GR Yaris What did you do to your GR Yaris today?

[micsub]

Otherwise, another possible place to add some driving lights is just behind the top grille on each side.
I made a mock light out of foam to check feasibility, measurements are on the foam.

These were the planned driving lights :

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[SckSqzBngBlo]

Delisted my car.

Well done!
Im looking for a new daily, looking at a Toyota Fortuner (Hilux wagon, coil rear end, shorter wheelbase) and even got a decent trade in offer on the GRY.
In the end I couldn't give it up, so I'm looking at different options, probably a Fortuner but a few years old.

 

[Onehp]

Otherwise, another possible place to add some driving lights is just behind the top grille on each side.
I made a mock light out of foam to check feasibility, measurements are on the foam.

These were the planned driving lights :

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The advantage with two lens lamps is that you can angle them a bit. Still, I was messing about with 30° spreader lenses etc, when I should have gotten proper corner lights, i.e. angled out 45° specifically to light tight corners, just like rally cars. 1500-2000 lumen is enough as speed isn't very high in tight corners.

So when planning and have everything accesible, I recommend to do also plan for dedicated corner lights, visibility into corners is so important for driving enjoyment, for a true rally car for the road experience....

 

[micsub]

The advantage with two lens lamps is that you can angle them a bit. Still, I was messing about with 30° spreader lenses etc, when I should have gotten proper corner lights, i.e. angled out 45° specifically to light tight corners, just like rally cars. 1500-2000 lumen is enough as speed isn't very high in tight corners.

So when planning and have every accesible, I recommend to do also plan for dedicated corner lights, visibility into corners is so important for driving enjoyment, for a true rally car for the road experience....

Yes quite so. Very important to see the side of the road and into the turns for those solitary typical twisty Rally road night blasts !

In the meantime, after thinking over all the different options, I've only replaced the useless OEM foglights by Toyota Prius / RAV-4 OE fog lights (Ref 81220-47010 - exactly the same diameter and identical mounting points as our OEM ones) in which I inserted a 15000 lm LED bulb in each and made them yellow. The flat horizontal beam is perfect for side of the road vision, and even though the beam doesn't light up forward much further than the dip lights, it's more than enough. The fog lights can only be adjusted up/down originally, but to have that little extra angle to each side, a washer or two behind the two exterior mounting points does the trick perfectly.

Although I haven't tried it, to a greater extreme and to join up on what Onehp was describing, it should be possible to invert between L & R foglights. Seeing how the mounting points are staggered, I'm sure that would give a great big angle to each side, most probably around 45°,

Photo where one can see the staggered mounting points.

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[mrbbs]

Doing the campaign.View attachment 38926
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Had this update done today as well which finally fixed the tyre pressure widget to be saved.

 

[Armijs]

Just a word of Warning if anyone is thinking to renew to the newest map update for T2 units. Mine looks to be bricked at the moment.
Basically the update was unable to end the first time, and now it is stuck in a perpetual loop of trying to carry it out.
Could very well be that the only permanent fix is switching the unit itself. But we will see, multimedia works except for navigation, but wireless android auto also stopped working a few days after, now using it wired.

 

[Armijs]

Just a word of Warning if anyone is thinking to renew to the newest map update for T2 units. Mine looks to be bricked at the moment.
Basically the update was unable to end the first time, and now it is stuck in a perpetual loop of trying to carry it out.
Could very well be that the only permanent fix is switching the unit itself. But we will see, multimedia works except for navigation, but wireless android auto also stopped working a few days after, now using it wired.

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After a week of being stuck in the loop, a brand new and faster 300 mb/s USB-C flash, was able to resolve this in about 10 minutes. This was my last hope and luckily it worked.

 

[Gyp]

Drove it in my normal, relaxed way.

Got overtaken by a 10+ year old Hyundai i10.

Still thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[MarkyMark]

Been experimenting with some lighting solutions, for those nighttime drives where the main beam comes up a little short. Jury is out on this one. I used a number plate mount from Temu, its light weight and just mounts to the number plate plinth, then the plate goes over the top. Its secure but the plastic doesnt hold it firm enough to be a full time solution. I'm thinking maybe drilling through to the crash bar to steady it? Not sure. I then bought 4 LED spots from Temu. They arrived smaller than I expected, but thought I'd give them a go. My plan is to aim two of them quite wide, then two pointing forward.

Total cost: £19 delivered

At this point I'm just judging it on the aesthetics, they're not even wired in yet. If I decide I'm happy, I'll buy some higher quality spotlights. The bracket has surprised me, if I can make that more steady, that could stay. Its a shame that small bull bar section may make it a little tricky for camera's to read the plate though

Opinions? Does it look sh!t? Or looks ok and I should move to a more semi-perm solution?

 

[Armijs]

Been experimenting with some lighting solutions, for those nighttime drives where the main beam comes up a little short. Jury is out on this one. I used a number plate mount from Temu, its light weight and just mounts to the number plate plinth, then the plate goes over the top. Its secure but the plastic doesnt hold it firm enough to be a full time solution. I'm thinking maybe drilling through to the crash bar to steady it? Not sure. I then bought 4 LED spots from Temu. They arrived smaller than I expected, but thought I'd give them a go. My plan is to aim two of them quite wide, then two pointing forward.

Total cost: £19 delivered

At this point I'm just judging it on the aesthetics, they're not even wired in yet. If I decide I'm happy, I'll buy some higher quality spotlights. The bracket has surprised me, if I can make that more steady, that could stay. Its a shame that small bull bar section may make it a little tricky for camera's to read the plate though

Opinions? Does it look sh!t? Or looks ok and I should move to a more semi-perm solution?View attachment 39175View attachment 39177

Are these allowed where you are ? Because first thing that comes to mind are if speed cameras can read you plate from an upward angle. That would probably be a no in my European country, i personally dont care one bit, just looking out.

