Spendog3

Hey guys,

My first choice was a 2006 Altima SE-R black 6MT but the car had been in an accident and the car salesmen were being super shady...That being said I just bought a 2004 DMM base 5AT instead

I love the way my car looks but I want to make it look like less of a grandpa mobile. I am going for all aesthetic mods and I have a budget of about $1500.

Here are my order of mods:
1. Lip spoiler (already installed)
2. Tint
3. Brakemotive brakes
3. Aspec kit
4. RDX brake caliper covers(already have G2 black paint and Covers)
5. Accord Foglight mod

I was thinking of doing black highlights on the car (ie grille trim pieces, possibly plasti dipping oem wheels gloss black)

What do you guys think? Open to suggestions

DaeHanMeenGuk

It's a good start for a list of mods. Keep working at it and if you check other threads on this forum, you'll get more ideas for what could be your next possible mod.

Welcome to the forum.

NTSPEEDTL

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Congratz on your new ride and welcome to the community. Don't forget to add coilovers and rims to your list. Post some pics when you get a chance to.

zachlone

got any pics?

NBP-UA6

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https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/my-tl-journey-830438/
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/small-update-2011-a-815005/
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/my-new-wheels-work-emotion-cr-kai-773820/

TheLowLife

^ :Clap:

EvilVirus

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Gratz

When you mean the lip spoiler; you are referring to the aspec lip, correct?

Note: Since you stated 1 and 3 individually

AccordFlex

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Get Aspec front and Tein Basics. Once you lower it, toss on some wheels to set it off. But looks like you are off to a great start.

congrats on the new car!

TL Seth

Your going to go way over that budget lol
Most important part of a cars look is the stance (rims, coilovers, camber kit). Its also one of ht emost expensive parts of modding

Waveform

One of my first mods was a Rear Sway Bar upgrade. It's an inexpensive performance improvement that will make you love highway off/on ramps.

truonghthe

welcome to the site, you can register your color here https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/tl-owners-please-chime-855960/ thnx.

THEReeM718

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Congrats! Welcome to the money pit.

Spendog3

I did a photo shoot with my car and my brothers NBP 07 type-S. I will post some pics as soon as I get my 5 post quota.
I bought an ebay lip spoiler not the aspec wing spoiler

I have yet to buy the Aspec lip kit.

I think I'm going to stick with OEM rims and stock suspension for now because I don't have the budget for coilovers/rims/camber kit.

I will post pics of my trunk lip install when I get a chance.

I guess my goal is to do a limit myself to a couple big mods(Aspec lip kit, Tint) and then do some little mods to make it look more agressive.

Here is what i'm aiming for: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3806292/2004-acura-tl/

justnspace

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I Love Dougboy's DMM!

TL Seth

Ya that car looks nice. But hes lowered on coilovers lol Wheel gaps hideous...same car with wheel gap wouldnt be as fresh

You can keep the stock wheels. Just get spacers to push them out a bit.

Congrads on the purchase, just do your mods a bit at a time

nttstt444

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Congrats, I think DMM is a color that sometimes gets overlooked, but its a great color! Dougboy's is a perfect example of a DMM done right. Sounds like you have a good plan, the A-Spec kit alone will make a significant difference in the overall appearance of the car. Happy modding!

ggesq

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desper's old DMM looked great as well. look him up.

Joneill44

Welcome aboard

check out this thread for more mod ideas https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-performance-parts-modifications-112/performance-modifications-tl-owners-701772/

Steven Bell

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Welcome Spendog-these guys will help you spend every penny of your $1,500!

dannyz

Welcome bro! Now if you're really going for badass, I would start with a Hello Kitty bumper sticker...

rossv1

farazfaazii

RDX calipers?

Spendog3

Woo Hoo! Just won over $300 in bowling prize money (we got 1st place) Time to put it into my car haha

Yep I already have a set of 4. I was thinking of painting them either black or another color like gold to be unique. I know the non-brembos are kind of ugly but the cover makes them look decent. Gold with a black Acura decal would look cool IMO with DMM
I agree my DMM looks sexy. I clay barred it and waxed and it was looking real good. Especially with tire shine.
I think the Aspec will definitely be my next mod. Just gotta find somebody who has one for a decent price...

Dougboy has some sweet versions of his DMM. I really like the 3rd photo down: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=830438

Also Instead of buying new rims I was thinking of painting my wheels similar to the lexus IS 350 f sport rims : http://wot.motortrend.com/refreshing...#axzz2SCgVRCyU

I of course would buy different center caps with a chrome A symbol and paint the center black. I would use silver metalizer over black plasti dip to make the gunmetal-ish color.

Think this set up would look good on DMM? or only on darker colored cars?

Spendog3

As for spacers: I've been looking and it says 15mm in front and 20mm in back looks to be the best combo as long as they are hub centric spacers.
I looked up prices but its about $500 total for both front and rear...

Good call on doing them piecemeal. I really just want to do them all at once since the weathers nice here in Seattle now

Spendog3

Here are some pics:

Sorry for the crappy quality it was my pics from my non-smart phone

I will upload better ones soon:

1st day:
http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/Sp...tml?sort=3&o=1

Brothers TL's Black and gold:
http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/Sp...tml?sort=3&o=0

Nickgz

Spendog tell me what you think, drop coming soon!

P_R_N_D

Very nice. Now get type S tails and side markers and that would really tie it all together.