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To celebrate a new job I decided to treat to treat the car to a cheap part from the GRMN edition along with other bits from japan Behold. It looks like something from AliExpress but it reflects my current mod budget... I also then went on to break one whilst fitting. Then next GRMN part will...

A little further up from the foot well, behind the glove box on the left. It's taped to the instrument panel harness near the fuse box. You'll have to crane your neck slightly to see it

I may be wrong but JDM vins (start with GXPA16 instead of JTDxx...) are different to ours so it probably causes computer to say no. Perhaps just get a reg from a listing on eBay?

Which markets can change units? Wasn't aware it was possible

The GRMN is the most special as far as I'm concerned. I'll probably never be able to afford to secure one and ship it over but that doesn't stop one dreaming...

For my first service with the car at a GR centre they used the API SN+ oil for a hybrid so I've supplied my own oil ever since

Yeah the GR tax is crazy

17751-18030 is the number I have for the red GRMN style intake. It used to be 17750-18010 initially but was superseded. 17751-18010 is the number for black snorkel which is the same as in the gen 1's though I can't say that I've seen any of these on the newer UK gen 2's or aero packs.

I had a proper look inside the arches for the first time since last summer. The arches have been battered since I last checked... It seems quite easy to miss this. Probably a combination of thin paint and crumbling roads but I can foresee a lot of these rusting out at the arches in classic JDM...

No luck sorry

Check schema 2 for the trim parts https://www.amayama.com/en/genuine-catalogs/epc/toyota-japan/yaris/GXPA16/101110/body/5806 You should be able to find the vertical handbrake assembly on the same site but you'll have to look for it

Top notch solution! Shout out to Toyota for thinking 6 years ahead 🤣

So I had some light surface rust in the chip and was told to use deox gel, then a small dab of zinc primer using a cocktail stick followed by the paint and lacquer. The alternative advice I was given was to use a fibreglass pen to get the chip down to bare metal, degrease with isopropanol then...

It is steel I think. Doors, boot and bonnet are definitely aluminium https://mag.toyota.co.uk/gr-yaris-bodywork-how-it-is-bespoke/ I found my first chip (~4mm wide) on the lip of a rear arch and sorted it this week using paint from Toyota UK'S eBay store. That was my first attempt at fixing a...

Behold ChatGPT's attempt to decloak the new rally car. It missed some details but I can't help but think it looks a little like a Copen GR!