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Old 10-06-2009, 11:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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3rd Generation oct 6th update!

Well the pieces are finally on lets start with the scepter panel!

The story behind this beautiful panel is a long time ago a guy went to japan and picked the panel up in a junk yard while he was visiting, he flew back with it as a carry on item. A few years later some of the vets of TN may remember a guy named Foxglove Fennec. He bought the panel and had it on his camry for several years. About a year and a half ago he sold the panel and his euro/red tails to 2 people in myrtle beach. a guy named heller and I. I bought the taillights and heller bought the panel. Heller had it on his camry for a little while but kept getting mad that it would fog up and did not fix it so took it off and it has been sitting on his shelf in his bed room for months. He got a ticket not to long ago and needed some quick money so i shot an offer to buy and he gave me a price of $150 which is what he payed for it. After talking for a little bit i talked him down to $130. After haggling some more i talked him down to $120, as well as some 9005 bulbs and my old turn sig housings that have been sitting in my shed for months. Now she is in better hands then ever! tomarrow i plan on Running a thin wrap of electrical tape around the edges of the panel to stop some of the leaking and i plan on getting it fixed and refurbashed to look brand new within the next month. It's in better hands now!

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And now heres my other mod: The taurus lip!



There are a few small gaps on the sides that i need to fix still but it will be easy with some modded stock clips from the original camry bumper





This install was very time consuming and tedious. After lining the lip up under the car trying to get it straight for almost an hour with the help of a friend, we decided to take the bumper off for the first time. was very confusing being my first time doing it but its easy now . We took the bumper off and fliped it upside down and lined up, drilled, and installed. The lip is being very tightly held in by brand new stock ford xmas tree clips that i bought from advanced auto. I love the looks of this lip and it should be fairly easy to fix the few small gaps.


Over all i love my 2 new mods for this week and cant wait to start on the my new mods for the next 2 weeks.

future mods planned for the next month or so.

1. high intensity amber led parking lights from mod-express (on order)

2. 6-8 High intensity white 9in cutable led strips to make custom audi A4 styled headlights, led driving lights inside the turn signals, custom taillight parking lights, led 3rd tail light. and possibly some custom license plate light's, trunk light, and under dash lights wired to the dome light. (possibilies are endless)

3. custom fabricated jdm front lisence plate holder

4. Some coil spring boosters for the rear.

5. and a few other goodies!

of course ill keep everyone posted. Ill post some better pics up tomarrow of the car. these were all takin kinda quick before i left for class tonight
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Old 10-06-2009, 11:26 PM   #2 (permalink)
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The Taurus lip completes the look the cam I like it
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Old 10-07-2009, 12:01 AM   #4 (permalink)
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With all seriousness, I'm always curious to see what it would look like if u add garage door sealer to that Taurus lip. It's dirt cheap not to try u know ...
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Looks AWESOME Chris...good Job! Gongrats on the Specter Panel find...that is a rare piece!
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looks great man. i think the taurs lip looks better on the gen3.5. shes commin along nicely.
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how'd you get the bumper off? i probably should've done that instead of going under the car working in a very tight space despite it being lifted up..
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nice work nice work indeed it looks flush. and good score on the scepter panel
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really appreciate all the compliments guys! means alot. Ill post up more pictures on here as soon as i can take some and its not cloudy outside =]

Cant wait till this summer when the camry gets repainted =D
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how'd you get the bumper off? i probably should've done that instead of going under the car working in a very tight space despite it being lifted up..
There are several places you will find bolts. for instance behind the parking light there are 3 hidden in the fender. Ill have to look again to remember where all the bolts are. But warning you will scream when you take the bumper off and flip it upside down to find all the imperfections from scraping and bottoming out. I did not think my bumper was that bad atleast it doesnt look it from the outside besides the small scratches.
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btw does anyone know how many scepter panels are left? or a rough estimate?
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dang chris....looks good. my car is starting to look like yours.
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nice work!

Clean Camry.
I agree with bigbird, the taurus lip does seem to look better with the 3.5 bumper.
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It looks pretty damn good on a G3 too!

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It looks pretty damn good on a G3 too!

Thats not fair!

You can put a pile of on either of your cars & they'd still be amazing.
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