Has anyone put a body kit or upgraded wheels on their plug in?

I plan to do both in the near future.

 

There are a few (wheels, havent seen any with body kits yet.. aside from in Toyota Japan literature).. but you'll have better luck searching for them in the Gen3 Mods and Accessories forum

 

I spotted a lowered BP PiP with rims and exhaust, not sure about body kit.

 

Upgraded my wheels to the Corolla XRS.

Has a little impact on the MPG of course, but I like to roll in style

For the body kit, here's a YouTube clip to give an idea on what it takes to install a kit:

 

Yes

In the case of the body kit, make sure its for a 2012+.. 2010-2011 has a different front bumper

 

Yes. There is no difference with the bolt pattern (5x100) with the regular Prii and the PiPs.

 

Pics please!

Also, when you say it impacted MPG, what do you estimate? I've read from many folks its about 5-6MPG.. but never really straight from a PiP owner. I'm not too concerned about gas MPG, actually.. more about how much EV range I would lose. Although it should be the same for the most part (HV vs EV), I just want to hear it from a PiP owner.

 

Well it's a bit difficult to measure the impact during EV driving being that it varies from driver to driver and how much one applies on the accelerator pedal.

But when I mention impact on MPG, I'm describing more on how it affect HV driving. Before I upgraded to 17's, I was pulling out 49 -52 MPG average. After the upgrade, HV driving dropped to 44 - 46 MPG average.

 

So basically, 5-6 mpg drop as Tracksyde said

 

yes

 

I upgraded my wheels but went the other way I have lighter wheels now economy is better though not by much and I am sure the acceleration is better too