Considering a cheap ebay lift kit... Help!

No experience with the lifts, but also not with the car scraping the ground... Are you sure the springs are okay?? How old are the springs?

Best regards, Nick

Black 2007 Prius

 

There are a few threads that cover this, try the advanced search feature.

Vaguely remember one member who had an issue with the 'plastic' riser cracking/breaking, think it was a bad batch or something.

Here is better option, though it likely costs more : Priusoffroad - Prius Lift Kits

If you have access to a 3d printer, someone posted the files to print your own. Though that could've been for the gen3, can't remember.

 

Received this Priusoffroad lift kit for Gen 2 Prius yesterday, these are of high quality manufacture - and you get stickers as well. It is a 1.5" lift. Holding off on the install until I receive the 3 way coolant valve that generates the 1121 error code, gonna try replacing it from the side when the bumper's already pulled back. Maybe better not to skimp, on this primary suspension connection part. Biggest concern is hose/electrical pathway possibly needing extension/rerouting to accommodate the lift, haven't seen any complaints about that in reading up on it.

 

I'd go for the prius offroad kit, if you must buy the cheaper kit, look for one made out of aluminum. Seen too many people have the rubber break apart on them. Also read the tema rising lift thread for more opinions.

 

I have had the Prius Off Road kit on my car for about 10 months, and its awesome. No more scraping on steep driveways or speedbumps. The manufacturing quality is excellent, and have had no ill-effects. Fuel consumption stayed the same with stock tires, lost a few mpg when I added larger tires, but worth it to me.

 

What else would you change on suspension with kit at same time? Not sure if some other components that are old should be changed?

 

if you didnt know... stay away from the low cost lift kits... heck, there is one out there that costs the same as the properly designed kits and I'm shocked no one is talking about how they throw off your camber in a no so good way!

https://black.jmyntrn.com/2023/12/23/aluminum-and-plastic-prius-lift-kit/

 

I have a problem
With snow drifts on the road I drive most,
Often we get snow with winds , the road edge barriers are steel bands and this makes snow drifts across the road,
I installed a 2” life kit from Prius overland ,
Had to do the install myself, dealers will not install any non OEM parts,
I was wearing a full leg brace ( awaiting a new knee). Bought NAPA replacement struts to minimize spring removals ,
It went easy ,
I do not plow through snow drifts , more like clear over , snow flows better now under my Prius ,
The lift is 2 inches,
It makes getting in and out of the seat easier,
I now have two new knees , 2 hips
And the two inches really counts ? Ask any lady, lol
I also “ call it my Prius Truck! The back seat is always flat,

I do a lot of hauling of building materials ,
Leaving the mouldings store , I followed a guy with his 10ft moulding out of the store, and he was trying to fight mouldings into his short box pickup truck,
Where as I simply lifted the hatch and slid my mouldings into my Prius Truck and drove out of the parking lot,
It s 10ft 3 inches from the hatch to the front floor of the passenger seat, No I cannot load 2x4 wood, mouldings flex ,
So the lift kit is great. Anymore than 2inches and velocity joints will wear fast,
My 2008 Prius has 325,000 Km,
I am now burning oil at a crazy rate , 1 litre in
300 Km. If I change to 20-50W castrol the oil consumption does not get better!
I am assuming I had carbon in the piston rings ,
I drive about 200 K a day at 120 Km per hr, mostly on cruise control. Then some city driving and back home .
Is there a best way to remove the carbon in the rings so the oil is not left on the cyclinder walls? I see no smoke or oil in the exhaust pipe,
Tom

 

If use the 2inch lift you can
Upgrade your tire size, more rubber on the road, I use studded Nokia snow tires, warning- studs help on black ice and reduce braking effectiveness as the steel slides easy on dry pavement

 

This! You have far more options than had you went with the 1.5" lift kit.

This is my Prius in the snow with the 1.5" lift in the front and All Terrain tires before I went taller than 2" lift...