My Prius

[one8turbo]

wow, that looks awesome with the new works

[JDMmuscle]

Originally Posted by JoJo

black out those tails man, thing would look awesome

[GoYaTeCh]

Just Testing...

[01 Trans-Am WS6]

Wow I like I like!

First set of wheels is better IMO

[OutToWinPAHC]

Kinda cool, but wheels could be an inch bigger

[JDMTyler3326]

I love it! Slam it man.

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by i_ride_fieroGT

Actuley what a lot of people dont know about prius's is they have the potental to be one wickid nasty car. The power of thoes electric motors is only limited by how much power is going through them there is not limit to what thoes electric motors can do just the battery.

That's wildly incorrect. Electric motors have power ratings that depend on the quality of their materials and design. It's true that an increase in voltage or current will increase the power output of the motor but that doesn't mean that they can put out an infinite amount of power for an infinite amount of power input.

[OutToWinPAHC]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

That's wildly incorrect. Electric motors have power ratings that depend on the quality of their materials and design. It's true that an increase in voltage or current will increase the power output of the motor but that doesn't mean that they can put out an infinite amount of power for an infinite amount of power input.

For the most part I agree. I have had 8 yeas schooling in Electrical and Electronics, and have been working in large scale electrical engineering for 8.5 years. The electric motors surely can take the current increase from larger amp hour batteries, and an increased number of cell. But they don't do this factory for reliability. The instantaneous torque will throw the shaft off its axis and lead to brush ware. More current, more heat, more carbonization of the brushes, and breakdown of the varnish insulation on the windings. Sure he can do it, but in the long run.... your fixing it soon.

[olletsocmit]

Originally Posted by GoYaTeCh

Just Testing...

Test Failed.

[olletsocmit]

Its def cool, you really need to loose all those stickers in the top right on the back window asap.

[Ej6Mike]

oh wow.. Very different. Shame your selling it, i bet it def catches peoples attention when they realize its slightly modified. Very interesting and cool indeed.

[GoYaTeCh]

Originally Posted by olletsocmit

Test Failed.

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[olletsocmit]

Originally Posted by GoYaTeCh

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Sorry, didn't mean it to sound like that. lol. Try it again, but desaturated the color picture first, then make it grayscale, then working from there.

[asdfasdf128]

free bump for a sweet car! How is driving at night with the 40% tint?

[olletsocmit]

Originally Posted by asdfasdf128

free bump for a sweet car! How is driving at night with the 40% tint?

I drive at night with 30% tint all around. When you first get it, its a little hard to see, esp when backing up, but after a while you get used to it. I got my car tinted 2 weeks ago and still have a little trouble backing up. You have to do little things like put down the window when backing up in dark places or putting in brighter reverse bulbs. If you are thinking about getting tinted... its def worth it. im sure by next week I wont even think about it when im backing up... it will just become natural.

[olletsocmit]

The car is def sweet man. This is the first one i have seen modded like this, great job!

I would def smoke the tail lights. Take it to a place that does good vinyl work and get them wrapped right. I was doing a little Photoshop work and it would look cool if you painted that black strip above the Toyota logo that is in between the 2 tail lights white, instead of black (i think its a small window?)

[asdfasdf128]

Originally Posted by olletsocmit

I drive at night with 30% tint all around. When you first get it, its a little hard to see, esp when backing up, but after a while you get used to it. I got my car tinted 2 weeks ago and still have a little trouble backing up. You have to do little things like put down the window when backing up in dark places or putting in brighter reverse bulbs. If you are thinking about getting tinted... its def worth it. im sure by next week I wont even think about it when im backing up... it will just become natural.

yeah, I dont want to sacrifice any driveability. I'm stuck between 40% or 50%; although 40% does look good

[Tigawoods]

you cant settle on a car can you lol

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by OutToWinPAHC

For the most part I agree. I have had 8 yeas schooling in Electrical and Electronics, and have been working in large scale electrical engineering for 8.5 years. The electric motors surely can take the current increase from larger amp hour batteries, and an increased number of cell. But they don't do this factory for reliability. The instantaneous torque will throw the shaft off its axis and lead to brush ware. More current, more heat, more carbonization of the brushes, and breakdown of the varnish insulation on the windings. Sure he can do it, but in the long run.... your fixing it soon.

I left out details because no one typically cares when I get into detail. I have four years of mechanical engineering schooling behind me and I've found too much detail bores/confuses people. Keeping the shaft balanced is part of the issue but only the beginning of the issues involved with overloading the motor. The lifespan of the motor is heavily dependent on the amount of power you're trying to get out of it and since that hasn't been specified the lifespan can't be specified either.

[JoJo]

Originally Posted by asdfasdf128

free bump for a sweet car! How is driving at night with the 40% tint?

It's really not bad at all. Wish I would have gone darker, but this seems to keep the cops away *knock on wood*


I can't decide if I want to wrap the taillights in smoke tint or with red overlay. Leaning towards smoke.

Originally Posted by Tigawoods

you cant settle on a car can you lol

Lol i'll probably end up keeping it. Just trying to sell it and then put 3/4 of the proceeds towards my student loans, and buy a beater. We'll see, haven't had any bites at all.