HELP w. Sportivo Front LIP INSTALL

[youngstylez]

as you can see.. i ordered the front lip kit from Aussie.. i recieved it today and went outside to test fit it before i get it painted and everything.. and when i tried to place it in.. it seems that there are clips on the front lip spoiler that go into the front bumper.. but on the front bumper, there are no insertion holes for the clips to go into.. im lost??? how do i install this??

**"red squares" are the clips
**"white squares" are the areas where the clips are suppose to insert into

[Eye8Pussies]

well, the main question then is....how are the aussie fton bumpers differently designed in the first place?

I'd get in touch with some aussies on here and get some closer shots of their front bumper before you decide to start cutting anything

[xpeed]

They're not all that different. I'm guessing you have take the bumper off mate.

[youngstylez]

i have spoken to Stephen Wallace, he is the guy who sold this peice to me. he said all fitments are garunteed.. hm?? anybody else know?

[terrynham]

all the regular aussie bumpers are just like your ones. They dont have any holes for those clips to go into....
the Sportivo bumper might though...i dont know...

im guessing for this reason, Toyota dont offer the kit for the regular Camry grades here...

ill go take a look at my bumper and see if i can take some pics for you

[youngstylez]

that would help alOT! thanks

[white3ch0c0late]

Well... even if it comes down to it... would it be that big of a problem to have someone punch holes in your bumper? I'm planning on eventually grabbin' a Sportivo too, and if it comes down to it, I'll have my friend punch some holes and install it for me.

[terrynham]

ok, pulling at the bumper, there are most definitely clips holding those areas in place...
btw, and most likely for the respective areas of the sideskirts and rear skirts too...

anyway, here are those pics of the front lip:

Exterior:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...p/P6100002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...p/P6100004.jpg

Under:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...p/P6100005.jpg

Inside Splash Panel:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...p/P6100008.jpg (Side Clips)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...p/P6100013.jpg (Front Clip, near Foglight)

[youngstylez]

thanks for the pics *terry. very helpful :] i also jss recieved a reply email from stephen wallace and yes.. he did say that these kits were designed for the sportivo bumper.. so i will have to drill small holes into the front bumper for fitment. thanks for all the help guys. i will take pics of the process.. jss incase someone else runs into the same problem.

[Super Kaioken]

YES! Pictures! i hope to see how it turns out. Although i have the gen 5. it'll look different. i'm planning on getting SPORTIVO too! i say it is the best looking kit for the Camry gen 5

[ohnoyuji]

Young, Before I had an Rav4 2001, I've bought Bodykit directly from Japan OEM dealer.
The kit include the installation manual.

In the manual, whenever there's drilling needs, in the back of the bumper, there's always something like drilling mark in the back of the bumper, the mark are fairly small,
but if you get closer you should see something like an O or dashed O, or even O with a X on it. These mark have different size and they are and aren't visually easy to find out, but if you get closer you must see some markings there. double check your fitment before doing any drilling.

[ohnoyuji]

To followup what I just said, these mark are premade at factory, but I doubt that... our Camry will have the same as my Rav4 had, since our Camry are made in USA, and Aussie's I don't know...

[white3ch0c0late]

I guess your other choice would be to dremmel off the clips and buy some 3M double sided industrial tape... but... that wouldn't be my course of action.

[Super Kaioken]

i would just drill the holes....seems like a more permanent solution

[terrynham]

Originally Posted by white3ch0c0late

I'm planning on eventually grabbin' a Sportivo too, and if it comes down to it, I'll have my friend punch some holes and install it for me.

for the Gen5 Sportivo kit, i dont think there will be any clips....there might be...
but i personally i dont think so, because the Gen5 kit doesnt rideup the bumper as much as the Gen5.5

Originally Posted by ohnoyuji

since our Camry are made in USA, and Aussie's I don't know...

yeah Aussie Camrys are made in the Australia
http://corporate.toyota.com.au/corpo...53D214,00.html

here the Sportivo kits, are stock, they come straight out of the factory like that.
so the dealer doesnt put the kits on

for non-sportivo models, they dont have the option of a kit at all.
quite possibly because of this clip mounting issue we are discussing about