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

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by sfv41901, Jul 23, 2012.

  1. Boston Jim

    Boston Jim Active Member

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    @WolfpackBill - did you just buy the center caps or did you plastidip them as well, leaving the crome toyota symbol?
     
  2. Dylan Doxey

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    Today was the washer nozzle delete.

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  4. sfv41901

    sfv41901 Masta S

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    I worked on this today.......these are just teasers

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    More too come

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  5. ncases

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    I'm excited my friend! Can't wait.
     
  6. WolfpackBill

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    I Plastidipped the cap as well. The caps that I have allows the Toyota emblem to be clipped on so I took the emblems off and Plastidipped the cap.
     
  7. Accordlayingkit

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    is this the before pic?
     
  8. Burna J

    Burna J Knot Right Performance....

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    Somebody's going to happy !! :rolleyes::D:D:rolleyes:
     
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  9. Dylan Doxey

    Dylan Doxey Senior Member

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    Shortly after I posted this I realized that I put it in back to front. I was probably rushing the finish to beat sunset. Here's the morning after revision.

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    Here's a few snapshots detailing how I fabricated the plug.

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    I found a carriage bolt with a 1" head. Using an angle grinder and a dremel tool, I sculpted it to closely match overhead profile of the washer port. Then I hit it with a coat of primer, and a shot of 8V1, and installed it using he original gasket.
     
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  10. Dylan Doxey

    Dylan Doxey Senior Member

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    No, that's the after pic.

    Perhaps "delete" is too strong of a term. Let's call this a washer port plug.
    It's using the original gasket from the washer port which keeps it raised a bit.
     
  11. Accordlayingkit

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    Gotcha
     
  12. saulbassfan

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    image.jpg At @sfv41901s pad to install some df210s.

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  13. Dylan Doxey

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    Today's project: Inverter Cover (and Friends) Installation

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    The coolant bottle and the wiring harness covers were simple snap-ins. However, the inverter cover was made for Lexus & Prius v (a.k.a プリウスα). So it takes some tweaking to get this to fit in the ZVW30 just right.

    The inverter cover has three issues.
    1. There's a grounding bracket that interferes on the corner near the fuse box.
    2. There's a mounting hole which has nothing for the push-pin to push into.
    3. The radiator cover doesn't play nice with the forward edge of the inverter cover.

    The grounding bracket issue took a little work with a cutting wheel and some touch up work with a dremel sanding drum.
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    For the mounting hole issue, I fabricated a fake backing for it. It's purely cosmetic.

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    For the case of the interference between the radiator cover and the inverter cover ...
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    I used my dremel sanding drum to shave the radiator cover a bit.
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    There, it is.

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  14. Burna J

    Burna J Knot Right Performance....

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    You could use one of this...... I think it was on isle 5, at Lowe's..... Right? @Accordlayingkit . :D

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    lol that's right!
     
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    20150418_153546.jpeg Lowered the car on Megan springs..
     
  17. Dylan Doxey

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    I finally got around to installing those hinge covers.

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    That's much better!
     
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    Went over to sfv4190 pad got a taste of Prius101 had my DRL's hooked up to a switch I'll take some better pics later car is dirty ...Oh also installed some HID's and OEM Toyota window visors that was a few weeks ago
    next up drop and front lip
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  19. ncases

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    So your drl turns on with your headlights?
     
  20. sfv41901

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    Yes, they stay on with the headlights & can be turned off when not wanted. Think of them now as DRLs during the day & fogs at night.

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