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

My job for the day, led bulbs

Left hand side one done

Plug and play, however the fans that are built into them do make a bit of noise


Just go to wait for night time now


2010 Gen 3

 

Couple of mod's i was able to get done over the weekend. Starting of with the rear spoiler & front lip that i picked up off EBAY, went ahead & painted them blizzard pearl as best as i could. Think they turned out great. Also swap out the rear tail lights for older model one's to match my blacked out head lights, didnt install the orange reflector as that thing was an eye sore & couldnt pick up a clear reflector so didnt put anything but i think it looks great. thanks to everyone who pm instructions on how too do them; really appreciate it.

 

Love those back lights, they look great


2010 Gen 3

 

Thanks ! Glad i pulled the trigger, only difficult part for me was putting the headlights back together

 

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share you my Prius. At first, I never thought about doing anything to the Prius until I discovered PriusChat then I never thought about posting anything here, just wanted to look around. But after many pictures and cool awesome mods from everyone in the thread. I finally got some guts to share some pics of my mod Prius too!

Some mods were done a couple months ago and it just keeps I started with leather seats then wheels
I then installed Hella horn then fog lights then winow visors.

TRD sway bar was installed. It took me like an hour and a lot of sweats because I didn't bother using jack stands. Sort of a mistake. Made it harder to install but it works lol.

Then the folding mirrors were installed.
Thank you so much Masta Sean @sfv41901 for the folding mirrors parts and installation. They looks so great, adds safety and changes the look on the Prius.



Tom's strut bar and lowering springs were installed by @sfv41901 and @RightOnTime. Go Team Hybrid Pit!

Pic before springs



After springs were installed. I wish I have taken more pictures.

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I just love the fact that the bar color matches the color of the car.




Last weekend I just installed the JDM DRL. Thank you Peter. @clearbrapro for the part.
Zoom into the pic to see the horn!



Sorry for a long post! I'll keep it short next time! thanks for looking!

-Tommy

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Hopefully we can see you around She's beautiful!

Anyone up for a caravan down Cali PCH sometime this Oct? I wanna grab some photos.

I finally get to meet @sfv41901 to install my taillights this weekend. I can't wait

 

Another PriusChat reader turning into a do'er!

 

You guys are bad influence! Lol

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Gave it a much needed wash after almost a month of neglect.

 

Changed out the front drivers wheel bearing hub assembly yesterday . I planned to do both front assemblies, but the passenger side wouldn't cooperate . I was hearing more road noise translate at higher speeds and just did a tire rotation 3 k miles ago and the noise stayed in the front. So it was time.

Below is the front drivers assembly after 163 k miles on our 2010 next to the new assembly:



Our Prius has not seen very much salt (spent 4 seasons in VA and KS and would be garaged during the snow events). There was about a 1/16" play in the assembly once I had it out.

The drivers side wasn't bad, but then came the passenger side . The old hub came off easy, but the axle nut is punched and caused the threads to marr. Had to file the threads to ensure more damage wasn't done. When trying to fit the new assembly on the axle splines, there was impingement which left a 1/8" gap between the axle and hub being flush. Tried filling both down, but no dice.

This assembly wasn't bad, so put the original back on and punted til a later date.

Some tips if tackling a hub assembly:

• Disconnect the 12v battery
• Rotate the wheels as the 4 hub bolts are harder to access if the wheel is left straight
• Buy 2 axle nuts as the ones in use cannot be reused.
• Drill out the punched axle nut prior to removal so the threads do not get marred:

• Make sure the hub assembly will engage the axle before tightening the 4 assembly bolts

Test drive showed the drivers side was fixed and quiet.

 

Spend your money like a new government project................

 

Your rims are awesome!!

 

Before and after. Finally spray painted my taillights. I hate the all clear version.

 

It's going to be a never ending project too haha

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For sure have the new nuts on hand, and for sure don't try to loosen them without unstaking them first (axle replacement is an expensive PITA).

If drilling out the staked portion seems too fiddly, an alternative is this handy little tool. (As an extra bonus, though not on a Gen 3, if you have a Gen 1 or 2 it is just the right shape to lift up the brake shoes a little for sneaking grease onto the backing plate contact pads.)

-Chap

 

Thank you picked them up from a friend of mine for a steal of a deal and I've only came across one other person in my area with them so overall I'm happy.

 

Over this weekend @hybridpit (buena park) I got my Crystaleye Tails installed and license plate LEDS. Thank you @sfv41901 !

 

#HybridPitHangs
#TeamHybridPit

 

Gosh you guys are lucky. Been calling the shop for the past month and for whatever reason, no one ever picks up the phone.? Maybe im calling the wrong number.