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1 of 2 is here. I'm working from home today and happened to check the statuses and saw one had *just* been delivered. Graphite Ghost WeatherTech floor mats are in the house. They're out back in what is passing for sun today, relaxing.
And that actually spurred me to take my lunch break to deal with one of the last packages you sent me... LEDs are 90% installed now too!
The Graphite Ghost will live on, on AZine however small the bits and pieces!
Way back in February, I picked up a bunch of LEDs from robpp when he put his car back to stock. Finally, after a ridiculously long wait, I got them installed.
exLED 6000K 5000K* lights: Front Map, Front Vanity, Rear Dome, Rear Cargo, and License Plate Lights
superbrightleds.com: Reverse Lights
Installation is really simple. Just need a small flathead screwdriver and possibly a trim removal tool.
Front Map Lights, just pop the lens from the front, grab it and wiggle it off:
Front Vanity Lights, just pop the lens from the bottom, pivot up and pull out:
Rear Dome Light, just pop the lens from the back in two places, rotate forward and out:
Rear Cargo Lights, just pop from the front end and pull out. Unplug the harness connector:
When the Cargo Light incandescent bulb comes out, the two metal tabs need to be bent slightly outwards to fit the exLEDs plug. Not difficult, just grab with a needle-nose pliers and bend slightly to clear:
License Plate Lights, just pop from the side with the tab, rotate to the other side, and pull out:
Reverse Lights, need to remove the access panel on the hatch. I used a trim tool because, well, just because:
Pop the panel from the top, out by the edges as shown in the inset, then rotate down:
Comparison of the OEM incandescent bulb to the 6000K exLED bulbs:
Easy.
*EDIT Note: Originally, I said the LEDs were 6000K but at robpp mentioned a few posts later, I was mistaken and they are 5000K. In the passing months, there has been a few confusions because of my error. So I've asked a Mod to update this post with the correct info.
Last edited by cu2wagon; 03-09-2017 at 08:41 PM.
Reason: Corrected the 6000K/5000K error.
I'm jealous! So you got his LEDs! I figured 6000K might be a bit too blue for the warm cabin feel... but I really don't know cuz I've never seen it in person before. How do you like them so far?
Yeah, when I started poking around AZine when I first got my car, I read his build and kept thinking how he was doing the same things I wanted to do.
And when he started selling parts off, I started buying them! Piece by piece, I bought a lot of parts off Robs Graphite Ghost.
I like the interior LEDs pretty well. I had one incandescent and one LED installed in the map lights for a few weeks to check them out. The white is pretty nice, not really blue at all. I'm taking his word for it that they're 6000K. I kept thinking they were 5000K since they didn't seem too blue.
I noticed that the illuminated ring around the ignition is pretty close to them, plus the overhead "shifter courtesy light" is blue and the dash is a cool blue/white color so it all works. The map and dome light are adjustable in brightness and I have them dialed all the way down. They get *really* bright.
Still need to order the matching lights for the doors and I want to pick up a set of the diffusers for the overhead light to cut down the point source effect from the LEDs and try to soften it a little bit.
Yeah, when I started poking around AZine when I first got my car, I read his build and kept thinking how he was doing the same things I wanted to do.
And when he started selling parts off, I started buying them! Piece by piece, I bought a lot of parts off Robs Graphite Ghost.
I like the interior LEDs pretty well. I had one incandescent and one LED installed in the map lights for a few weeks to check them out. The white is pretty nice, not really blue at all. I'm taking his word for it that they're 6000K. I kept thinking they were 5000K since they didn't seem too blue.
I noticed that the illuminated ring around the ignition is pretty close to them, plus the overhead "shifter courtesy light" is blue and the dash is a cool blue/white color so it all works. The map and dome light are adjustable in brightness and I have them dialed all the way down. They get *really* bright.
Still need to order the matching lights for the doors and I want to pick up a set of the diffusers for the overhead light to cut down the point source effect from the LEDs and try to soften it a little bit.
I can't begin to explain how many times I looked at the ad this weekend when I was typing things up, just to verify the color. I have no idea how you have 5000K written *so many times* and I noted it in multiple different places, and I *still* got it wrong.
