Undercarriage damaged now making extremely loud grinding noise

Before we start talking trading in usually roll the sucker up on ramps or if you have a buddy with a lift lift her up and have a look a lot of times grading and grinding sounds are just plastic sitting against something that's turning etc on most of my prii. Most of that plastic that can do that is already gone I don't replace it because it doesn't really add to the gas mileage enough to be worth the cost of the plastics My under trays under each seat had about 60 or 80 lb total for all four of rocks in them so I was carrying 60 to 80 lb of extra weight that's a couple of babies for nothing that would hinder your gas mileage more than the aerodynamics of the trays

 

He's walking real slow we know dragging and loose plastic rubbing against wheels tires and drive axles anything that's rotating. Is probably not going to sound good and we should probably just get rid of it. Just seemed like that's a good idea or you can spend a lot of time with the silly fasteners trying to put it all back up to visit that a lot maybe glue it I just got rid of it didn't seem like a good thing all that plastic

 

happens to almost everyone, oil monkeys

 

Not bad, one feller keyfob stopped working and he traded it in for a brand new car. Quick fixes are the best

 

Just get under there with a screwdriver gun and some short screws and put screws through the loose parts back into the parts that are still holding. At the same time, if you're hearing noises when the engine starts up, you might have other problems. Post pics!

 

Pull that mess off cut it throw it away Don't put more holes in the bottom of the car trying to put it on it's not doing you anything there anyway just chuck it

 

That's your heat shielding for your cat... You definitely need to keep that. Some short screws through the shielding into the undercarriage will hold it in place.

 

It's shielding the floor panels from a great deal of heat that is given off from the Cat... If you remove it and you live in a hotter part of the country, the inside of your car will be hotter and the undercoating with dry out and crack and fall off.

 

If irreparable, think it's on this page, fasteners too:

Floor insulator for Toyota Prius XW30, 3 generation 01.2009 - 11.2011 - Toyota Car and Auto Spare Parts - Genuine Online Car Parts Catalogue - Amayama