Terence's 2011 Vitz build thread

[drift55]

I'm in love! I wish more people modified these. They look so good when done up this well.

[TerenceJCruz]

I'm in love! I wish more people modified these. They look so good when done up this well.

Thanks so much man! And i agree, these things in Asia are ridiculous! Mostly static too, which is even cooler haha.

[Dremetos]

Reminds me of the 6th gen Civic hatch quite a bit. Really cool platform actually. Love it.

[TerenceJCruz]

Reminds me of the 6th gen Civic hatch quite a bit. Really cool platform actually. Love it.

Same here man! I was actually comparing it to the EG hatch before, but then I realized it really does look a lot like the EK hatch. Thanks a lot though man, I appreciate it! Just an egg on wheels haha

More pics just cause haha. Next on the list will be my exhaust, and smoke the headlights a tiny bit. First picture also shows how much lower I went from stock height because of the white Yaris next to me.

[TheTynosaur]

if you're gonna smoke the headlights, I would recommend smoking the clear part of the tail lights the same amount so the taillights aren't the brightest part on the car

Edit: and the side markers

[TerenceJCruz]

if you're gonna smoke the headlights, I would recommend smoking the clear part of the tail lights the same amount so the taillights aren't the brightest part on the car

Edit: and the side markers

Ahhh that's a good point. Thanks man I'll definitely look into that.

[TerenceJCruz]

So after realizing I STILL had some reverse rake going on, I raised the rear once again, and also took out the spare tire (aka weight reduction, lmao jk) But, I am definitely happy with the results and the car barely EVER scrapes in the rear now, even with passengers, which is amazing. On roads I usually would hit my subframe pretty hard I now can go over with no issues. Front still scrapes only when turning, so that doesn't bother me too much. Maybe I will do some more work to the front fenders in the future. I start my mental health specialist program tomorrow and it's about a 45 minute commute both ways, so the fact I raised the rear actually helped make me much more comfortable and confident to drive it around, especially if I have some classmates ride with me. Subframe is still about 2" from the ground though. I'm also excited to start my serving job, so hopefully with tips will bring me some better income for more legit parts I'm just enjoying the car, so here are some random pics of her being thirsty I'm also thinking about removing my mudflaps. They look so tiny in the rear because of my wheels lol. Thoughts?

[TerenceJCruz]

Small update: Picked up some new wheels. Sorry Stanceworks, they're still reps lol. But I really do love them. 16x9 JNC014 +25. +15 in the rear because of spacers. Here's some pictures, let me know what you think. Thanks guys! I h*** how high my car looks from the rear lol.

[storey618]

like the new wheels much more!

[TerenceJCruz]

like the new wheels much more!

Thanks a lot bro, me too!!

[dotyy]

Thats sick! Did you step up in spring rate because of scraping? Were they any better as far as ride quality over the oem megan racing ones? I'm thinking of getting custom swift springs.

[TerenceJCruz]

Thats sick! Did you step up in spring rate because of scraping? Were they any better as far as ride quality over the oem megan racing ones? I'm thinking of getting custom swift springs.

Right on man, thanks!! And yes I did bro, upgraded to 10k front and 8k rear Swift springs. Waaay better than the Megans.

[TerenceJCruz]

More pictures with the homies recently acquired EG8 while he works on his GSR 4 door.





Still scraping pretty tough, probably gona add a tad bit more camber in the front. I love how she sits though!

[TerenceJCruz]

Haven't updated this in a while, but I've basically just been busy with school and work, and dialing in the fitment. I finally received my -3 realcamber shims in the mail, which is way better and safer than the washers I have been using, plus the best part is they're custom made to almost 0 out toe! Which is great! (I **** you Toyota for this rear torsion beam by the way) because since I started commuting to school I burned through my rear tires so fast. Once I get some new rear tires I'll take her to get aligned, and hopefully I'll be happy with the results. The -3 realcamber shims push the rear wheels a bit more obviously, then combined with my 10mm hubcentric spacers, makes the rear look pretty good

12584096_891803527595129_702379605_n by Tj Cruz, on Flickr
12575886_891757944266354_1707719214_n by Tj Cruz, on Flickr

[mgpdoc]

Like the new wheels. How couldnt I, i run similar on some of my cars.

Try removing those mudflaps it will look so much cleaner in my opinion

Cheers keep it up