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What did you do to ur Gen III Prius today????

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by sfv41901, Jul 23, 2012.

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  1. Accordlayingkit

    Accordlayingkit Senior Member

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    ^gf's can't say much.. it's the wives u gotta look out for! haha

    Commenting on when u said she should have never let u go alone haha
     
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    sorry, I didnt mean to come off as a rude, just wanted to state that fogs work best with a cut off to light up the road under the fog. with no cut off, the hid fogs might even cause glare to the driver of your car in the fog (kinda like how you're not supposed to use high beams in the fog).

    again, no offense intended, i like what you've been doing to your car and am looking forward to reading about more of your mods
     
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    She's(5'6") the oldest of 7 and I see fear in her younger brother's eyes(6'2") when we visit for the holidays. o_O
     
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  4. sfv41901

    sfv41901 Masta S

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    Meet up with @RightOnTime a couple days ago just to BS. Took a side by side pic.

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    put a camber kit
     
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  6. Accordlayingkit

    Accordlayingkit Senior Member

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    How bad did you need one?
     
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    it wasn't that I needed but wanted one to remedy understeer

    EDIT: take it back: the front tires show sign of "positive camber" wear
     
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  8. LuvintheMPG's

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    The plasti dip looks great! nice work. i haven't seen one in person. does it look as good as a good vinyl wrap?
     
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  9. sfv41901

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    @Yuber814 came over today to get a DEI 545t automatic headlight module installed into his 2013
    Prius 3.

    Intsalling this in a 2012 - current Prius is similar to how @hawkmoon77 did it on a 2010-2011 except that the post facelift Prius has DRLs, the installation is slightly different. Its requires the use of both relays.

    When using just the 1 relay on the headlight circuit with the light stalk on the DRL position, only the headlights are energized, not both headlights & parking lights. If the stalk is left in the off position then both the headlights & parking lights are energized. The down side of using just 1 relay is that u will never be able to use the DRLs.

    So I utilized the 2nd relay to energize the the parking lights. This will allow u to keep the light stalk in DRL mode. There is a downside & a plus side to this.

    The downside is that the light indicator on the dash won't light up letting u know the lights are on.

    The plus side is now the DRLs stay on with the headlights.

    The headlights also turn on with the use of the windshield wiper with this module.

    Here are the wire connections I made for the module harness. All connectors on the Prius is located inbetween the steering column covers:

    Violet (12v + wiper) - Locate the larger connector L48 under the wiper switch. Tap the wire in pin 4 of on this connector (see picture below of connector).

    Yellow (12V+ ignition) - Locate the larger connector L48 under the wiper switch. Tap the wire in pin 2 of on this connector (see picture below of connector).

    Black (12V - Ground Wire) - I connected this to the same ground i previously used when i installed the signal mirrors. There is a 10mm bolt just below the dash that is covered when the foot well cover is on.

    Red (12V + Constant power) - in the driver footwell junction block is a black connector at the bottom of the block. In the black connector is a red wire. This is the constant 12v +. Tap this wire.

    Lastly, i needed to connect the relays. Locate connector L47 under the light switch. Tap the wire in pin 12 & connect the blue & green wires from the relays. Now tap the wire in pin 18 & connect the brown from the relay. Now tap the wire in pin 20 & connect the violet wire from the relay.

    If u have 2 diodes readlly available, then u can use just the 1 relay.

    Taking the green wire from the relay, connect it to the tap on pin 12.

    Take the anode end of the dioedes (the end without the strip) & connect it to the violet wire from the relay. Now take 1 cathode end (the end with the strip) & connect it to pin 18 & the other cathode end to pin 20.

    Yuber814 placed the photo cell in the middle of the dash closest to the windshield.

    I used 1 of the blanks for the bypass switch.

    I failed to get any progress pics so hopefully Yuber814 can post some final pics but in the meantime, here is a quick vid:

    1004141510_zps4th1doya.mp4 Video by sfv41901 | Photobucket

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    Thanks, I haven't seen a vinyl wrap car so I don't have a comparison.... But if u use rattle cans on big surfaces there is a lot of texture, but if u use the proper hvlp gun like I did it comes out pretty smooth. image.jpg
     
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    Programmed a third FOB and put a protective jacket on it.
    Weathertech deflector installed on all windows.
     
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    Burna J Knot Right Performance....

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    While I had the car jacked up to rotate the tires. I shot a couple of coats of paint on the muffler. I know it's not much, but it's been bothering me for some time. Now I see the pics, I wished I would of wiped things down first.. :rolleyes:

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    The first picture is older, like BC. (Before Coilovers).... :ROFLMAO:
     
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    Put ethanol free gas for the first time in my 2011 Prius two HB.
     
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    I hit 100k miles this morning on my way to work

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    Congrats I am at 76k myself so far
     
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    Wow, she looks amazing :D! More pictures????
     
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    Picked up the JDM LED headlights from restoration.

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    100k miles on a 2012? driving 50k a year? ;o
     
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    I drive ~140 miles a day......so they add up quick.
     
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    :eek: holy shit lol.
     
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