1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

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

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

  1. WolfpackBill

    WolfpackBill Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 28, 2014
    349
    500
    6
    Location:
    Lexington, NC
    Vehicle:
    Other Electric Vehicle
    Model:
    N/A
    This is what I’m gonna be doing this weekend. Nothing special. I found out the dust covers were all in bits and start seeing a little leak. Since the car has 142k miles on it, I’ve gone ahead and ordered shocks for the rear as well.

    7D9C6D9D-17E8-445B-B61D-DEB2C6DC833D.jpeg
     
    Raytheeagle, Burna J and James Powers like this.
  2. 04priusnow

    04priusnow Active Member

    Joined:
    Apr 30, 2013
    345
    200
    0
    Location:
    USA
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    II
    I'm loving my new struts/shocks. Koni all around. I think mine have been toasted since I bought it with 90k on her. at 170k it drives like a new car. just need my sway bar.. next week I hope

    PH-1 ?
     
  3. MPGRaja

    MPGRaja Senior Member

    Joined:
    Sep 3, 2014
    468
    1,673
    0
    Location:
    Corona
    Vehicle:
    2011 Prius
    Model:
    One
    Late night Lexus part pickup for the weekend project ;) just when you think you had enough
    77314EF5-7454-4263-BBF2-1401A0404BE6.jpeg
    My Inspirational
    E2DA47DE-5634-41F0-AFC7-85F5455AF685.jpeg
     
  4. orenji

    orenji Senior Member

    Joined:
    Aug 17, 2013
    5,884
    3,486
    0
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    CT bottom engine cover? :)
     
    MPGRaja likes this.
  5. 04priusnow

    04priusnow Active Member

    Joined:
    Apr 30, 2013
    345
    200
    0
    Location:
    USA
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    II
    nice find! Not much left of my original. But not many Prius/Lexus parts in my area What year was it pulled from?

    PH-1 ?
     
  6. MPGRaja

    MPGRaja Senior Member

    Joined:
    Sep 3, 2014
    468
    1,673
    0
    Location:
    Corona
    Vehicle:
    2011 Prius
    Model:
    One
    2016
     
  7. Greenteapri

    Greenteapri Active Member

    Joined:
    Nov 19, 2018
    330
    387
    0
    Location:
    Cypress
    Vehicle:
    2013 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    Me too.

    20190127_133206.jpg
     
  8. Greenteapri

    Greenteapri Active Member

    Joined:
    Nov 19, 2018
    330
    387
    0
    Location:
    Cypress
    Vehicle:
    2013 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    This needs....a diffuser. Has anyone dabbled already?
     
  9. 04priusnow

    04priusnow Active Member

    Joined:
    Apr 30, 2013
    345
    200
    0
    Location:
    USA
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    II
    I thought all gen 3 came with that?

    PH-1 ?
     
  10. cnc97

    cnc97 Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 13, 2018
    1,416
    1,525
    38
    Location:
    Evansville, IN
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    New sway bar links today. Heard a rattle on rough roads. This fixed it.
     

    Attached Files:

  11. 04priusnow

    04priusnow Active Member

    Joined:
    Apr 30, 2013
    345
    200
    0
    Location:
    USA
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    II
    I also replaced mine with the new struts. driverside had a tear in the boot. Interesting how the factory are aluminum.

    PH-1 ?
     
  12. D_H

    D_H Junior Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2019
    1
    1
    0
    Location:
    Seattle area
    Vehicle:
    2015 Prius
    Model:
    Four
    Hello Dawit,
    I know you've sold your Prius but could you tell me where you purchase LED Ghost Shadow Lights w/ the Prius logo? The lights on Ebay & Amazon only have the Toyota logo. Also can you give me details on the logo for that glove box I'm thinking of doing something similar? Thanks.
     
    Burna J likes this.
  13. nick31

    nick31 Member

    Joined:
    Sep 18, 2018
    63
    30
    0
    Location:
    SoFl
    Vehicle:
    2014 Prius
    Model:
    Five
    Well it was a long day.
    I received bunch of parts from Japan, eBay and dealer. I spent most of Sunday installing them.

    I installed ct200h/RAV4 sway bar brace. It replaces 2 separated parts with a solid one.
    I replaced engine brace (it's a flimsy pipe) with a T-shaped part from Prius G.
    I replaced 2 triangle-shaped braces with the braces from Prius alpha-g. They have additional mounts for a stiffening plate which I also installed.
    I replaced bottom rear shock mount bolts/nuts with the revised bolts/nuts from frs/brz/ae86. Supposedly new bolts/nuts eliminate unwanted movement.
    All parts are genuine Toyota.
    And finally I changed the oil.

