

@@DriveShifty thanks for the reply. Do you think it's better to upgrade the side doors or dash speakers first?

I did doors first. You will need a good head unit to really take advantage of them

195/50/15!

Yeah even just sticking new OEM stuff on makes a massive difference. Interesting point about the Anti-corrosion coatings. What brand do you prefer? I've always been on the fence when it comes to them. I believe they are great to use on a car that is new with no rust to begin with but they can also be bad at trapping in moister. For the radio You just have to remove the storage area. If you take everything off it's held in there with a few screws on the cage. There might be a few things that have got lost in translation there so I hope everything makes sense!

@@DriveShifty For an anti-corrosion coating: I use oil from a manual gearbox or oil for chainsaw chains and mix it with Paraffin Lamp Oil, then I brush off large pieces of rust - and apply the mixture from a sprayer (you can even use a manual one (as for spraying flowers or windows)). The mixture absorbs rust and preserves the car for 1-2 years (and after 1-2 years, you repeat it). It takes 1-2 hours and $25.

@@DriveShifty Regarding the radio: the old Toyota OEM is cut out, a blanking frame is inserted and - another radio is put in its place. in this way, you have that small niche at the bottom "glove box".

@@emigrant4life I've heard of folk using old engine oil before but not that mixture! Quite the cocktail. I do believe oil is better for the underneath of cars as for waxoils or rubber coatings. Thanks for sharing that

@@emigrant4life I've always though about doing that but I know it would end up looking like a dog chewed it unless I spent hours with filler after it! I always think so the "Soundman Car Audio" ipad Dash kits! The more storage the better. You can get aftermarket double din fascia for the yaris

195/50/15! So 15's

Thanks dude I'm going to lower mine but it's on 16s been looking at 30 mm drop

@@ashworthontrail2300 Just play with tyre size and they will fit!

@@DriveShifty sweet dude thanks for the reply

@@ashworthontrail2300 No problem!

I do not understand what you mean

Big forehead gang!

This is something I addressed in one of my older videos but I left out at. Long story short. It was mean't to be a joke as a lot of my friends and family say I will never get rid of the yaris xD But I found some bits on it that needed to get welded on it and it was about to run out of mot. So I went out and I bought an other car. A Celica 190. It was a lovely thing loved it but it had a lot of big problems with it. Plus the fact that it just passed and mot with no advisories I wasn't happy. I had the car for 2 days before I gave it back to them. I didn't have a car for two weeks whiched killed me. Ended up getting temp insured on my dads car. I finaly got the yaris back on the road with some helps of some good mates. My intentions with the yaris was to fix everything when it was off the road and make it better. I never got the time for that though haha. So that is why the yaris is still kicking about. I have went out and bought another car much to the discuss of everyone I know xD Not sure when I'm gonna make a video of that

It is in some place like Canada and Australia. But in the UK it's a yaris. Your first gen yaris is our second gen yaris

@@DriveShifty ya I’m from Canada

The Echo was sold in North America and Australia. In the UK this is a MK1 Yaris. They have the yaris badge and everything. Really at the end of the day the Echo, Yaris and Vitz are the same car just different badges. There may be other differences like wiring and parts but body wise they are the same

Ok fair enough. We're I come from the echo and Yaris are a different body same engine.

@@martinodea502 Yeah you're MK1 yairs is our MK2 yaris! I can mind this on MCM

I have a 2001 echo (Aus) and my daughter has the 2007 Yaris. Both 1.3 And they are fantastic little cars although I do like the feel and style of her car a little more.

@@martinodea502 I honesty haven't had anything to do with that yaris. When I bought my one 7 odd years ago they were a lot more expensive haha

I'm sorry to hear about this

I scheduled it to post it at 1PM Sunday so I have no idea what happened there xD

Nope all the roads are full of pot holes xD And I'm a scot ;)

@@DriveShifty :)

Na he is far better looking :(

They weight nothing. Thats why you beat them off the line. It's the corners that the fwd helps!

Ya I drive with such confidence ! It's like a race car

@@DriveShifty for corners use wider rear wheels... with little practice short 90 degrees angles are childs play! Ofc front wheels need to be regular 165/65R14!! I prefer last tiers to be winter, when they heat up its much better grip believe it or not! the only minus is you rip them much faster than the summer tiers...

oh and yes now its not anymore 65 hp!! :D :D now its 1.4 vvti with 103 hp :D was doing some upgrades just for fun :D now when i drive in her its a little bit scary :/ hahahaha

@@caffycro7568 I know I'm like, a year late to the convo here, but what did you upgrade to get it from 1.0 to 1.4? Engine swap?

This video is maked NOT FOR KIDS! I'll be staying away from that side of youtube xD Plus I did a swore in this video!

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Na dude! Doing all that would make a Yaris way to fast man! It would be un-driveable! Speeding tickets through the door on the daily man!

You can buy led panels that fit in. Check ebay for them. Ran one in mine for years

@@DriveShifty thanks for the tip 👍🙂👍