Thanks... Driving it at night now gets my heart pumping a bit faster. A "side" benefit is lighting up the white Prius decals in front of each rear wheel.
Ah yes, speaking of wheels. These rims are 17" and weight about twice what the OEM's weigh. Rolling resistance? Don't mention it. It handles just beautifully now. Stopped the wandering immediately. MPG hit is about 5 mpg but I
thought it was worth it until gas prices hit $3+. I'm actually contemplating going to a set of 18" sold at
http://centerlinewheels.com/wheel_deals.php. They are alloy of course and only weigh about 16" a piece - a lot closeer to OEM's. And with 205/40R18's on them they'll be 24.5" OD (including tires). Exactly the same diameter as OEM's.
These 17's are 204/40R17's = 23.5". Speedo registers 4.1% faster than actual. If the speedo says you're doing 55 mph it's more like 53. That of course means my mileage on the odo are adding up faster than they should.
I've attempting to get the low down on the "footwell lighting" FOR the Prius at sigma and japanparts.com but they appear to be green in their ads. JP is apparently on summer vacation and haven't answered my messages - yet. I may just have to settle for the blue heat resistant "gel" bulb covers on the dome lights - done that already.