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[koa]

I would like to see some nice carbon fiber replacements for the black vertical window trim pieces between the front and rear doors. Something that can take polish and not get white from the wax/polish. I searched but couldn't locate any online.

[TheForce]

Originally Posted by koa

I would like to see some nice carbon fiber replacements for the black vertical window trim pieces between the front and rear doors. Something that can take polish and not get white from the wax/polish. I searched but couldn't locate any online.

I think they make those already. They are like a big thick sticker.
Sigma Automotive – Toyota Hybrid Prius 2004 - 2006 OEM & JDM auto accessories

Look for the pillar kit.

[Bob64]

Someone posted a sliding grill block idea in the ecomodder forum and I animated the concept for the lower grill:

priusdesignconcept

OOoh... perhaps fit it into the formfactor of the center grill?
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[Hybrid Effects]

Look closely at the moving slats now you are getting very very sleepy, now bark like a dog.

This is exactly what I am saying. Making the grille block itself will take some time and thought.

I am casting no stones on the idea and it looks like a well done animation but the gear system looks way to complicated and prone to failure.

A much simpler mechanism to move the slats is available I'm sure.

[Winston]

I personally would be very happy with a nice aerodynamic smooth grill block. The adjustable feature just seems like over kill to me. As long as it was not too difficult to remove.

If you sold a fixed grill block for the upper and lower grills, I would buy it in a second. If it was carbon fiber color, all the better.

The wheel skirts, maybe.

A subwoofer box would also be very popular for a Prius. People ask about subwoofer installs frequently. The best location is a rear cubby, but the custom fab cost is really high.

[Bob64]

A nice smooth grill block... Would this be flush with the surface of the bumper or recessed to line up with the foglights/current grill.

Depending on what people want, foglights may be a problem, as they may then need to be relocated...

[Danny]

I totally agree about the subwoofer box. I get tons of emails from people asking where they can find one.

[Rokeby]

An observation on rear wheel skirts:

This morning a great barge of a Buick drove by my house. It had what I might call "partial" wheel skirts. (Definitely my father's generation's automobile. The old man, even though he never owned one, was especially partial to the Hudson Hornet. It had wheel skirts as I recall.)

Anyway, I looked closely at my 2008 Touring model. The outward extent of the rear wheels is inside the line of the body panel for it's upper half. Only in the lower half does the tire extent past the panel.

It might be that for a cleaner arrangement, both visually and perhaps aerodynamically, a skirt need not extend fully to the lower body line. The lower line of the skirt would start at the body line and then be scalloped upward between the edges of the wheel well openings.

To my thinking, this could prevent the visual heaviness that goes with a full skirt. Granted, there might be an accompanying slight increase in drag compared to a full skirt.

[bestmapman]

This is what I would want wheel skirts to look like.

[Flying White Dutchman]

Originally Posted by bestmapman

This is what I would want wheel skirts to look like.

is this real or just photo-shop
if its the first then i like it
and if its the second .. Good job