victorkw - 2007 Black Toyota Camry SE - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

victorkw · 11-29-2008, 02:45 AM

Ok, so I meant to post pictures of my modded car a couple of months ago but its been so busy I haven't gotten around to it until now. Before we get to it, here's all the modifications I've made since I bought the car.

OEM Spoiler
OEM Door Sills
Eagle Eyes Smoke LED Tailights
DIY Blacked Out Headlights
Tenzo-R Type M Version 2 (19 X 8.5, 45 offset)
Falken FK-452 (245/40/19)
TRD Springs
Cathode Light Trunk Mod

I'd like to thank a couple of people for providing me the inspiration and or help for the mods I made. Thanks for all your posts.

Knipper Sitten (Rims and LED tailights)
Geoff5093 (Blacked Out Headlights)
Gogo_vs (Tires)
GeoKool Hawaii (TRD Springs)
dcemureviews (Trunk Light Mod)

Finally, here's the pics. Hope you guys like it!

Good view of the car lowered. It looked horrible before I installed the TRD springs. My car looked like a truck running on huge mudding tires. I took wheel gap measurements of each tire before and after but I don't have those numbers right now. I'm home for thanksgiving! If anybody's interested, I can post those.

The wheels and tires are pretty flush. No wheel spacers or fender mods necessary. Luckily, with the wide tires and lowering springs, there is no rubbing whatsoever. I was worried for a bit and even had a pair of H&R 5mm hubcentric wheel spacers purchased. Opened the box but never needed them nor took them out of the sealed plastic. Anybody interested in buying them from me?

My neighbor has a camry too! Here's a pic for comparison.

After getting wider tires and lowering the car on TRD springs, the stance looks wonderful!

This is my trunk before the cathode lights were installed. I can't see anything!

This is my trunk after installing dcemureviews cathode lights. Thanks!

Plus, one more after some photoshop fun!

***lammydi*** · 11-29-2008, 10:07 AM

Nice choice in rims. Nicely done overall.

moky-tron · 11-29-2008, 10:09 AM

nice ride dude.
before you sell your spacers, try installing them and look at the diff. you'd be surprised how much 5mm makes a diff in the stance of a car

victorkw · 11-29-2008, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by moky

nice ride dude.
before you sell your spacers, try installing them and look at the diff. you'd be surprised how much 5mm makes a diff in the stance of a car

Thanks llamydi! Thanks Moky!

Thanks for the input about the stance moky. I think I'm still gonna stick with how it is now though. It works and I haven't gotten any rubbing issues with the fenders. I'm sure it would look nicer but since I've never put them on my car, I don't know how much nicer! Haha, I'd be tempted to keep them but I think itd be nice to get some of the money I spent on them back!

**PRINCESS PEACH** · 11-29-2008, 04:37 PM

nice car! i really like your car color contrasting w/ your rims.

one thing i must say though.... you might want to relook the definition of "flush"

victorkw · 11-29-2008, 04:46 PM

Here's some extra pics for fun! I know I liked looking at pics as people were modifying their cars.

My car stock right after I bought it!

No spoiler, no nothing!

It looks so different now.

The OEM lip spoiler. I was nervous about drilling holes into my car but it turned out nice and even.

The blacked out headlights! I think they change the look of my car even more than the rims.

Check out the difference. I bought some new OEM ones cause I'm OCD. I wanted these new ones to look perfect. Plus, I wanted to have my old stock ones on hand if I ever needed them. And I also spent a week on and off taking the headlights apart, painting them, and putting it back together. This gave me a chance to work on them slowly without having to rush so I could keep driving my car.

The blacked out headlights installed on the drivers side and the originals on the left.

Pic showing the left most side led tailight installed.

Putting the rims on for the first time. Such a drastic change.

This is my car before the TRD springs. I didn't like it at all. I was starting to question whether I liked the new wheels. Such a huge wheel gap.

Again, before the TRD springs. The car looks like it has big ole mudding tires. :P. It was driving me crazy. I had to get it lowered. I liked the new wheels after that. Thanks to my Toyota parts guy who sold me the springs for only $200!

You can see that there's still clearance between my wide 245's with 45 offsets and the struts. I was worried at first.

