The transformation has begun!

Pretty crazy day!
The machine shop got the seats in!



I took them out - which was a pain in the butt!
I connected the electrical motor function to the 12v outlet from the console and its all good!

Seat heaters
I still didn't have time to power them up.

Airbags
Driver side is easier since there is only one hall sensor for the position of the seat.


For a moment I thought of transferring it but it's not anything easy.

Having not an easy way to get around this I decided to do something a bit ghetto / but non the less functional (I thought).
I removed the rail with the sensor from the seats, and I also removed the airbag from the seat.


I wrapped everything up / nice and tidy (adjusted the one piece seat real roughly to my real position) and I connected them to the harness so that the blinking airbag sign will stop.



If that worked my idea was next to connect the Audi side airbag to the Toyota outlet so that everything would be functional - the problem is though that the airbag light is still on (with the stock Toyota airbag connected, hall sensor in the railing), I'm not sure why.

Can anyone check for me if the airbag illuminates when the seat belt is not buckled? If not I'm not sure why this is happening...


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Question
Is the airbag sign (see pic) referring in both airbags or only drivers?




Okay my friend Ken just confirmed that disconnecting any of the passenger side airbag related sensors will still activate the same warning light / so I think mine is because there are no sensors or airbags currently connected at the passenger side.

My plan is:
a) Remove all the sensors and side airbag from the Prius passenger seat and connect them to my car
b) Check if the airbag light will go off.
c) Connect the Audi seat airbags and see if that will trigger a light


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I hope so too, that would be so expensive! I'll install one at the time!

Thank you for your good words!

The sway bar is from matrix and I got it off the Ebay from a Toyota dealership (which is selling online) - I think this made the most difference along with the tires.

I know people from racing which had contacts in Megan racing and they gave me a better pricing. Their quality of these shocks left speechless (at this pricepoint that they are selling them) - overall I'm extremely happy with the dynamic characteristics of the car at this point!


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Drivers side airbag from the Audi is connected and functional without any airbag lights coming on!



Passenger airbag sensors are connected (so no airbag issues) but I can't make them feel there is weight in the seat / even though I did try with different clamps to simulate the passengers weight pressure



I also got a new remote control case and I transfer all the electronics from my old remote! Now it looks so much better!



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I spent most of this weekend doing electrical work on my Prius but I'm glad 90% of it is finished!

Audi seat heaters were installed (a new 12v line had to be pulled from the battery) and then I eventually hardwired my radar detector and my new dashcam (hopefully nobody will break in my car )



I also buffed out and polish the hood since there were waterspots.




The seat heater switches have been properly installed along with some hidden LED lights in the footwell area:





I first liked this kind of lights when I saw them in the i8 which I was test driving for a week - a few months back.




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Last night I also installed LEDs in the rear footwell area



Then I spent 5 min and I installed weatherstripping material between the driver's side mirror and the the door - completely eliminating the wind noise coming from that area.

 

17x7.5 Katana KR20 Bronze wheels rims (42 offset, 5X100/114.3)