L0uie69

Alright guys im really complicating if i should start modding my 98 3.0 CL. This is my first car as well. The car has about 234,xxx km's on it which is about 146k miles. I dont know if its really worth modding a car with that many clicks on it. I was thinking of just keeping it as a daily driver and just save the modding money and what not towards another car. What are your thoughts?

subbuzz

i started modding my 3.0 at about 140,000 miles.all depends on you.

herbalist

some people with 3.0's have had problems with their trannies ^^^^^. so keep that in mind when putting money towards mods. higher milage cars are more likely to need repairing, so i guess it depends on what your bankroll is like.

subbuzz

repairs>mods,but if you can afford it do it.........

L0uie69

well i had the tranny rebuilt feb this year

Dicorp

Like everyone said its a personal choice. I worked full time this summer and spent well over a thousand just on repairs (brakes, timing belt, relays). I did put in an intake also. To me personally its not worth saving up money for mods by limiting money elsewhere. I'd rather keep my car running and spend money goin out etc than invest in body kits, rims, suspension. A car is just a way of getting from A to B IMO. So its your call.

subbuzz

i like to get from a to be in style though also i want my car to stand out.you know it's me when you see my baby.........

1V4N

If you want to add a bit more of your own flair to your ride, go for it!

As long as the car is structurally sound and you anticipate owning it for a few more years, then you may as well do it up right.

L0uie69

I love the CL im just not sure how long it'll last with that many clicks.

Dicorp

244 K isnt really that much. In harsher climates like Canada, your car will sooner fall apart from rust and salt damage than mechanical problems. Proper maintaince is easy to do where as weather is beyond your control. of course the 3.0 are known for the shit trannies and all CLs have faulty window regulators but other than that, with loving care you can go 400K. A friend of mine had 405K on his 90 accord exr before it died and he rebuilt the engine...but the body is so rusted thats its scary.

herbalist

pretty sure they use sand as opposed to road salt over in BC so rusting should't be such a big problem. that road salt is really taking its toll on my car.

Cocoa

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I was using nitrous on her till 150,000 miles. It's all on you man...

97BlackAckCL

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Def need a balance of both. I've spent more money on repairs than mods, and that's hard to believe

arstraub

Oh hunny, I'm @ 199,560 @ the moment and everything's fine...for now. I say go ahead and mod it simply b/c it's fun...and kinda nice when the guys @ the acura dealership say to "tell the guy who put your neons on that they did a good job", while that person is you Mod it out baby!

97BlackAckCL

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I got the same comment from like 3 or 4 shops when I had my led bars on like 2 years ago. Everyone was like damn that's a clean ass install, and you didn't even have any room to work with.

It still cracks me up you have pink neons on the cl, but it's coo you are all for modding and i like that

arstraub

I have to get longer side skirts b/c you can see the tubes, so I hardly ever use them now All I've done to my car is what daddy's told me I can - nothing I can't take off ;( Being that I'm in Spartanburg, VERY few girls mod their cars, if anything their bf will do it or they'll buy it that way. You can't ask them about their cars b/c they don't have slightest clue what's goin' on with it - it's kinda sad

Thanks for the hun

dragon084

i guess "is it worth it" is a question you have to ask yourself.

we will encourage you regardless

subbuzz

all i was gonna do was rims/prokit/hid's,then i found azine and it was all over from there.

i say mod the fucker if you plan on keeping her for a while...................

97BlackAckCL

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that's what we're here for

ib_jimmy

if u're planning to keep it for awhile...then drop that sucker. else just save up.

97BlackAckCL

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we got ahold of subbuzz good, and yeah if you're keepin it, def replace certain things, like the suspension

L0uie69

i plan to keep the cl for at least 2-3 years so hopefully nothing goes wrong *knock on wood* I've had my prokit in my room for 6months just been lazy to buy some shocks

97BlackAckCL

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Well shit, buy those instead of the ww lip

subbuzz

jump on the lip(kinda hard to come by)thats money in the bank,throw the prokit on stock shocks,get some rims,a couple other odds/ends and you have a victory

herbalist

at that price, there is gonna be a battle for that lip

subbuzz

i'm surprised its still up for grabs, dibs owns all.

herbalist

money talks, dibs walks

97BlackAckCL

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and wait