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Toyota has quoted:

· Frontshocks - $566 each

· Rearshocks - $599 each

Service Dept estimate at least $900 forthe fitting of the struts, with at least a wheel alignment & balance aswell which would be additional.

Can someone confirm this, thanks.

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That's an amusing video!

Front End:

The back end looks pretty good with the lip spoiler.

Saw this and couldnt resist...

Is that my car in the back of that shot?

Pete, you have very nice legs!

Has anyone replaced their shocks/struts yet?

If so, what was the reading on your Odometer?

When is it recommended to replace the shocks/struts?

From the above comments i would assume that it would be about the $600-$700 to supply and fit new struts, compared to $2000 for coilovers, hmmm?

can you tell me where to get em as well please ?

i have an 03' camry 2.4L 4cyl Altise though

You are in luck, go to the US Ebay website (buy in US Dollars)

They are currently listed at 20%Off, which makes them USD$115.20

They look like they would be super bright like your Aurion, could you post a pic when done please?

I will post pictures when i get them installed, which will be at least another week or two, as i just purchased them today.

Thanks for that.

The set are USD$45 on ebay .

I will see if i can 'thrust' my hands around the rear door trim, and get at the lights.

How does one go about removing the licence plate light assembly in a ZRE Hatch.

Wanting to replace them with these:

Also if someone can give some guidance on wiring for a reverse camera to be placed in the same position as the licence plate lights.

Thanks.

Ok so with all my aftermarket wheels I have/had I use hub rings which kind of lock onto the original hub,nice and snug.. Now the spacers in the link above will fit snuggly onto the hub BUT that means the wheel will just sit flat against the spacer and the hub ring is doing nothing,correct?

So the best thing would be to buy wheels with the offset i want then? because all the bolt-on spacers available are too wide for what i want,still a daily so it needs to be practical...

Yes it would be best to just get the proper offset in the first place.

The spacers only purpose is to push the wheels out further, and nothing more. If you do not get hubcentric spacers, then the spacers would be able slide up and down.

If you didn't get hubcentric rings (or wheels with the correct hub/centre bore (60.1mm)) then the wheels will slide up/down put all the pressure on the bolts(hence wearing out the bolts and grinding at the wheels lug holes), instead of the pressure all being on the centre bore (if pressure is on the centre bore it will distribute all the force upon the wheel axle)

So hubcentric rings are a must, and then the spacers are there only to get the "sorta flush" look.

I hope the above makes some sense.

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oh crap, sorry that's what I meant"spacers" not rings.. I have rings but meant to ask about hubcentric spacers,,oops

If you use hubcentric spacers only, then most of the weight transfer of the wheels will still be on the bolts as opposed to the hub, as you said spacers just sit on top of the wheels, and would place some stress on the spacers themselves.

I'm still confused, ZRE is 60.1mm which will go on the hub but what should the other side(wheel side) look like? I quickly found these but I see the rim just resting on it and not sitting over it..

anyone suggest what and where to buy? or pics of what they have...

Sorry but I just don't understand it,think i've missed something.

My link

Those are spacers.

Here's a link to a set of Hub Centric Rings

Oh. So then, my centre bore therefor would be 69.1mm and 79.5mm as my pcd of 114.3 fits in the 108-130 category.

Correct?

Yes i would say so, but i would still measure it to check it.

if it is correct then you will need to buy a 79.5mm to 60.1mm hub centric ring. Which is available on that website.

On the bottom of SSR Aluminum Hub Centric Rings listed as PARTS199

I know this is stupid, but what does the 98-101 and the 108-130 Represent? :s

They refer to the PCD of the wheels, which is in reference to where the lug nuts/wheels studs are located.

The Camry is 5x114.3. (5=number of holes, 114.3 the diameter of the circle that the holes form)

Since the wheels on that website are custom made, they have listed all the PCD's that the wheels can come in.

On that link the centre bore of the wheel is either 72.2mm or 79.5mm, depending on which wheel you have.

Thanks for that! Would explain why my stock nuts are hard to get off. Anyone know what size I should get? One tyre shop said 60 something. The rest don't know :s

The Camry is 60.1mm

You also need to measure the centre bore of you wheel (Most likely 73.1mm)

Then get a hub centric ring, whose inner diameter is 60.1mm, and the outer is 73.1mm.

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The X10 wasn't great, but the Xperia Arc is getting a lot of good reviews, you should take a look at that.