First impressions of the C

Most people don't know or care what you are driving. A car is a car is a car to the majority of folks on the road and usually you are in their way of getting somewhere slightly faster than ever possible. It is mostly psychological, just like after you buy a new car you start to see all these other people with the same new car. They copied you! No, it's your brain being weird and human.

Of course they can. As far as I know, the Prius speakers are not easy to find direct bolt in replacements and since it involved ripping apart some trim pieces and putting it back together, I am not usually a fan of that on a brand new car. You bought the base with the base audio system, you might just have to live with it. Otherwise you might get a decade of trim popping out because the monkeys that upgraded your crappy speakers to slightly less crappy speakers bent or broke some of the finicky plastic tabs that are meant to be single use at the factory when the car was built. Do you feel lucky?

Yup, go Prius. The C gets about the same MPG and my big GenII on the highway, better in the city. Exactly what it was designed to do, amazing...

I disagree with you on horn usage. If I hear an idiot blowing their horn for no reason, just stuck in traffic like everyone else, I am usually more aggressive to keep that idiot away from me and I try hard to keep them from ever getting infront of me where the accident they cause will be in my path.

But if you want a louder horn, you can buy some really good small minicompressor air horns. I have one in my GenII Prius. I have used it maybe twice, and the horn on my car maybe less than 10 times total. But it sounds like a semi truck, real big air horn. It is shaped like a snail and has a built in compressor and everything. Now it takes a few seconds to charge up but for me where the duty cycles is essentially 0% it is already ready for the blip. If you are constantly honking away, you might need something with an external air tank and a bigger beefier air compressor. I believe mine was just under $300 and I used some auto relays I have lying around to wire it to the existing horn circuitry by the radiator.

 

Quite a few of us have upgraded the horns on the Prius c, as well as most other models, and there are lots of useful posts. Here's one thread:
carfart horn | PriusChat

 

I just replaced all 4 speakers in my C, not hard... 3 screws per door and some clips, I used some plastic door panel tools from auto zone. Installed Alpine 6.5 speakers and it sounds really good.

 

i like a horn that goes, neep...neep...

 

Remember this song?

 

Be careful C side mirrors are very small and live a huge blind spot if set up traditionally to see back door. Also B-pillars limit view at intersections, and rear window limits view if seat high enough.

With respect to OEM speakers I had put mine on '14 C2 through audio tests and after ~40-60hr of burn in they are passable... meaning the limiting factor is FM broadcast not speakers. The best set up for flat response is to put Bass and Treble on +1. BTW One does not have rear door speakers, only front door, and the tweeters and mid-range are separated. From what I can say from tests the X-over is the biggest issue them, there is a noticeable drop in frequency sweep test.

Here is the link to tests: The Ultimate Headphones Test

 

For sound upgrade check out OEM AUDIO PLUS. Speak with Daniel. They are in Anaheim , Ca. Just got my system done by them and it sounds amazing!!! I put a post in the audio section if you would like to see my review. Enjoy your C!!!!