well it's that time of year again.. getting ready for the winter... so took off the wheels... just a few pics... i felt bad that my baby was losing her nice shoes so i gave her a wash...

how about a before pic...




bleh 15"... my brakes don't look that bad in person...


i also put bad on my JDM door sills... for a really long time, i thought that they were in the trash... but when i cleaned out my garage, i found them and put them back on.. useful last week when it rained like mad...




close up...




until march/april when the 17s go back on...

 

ahhh remids me i need new winter tires,errr i'll take off my 17's in november,i want those rain gaurds!

 

did you get in an accident with the front passenger side of your car? the color looks off

 

u have a good eye... that is actually haze... a few years ago some kids threw wood finish on my car.. here is the thread..

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ht=threw+paint

but since then, it has always seemed a little darker on the other side.. until i get a PC and put it to work on that side to deep polish and wax that side, i always see the haze...

 

they were only 30$ on ebay.. but shipping from japan costed me 77$

 

Looks nice, I had never seen those JDM doorsills before. Is your driver seat not leather?

 

Dang good eye too, lol. But that is a nice ride, I read your other thread about how the cop said your car is too nice to be parked on the street. Hells yeah baby, hell yeah.

 

must be the heat from the sun..thats a slip on cover

 

MAN THIS GUY IS OBSERVANT!!!! yeah i usually keep a cover on the front seats because when i was in TX, the sun would bake my @$$ when i would get into the car... even with tinted windows and a front sun shade it was pretty bad... i had one for the passenger but it got damaged in the washing machine when i cleaned the car... so ill have to get a new one...

 

I was about to say maybe u dont usually have anyone in the passenger seat...LOL, just kidding man, but man i like the color of your TL, I saw one yesterday that same color and loved it, i might add one of those sunroof visors to mine since most TL's that have it seem to look good with it on

 

i see you still have the state inspection sticker from tx lol

 

yeah im trying to ride out my TX insurance as long as possible since it is so much cheaper than NJ rate... i still have TX plates, registration and TX license... im still texan at heart...

 

Thats how my tl is. Same color. Front panel was in accident. Only fender was changed and paint doesn't match.

I dont really care tho, as long as the internals are working perfectly.

 

the body shop where i usually take all my cars told me that the color of our cars are very hard to match especially since it is metallic, but also because it seems two-tone... i have had people tell me my car looks silver during the day when i see it as a light metallic blue... and under certain street lights the car sometimes looks purplish pearl....

i just love the color and hope my next car will also be this color... but so far the only acura i seen consistent with this color is the TSX and i would really like another TL in the future..

 

My driver's side door seems off in color in comparison with the rest of the car as well. It has a weird haze to it also. I polished and waxed two weeks ago (6 hours) until my arms about fell off, so I guess that I have to take the plunge and get a PC and work at it some more. I would probably rather take it to a professional shop and let them work their magic. (I also have tons of little nicks that need to be "touched up", so I am looking for a shop that will do that as well) After they do that, maybe I can maintain it.

I also can concur about the difficulty of matching the paint. I went to a body shop and the guy gave me some free touch up paint, but it is a basic black paint and does not EVEN match the car. I only used it on a couple of inconspicuous spots to test it. Honda/Acura sure does know how to make money, don't they? You have to go to the dealership for a whole lot of stuff.

 

I'm about to repaint some parts of my car due to rock damage and yuppie damage , and I'm getting factory-matched paint to do it. Let's hope my Graphite Silver Pearl comes out ok.

~Cheers~

 

Indeed, beautiful color in the night time.

 

and truthfully honda/acura paint isn't the best out their either... it is very thin compared to other car manufacturers...

 

One base coat FTW!! (When it comes to weight/cost savings). For resistance to chipping, Honda FTL...

~Cheers~

 

but how much weight does that really save??? i think i would sacrafice the weight aspect rather than getting owned by a rock.. u should see my front bumper..