My setup for the cathode lights in the trunk.

victorkw · 11-29-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by PrincessPeach

nice car! i really like your car color contrasting w/ your rims.

one thing i must say though.... you might want to relook the definition of "flush"

Haha, ok. I guess they are a little more tucked behind the fenders. It's still ok with me though.

Yeah, I liked the contrast too. Alot of my friends wanted me to go black on black but I didn't like that idea. I didn't think it would stand out. I don't think the all black look looks good unless you have a car thats painted in flat black.

***darksparkz*** · 11-29-2008, 05:17 PM

Car looks great! The smoked tails and headlamp black housing goes hand in hand with the black car.

I do like the wheels, can you get any more pictures of the clearances of the rear wheel with the 245 tire on a 8.5" wheel? I was thinking the 245 would be too wide for the front and might not clear well. In your opinion, do you think there would be any chance of rubbing even if the car is lowered more so with coilovers?

I would be interested in your 5mm spacers, how much would you sell them for, I'm looking at the Tenzo Type-M wheels as well, and would be interested in using a 5mm spacer in the rear for a more flush apperance.

victorkw · 11-29-2008, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by darksparkz

Car looks great! The smoked tails and headlamp black housing goes hand in hand with the black car.

I do like the wheels, can you get any more pictures of the clearances of the rear wheel with the 245 tire on a 8.5" wheel? I was thinking the 245 would be too wide for the front and might not clear well. In your opinion, do you think there would be any chance of rubbing even if the car is lowered more so with coilovers?

I would be interested in your 5mm spacers, how much would you sell them for, I'm looking at the Tenzo Type-M wheels as well, and would be interested in using a 5mm spacer in the rear for a more flush apperance.

Sure. Here's some more pics but I'm not sure if its what you are wanting. What views are you looking for? The 245's aren't too wide with 45 offsets. They work for me. I think there is still more clearance to lower more but I dont know how much. Its hard to tell when the front tires will touch when you turn but if you get coilovers, you can adjust them until they don't rub anymore.

Somone already PM'ed me with interest on the spacers but if that falls through you'll be the next in line.

Here's the original clearance in the rear with the stock wheels and springs.

Another picture of the clearance after installing the new wheels and tires.

Picture of wheel spacing in the front.

Picture of wheel spacing in the rear.

Side view of the rear.

Another side view of the rear.

Side view of the front.

akira751 · 11-29-2008, 08:32 PM

Very Nice

***darksparkz*** · 11-29-2008, 09:08 PM

That was quick, lol, jealous of the amazing beautiful weather you guys have down there. It's about to snow a few inches tomorrow here.

But yeah, that's about what I'm looking for, thanks. I was thinking the 245 tire may stick out over the 8.5" wheels a bit much and look too fat, but it looks fine in the pictures. It seems that even if dropped, there would be minimal rubbing in the front, the rear could use about 5mm of spacing and it'd be very flush.

victorkw · 11-29-2008, 09:22 PM

Oh yeah, the weather is pretty great right now. I'm home in San Antonio for thanksgiving and the high was 76 yesterday. Unfortunately, it was 20 degs lower back near Dallas where I work. But still not too bad.

LXS-mode · 11-30-2008, 05:48 AM

nice car man! tastefully done! i agree with all the comments members gave! you might want to install the spacers though. try them on the rear.. then take pictures.. i like the rims too! but i think 235/40/19 will be the best tire size for you.. its closest to stock.

JMSports · 11-30-2008, 11:03 AM

Looks as if the front needs to be lowered another inch.

victorkw · 11-30-2008, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by janfrancis

nice car man! tastefully done! i agree with all the comments members gave! you might want to install the spacers though. try them on the rear.. then take pictures.. i like the rims too! but i think 235/40/19 will be the best tire size for you.. its closest to stock.

Thanks! Haha, looks like everyone wants me to try the spacers. Well, I just sold them so I guess thats out of the question now. I did ask for the 234/40s when I was making my tire purchase. Unfortunately, they didnt have any in stock. I wanted them right away. But the 245's weren't too far from stock as far as wheel diameter. I like the wider tire too.