Nato

So i went to the show this past weekend and represented ACURAZINE.... Picked up first place for acura and others!!!

Most of you have never seen my car.. or seen only glimpses... this is my first photoshoot . For my CL all i wanted was to be different. ALL COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED.. if you think its rice.. just say it.. i dont care.. just wanna know what you guys think.. im ready.. haha



HERE IT IS:
Here are the trophys i won.


These are a few pics of my engine, all pieces were airbrushed.. my newest and most innovative mod. also polished my manifold and painted the gasket black.








here are the pics i took in an alley downtown T.O with NO TRIPOD.. thats why some are blurry














now for something real different!!!
I added a strip LED LIGHT to the top as a Brake light.... I took out the 3rd Brake light and converted it to my reverse...
Added a REVERSE night vision color camera in the back.. can you spot it?


reverse plus brake


Trunk set up


Back lip


see ya

wakeboardfusion

nic3

klepto

congrats on the first place. You know what id say, take off the stickers, but I know ya like em so just do whatever makes you happy

man I really want to enter my car in a show but the cars here in cali are just plain crazy

Nato

yea man.. cali has the nicest rides.. everyone knows that haha...

starboy2nv

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klept, never feel intimidated, GO FOR IT!

h2o-pr00f

dude u wanted something different... u got it i think its sweet.. i dont really like the design on the engine cover but its tight that you did that.. u get props from me.. that reverse light is crazy btw... also u got stickers repping.. mind typin a list of all youve done to the car? werd

Time For Sleeep

stickers and graphics or not. It looks great. congrats.

Now all you have to do is find that guy that socked you in the face. And bash his fucking face in with the trophy.

kamdawg

the reverse light is crrrrrrrrraazy. thats some sick work. nice man. just dont like the stickers. argg

VB87

Congrats!

Didn't know you have that much done to it.

CL Platano

Congrats..Interesting mod with the airbrushing of the engine bay.

CL Platano

Just enter it bro, just go into mild part of the show this way they don't put you against a car that has 20K worth of mods.

Nato

i'll type out my mod list for you guys later... I had another mod that i've never seen on a CL b4.. i tried it out.. but dont know if its that great... had these chrome strips and i chromed the line where the bottom grille is.. i saw it on ebay first for the newer CL's TL's so i tried it out... heres a picture of it.. i had it on for a bit.. it looked good but eventually i decided to take it off
where the bumperlight is..

CL Platano

Yeah the A-Spec 05 TL has the chrome strips. I don't think it looks half bad with your setup but I it's only a side view. Do you have a better shot?

Nato

i might have it somewhere.. let me check

Nato

got them... second picture i also tried adding chrome to my taillights... but i took it off because it looked like too much was going on... my friend said it looked good.

97BlackAckCL

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Congrats on the I think overall your car flows well together. I too am not crazy about the hood stickers, but hey, it is different. I am impressed with the airbrushed engine bay. Very nice, it's different. I would like to do something like that to mine. Very show car looking. Nice work overall Nato. Keep up the good work

CL Platano

The front is fine, I agree with on the tail it's too much..IMO leave the graphics on the side, take the ones off the bottom and the hood and drop it 1 more inch. Great work...I think the reverse brake light would get us pulled over down here by some country police..

patmac

fack i was gonna go this weekend but i had a funeral to go to on sunday, i usually get in free cause my buddys dad is a big shot at kenwood

DigiBox

Did you use a tripod in those pics???

Not a big fan of the wing. But if you like it, that's all that matters.

shineynitelite

i think a vtec window banner wouold look sweet on your ride dude... do it

tacho

How long did it take to clean that engine? Looks great!

Not a fan of stickers but to each their own. Overall looks good.

Nato

97BlackAckCL - Thanks man.... yea it'll definately look good if you do something like that to yours.. what model is yours?.. 3.0 or 2.2?


CLPlatano - Really?.. why would you get pulled over for having the reverse there?.. are the cops really strict there? I agree on the drop ... my drop is not low enough.. maybe i should get air ride in the future.

CiLver2.3 - No i didnt use a tripod.. thats why some of the pics were very blurry... BTW i like your screen name.. haha very creative. and yes alot of people dont like the wing but i think it makes the CL stand out and look different. so i'll keep it for now.. maybe sell it next year ... if i can only get my hands on a 03 TL a-spec spoiler... i would modify it to the CL

Patmac - Sorry to hear man, dont worry theres next year.. and you can enter your car in. Where do you live?

shineynitelite - nice try... but no thanks.. i dont like banner stickers.. unless it was a big company that gives me free stuff.

Tacho - Hey man thanks, actually i jsut did a quick wipe down.. took me about 30 minutes to wipe all the hoses and stuff...

Nato

KLEPTO haha if you see this.. im coming for you haha.. i can be kleptos black twin ... just gotta get some sideskirts first haha

zoltanh

Are you being paid to put those companies' stickers on your car? or are you doing some free advertising?

shineynitelite

he did it so he could have a better chance of winning at shows...

and the hearts of some canadian women

97BlackAckCL

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I have a black 3.0 too. Not sure what I wanna do it the engine bay yet, too busy worrying about the rest of the car, and my fiberglass trunk. However I plan to get some airbrushing done on the fiberglass trunk, maybe i'll do up the engine at the same time...

teh CL

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looking good

you won the same award 2 years in a row, nice ....maybe next year i'll enter DKNs and take your crown away from you

agranado

It looks great man. Besides the stickies, that is.

Im very, very impressed! Congrats on taking those 1st place trophies!

-Alex

Chen

Not really diggin' the decals and wing, but without them, you'd basically have my car. LOL
Your engine covers are amazing, I've wanted to paint mine too for the longest time.

What suspension are you running?

The resemblance between our cars is strange.

dragon084

u need to drop it more... get rid of ALL OF THOSE STICKERS.

custom paint , different rims, 97 grille...

then u'll be doing things... the stickers and the lifted look are not doing it for me at all..

i like the led strip and the rear lip though.

whered u get the LED strip?

Nato

that'll basically be a totally different CL/ look....

its lowered on pro-kit right now.. but considered to what it was before.. when i got it.. it was a 5 finger gap plus a lil more.. now its 2 fingers in the front.. the back sometimes tucks because of my system.. so its considered good
iwould like it lower though.

kensukikatayo

That's hot.

h2o-pr00f

good, i was hoping that was a prokit w/ the 18s... i love the ride i just wish the front wheel gab was little bit lower

teh CL

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go low like me

Nato

haha ya.. your car is super low.. haha love that drop you got.. but downtown the roads are harsh.. mad potholes and bumps.. im scared of the driveway scrape.

teh CL

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i got some bad potholes and bumps around here, you just gotta learn where they are so that u can aviod those areas or know when to dodge them

i'd be scared of the driveway scrape too since u got a lip so i wouldn't want to scrape that...

patmac

i don't even got a lip yet and i scrape every where
i live in milton darknights maybe an hour drive... depending on paint and if i do system next spring i may enter see if i can get some kenwood sponsership or atleast get in the tent like my buddys civic, integera last year

VB87

Milton? The roads aren't too bad, just a lot of hills. Wouldn't wanna be downtown like Nato ...

Nato

they keep fixing the roads but it keeps breaking... ESPECIALLY the TTC streetcar tracks.. those are the worst..
if you get a booth next year.. let me know haha i wouldnt mind joining you haha

h2o-pr00f

ya im w/ Nato, if i had anythin lower than the prokit i would DIE on my drives to downtown LA, hollywood, or even my gf's area of san gabriel.. i get murdered already.