My Gen3 Journey TRANSWAP-CRASH-PAINT....

[darican305]

Whats good camry fans. well i would like to welcome you to thread id like to share my journey with my gen 3 camry with all you to see what your input is. i will start from the beggingin and finish with the current pics ALMOST PAINTED!! just thought these pics might help people with ideas and tasks let me know what you thinnk... enjoy WARNING LOTS OF Pics

This is when i first got the car mainly all stock exepct i put the clear turn signals this was my moms car

my old radio i installed it was sick when it came to equalizing

i painted the center and in later pics you will see i changed the shifter and i got pedals

my stock lights UGLY and the gold line which i removed

OMG I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED I GOT THESE RIMS FOR $200 I PUT THEM ON AND TOOK THEM OFF 3 DAYS LATER THEY UGLY!!! AND ALSO THIS BEFORE MY LIMO TINT

and NOW THAT THE INTRO OVER HERES WHAT HAPPENS.....

WELL WITH EVERY CAMRY WITH HIGH MILES, MINE CURRENTLY AT 215,XXX
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE TRANNY SO... SHOPS WANTED LIKE $1200 and i said no ill do it myself so here the pics took me 16 hours with my friend

i paid $428 for the transmission and like 100 in seals and stuff
here are the pics PAIN!!!!


JACKED UP



Me and My Boy Tearin it up

We Dropped the Sub Fram to get to the tranny after removing Alot of conponets if anyone wants to know what was removed completly more than happy to make a SOMEWHAT DIY it wasnt as bad as i thought

SHE"S DROPPED!!!

SHESSS OUT NOW!!!

AND HERE IS MY PAIN IN THE ASS OLD TRANNY WHICH WAS LEAKING LIKE HELL THROUGHT THE SEAL BEHIND THE CONVERTER

As you can this was my work space and the lies the new tranny




16 hrs later she was running the tranny has proved good have had it for 3months now and no problems


WELL AS I POSTED IN ANOTHER THREAD A MONTH LATER I GOT IN A SOMEWHAT SMALL FENDER BENDER BUT IT WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE ME NEED A NEW HOOD AND BUMPER REINFORCMENT BAR AND AIRBAGS



WELL AS YOU CAN SEE I GOT RID OF THOSE AWFULL RIMS AND WENT WITH MOMO RIMS with i nice 215/45/r17 RIKEN TIRES what you think??


AND NOW FOR THE FINAL PICS WHICH I WILL CONT TO POST UP AS I FINISH IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS....THE GEN3 GETTING PAINTED SHAVED AND TWISTED UP

[darican305]

WELL NOW FOR THE PICS OF THE PAINT PROCESS BEFORE
THIS IS BEFORE WITH A HOOD FROM THE JUNKYARD (BLACK) and TRUNK ALSO AND DENTS IN THE CAR AND FADING SPOTS






FADING

[darican305]

AND THE WORK BEGAIN TWO DAYS AGO ME AND MY DAD


TAKING OFF ALL THE LIGHTS AND TRIM





GRINDING DENTS


LOOK AT THE DOOR BUT ITS GETTING FIXED

[darican305]

NOW THAT THE DENTS ARE HERE COMES THE BONDO AND PRIMER!!!

WITH ALL THE DUST I HAD TO REP




AND NOW WE WET SANDED THE CAR AND PRIMED AND DID IT AGAIN AND WASHED AND LET DRY



NOTICE THE PRIMER NEXT TO WHERE THE EMBLEMS WERE UM... DEBADGE MAYBE???

[darican305]

AND I WENT YESTERDAY TO A U PULL AND SAVE AND I FOUND AN OEM SPOILER AND A DX CENTER PIECE AND GOT IT BOTH FOR 50 Dollars !!!!
Just sanded down the spoiler




I Now have all three center pieces and i didnt kno what i wanted but now know i am going with the dx one
and iam painting that one to match car hopfully tomorrow or monday

TOOK OUT THE DX LIGHTS AND PUT THE BUFFER TO THEM
BEFORE AFTER

[darican305]

i mean AFTER BEFORE

[darican305]

AND FINALLY THIS IS WHERE IM AT AS OF SATURDAY NIGHT DRILLED HOLES FOR THE SPOILER AND NOTICE SUM... DEBADGED


this is where im at any question ask me about anything and let me know what you think i will keep posting pics up untill its painted hope you all enjoyed. BY THE WAY I KNOW I NEED TO DROP IT ALREADY!!! I HAD A CHOICE PAINT OR DROP FIRST I CHOSE PAINT I WILL BE DROPPING SOON WITH
H AND R SPRINGS IVE ALREADY PUT NEW STRUTS A MONTH AGO.

and FOR INFO IK THIS IS NOT THE SECTION BUT I JUST THOUGHT I LET PPL KNOW I GOT AN ALMOST NEW RADIATOR FOR A 92-93 CAMRY V6 i got a pic it the 3vz motor pm me if interested.

FOR ONE MORE NOTE the other to center pieces i have my dad and i most likly are going to fix and leave them all primered for anyone who wants let me kno. ill keep you posted

[Loganwiththe'93]

How much has the project cost with just you and your friends and family doing it?

[JCamry94]

I am curious as well how much all of this work has hurt you out of pocket?

If I were you I wouldve swapped in a manual too!!! (gonna do that to my i4 sometime in the nest couple years)

I am also planning on doing a wholesale paintjob on my baby at some point, so this is quite inspiring.

Damn though man I gotta say major props on this very very DIY work!

I will be following this very closely

[TheKevin]

good work. progress looks really good. post pics of the paint job, ASAP. can't wait to see it.

[darican305]

good to see replies iam actually waking up now and am going to prep my gargage for primer. i will post pics

as far as cost goes the last three months have been a bit pricy heres the breakdown
But Transmission was done in October and then i had a month break and then i needed to pay to
fix car for accident which was like first week of december so since then ive spent that much in repair and now paint

Transswap:

transmission: $428
Seals: $100
new cv joint
during swap : $60
Paid My Boy
To Help : $250
New Fluid: $44
New Struts
and parts: $330

Total Cost : 1,418

Accident Cost

Bumper Renformients
Bumper Brackets : $40
New Radiator V6 $132
New Depo Lights : $160
New Clear Corner : $30
New Hood and Trunk : $75
Pasg Airbag : 75

Total Cost: $512

NOW THE PAINTJOB!!
ALL THIS AT FINISHMASTERS

1 Gal Base Coat DRK GRN:$ 89
1 Gal of Clear Coat: $ 91
Activator and Reducer: $50
1 gal of primer Gray: $54
1 gal of sealer: $34
Bondo: $15
Prep Sal: $15
Putty: $10
MiSC items
sand paper and tarps
and stuff $130

Total Cost: $488

DX Center piece: $30
new grill: $10
Spoiler: $20
New Door Handle: $5

Total cost: $65

GRAND TOTAL: $2488
NOTE: This is a rough estimate is prob been a lil more but yea i thought paint was gonna be more but
it has not been to bad on the bank

[eyeball96]

Good work man...looking forward to seeing the finished product.

[bigbird]

very nice man, looks liek pretty good work.

[Durrby]

Very nice work man. Where in FL you located? I'm in between Orlando and Miami.

[ARIST0]

Put a good mask in your list men, bondo and paint dust are deadly toxic.