My 2012 Prius Build (Aka Milf Magnet)

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    Harris_BRG Junior Member

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    Thanks man! Yea. I've got some surprises coming in from Japan that I might post up today.
     
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    Great start to all your mods. how difficult was it for you to order from yahoo auction japan? From what I read, you need a middle service company that will issue you a Japanese address and then you instruct them to mail it to your state side address with a fee on top of all the shipping fees. on top of that the, the middle man requires that you submit a photo Id so they can verify it's you and your address. With all that credit card information, makes me a bit nervous. Is there any other way to order from yahoo auction japan?
     
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    I use two main companies:

    Gtr Garage is my first choice. They've been importing for over 30 years. They import everything from small parts to cars. I mainly use them to order wheels or bigger body parts. My roomate is currently waiting on his R32 to arrive in the states being legally imported by Gtr garage. Gtr Garage can either ship it directly to you or they can ship it in a container from Japan to their US shop in Portland and then ship it to your home address (which is cheaper but you have to wait a little longer). Kunio and his fellow co-workers are very nice and usually respond to you quickly. All of their fees and such are on their website: Gtrgarage.com

    The other company is Nengun. They're a little more pricey because they do not offer the container service. So I only use them for small parts that I want imported. On their website you send them the link of the thing you want on yahoo.jp and they upload it on their website.

    Pay pal is essential with both of these sites because usually your bank will put a hold on your credit card because you've made a purchase overseas. At least that's what happened to me :p

    Don't get discouraged if you cant find things on yahoo.jp. It takes a bit of digging. I recommend using google chrome because it can translate the page into English for you.

    Another nifty tool is using Gtr Garages search for wheels. They have all of the popular wheels on their site and all you have to do is choose one and it takes you directly to yahoo.jp. Pretty easy from there.

    Here's a few sets of wheels I have coming in from the motherland using Gtr Garage.
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    A few months back, my amazing girlfriend surprised me with a Jdm piano black Steering wheel. So I think tomorrow or this weekend I'll attempt to tackle that.
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    Any tips or suggestions? Or pretty straight foreward?
    I've done quite a few quick release steering wheels. Never an Oem one :p
     
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    Harris, are the Star patterned wheels you have pictured with the Nismo sticker 5x100? Those are sick! What brand wheel are those? Thanks!
     
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    No they're 5x114.3 they're going on my Z. The wheels are Rays Lmgt 2's.
    I'm going to rebarrel and relip them to 19's and powder coat the faces as well.
     
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    Weds Kranze for the Prius?
     
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    Yupp
     
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    Dayam! Gonna be sick.
     
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    Thanks man. I hope so!
     
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    this thread is so hilarious!

    Everytime I get an alert and see
    (aka Milf Magnet), it cracks me up. Lol.:D
     
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    Haha. So good! I'm here to make people laugh. So thanks for making my day :p
     
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    Your gonna love that steering wheel, 100% better than the stock one. Just got mine installed last Saturday. Pretty straight forward from what I saw when @B2FiNiTY installed mine.
     
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    Hey Harris, your LEDs DRL are very impressive where did you get it from and how much?
     
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    Alright. Sweet! Thanks @TopRamen . I'm pretty pumped to put it on tomorrow.

    Thanks man! I got my Led Drl's off yahoo auction.jp. For like 170$ before shipping.

    Here's a link:

    ZVW30プリウス後期LEDフロントウィンカー3Dライトバークリア白V2 - 純正交換式LEDウインカーミラー&LEDドアミラーフットランプ付ならシャイニングパーツ - ヤフオク!
     
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    I actually was looking to get those, but I had no idea they made them in 5x100.
     
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    Seems like you've got great taste then :p
    Actually they're 5x114.3 but the offset is pretty weak so I'm going to get a perfect size adapter so that it will sit flush to the fender
     
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    Wow , I never knew you could do that. That's cool! Can't wait to see it.
     
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    Yea it's just like a spacer with the extra studs at the end but it changes the bolt pattern

    Alright here goes nothing. Headed out to the garage to install the Jdm steering wheel and Hood Dampeners
    I have the other stock steering wheel to get ride of the phone bluetooth buttons on the left side of mine since I don't use them.... Plus I'm a little OCD about symmetry. haha :p IMG_1230 copy.jpg
     
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