New to PriusChat and new to me 2010 Prius. Hello all.

I've had the car for a couple of weeks now and lurked here picking up hints and resources. Some great information here.

I got rid of my Gas Guzzler 2010 C63 AMG the same day I got the Prius.



The new to me Prius is a 2010 Package III with 111,400 miles on it. It's been a California desert car (Hemet) and I'm the second owner. The history seems pretty good on the Toyota site and it has a clean carfax. Seems to have had it's first oil changes at Toyota and evidence of subsequent changes at a nondealer oil change place after that (valvoline window sticker). Toyota had also replaced a few headlight bulbs and a malfunctioning nav unit.

Through some vendors mentioned in the forum I ordered a new under engine cover and intermediate piece to bumper cover, the proper coolant, engine and transaxle oil, spark plugs, filters, spare oil canister, an air lift tool and went to work:

Changed the transaxle oil. Used a gear oil hand pump to fill it.

Changed the ICE coolant. Filled using the AirLift tool.

Changed the inverter coolant. Filled using the AirLift tool.

Changed the oil earlier than indicated on the window sticker to get on a 10k schedule.

Took oil sample to send to BlackStone Labs.

Took a good chunk of the car apart and changed spark plugs. Condition looked good.

Removed plastic covers from rims. (Still have no idea why Toyota puts these on top of aluminum rims.)

Put on TRD center caps.

Tires to 40PSI.

Reset all trip and consumption records.

Used Pela extractor to pull all fluid from brake reservoir then replenished. (Since bleeding is an involved and more than likely a dealer only exercise I went with replacing as much as was accessible without introducing air to the system.) My thinking is that since brake fluid is hydroscopic, a bulk of new 'dry' fluid will pull any moisture it can from the remaining fluid it comes into contact with.

Things I had done with outside help:

Tinted all the windows with ceramic based tint (much better heat rejection) Near limo tint on rear and back windows, lighter on front windows and a clear ceramic on the entire windshield.

Dealer programmed a second fob for me, and turned off the multiple backup beep.

Things pending for their arrival:

Replacing the under cover and intermediate piece.

Putting on a gearshift mounted phone holder.

Tires are worn 3mm front 2mm rear so Michelin Energy Saver A/S are pending.



Great info to be had here, thanks for all the resources!

 

Yep, trying to start with as clean a slate as possible for a clean slate. Everything seems to be in good shape, and the Oil analysis will be telling.

 

Yep, in my lurking, I saw your mod posts. I'm thinking about it for round two. Probably do HID's and some HID foglights. LED interior lights and front turn signals too maybe.

 

Pictures pending on initial post...

 

Will probably go LED in the foglight housings. That way I can run them as DRL's. Lower amp draw and heat buildup.

 

Even something like this?

Super Bright LED Fog Light Bulbs such as 9005 9006 H3 H11 880, etc

Wondering how bright they are in real world conditions.