97BlackAckCL

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Yeah, having to drive the car the next day is the worst

GianJ30a

instead of spending all that money on lights, use that money on some coilovers

97BlackAckCL

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Already spent it all, I'm done though for now. Coils are next on my list after tires, alarm install, and exhaust install

dragon084

the mans got a point.

97BlackAckCL

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I sold my eibachs, then I sold my omnis, I want to save up and buy tein ss-p's but with buying a house, $1200 is a bit much right now but i want adjustable height and damper, I've been thinking about the ksports with custom spring rates, like getting something like the tein-ss spring rates, that way i'd get the softer feel that I want with the adjustable damper, what does anyone think of that idea?

suprachica79

I can't wait til I have a job where I can afford to do everything I want to my car lol Thank god pharmacy pays lol.

Blackack, when it comes to show cars, attention to detail is everything, you know that. This work will pay off the first time someone says, damn, thats a great idea, or, your car is awesome. Most real car enthusiasts respect the time and effort put into the car. Good luck, I know you'll pull it together, you always do.

suprachica79

Hey, think of it this way, at least you live in a place where you can find an actual house for $150k, move to connecticut, you can't find anything decent under 250 lol

97BlackAckCL

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I can't wait till I can afford to do stuff to my car, I'm in a lul right now, but yeah just glad people understand how meticulous with details I am, but anyone that follows my projects should know it's bordering on OCD.

You should see the taxes on it around here, school taxes alone

starboy2nv

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yea leds get pretty price, i bought a bunch, spent alot, and ended up not using them. go figure.

civic_slayer

I need to start spending money on the little things. My interior looks like crap.

97BlackAckCL

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They make all the difference in the world

suprachica79

haha, you should see the taxes around here, my town is one of the highest in the country, connecticut is great except for the money aspect lol

JStoops

fairfield county ftl highest tax rate in the country

97BlackAckCL

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I hear ya i live in yuppy suburbia The school taxes for my district are the second highest in the state

suprachica79

I hear that, when I graduate I definitely want to buy in connecticut but even with a pharmacy salary it'll be hard to get something pretty decent off the bat. Better to buy a smaller house to start than sink money into an apartment tho...

97BlackAckCL

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That's what I did, 3 bedroom, 2 car garage, finished basement 2 baths, not too bad for a first house, it'll be nice when i'm done with it

scoopin

let me tell you its hard to not spend money when you get all 4 fusion zri tires brand new for $150 for all 4...

Andy2.3

Here's a noob question, so if you get smoked corners you will need LED bulbs, because standard bulbs aren't powerful enough.

Also whats the best way to smoke a pair of clear corners? Should I just buy some smoked corners, or buy clear and smoke them myself? I'm looking online for 94-97 accord smoked corners, but can't find any of them yet either.

Alperovich

Ksports FTW! i've put 15k on mine (on the legend) and that included 8 autox's and a trip to TX (2800miles around trip) also a trip to MN like 1300miles around trip.

and idk maybe its just me, i haven't spent too much on lighting. I have 6300k HID's bi-xenon, yellow fog lights (JDM's), plus my hella's. I use a normal corner bulb and it doesn't bug me too much,

here's the setup BTW:

young03

i would say just buy them instead of trying to diy check ebay look under like clear corner for acura cl and it should bring up some

97BlackAckCL

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Get the smoked, get them for the CL not for an accord. You don't need LED's my chrome ambers and PIAA's show through really good. You don't need LED's it's not a bad idea, I bought one set to test em out and compare them, but these extreme whites I have work really well







Night I moved her from old house/garage to new house

732xghost

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i just wanted to add that i spend so much money on stupid little mods.

i mean a c-pillar bar??
oil catch can??
password jdm bolts and washers???

well thats all.

XxAtTheGatesxX

^So those are extreme whites you have on your car in those pictures? Those are PIAAs right? Cause I wanted to go for the same look.

732xghost

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i have stock bulbs dude. my high beam bulbs are yellow though.

XxAtTheGatesxX

I was talking to BlackAck.

97BlackAckCL

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Yes, I have a set of 4 PIAA super whites if you are interested, lemme know.

XxAtTheGatesxX

^Hell yeah, I'll take those! They brand new?

97BlackAckCL

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Yup, pretty much brand new used for a week or 2

Dicorp

i wish i had this problem, i cant get simple shit fixed on my car

97BlackAckCL

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Finally broke down and got LED bulbs for the 4 upper and lower corners, also got LED amber turn signals, that should be it for me on the lighting. I've dumped way too much money into freakin light bulbs. Oh well, it's the little things that make me happy. Since I don't have money to do many big mods lately, aside from buying my d2's, I've been doing a lot more little mods. Still got all the big mods to go on the car, but no tools or money to get them installed. Oh well, patience is a virtue, at least getting her inspected I can actually drive her for a while

97BlackAckCL

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And he's still bs'ing on buying these bulbs

XxAtTheGatesxX

Haha I have the money, my ass is just too lazy to send you cash. I'll paypal you, haha. Or I'll just buy them at the meet and you can slap them on my car right quick!

ZeroCL

they seriously take 2 seconds to install.

XxAtTheGatesxX

Yeah I know I've been through a few pair of headlights and it's the same thing. I was just pointing out how lazy i was haha.

GhettoNinja06

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Are the LEDs any brighter? Actualy, a better question would be, Are the LEDs more noticable?

97BlackAckCL

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Haven't installed em yet, have to take off my bumper and remove the headlights to do the upper corners Got the LED bulbs though, I'll do the lower corners when I do the turn sigs, I'm sure they're brighter though I got psycho ones

97BlackAckCL

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So I think I'm good on the corners finally, after 3 pairs, I finally settled on the PIAA Extreme white "HID" Super LED bulbs, and I didn't have to take out the headlights or bumper, just had to cram my hand down in next to the power steering and wriggle around a bit. They are a lot more white than the xtreme white bulbs. I think the xtreme white match the 6000K hid coloring a bit better, but I'm happy with the pure white light that these LED bulbs put out, also I plan to eventually drop to 4300K HID from the 6000K so these should match extremely well, no action pics, but wanted to update since I've been dancing with corner bulbs for years now, I think I'm done

PIAA Xtreme white bulbs next to HID Super LED bulbs

DoubleSh0t

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Chris can you post night and day pics?

97BlackAckCL

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I can take some in the garage, my CL isn't going to be pulled out for a while as it's all ripped apart right now, had to put it on life support yesterday just to start the car and straighten the steering wheel to do my steering wheel conversion.

Here's the CL in winter hibernation on life support, with a broom handle as the hood pop CLEAR!


I tell you what though, I winterized the CL this time, and treated the fuel system and full tank of gas with stabil gas preserver, I've NEVER had my CL start up that fast ever that I can remember, freshly charged optima and fresh gas = wow

mattastick

I really hope I'm able to see your car in person this summer... I'm going to talk to gate's some more and see if we can't get some kind of meet worked out...