Yeah. So. That's why they don't look bluish. Because they're not.
I received the set of WeatherTech floor liners I bought from robpp about a week ago. Gave them a quick wash down and scrub with a stiff brush and hit them with some Meguiars Natural Shine Protectant. Spray on / wipe off and they ended up with a nice deep black sheen.
It took a couple days to be able to get them installed in the car but one afternoon I found myself home from work with no family around yet and that was the perfect motivation to take an hour and get things done.
The next day we had an impromptu downpour and I got to put them to good use.
I searched and wasn't able to find any DIY guides for installing floor mats in a TSX so I went ahead and wrote one up .
Installing WeatherTech DigitalFit®, Laser Measured FloorLiner™ Part # 446401-441702:
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Notes:
1. This DIY is structured to remove all of the OEM floor mats before installing the aftermarket floor liners. Steps may be worked out of order at the user's discretion, but I take no responsibility for errors or injury that may arise from doing so.
2. For the love of Odin's ravens, take the opportunity to vacuum that filth pit of a debris collection area you call a "floor" when you have your mats out. And cut your hair and start looking for a real job; you're an embarrassment to not only your parents but also to the elders of your community.
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Executive Summary (or as the youths say, "tee-el;dee-arh"):
1. Remove OEM
2. Drop in WeatherTech DigitalFit®, Laser Measured FloorLiner™
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Tools Needed:
- Your hands
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Instructions:
1. Remove the driver side front floor mat.
Start by moving the front left seat (USDM Driver Side) to the full rearward position by pressing the seat adjustment switch to the back (note: the switch shown is on the passenger side but the driver side operates in a similar manner).
With the driver seat adjusted fully rearward, note the two locking retention features located near the seat.
Using your fingers or other similar appendage, turn the "I" shaped lock in the center of the retention feature so it is parallel with the rectangular opening in the floor mat. This will release the floor mat from the floor.
The floor mat may now be lifted out of place...
...and removed from the vehicle.
2. Remove the passenger side front floor mat.
Start by moving the front right seat (USDM Passenger Side) to the full rearward position by pressing the seat adjustment switch to the back.
Note that the passenger floor mat does not have a retention feature so it may simply be lifted out of place and removed from the vehicle.
3. Remove the passenger side rear floor mat.
Continuing in a clockwise manner, let's move on to removing the rear mat! Start by moving the front right seat (USDM Passenger Side) to the full forward position by pressing the seat adjustment switch to the front.
Both of the rear floor mats lack a retention feature and may simply be lifted out of place and removed from the vehicle.
4. Remove the driver side rear floor mat.
Almost there! Continuing in a clockwise manner, we approach the other rear mat! Start by moving the front left seat (USDM Driver Side) to the full forward position by pressing the seat adjustment switch to the front.
Now, simply lift the mat out of place and removed it from the vehicle.
5. Install the driver side front WeatherTech DigitalFit®, Laser Measured FloorLiner™.
Move the front left seat (USDM Driver Side) to the full rearward position by pressing the seat adjustment switch to the back. Place the correct WeatherTech DigitalFit®, Laser Measured FloorLiner™ into position. The correct floor mat will have the WeatherTech emblem (or a blank rectangular shaped emblem well if the emblem has been removed, or a Graphite Ghost emblem if you bought robpp's old floor mats (not likely)) to the outside of the vehicle, nearest the door opening. Note that the driver side WeatherTech DigitalFit®, Laser Measured FloorLiner™ does not utilize the OEM locking retention feature but it will remain in place due to the frickin' laser measured fit.
6. Install the passenger side front WeatherTech DigitalFit®, Laser Measured FloorLiner™.
Move the front right seat (USDM Passenger Side) to the full rearward position by pressing the seat adjustment switch to the back. Place the correct WeatherTech DigitalFit®, Laser Measured FloorLiner™ into position.
7. Install the rear WeatherTech DigitalFit®, Laser Measured FloorLiner™.
Move both of the front seats to the full forward position by pressing the seat adjustment switches to the front. Place the WeatherTech DigitalFit®, Laser Measured FloorLiner™ into position. Note: you may or may not have a die-cast Hot Wheels 370Z car on your center arm rest but installation is the same.
