DIY Lowering xD

[firstkingofbeer]

Alright this is a great walk through for lowering the xD. The Yaris has pretty much the exact same set up as we do. the only thing i have to add to it is that when you go to take the front struts out, for me it was easier to take the piece that holds the wiper assembly off to get access to the nut on top of the strut that holds it in place. Youll understand more once you get to that step. If you have any questions please feel free to PM me and I will help you out!

Ryan


http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1096

[THansenite]

Good find!

Stickey'd because I am sure others will want to drop their rides as well. :up:

[XD Minority]

Good write up, the only thing I ran in to with my install was on the front struts...He says to use a box end wrench on the top strut nut and an allen wrench to hold the strut shaft, well I couldn't get my box end wrench to fit down far enough into the dished washer that it is in...I had to use a shallow socket held by a pair of vice grips so I could insert the allen wrench through the socket..maybe his box end wrech had more offset than mine does, but I was thinking there should be a special tool/wrench made to do this easily.

[firstkingofbeer]

well you still can do it with a box wrench. its a 45* offset boxwrench. like this... http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00983408000P?vName=Tools&keyword=offset+boxwrench yes its standard size, but thats the style and american equivilant to 17mm

[CXTKRS1]

This might help, this is the Toyota PDF from TRD Sparks.

http://www.trdsparks.com/install/PTR11-52081inst.pdf"]http://www.trdsparks.com/install/PTR11-52081inst.pdf

[KBxD]

Just wanted to say thanks a ton for posting this, helped me out a ton! Just put some TRD lowering springs on my xD yesterday : )