Eibach lowering springs installed

Looks awesome!

Now get a rear sway bar. That's my next mod.

Ohh and have fun on the onramps!

 

Looks great Scotty! As F8L said, go with the sway bars... avoid the wood accents. My wife has a Gen II, black like yours, with some cheesy dealer installed "wood" stickers. About as faux as 80's era GM plasti-wood interiors. Skip the wood accents... use the $ for the sway, or spacers to lessen the tuck, or tint your taillamps, or get a sharkfin antennae...

 

Nice mod's! Really like the wheels, any chance to post name/ model of the rims as well as fitment details J and ET values?

 

Wow, that Looks nice!

That’s $400 for just the wheels right? Or where you able to get both rims and tires? 'Cause that's a killer deal! Even if it's just the rims, $400 is a great price. I've been looking for 17" rims, but can't find a good price like that; maybe I'm looking at the wrong tire/wheel dealers? Where did you order yours from? Or did you just get lucky and know someone who was selling rims that would fit a prius?

I'm trying to explain to my wife why it makes sense spend the money to upgrade to 17" rims and tires, I mean if I have to replace the stock tires anyway, why not go ahead and upgrade to 17's for just a little more money? Especially since with the upgraded rims and tires the car will drive in a more precise and controlled manner. Which means the care is safer! -- Makes sense to you right? And well since we’re upgrading the tires why not go ahead and install safer springs? Like the Eibach Pro-kit?

I think I may end up sleeping on the sofa for awhile… Hahahaha in the end it’ll be worth it. Better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission right?

Did you transfer over your Tire Pressure sensors? or are you just dealing with the warning light on the dash being lit up all the time?

 

Hahaha nice. Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? I bet you will surprise a few folks tailing behind you around those off-ramps assuming they can take the turns faster only to realize oh crap better slow down!

Btw.. Does anyone have pics of their Prius lowered on Eibachs and stock wheels? Also curious about the tail light tint mod mentioned here.

 

That's a nice looking setup. Very subtle.

 

What difference in ride did you notice when you are just cruising down the highway or back road and not taking advantage of the handling?

 

I'm curious about your true average mpg with those wheels and tires. I have to try pretty hard to get 46mpg on a tank. Granted my commute consists of a 1100 ft. elevation gain so that really hurts.

I may do my FX-R retrofit on monday. If I do I will track my mpg. The drive from my house to the stereo shop is relatively flat so it will give me a better idea of my real mpg when not driving up that damn hill.

 

I likee.

 

Scotty - you down in the Newport area? (I know, a bit off topic...)
That's still amazing that you are maintaining that MPG avg. I switched from the OEM 15s to 16s with even lighter rims that the stock 15s and my MPG has suffered. The delta is about 4-6 MPG. I know it's partially due to the wider tires and my more aggressive style of driving, so I'm willing to live with that. Something else I haven't really considered is the weight of the SRP on my Prius...

 

Don't feel bad. I started driving at 75mph on my commute and racing around a lot. The result? 39.8mpg for that tank. lol

 

just a question, i also have about the same setup, tanabe strut bar, stiffening plate, H&R lowering springs. I'm wondering if i should get the rear sway bar too. wouldn't that make this car tend to understeer more with rear sway bars? I'm also having second thoughts putting 15mm spacers in the back as this would widen the stance and thus have more grip in the rear which will equate to more understeer. any thoughts?

 

Nice look. Did you feel that it rides harder. My partner & I know ours dose. I went to Corola Matrix 16" wheels, pained gray with Yokohama LRR's.
We don't drive much to see much of a hit in MPG still 42-45 (unless AC on).