Port Installed Accessories Feedback

I’m thankful that 2024 Prime came with OEM mudflaps installed - maybe because I am in Canada. Not perfect but better than nothing.

 

I went with carpet mats, mudflaps, and the rear bumper applique.

I've added the regular door sill protectors and dashcam myself(plus lots of other stuff, but I'm just listing the parts that you can officially get). I'm very 'meh' on the protectors. They're more about appearance than protection, and they're right on the edge of too 'blingy' in this car for my personal taste. But taste is highly subjective, so what's blingy to me might be understated for someone else. I'm not going to remove them, but I'm not 100% certain I'd do it again. This will be my first winter with them, so my opinion might change(either way) after that. I also had PPF installed in the door handle cups when I had my car ceramic coated(those areas attract scratches like you wouldn't believe).

In my conditions, I don't have a need for door edge guards or wheel locks, but I could see where those might be useful for people in other conditions.

What I wish I would've added right away is PPF on the front bumper, hood, mirror caps, and maybe front fenders. Not the thin and overpriced stuff installed by dealers, but the good stuff installed by a quality detailing shop. But the need for PPF is highly depended on paint color and driving conditions. I'm in a rural area and do a lot of highway driving. I don't drive on gravel unless I absolutely can't avoid it, but there're still enough small rocks on our paved roads that chips in the paint are a problem. Not a huge deal with the white, silver, gray, and possibly yellow paint colors, but they're very noticeable on red, black, and probably blue. But the big problem is the four-digit price tag for a good PPF job. Probably $1k-$3k just for the front, and $4k-$7k for the whole car. That's a tough pill to swallow.


Oh, and I also got the emergency and first aid kits just because, but I ordered them myself to save 30%. (could have saved ~45% if I had waited for one of the additional 20% sales)

 

I wouldn't say the paint quality is bad(and the Japanese-built cars like the Prius have better paint than the North American-built Toyotas), it's just that the white or light gray primer on the metal panels shows the chips so much worse on the dark colors.

My gen3 was in silver, and I never noticed all the chips until I went to polish it up before trading it in. The chips were there all along, you just couldn't see them once you were a couple feet away because the primer color was so close to the silver paint color. But my new gen5 in red shows the light primer on every chip in the paint(the bumper isn't so bad since it's black plastic underneath and any chips just look like bug splatter).

Since you're getting yours in silver, I wouldn't stress about it.

Though I'd definitely think about the rear bumper applique, since I believe you said you use your car regularly to transport stuff.

 

Skip the door edge guards, they’ll as like as not do more damage then good, collect crud, scuff the paint.

If it was me, I wouldn’t get any extras. Do get a touch-up paint, though.