8. Re-adjust the front seats into the appropriate position for optimal driver and passenger comfort.
I found this little bugger a while ago when I had dogs that used to ride in my truck. Their hair would get all stuck in the carpet and seats and headliner and basically everywhere. Vacuuming wouldn't get it out, duct-tape wouldn't get it out, nothing seemed to work until I found this Kirby Vacuum attachment.
Hook it up to the shop vac and go to town sort of working it in a circular manner and it would pull the hair right out. It also works great for stubborn, ground in junk that accumulates if you're lazy () about vacuuming the floor on the regular.
Thought I'd throw that out there because my floor didn't look *exactly* that clean when I started removing the mats.
It's a Kirby P/N AT-214189, available at the usual e-locations that cater to auctioning and/or selling everything with 2-day delivery.
Bruh, I'm just trying to give back to the community! Authentic™ Instructions for Authentic™ Parts.
Time is one thing I don't have an abundance of. But... I do have a little bit of it to spare right now and I'm trying to empty out the box I have in the garage for "Acura ToDo's". Little by little I'll get all the little junk I've been accumulating crossed off the list.
...But as I empty out the "Acura ToDo" box, new things inevitably show up and get added back in...
You know how sometimes you're on eBay late at night and you start making offers on parts and then you wake up in the morning and you have an email that the seller accepted the offer and you're like, "wait, what happened???" and then you remember why you shouldn't eBay late at night?
Yeah, last night, I came home and this was sitting on the doorstep...
Can you do a write up for the beige floor mats? I'm scared that if I follow the write up you did for the black floor mats, I'll end up ruining something.
Had a little bit of a lazy Sunday today so I dug deep, near the bottom of my "Acura ToDo" box, and pulled out the Lamix-X Door Cup Protection Film pieces I bought back when I got the stuff to do my fog lights.
These are Lamin-X P/N AC1515 for the Acura TSX (09-14). Installation is pretty straight forward as for any sticker, vinyl, or film application:
1. Clean & dry surface.
2. Apply light spray of water to film adhesive surface.
3a. Place film roughly in place where it's supposed to be...
3b. Get the film too close to the surface so it starts to stick in a random and not-correct-at-all manner...
3c. Swear forcefully...
3d. Remove film from the surface...
3e. Reconsider why you're doing this and think maybe you should have just balled up a $20 bill and tossed it in the storm drain. Swear again.
4. Get the film in the *correct* location.
5. Stop sweating. Stop swearing too, I suppose.
6. Working from the middle outward, apply pressure to adhere film to the surface and squeeze out air and water bubbles.
7. Stand back and remark how crappy it looks with all the bubbles that didn't get worked out.
8. Hope that ish goes away on its own over the next few days like the directions say.
9. Do the remaining 3 locations.
10. I don't know but I was so close I figured I'd add "10" to round things out. "Profit" maybe?
Now pictures. Because, like "Gentlemen's Magazines" all these words will get skimmed over until you get to the pictures:
The twenty-sack:
Spread out and posing for the camera (so dirty), you like what you see?:
All that buildup and this is what there is to show for it?:
Yeah. That's it. Not much to see. But I suppose that's sort of the point - it's really doing what it's supposed to if you can't tell it's there. And it's a bit difficult to get a good picture of a clear film on a light surface like that, but there you go. Plus, ha-ha, I made you waste your time reading this.
...But as I empty out the "Acura ToDo" box, new things inevitably show up and get added back in...
You know how sometimes you're on eBay late at night and you start making offers on parts and then you wake up in the morning and you have an email that the seller accepted the offer and you're like, "wait, what happened???" and then you remember why you shouldn't eBay late at night?
Yeah, last night, I came home and this was sitting on the doorstep...
Into the ToDo box with you, parts!
Originally Posted by robpp
whats in the box
Kinda blurry but, PN looks like 08P00-TL7-XXX, which should be splash guards.
cu2wagon I definitely know what you're talking about. My front underbody spoilers I offered $100 on eBay for kicks, and next morning I find out they accepted! Brand new too.
