ordered some yellow tint for my fog lights today see how that turns out. looking at a diy front lip. garage door seal front lip, and 35% window tint and a lip spoiler for it. wheels, tires, and coils coming at end of year most likey

 

also decided on a wheel lol. i wanna do a more vip look so im going to pick up a set of these most likely, 18x9 +30 tsw jerez wheels i think these will look good and give me a good look i want.

 

holy fatty wheel and super wide offset!!! Stock offset is 55mm. My fronts stick out .5 to 1" with 40mm offsets off the widest point of the upper curve of the fender. From what I have read for those who have cometh before me with wheel advise on these forums is you will have to roll and pull your fenders when you drop on those wheels and required width tires. you will prob also need spacers with a 9" wide wheel.

On 18 x 7.5" x 40mm offset in the rears on heavy bumps or super big speed bumps with the two stock from wheels in the trunk (simulating luggage or a person in the back), I rub quick and slightly. just fair warning on your mod-job to get the fatties to work and not look like you are sledding through town on a "gocart"!

Cheers! I hope ya get it to work, otherwise the rims are Tits!

 

thanks man. yea after researching i know i def need a roll and pull. but thats not a big deal. but as for researching i researched alot and found people running wider and lower offsets then me and no spacers and only a roll. and not having any issues otherwise. but also 99blackhatch has his wheels they are 18x8.5 +30 so mine is only a .5 inch wider then his is at 18x9 +30. so shall see how much work i need done i wanna run a wide wheel and its probally going to stick out or poke a little bit im not to worried about it. my last car i ran a 18x9.5 +30 so wide wheels i know pretty good lol. this was my last car i sold it due to needing a bigger car for me my wife and son.

im still not sure im ether running a 18x9 +30 or a 18x8.5 +30 those are the 2 sizes i know for sure im going with just gotta decide and those wheels hopefully i can afford if not i will post up other options come time to actually buy i want those but price wise may be out of my range lol

 

Those rims look great. Cant wait to see them on your car!

 

^^thank hopefully i can afford to purchase those lol. i dont mind the work to make them fit lol but right now untill tax time im picking up some temp wheels for now to just use once i slam it to get idea of where i am lol looking at acura tl wheels or rsx type s wheels.

 

Where are you located, come buy my old TL wheels.

 

HatchBlack: I think he lives in VA. How much are you selling your TL wheels for? And do they come with tires?

 

4 wheels with tires.

$300... I guess

 

^^ damn where are you located at? im in virginia. i would love to pick those up lol. but no money at the moment. trying to trade my xbox + lots of extras. or sell it. willing to ship them maybe?

 

alright so a little update. since 99blackhatch is so far away . sourcing some tl wheels locally. should have some soon lol, yellow tint for my fog lights should be here in a few days, windows will be tinted in a few weeks.

coils are coming at tax time, and wheels are on hold for a bit money flow isnt there right now lol.

 

You're going to be my silver copy cat. Sounds good.
Did you end up doing HIDs in the fogs?

 

Na im just leaving fogs not to worries about hids right now lol. I still have to pull fog out and fix it on drivers side . But my car is black lol so your black copycat lol for now untill I get better wheels lol

 

Whoops. Black.

and i loved my old black one... I miss it a lot. Especially the black leather interior and the amount of flake in the black paint.

my old '96...
*** Fun fact... The whole front end was wrapped in black vinyl. ***

 

Your front rims look HUGE lol

The headlight upgrade in the front, is that a direct fit? I didn't think it was, but I have seen some 96's that look straight from the junkyard around here with the 99-04 headlights, so I was wondering.

 

It's a whole face lift. You'd have to swap out the hood, headlights, grill, front bumper, and fenders.

I was lucky enough to find the front end at a local junk yard for about $40 / piece. Well worth the upgrade. the headlights came from Ebay.japan for about $600+ and the front bumper was about $350 wit the fogs. and then the vinyl wrap was $150 for the front end.

the wheels were 19x8... too big for the car or the spokes were too skinny... they didn't work too well... after a month, i hated the wheels. Lol

 

Nice, i would have never known. I actually like the smaller 96 with the upgrades you did.

Speaking of junkyards, I wish I could find parts for an RL in junkyards around my way. They are really impossible to find around here. Everyone I have found has been completely (and I mean COMPLETELY) stripped.

 

Yeah, junkyard finds are very rare. Headlights are almost gone immediately along with the front bumper, grill, and tail lights.

and did you mean the smaller '96 headlights and grill look?

 

I meant the 96 with the newer headlights and grill, like you have in the picture above. I like that better.

 

Ok, i just wanted to clarify that the chassis are the same size, it's juts that Honda / Acura changed the front and rear ends on them cosmetically of course.

'96...



'04...

 

I thought the 96's were a bit smaller. My car parked next to one shows a dramatic difference. They seem so much lower and smaller next to my RL.

Guess I was wrong lol

 

Yea black interior would be nice lol. I have all tan interior

 

Same here. If I could find the Indigo Blue with black leather or the White Pearl with black interior... I'd be all over it.

 

^^ yea i love the indigo blue color lol. i really wish i did have black interior would be nice lol

 

I have black interior and I hate it lol. Gets too hot!

 

^^ this is true it does get hot so maybe having the tan interior is pretty good lol.

 

Tint the windows and a light tint on the windshield doesn't make that black leather so hot.

That's what i did.

I personally think the black leather looks better and shows less dirt and such over time.

 

^ good point lol. well another update still waiting on yellow vinyl to get here to tint my fogs. and ordered some stuff to make a diy front lip.

 

I have 14% tint all around except on the front and it still gets blazing hot. Plastic has melted in my car due to the heat.

 

so update going tint the fog lights in the next few days. lip will be going on here in like next few weeks. hoping to have coils soon waiting on money to show up haha.

 

If any money shows up ask it where it came from because I could use some too lol

 

^^^ haha i will be sure to let you know what the money says when and if he ever shows haha

well got fog light tint done. didnt turn out to bad has a few bubbles but not hugly noticable lol. and these were done with $2 worth of yellow vinyl lol

 

Not bad, especially since the "other" people sell it for $45 lol

 

haha yea i saw that, i got a friend to order through his shop cost me like $2.25 total and just stuck it on got as much bubbles out as i could but didnt get all of them but unless you are right up on the light you wont notice to much lol the drive side fog still has moisture in it going to drive it out once i get a new bulb.

 

Looks good... and slightly familiar...

hmm...

 

Thanks and yea it does look familiar lol. My wheels are actually going to be different I found a guy selling a set of tsw 5 spoke 18s with 85% tires black with chrome lip locally for $350 should have these this week
for now till I get my better wheels lol

 

What wheels?

Truxtons? Vortex?

Don't tell me you found a set or Rivage wheels.

 

i honestly dont know what tsws they are but these are what im lookign at trying to get the money up almost there lol. but he wanted $450 for them with tires i talked him down to $350 lol so hopefully they dont sell before i get money.

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/pts/4015421246.html

 

Not too bad. And a great price on them as well

 

^^ yea exactly just gotta get the money up this week lol so hopeing he doesnt sell before i get the money. if so i have another guy that has a set of 05 tl wheels with brand new tires he will sell for 350 so should have wheels soon lol