Andrew357

wtf? Called up AAMI today to see if they'd insure me if I'd lower my vehicle, they said there wouldn't be an issue but my premium would go up by $158p.a!?! When I got the extractors, catback and CAI put in my policy didn't change Confusing to say the least.

hrmm... just got a quote from Southside Suspension - $1295 installed for: 4x Kings Low Springs, 2x Rear KYB Struts, Rear Sway Bar (20mm, can't remember the brandname) + Alignment Cheapest of the lot so far.

Looking to do abit of work on the suspension on my Camry (MCV36R) + get my rear struts replaced and I am wondering... Do I go Kings or Pedders? I went to Pedders today and I was quoted @ $1,545 including installation and alignment: 2x Struts (for rear), 4x Sports Ryder Coil Springs + Rear sway bar Quote from Fulcrum was $1,600 including installation and alignment: 2x Struts (for rear), 4x Kings Low Springs + Rear sway bar I'll be heading to Southside suspension + the other one @ Slacks creek for more quotes however: The guy @ Pedders said he felt the King springs does it's job (lowering the car) but found the springs were too soft, can anyone confirm this? Or are both springs as good as each other?

Vaccumed the passenger area + took out the centre thingy (cupholder + gearshifter cover thing) and gave it a good clean. Clean car = win.

What were they going to do with regards to the extractors themselves? Making a set or installing a pre-made? I went to a couple of places and was quoted a few prices. East Coast Customs were quoting me at around $1200 for extractors including installation but they couldn't source anyone who had extractors pre-made. Ben offered to get back to me on a price for custom extractors but he never contacted me back. CES Racing right from the word go said they would make a custom one from scratch. Trevor said he'd make the pipes equal in length to ensure it sounds good which meant he was going to need to put in 2/3 mandrel bends in order to do so (it ended up being 2). Here's a pic of the extractors, prior to installation: My guess is the pre-made extractors are relatively cheap and more of the cost is the labour to install them, as opposed to the labour/machine cost to make them + install them.

Another question... Would an aftermarket super from say... Eaton/Powerdyne/Vortech be worth looking at or are they simply not compatible? Some of the models say "suited for 2-4L passenger cars" or "4 + 6 Cylinder or small displacement V8 engines" but I have NFI of what else would be involved with installing one.

Yeah man, probably; but I wasn't too confident in getting a part shipped in + finding a place to get it fitted. Besides, supported a local business who was more than happy to help me.

I had custom extractors made for my 1MZ-FE 02 Camry and they cost me $2200. That was for mild steel, Stainless would have been ~$3000 so i didn't bother asking for the price of ceramic. Either way it's going to be expensive. In retrospect I wish I paid for stainless as I didn't realise that you could see so much, but they work well enough so there aren't any complaints.

thanks for the comments (probably wouldn't lower it though)! I'd probably upgrade the headunit soon + possibly add a TRD supercharger to it later on. Paint detailing/possible repaint isn't out of the question either.

Ahh ok, cool. Thanks for the info

This is my 2002 Camry Sportivo V6 (MCV36R). Given to me by my brother unmodded besides the roof/bike racks, sunroof and the reverse sensors. I got my first mod late March 2009/Early April 2009 which was the headers and catback. Have had a few mods since then, with plenty more round the corner. ENGINE & EXHAUST TRD 1mz-fe Supercharger @ 4psi TRD 1mz-fe boost controller CES Equal length, mandrel bent extractors, mild steel, painted CES 2¼ Catback + Lukey Ultra Flow muffler CES Cold Air Induction w/K&N Pod Filter Denso IK22 spark plugs Purolator PureONE oil filter Mobil1 5-50w oil Removed intake resonator TRD High pressure (1.3) radiator cap TRD Oil Cap DRIVELINE, SUSPENSION & HANDLING Whiteline 20mm, blade adjustable rear sway bar + Superpro Poly bushes Custom made, 3 part steel strut brace. Black brackets and stainless round bar. UltraRacing 2-point rear lower bars Koni Adjustable shocks (Koni Sport) + Bilstein strut housing (front and rear) KINGS Superlow springs TWM Performance short shifter + TWM base bushes SuperPro lower steering rack bushes SuperPro lower control arm, double offset bushes SuperPro engine steady bushes SuperPro trailing arm bushes INTERIOR Facelift Gen 5 Sportivo seats (front and rear) Facelift Gen 5 Sportivo door cards 'Desert Eagle' 600g weighted knob Carbon fibre + leather steering wheel Tinted windows Sportivo Accessories 'Sports' pedals Genuine Camry floor mats Stebel TM80 Magnum horn EXTERIOR Full Sportivo Accessories bodykit Sportivo Accessories sports grille Sportivo Accessories high-rise rear spoiler Moonroof 3m-carbon vinyl wrapped roof Reverse parking sensors Phillips Extreme power bulbs low beam Personalised registration plates De-badged Tinted tailights WHEELS/TYRES & BRAKES Enkei Imola 18x8 wheels Dunlop Sport Maxx RT 235/40/18R tyres TRD Aurion twin piston brake calipers RDA Gold slotted and dimpled rotors, 325*32mm TRD Aurion rear brake caliper (up to a 40mm piston) RDA Slotted rotor, 310*18mm (now a vented rotor) TRD pads (front) QFM HPX pads (rear) Penrite 525 brake fluid ICE Kenwood DNX5360 6.1" screen with Navigation 2x Response 2-Channel 150W RMS amplifiers Polk Audio MM6501 6.5" Splits Polk Audio MM691 6x9" coaxials Custom subwoofer box (sealed), 4x12" Kenwood KFC-W1012 drivers wired in Series Parallel @ 4ohm Rockford Fosgate Prime R500-1 amplifier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8j1tsa0tck'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8j1tsa0tck

Thanks for the replies. Good to hear that it is doable. One question though, which TRD supercharger? I've done an ebay search and a few have popped up: http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksi...-All-Categories Which one of those (if any) are suitable for my vehicle?

As the title states, how much effort would be involved in getting a supercharger or turbocharger put into a 2002 Camry Sportivo V6. I've already put in extractors/catback + rerouted air intake with good effect (see dyno chart). I've been reading around and apparently it may damage the engine, which means I'd need to replace things within the engine which could get expensive. I've done a google on it, but alot of the work has been done on older camry's