New '06!

jdjeep98 · 01-07-2006, 02:26 PM

I got it yesterday! Seaside Pearl NL package. (I wanted Nav - we have it on our Sienna and I'm addicted)

So far I love it. It's such a hoot when it goes into stealth mode. My wife and I spend the whole trip home from the dealer (about 45 minutes) watching the mileage graphs and trying to make them taller.

My question is: does the EV switch mod work on an '06? I really want to put it in, but I'm too chicken to rip the dash apart until someone else does it first and tells me it works...

I know the stock button from 04/05 is too big. Is an 06 button available? Or would I be better off using the Coastal mod?

I guess that's more than one question, isn't it... :P

Thanks all.

Jim

**Tideland Prius** · 01-07-2006, 03:05 PM

Either way for an 06 button or try your luck with Coastal's. Unless they changed programming, I don't see why Coastal's wouldn't work since it's using the cruise control stalk.

jdjeep98 · 01-07-2006, 03:32 PM

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Originally posted by Tideland Prius@Jan 7 2006, 03:05 PM
Either way for an 06 button or try your luck with Coastal's. Unless they changed programming, I don't see why Coastal's wouldn't work since it's using the cruise control stalk.

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I like the OEM button, although my brother has the Coastal mod and loves it. I just haven't heard any confirmation about whether the ev mod works at all on an 06.

I also can't find where they sell OEM buttons. I know I saw them at one point while I was waiting for my car to come in, but I didn't bookmark the site and now I can't find it. Apparently the OEM button is different for the 06, too.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Jim

Catskillguy · 01-07-2006, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by jdjeep98@Jan 7 2006, 04:32 PM
I like the OEM button, although my brother has the Coastal mod and loves it. I just haven't heard any confirmation about whether the ev mod works at all on an 06.

I also can't find where they sell OEM buttons. I know I saw them at one point while I was waiting for my car to come in, but I didn't bookmark the site and now I can't find it. Apparently the OEM button is different for the 06, too.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Jim

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http://www.sigmaauto.com/jdm/prius/prius0405.php

Here is the bookmark. It's down near the bottom

**Tideland Prius** · 01-07-2006, 04:56 PM

Hmm, it seems like areometer has updated the site with the 06 button or so it says in the description for the EV button.

jdjeep98 · 01-07-2006, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by Tideland Prius@Jan 7 2006, 04:56 PM
Hmm, it seems like areometer has updated the site with the 06 button or so it says in the description for the EV button.

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You mean this one?

I doubt that that's the right button, since the 06 button is reportedly smaller. That looks like the 04/05 button, doesn't it?

Maybe I should just get the Coastal unit and take my chances. It just concerns me a little that there seem to be enough changes in the 06 that I'm not confident that EV will work. I just spent all my money on a car, I don't want to buy any accessories that don't work with it.

...know what I mean?...
Jim

jdjeep98 · 01-07-2006, 06:39 PM

Well, I guess it helps to poke around a little more. I went back to his site and found that the picture wasn't the only link in the box! Apparently, the 06 button really is available.

I just ordered one. I'll let you know how it works as soon as I can get it installed.

Thanks for all the feedback. I'll try to double check next time before I ask...

**efusco** · 01-07-2006, 06:47 PM

I tell you guys what. For pennies someone can go out and find out once and for all if the EV mod will work. Look at my EV install instructions, buy a cheap momentary switch or harvest one from some old junked computer or other electronics, swipe a pin from the steering column and give it a try.

If the software/firmware HAS been changed on the '06 for NA and it doesn't work you guys will have spent a lot of time and money on these buttons and such for nothing.

Just try it out then order the fancy OEM switch to install once you're sure it'll work.

**Tideland Prius** · 01-07-2006, 09:06 PM

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Originally posted by jdjeep98@Jan 7 2006, 02:09 PM
You mean this one?

I doubt that that's the right button, since the 06 button is reportedly smaller. That looks like the 04/05 button, doesn't it?

Maybe I should just get the Coastal unit and take my chances. It just concerns me a little that there seem to be enough changes in the 06 that I'm not confident that EV will work. I just spent all my money on a car, I don't want to buy any accessories that don't work with it.

...know what I mean?...
Jim

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Yeah the left one looks like the 04/05 one and the right looks like the new 06 version since it's shorter and fatter. I'd suggest PMing Areometer and ask if he has the 06 version in stock or whether they're on order. Also, yeah perhaps take Evan's advice and do a test first.

AlphaTeam · 01-07-2006, 09:16 PM

I have the 04/05 button at work and have an 06 Prius. The button is at work though. I'll compare them.

01-07-2006, 02:26 PM	#1
jdjeep98 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 211 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	I got it yesterday! Seaside Pearl NL package. (I wanted Nav - we have it on our Sienna and I'm addicted) So far I love it. It's such a hoot when it goes into stealth mode. My wife and I spend the whole trip home from the dealer (about 45 minutes) watching the mileage graphs and trying to make them taller. My question is: does the EV switch mod work on an '06? I really want to put it in, but I'm too chicken to rip the dash apart until someone else does it first and tells me it works... I know the stock button from 04/05 is too big. Is an 06 button available? Or would I be better off using the Coastal mod? I guess that's more than one question, isn't it... :P Thanks all. Jim __________________ 2006 Seaside Pearl Package #7 (NL) Coastal EV mod Removed "Playschool" rings Become a Plug-In Partner "That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced." Scientific American, Jan. 2 edition, 1909.

01-07-2006, 06:47 PM	#8
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 18,055 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 102 Thanked 501 Times in 270 Posts Friends: 41	I tell you guys what. For pennies someone can go out and find out once and for all if the EV mod will work. Look at my EV install instructions, buy a cheap momentary switch or harvest one from some old junked computer or other electronics, swipe a pin from the steering column and give it a try. If the software/firmware HAS been changed on the '06 for NA and it doesn't work you guys will have spent a lot of time and money on these buttons and such for nothing. Just try it out then order the fancy OEM switch to install once you're sure it'll work. __________________ Evan E. Fusco, MD "It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word." -Andrew Jackson

01-07-2006, 03:05 PM	#2
Tideland Prius Moderator of the North Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 21,204 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: N/A Package: Technology Package (Canada) Thanks: 370 Thanked 529 Times in 356 Posts Friends: 26	Either way for an 06 button or try your luck with Coastal's. Unless they changed programming, I don't see why Coastal's wouldn't work since it's using the cruise control stalk.

01-07-2006, 04:56 PM	#5
Tideland Prius Moderator of the North Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 21,204 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: N/A Package: Technology Package (Canada) Thanks: 370 Thanked 529 Times in 356 Posts Friends: 26	Hmm, it seems like areometer has updated the site with the 06 button or so it says in the description for the EV button.

01-07-2006, 06:39 PM	#7
jdjeep98 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 211 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Well, I guess it helps to poke around a little more. I went back to his site and found that the picture wasn't the only link in the box! Apparently, the 06 button really is available. I just ordered one. I'll let you know how it works as soon as I can get it installed. Thanks for all the feedback. I'll try to double check next time before I ask...

01-07-2006, 09:16 PM	#10
AlphaTeam Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 640 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: Package: #7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	I have the 04/05 button at work and have an 06 Prius. The button is at work though. I'll compare them.