chromed the shift plate DIY and cleaned it up.









155k miles, runs awesome, favorite car ive owned so far.

 

welcome!

 

nice! anyother immediate mods in mind?

 

You didn't buy it from a girl, did you?

~Cheers~

 

Welcome! Looks clean

 

nothing to much, i wanna get some wheels off of a newer acura and maybe tint the windows if i can prevent it from scratching. and i dont know if it was owned by a girl i got it from a dealership.

 

Oh, ok. There was a girl selling one like yours in WA so I thought you had bought it from her.

Welcome!

~Cheers~

 

ya when i found it on the lot the steering wheel was waaaaay off center and felt kinda clunky. i told them i wanted it. (i was trading in a 99 landrover discovery 2) but they had to fix the wheel. they said "oh its just the alignment but we will fix it." ya, turned out to be the whole rack in pinion set up so it took them a few days to get the part in and have the shop put it in, they also put new pads on the front and back.

but now thats its all said and done it drives great I honestly dont have a single complaint besides the fact that i like the look of the stock stereo but it only plays 3 cds out of my entire collection...

 

Scouring the country for another TL?

 

Believe me, I've been doing that for the past year+. Three very promising deals fell through literally right before I was going to hand over the money. First, a low mileage white one with not a scratch on the entire car was sold by someone related to the seller without her being notified of it (and for less money, too). Then a black one was hit the day before I was to finalise the deal, and a granite one where the guy was leaving town that day and needed the money immediately. It was a Sunday, though, so the banks were closed. At least I got a nice little road trip out of that one.

The rest have either been hit before and shoddily repaired or had high mileage with low maintenance (2 in Arizona), listed at a ridiculous price (Miami), no title or records (LA), sellers who weren't serious (San Diego, Stockton, Phoenix) or the worst: scratched up, dented, filthy and too expensive (one in SF, one in Modesto). The ones in WA just couldn't answer questions or be bothered to send more photos of the cars.

I'm just about to give up.

~Cheers~

 

^ No lie, these cars are hard to find because I've also been browsing my local craigslist every week to see I there are any out there. As days progress I've noticed that eBay has fewer listing of these cars. Don't give up after going through all that. I wish you best of luck and hope you find one soon!

 

OP Ive got my stock rims off an 02 tl type s if your interested pm. Nice car though

 

I've been looking as well. It's always the same story - high mileage and/or shitty condition. I'd looooove to find one with very low miles that was owned by some old grandma/grandpa who bought it new. Yesterday I saw an EL(Canada only Acura) that was absolutely pristine, and was driven by an elderly woman. I saw a 7 year old M45 a few years back that was for sale by the son of a man in his 90ies. The car had 17k kms on it!

It's just too bad that these cars are so rare, and the ones that are on sale have 150k abusive miles on them.

 

ya i got lucky i was looking for this exact model and year, i showed up to make my car payment the day they had gotten this in it hadnt even gotten a price sticker or been washed yet. so i jumped on the trade in. only has 152k on it which is pretty low for one of these. and ya ill pm you about those wheels.

 

so i dont know how to pm... but im interested in the wheels.

 

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