What did you do to ur Gen III Prius today????

It's a nice refresh for the rear lights

 

replaced the rear springs but having problems. Excessive knocking when going over the slightest bump. The rubber mounting pad looks okay so what could it be? This car may have been built with the sports suspension or modified before we bought it. I replaced the low riding pimp springs with regular moog springs. It really sounds like the shocks are the problem but I can't seem to figure it out. Replaced the shocks and top mounting hardware but still makes an annoying knocking sounds.

 

Something is not tight. You should double check all nuts and bolts to make sure they are tight.
I replaced front struts on my van twice before I figured out I needed a deeper socket to tighten the nut.
The socket was slipping and not screwing the nut all the down.
The knocking sound was because the strut was hitting the nut.
I just needed to be smarter than the nut!

 

I would check the top mounts on the rear dampers, if those are loose at all you'll get knocking. You need an open-end wrench and Allen wrench (I forget what size, maybe 10mm?) to tighten them.

 

Upgrade endlinks to accommodate for the Hotchkis sway bar.

 

nice. I have Moog but they are already shot. might check these out

Pixel 3a XL ?

 

are those better then the direct replacement from whiteline w23185?

Pixel 3a XL ?

 

Non adjustable vs adjustable


iPhone ?

 

interesting. so you can tweak the ride with adjustable. seems longer right out the box

Pixel 3a XL ?

 

Dropped off the car today for wekfest la for the show on Sunday. First major show I ever done outside of yoda fest

 

Your car is sitting the lowest of all of them!

 

Thank you @RightOnTime for the guidance!
Another direct bolton

 

What are these for?

 

Gotta kiss the ground

 

It’s the subframe brace. The lower two piece are what Prius comes with. The top one, solid piece is from certain Lexus/Toyota models

 

Will it work with the cusco braces?

 

I have Cusco as well except the Cusco lower arm bar. I don’t think it interferes with any bars.

 

I don't usually post my latest pick up, but this was too good imo. Picked up for a killer deal too. Been going back and forth with refinishing these or not. If I didn't, I'd save money and can just call them my beater wheels. Specs below for those curious:

Volk Racing CE28
18x7.5 +33 (squared)


Also picked up a Blitz washable cabin filter from HP.

 

Could you please tell me which Lexus/Toyota models? Or, better yet, give the part number, please?

I'm also wondering if there's a list anywhere of alternate parts for the Gen 3 Prius. Anyone know?

 

I took my Cusco brace off to replace with that Oem brace. Then again, that Cusco brace was beat up from road rash


iPhone ?