DIY Front lip on a Prius

Here's what it looks like on a blizzard

 

looks nice. lots of subie guys do this too.

 

Worked on it tonight and came out decent for the cost.

 

Nice looking ride with the front lip mod, it seems to finish off the look.

I too am considering a spring setup for a modest drop in ride height. Have you experienced an increase of bottoming or scraping of the lower body?

I am concerned since I have install the Tanabe front cross brace which extends a bit lower and have scraped once on an aggressive bump.

I agree with you that the Tanabe springs appear to drop the rear a bit lower than I prefer also ride stiffness is a consideration (not young any more).

 

I like it! not so flashy the cops want to follow you around!
Nice Drop!

 

Go with the NF 210 Slight drop elegant pose!Subtle lowering while maintaining comfortable ride quality is what the NF210 Spring is all about.Link:
Tanabe USA R&D Blog | Toyota Prius (2010) - Page 2
Go to next post to see the DF 210s or the privous post to see stock to compare! Let me know I got a place w/free shipping!
I think there like $225 now!

 

Dupe....slow board today...

 

Hi All,

Nice look, but that is one of these look things that sprung from a mod that was made to fix something, originally. Like fender bulgest. Originally, to get bigger tires safely on cars, the fender bulges had to be had applied onto the existing fenders. Over time, these became a stylistic cue for a powerful car. When if your designing a powerful car from scratch, one could easily make aerodynamic shapes to cover the larger wheel sizes. Instead, the aerodynamically inefficient bulges became de rigor. One of the things I do not like about the Gen III, where the Gen II had the smooth shaped sides - the best for aerodynamics.

Similarly, with these lips. Over on Ecomodder, cars without lips, have been experimeted with and found that the least drag lip height is not neccassarily the lowest. I have to think on the Prius, the stock bumper/lip configuration is tuned for minimum aero drag. But, since they have modded into other cars that did not have them, the look of a lip is now de rigor as to what a aero car should have. When there are other ways to accomplish what a lip does, if one is designed a car from scratch to be low aero drag.

Can you do some A-B-A testing (coast downs) with it off and on?

 

I've done this DIY Lip to a Miata NA before, didn't know it was applicable on the Prius =D

 

was bored with no work today and decided what the heck. here is one in black with some tire shine


Edit: it will be good practice till the day i make the 560 jump for a real lip.
one of those japanese rides

 

this lip is really growing on me. loving how it looks! :rockon: at first i didnt like how it flared out on the front and sides but i think it looks good now. i showed it to my coworkers and they were like... "it looks stock". thats exactly how i wanted it. not too flashy but looking good my camera phone dont do it justice.

i havent got this much attention from a car since my 99 mustang. 2 inch off the floor/sparco milano seats and stearing wheel

 

i agree.. i like the scion wheels/roof rack/drop and even the lip!!