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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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Where can I buy one?

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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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World Racing sells a carbon fiber one made by PasswordJDM

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=200683
Old Apr 16, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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If you don't care about carbon fiber, the cover from a Camry is $119.50 from Sparks Toyota and AFAIK it will fit.
Old Apr 17, 2011 | 01:18 AM
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whats AFAIK mean?
Old Apr 17, 2011 | 01:18 AM
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As far as I know
Old Apr 18, 2011 | 12:38 AM
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That carbon fiber one does look hot, but... tad pricey. Not sure if I'm digging the Toyota one, but those two are the only options out there? No others anyone knows of?

It would be nice to have one with some info, like the valves, Dual VVTi, or some other fancy badging

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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 02:40 AM
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A cheaper route would be just to powdercoat the metal cover. That will make it look just as good as a plastic or carbon cover. And you can always buy some kind of badge and just stick it to the vlave cover. Just an option to look into
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Can anyone confirm, or has anyone bought, the 2011 2.5L Camry cover, and is this what it looks like? About the best pic I can find and wanted to be sure before I order one:

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/p...p/DSC04770.jpg

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Old May 2, 2011 | 06:56 PM
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I cant access photobucket on my work computer, but the 2010-11 Camry 4cyl engine cover will fit. The tC motor even has the ball joint bolts on them to put it on. I tried one with our showroom tC and our showroom Camry.

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http://lil-kinz-black-bear.getitnext...9941109/toyota
Old May 2, 2011 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by mospeedtc
I cant access photobucket on my work computer, but the 2010-11 Camry 4cyl engine cover will fit. The tC motor even has the ball joint bolts on them to put it on. I tried one with our showroom tC and our showroom Camry.

Like this
http://lil-kinz-black-bear.getitnext...9941109/toyota
pictures of it installed please? if possible
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this WILL work.....
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Originally Posted by mospeedtc
LOL mo, that was the ad I saw this morning, I linked the photo right from there

If that is the one we get to choose from, I may have to jump on it. Damn shame the ebay auction ended, $50 shipped is nice, but $115 from TRDSparks isn't that bad either.
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Originally Posted by KidJustin
pictures of it installed please? if possible
This is an off topic comment I posted in another thread, but has a picture I took of a tC2 with the engine cover installed.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...4&postcount=62
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Anyone have the part #?

Found here for $108.43
https://www.toyotapartsbarn.com/toyota-oem-parts.html

It won't let me copy the entire link, but it's under Toyota OEM Parts:

2010 Toyota Camry > Engine > Cylinder Head & Valves > Upper Cover (#5)

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What are we looking at in terms of price with powedercoating the valve cover?
Old May 4, 2011 | 05:08 PM
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Wow, the Camry cover looks sweet... I'm going to have to get one too.

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Old May 4, 2011 | 05:17 PM
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If you are going to shell out $$$ for a new engine cover, why not pay the $50 difference to have it look like this? You’re not throwing one out to install a Carbon Fiber one, you are just paying the difference.
Old May 4, 2011 | 05:30 PM
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Where'd you get the strut bar?
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^ Agreed! And you have the TRD CAI? For some reason I didn't think it was out yet...
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Originally Posted by NickF127
Where'd you get the strut bar?
TRD Sparks



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