vipstar

it sux the forums are dead. Spring time is here, summer is coming up, and its time to bust out the camera and snap pix.

Go90go

Yeah, they are dead... Post something people!!

~Cheers~

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

OP - you can't just start the thread and b!tch people aren't posting pics if you don't even get the ball going...

start the trend...

1997TL5CYL

true there empty u guys have 1st gens ??

HerTL

Yeah its been hella dead lately...I havnt posted pix coz I figured you guys have seen enough of my tl... I detailed her today...mean green style had a guy pull up with a honda fit with an exhaust...sigh other than that it was bone stock. He just stared...lol oh and I took out my yellow condoms today...getting ready to install my 10k hid fogs c'mon...start something its boring. Hey I can ask random newbie questions, technically I'm still a newbie. Maybe someone can do a new D.I.Y?

tmnhs81

My truck..

Go90go

Well, here's what I posted to end the thread in Ramblings, which then got moved to R&P:

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Read the intro and I was hooked:

Saw the sun set:


Ate at a great izakaya but I didn't take photos.

~Cheers~

vipstar

Well like HerTL said i have posted up some new pix of my ride but no one commented so I assumed they had enough. Does anyone know McGyver maybe we can get him to post a really cool DIY

HerTL

I love to see any pictures of any tl's honestly. They never get old too me. I painted my cover black today...boredness I guess. Break calipers are next(black).

Go90go

I can see that your ballasts were made in China. The base of the bulb leads gives it away.

Good job on the paint. For the wipers, I'd sand them down and use barbecue grill paint to respray them. It lasts awhile longer than normal paint.

I thought you had an intake?

~Cheers~

HerTL

They were free...I can't complain. Lol Yes the wipers are next on the agenda. Yes, that's my redneck intake. I had to do it that way...my hubs broke the radiator helping install it. $140 later I almost choked him to death bc he tightened ONE bolt too tight on the RADIATOR(bc he thought it looked lose) and all of a sudden had radiator fluid dripping and squirting everywhere. That's why he doesn't touch my baby anymore. Lol I need the metal basically. Im sure fleabay has plenty of them. It would look alot better. It sounds deeper though. Im worried about putting an aftermarket exhaust on it though. I don't want to lose power and I don't want it to sound like a fart can.

Go90go

Get rid of the Kragen Sceptre intake, and don't use eBay crap and it won't sound like a fart cannon. A good balance for cost/effectiveness would be a Weapon R Dragon intake pipe, and a K&N cone filter. The Dragon intake can be thrown in the garbage along with the Sceptre.

Exhaust stuff, if the muffler is under $100 retail, it'll probably sound like ass and fall apart a few months later, .

~Cheers~

1997TL5CYL

cant wait to post pics but still in the 15 day trial but my tl pics will eventually make its way any cheap diy i can do to a 1997 2.5 tl thanks

1997TL5CYL

anyone up 4 a acura tl facebook page a little easier to join and post just some options

Go90go

Screw FB.

A cheap/free DIY would be removing the intake resonator. Check the DIY section.

You can post pictures, just upload them to a hosting site like Photobucket and copy the IMG code. This is all explained in the stickies.

~Cheers~

HerTL

^ I hate FB

Welcome to the forum 1997TL5CL. Can't wait to see pictures. Definitely check out the sticky diy. Its helped me a lot. Don't be afraid to ask any questions. Some of us wont bite...lol

1997TL5CYL

@ hertl lol yeah and thanks im gonna try some new diy's and by any chance would you guys know the way to solve why my air doesnt run ?? its freezing cold but only runs sometimes thnks

1997TL5CYL

@vipstar there not spring one lol but there pics Comments welcomed thnks

main70072

Picked these up for free last Saturday...

HerTL

I love free stuff!!!

main70072

Just have to drive about 1.5 hrs to pick it up. On the otherhand, I did bought some small parts and what was left of the woodgrain off of his parts car because I didn't want to just leave without buying anything.

HerTL

Sweet! Right I totally understand. Thank goodness there's a tl in a junkyard about 10miles away. It does look a bit rough but it has a few goodies left just in case. I hate to see a parted junkyard tl. Its like looking at a skeleton. Yea, I know. My familiy says I care WAY too much about my car. I told them its a hobby just like their hobby....sitting around clucking, and creating drama. Lol

main70072

^ LOL at your last line. Yeah, there are a few 1G TLs left at my local salvage/junkyards, but they all either have major front damage or front bumpers missing. Saw this guy that parted his car out and drove there to pick up the 3.2 bumper. He said that he was going to pull it to the junkyard sometime today.

Go90go

Is the shell clean?

~Cheers~

main70072

Yes, but the car does not have a title. The guy claims that it has a bad fuel pump and that everything else works. At least that's what the previous owner told him. He just bought it as a parts car for the hood to replace his dented hood.

vipstar

the threads are slowing down again, I'll have to get off my ass this weekend and work on something to post up. I do need new floormats, wonder if i can find some oem ones or if i'll have to buy Walmart brand. I could probably clean my car out too. Its time for an oil change could do that too. Maybe run thicker power wire for a bigger better amp. hmmm the possibilities.