What did you do to ur Gen III Prius today????

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by sfv41901, Jul 23, 2012.

  1. F8L

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    I don't hear negative things but from people I trust it seems like a very expensive mod for what gains it provides. I'm worried about the car version of the placebo effect. I.e. I spent a bunch of money therefore I feel a difference. :)
     
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    Added PC fog lights and swapped out the parking light with amber led.
     

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    there's actually a light bulb in that very left side amber light ?
     
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    Flushed the brake fluid again. Did not do the job properly back in June so the pedal had been soft intermittently.

    This time I followed the on-screen prompts to the letter (with F8L's help), and now, the pedal is super stiff - you can barely push it to the ground completely.

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  5. sfv41901

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    Behind the amber reflector.......yes.
     
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    is that light a turn signal light ?

    that was was never available since the first day I bought my Prius, even when I look at it close up, I don't see any bulbs behind that reflector.
     
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    Nope, it's just a parking light. Maybe it's not an option in Canada. It's not available in Japan
     
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    yeah for sure, thanks !
     
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    waking up in the morning to some super cars

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    I attached a gate opener under the dash with some 3M DualLock. Its like a really sturdy velcro. The range works fine, and the remote will stay there except for battery changes. The original idea was to put it inside the dash and add a button to one of the blanks by the gas cap release, but this way only costs $3 and 30 seconds.

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    Wait a min.......the pip has a electric gas door release?
     
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    ^ I haven't pressed it yet. I think its electronic.
     
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    Curbed one of my oem 17s and scrapped the underside of my right front bumper :(
     
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    sounds good, notice any HP improvements ?

    how's the mpg ?
     
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    I'm not noticing any gains on either as of yet. I will post updates if I see any gains or losses. Would I recommend it? Not for full price, but I got a great deal on it and I'm happy with it.
     
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    I disabled DRL's in the MFD options and turned the headlight timer to 0-seconds also in the MFD menu's.

    PiP has DRLs down on the bottom of the front bumper, and I don't like to use them during the day, and at night find myself accidentally driving with those on instead of the low beams. So I just disabled them.
     
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    My Prius is sitting in a garage until tomorrow night when I get back to San Diego from Sacramento (Rocklin). Poor car is sitting in the garage dirty.

    When I return it will be washed inside and out as well as tires rotated.
     
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    Got these babies and installed them today :) Also, installed lamin-x on my tails and Replaced my 5mm spacers with 10mm spacers at the back :)
     

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    Those are gonna be nice