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Tidewater
If you really want to have no dings, then you will have to park away from other cars.
If you get side moldings and still park in tight spaces, you may get a few less dings from vehicles with doors that happen to line up perfectly with the height of wherever the molding is installed.
Many new owners in this area have added the strips.
the exterior paint of the vehicle.
Carry on!
I found out this week that henceforth we will not arrange to have leather installed aftermarket when the seats have side impact airbags installed. This is on the 'guidance' of CAT. For all the liability reasons noted above neither CAT nor our store are suggesting to anyone to swap out the seat covers whatever the level of technology might be for the replacements.
If the buyer wants to install them then it is his choice alone.
Does anyone know if it's avail for sale at a dealer?
Seems stupid to me to make the consumer have to pay to put them on aftermarket.
Maybe Toyota bought out Dent Doctor and is trying to raise their revenues!
Early in my career, I worked for an automotive shop where we did lots of work for new car dealers (stereos, side mouldings, T-tops, seat repair, etc). In my second "career", I worked for a company that sold many additional products to the dealers through distributors. We sold items like rustproofing, paint sealant, floor mats, stereos, window etching, yadda. Dealers love to sell these add-ons because of the huge profit potential.
I kept my old Maxima ding free for three years, then my wife started driving it and we ended up w/ five small dings on the passenger side. On Monday she starts driving the new SE on a regular basis. Ouch! :sick:
I would also like to see moldings on vehicles. However, it appears that factory installed moldings will soon be a thing of the past (if the current trend continues). There are just too many different sized vehicles for factory installed moldings to be effective. I also believe that design and cut-backs are reasons why they are no longer on newer vehicles.
Putting the bulbs into the place the old halogens went was a piece of cake. The big deal was finding places for the ballasts. they are 1.25" thick, 4" wide and 4" deep with two wires coming out of one side. To do anything I had to remove the black air management cowl.
On the driver's side, I had to remove the battery tie-down. There was a piece of frame right there, and with a little work, it was easily held down with the double-sided 3M patch included in the kit.
On the passengger side, I had to remove the antifreeze reservoir (lift it up, carefully if there is a lot of AF in it) and HUNT. I finally ended up sticking the ballast onto the top of the Windshield washer fluid tank, with the connections placed so that they aren't likely to be doused. Remember that the ballast generates 23,000 volts!!!
The next part is a [non-permissible content removed]! :mad:
They do not include a connector that plugs into the old halogen socket; they include a wire that plugs into the BALLAST and on the other end are two wires with bare pins that connect into the headlamp sockets. these will come out of you sneeze, unless you CAREFULLY wrap the whole assembly with electrical tape. Your other option is to cut the two wires, splice and solder (TEST FIRST since the unit will NOT work if you reverse the poles), and then tape or shrink-tube the whole assembly. At this point, I elected to tape the whole thing and left the soldering iron well away from my new car.
So expect to spend 1.5 hours doing this if you are not handy, about 3/4 hour if you are.
The result is breathtaking. I live out in the middle of nowhere, southwest of Chicago. The lights are bright and are more hyper-white than blue. They light up the road for 1,000 feet, and this is with proper aiming. Everything is easier to see, especially road signs, which seem to "pop" when lit by the HID lights.
This is the best $220 you could spend on your Camry. I am not affiliated with the seller, which is at autolightings@gmail.com.
J
I'd like to do it but would have to do the driving (fog) lights too.
Maybe in a few months.
I'm working on the replacement of the big T's on the trunk and front end now.
By the way, I want to get 17" SE wheels for my XLE. I could then sell my brand new 16" XLE wheels to someone with LE steel wheels for a really good price. Anyone interested, or thoughts on how to do that?
Thanks.
What are you replacing the Toyota logos with? I like them myself so I ask from curiosity.
I would like to add some backup sensors, but I need to find a paintable set since I think that black plastic would take away from the car (Barcelona Red).
J
about to buy(I am ready to buy today) but are reading about transmission and quality problems.I want to buy the 4 cylinder LE and I think all I need is to know that there are some people out there who have no problems. Thanks, folks.
WS
JBL audio is not exceptional but has above average sound quality and volume.
You do realize that you are replying to somone who posted their message 2 years ago, right?
I am guessing that the cars that the two of you drove were a bit different!
I visited a Toyota dealer last Sat (06/04). There was only one LE available on the lot (Just off delivery truck -- the dealer hadn't have time to remove plastic inside/outside of the car). The price is $20,888 (including CF -- $199, and Destination charge -- $580). I can get 3.9% rate for 36 months. The docs fee is $249.00. I think this price is a little bit high, so I walked away. But the dealer said if I can find better deal, he will match. Now I use this price as base to ask other dealers. What you think the price? By the way, I am not in rush to buy.
-- Thanks
Toyota is probably selling 35,000 Camrys a month. You're worried because half a dozen people on Edmunds are having problems? And some of those are just downright nit-picky. Read any forum on Edmunds and there will be people posting who are unhappy. Happy owners are less inclined to bother, imo.