Seeking Advice for 2017 Camry RZ Lowering.

[TheCamryGuy]

Hi everyone, 

 

Just bought my first Camry, really curious, since I am a stance nation Fan, can someone please share their experience or recommend, what is the best way to lower 2017 Camry with 2.5L engine. I want to Drop it about 40mm-50mm, What is the best option, Springs, coil-overs? 

 

Any Advice would be much appreciated!

[Novicebutnice]

15 hours ago, TheCamryGuy said:

Hi everyone, 

 

Just bought my first Camry, really curious, since I am a stance nation Fan, can someone please share their experience or recommend, what is the best way to lower 2017 Camry with 2.5L engine. I want to Drop it about 40mm-50mm, What is the best option, Springs, coil-overs? 

 

Any Advice would be much appreciated!

I have an un-modded 2017 RZ Camry,

I am having driveway issues as is, and it handles well enough (better than a standard Camry) as they already have a "sports suspension"

You may be better off spending money on performance mods.

Also make sure that the oil has been changed regularly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4JS7PybV2k 


Regards Steve

[Novicebutnice]

Something you may find interesting,

You will use more fuel in colder temperatures (less than 15 deg C)

You will get the best performance using 95 Octane fuel.

I recently drove from Newcastle to Brisbane via the Pacific Motor Way, and managed to regularly hit 6.5 L/100 (the car is "rated" at 6L/100 km on the highway)

Whilst I was the only one in the car, I didn't pack light (the car was pretty much full).

I don't use "fuel saving" tyres, and I was keeping close to the speed limit (in 110km/h areas, I had the cruise control set to 108km/h), and I used the aircon on and off.

Although the car was clean (recently washed and spray waxed)

And I managed to drive from Newcastle to Brisbane on a single tank :-)

I found that the benefits of 98 Octane aren't felt until you get to about 4000+ RPM, before that the engine is not that enthusiastic using that fuel

For great responsiveness from idle to about 5000 RPM I recommend 95 Octane (I generally use BP/Shell/Caltex)

Don't get me wrong above 4500-5000 RPM the 98 is superior, but the trade off is in the responsiveness until you get to that point. 

Driving from Brisbane to Newcastle using 98 Octane fuel gave worse fuel economy with a best result of 6.9L/100 km, compared to regularly hitting 6.5, and at the end in the 100 zone (Brisbane end) hitting 6.4...

Oh and 5W30 full synthetic oil used.

Edited May 22, 2021 by Novicebutnice