    I didn't take pictures, but here's one from internets to give you a general idea.

    IQAAAgPr2OA-960.jpg
     
    #16973 nick31, Feb 3, 2019
    Last edited: Feb 3, 2019
  14. RightOnTime

    RightOnTime Senior Member

    Joined:
    Sep 21, 2012
    744
    1,612
    183
    Location:
    Kidnapped in OC, CA
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    Good job doing your Homework!

    Did Two of the parts listed above and is quite an improvement!




    iPhone ?
     
    Dylan Doxey and HelloHybrid like this.
  15. WolfpackBill

    WolfpackBill Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 28, 2014
    349
    500
    6
    Location:
    Lexington, NC
    Vehicle:
    Other Electric Vehicle
    Model:
    N/A
    Spent a few hours changing out the shocks and struts Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Total time spent was 4 hours and I took my sweet time. I spent a good 30 minutes taking out the cowl and rear quarter trims (2010 and 2011 models don’t have those plastic covers in the cargo area for access).

    PB Blaster is my new friend!!! That made working with nuts and bolts much easier. It was my first time using air tools as well. That was something I bought myself when my wife and I moved to our new house with a 3-car garage.

    I did not realize how bad the shocks were until I took them out. The car rides like when I first bought to car again.

    Before: 54D64B4B-48AB-4BC8-B55D-8B7EF6A53DAD.jpeg
    After: 0939EDEC-C3FD-40CE-B49E-5DC69A8B96B3.jpeg
    Dust boots in pieces: 25F8EBA0-9A64-4CD0-A1E3-03269D45C55F.jpeg F4358FC5-2DBB-44A2-8AB5-FAD890BB5FAA.jpeg
    One of the rear shocks compressed. I took this picture almost a minute after I compressed it. Pretty worn out. 24DD0E05-7AD1-47E8-AF74-94EF4E854807.jpeg
     
    sfv41901, Montgomery, Burna J and 5 others like this.
  16. Raytheeagle

    Raytheeagle Senior Member

    Joined:
    Jul 1, 2016
    11,251
    15,474
    0
    Location:
    Bay Area, California
    Vehicle:
    2019 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Prime Plus
    I did our 2010’s about 6 months ago at around 180 k miles and they were in a similar state;).

    But for a set of shocks to go that long, is great:).

    No PB Blaster needed for the job out here though (y).
     
  17. WolfpackBill

    WolfpackBill Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 28, 2014
    349
    500
    6
    Location:
    Lexington, NC
    Vehicle:
    Other Electric Vehicle
    Model:
    N/A
    So here's a question for you guys. Now that I have new shocks installed, what do I need to do to trash it? Can I just take it to the dump or do I need to take it to a parts store for recycling?
     
    Raytheeagle likes this.
  18. Raytheeagle

    Raytheeagle Senior Member

    Joined:
    Jul 1, 2016
    11,251
    15,474
    0
    Location:
    Bay Area, California
    Vehicle:
    2019 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Prime Plus
    You’re supposed to drill a hole into the cylinder to allow the nitrogen out;).

    Then you can dispose of it in the normal trash:).

    The directions on how and where to drill the holes should be with the new shocks. But that’s what I did (y).
     
    Montgomery, WolfpackBill, RMB and 2 others like this.
  19. 04priusnow

    04priusnow Active Member

    Joined:
    Apr 30, 2013
    345
    200
    0
    Location:
    USA
    Vehicle:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    II
    can you share part numbers for items not in photo? the Frs has struts in rear those bolts will work? also where did u buy these Japanese parts from? any decent links to research these items?

    PH-1 ?
     
    #16979 04priusnow, Feb 4, 2019
    Last edited: Feb 4, 2019
    Dylan Doxey likes this.
  20. nick31

    nick31 Member

    Joined:
    Sep 18, 2018
    63
    30
    0
    Location:
    SoFl
    Vehicle:
    2014 Prius
    Model:
    Five
    Jdm G parts came from akayama trading, turnaround time was 10 days.
    You can take a look at reviews/pics at minkara.carview.co.jp with Google translate, or just Google the part numbers.
    52255-76010 (jdm) is the same as 52255-0r020 so I got it used from eBay.
    Revised shock bolts are tad shorter but they still lock the whole nut. I got em from a dealer but only because my akayama order was already placed. I recommend getting them from akayama because it's cheaper. Part numbers are 2 of SU003-05235 and 2 of SU003-05213. There are some reviews at minkara as well, if you Google pn it will show some pics.
     
    Dylan Doxey, HelloHybrid and m3pare like this.