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Cello8619 · 03-20-2005, 07:01 PM

Here is a link to my Car Domain Site

Mike's Cam Site

87Camry5Speed · 03-20-2005, 07:48 PM

Hey man care to share how you did up your gauges with nail polish? I would use transparent model paint personally but this looks pretty kick-ass to me.

BTW nice gen3.5 coupe

Keep it classy

Steve

Cello8619 · 03-20-2005, 08:02 PM

Well, I wish I used the glass paint, since orginally I painted the bulbs red, and now overtime, they have changed to the color they are now. And all I did was take the bulbs out, thake the green condoms off, and painted the bulbs with the nail polish.

Thanks for the complimets, Steve you also have a nice Gen 3.5 DX 5 speed like me, don't you wish toyota would offer the Gen 5 with a v6 and 5-speed, that would be sick.

dna59 · 03-20-2005, 08:33 PM

Nice and clean

Love the fact that it's a manual tranny.

87Camry5Speed · 03-20-2005, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Cello8619

Well, I wish I used the glass paint, since orginally I painted the bulbs red, and now overtime, they have changed to the color they are now. And all I did was take the bulbs out, thake the green condoms off, and painted the bulbs with the nail polish.

Thanks for the complimets, Steve you also have a nice Gen 3.5 DX 5 speed like me, don't you wish toyota would offer the Gen 5 with a v6 and 5-speed, that would be sick.

3MZ + 5-speed...

But the 4 cyl 5-speed gen5 is nothing to sneeze at- when Motor Trend tested an '02 SE with that powertrain they got an 8.4 second 0-60. That's probably a second and a half quicker than us

and just a tad more for me now that I have my taller spring tires on.

I did the condom removal mod (Now it has an official name!

) on my old gen2, the gauges were a nice orange afterwards (with just bare bulbs)... if I paint bulbs it's gonna be blue

Steve

Cello8619 · 03-20-2005, 09:47 PM

Well, with the bulbs bare on the gen 3 the guages are white, except for the needles which are orange, since they are colored. Good luck with the painting, its really easy just take your time, and make sure you dont get paint on the contacts.

a94autoCamry · 03-20-2005, 11:32 PM

to your 2 door manual camry

scdtrd · 03-22-2005, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Cello8619

Well, with the bulbs bare on the gen 3 the guages are white, except for the needles which are orange, since they are colored. Good luck with the painting, its really easy just take your time, and make sure you dont get paint on the contacts.

Sweet ride.... what brand of fog lights did you install? Are you happy with the light output?
Was it a PITA to install? I have a 1994 Cam V6 XLE and I am looking for fogs. Yours look like what I had in mind. Any help is appreciated.
Thanx!
SCDTRD

ajmcamry55 · 03-22-2005, 06:40 PM

nice looking coupe, i wish mine was a 5 sp.

Likuid · 03-22-2005, 07:06 PM

awesome clean engine man

Cello8619 · 03-22-2005, 07:22 PM

Thanks Everyone for your comments, it really make me proud that you like my car since you are fellow toyota and camry enthusists.

ScdTrd: In response to the fog lights, I belive I purchased APC or someother cheap and crappy brand, one of the fog lights already got moisture in it and I ended up opening the whole thing up, drying it out and then used silicone to seal it. The install was very straight forward, all I did was run a power from the battery, to the switch, and then from the switch the ground and control lines were run to the lights themselfs, and the ground is attached to a ground that is near the battery, (between the fusebox and fender wall). To mount them there is a little metal edge that you will find just above the lower grill, its about a 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch wide and i just drilled through that and attached the lights. The output isnt that great, its enough for when you want a light in between your parking lights and low beams. Just make sure you aim them right. If you want nice fog lights go out and spend the extra money since I will prob, have to replace mine in the near future. Also, I ended up buying heavyier wire, since the wire that is came with didn't seem that great. Furthermore, the wire is normally not long enough either since they are cheap, and our engine bay is kinda big. I think I payed about $30 for them, and I wish I just spent the extra money and got the PIAA lights, or other reputable companies.