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

Congrats! The PiP wheels are sick.

 

haha, its a really nice jdm look

too bad my fog lights are too pointy, otherwise I'd do the yellow retro fits or the lamin-X ><

 

bought myself a 428 piece toolkit today

 

The TRD springs are what do it.

 

It looks great, Sean! Wilson, the gentleman I got the PIP wheels from, wants to do the OEM fog lights and JDM side mirrors on his Base PIP. I told him about your thread so he may hit you up for ideas.

 

so no more sounds ?

i still get creaking noises etc...

 

I'll find out once I put more miles on them. On the short 20 or so mile drive home the two most annoying vibrations were gone. The ride was nice. I don't think there will be a big difference in mpg until I get a set of Energy Savers but these Yokohamas still have a ton of tread so I might as well run them as long as I can.

Do you have an annoying creak/rattle in the sun visor area of the headliner? That one was/is driving me nuts.

 

yesss, i think that's exactly where the sound is coming from. I only noticed that once I got the PP wheels and the motivo wheels, plus i get some creaking from the passenger side seat belt, and some rattles somewhere in the back when i drive through a unevenly paved road.

I'm wondering if going back to the MXM4's will change all of this ><

 

I doubt it. They are great tires but they are not magic.

Next time the visor area starts to make noise, press up on the headliner. It will make a popping noise and the noise will stop for awhile. Pulling down on the visor works too. I bet it's a clip or the wires to the visor that are making the noise. I'll figure out what it is an get back to you.

As for the rear seat belt, maybe wrap it in a microfiber towel for awhile so you can pin point the other sounds.

 

i usually crank up the music and its all good, but when there's no music, the Prius sounds like its falling apart, lol

 

Yeah, he just signed up. Nice guy.

 

Replaced the license plate light bulbs with LED's. I ordered 2 set.

The ones below didn't work. it doesn't fit into the slot so the wires do not really make a solid connection and hits the housing when you try to put it in. I did solve it with electrical tape but it was too hacky. I got the crappy ones that looks like:
4x 194 168 5-SMD White High Power LED Car Lights Bulb : Amazon.com : Automotive


This is the one that works. Though they keep saying white, it's still bluish... just not smurf blue. Fits great.
194 168 T10 Wedege SMD High Power LED HYPER WHITE BULBS Dome Lights 12V (1 pair) : Amazon.com : Automotive

 

Congrats but I always loved the look of the CT's on your car. Well, everything happens for a reason...Spacers on those PIP 15"s would be nice as per rockerdan's thread.

 

Me too.

I'll likely add spacers. I'm going to do some testing first then play with spacers and see if they affect fuel economy.

 

I found a DIY on the JDM folding type mirrors, but is there a DIY here for the non-folding ones as shown below?

thanks

 

DIY JDM style side mirrors combo lights (Signal+Parking+Courtesy lights) | PriusChat