01-08-2016, 10:05 PM
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I've decided on two winter projects, as well. First, rear wheel skirts.
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Do you know of any other gen 3's with wheel skirts? Attachment method?
Coincidentally, just today I traced out a wheel skirt in cardboard for my 2nd gen. Ultimately they'll be coroplast. I may just duct tape them on, since (1) the car is black, so it's not obvious, and, (2) nothing on this car is a long-term mod. Oh, and (3) it's easiest.
For some reason, I never cancelled my e-mail alerts for used Prius ads. I saw a 2010 (gen 3) for $3500 this week -- a long-distance commuter with almost 500k km / 300k miles on the clock. Tempting! I know someone who has bought (currently owns) 2 high km, but properly maintained Priuses with no problems or regrets.
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01-09-2016, 12:41 AM
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Have to say I am impressed so far! Things are looking good and you are pulling some good numbers! Keep it up
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Do you know of any other gen 3's with wheel skirts? Attachment method?
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The only 3rd gens I've seen with wheel skirts are this one, from Mooncraft:
Their kit was offered for sale, but never in the US, and getting it from Japan was (is?) prohibitively expensive--nearly $600 for the wheel skirts alone, unpainted, before shipping.
The other was the Toyota G-Sports concept:
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01-15-2016, 04:09 PM
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His Excellency, Pope Pious, now with 57% more side skirt!
The car now has 3 1/2" clearance in the front, and 3" on the sides. I cut some access holes for the valve stems in the wheel covers and then re-Plasti-dipped everything, blue this time (I wanted to do green, but the hardware store was out), with a clearcoat. And, I even remembered to do the emblems.
We're supposed to have another cold snap. I wanted to get all this done while it's warm out, since I can do things like figure out the attachment method for the wheel skirts and calculate base plate size indoors.
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01-15-2016, 04:19 PM
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I really liked the orange pizza pans!
I'm really curious about the effctiveness of your air dam + side skirts.
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Thanks for posting the aftermarket stuff. I had seen one of them before. I guess what I was asking was if you knew of any other owner-aeromodified gen 3's like yours.
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05-25-2016, 07:08 PM
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05-28-2016, 04:30 PM
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05-28-2016, 04:33 PM
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Hey Vman where did you pick those mirrors up again? (sorry if i am asking a repetitive question).
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05-28-2016, 05:27 PM
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And, this week I decided "to hell with it" and removed my driver side mirror again. If I get pulled over in Wyoming or Washington this summer, so be it. My passenger side mesh/bondo patch was starting to crack, so I punched it out with a screwdriver and picked up some Tiger Hair to make a permanent fiberglass repair on both sides:
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why do you call out Washington and Wyoming?
are external mirrors not required in 48 other states?
I've seen guys running similar mirrors on Jeeps (with the doors off) quite a few times here in Washington (still internal to the car)
not sure if it truly meets the intent of the law
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05-28-2016, 05:36 PM
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why do you call out Washington and Wyoming?
are external mirrors not required in 48 other states?
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Only because I'm driving to my parents' in Sumner in July, and those are the two states I'll be passing through that specifically require an outside mirror.
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06-10-2016, 12:44 PM
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Hey Vman where did you pick those mirrors up again? (sorry if i am asking a repetitive question).
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Sorry, didn't see this until now--I got the mirrors at Autozone, a couple bucks each is all.
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