Steven Bell

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^^^ No, a Cabinet position.

Flipster23

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Lookin good!!

skd2k1

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thanks flipster! trying to keep this 9+ year old car in shape.

UlsterBoy13

Dude, just want to say i love the look of your car. i just got into an 08 NBP and would love to put time and money into making her look similar to yours. love the minimalist look.

rockstar143

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hes a trendsetter!!!

skd2k1

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thanks pal, that means a lot! glad folks are appreciating the look. part of the minimalism comes in to play because I try to not spend too much money on it! but I am going for a sort of oem+ look.

here's the mod list:

- tein street advance coils. about a finger gap between tire and fender. I had the front fenders rolled.

- I opened the headlights and removed the orange reflectors and added zkw ellipsoids I got from the retrofit source. 5k osram cbi headlights and 5k drl leds. amber leds in turn signals and deleted parking lights.

- aspec kit (obviously)

- work emotion cr kai wheels in matte gunmetal. 18x8.5 +30. pretty flush but not poking.

- stoptech slotted and drilled rotors. I wish the rotors were bigger. I looked at a set of stoptech two piece rotors for the front but they cost almost as much as my wheels. still might do in the future at some point.

- powdercoated brembos 'heavy silver' with red logos. still deciding what to do with the rears...might pull the trigger on caliper covers.

- the front grill is plastidipped, but I'm either going to switch back to chrome (like rockstar ) or have it painted NBP in the very near future.

what you can't see:

- xpel clear bra

- rv6 v3 jpipe and hfpc

- progressive rear sway bar

- replaced all speakers with infinity + subwoofer

just happened to find this pic of the jpipe and hfpc that I thought was cool...



we're all trying to keep up with rockstar!

rockstar143

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skd2k1

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A few new pictures...







check out that rust!



I'll be making a change to the look of the car in the next few weeks and will post some pics once I get that done. I know work doesn't make center caps for these wheels, but I'd like to get a set. anyone got any ideas?

thoiboi

Could have done a quick drive with a few brake checks to get rid all that rust


Car looks good!!

skd2k1

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I know it, was too lazy to go for a drive. shame on me. thanks man!

rockstar143

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still looks damn good though!!!

skd2k1

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thanks pal. I feel like all I do now is fix things that are broken. just had to replace the cupholder.

rockstar143

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LMAO, I know the feeling, but once it's fixed, you feel pretty accomplished, AMIRITE!?!

skd2k1

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yep, it's nice to cross it off the list, especially since I got it done without breaking anything else while taking the center console apart.

rockstar143

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that's a win, for sure.

Steven Bell

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Gray Brembo's.......nice.

skd2k1

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thank you sir, and thanks for the title update.

Steven Bell

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^^^ My pleasure....anytime!

skd2k1

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decided to go back to the chrome grill. I missed the contrast. just a few cell phone pics, nothing too fancy.

rockstar143

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I don't blame you!
I often missed it too...that's part of the reason why I never touched the type s one.

skd2k1

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I think I'm over the "blacked out" thing now. there's really not a whole lot of chrome on these cars anyway since the window trim is black and with the a-spec front lip it's black around the fogs too. car is looking a lot more subtle now.

rockstar143

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Dude, I can't tell you how much my taste has changed from 2009 when I started modding the black TL...
like, night and day from what I used to think looks awesome.

skd2k1

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same here! I'm actually considering having the wheels powdercoated formula silver (volk color) or something along those lines. not sure if my taste is changed or if I'm just tired of the same look, but I like the contrast.

RnRType-S

Brembos and grille look mo better!

rockstar143

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Funny, same here...especially since I'm back in a black car, I am like, fk no i want the contrast too! I love seeing the wheels rolling and with dark gunmetal you can't!

skd2k1

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thanks man! I like the new acuras, but I still think the old school grill on the type-s is probably the best look.

skd2k1

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I'm considering "ultra black chrome" from prismatic powders:

rockstar143

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I think anything you do will look darker in person...
I did mega grey on the advan for the S2000

skd2k1

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yeah, that makes sense. the brembos came out darker than I thought they would.

rockstar143

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I think you're spot on with the formula silver...I have a few friends that swear by that color.

Steven Bell

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^^^ Agreed

rockstar143

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^^^Agreed also!

skd2k1

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Just finished installing uncald4 box and mounting amp. Coming from a giant ported box to the uncald4 I can't believe how good this thing sounds. And of course having all the trunk space back is so nice. Thanks to rockstar143 for a great deal on an awesome sub enclosure!

rockstar143

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And thank you for a smooth transaction...love that you're happy, most of all.
Seriously...the damn thing blew me away...I've had my share of boxes etc...but the way it points the bass and the sound it creates blew me away!

Steven Bell

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Looks good-nice, clean install.

skd2k1

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Same here. Everytime I turn it on I'm in disbelief. The bass is definitely much tighter than my ported box.

Thanks Steven! It was hard to hide all of those wires.

thoiboi

Wait, so this wasn't one of those wireless installations?










Looks good man!!! I love function AND form

skd2k1

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wireless you say?! next step is to retrofit my wifi router in there.

thanks dude!

skd2k1

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minor update, got a new set of drl leds which are just about a perfect match for the 5000k osrams



also, I'm going to be selling my base nbp type-s side skirts and the type-s fog shrouds and will be posting in the black market soon.

Lie-Low

I love the clean, minimalistic look that you've built. #TL-Goals