She actually drove it off the lot like that. The dealer tinted it and did the wheels. I enjoy it when she lets me drive it :)

Well, I picked up a used set of wheels from Craigslist. Looks good!

I have some lowering springs on the way. I love tinkering with this car.

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Looking good! It will really sweet with the lower springs!

Oh, and sweet garage! I see the lift, I really would love to have that set up!

Yep, I love my garage and the lift... it will come in handy when I install those new springs! Hopefully this weekend if the rest of the parts come in...

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Nice car! Oh, I finally was able to post a link to my new Camry. :-)

I hope the parts come in. I'm looking forward to the progress!
That lift will really come in handy!

Well, I attacked the lowering springs today. Pretty straight forward work.

Remove the side panels in the back seat:

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This gives you access to the three bolts for the top mount of the rear shocks.

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Disconnect the various bolts on the strut:

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Now you can remove the three bolts on top of each strut and they basically drop out:

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I went to AutoZone and "borrowed" their spring compressor.

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The first one all apart

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Then basically reverse the process and put everything back together

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Dead soldiers!

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