2010 Prii new updates on this years progress

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  1. drunkin master

    drunkin master Contributing Member

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    Hello everyone...
    It's been a while since I updated my build progress.
    Currently borrowed a set of celica wheels of a forum member (Thanks Kelly)
    Before:
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    Starting fresh this 2013
    2012 tail lights
    Smoked with light tint and matte black on the side (www.stickercity.com)
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    Soon to come:
    My old 18 inch 5aD wheels by 5 Axis being currently powder coated matte black.
    Suspension update:
    Taking off my Tein Htech's and replacing with Plus springs (will have the teins for sale soon)
    Already have the Tanabe front tower brace...
    adding Cusco rear sway bar, lower front and mid stress bars...
    Clazzio black leather/pref black insert w/ blue stitching (ordered, coming soon)

    Contemplating on getting the Plus ground effect kit...
     
    #1 drunkin master, Feb 18, 2013
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  2. PriusCamper

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    Nice work! Love the black stripe at the bottom of the doors... What is it made of vinyl? Undercoat? Plast-i-dip? Regular paint?
     
    #2 PriusCamper, Feb 18, 2013
  3. drunkin master

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    vinyl work.
    Thx.
     
    #3 drunkin master, Feb 18, 2013
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    Nice... I've always thought Prius would look so much better with black accents in the lower parts... I might eventually do some undercoat on all the lowest edges on my Gen2. I think it'll make the car look less bulky.

    As for your question about ground effects, I say no... It will make the car look alot bigger and bulky.
     
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    good work. would you black vinyl your turn mirrors? I noticed that you blacked out the top part of your trunk hatch and plasti-dipped the emblems. I'm debating whether to wrap the entire hatch instead of the top part on yours.
     
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    Im going to wrap the rest of the rear hatch matte black along with the rear bumper end to end so that it looks full matte black from the back view.
     
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    looks great! i was considering tinting the taillights as well, still debating doing it myself or just paying someone to do it since there are funky angles on the lights
     
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  8. drunkin master

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    Finally got my wheels back from repair and powder coat. I will post up pictures tomorrow after a nice wash.
     
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    Here some new pictures of my Matte Satin Wheel powder coat.
    5AD wheels from silver to black...

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    Sure looks pretty... How much of an MPG hit are those new wheels costing you?
     
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    I'm averaging around 44-45 mpg's.
     
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    are you going to reg to this yrs toyotafest? we still need a some more so that we could have our own class....
     
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    Already registered. :)
     
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    did you plasti dip the lower rocker mouldings ? thanks
     
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    No I used some left over vinyl.
     
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    Love what you did on the front bumper!
     
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    Thanks.
     
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    Front bumper refresh with more black out.
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    Rear bumper removed to get a nice repair and new paint... Just thought I would share my short painful drive for a couple of days...
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    I know the felling all too well. I drove from Palmdale to commerce like this:

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