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Old 04-19-2008, 08:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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This weekends projects

Another nice weekend, a couple of more changes to my Camry. I decided to take care of a problem with the look of my new exhaust. I love the polished tips but I don't care for the polished case of the mufflers. They stand out way too much for my tastes. I decided I would paint them low-gloss black for a more subtle look. Originally I was going to mask off the bumper, fenders etc. and paint them on the car. I decided to take them off instead. I figured I would get better coverage.

The first three pictures are of the underside of the car with no mufflers. Maybe someone could use the pics as a reference or to locate something under the rear of the car.







Here are the mufflers right before I put them back on the car. At the top of the picture you can see the hangers. Don't mind my crappy porch. It's being replaced this year.



Here is the exhaust on the car.







My other mod this weekend was installing a lip spoiler.



I was bored waiting for the mufflers to dry so I shot a little video. This is what my Camry sounds like with no mufflers.
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i like your Professional Alloy Floor Jack
If i have that, that will make my calipers painting job easlier from yesterday..
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Old 04-19-2008, 08:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Agree - looks better. What paint did you use?
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i like your Professional Alloy Floor Jack
If i have that, that will make my calipers painting job easlier from yesterday..
I bought it at Costco earlier this week. My old floor jack was all steel and weighed 85 lbs. This one has the same capacity but, it is over an inch shorter at the saddle and weighs 56lbs.
Painted calipers are somewhere on my list.
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Agree - looks better. What paint did you use?
+1. Almost looks like Black Matte lol. Super clean paint job, I like it a lot.
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Agree - looks better. What paint did you use?
I used Dupli-Color Low-Gloss Black Engine Enamel DE-1634
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I bought it at Costco earlier this week. My old floor jack was all steel and weighed 85 lbs. This one has the same capacity but, it is over an inch shorter at the saddle and weighs 56lbs.
Painted calipers are somewhere on my list.
Oh? You got those from Costco? We have that in Costco Canada.. Maybe I should go get one.. I hate those jack that came with car..I have to put my winter tire under my car just in case those jack fall off....
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Wow that red really stands out.
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Wow that red really stands out.
^_^y Thanks..
I was surprised the result turned out really really red
I use Nissan's Matador Red for Nissan Versa
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I was surprised the result turned out really really red
I use Nissan's Matador Red for Nissan Versa
I think I'm going for black calipers.
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Lammydi did his calipers in black
Lammydi's new redout Overlay + a few small mods
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Lammydi's new redout Overlay + a few small mods
I like it!
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Oh? You got those from Costco? We have that in Costco Canada.. Maybe I should go get one.. I hate those jack that came with car..I have to put my winter tire under my car just in case those jack fall off....
My jack bent, so i'm strewed if i get a flat... hahaha... and you used car paint? better check it, i don't know wat temp car paints are rated
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fdexclpl, what size is the piping to the mufflers? looks like it's crush bent, and good job with the stealth look
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love the painted mufflers! much cleaner, almost OEM appearance
super clean work too! very professional
the lip spoiler also looks great on your car! i cant wait to se it lowered over those sweet enkeis
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