Mischa25

thanks man the grill is for me ^^

here is my build thread
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tsx-photograph-gallery-144/european-accord-changed-into-tsx-822908/

Timmy18

Sweet man, thanks for the link. I'll sub to it.

defconskylude

ok here's some more progress

it was a bitch re-gluing the MDX bars. had to use JB Kwik to set it for 6 minutes

there's a bunch of gaps so that would be filled in with some JB Kwik and then sanded down

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8464082152/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8464082152/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8462982787/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8462982787/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8464082426/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8464082426/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8464082516/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8464082516/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8462983107/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8462983107/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8462983181/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8462983181/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8462983253/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8462983253/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8464082834/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8464082834/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8464082902/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8464082902/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

ed_423

that A is huge

KillerG

hope you don't mind all the comments def (attempting to be constructive)

since the bars are cut anyway, why not go with a smaller A? you gotta refinish em anyway, might as well go balls deep

defconskylude

its cool. it's mischa's grill.

i tried the smaller A and the MDX bars dont go all they way. it wont reach the A.

defconskylude

the top plate and mesh will be black

the mdx piece will be white and logo will be red. 09 outer grill will be white to match his car

ssjoeboe9

Dude Killer, did you not attempt to read my post about why cutting the bar and attaching the new A wouldn't work??

On the contrary, I would have tried to make it work with adding material, like a foam wedge and fiberglass to elongate it.

If you plan on painting everything anyways then no one would notice the difference in materials.

There is a big gap where you cut the shield to fit the BIG A, what will you use to fill that gap in?

This is cool though, it's so funny to me that you do all of these mods to your car, and slowly after 4 years people just copy what you have done:

Me-eyelids
one dude- Lexus exhaust tips
mischa- grille
Future me- hood vents
Future New Member '13 tsx- modified '09 lip

drivedata

this

defconskylude

there's a gap because nothing is glued yet. its just laying on top of each other so its not fully set.

i still have my 09 bumper in the backyard and will be putting it on my 11' so i can test fit the grill to make sure mischa can reuse the tabs. from there i will start gluing it back on with epoxy and then its just a bunch of hardcore sanding.

ed_423

hey defcon, want to buy a stock rear bumper?

defconskylude

nah im good. did you buy an aftermarket bumper?

opboarding

Foreshadowing to a rear end upgrade?

ttk5

cant wait to see this thing on.

Mischa25

me too ^^

defconskylude

test fitting with an 09 bumper

i need some feedback.

middle part is already glued

top plate isnt glued yet.

after i glue the top part, i need to fill in the gaps with glue and then layer it with some body filler. then sanding


_MG_5545 by defconskylude, on Flickr


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defconskylude

painted top plate black

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8480521500/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8480521500/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8479430729/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8479430729/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8479430785/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8479430785/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8480521662/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8480521662/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8479430905/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8479430905/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

Mischa25

yeah looks freat i love it ...

acarlos33

makes it look like a RL for some reason

Yefree781

Where did you buy the hood reflector in the first picture? Ive been searching for that part everywhere and have had no luck finiding it. Please help. Car looks great by the way. Good job with the grille.

MC MiYoung3269

^ Defcon got it overseas. He had it for sale IIRC...

mellostack

if only the RL grill fit our CU2... It would of been perfect

defconskylude

did some sanding. still need a few more tweaks and body filler


http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8544765605/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8544765605/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8545861440/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8545861440/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8544765841/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/defcon008/8544765841/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/defcon008/, on Flickr

defconskylude

a guy from australia shipped it for me. he got it from a honda dealer in australia.

Mischa25

I miss the two hooks! Why are you missing? Canceled? If yes stick please again!

ssjoeboe9

uh oh

opboarding

uh oh

defconskylude

ruh roh. im not missing. i think he's trying to say that why are the tabs missing.

i still have the tabs. i cut them off because the two tabs were blocking the installation of the top plate. i can try and glue the 2 tabs together

ed_423

uh oh

defconskylude

defconskylude

tabs added back using JB weld epoxy
added a 2nd weather strip

added layers of body filler. did some sanding. spray painted it to see the high and low spots

still more sanding needs to be done




_MG_5623 by defconskylude, on Flickr


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mellostack

Wooow not bad at all!!

BaoZZeR

Came out a lot better than I thought it would (thought project would fail lol) but it looks pretty legit

Mischa25

Yeah yeah vin looks amazing ... I love it great job buddy...

Morrissey25

iTrader: (4)

The project is coming along quite nicely... I love watching projects like this take shape

Timmy18

Makes me so happy to know that I got to contribute the little I did to this project to help it come out as near perfection. Of course all Labor goes to defconskylude, with out him it would have never been completed.

Can't wait to see Mischa25's TSX featured around once everything is complete.

Good job everyone!

ssjoeboe9

Cool, you're good with the body filler!

MC MiYoung3269

Woahh~ looks a lot better now

opboarding

very nice

bmfrancis007

What do you think about putting a MDX grill like this on a 2014 ILX 2.4L spd manual ? I think that would look nice.