bigwerm187

Well finally I found the time to put up my pix. Well I did a couple days ago but I did it all wrong so that was a big ass waist of my time. Lol.. Anyways here are the pix to my car. I had my 1996 TL 2.5 for about a year and a half. I bought it for $600 bucks of this guy I met at the gas station. We use to kick it at the gas station at night because my friend would work there during the whole night so we had the gas station all to owerselfs. I bought the car wrecked the whole right side of the TL was smashed. Aim going to college right now and am doing Auto Body Tech in college. So I knew this would be a good project car for me. I call it PROJECT WHITE GURL.. My gurl came up with the name so yeah .lol.. Yeah let me know how my progress is and how my car is looking. THANX and I will put more pix up as I go.So here is the list of things I have done to my TL.
THINGS IVE DONE
-Right Head light
-Right fender (very lucky I found it in white)
-All front end light bulbs
-windshield
-JDM Grill
-new tires
-new drilled rotors and pads
-Tinted windows 5% in back and 35% in front
-JDM tail lights
-K&N filter
-Installed Alpine 9883 deck
-4 gauge wiring kit
-kicker L7
-MTX amp 1200 watt (RMS)
-1.2 fared cap
MY BODY WORK
-straighten out frame on the frame rack
-straightened out the hood
-Left fender (had minor dents)
-rear right quarter panel (minor dents)
-put bumper together (got ripped bad on the right side)
-dent on the deck lid
-Removed the Acura and the 2.5 TL emblems of and let just the A in the middle
THINGS STILL TO DO
-oil change
-change spark plugs
-change plug wires
-finish putting back on my exhaust manifold
-put on my new flex pipe
-new exhaust gasket and gasket rings
-paint job (WHITE)
-18’’ rims (I don’t know what kind I just want them to look good and with a fat lip.)
-JDM wing (the one that looks like a lip)
-flush trany fluid
-flush coolant
-replace belts
-seafoam
-change timing belt
-Tien suspension
-change differential fluid
HERE ARE THE PIX WHEN I FRIST GOT MY TL






THE BODY WORK










































MY STEREO

















MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD











MY BRAKES






MY CAR HOW IT LOOKS NOW AND A COUPLE THINGS IVE DONE TO IT

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

keep up the good work...

CarrieLynn

iTrader: (2)

Looks good! If you were anywhere by CT I'd let you do some body work to an accord I have

bigwerm187

thanx dude ...... insperses me to do alot better and do more.. thanx again dude..lol

bigwerm187

CT...? what's that..? lol... yeah this is my first car and am happy am doing good and not takeing any shirt cuts. i also did the body work on this celica of my friends too... so am working on my 96 acura TL 2.5 and my friends 96 toyota celica...

desired_speeds

man thats an awful lot of bondo. but from what i see it turned out fairly nice.

Go90go

It's either Chinatown or Connecticut... I'm leaning towards Connecticut, haha!

~Cheers~

KrayzieDxC

^ thats right CT- connecticut

TLin401

bigwerm187

thanx . i strightened out the hood as much as i could with the hamer and dolly and i also used the stud gun i got the metal pretty straight but i still had to put body filler other still.

kcc1kjh

looks great man..how many miles she has?

bigwerm187

she got like 215k

tmnhs81

Damn, good job but picture angle make me feel dizzy.

blueninja

Where did you get your emblems from? I'm looking to put new ones on.

TLin401

You can get them from Acura for about $40, you can get them on eBay for about $20, or you could go to a salvage yard and get them for free.

blueninja

Thanks TLin401

bigwerm187

THANX...LOL

TouringLow

nice build thread man. great work and nice pics! cant wait to see further progress. i use to have one of these TL's way back in the days. haha.

meazz1

very impressive. Great work.

bigwerm187

Thanx man...! yeah i still got stuff on the list i gotta do to it..lol...

bigwerm187

thanx .. LOL....

bigwerm187

This is how my body of my TL looks like right now. i should hit the booth soon this semester to finaly paint it..





This is my new exhaust its better than that old flowmaster it had lol i did a cat back and i removed the resonator. i tryed loading up a video on how my exhaust sounds it wouldnt let me so ill try it later..





Here are the jdm goodies i have for my TL now.. all i need are the jdm headlights.. btw tha is the inspire lip not a honda accord lip..

tmnhs81

Damn, Its gonna turn out good. I like the trunk spoiler.

AMUA6

iTrader: (7)

Very nice progress

Pics of the Skyline?

bigwerm187

thanx guys if u guys have any input on what i should do to my TL to make it better let me know.. lol

the skyline is my gf she lives in japan. ill tell her to send me pix...

princelybug

iTrader: (16)

philipsajerk

did you do the 2-piston brake conversion?

myisanog

5 lug

bigwerm187

i haven't done the 2 piston caliper swap... when i do i want the nsx ones

as for a 5 lug that will have to wait till it comes down to do brakes and rotors still have alot of miles to go till its time for new rotors..

after i paint my TL i will start buying the pieces for the 5 lug and calipered swap little by little

J-SpecTL

iTrader: (1)

did you get the mirrors to open and close? it'll be one of a kind

TLin401

Werm, that ish is tight!

bigwerm187

Not yet man the 3.2 came with heated mirrors so the folding mirrors would be plug in play almost... with the 2.5 it didn't come with any options so i had to remove me fenders to get to the rubber between the door and the car and i ran the wire threw it for the mirrors.. i did this last night ill post up pick of them later alll my work on there looks oem =)

Idk how to wire them up but after looking at them for a while i matched them up and i had it good to go no i just gotta install them on the car lol.. i looked up a wiring diagram just to be safe and i was was right with all the wires lol... wooot wooot

Voodoo

Great to see the progress. It's always nice when a good vehicle gets a second lease on life Keep it up

bigwerm187

I finally got my car primered last night... No just gotta save up to buy my paint lol wooot wooot

myisanog

what color?

Go90go

I spy a Mugen grill, UA2 OEM lip and an Inspire 25S wing... It's going to come out nice! Now if you could only find some 25S badging... .

~Cheers~

bigwerm187

What's the 25s badging post a pic if u can... i was thinking of not badging my car but then again my mind might change lol

bigwerm187

I need some input here... i think the side skirts on my TL are to skinny and i think they dont match up with my inspire front lip... i was thinking of useing the RL side skirts... What do you guys think.. go RL sides skirts or just leave it as is.. and i dont like the honda accord one either lol

AggTown TL

I say try the RL skirts

TLin401

RL ones will fit?