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

Got my CURT hitch cover installed

 

Looks good... what do you pull?

 

Option for bike. Nothing heavy.

 

5k service in the books; not super exciting, but yeah

 

Replaced the front Windshield Wipers , Bosch Icon , replaced the rear Wiper Trico , Replaced the Cabin Filter Replaced the Air filter
first time for any of these ,,, Interesting, when I took the Glove box off to replace Cabin Filter , I noticed that there was a White Cloth Material
attacked to back of glove box, im guessing to muffle noise , with I first got the Prius I complained a bout a rattle in that area ,,,, all went well
thank you all for your tips

 

For a quick re-cap on yesterday's meetup modding party in Long Beach at @Burna J 's place ...



I turned the install over to @sfv41901 's capable hands. Given the complexity of this mod, I felt much more comfortable seeing this accomplished right on the first try by an experienced modder.

Right near the end of the install we discovered that one of my new color matched mirror covers had a broken mounting tab. No worries. @Burna J hands me a soldering iron and a black zip tie which I took and set to work with an impromptu plastic welding job.



Here's a quick morning after video.

And for today's trick ...



... I installed my new REAL™ all-leather pistol grip steering wheel.

This thread was helpful:
JDM Prius Steering Wheel | PriusChat

And of course that led me to this page which was helpful:
ステアリング プリウス ステアリングの取り外し 装着手順 フレーダーマウス

However, the first move was the most difficult to figure out. Removing the airbag requires that you use a screwdriver to fiddle with something via the small access holes on either side of the steering column. But peering into this access hole I couldn't see anything that looks like it wants to be screw-drivered in any way.

Here are some pictures that I think will help anyone who might share my dilemma.

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The wire clip holds the airbag unit in place by fitting into a groove in the shaft at the back of the airbag.

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From the side you want to use your screwdriver to press clip inboard toward the steering column center. Success will be indicated when the airbag makes a 'click' and becomes loose. When you've unlatched the clip on both sides it will roll forward.

Another tip: Marking the top position of the center shaft is no joke. When you're loosening the center-nut you will be turning the wheel to the left until it doesn't turn anymore. At that point the top center is at some random orientation.

 

<---- disappointed there are no pics of @Burna J 's modded 12 pack...

 

The pizza was delivered by a guy driving a plugin Prius. @Burna J greeted him like he was another priuschat.com brother coming for some mods.

 

You realize, we all expected a few of these if the 12 pack mod was installed correctly...

 

played around with some plasti-dip that was sitting around. Saw someone on BMW forums do their tailights and I said to myself.. hmmm, i wonder...

failed first time, peeled off. tried smoke, looked too light. then did black for both again.


Here they are during the daytime. I'll leave them on for a bit. Not sure how well it'll do in a car wash. Might redo to look like G taillights.


surprisingly, all lights show completely fine at night.


decided to do my headlights too.


and the parking lights show right thru them too, which is great! even gives a lower glow, making it look like I have an LED strip.


Again, this is all plasti-dip and I like that I can remove them within minutes. And for about $12 which includes spray, tape, newspaper. This will hold me over until I get the Valenti SDs I want and baking headlights in the Summer

 

Looks great! How much did you pay?

 

It was around $274, including shipping.

 

Washed car today. Roof spoiler needs to be moved slightly lower, so bought more tape. Not looking forward removing tape. Lol

 

SFV ....you do man on installs! ...thanks for the awesome install! thanks ;burnaJ for allowing us to use place......

I smell another mod meet with beer and bbq and glitter and parfum for dessert coming soon

 

Just completed 1,384 mile road trip…. lol… Now time for a much needed bath and wax… good thing I have the clear bra lol

swapped out glovebox light to white led - Lexus part number

 

Where did you go? AZ or NV?

 

Bug mass murderer


iPhone ?

 

Installed TRD gas cap. Not too fancy and easy install.

 

Getting ready for my next modification, which i will probably regret in the future





Also met up with @moviebizman for some Slater's 50/50 Burgers!