Sportwing body side moldings installed

Are the "Sportwing body side moldings" the same as the ones in the PriusChat store?

Does anybody else have the side moldings installed on the Gen3?

Lee

 

I understand that side moldings are an optional accessory for the 2010 Canadian Prius.

I wonder what the 2010 Canadian Prius' side moldings look like and what height and angle they're installing them at.

 

Sportwing doesn't list the 2010 in their website yet, where did you get them?

 

Thanks. Here's Richard P's Canadian Prius with side moldings:

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Can't tell from the pic, but the Canadian moldings look the same or substantially the same as the Sportwing.

Compare the height of the moldings in Richard P's Canadian install with the height of exbauer's Sportwing install (assuming exbauer installed them per Sportwing's or metrotpn's instructions).

Richard P's Canadian install is lower -- on the bottom half of the doors ... this seems to be the most prevalent height for side moldings that I've seen on cars like the 2010 Prius that have an angled, raked crease in the sheet metal high up on the body side (think Honda, Acura) ... I think it looks better this way, but offers very little protection against dings from opening doors. I think exbauer's higher install does not look as good, but will protect much more against dings from doors.

 

Thanks all, for the photos!

I like the looks of the body side moldings in both photos. But I wonder what they would look like at a mid-level height?

When I had the BSMs installed on my 2009 G2, I had it done mid-height (that was the actual height recommended by the installer and the molding instructions; $211 installed). By mid-level I mean that the molding was halfway between the bottom of the door handle "scoops", and the top of the lower indented door accents; also, the mid-level height was close to the outermost radius of the door. Seemed like a good compromise all around.

On the 2009s, putting them too low accentuates the "bulbous" look of the G2s, while putting them too high makes them look too much like "after market add on", IMO.

I do really like the way that the 2010 looks with the BSMs. Since it doesn't have the lower door accents of the G2s, it seems as though there is more freedom of placement.

Both exbauer's and Richard P's installs look really nice to me. Nice, but without a definitely different feel, due to the difference in height placement.

Nice work!

 

I posted a photo of mine on another thread about molidings.

http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii...s/64798-2010-side-body-moldings-question.html

 

Looks great on both cars, I kinda like the positioning of the moldings on the black car though.