5th & 6th Generation (2002-2006 & 2007-2011)Toyota Camry Discussion for years: 2002-2006 & 2007-2011
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Just had my new rims and tires put on my car today. I had a great experience with the shop here in Toronto (Simply Tire) who was very patient with all my questions - and recommended the rims, mounted/balanced them and painted the calipers. Wouldn't hesitate to refer anyone to him - excellent service and best price.
18x8 +35 Advanti Racing polished/gunmetal rims
225-45-18 Yokohama ADVAN Sport tires
Black painted calipers with Toyota decals
Let me know what you think - the gun metal on the rims match the Magnetic Grey perfectly - and the +35 offset fits like a dream... The painted calipers really set everything off too.
Thanks guys - I really am happy with how it turned out and better yet, the service was phenomenal (and that's quite uncommon these days it seems, so I feel compelled to explicitly mention that). I considered literally 50 different rims before finding these and I'm loving how they look on my car.
The calipers were painted not powder coated in a multi stage process of several layers of lightly applied paint. The "Toyota" is a decal the shop had made - and applied it to caliper after the final top coat of paint was still tacky to adhere it well. They machined/cleaned the calipers first, so all things considered - it was a smokin' deal and nice touch for only $70 (even less with a tire/wheel package)...
Nice..I do like the toyota painted on. Not sure about me, but do some of the logos seem a bit off center?
Thanks - the decals have a slight curvature to follow the lines of the caliper - they do look a little off but I think that's the angle of the picture, because they're bang on in real life...
...they "machined" the calipers? Your calipers still should have been like new and I would hope a simple cleaning would suffice?! What did they exactly do?
...they "machined" the calipers? Your calipers still should have been like new and I would hope a simple cleaning would suffice?! What did they exactly do?
Machined is probably not the correct term. I didn't actually watch it being done, but I could hear they were using some kind of device to clean the calipers and remove any embedded dirt/impurities in the stock surface before applying the paint.
Mine is a 2007 so although they didn't look old and rusty, they weren't clean and smooth as a baby's butt either
Machined is probably not the correct term. I didn't actually watch it being done, but I could hear they were using some kind of device to clean the calipers and remove any embedded dirt/impurities in the stock surface before applying the paint.
Mine is a 2007 so although they didn't look old and rusty, they weren't clean and smooth as a baby's butt either
lol, they probably just use the air-gun to blast away all the dust on your calipers.
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Back on stock height and love it!
Where did you get the rims? I am in the process of looking for some, but I don't want chrome.
Tell me what you think, I have a 07 se V6 red I haven't done nothing to it as yet but want to put some serious cash into it, I was thinking about some bronze 19" or 20" or even gun metal (which would match the color of the se grill)
any links with the right products will do, I am also looking to a drop but not sure which one is right for the SE.
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