Canadian Solara Owner

by **xranger22** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:15 am

I've got a stock 2004 SLE V6 that I'm currently trying to find suspension parts for. I'm looking for TRD Springs and the SE Sport Struts, as well as the TRD RSB. The car is currently laid up with a busted coil spring so I figured now is a good time to plan out my suspension as well as my rims. If anyone has part numbers for canadian parts, I would appreciate it. As well, as I find part numbers, I will post them for other Canadian owners. My local dealership was pretty much useless when I tried to find the necessary parts to lower my car.

by **NightRider** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:11 pm

Welcome to SG! Use the search feature on here. You will find tons of threads about different types of suspension!

by **Ilovemylara** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:27 pm

WELCOME to sg!

by **TLMNICK** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:34 pm

Welcome to SG....I am a fellow canadian member myself. Where abouts in canada are you located?

by **GzNutz** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:40 am

Welcome to SG! That's a great colored lara.

by **nemoxfishy** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:54 am

Welcome!!
Where in Canada are you located? I'm Canadian too!! =]

by **Sebas007** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:55 am

Welcome ! Buy it from US...TRDparts4u.com in Texas I got a better price than from the local stearlership in Quebec. At least consider to do so...it worth it.

by **mazen222** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:03 am

im candian too (montreal) , I buy most of my stuff from ebay... even with shipping and conversion rate, most item still come up cheaper!

Welcome abord

by **stereopaul511** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:13 am

Welcome. That's a great color.

by **xranger22** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:38 am

Thanks guys! I'm from Miramichi, New Brunswick. I had my car put away for the winter to save it from the salt. I picked up the car last summer in a dealer auction in Montreal. It caught my eye...there are only a handful of gen2 solara's in my local area so I feel unique driving it. I plan on putting on Spyn SVS 18"s on it this summer. I'm purchasing a kenwood 1000w amp and 2-10" kenwood subs for it this week. I'd like to keep the factory deck, but I'm not sure how to wire the sub up to the factory unit (JBL Premium with 6cd changer). Any audio guys out there with recommendations? I've been searching and finding lots of info but it's always good to hear everyone's opinions.

by **GzNutz** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:04 pm

xranger22 wrote:I'd like to keep the factory deck, but I'm not sure how to wire the sub up to the factory unit (JBL Premium with 6cd changer). Any audio guys out there with recommendations? I've been searching and finding lots of info but it's always good to hear everyone's opinions.

Just pick up a line conversion unit. Takes the stock headunit signal and converts to RCA cable output. Scorche and Peripheral both make them. Ebay would probably be the cheapest.

by **Maniax** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:56 pm

It is also called a step down also?I have a step down for my car but i could not control my bass so i bought a control knob and hooked it up to either my step down or deck and it works just fine!

by **BadAngel** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:56 pm

I had a sub added to the stock deck... if you have any questions ill be glad to walk you through what you need to do and what parts you need to get

by **xranger22** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:49 am

I'm assuming you could run this off the back speakers for easy wiring. I was also thinking about swapping out the factory JBL's with an aftermarket speaker. Has anyone done this before and how is the sound quality? I did a swap on my 96 Taco and the factory deck sounded terrible so I ended up replacing everything. I don't want to change the factory look but I want sound quality as well. The factory JBL's do sound nice, just wondering if it would be better with aftermarkets.

by **jimmm** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:22 pm

WELCOME, XRANGER22. I think you're going to like it here. Jimmm