camry 96 cheap and easy add ons, fix ups or mods

[jcrook22]

what are some easy and cheap mods or fixups for the camry 3rd gen 96? maybe also cheap stuff i could get from a store like kragen or autozone?

and what parts from other cars fit on this model?

thanks

[SoulTaker]

What's your budget?

[jcrook22]

100 bucks. i was thinking i could get parts from the junkyard.

[SoulTaker]

$100 won't get you that much. But a $1000 will...Most Lexus ES parts will fit

You have 4 cyl. or a V6?

[jcrook22]

4 cyl. i read sumwhere that there are sum spoilers that fit. and maybe side skirts that fit. i was thinking about changing out lights. or finding other cars stock rims that would fit.

[n3rdifed]

change your oil
change your spark plugs
and get a car wash

[SoulTaker]

Originally Posted by jcrook22

...other cars stock rims that would fit.

Other cars have some nice stock rims. They'll fit if the bolt pattern(5x114.3) and offset(35-45) matches.

[n3rdifed]

if you can find toyota xrunner rims that are 18 x 8 +35 that would look sweet. im looking for those right now but with your 100 dollar budget id say stick to maintaining your vehicle.

theres not much you can change but if your are patient and willing to go through with upgrading your vehicle then it will pay off. ive been working on this camry for about 3 years already..and im about 2000 mi over an oil change. luckily after seafoaming my car last night there wasnt much smoke..telling me that my engine with 165,000 miles is well geared for making 20 years old.

oh yeah with 6 bucks and reading instructions you can buy yourself a can of seafoam before you change oil.

[carsrus]

For a hundo I would throw some tint diy style. Great cheapo mod are led license plate light bulbs - 3 bucks shipped on ebay. You could probally throw on the 40$ hid kit on it if your into that. And yeah thats about it.

Do some maintenance if somethings not up to date.

A set of used lexus/toyota rims with tires that fit usually run 225ish on craigslist and the like. Side skirts arent really available, used spoiler should be about 50$ locally.

There isnt to much you can do to a camry body wise. At least without dropping a stack or two.

[SoulTaker]

jcrook22, how did you get your car?

[uibalnme]

Originally Posted by n3rdifed

change your oil
change your spark plugs
and get a car wash

^+1

Maintenance 1st, mods later(when you have more than $100).

Some not too expensive mods:
Alero fog lights
Aftermarket gear lever
Clear front turn signals
Clear corner lights
Strut tower bar
Rear anti-sway bar

There are other "cheap" mods. Just search, and you should find them. For all other mods, check out this thread...

Camry FAQ ------> READ FIRST -----> Comprehensive List of Gen 3/4 INFO and DIY

Lots of great info there. You can also look around this site...

http://www.cardomain.com/

Lots of modified Camrys there. If you're going to the bone yard, easiest, and best bang-for-the-buck mod is a V6 disc brake swap. I did the rear drum-to-disc mod on my car, and LOVE IT!!!

Good Luck, Have fun, and Welcome to TN.

[jcrook22]

Originally Posted by SoulTaker

jcrook22, how did you get your car?

i bought a 2002 toyota tundra v8 iforce, and the gas mileage eats up my wallet cuz i drive alot. so i switched with my dad cuz he only drives to work and back which is about 2 miles total.

sum people think i steal camry's just cuz my last name is crook..

[jcrook22]

Originally Posted by carsrus

A set of used lexus/toyota rims with tires that fit usually run 225ish on craigslist

thanks.
would newer gen camrys' rims fit?

[uibalnme]

I pretty sure they would, The bolt patterns are the same. The offsets might be slightly different, but they should still be within what the gen3/3.5's can run. I'm looking into getting some gen2 solara rims.

[bigbird]

do the for taurus lip and saturn SC2 spoiler mod.

best advice for this on is to just search around this section. there are tons of cheap mods but there just isnt one thread with all of them listed.