How I'm Modding My Camry

[BlueCam]

Ok, I have a few questions about toyota, and the camry. What i'm planning to do is increase the price of my cam by adding stuff that it doesn't have(leather, power, CD, etc.).

So, Just to make it look cool at the same time, heres what I was thinking.

Premium Sound

6CD Changer

Supra/Celica seats???

Rear Spoiler

New Wheels

Basically, all toyota parts. Anyway, can you guys give me any info on this? much thanks!

[DarkMastyr]

I doubt you would be able to get back more than 20% of what you put into modding the car with OEM parts.

I believe I was told that if you bought a new Camry part by part, it'd run your tab up to $80k or so, but as a package from the dealer, it's obviously much less. That's why a lot of people part out their mods when they sell a car.

[Anshu]

Originally Posted by BlueCam

Ok, I have a few questions about toyota, and the camry. What i'm planning to do is increase the price of my cam by adding stuff that it doesn't have(leather, power, CD, etc.).

So, Just to make it look cool at the same time, heres what I was thinking.

Premium Sound

6CD Changer

Supra/Celica seats???

Rear Spoiler

New Wheels

Basically, all toyota parts. Anyway, can you guys give me any info on this? much thanks!

mabye new wheels would add to the value, if the old ones were crap. but otherwise people are not really looking for these kinda things when buying a used car, theyd rather have a low milage car that looks like its been taken care of and not driven hard with someone cranking the system the entire time.

On the other hand id be happy to sell you my premium sound front speakers.

[BlueCam]

well, i'm going to try and find good deals on ebay and such, and also, my friends dad and uncle both work at toyota, so i get a nice discount. (And if anything brakes, i get it fixed for free.)

But anyway, Who makes the Camry's Premium sound?

And would Supra or Celica seats fit, and if they are power, would they work?

[BlueCam]

Anshu, keep those..i'm going to need a few weeks, cuz i just backed into some dudes new carolla, so i have a few weeks to figure out whats going on.

How much you willing to sell them for anyway, and what color are they?

[BlueCam]

oh, and which wheels from other toyota cars would fit?

[nodrogkam]

Originally Posted by BlueCam

well, i'm going to try and find good deals on ebay and such, and also, my friends dad and uncle both work at toyota, so i get a nice discount. (And if anything brakes, i get it fixed for free.)

But anyway, Who makes the Camry's Premium sound?

And would Supra or Celica seats fit, and if they are power, would they work?

my 98 camry xle had the premium sound speakers by Harmon-Motive which i think is basically harmon kardon....

[BlueCam]

thanks.

how about those wheels???

[Lord_Anarchy]

Off the top of my head, I can't think of one I've seen that fits with ZERO fitment issues. A nice setup is the IS300 rims but the offset is..... 50(Not sure though..) and so.. yeah.. spacers for a 50 on a car that's 40 (Gen3), doesn't sound like something I wanna do. Other popular wheels are Supra, MR2 (i like the 4 bolt rims off the MR2 Spyder), what else? That's all that comes to my mind. Meanwhile, what Gen Cam do you have?

[Ruffrydasean]

Don't treat cars like an investment... trust me... .

The cam is not like a 66 Corvette that you can restore and sell for more $$$

[BlueFusion6851]

In 20-30 years maybe

[Hawkeye-SE]

For every dollar you put into the car... you will loose at least a dollar. Cars don't increase in value by adding parts, certainly not by adding wheels and other aftermarket parts.

And the cam will not be collectible in any way shape or form... there are just too many of them.

[Lord_Anarchy]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye-SE

there are just too many of them.

Right on the money. Unfortunately, the Gen 3 Camry is as common as air. I'm so blown at how I never noticed them UNTIL I got a Gen 3. Anyways, if you do all that, don't look to get that money back when you sell it. You will get laughed out when you say some crazy price. Just keep her up to spec. Now, if you DON'T care about the money you'll lose (resale value wise) after these mods, then do it. Don't mod her for money, mod her for fun. If she was a old-school Ferrari GTB four cam, then we'd be talkin' a different story.

[RichieRichJP]

Adding parts wont really increase the price, you're only hurting your own pockets.

[CrawlingEye]

Yup. Most cars with more money poured in actually resell LESS than when they were stock.