Light-bar upgrade for LE and SE

Yep I plan to!

The back lid panel is very hard to remove all the way because the clips are very far in, so its hard to get leverage for them to pop. Not scared of breaking it, since its very flexible plastic but still.

I am swamped with work so maybe I can get to it Friday or Saturday. I am really looking forward for the small improvement.

 

Damn, I wasn't aware of that shortcoming. Now I'm wishing I had paid more for a version that would be more aesthetically pleasing to those who are driving behind me. Totally worth the extra thousands of $$$ and the loss of a few mpg.

Hopefully Toyota's lack of foresight doesn't damage the Prius' reputation as a car that other drivers lust after!

 

What you call aesthetically pleasing can be seen by others as a safety feature. Some of the drivers behind you need all the help they can get to grab their attention to what is happening in front and around them while driving and not rear end the person in front.

 

Just bumping the thread. Has anyone figured out exactly what pieces are needed and how hard it is to add the bar lights?

 

I'm updating this but essentially you'll have the replace the whole plastic trunk piece - which is being report by many as cracking on its own.
One guy I saw in another group had his replaced under warranty and the new piece cracked during install.

To add insult to injury, the SE (and probably LE) seems to have the centre piece completely opaque so my simple idea of adding an LED in the plastic doesn't even work.

I'm currently out of ideas on the topic, short of swapping out the whole part.

 

You should have just purchased the higher trim grade, your life would be happier in multiple ways. Always do a walkaround of the car, and check the lights before you buy. But good luck with your upgrade!

 

Thanks, I saw that but with how brittle the plastic seem to be, I am hesitant. That and I currently don't even have that kind of money to spare and I'm also facing Toyota refusing to let me move with my car so may have to sell it in the next year or two.

If somebody wants to start a gofund me for the part I'll willingly give it a shot but I'm trying not to do too many things to it while it's uncertain and waste money if I can't keep it.

 

The Gen5 light bar is not going to fit on the Gen4, pretty different backends.

 

Say what??

 

It seems as of 2023, Toyota Canada has made the internal decision of not issuing compliance letters that allow you to import the car in the US. They've also instructed Toyota USA not to give any to Canadian cars. No public announcement, nothing. You'd just told when you request it.

 

In summary, I would have to spent around 500$ for parts, led sockets, wiring harness and pray that it doesn't crack lol
not sure anymore if it's worth it.

Someone mentioned that going for an upper trim would solve this, welp. Unfortunately on Mexico there are only 2 trims, and the premium one has the low tier lights too even though it costs the same as an XLE on the US.

 

This guy likes to troll the Gen5 board. Pay no mind

 

I actually tried setting him to "ignore" like the poster who was leaving the board did. Unfortunately, he's started so many threads, that if you do so, half the content disappears.

I've been tempted to start a poll asking the membership of the G5 forum if it's time to send Mr. Gokhan packing. He's a constant negative drain on the community. It appears to be very intentional.