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Carbon wrapped door switches

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by JayGen4, Mar 29, 2020.

  1. JayGen4

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    This was a great decision. Looks and feels way better. No more scratch and thumb print magnet cheap looking plastic panel.
     

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    Nice! I am thinking of doing similar on my Prime's piano black interior. Was this precut for this application? Or did you DIY from a plain sheet of wrap? I've never done wapping myself and wondering how hard it is for the first-timer DIY.
     
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    Depends on the shape but in general, not too easy unless it is very flat with no currents or complicated holes to work around.

    I paid the guy doing my tint an extra $40 bucks. He's amazing and this still took him over an hour.

    I'd say difficult. Some parts and cars extremely so. It took him time, precision, and he used a blowtorch meticulously to heat just the right thing up. Well worth the money to me. Watched the whole thing. $40 is totally fair and I don't really have any interior left that I'd care to wrap.
     
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    I see it was professionally installed. Is $40 just for the pictured one, or for all four doors?
     
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    For two because the back ones are already a matte plastic so I didn't bother.

    I could have probably done it myself and achieved about a 70% as good looking job. Might have taken me longer and still would be like $10-15 in material. I don't think that is worth it.
     
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    Yes, for $40, it is worth it. Some of the plastic appliques for PRIME cost more than that. I may look for some professional detailing business around me when the dust settles and if the business is still open.
     
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    Yeah I think it was a great deal. Might have only done that because it was a slow day and my tint job.

    I actually think I just might do the panel area for the shifter too. I'm not a fan of that "toilet-bowl white" and thank goodness my Prius doesn't have that look for the cup holder area too. Some do and idk why but I got one without that styling.

    Last thing I wanna think about is a toilet bowl when I look at my interior, sparkling clean or not.
     
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    Yeah, I hated the porcelain white on shifter panel and steering wheel accent on my 2017 PRIME. Luckily I traded it in for a 2020 PRIME recently. It is now all piano black interior. Better than white, but I much prefer the looks of matte carbon black.
     
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    I agree. Haven't looked at the Prius prime on the used market since only the 2020 has the middle rear seat available.

    How do you like it?
     
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    It is basically the same car as the 2017 model I had before. I did not really need the 5th seat, but I wanted to get rid of the dysfunctional 11.6" screen and very uncomfortable Softex seats. I live in NE where a huge discount on PRIME made the switch so affordable. I traded in 2015 Gen3 Prius Two for 2017 PRIME Premium. This was a huge jump. It is the better car all around except for the cargo space. I have never driven Gen4 regular Prius, but I think the car is very similar except the EV mode. 25 miles of EV range is short but is very useful for a short trip. My next car is either Rav4 Prime or other PHEV with a longer range. Unless infrastructure around here catches up and the electricity rate goes down substantially, BEV makes no sense for me for foreseeable future.
     
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    Nice....have you tried to wrap the center console and the cup holders?
    I wanna wrap away the white portion
     
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    No but that would be difficult. Mine is black so I have no issues with it but I certainly would if it were that porcelain white you're speaking of.

    Terrible design choice by Toyota...
     
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    How does that panel look today? Do they last?
     
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