What did you do to ur Gen III Prius today????

Congrats on the truck! Enjoy it...did you sell your front end?

 

So you jus did the license plate hole plugs and cup holder yesterday and @sfv41901 jus did all that work to it the other day and you jus got rid of it??

 

Cup holders seriously increase the resale value. Seriously.

 

oh ok....im jus wondering did u plan on getting rid of it the other day when you did all that or did u kinda jus decide to get rid of it last minute? lol not my business jus curious haha

 

So I installed my HID from Xenon Depot 4500k about 2 Months ago and my bulbs has mature which causes them to color shift, initially they had a hit of yellow its almost hard to see it until your up close, now they're pure white at all angles, from the looks of it im guessing it when from 4500K to 4700K-4900K, lucky it matches perfectly with my SMD parking lights. So far no issues, no flickers OEM wires are ambient temps and the ballast are working fine as dandy though i had to adjust my headlights to aim lower when i first installed. Pics below

Color appears to be correct as viewed in person just pure white. and yes the yellow side markers on the headlight unit has an SMD bulb too


Fully Lighted area

Semi Lighted area

Pitch Black area

 

do the bumper plugs screw right in or did you have to do any modifications?

 

Wonder if your MPG will improve since those are lighter than the stock 15"... ?

 

I drilled slightly bigger holes using 9/32 drill. Very easy install if you have a drill and drill bit.

I bought the bumper plugs online at bumperplugs.com and it is color matched to my blizzard pearl.

I hope that helps.

 

I got my car washed today...does that count? I read over this thread a lot today and want to do so much to my car now but I can hear my husband's voice saying "Four hundred dollars on wheels for your already new car which has nothing wrong with it" so I think it'll be a while before I can get anything done. Maybe I can talk him into letting me get a sway bar at least so it's not so floppy during turns, I miss how my Mustang handled and felt like I went from a car to an SUV when I got the Prius with the lean.

 

haha damn nice to hear this from a woman! lol

 

Most likely not because I rotational mass...but it was the best option as far as size and weight I wanted..plus I got a to good to pass up deal.

option

 

You must get a sway bar....my husband installed it and I agree it's a completely different car! I give it two thumbs up!!

 

Now this is a first, a wife who wants to spend money on a car and the husband who does not! Good for you! That is cool!

 

Wow, that looks super clean!

SCH-I535

 

Leave your husband and marry me lol.

Nexus 5 ?

 

Added a hitch I found on craigslist. Now I can pull the woodsplitter I have on shares with a few others. At 199,400 miles, I suppose it was about time. I was wondering how pulling the splitter (10 hp, 34 ton pressure) would kill my mileage. I got 74 mpg going the 17 miles to pick it up and 63 mpg pulling it back. I'm feeling okay about that.

 

Awesome! Maybe I can get a sway bar for Christmas. Haha.

Thanks! I spent a lot of time with my Dad growing up and he made it a point to teach me certain things, basic car maintenance, while my sister was more contented to stay inside with Mom. I enjoyed helping Dad re-build the engine for her Explorer more than she did.

I will try to! I hope the install isn't that bad as I'll probably be doing it myself.

Yep. We share a lot of common interests, video games, we're both software engineers but when it comes to my girly hobbies (quilting, painting, crafts) and cars that's where it ends.

Haha. Thanks for the offer but I think I'll keep him, he is the father of my son after all and we make cute kiddos.

Speaking of my little guy, I hope he shares my interest in cars. I hope to one day have a mother/son restoration project of a '69 Mustang.

 

Ahhhh I'm jelly

Nexus 5 ?