My 2012 Prius 5 Build

Yea my driveway is bad too & haven't really found a lip kit that I like. Don't really want fiberglass

 

03/18/18

Haven't don't a whole lot in over a year now other than replacing license plate LED lights, Fog light bulbs, and High beam bulbs as 1 in each pair started to go bad!

24-SMD 6000K White LED License Plate Lights For Toyota Matrix 2003 - 2013 | eBay


Nokya 9005 Hyper Yellow Headlight Fog Light Halogen Bulb 2500K S1 | eBay



2x H8 H11 30W HighPower CREE LED Foglight Daytime Running Light Xenon White 360° | eBay



04/19/18

As its been a few years now with all the exterior Carbon Fiber, I started to get the faded look from the sun no matter what I used on it to clean it or wax it. I didn't really think there was any hope to get it fixed as I searched around thinking no one would really mess with it in my area. Ended up finding a body shop in my area that said they felt comfortable sanding it and re clearing it. Took all my pieces off and dropped them off. Ended up re sanding all the pieces, re clearing, new UV protection, and even threw some Bronze Pearl in it all.





Rode on my stock wheels for over a year since they took some curb abuse! It kind of killed my mood to do anything else because I didn't think I could get them fixed. Friends ended up telling my about Detective Coating. Ended up dropping my wheels off to get completely fixed and possibly powder coated. I wanted some sort of Bronze but just not exactly sure which Bronze. Super stressful for sure!







Justin @ Detective Coating hooked me up with a fix and fresh powder coating!

Detective Coating, LLC (@detectivecoating) • Instagram photos and videos





Ended up going with.....

Alpine Bronze
ALPINE BRONZE Powder Coating Color | PMS-4645 | Prismatic Powders



So.....time to order new tires before I put all this back on! Hoping its gonna all look good together!

 

05/11/18

New tires on the way! Went with 225/40-18 FALKEN AZENIS FK510

Not sure if this was a screw up or not but its obvious of which set I ordered lol

 

05/14/18

New lug nuts came... Going with the black this time instead of the bronze I used on the old look



05/15/18

225/40/18 Falken Azenis FK510's were delivered just before heading to FedEx to pick up step 1 to the "Ultimate" wiper removal haha



FedEx dock pickup time!





It's gotta be around here somewhere!





Seibon Full Carbon Fiber Hatch
Products

Shouts out to Eric at Andy's Auto Sport for hooking me up with a deal that was too hard to pass up! Seibon wanted $504 + $150 shipping but these guys at Andy's Auto Sport threw something at me that was hard to say no! Check these guys out as they have alot to offer and ready to hook you up as well!

http://Www.andysautosport.com
1-800-419-1152 (Eric or Sean)











Real CF rear roof spoiler to go up on the top portion of this hatch just above the rear glass

 

05/17/18

Got me some Mugen Style window visors in. Guess ill put them on when this 2 week streak of rain is up!

 

With all this rain I could probably do this easily hahah

 

05/20/18

Finally stopped raining for me to install Mugen Style Toyota Prius window visors. Pretty simple job, pull off the normal style ones I had on there, heat the left over tape with blow dryer, little goo gone and your done!

Before applying new ones



New ones installed

 

05/20/18

Some asked how much the Seibon Toyota Prius Carbon Fiber hatch weights. I'll do the hood as well when I put the CF back on.

@Vman455
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With the wood on the scale



Wood & hatch without glass



So the Seibon Toyota Prius Carbon Fiber hatch was born in October 2010 weighing 16 lbs. without the glass lol.



I'll report back with the weight of the hatch and the glass once it comes in. Ordered the glass yesterday and should be here this week .

 

05/20/18

Picked up a rear hatch harness off ebay for a awesome deal of $55!! This is supposed to be my vin's part # for the hatch harness. Awesome deal considering this harness runs for about $250 new. Figured I'd do this to make it easier on myself incase I wanna switch back to my OEM hatch for some reason.

 

05/21/18

Some Toyota TPMS came in today

 

05/23/18

So I rode around getting a few quotes on inserting new TPMS sensors & mounting & balancing my freshly powder coated wheels. Got a few quotes of $50/per wheel and a few places not feeling comfortable doing them because of being scared of scratching them. Ended up going to a new Discount Tire in my area that quoted me $127 over the phone. Mentioned my over the phone quote when I got there and dude hooked me up! Total install and tire certificates for $141 out the door!



So I'm still a little nervous on how this is gonna look as I haven't put them on the car yet. In my head it's awesome lol but in reality not sure yet. Waiting to get hatch, cf mirrors, and gas lid back from body shop wheres it's getting more clear, fresh UV & bronze pearl.





Black wheel weights for my OCD



TPMS color gotta go! (more OCD)

 

05/25/18

Back hatch glass came well protected and packed.





Went to my local stealership to see what all parts were required for this glass install as I'm completely doing this hatch with new parts for easier switch out at a later date if I choose. $250 in parts I ordered which I was never expecting!





So I jumped the gun and already did some searching on the web for these parts and already found them all $100 cheaper with the shipping charge! Gonna have to get a refund Tuesday lol

 

05/27/18

Rear Bumper Protector had some nasty fade from the sun. Corrected with some Plasti Dip.







05/29/18

Cancelled that high priced OEM hatch parts order and re ordered for $100 bucks cheaper somewhere else!