Chin Spoilers-Stability issues solved. Thanks for nothing Toyota

Ever since I purchased my car (08 package 2) I have been plagued with stability and wandering on the freeway. So much so that it got the point where I was seriously considering taking the hit and selling the car at a huge loss.

I drive 80 miles a day and doing this many miles it eventually wore me down trying to keep my car centered in the lane.

I had tried everything mentioned here on priuschat:
1. Alignment (7 times)
2. BT Plate
3. Replaced tires with bigger, better ones
4. Trying to relax on the wheel
5. Pretending the problem was me and not the car.

After many months of digging and searching, I came across an article that spoke about the " chin spoilers " that sit just in front of the front wheels. I was also pointed in this direction in another post I had going about my alignment issues.

http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-prius-main-forum/79263-who-can-figure-out-me-i-am-begging.html

Having nothing more to lose, I decided to try and move them to the front of the car as described in a post on this forum.

The result. PROBLEM SOLVED.

I cannot believe that Toyota can design a car with such bad handling issues at freeway speeds (65-75mph), and that we as the consumer have to spend so much of the little free time we have trying to come up with a fix for it.
I am glad that what I did worked, but this still leaves me with a thought that something is not right with the car. It also has convinced me that I will not be purchasing Toyota anymore (after having had many of them).
To spend so much money on a car that has issues like this is insane.

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent. For now, I am stuck with it until it dies.

For those of you that have these issues, here are some links to help you out.

Autospeed article: adding a chin undertray to a 1st gen Prius - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum - EcoModder.com


http://autospeed.com.au/cms/article.html?&A=2456

 

I moved the chin spoilers to the front of the car. I will take pics and post them. I did not do the tray thing.

 

http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-prius-main-forum/79263-who-can-figure-out-me-i-am-begging-5.html

look at the last post on page 5. There are some images

 

yes. I moved both of them from the original position up to the front of the car where the black plastic moulding is on the bottom of the bumper/fender

From what I have experienced, they are too close to the wheels and have an opposite effect. Basically, it seems that the airflow makes the car lighter and thus causes the wandering effect on the freeway.

After moving them to the front, all this has gone and the car now drives like a normal car (almost).

 

ok, here are some quick pics

 

I would love to see some images of how you mounted yours. I would consider getting it if it has helped you as much as you say.
I have been plagued with this issue and am willing to try.