Matt's Blacked out TL Lowered on Vossen CV3's (Matts Acura)
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Matt's Blacked out TL Lowered on Vossen CV3's (Matts Acura)
So I bought my TL tech/base back in April. I was undecided about keeping it after I bought it so I held off on doing stuff to it. It grew on me and after seeing some peoples TL's I can see a lot of potential in the looks department.
Sooo..... I figured I would start up a progress thread!
Here the TL a few days after I bought it. Had the windows tinted before I drove it off the lot so no before shots of it. I also bought the lip for the front and put that on a few days later. Then took a few pictures.
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Painted the Bezel black and went with the Chrome grill option.
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I already posted this up before but figured I would consolidate,
My vinyl carbon fiber wrapped grill. Its held up great!
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Sooo..... I figured I would start up a progress thread!
Here the TL a few days after I bought it. Had the windows tinted before I drove it off the lot so no before shots of it. I also bought the lip for the front and put that on a few days later. Then took a few pictures.
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Painted the Bezel black and went with the Chrome grill option.
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I already posted this up before but figured I would consolidate,
My vinyl carbon fiber wrapped grill. Its held up great!
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NIce. Curious to know why you were initially undecided about keeping it?
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Nice ride man
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I sort of wished I would have just bought the SH model but in the end I wasn't really looking for a high performance vehicle, I wanted something that looked cool, was really nice on the inside, had all of the new car features, decent gas mileage (vs. 13-16mpg) and was reliable. I got all of those out of the acura so I'm happy.
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Yea, I wish I would have just bought the complete kit but... Like an impatient ass I went and just bought the lip. I'm going to definitely go with the full kit though. I just didn't have the cash at the time since I had just got the car.
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Thanks!
Its Florida Legal, I think 35% in front and 15% rear.
Thanks man!
I like the Chrome also. Doesn't really match with the direction I'm going though so I'm gonna stick with my carbon fiber wrap.
Thanks man!
I like the Chrome also. Doesn't really match with the direction I'm going though so I'm gonna stick with my carbon fiber wrap.
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Looking good man! I considered doing CF vinyl on my grille as well but decided against. Though I'm happy with the direction I chose I like yours as well. It looks good on CBP.
I love those wheels. I can't believe Acura ditched those for the current (IMO fugly) 18" wheels.
I love those wheels. I can't believe Acura ditched those for the current (IMO fugly) 18" wheels.
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Got my new wheels on and cleaned the car this morning! Loving the look now! I have more stuff coming in on Monday then Thursday. Thinking about a photo shoot soon! Haven't done on of those really since my maxima I had a few years back.
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Edit: Haha should have drove the car down the road for a sec to clean up the brown covering my rotors!
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Edit: Haha should have drove the car down the road for a sec to clean up the brown covering my rotors!
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Nice. Are your rotors rusted though?
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I did it like 2 weeks ago. I used nightshades on the reflector. I don't really like the look of it with the reflector removed since the bulb is just chillin there all exposed.
My progress thread is more like an abridged version, I already had some stuff done before starting it.
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My progress thread is more like an abridged version, I already had some stuff done before starting it.
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I have them bagged up in the garage. Probably going to sell them soon with the tires and tpms. If your interested PM me and when I get ready to sell them I will let you know first.
They Are 20" Vossen CV3's. 9" +35 Offset and rear is 10.5 +42 offset I believe.
Yea I lowered it but I went the cheap route and just did the TEIN S Tech. It was exactly what I was looking for.
Sort of, I did just blacked them out with the CBP paint and put some High powered LED's behind the projectors for a future project. No TSX lenses or cut off shields though. I might do them in the future but I'm getting a heat gun first. The oven bake for the headlight was really inconvenient and made the house smell like burnt plastic.
Sunday morning photo's!
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They Are 20" Vossen CV3's. 9" +35 Offset and rear is 10.5 +42 offset I believe.
Yea I lowered it but I went the cheap route and just did the TEIN S Tech. It was exactly what I was looking for.
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Nice looking ride Matt. You can put more than one or two pictures in a single thread too. There's no need to add multiple posts. Just put all your responses and/or pictures into a single post.
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Nice whip, love the rims
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Thanks!
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have mixed feelings about the pin stripe.. i feel as if you made it gunmetal pin strip it will match the car better than if it was just white like you have it now.
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