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Old 04-28-2007, 10:40 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Gen5 TSX Retrofit Done.

Yay its finally done after 1 month of progressive work
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TSX clear lens with philips 85122+ bulbs with hella gen3 ballast.

and thanks to all the ppl in HIDPLANET, and other retrofitters such as whitechoc and thapranksta who helped me throughout the process


Now photo time....

When the parts arrived


First time taking of the bumper...lot of crappy plastic tabs and clips!!! Didn't like it at all!!



Relay "funness"




OEM halogen headlamps


Retrofitted Xenons


Mounted the ballast right under the headlamps


Testing to see if the bulbs work


a front view





Cutoff pics..could have been better but........it looks good on the road
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poohbear! I stand in awe of your project...look's like you at least have a decent sheltered place to work. How hard was it to actually remove the front bumper cover? Right now, I'm kind of bummed out over the fact there isn't much bumber or sheet metal protecting the front of the camry if you get into front end tap with the guy in front of you. Finally, how much did you pay for the kit?
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Old 04-28-2007, 12:25 PM   #3 (permalink)
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What kind of bulbs are those on your high beams?
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Old 04-28-2007, 12:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Looks nice, good job!
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looks sick! esp with the black housing SE lenses
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poohbear! I stand in awe of your project...look's like you at least have a decent sheltered place to work. How hard was it to actually remove the front bumper cover? Right now, I'm kind of bummed out over the fact there isn't much bumber or sheet metal protecting the front of the camry if you get into front end tap with the guy in front of you. Finally, how much did you pay for the kit?
THere is no Kit, it was a complete retrofit. The parts were around about 600ish approx.
Which includes a spare set of headlamps, TSX projectors, philips D2S bulbs and got given the ballasts from a friend. And then all the DIY labor Was fun!



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What kind of bulbs are those on your high beams?
Actuall i forgot what they are, just high some 6000K halgo that aren't very bright, but blue.



oh and the bumper cover isn't that hard to take out, not sure how its diff to the US ones, but the AUS ones have plastic clips that hold it together, broke a few of them but they still hold by the bolts that are in it .
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Removing the bumper cover is easy on any model - US or AUS. Check out the Camry manuals in the General section. They should make that very straightforward.

Nice work and glad I could be of assistance!!!
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Removing the bumper cover is easy on any model - US or AUS. Check out the Camry manuals in the General section. They should make that very straightforward.

Nice work and glad I could be of assistance!!!
well i suppose it wasn't too hard.

But do you remember the clips that were under the headlight unit?
when you put it out you could here a big clip sound, and one side of it broke when i was trying to do that for the 3rd time (after aiming etc)...

although all these hassel, it was worth it and fun
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really? which ones do you see then? they're all hosted on a aussie server..
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really? which ones do you see then? they're all hosted on a aussie server..
fixed now.

strange, before it didnt wanna load up.

NICEEEE work!!!! You're probably the first GEN 5 camry in Aust with projector headlights
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fixed now.

strange, before it didnt wanna load up.

NICEEEE work!!!! You're probably the first GEN 5 camry in Aust with projector headlights
Yeah haven't seen one around actually!

Its all good but the right side is not perfect..but i'm not too fussed
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Looks awesome! What are the holes at the bottom of the high beam reflectors for?

The right side of mine isn't perfect either..nothing to fuss about, but I'll fix it sometime much later..
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Yeah haven't seen one around actually!

Its all good but the right side is not perfect..but i'm not too fussed
ahh its alright....when I first did my retrofitting it wasn't perfect. 2 weeks ago I redo my whole headlights and got everything right that time

the shrouds fits perfectly on the GEN 5's headlights

where about are you in australia? syd?
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