Gnate

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sure! that'd be cool.


Lol yeah its been shitty around here and i've been way too stressed to do anything.

Lately i've been having people valet me out the door. and when noone's around i roll down the windows and open it then close the window...

mitch14

alright here you go, looking at how it works exactly i don't really know what could be wrong, my best guess is that the little plastic thing(which holds the rod in the arm of the handle) broke and the rod just popped out of the hole. If that's not the case tho it seems it would be kinda complicated, as the section where the rods are connected to the actual part on the door that opens is all covered up, therefore i have no idea how it works in there.

This one shows how far the rod goes into the hole, not very far, but really snug in there due to the plastic cover part holding it


This one shows what position the rod and arm of the handle are in when it's in the normal position


And here is what postions those parts are in when you go to open the door(sorry this one looks blurry, couldn't get it to focus for some reason)


hope ths helps, but to figure it what is really wrong on yours and to fix it, you'll need to take that door panel off....... eventually
and goodluck

Gnate

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wow that was fast! thanks a lot mitch

mitch14

ya no problem Nate.............what can i say...i was bored
well that and the cl is in the garage and with no door panel on, it was as easy as point and shoot

MoSp33d

=/ im not debadging my car, rather imma paint the emblems (Acura, 3.0CL, A) and paint my front grill, and front corner lights. i gotta do it carefully

mitch14

i thought you would take them off anyways if you're gonna repaint them, which seems like a lot of trouble. I think it looks so much cleaner with less emblems but i kinda did like the look of the shiney ass emblems, but to each their own. And as far as the corners go, don't worry, if you fuck up, you can always buy smoked ones off ebay

MoSp33d

^ hahaha true, but i dont know man, i really dont wana take it off and then have the headache of putting them bak all lined up and shit. so imma use my artist skills and slowly black out the emblems in the back, and as far as the grill goes, shouldnt be a problem since its a bigger piece.

mitch14

^hmmm, what do you think i should do with my emblems (besides put them on my trunk). I just thought of this as i was reading your post, cuz i have 2 full sets of emblems for the trunk (1 used, 1 brand new).....
oh and good luck trying to paint those emblems, i hate even trying to dry my car around where the emblems are (if i had any i mean)

incredulous1

sell them for money?

or you can put em in your grill or something

spencer_homer

your going to try to paint your badges and grill without taking them off?

97BlackAckCL

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It's a whole unit, but for $40-50 who really cares

Avendesora

Yeah, thats half risky. I'd take them off just to make sure you dont touch the paint on your car. If you do, make sure to do it right though, the previous owner of my car had no sweet clue how to tie his own shoes...check out the debadging job he did on my car




Now I'm stuck with the outline of the badges until I paint my car I suppose. Anyone know of a why to clean that up? I've tried numerous wipes/goo gone and similar products. :thumbsdow

Then again, maybe that was just the amount the paint had faded and he couldnt help that?

ZeroCL

just take them off, use tape to mark where the badges were. dont half ass painting badges. it's like the easiest shit you can do to your car. Debadge then reapply with 3M double sided mounting tape.

ZeroCL

Buff and wax should take care of most of that, doesnt seem like theres any paint chipping so it should be fine.

mitch14

^agreed, try a polish with a buffer, or just look for the threads about failed debaging and get some advice from there
btw it looks like the paint underneath the badges are way better than the rest of the paint on your trunk

Avendesora

yeah the threads say pretty much the same, buff buff buff. Ill try that asap. Yeah mitch, Im pretty sure the two prev. owners never stored this car...ever haha

97BlackAckCL

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That's clean paint underneath, you need to get the rest of your paint to the same condition, looks like hazing in the pics, I would def use an abrassive polish and try to buff down that haze, also may want to claybar it before you wax to try and clean the paint as much as possible, I have shadows like that, but you can't see them as long as there is a coat of wax/polish on the car.

732xghost

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eh ill take pics soon. i cant find AA batteries in my house. were poor.

mitch14

^there's a problem too tho, gotta see if any of the sellers will ship to canada, cuz they all say only to the us, and the ones for sale on ebay.ca are over 100

GhettoNinja06

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Javed is selling his window reg. Pretty sure he'll ship it to Canada.
Don't know if I'm supposed to do this but.. https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...943&highlight=

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

You're allowed to link to a sale thread, just not start new threads about it, and since it's not even your sale, you're good to go

mitch14

^thanks, but i need a driver's side one
i was thinking bout picking that one up incase the passenger side window reg breaks too
EDIT: so if anyone has a brand new cl driver's side window regulator and is willing to ship to canada let me know

a2ndragoon89

jesus...birds just crapped on my car. it was super dark and THICK!!! there were so many cars parked next beside me too...maybe it's cuz my car was white, but yeah, i'm just venting cuz it took me 45 min to wash that crap off

spencer_homer

WAS gonna spray can my wheels today, but woke up witha Flu. FUCK THIS ive been waiting to do this for too long!

incredulous1

my debadge job was a total failure. i chipped the paint. =(
ill get a repaint later when i get more SCRILLA.

DaInFaMMuS1

or u could just touch it up for now.

MoSp33d

thnx bro will do!

incredulous1

i think i might just do that.

MoSp33d

i blacked out my front grill today! jus need to debadge!

ckrowland

pics!!!

MoSp33d

^ will do

97BlackAckCL

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Please debadge already, I can't take the badges, they kill the rear of your car

MoSp33d

it seriously does, i wana take off the 'A' but i wana black it out and out it bak...it has two holes right so it wouldnt be or look bad when i put it back on the trunk. Or is there anything i gotta use when putting it back on...

incredulous1

take off everything. paint the center A emblem black and then stick it back on with double sided tape

GhettoNinja06

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MoSp33d

^ LoL

asianspec

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lol i didn't even glue it back on. it will stay on with nothing.

DoubleSh0t

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My door isn't shutting right, I have to basically slam it shut every time I get out of the car. The handle on the inside tends to stick in the open position also so I have to make sure the doors lock. Do you think it's something that could be adjusted?

DaInFaMMuS1

it might be something that just needs to be lubricated, i had to do that periodically when i had shaved door handles on my last CL

Jamz

stopping by to say howdy