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Kanmuri79

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  1. Keeping it goin - Sunday is a good day for debadging. Just going for a cleaner look and theres quite a few badges on the rear of this model. Watched a few youtube videos before proceeding. The car is only a couple of months old so i guess it helped with how unbelievably easy this process was - if only all things i wanted to do to my car were so simple.

    Here's what the badging looked like at the start:

    REAR_PRE_DEBADGE.jpg

    First thing i did was to clean the badged area with Meguiars Quick Detailer - Then using the wifes hair dyer i applied heat on the badges for about a minute or so not too close and i wiggled the badges as i went along.

    HAIR_DRYER.jpg

    After the badges seemed loose enough (they actually had a little give in them even before the hair dryer) i used fishing wire to remove the badges by going back and forth in a sawing motion.

    FISHING_WIRE.jpg

    After removing the badges i was left with the remaing sticker / glue - which looks like this.

    REMAINING_STICKER.jpg


    I picked off any large parts of sticker / glue, which was very easy, various forums / videos talk about the use of razors and other various ways to clean it up. I bought an adhesive cleaner and simply wiped it up with some absorbent paper towel. If your car is new then i cant imagine anyone having any issues with the sticker / glue clean up. Here's the spray is bought, about $25 a can, there's probably alot of other options but i really like how strong it is without leaving residue. But i still cleaned the area again with the quick detailer hehe.

    3_M_CLEANER.jpg

    This is what the area looked like afterwards.

    CLEAN_SURFACE.jpg

    No more badges.

    NO_BADGES.jpg

    FINISHED_PRODUCT.jpg

    For me personally, its a much cleaner look and like the rest of the car ive gone for a simple look which is now mirror by the rear. Don't know if i should remove the Toyota emblems and possibly plasti-dip them then re-apply them??? Hahaha.

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  2. Hey,

    Just wanted to ask if you had any luck replacing the rear number plate lights on the SL.

    Hey Rains,

    Check this out...

    If ya not doin reverse lights as well (Which means takin out the boot lining) and its just the license plate lights then check this video... im bout to try this in the next day or so. I'll let youse know how i go.

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  3. And btw glad to have a twin in Victoria :D

    Hey Camry Monogamist,

    WOW!!! what a finish!!! I havent been on the forum for a very long time!! Gota admit a very nice look, I am copying your black spoiler Idea ;) and rear bumper.

    Haha Twins... Glad ya diggin the almost mirror image and yeah go on and do the black rear spoiler n bumber... I'll assume you'll keep it matte. Last few days getting tempted by the suspension devil and thinkin about lowering but just worried about any negative effects it might have. Beamster on here looks great after bein dropped.

  4. Hey Glen,

    I just had to educate myself by stalking these and other forums to get wheels for my 2013 Atara,,, If youre looking at wheels online then i wouldnt be worried about offset as much as finding wheels that are a 114.3 PCD (Pitch Circle Diameter) which will suit the Altise - Most of the wheels youll find with that PCD will suit your car.

    I ended up going through an ebay seller as the costs here are jacked up - i got my 2013 Enkei Kojins in 18x8 for $1400 shipped under a week from California - i havent seen any sites in Australia even stocking the wheels so i probably would have paid a ridiculous amount if i sourced them from here. The ebay seller was a great communicator and was well aware of the tax at customs that gets applied to purchases over 1K - So he invoices the wheels under cost to avoid it.

    You can google the seller called Cozy Styles.

  5. Hey Beamster - Nice job on the mods the lowering makes a great difference. Could u let us know costs for that? Also if u could, throw up a direct link to your Audio/GPS.

    And just a random question - Do you find the horn sounds a lil feminine, or is that just me?

  6. If I may ask how much did the roof cost to get carbon fibered?

    Good to hear ya enjoy the look. The roof isnt carbon fibre wrap its 3M Gloss Black 1080 Series installed by a 3M certified installer

    listed on the 3M website... He wrapped the rear lip and bumper too. It would have been $300 just for the roof but all three cost me

    $400.

  7. Since the white look bulbs are easier n cheaper i think ill be goin that

    route and yeah yellow light makes me wanna vomit. 50 - Do ya know what

    the bulb fittings are for low and high beam and also for the fog lights? Also get some pics up of the atara with ya black roof in the other thread :-)

  8. Lookin good even without the roof wrap. Too many questions now...

    How much u pay for roof wrap. do it yourself or prvt?

    Source tinted bonnet protector from ebay or where?

    Have to make guard adjustments to fit 20s? How ruff did the ride

    become afterwards.

    Can ya post atleast one non photoshopped pic?

    Cheers.

  9. That's actually called a wing lol. anyway for it i'd say go the same colour as the body.

    For the lower lips, you coudl leave them grey or uppainted.

    Yeah im not what you would call a revhead, as verified by a camry purchase...

    but they call it a lip on the toyota website, so ill go with that for now http://www.toyota.com.au/camry/accessories#item-camry_accessories-tab-1-rear_spoiler_lip

    i was thinking this sorta style...

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  10. Hey All,

    Just about the order a new Atara S, after considering Aurion etc. Basically convinced the Crystal Pearl colour will be a nice option,

    though Diamond White is also available but is non-metallic. Probably also getting a moonroof extra and also an OEM rear lip which i was thinking of painting black. So, moonroof, standard black grills in front spoiler, black number plates and eventually black wheels... Anyone think the black lip would look out of place?

    Any thoughts or suggestions will be much appreciated.

    :D

    16e0l-camry-specifications-atara-s-737x2

    Diamond White Pictured.

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