How Do U Tell

[gman rct]

hi guys, i was wondering how u know if your yaris is french after reading recent threads?

obviousley if u bought it in france it would be, but can u buy a french 1 in the uk?

[Crisis]

They are made in France or Japan.

To check look at your Chassis Number:

JTD: Jap

VNK: French

[Chuck04]

i believe theres a little sticker or marking on the windscreen aswell, cant say ive ever looked to see tho

[Crisis]

If its Jap it should have the sticker... but French dont seem to have it (possibly embarrased?). But the sticker could have been removed so check the numbers.

[earpl]

i belive all TS are made in japan. ive seen a few with "made in france" stickers. im !Removed! cause i took my " made in japan " sticker off and put it on my new screen when it was fitted :P

[alanbradley]

The cars we get here come from both France (Valenciennes, near Lille) and Japan (T-Sport certainly, my last diesel T3 did too), but I believe that variations are also made in Canada, South America, China and Thailand (I'm prepared to be corrected on that though :) )

There are actually an amazing number of detail changes between the Japanese and French Yarii. A comparison of my car and my sister's French Blue (sounds like a dodgy movie  ;)  ) showed totally different components of the rear seat slide/fold mechanism, front and rear wipers, aerial, front seat angle adjustment, bootlid pressing (probably about 60 grand of tooling change there) and, most surprisingly, the key! Mine had a gold "T" built into it (just like a Lexus one, or the one for my boss's Land Cruiser) and Titch's was just a crummy injection moulding.

I always meant to take photos, but never quite got round to it...

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From this thread here!

A

PS I've had both and the quality's just as good in the French ones

[Blue84]

Our Blue is french, and she has a sticker in the windscreen to say so..have a look on the VIN plate like it's been said before too, it's on the left hand side of the bonnet as you look towards the car.

Blue

[BlueMagic]

You can buy French in the Uk... believe me... *awaits taunts* :D

[BlueMagic]

Oh yeah, and I took the "Made in France" sticker off the windscreen. I'm in denial!

[Demonic Angel]

I dont care that mines made in France - my car is proud to be a little french rabbit!

[Kev Mc]

Lol, mine has got the 'MADE IN JAPAN' sticker on the top right of the windscreen, didnt notice til I bought it & my 1st thought was " :censor: , I've bought an import"

[seveer unaek]

i belive all TS are made in japan. ive seen a few with "made in france" stickers. im !Removed! cause i took my " made in japan " sticker off and put it on my new screen when it was fitted :P

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ghey

I took mine out! I hate extra stickers on the windscreen, Tax Disc and Gold member is about all i can stand, even then the tax disc could do with moving! Dunno why, just don't like stickers!

[Al J]

Mine had an enormous (and very sticky) sticker telling me about Toyota Roadside assistance! No made in France sticker. The last one had that sticker though. I quite like stickers but only the ones I put on myself. The Supagard and dealer ones are going soon.

[Demonic Angel]

Mine had an enormous (and very sticky) sticker telling me about Toyota Roadside assistance! No made in France sticker. The last one had that sticker though. I quite like stickers but only the ones I put on myself. The Supagard and dealer ones are going soon. 

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Do you know what - I know Karis had a sticker for definite but thinking about it, I've never checked to see if Kaori has one...... she has the roadside assistance one - Karis also had a minging "Listers" sticker in her windscreen, thankfully, Farmer & Carlisle never stickened my car up for me - havent even got a dealer sticker in the rear windscreen!

[b1nda]

Ive got that listers sticker too....altough its not really a sticker...its a engraved type sticker where you cant just peel it off....makes the car look cheap...i HATE IT :ffs:

[Demonic Angel]

Ive got that listers sticker too....altough its not really a sticker...its a engraved type sticker where you cant just peel it off....makes the car look cheap...i HATE IT :ffs:

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I never tried to peel it off b1nda, but it looked awful - Farmer & Carlisle havent branded my new Yaris at all, apart from the numberplates of course! :P

[JustJJ]

Yaz has a made in Japan sticker and JTD on her VIN ;)

[Gnome]

Haven't checked the Chassis number, but Zanipolo has a "Made in France" sticker in her windscreen, and I had to order a "French" part when putting in my new headunit....

[alanbradley]

...both pretty good clues

By the way, the stickiest substance in the world is whatever they use to attache dealer stickers to the inside of your rear windscreen... They're a nightmare to remove.

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[Al J]

By the way, the stickiest substance in the world is whatever they use to attache dealer stickers to the inside of your rear windscreen... They're a nightmare to remove.

A

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Indeed they are. Anyone got any tips for removing them? I'm guessing it's going to be at least meths (I can get the clear IMS) or maybe turps substitute? Dealer sticker is going once my car has been in to them to put a few cosmetic niggles right. I'm scared that if I remove it now they'll put another one on! :P

[alanbradley]

The one on mine was sort of plastic... I just picked up one corner with the tip of a scalpel and once I got enought purchase pulled it off by doubling it back on itself (ie pulling along the sticker rather than "out" of the screen) and gently wiggling it from sided to side. Got it off in one (rather stretched and crinkled) piece.

A

[earpl]

i removed my made in japan sticker.

and put it on my new windscreen when i had it fitted :D

[seveer unaek]

Indeed they are. Anyone got any tips for removing them?

Yep! Nip to your local Wilkinsons or most DIY stores and pick yourself up something called: 'Sticky Stuff Remover' That's it actuall name, about £1.99 i think... it removes everything sticky! Bugs on front of car... yep. Tar.... yep. Window stickyness.... yep. Chewing gum on your backside after being on a crappy bus.... yep.

Great stuff! Oh, meths works on windows too!

[Brigand]

Indeed they are. Anyone got any tips for removing them?

Yep! Nip to your local Wilkinsons or most DIY stores and pick yourself up something called: 'Sticky Stuff Remover' That's it actuall name, about £1.99 i think... it removes everything sticky! Bugs on front of car... yep. Tar.... yep. Window stickyness.... yep. Chewing gum on your backside after being on a crappy bus.... yep.

Great stuff! Oh, meths works on windows too!

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Yeah I totally agree get some "Sticky Stuff Remover" it is the Dogs dangly bits. It removes any sticky stuff from your windows or sticky stuff on seats ;) .

[Al J]

Indeed they are. Anyone got any tips for removing them?

Yep! Nip to your local Wilkinsons or most DIY stores and pick yourself up something called: 'Sticky Stuff Remover' That's it actuall name, about £1.99 i think... it removes everything sticky! Bugs on front of car... yep. Tar.... yep. Window stickyness.... yep. Chewing gum on your backside after being on a crappy bus.... yep.

Great stuff! Oh, meths works on windows too!

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Thanks for the tip, Seveer. I'll pop down to my local Wilkos and get some. Chewing gum, eh? As a teacher, it looks like I'll get to use the rest of it too!

P.S. What's a 'bus'?