Toyota Camry front lip

[turabaka]

Legend Master asked me to start a thread on this, so here we go.

I've recently found out that the front lip from an 86-90 Toyota Camry will fit our cars. To my knowledge this lip will only fit the pre-facelift bumpers. So basically 86-87 and the hatchbacks.

pic of the car it came off of.


and here's what my car currently looks like with the lip on it.




Everything at my house is currently a mess, but I'll see if I can dig out the camera, and show how it's mounted up. Basically it's bolted to the bottom of the bumper with long bolts, and some 1 inch nylon spacers to shove it farther down. If you look in the how-to for the integra lip install that Legend Master did awhile back you'll see basically how I mounted up my lip.

[Legend_master]

Awsome, I did a little research on the year of the camry and it looks to be 1986-1989. I think the lip was only available on the V6 models. I also looked around at some part websites, and it is still available and rather cheap.

Im not sure if this is the same part or not, but I would imagine the front lower valance would be the same thing as a lip. If it is, then this site has it for $9.00 lol. Im curiose to see if it is the same part. Im gonna head to the Junkyard this weekend and see what I can find.

[turabaka]

unless the picture in that link is wrong then it's definitely not the right part. I think those camry bumpers come apart into 2 pieces plus the lip. The the valence is the part right below the turn signals.

[Legend_master]

unless the picture in that link is wrong then it's definitely not the right part. I think those camry bumpers come apart into 2 pieces plus the lip. The the valence is the part right below the turn signals.

I was wondering that myself when I looked at the picture. I can't seem to find any official toyota part catalogs that go back to before 1991. I may hit up a friend at the local dealer and see what he can find.

[carotman]

Interesting!

I saw that in the other thread and I thought I'd go on a junkyard hunt.

[Rendon LX-i]

lots of those around here. Need to get 2 sets lol. one for the boosted sedan and hatch. Great find man. Looks sex

[13buzz]

nice idea.. i like it

[lostforawhile]

exactly what years is this again? they always have a pile of old camrys at the yard here, any special trim level?

[turabaka]

I believe the years are 86-90. The lip only comes unpainted like in the first pic, to my knowledge. You can't see it in the first pic, but in the pic of my car you can tell that it's split exactly in the middle. So it's only two pieces.

I should add in that the acura legend lips from the early 90's legends also fit the pre-facelift bumper, but because they're so slim I opted for this instead. I figure it's a mucho better downforce adder.

[allen]

not sure bout the toyota thing but i put a chin spoiler from a 87 acura integra and all i had to do was take about an 1.5in off each side and looks good on my 87 accord hatch

[lostforawhile]

not sure bout the toyota thing but i put a chin spoiler from a 87 acura integra and all i had to do was take about an 1.5in off each side and looks good on my 87 accord hatch

the acura one is well known, this new one just gives us more options, the acura ones can be hard to find, the yoda ones are everywhere

[turabaka]

I'm making a run to the junkyard tomorrow. Anyone want me to see if I can pull them a lip?

[OldSkoolA20accord]

if you can use a camry lip you can also use a mk3 jetta lip. had both on my ef hatch

[lostforawhile]

if you can use a camry lip you can also use a mk3 jetta lip. had both on my ef hatch

good info

[mitchy13(pikachu)]

dude what rims do you have on? are they the xxr bananas?

[turabaka]

dude what rims do you have on? are they the xxr bananas?

Close. They're15x8 Rota RB's with +35 offset. Those are my race rims only. They've got r-comps on them, so I have another set for street driving. If you want to get those I'd suggest dropping down to a 15x6.5 or a 15x6 since 15.8 sticks out about an inch past the fenders.

[mitchy13(pikachu)]

nice! cause i want to put some deep dishes on my hatchy

[turabaka]

They do have a decent lip to them. If you went with a less wide wheel then you could go with a lower offset, and get the look you're going for.
Here's wheel size calculator

I'm running 15x8 +35 offset. These clear the steering knuckle by a couple of millimeters, and if my suspension wasn't crazy stiff they'd rub on the fenders as well. As long as you go with something less wide you should be good to go.

[mitchy13(pikachu)]

dude those are sick enough to put on. ill just get a pair of those. ill keep it safe and go with that size. wanted a little wider lip but like u said it my have a few probs.

[turabaka]

dude those are sick enough to put on. ill just get a pair of those. ill keep it safe and go with that size. wanted a little wider lip but like u said it my have a few probs.

don't forget that 15x8 is going to require some really wide tires to fit properly. the 225/45's I'm running are technically stretched a little bit to fit the rim. Something in a 15x6.5 or 15x7 would give you more options in street tire sizes.

[mitchy13(pikachu)]

gottcha bro.

wat about lowering springs or coil overs which ones work better?

[turabaka]

My old setup was tokico blues with spring 2.25 inch drop springs. It road fine for daily driving, but sucked for racing. My current setup is ksports, and they're awesome all around. Way stiffer than my sprints, but less bouncy. It'd say they're harder than my tokicos and sprints were for street driving, but they're a whole different league for racing.

[mitchy13(pikachu)]

yeah im just using my car for daily driving but want to make it look as fancy as i can with it.

[turabaka]

yeah im just using my car for daily driving but want to make it look as fancy as i can with it.

I'm selling my old setup if you're interested in buying it. link
Shocks only have around 3-4k on them total.

[mitchy13(pikachu)]

i would buy them but i need to fix my engine bottom gasket. its leaking oil and makes the car smoke