Called 2 of the 3 Dealers I have deposit with! No good!!

Confirmed. I was able to have the body side moldings deleted and the floor liners swapped with carpet mats. Now that I know it's so easy(since mine hasn't even reached the port yet), I might also delete the door edge guards.

 

Why delete door-edge guards? They are pretty nice.

 

Is there a disadvantage to door edge guards?

 

Nice to know. My dealership said they would have to remove body side molding at dealership.

 

I’ve been waiting forever. My local dealer has only received two…one blue and one red. They supposedly can review the regions allocations and pick a Prius that matches their customers request but so far no silver XLE. Maybe only allowed one or two per allocation and no control over add on accessories. Must be driving them nuts too!

 

I saw this protection film on the 2022 that was initially allocated for me but I decided to wait for 2023. Dealer told me this week that the 2023s they’ve seen on allocation lists so far don’t have the pre installed protection film.

 

No disadvantage; purely aesthetics. One of the things I love about the gen5 styling is the smooth lines. The door edge guards interrupt that just a tiny amount. It's small enough that I wouldn't mind having them if forced to, but, if I had a choice, I would go without. The single time in 13 years where I actually hit something hard enough to damage the edge of the door, I hit it so hard that a door edge guard wouldn't have done a bit of good. (The wind caught my drivers door and slammed it into the round running board on the truck next to me. Hit it hard enough to bend the edge of the door in at least an inch, and knocked off about half a softball's worth of paint.)

 

The factory-installed paint-protection film is definitely there, but it is very hard to see. You need to carefully look at the edges of the bumper. It also came on the replacement OEM mirror cover I got.

The port-installed paint-protection film could be thicker and offer more protection.

There is no factory-installed paint-protection film on the hood—only on painted plastic parts and door cups.

Dealers are clueless.

 

They are color-matched and you can hardly see them. Certainly, no one else other than the owner will ever notice them.

 

My preference came after seeing them in person. You're free to have your own opinion, but I prefer the look of the car without them.

As I said before, it isn't going to ruin my life if I end up with them, but if all it takes to not get them is a 5 minute email to my salesman, well....

SM-S901U ?

 

Good rule of thumb: as the car rolls out the factory door, it's good. Well apart from shipping necessary stuff, like over-inflated tires, the body underside plugs in glove box, temporary plastic protections.

 

hey there, new here, just bought my third prius, the 2023 limited. out here in california theyre going fast. i got mine through my bank (credit union) auto purchasing program. they are connected to a lot of different dealerships and found mine. its being delivered in the next couple days. my bank said they are not making many of the LE or the LTD, but making more of the XLE since that is what seems to be the most demand. Even at that, they're just not producing them that quickly for some reason.

 

What I meant was I saw the spec sheet of the 2022 silver XLE before it was shipped. Along with the weather guard mats this Prius had the door and side body guards as well as the vinyl paint protection on hood. Even the emergency kit. My guess is they were loading them up with add ons and accessories due to the limited inventory.

 

congrats!

 

that is an odd option imo, i don't even use them in the front

 

@Hammersmith will disagree with you.

 

Meh. I wouldn't go out of my way to add them, even up here in the frigid north. Unless I was regularly transporting people(a.k.a. kids) in the back in the early hours of the morning(I don't).

OTOH, the panoramic view monitor is a big thing for me and you can't get that without also getting the heated rear seats, so...

 

I hope the rear vent can be an option instead of heat rear seat. Resell is BS. you won't get 80% back of what you are invited, so pick the options only you really use.