The page dedicated to my Toyota Solara
(I traded it in and now have a Toyota Altezza)
Stock |
Before 11/8/02 |
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Here are some facts about my car (all upgrades installed and removed by me):
All mods have been removed and are
2000 Toyota Camry Solara
2.2 liter 4-cylinder engine (I took delivery with 6 miles on the odometer)
5-speed manual
Optional alloy wheels (seen top left), now replaced with 18 x 7.5 inch Rays Versus SS7 alloy wheels with 225/40ZR-18 Yokohama AVS dB tires (seen at top right)


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SOLD TRD Sport Struts and Lowering Springs that lower the car 1.25" in the front and 1.75" in the rear

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SOLD TRD Rear Anti-roll Bar, 19mm versus 15mm stock (comes with polyurethane bushings)

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SOLD TRD Sport Muffler (Includes a TRD tip)
SOLD TRD Quickshifter (reduced throws by 30% and includes a
TRD shift knob, but not the one in the photo below)

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TRD Aluminum and leather shift knob (seen in the photo above)

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SOLD TRD 7-piece body kit (seen above and at top right)
Sylvania Cool Blue Xenon-filled headlights
80W Gold foglights (replace the stock 51W white ones)
Clear turn signal bulbs front and rear
Removed all exterior badging
My self-installed stereo upgrade:
(Not for sale, installed in my Altezza)

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Head Unit: Eclipse AV5101
DVD Player: Eclipse DV3101, custom mounted below the head unit
6-Disc CD Changer: Eclipse CH3061

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Digital Sound Processor/EQ: Eclipse 39011, includes 6 sound fields (club, live, etc.)and 6 EQ settings,

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Front Stage amp (left): Precision Power A200.2 (2x50 @ 4 ohms), seen when the rear seats are folded down
Rear Fill amp (center in DSP/EQ pic): Super old Rockford Fosgate Punch 30 (usually hidden behind the sub box)

Subwoofer amp (right in picture above): Precision Power A404 (4X50 @ 4 ohms, rear channels bridged to right sub, front channels bridged to left sub)
Front Stage: MB Quart QM series component set; 6.5" drivers, 3/4" tweeters

Rear Fill: Rockford Fosgate RFA-54 5 1/4" drivers



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Subwoofers: JL Audio 12W4 (2, in a 2-chamber sealed box that I designed and built)
Navigation System: Eclipse 90030 with 9902 GPS unit
Wiring (Phoenix Gold & Monster Cable): 4-gauge from battery to distribution block (Phoenix Gold 1 into 4), 8-gauge from
distribution block to amps, and 12-gauge speaker wire
Some car-related links:
Links to automakers (Toyota, Volvo, etc.)
Cal Poly Sports Car Club
Car and Driver Magazine
Kelly Blue Book Online
DealerNet - Buy or Lease New and Used Cars and Trucks On-Line!
2BuySell Interactive
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