The utter fail white plumbing pieces defacing Prime interior

yes, there are oem black plastic appliqués for most of the white. check the priuschat shoppe. if they don't have them, amazon, eBay, dealer.

 

Something wrong with the Toyota Lower Console and Shifter Applique?

2016 Prius Lower Console/Shifter Appliqué Package | PriusChat

 

I feel your pain; it's like your best friend likes Trump, and you hate him (Trump, that is!). The best friend is still your best friend, but it is painful. What you do is enjoy all the good, and brush away the bad! And who knows, eventually you can replace the unwanted aspects of these "relationships"!

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Is this what you call a split personality???

 

Check out some of the Gen 4 mod forums. Some have done the steering wheel too, in different colors. My Trim Two has a matte black console. I think the appliqués leaving the white cup holders are just less ugly.
Here is one.

3M glossy vinyl wrap (shift lever area) | PriusChat

 

I totally agree. The black appliqué for the console was the only accessory I splurged for. I don’t trust my handicraft skills to try to cover the steering wheel but I’d love to find an option to cover that as well.

 

You’re not alone. I too straddle both sides of the fence.

 

Maybe matte black plasti-dip?

Just editorial, and not sure if you can still edit the thread title: maybe "plumbing-white" sounds better than "white plumbing"?

 

I believe there are some JDM aftermarket for the steering wheel. We can only use the center piece though because their switch arrangement is different.

 

Oh you are so too cool!! In my lucky (with garage and extra money) days I did what you're doing with split-personality: I had an Acura Integra Type R rocket, and a Civic VX super economy car (once got 50mpg), both rare and at completely opposite ends of automobile spectrum. They made life very interesting as neither were dull, and both were exceptionally reliable. The contrast in their behavior was great. I feel cheap today, don't want to use any gas, or I need to pickup a Christmas tree, use the VX. I'm taking a quick trip to friend's house, or taking a sweet young thing out on a weekend night (although ladies tended to like a little quieter car), it was the Type R. The best of both worlds!!

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If you can get the parts off, plasti-dip can do very seamless job. Here's how it worked on a knackered Civic shifter bezel:

Before:

After:

Installed:

(bit of rain droplets on it)

 

I just ordered the black steering wheel appliqué on eBay.

 

Which one did you get- I saw one from china on e-bay but that was the only option and it involves the use of a glue gun which scares me lol. Please let me know if this is the one that you got and how it works out?

 

Somebody in the Gen 4 forum got one that used double sided tape.

Here's one. Black Steering Wheel Appliqué | Page 3 | PriusChat

 

I’ll let you know when it arrives. 3M makes a super strong double sided tape that I thought I might try even if intended to be mounted with glue. I’ll see how it fits first.

 

Maybe I am just different. I have the Blizzard Pearl with the black interior and think that some white accents in the otherwise black interior look good. My only regret is that I didn't buy the moonstone interior.

 

I have the blizzard pearl exterior with moonstone interior. I think the white accent pieces look pretty good. I was tired of the usual matte black

 

Agreed. This (and the white dash, too) caused me to refuse a car with the moonstone interior which I'd gone in to buy. Luckily, the dealer had a black-interior car which had just arrived, with the same options/MSRP and an acceptable color to me. I'm still not happy about the shiny-black parts, nor the couple of white parts, but it's both livable and fixable.

I found little stainless steel cups that work well as liners for the cupholders, to help draw some attention away from the shiny black and shiny white stuff. It negates the nice size-adjusting feature of the cupholders, but seeing as the stainless cups fit water bottles well, and that's all I drink in the car, it works for me.

I wish I'd found 1000 of the stainless cups, but there were only 3 available. Otherwise, I could get rich off all of you! Maybe I'll find a reliable wholesale source of the exact size (which works so well that it is classified, hahaha) and put them on ebay.