Strange thing I just noticed on my 2012 III

Discussion in 'Gen III 2010+ Prius Technical Discussion' started by striker308, Jul 18, 2012.

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    striker308 Prius owner

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    :confused: So I was in the driveway looking in every nook and craney in the new car.

    The first two question I have:

    1. How do you get the lens off the dome light in the front to switch teh bulb to LED? The lens is part of the switch for the map light.

    2. There seems to be a small hole/sensor/hidden camera ok so I'm sure it's not a camer in the center of the dome light assembly that I can't figure out.
    it almost looks like it's "aimed" at the mirror.

    I should have spent more time in the Gen III area here before I decided to actually buy one.......:cool:
    striker308, Jul 18, 2012
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    2. it's an led to softly illuminate th gear shifter at night.
    Paradox, Jul 18, 2012
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    1. Use a flat head screwdriver and pry it out.

    2. What he said ^
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    Ok it did pop right out, It looked like it had a pin running through it.

    LED? I'm going to have to check that when it gets dark. I haven't even had the headlights turned on yet.
    striker308, Jul 19, 2012
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    This is one of my favorite interior features. Instead of illuminating the blue shifter knob from the inside, Toyota decided to put a tiny white spotlight on the area. It reminds me of the cool lighting on aircraft instrument panels.
    BruceInOKC, Jul 20, 2012
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