Kinda blurry but, PN looks like 08P00-TL7-XXX, which should be splash guards.
cu2wagon I definitely know what you're talking about. My front underbody spoilers I offered $100 on eBay for kicks, and next morning I find out they accepted! Brand new too.
Ooh. Good eye! I did that a bit intentionally and wondered if anyone would be able to pick that out.
Yep. Splash guards.
They came from some second hand shop of some sort. The box has been opened and re-taped a bunch of times as you can tell from the layers of tape in the picture. But they're sparkly new in the foam envelopes, hardware included, all minty fresh.
I finally find your thread.
I see that it's been in existence for some time.
I do not see a lowered wagon or wheels.
I am disappoint.
But I am also sub'd now.
Merry Christmas.
DeerMeat!
We meet on my home turf now, eh?
Yeah, I had this thread hidden in plain sight, right in my sig the whole time.
And I'm getting there. I have wheels picked out and a couple suspension options I'm considering... But I also have a warranty and parts with only a few thousand miles on them. I have a hard time pulling perfectly good parts off so soon. It'll happen though; you won't be disappoint. Well maybe.
You couldn't disappoint me if you tried.
And since I'm kinda dense I've never read your signature because I assumed it was some witty quote from Hippocrates that I wouldn't understand!
Hmmm...
I'm with you there! but some lowering H&R springs on stock shocks should help you wear them out pretty quickly!
You couldn't disappoint me if you tried.
And since I'm kinda dense I've never read your signature because I assumed it was some witty quote from Hippocrates that I wouldn't understand!
Hmmm...
I'm with you there! but some lowering H&R springs on stock shocks should help you wear them out pretty quickly!
What wheels?
Well at the risk of writing something down before I'm certain, and subject to change, but I'm like 95% sold on a set of Enkei PF01's,
because TSX racecar:
I like a balanced lug to spoke design, so I'm looking for a 5/10 spoke type wheel. I prefer a split spoke, and the PF01 seem to be a good balance between size (18x8) and weight (~6 lbs lighter than stock). Of course, I need to get their authenticity confirmed before I buy them.
Originally Posted by rockstar143
i actually really liked the type s waffles you tried on from your wife's car!
I bet some 8.5" aspec wheels would look great too though!
Yeah, I really *wanted* to like the waffles on the car, but I really think it needs 18's to fill things out right. That and they were a bit dark on such a light car, although I wouldn't be opposed to getting them re-coated in a lighter grey. There's still a very slight chance I'll hold on to them and do just that, but that would mean I need to find a new set of wheels for the Accord. Although, If I get wheels for the wagon, I'd need to put the stock TSX wheels somewhere...
I do like the design of A-Spec wheels, and the V6 TSX wheels, and a particular 5-spoke Accord wheel, but the killer there is the weights. From what I've found, going that route adds about 6 lbs per corner. But if a set of A-Specs dropped into my lap, I'd make it work for a while.
Originally Posted by dhuynh
Are you selling the oem floor mats? lol
Soory, keeping them for summer duty. While I like the WeatherTechs for their function, they don't have the best tactioception on my bare feet in the summer. I live in sandals 10 months out of the year which means barefoot driving - the woven mats feel good, the plastic does not. I can't part with them!
Originally Posted by rockstar143
something tells me he keeps his OEM parts
And that too! Protected, packaged, cataloged, and stored.
Last edited by cu2wagon; 12-22-2015 at 09:50 AM.
Reason: Made that wheel pic smaller. It was TOO BIG!!!
12-11-2015, 11:15 AM
ha ha ha! That's awesome! Well, I like that you left the flags on the pages too... Saved me some effort. 
I figured 6000K might be a bit too blue for the warm cabin feel... but I really don't know cuz I've never seen it in person before. How do you like them so far?
I can't begin to explain how many times I looked at the ad this weekend when I was typing things up, just to verify the color. I have no idea how you have 5000K written *so many times* and I noted it in multiple different places, and I *still* got it wrong.
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) about vacuuming the floor on the regular.
If I get wheels for the wagon, I'd need to put the stock TSX wheels somewhere...