I want to get mods for my 07 Touring before it arrives

Hello all. I wrote another topic (a sad tale of a man and his prius) a while back detailing my troubles getting a Prius. Well I finally ordered one. Its a black touring with tan interior package 2. I wanted to be ready with some mods before it gets here. If you can point me in the right direction I would be grateful. On a quick sidenote, did anybody notice that in the booklet on the Prius from the Toyota dealership, it does not refer to the car as a Prius or the Prius but rather just Prius as if it was a name like George or something. I just thought that was kinda cool and it gave the car a little personality.

I have a 5th generation ipod. (the ones just released a few days ago) I want to use the ipod to play music using the MFD and steering wheel and use its video abilities to play movies on the MFD. There is lots of talk about Vais but that website confuses me. Is there any simple solution for an 07 yet on how to play video off of the ipod? (with the least amount of fuss)

I want a dash kit but I don't know which one. I got one off of ebay for 20 bucks and it was horrible. It was like stretchy white paper. It was as thin as paper and it ended up just throwing it away. The only dash kits I have seen on the Prius on this site are the wood trims. But I don't want a luxury car I want a futuristic car. Does anyone has any advice on the kits (hopefully the more expensive ones are better then the one I got before) and have any other colors besides wood?

Do the side mirrors fold in towards the car. When I was playing around in an 06 the other day (btw, baltimore has alot of Prius's {whats the plural for Prius?} I have been in like 7 in the past couple of days) it looked like the outside mirrors were foldable. Do they have to be folded manually or can you do it from the inside. I hate when I am stuck at a redlight and some truck is behind me blasting me in the side mirrors with his nuclear powered headlights.

A very bad and mean dealership once told me that 4 Prius's were stolen in baltimore last month and that I should buy lojack and toyota vip security. I searched these forums and could not find anything about stolen Prius's. I am getting lojack no matter what, but I was wondering what vip security was. I couldn't find a website about it with any details. Does it alert you via mobile phone or fob when the Prius' alarm is going off or anything and are there better security systems available that are more suited to the Prius. I thought that a Prius couldn't be hot wired and that the only way to steal it was to tow it away or take your fob (hey, give me back my fob you sob :angry: ) Sorry for the profanity

Will there be an emblem on the outside saying Touring or something?

Thanks and please don't say that the 07's aren't out yet so we don't know anything about them. They have been out in Japan for a year. Also maybe someone should compile a nice big topic with all of the mods on them. I have to go to a bunch of different sites to get different mods for the Prius. It was really hard for me to find any info about getting video off of an ipod and onto the mfd. Thanks again and what a great Christmas I am going to have :lol:

 

Well I checked out the Prius wiki and the mods post but still have a couple concerns. I couldn't tell if the Vais allows one to play videos off of the ipod. I tried to use some links off of the Prius wiki to find out about subwoofer install but I am still confused. I read all of the posts on PC about subwoofers and its like another language. I have always used a subwoofer/amp combo and that think kenwood that fits inside the cargo space looks really nice. But with the talk of two batteries and things like that I couldn't understand how to do it. On my other cars I just connected the subwoofer/amp to my headunit and shutoff wire and then ran a wire and clipped it to the battery and a ground. Is it more complicated then that on a Prius. And am I to understand that there is a battery on the inside of the car? :mellow: Hopefully that makes running the wires easier then drilling holes in the floor boards to get the battery. Thanks

I liked the Priuswiki and was wondering if users can add their own guides for mods and such?

 

It seems like the alarms don't do that much. I have never given a car with its alarm going off a second look. I hope that I can hook up more advanced alarms like ones that page you or something. I was wondering about opinions on the dark dash kits. With a black exterior with tan inside I was hoping to eliminate the grey on the dash with a dark wood color but nobody has done dark dash kits yet. There doesn't seem like many mods I can do on the Prius though, compared to my other cars. Hopefully an EV mode button for an 07, wheelskin, wet okole seat covers, an ipod video MFD control, and a few other small things but I can't really find much in the way of competitors for certain products. For example, on Sigma there is a black organizer for the center console but its like 60 dollars. Is there any other organizers for the center console? Also what does everybody use that little slot on the dash (under the stereo) for? What did Toyota have in mind for that slot cause it doesn't seem like anything would fit in it, maybe a dvd player or something really small. And why does the stereo have a black screen like it should display something but doesn't? Does a higher package with the better sound system have a display on that blank screen? Sorry for all the questions but I can't help it...I am excited. If anybody has a pdf of the owners manual or a link for it, then that would probably keep me busy for a long time. Thanks

 

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I have searched for the dash kits but the search function almost never works for me. (using Safari 2.0.4 on Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.7) I never thought of new pedals. Where did you get yours? I would personally like more futuristic steel looking pedals. I tried figuring out what VVT was but couldn't I definately wanted light upgrades but with LED lights seemed super expensive and with the footwell lighting kit I was worried about adding alot of strain on the battery. Mostly because I want that skinny kenwood amp/subwoofer too. I wonder if you could put LED lights or something behind that blank screen. Maybe a new digital clock or something creative like cut out an oval and a nice analog fancy clock? Anybody got suggestions? Also I wouldn't mind glancing over the 04 manual, I'll pm you. Thanks

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Sep 23 2006, 12:06 AM) [snapback]323748[/snapback]</div>

Woah, those pedals are awesome. I am definately adding something to change the plain black pedals. I wonder if they have a pedal for the emergency brake too. I think that I will be taking off some of the emblems, at least the one that says toyota and hopefully will get a touring one to replace it.