Solara Strut Bar - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Bdub215 · 08-17-2011, 05:04 PM

I managed to get my hands on one at a junkyard from a fallen friend.

So i decided to conduct a bit of an experiment today after work. will this fit a gen 3? I heard it wont. Well

But thats only half the story. as soon as i tried to close the hood...

Interesting. so i took it back of and compared it to my Ultra Racing Bar

the OEM has the UR by quite a few inches. and yes, my brothers Honda has the wrong rear bumper on it.

PortugalFocus · 08-17-2011, 07:19 PM

Werd... When I put mine on my 00 Camry I got it to fit just fine....

Bdub215 · 08-17-2011, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by PortugalFocus

Werd... When I put mine on my 00 Camry I got it to fit just fine....

gen 4 only. wont fit the gen 3

Creeps228 · 08-18-2011, 12:05 AM

it bearly fits on the gen 4, its hits the hood slightly...

PortugalFocus · 08-19-2011, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Creeps228

it bearly fits on the gen 4, its hits the hood slightly...

I opened my hood today and you're right. I can see a bit of indentaion of the under hood blanket. Still shuts ok though.

***fenixus*** · 08-19-2011, 10:07 PM

I think someone else in this forums tried Solara strut brace on gen3/3.5 already and discovered that the camry hood can't get closed with it

search button helps to avoid such

Solara's body (and some of interior) is different from camry-based body even though the guts like chassis, engine, trans are same.

Bdub215 · 08-20-2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by fenixus

I think someone else in this forums tried Solara strut brace on gen3/3.5 already and discovered that the camry hood can't get closed with it

search button helps to avoid such

Solara's body (and some of interior) is different from camry-based body even though the guts like chassis, engine, trans are same.

i did do a search but none yielded the answer i was looking for. and note my first post. i'm just putting pictures in one thread showing it wont fit where in dozens of others there's just "speculation".

***fenixus*** · 08-20-2011, 02:58 PM

yup, it's still a good warning/don't-do-this thread

good pics!

the search button unfortunately sucks on this forums, so I usually use google search including the keyword toyotanation

threads from this forums are better indexed in google than in the native search engine LOL

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Originally Posted by Bdub215

i did do a search but none yielded the answer i was looking for. and note my first post. i'm just putting pictures in one thread showing it wont fit where in dozens of others there's just "speculation".

camrtm3 · 08-21-2011, 02:24 PM

So here is my question. How wide is the UR bar? The freedom design i used to have was worthless. I was going to try a gen4 trd, but it doesnt with the hood closed.

Bdub215 · 08-21-2011, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by camrtm3

So here is my question. How wide is the UR bar? The freedom design i used to have was worthless. I was going to try a gen4 trd, but it doesnt with the hood closed.

Length of your thumb if I had to guess. It's a monsoon outside so I'm can't go out to check.

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