Project: Angry Panda

9/23/12

Wanted to go a different route on a front lip and decided to purchase a Modellista Version 3 lip.

The front lip arrived painted to match the color of my car and being from Japan the fit was perfect!




Installation pics:

 

Well it was time to get the car lowered, so i decided to go with Tein Street Advance Coilovers Suspension. The best part of living in Southern California is that there main headquarters is local. This helps out if the Coilovers need to be rebuilt or re-valved in the future.






Overall:

The Coilovers did stiffen up the ride and gave the car a more sportier Suspension and feel. With 4K springs front and back the car felt alive and was ready to take the corners!

 

12/6/12

Took the car over to West End Alignment to get the car Align and Corner Balanced. From the print out below (TOP) is a measure of the weight from each individual wheel that is measured on individual scales.

The get the car Corner Balanced ---- The Front Left + Rear Right must equal the same values of Front Right + Rear Left which was 1583.



I must recommend this procedure if you have Coilovers, one side may be lower than the other which may contribute to alignment problems and stability at higher speeds.

 

The front lip took the casualty of a orange cone that was in the middle of the Freeway

 

Yup, that cone payed dearly as it was dragged under my car for another 2 miles

 

6/06/13 some more goodies came in!



Wanted to go a different route and purchased:

1. Prius G's Headlights
2. Prius G's Taillights with fog option

 

The G's Taillights are quite different from the US specs. Here are a couple of pictures as compared to the Plug-In Taillights

 

With the almighty help from Sean(sfv41901)

He was able to help me with the wiring harness for the G's Headlights and i was good to go!

 

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Strut Bar is for my Integra Type R

 

Muffler: Ganador Pasion

Well it was time for another upgrade, so i decided on a bolt on muffler that would give me mid range torque and Yes, improved fuel economy!

This muffler is made specifically tuned for the Toyota Prius and is not a simple universal muffler that can be welded to any car. It did take about 1 month for the muffler to finally arrive but it was worth the wait!

The Ganador Pasion muffler has two options to choose from:

Polished Tip
Hyper Blue Polished Tip (My Choice)




Underneath shot



Stock Muffler/Ganador Pasion


Installed

 

Everything purchased in Japan is expensive! You can check Yahoo! Japan Auctions for a good price.