Floormats and a headunit

[Life2]

These are two totally irrelevant things but for the sake of making two topics, i'd rather just combine them.

Part 1.

What do you guys do here in the way of floormats for the gen 3? Mine are starting to show some age (however still AMAZING for 11 years old) and I would like to put in some new ones. I saw some universal TRD mats on eBay for about $45 shipped but I don't know how well they'd fit. Here is a picture from the auction. I was just hoping someone could verify how well these would fit? I get the idea that the front ones would be perfect but the rears would fit like s**t. Any other suggestions for floormats?




Part 2.

I have a V6 XLE with a single din Tape deck. Not exactly my flavor. I normally use my ipod anyways but I'd rather not have that messy cluttery look when I only listen to about 20-40 different songs when i drive so I could just get cd's. I don't like the look of aftermarket headunits at ALL. I honestly like keeping a car like this look as stock as possible. To solve this I started looking for double din CD/cassette headunits from other camrys on ebay. My problem was most of these auctions said that their headunits would not fit XLE models. Is that because the XLE models have externally amplified headunits or something? What car could I get a good headunit out of to fit my gen 3 XLE? I would love getting a toyota/lexus headunit over some ricey silvery/blue thing from some audio shop. My personal favorite is the 7th gen celica headunits but I don't think that'd work in my car, correct?

[bigbird]

my mats look like shit, thoes look fine if u like them

[Creeps228]

umm i personally like the ricey silver/blue radios as you call them, but i really want a navigation system but idk if i should get a 2 din or a single din flip up navigation system. BUt if you really like the stock ways of toyota, i'd say try to see if you can get your hands on the 7th gen camry radios or celicas and try to see of they fit. Or go to a dealer and ask them if it could fit or not. IF anything go to a radio shop ask them if a 2 din radio could fit in your car...BUt since you are going to remove your headunit, the external amplifer shouldn't bother...that what im thinking...

About the mats, they look nice but wouldn;t they get mess quick since its vinyl ( i think or carpet ) i can tell in the pic

[eddie926]

Originally Posted by Life2

I have a V6 XLE with a single din Tape deck. Not exactly my flavor. I normally use my ipod anyways but I'd rather not have that messy cluttery look when I only listen to about 20-40 different songs when i drive so I could just get cd's. I don't like the look of aftermarket headunits at ALL. I honestly like keeping a car like this look as stock as possible. To solve this I started looking for double din CD/cassette headunits from other camrys on ebay. My problem was most of these auctions said that their headunits would not fit XLE models. Is that because the XLE models have externally amplified headunits or something? What car could I get a good headunit out of to fit my gen 3 XLE? I would love getting a toyota/lexus headunit over some ricey silvery/blue thing from some audio shop. My personal favorite is the 7th gen celica headunits but I don't think that'd work in my car, correct?

When you remove the factory head unit on the XLE, there's a single wiring harness plugged into the back of it, rather than the normal 2 wiring harnesses on the LE, etc. That single harness sends the output of the unit to the amp that's mounted under the passenger seat. However, Toyota was nice enough to also include the normal 2 harness setup. This allows you to install an aftermarket head unit and bypass the factory amp. Here's a tutorial on it....

http://installdr.com/InstallDocs/Toyota/PDF/869013.pdf

Using the two harness setup makes it the same as an LE (I have an LE and an XLE). So, in general I'd say if it will work in an LE, it should work in an XLE.

I just installed an aftermarket unit in my XLE, and the install was the same as on my LE using those two harnesses.

http://toyotanation.com/forum/t206842.html

As far as the opening, double din is double din, so anything true double din should fit.

Having said all that, I don't know anything about the factory units that you're looking at. Most of those auctions will tell you that IT'S UP TO YOU to verify fitment before you buy. They may not use the same brackets that the Camry uses. Also, IMO, buying a used head unit from eBay would be risky. Most of those units proably came from salvage. You don't know what kind of abuse they may have had. They may work fine on the guy's test bench and then have a problem in a hot or cold vehicle, etc.

Also, a lot of the factory head units had security codes such that they wouldn't work if you pulled them from the original vehicle. I've never looked into how you might override that.