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A lot of services seem to be just checking oil levels, changing engine oil, etc. If you're keen enough you could do it yourself and save yourself a fortune. Nearly every second service for the camry is simple things you could easily do at home anyway. Slight thread hijack - is it worth having the valve timing checked on a 2004 camry at 90000km? I can do most of the servicing myself, just not keen on pulling apart the whole engine.

Is is a rhythmical flash, or is it more of a flicker? ie does it flash at a consistent rate for a period of time, or does it turn on an off randomly? Could be a faulty globe. One of my dash lights flickered a bit before it eventually died.

Well, I've got the parts, pull out the air box only to find... the new heat shield doesn't fit! For some reason all the pictures I can find have the air intake hose at the bottom on the air box, whereas mine is off to the right a bit. Any ideas on how to proceed? The heat shield definitely won't fit...

Sounds about right. I just found an installation manual for the kit linked above and my stock box looks identical to it, assuming aus Toyota didn't add anything inside the box itself. I'm looking at eBay, are there any other places I should be looking at for a decent price? I'm hoping to put it in within the next fortnight if possible.

I've attached the photos of the airbox below, hopefully it's enough. Engine bay definitely needs a bit of a clean though :) So do I just need the CAI kit, or do I need another part? BTW thanks for the help so far, much appreciated!

Fair enough, to be expected I guess. Any other places to look at besides ebay?

A forum link from 2007. The link below is from August - apparently $750+ from autobarn? http://auscam.org/forum/camry-talk/cold-air-induction/?action=printpage I can get it shipped from the US on ebay for around $350, but if I was to do it, I'd need to have it in the next week or so. I might make a few calls tomorrow and see what prices I can get.

Yeah, I'll get some pics when I get a chance later today. It's a 2004 stock Camry Altise 4 cyl with an auto gearbox. BTW How much are these things normally? For some reason I had it in my head that they were around $200, but what I'm seeing so far is ~$600 based on some old google links? If it's getting that high, it would be more economical to get a RSB installed... Unless I'm just looking at the wrong thing?

The car is due for new tyres, 90,000km service and rego within the next few months, so I'm assuming I'll be keeping it a while. How hard is it to install? From what I understand it's just pulling the old one out and putting the new one in - ie doesn't require any custom fittings. Looking at this one here: http://www.knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?Prod=69-8609TTK

Hi Everyone, I'm thinking of doing some cheap minor performance mods to my Gen 5 Camry. At this stage I'm thinking of starting with a cold air intake, but is it really worth the $100 odd to put it in? Would I actually notice much of a difference to performance/sound? The reason why I'm looking at doing this is that it seems to be a relatively easy mod to DIY and is quite cheap. The other option is the rear sway bar, but I have no idea where to start for that yet. I'm assuming the local autobarn or what not would have CAI kits available? As you can see, I'm quite noob at this, so any help whatsoever would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

That's not a bad idea DJKOR, I'll have to give that a try next time! Also, Kenshin X, how do you normally wash the soap off the car? Do you drive back to the car wash or something?

I usually wash my car at the local self-serve spray thingo up the road from me, but I don't really like using the foaming brush on my car - it seems to scratch it a fair bit. We don't have a large water tank, so I like to use the pressure hoses at the self-serve. I was just wondering what other pedantic people like myself do to wash their car to comply with the water restrictions?

The only thing to look out for is that you can't inset them into the panel, because there isn't enough space behind with the bolts for the side mirrors. I have black tweeters, so it almost looks stock anyway.

I ended up putting them on the black sail thing. Looks quite good and it doesn't sound too bad. Was also easy to install, unlike getting the amp power through the firewall...

Yeah, I think I agree. I don't think I have any airbags in the pillars in my model, but cutting chunks out of the plastic on the a pillar isn't appealing. At least if I put it in the sail the black tweeter will look more stock I guess... The baffles I'm getting for the the 6x9" to 6.5" converter thingo has room for the tweeter to go next to it in the door, but I don't think I want them down that low. btw I love your stivo andrew!