Owner Review: Great Look with Modifications - My 2019 Toyota Yaris G spec

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Basic information

2019 Toyota Yaris G spec

Reason why I bought this car

• Need a replacement car after my Peugeot 208 starts giving non-stop issues in its 6th year lifespan with major wiring issues costing more than RM20K to repair in SC.
• Surveyed a few cars with requirements of good safety features and a well known reliability after the nightmare of the Peugeot 208 parts wearing down one by one.
• Primarily need a car for daily commute between work and home, hence the reliability part is crucial.

Car selection process

• I had a budget of: RM 100k

• Models that I have considered include: Jazz, Rio, Ioniq

The reason why I choose this car

Safety features, reliability and the whole package.

User experience

• I have already done 10,000+km. 
• My average fuel consumption is 10.5L/km.

Other than being a rather common car on the road, I am very happy with my choice.. until they announced the facelift design.

Which is why I decided to find and install the newer LED headlight, and finally found one seller on FB recommended by a member from Yaris group.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Cheap maintenance cost 
• Pack with safety features (360 cam, front dashcam, blindspot alert, 7 airbags and more)
• Comfort ride (maybe a little too soft at times)
• Nice interior, not too busy with buttons.
• Decent NVH for the segment
• Headache free for at least 7 years to come
• Excellent service center (S&D Tama Sungai Pinang)

Cons

• Horribly designed armrest 
• No telescopic steering wheel
• Rather thin paint job
• Performance is not as good compared to some cars of the same segment

Ratings

Total Score: 4
Performance: 3
Quality & Features: 5
Space: 4
Ride Comfort: 5
Fuel Economy: 4
Price & Cost: 4

Summary

What I have done so far with my car is a rather economical type of mods compared to most people.

Exteriors mods:

• Sprayed the rims to glossy black (somehow I prefer the stock Enkei rim design)
• Chrome delete door handles 
• Removed the horrendous "misai" front grille add-n (double sided taped only)
• Sticker wrapped to cover red linings and changed some part to turquoise instead

• Changed the Toyota logo to matte black type (kept the original)
• Changed the springs to stiffer comfort sport type
• Changed the headlight to the latest full LED design (plug and play as well without modifying any wiring)

• Sticker wrapped the hood to cover the thin paint job chipping away 
• Changed all regular bulbs to LED type (signal, reverse, interior etc)
• Changed to LED type side mirror signal
• Changed the spoiler to an AMG-inspired design

Interior mods:

• Added paddle shifters (turns out it's just a plug and play from previous gen Altis steering wheel back cover)
• Added OBD2 meter for battery voltage and oil temperature
• Installed a matte screen protector on the infotainment screen to rid off the annoying finger prints (from shopee)

• Added an armrests cushion to somewhat fix the poorly designed one (sourced from shopee)
• Sticker wrapped the door button panels (glossy black attracts too much dust)
• Sticker wrapped the silver trims to dark grey

Some interesting events

There's one quote that I read somewhere which I like that sounds something like this.

"If you don't look back at your car after you park it, you've bought the wrong car."

And yeah, I looked at my car all the time after I parked it :)

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