Hood Deflector on Silver Prius

Hey Austin.
I ordered the hood protector on May 2nd (used your link) and got an immediate reply thanking me for order and advising me that I'd receive in about 7 days. Well it's been 3 weeks and no protector, no email, no nothing. Finally found a phone number for the company and called. They said they are having distributor trouble, dog ate my homework, etc. I assume that your transaction went smoothly - I'm wondering if this vendor is the real deal...or not.

 

I also bought from that toyota link that Austin posted. My order was smooth professional and quick to deliver. If you dont want to wait they can always credit you back.

 

Sorry Austin. I fixed the Im settings. Yes I got the part quickly and it looks great!


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Thanks to everyone for all their imput and help. I am getting my Barcelona Red tomorrow but wanted to let those interested in the hood protector know that the production people cannot keep up with demand. I tried to order the protector this morning at the above website and they are removing them from their website and said "good luck" and to check back in a few weeks. I'm disappointed because we are planning a long road trip in a couple of weeks and wanted that protection for the car. Anyone have any other places to check?

 

Yep, they are out. Nice email message from the folks at ToyotaParts.....but, sorry, not in stock.
I will keep checking the web in hopes of getting my protector. Hopefully they won't jump the price.

 

anyone has a video or something of the installation?? i have mine but i have not installed myself it cause i dont want anything to go wrong...

 

Austin50MPG:
I have a question.. Can the deflector be removed if need be once it is installed? If the answer is yes, how easy is it to do so? Please advise, thanks..
RKSKEET

 

You can take the deflector off. It is held on my 6 pressure clips that are screwed down. It took me 15 minutes to install, have not taken it off yet...no need to. Looks good and is helping the hood rocks. No dip in mileage as well. :car:

 

When you wash the car, are you able to clean underneath the deflector?

Thanks!

 

not really able to get mcuh behind the deflector, unless it is thin. I am taking mine off once every few months to repolish. mot a big deal.

 

I'm not sure if this is the right board to ask, but here goes: I purchased a full set of wind deflectors (front and back) for my '08 Prius. The front set went on pretty easily however, on the driver side the window "auto reverses" when it attempts to close. Any ideas? I've looked thru several boards here and the "auto reverse" issue is mentioned, but no one addresses how to overcome it. Thanks for your help.

 

looks really good

 

Double check and make sure its installed right, and then use the button to force it up, not allow it to auto reverse, it should adjust at that point.

 

Thanks, it magically started working ok. Although it did auto reverse a couple of times since. I just kept lowering and raising and it worked ok. Thanks for your help.