It's been a while since updating this thread, but it's only because I hadn't had a chance to work on the Camry in a while. I finally got around to replacing/upgrading the front suspension like I did the rear. My cell phone died so I don't have a lot of 'in-progress' photos, but here it sits now:
I installed new front control arms, sway bar bushings/brackets, ball joints, inner and outer tie rods, strut assemblies and also 1.5" lowering springs all the way around.
I got the full 1.5" out back but was a little depressed that i only got ~0.5" in the front. I hope that over the next few weeks the front springs will settle and break in a bit.
You may also note that there is on fuel door on the car - the one on there broke so I ordered a used one off of eBay. Unfortunately, the paint didn't quite match right so I picked up some 3M Di-Noc (Carbon-Fiber look) wrap and have wrapped in in that. I just need to locate my rivet gun in reinstall it.
While I was at it, I changed the Oil with Mobil1 Synthetic as it was on sale at Costco and went with a Bosch filter. I also got around to restoring the headlights as they've been a bit foggy lately and make it hard to see at night in the rain. I wet-sanded with 800 grit followed by a wet 1500 grit and finally hit them with the PlastiX plastic polish. Pretty happy with the results - this worked wonders on our old XC90 and worked great on the camry as well:
You may notice in the last picture that I have removed my grille block. Last week sitting in traffic in Boston the temperature started to peak (it was ~100 degrees out) so I cut it off. I will figure out a way to make this better again.