2013 Prius Persona Modifications?

Hello and welcome,

I just got my Prius a few weeks ago.

In terms of changes for G3, only major change I recall is the front bumper changed which started in 2012 model.

In regards to other things you're interested in, I'm sure your find it here.

 

get yourself a HID with 5000k (slight bluish white light) to improve your light output and get your desired blue. There hasn't been any display upgrades. But some have modded the green mods to different colors or increased their brightness.

 

Congrats on the new vehicle!

I highly recommend getting SolarGuard or a 3M clear bra on the front of your new Persona. Mine's Pearl, and I just spent hours fixing six chips on the front of the car (only 1,400 miles). The car is now parked, and will not move until my installation is complete...

 

Not precisely. The current generation (called Gen III on this forum) started with model year 2010.

Welcome aboard!

 

The Prius"v" uses approximately the same chassis, too. Basically, the springs, tires and wheels are different, because the "v" weighs more.

I've custom made sever under chassis modifications that enhances the ride.

Again, welcome aboard, and enjoy your new Prius.

 

It's also a great way to hurt people's eyes, cause car accidents and assure that people will constantly be flashing their high beams at you 'because they think yours are on. Seriously, you bright headlight people are a menace to society... My eyes hurt just thinking about all the times you've made the road more dangerous. I hope y'all get ticketed and fined for your unsafe ways!

 

Welcome to the forum & congrats on ur new Prius.

I have these installed in my 2012 & love them:

2010-12 Toyota Prius Complete 326-Lights LED Interior Light Package

 

you're completely wrong. "you bright headlight people" what you're talking about is improperly aligned HIDs. Those people that are referring just drop a HID into projector housing that wasn't meant for them. hence, the light is diffused, scattered and bounced around causing the hurting people's eyes and moving vehicle accidents. To avoid these problems, auto manufacturers have designed cutoffs into their lights were the light pattern will not go above a certain limit called the cutoff. "true headlight people" seek to obtain the perfect cutoff. luckily, the prius projector provides decent to good cutoff even with dropping in an HID. I also hate those people that burn your eyes out with their crappy HID kits. But you're doing yourself and the rest of us a disservice by failing to see the distinction.

example:
F8L's retro


I don't have time to link to the all the other priuschat members with good HID cutoffs.

 

Retrofit is nice but from what I've seen cut off with his conversion kit seems acceptable. As in not blinding. The main difference with factory hid are the auto leveling.

 

They sell basic kits on ebay for Prius, but if you want to change color you're just gonna have to do 'em one at a time.

 

Lamp Replacement Guide View All Bulbs

 

The lights in the doors are the same.

 

168 and 175 uses the same base. It sounds like you want ultra blue. You can get WLED-BHP5 from superbrightleds, which will fit the doors, map lights (over shifter) and vanity lights (under sunshades) (as well as license plate and front headlight markers). Dome lights over rear passenger area require a different base.

 

The cutoff for the factory headlight projectors are fine for an aftermarket HID kit. They are not perfect but the design will not create a menacing situation like adding HIDs to a reflector style headlight would. The bowing at the edges looks scary but the light dims quickly the further from the center you get. I was flashed once while I had them.

My cutoff with HIDs in the factory 2012 projectors.


Compare that picture to the one posted earlier of my old retrofit in my 2005 Prius. Obviously that cutoff is MUCH nicer both both are magnitudes safer than the cutoff or lack of cutoff from a reflector style housing.

In other words, I say go for it.

 

Correct.

Should be fine. Make sure you have them on the inside only, as blue light is illegal on the outside in the United States.