the tsb is for the japanese built model. Mine is American made and the tsb fix has already been done at the factory.
Had a good talk with the Hybrid mechanic and I feel better about the car.
He says thes brakes would stop a Mack truck. Pads should last about 50,000 miles because they are hard and the reason for the squeak.
Toyota knows about this problem and they are working on a fix.
He also said if I have somone install fog lights and dont splice into any existing wires, take power directly from the battery; the charging system should be able to handle the load.
If we splice any wires the affected equipment warranty would be voided only. Not the entire warranty.
Connicelli Toyota Conshohocken, Pa is a nice place to do business

PS I bought my 32,300.00 50th anniv Camry hybrid for 29,700.00 without any back room games, salesman brought me directly to the manager. No high prep or document fees either.

I love this car.

 

Waay cool! How'd you get the colour-keyed mudguards? Spray them yourself?

 

Please tell me where you got the back up camera and color keyed mudflaps installed. Do the sylvania silverstars help much? I would like either an HID headlight upgrade or fog lights; lots of deer around here. What is JDM Prius interior footwell lighting? Does the back up camera display on your navigation screen?
I think a Lexus sharkfin antenna would make the car look more upscale and up to date, makes them look fast like a bmw.
Have you thought about horizontal stabilizers fotr cornering? If I knew where to get them I would.

 

Readily available on EBay.

 

Thanks!

My mudguards (and side moldings) were installed at the port by Southeast Toyota before I took delivery of the car. They are available as an accessory from Toyota dealers. Deland Toyota/Scion (Florida) is one of many dealers that sells but they them on eBay.

 

I had the camera (Fujitsu Ten, Eclipse BEC-105) installed by a local car audio place (refer to this link). The camera output is displayed on the Nav screen when the TCH is put into reverse.

Perhaps Tidelands-Prius can help with the question re the silverstars & footwell lighting.

My wife says I drive my TCH like an old foggy, so I don't think I need horizontal stabilizers.

 

I added the sliding armrest to my TCH.
It makes a big difference to me on longer trips.

 

The Silverstars are pretty good but they suck when the road's wet and it's dark. (for whatever reason, they just can't light up the wet black surface). Otherwise, they're bright and white. Because I'm in Canada, I have DRLs and on the Prius, it's the same bulb for DRL, low and high. This might explain why my Silverstars burned out under a year.

Yeah a sharkfin antenna would look nice. They're US$70 at the PriusChat Accessory Store.

Here are some pics of the JDM interior footwell lighting. The JDM Camry ones are blue. Click to enlarge. They fade out 15 seconds after the dome lights fade out (so it's kinda cool when it's dark and there's just the green glow.

Driver's side


Passenger's side


Both sides


Sorry for the grainy appearance of the photos. I'm not sure how to best capture night/dark pictures. I'm using an Olympus digital camera with 3.1MP and no flash of course.

and no, I'm not considering front strut tower bars. Replacing my underbody brace might help more with regards to stability.

 

ahh... I'll see if I can get a set if my dad gets a TCH. They really look nice. I thought the days of colour-keyed mudguards were gone because I've yet to see one that matches the design of the car (someone did a Prius one and his/her car was silver. It looked ok but the Prius mudguards are pretty long)

 

from the XLE model? how'd you do that?