OUT with the Blue Emblem!!!

[DeanFL]

and IN with the carbon fibre lookalike.

Rear Toyota emblem coverup. Purchased carbon fiber film from metrodecals.com in Michigan. LOTS of choices, but I got two types of carbonfiber lookalike. Very pleased with both when they arrived today (3 days after order). Decided on diagonal textured-look. BTW $3.95 per 2'X1' sheet. Very cheap - good quality material.

Had the back hatch inner panel off from my backup camera install a few days ago. So, 4 bolts hold the painted rear panel housing the emblem in place. Remove with deep socket. Detach the connector for the electric hatch lock button assembly. Need to snap out the panel as it has some plastic fittings too. Quite easy. Of course protect the paint finish. It's out - BUT don't let the hatch close (as I did). You'll need to put a seat down and bring the panel in thru the back seat and attach the connector - push the button and unlatch the hatch again...

The emblem is plastic and has 3 catches. I adhered the carbon fiber film onto the blue/black plastic piece and trimmed with Exacto knife. Back onto the chrome emblem and onto the painted panel. Snap the panel back onto the hatch and install the 4 bolts and connector. Reinstall the inner hatch panel. Done.

Looks SO MUCH better, especially against the Barcelona Red. Very pleased with the carbon fiber look - classy. Next is the front emblem. I also bought some light smoke out film - looking into doing something about the clear/white tailight lenses, especially the sides.

I only used a 4X6" piece of the 2'X1' film - and have the entire piece of the smaller-square carbon fiber film. Will need a bit more for the front emblem, but will have leftovers. PM me if you'd like some to do yours - we could do it with a self-addressed stamp envelope type of thing --- freebee for PC folks....

[12parsecs]

Looks great and much more substantial than the stock emblem!

[jestoy7]

Dang, Dean. You are modding the Prius with a lot of good taste! I love your updates so far. I hope that being in FL we can meet some time when I get mine.

My wife likes the blue, but I was wanting to go with body color behind the emblem. We'll see who wins this battle.

[greylar]

Sweeeet!

[Paradox]

Wow Dean, I never had a problem with the blue emblems, but that looks hella sweet. I think we'll be seeing a lot more mods like this is the upcoming weeks and months!

[Tideland Prius]

That does look pretty sweet.

[stream]

Nice DIY instructions & pix! I like the look--never was a fan of the blue highlights.

I looked on their site and they have lots of different products--which specific one did you use?

[DeanFL]

Originally Posted by stream

Nice DIY instructions & pix! I like the look--never was a fan of the blue highlights.

I looked on their site and they have lots of different products--which specific one did you use?

Thanks, I got the #1 and #2 Carbon Fiber vinyl. And used the #2 version as shown. I was quite surprised with the variety of films they offer. Quite sure there are other sites/suppliers out there, but they worked out fine for me.

[Young]

very nice! thanks for the info and the pics. i saw a pre-cut set but it was ridiculously priced for what it was (stickers).

[HTMLSpinnr]

Anyone considering this treatment for the spoiler (maybe some more substantial film)? I like the emblem difference - almost Scion like.