 

[RichM]

Been experimenting with some lighting solutions, for those nighttime drives where the main beam comes up a little short. Jury is out on this one. I used a number plate mount from Temu, its light weight and just mounts to the number plate plinth, then the plate goes over the top. Its secure but the plastic doesnt hold it firm enough to be a full time solution. I'm thinking maybe drilling through to the crash bar to steady it? Not sure. I then bought 4 LED spots from Temu. They arrived smaller than I expected, but thought I'd give them a go. My plan is to aim two of them quite wide, then two pointing forward.

Total cost: £19 delivered

At this point I'm just judging it on the aesthetics, they're not even wired in yet. If I decide I'm happy, I'll buy some higher quality spotlights. The bracket has surprised me, if I can make that more steady, that could stay. Its a shame that small bull bar section may make it a little tricky for camera's to read the plate though

Opinions? Does it look sh!t? Or looks ok and I should move to a more semi-perm solution?View attachment 39175View attachment 39177

Hi Mark, I'm seriously considering one on these. A bit more money than your temu splurge but a load less than equivalent Lazer product. These are powered directly from battery with a rocker switch or wireless fob to activate. Ideally I'd like a solution that was plug and play into OEM loom, activated by high beam but also with a separate on/off switch.

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[MarkyMark]

Hi Mark, I'm seriously considering one on these. A bit more money than your temu splurge but a load less than equivalent Lazer product. These are powered directly from battery with a rocker switch or wireless fob to activate. Ideally I'd like a solution that was plug and play into OEM loom, activated by high beam but also with a separate on/off switch.

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I did see this solution, I ideally want a little more control over the direction of the beams, ie spreading them out wide. Also I want it to come on with mainbeam.

 

[Bat out of Hell]

Been experimenting with some lighting solutions, for those nighttime drives where the main beam comes up a little short. Jury is out on this one. I used a number plate mount from Temu, its light weight and just mounts to the number plate plinth, then the plate goes over the top. Its secure but the plastic doesnt hold it firm enough to be a full time solution. I'm thinking maybe drilling through to the crash bar to steady it? Not sure. I then bought 4 LED spots from Temu. They arrived smaller than I expected, but thought I'd give them a go. My plan is to aim two of them quite wide, then two pointing forward.

Total cost: £19 delivered

At this point I'm just judging it on the aesthetics, they're not even wired in yet. If I decide I'm happy, I'll buy some higher quality spotlights. The bracket has surprised me, if I can make that more steady, that could stay. Its a shame that small bull bar section may make it a little tricky for camera's to read the plate though

Opinions? Does it look sh!t? Or looks ok and I should move to a more semi-perm solution?View attachment 39175View attachment 39177

Oh , I can see why you only want to drive in the dark with a light bar like that, not my cup of tea. On a road legal issue it looks like the light bar is obscuring your number plate which is a no no.

 

[Duke]

Yeah, I would imagine you’re going to get a tug running that. And not the good kind!

It will only take a Dibble with 10 minutes to spare to see that to ruin your day.

 

[Armijs]

40 k maintenance time.
All new filters like every 10k.
Brake and rear diff oil was done at 30k.
Front diff oil, engine oil.
Fuel additive also every 10 k

Ready for two weeks of Winter holidays, hopefully with some snow.

Fixed the two spots where rocks get as usual.
No signs of rust.
Checked the plugs, unscrewed the left one looks fine.

Front diff oil was good unlike rear diff that gets black.

 

[Onehp]

I did see this solution, I ideally want a little more control over the direction of the beams, ie spreading them out wide. Also I want it to come on with mainbeam.

Seems like a pretty nice spread to me. Add some corner lights and you have a nice set-up. Personally I prefer Lazer, from the same form factor and with the corner lights (~3000Lumen), I get 24000lumens if I want to, the Linear 18 Elite+ is swithchable between e-mode, boost, yellow (snow) and combined (=21000 raw Lumen). Yeah it's more ££ but get proportionally even more lumens and a very well thought out light pattern with 84° spread (without) or 210° (with 45° angled out corner lights) spread - yeah, that's backward indeed. Considering the OE highbeams are ballpark 3000 lumen, you can imagine such a set-up really opens up for enjoying the car when roads are at their best - mostly empty.... Just posting because I wish someone told me this 4 years ago (or even earlier), I would have done a lot more great drives.

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[Dav1d]

Yeah, I think my next upgrade for quality of life would be a set of these. Really noticing the poor headlights vs our bog standard crossover Skoda, and think it would be so much more enjoyable at night with a light bar.

On the topic of this thread, heard a nice crunch and then a scrape for half a second as I approached a kerb at an acute angle to park up this morning. Glad I had the spare wheels on!

 

[MrJ]

Yeah, I think my next upgrade for quality of life would be a set of these. Really noticing the poor headlights vs our bog standard crossover Skoda, and think it would be so much more enjoyable at night with a light bar.

On the topic of this thread, heard a nice crunch and then a scrape for half a second as I approached a kerb at an acute angle to park up this morning. Glad I had the spare wheels on!

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Could be worse…

 

[Dav1d]

Could be worse…

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Woah how did you do that?! Was that pothole damage, it’s been absolutely shredded.

 

[MrJ]

Woah how did you do that?! Was that pothole damage, it’s been absolutely shredded.

Bad weather at night, waiting to turn right into a junction, car coming the other way indicated to go into the turning and for some reason I moved out to follow it. Absolutely can’t explain how I didn’t see the car travelling straight on behind it. No exciting pushing the limits story here I’m afraid.