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.





Painted the Bezel black and went with the Chrome grill option.



I already posted this up before but figured I would consolidate,

My vinyl carbon fiber wrapped grill. Its held up great!

potmilkz

looks good! but you should get the full kit.

manutd

+1

It will really set the car off. Btw the wrap looks better than the chrome

vp special k

Oh man that looks great I like the chrome grill and painted bezel.

Treblig

NIce. Curious to know why you were initially undecided about keeping it?

UA6

Nice ride man

Triplebeesoul

looking clean Matt. what's you're tint %? nice CF grill! haven't seen that yet (but I'm still new so who knows) looking forward to follow along!

Matts_Acura

It was more of a HP thing I guess. It was really hard getting use to how much less HP it had. I had a Chrysler 300C SRT8 and was rocking close to 500HP so there was a dramatic difference in how I had to drive the car. It took about a month or 2 to get use to the difference. I really enjoy the car now though.

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.

terdonal

Looks good, so did the CF. Nice job.

Matts_Acura

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.

Matts_Acura

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.

ucf_bronco

iTrader: (1)

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.

FoxTL

Nicely done!

KarKraze

Sharp looking Tl,nice job with the carbon fiber wrap.

B.G.

Any pics of your old 300? Sounds beast

DopeAcura

Clean ride

EkSoni

iTrader: (2)

Nice CBP! Great job on the grille

Matts_Acura

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.



One more...



Edit: Haha should have drove the car down the road for a sec to clean up the brown covering my rotors!

LawnPro

Love the new wheels! Your grille looks real good with the C.F. Dinoc wrap!

KarKraze

Very nice rims,is that a pinstripe?

Treblig

Nice. Are your rotors rusted though?

potmilkz

you also just cleared your headlights and blacked it out as well.

d1sturb3d119

iTrader: (1)

Are those Vossens?

potmilkz

yes they are

Matts_Acura

Thanks and yes.

I had just finished washing the car, it kinda looks like rust but it goes away when you drive and use the brakes once.

Matts_Acura

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.

d1sturb3d119

iTrader: (1)

Noice... The wheels look dope... You've pretty much done all that I would do to if it were my car! Guess great minds think alike!

farmdog

What did you do with your oem wheels?

Wr00m

iTrader: (1)

Nice rims!

What size and brand are those?

Are you lowered?

potmilkz

so you just blacked out the headlights only? you didnt use tsx-r lens? custom cut off shields?

i assume its flat black paint?

Matts_Acura

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!

Steven Bell

iTrader: (2)

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.

Terragotti

Nice whip, love the rims

Matts_Acura

Thanks, sorry about that. I appreciate you cleaning up the thread for me.

Thanks!

potmilkz

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.

vp special k

good thing he can sleep at night knowing that its his car and money

Matts_Acura

The pinstripe is silver but it came with the car. I would have taken it off buuuuut its basically imprinted into the clear coat.

KarKraze

New pics look sweet,good job!!

potmilkz

thanks for the useless comment.. move on.

vp special k

believe me man, you have more than your fair share of useless and negative posts on the forum and I'm positive I'm not the only one that sees it that way.