Bdub215

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A lot of stuff has happened this year. and i havent had the time to get over here to CL to post the Build that i'm doing on my ES so i want to start with everything thats happened to the car this year.

New Exhaust


Tune up


Overnight Parts from Japan (TRD Twist On oil cap)




Ultra Racing Front Strut Bar


New Headlights


20% Tint


Ultra Racing Rear Anti Roll Bar (19mm) Yet to be installed.



All that is good but it has its side effects. My original E53 locked up on my the last week in august and i had to get a tow back to the house (AAA FTW) but i've made progress here as well.

"4T" Vin Camry SE E53 (installed)


I installed a new shift cable for the side-side movements. damn what a difference.

well after all of that i need some more things:

Axle seals
Front ABS sensors (forgot to take them off and probably broke when the frame dropped)
fix exhaust leak. rear bank.
other minor stuff. gotta say, i took the car out for a spin last weekend and came across some guy in a automatic ES300 thought it was fair game. i feel bad for him.

Bdub215

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locked up E53

EEngineer

nice progress! keep it up

Gerson

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Nice to see another 5 Speed member still around. Rebuild the tranny on your free time if u want. I did it while I was rebuilding my engine late last year

EEngineer

this is why i keep a spare tranny in my shed

Bdub215

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Bump it up for another year of updates....

It seems i cant go a year without them so here goes...

Installed That UR RSB In June

Got Eibach Suspension


Got HID's (Low beam only)


Started to refresh the front suspension


Changed my spark plugs & Wires

And For the finale....
HeadGaskets & Valve Seals





24 Hard as a rock cut to all hell valve seals. and i wonder why this car smoked so bad...

Heads back on and torqued down (this was fun)


all done


Been late posting this to the forum. a few people know already.

Hayk

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Is that your winter setup in the last pic?

EEngineer

man, i'm so glad you didn't ditch your ride cuz of the headgasket issue.
so few 2ES guys on the forums now.

such a clean body....i need to do body work again soon!

Bdub215

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Not really. I did a wheel swap with my Avalon while this was sitting in my garage. I still have my OEM wheels and actual winter tires.
I was happy it happened. Car needed the engine work badly. Smoked like a chimney. I wasn't going to rip into the motor until the Headgaskets blew. That finally happened and I could get down to business. Bought a overhaul kit and went to town. And yea she still looks good for a 20 year old car. I've got a decent amount of dings and some rust but nothing major.