jeffbatt

2006 ABP 6-speed nav @ 10,000 miles

Current Mods:
-Painted OEM Grille
-JDM Black Window Trim
-A-Spec Body Kit
-Mugen Intake w/ Comptech Air Horn
-Mugen Exhaust
-Mugen 5-Way Adjustable Suspension
-Comptech Shock Tower Brace
-Cusco Type-1 Front Lower Tie Bar
-Spoon Lugs
-17x7" OZ Superleggera (Summer)
-17x7" Mugen NR (winter)

Never posted pics on here, hope this works!

EuRTSX

Looks absolutely beautiful



MUGEN NR'S AS WINTERS?! Holy damn you've got money to spend! Let me know if you ever wanna sell em

Reach

I dig the painted grille.

cuteguy1414

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Why are you using the Mugen NR's for winter? They definitely are much better looking than the leggera's. Anyways, you have an awesome looking ride!

FreDroRN

Nice clean ride - looks like it can still be lowered some more.

undefined.tae

nice ride.!
where did u purchase the mugen intake?

minkl81

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you have any sound clips to the mugen exhaust??
how do u like the mugen suspension? i was thinking to switch out tanabe coils with mugen sport suspension.

minkl81

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another baller
look at those mod lists.. high-end products

turoneatingpinoy

Hmm . . . painted ABP grill . . . interesting . . . should keep that in mind as a option down the line . . .

jeffbatt

Hah, somebody had to do it! They're just wheels. The probably are nicer looking than the Superleggeras, but the Superleggeras are about 4-5 pounds lighter per wheel

jeffbatt

Might look a little better. The Mugen suspension is fixed height, though, I and really like not having to worry about scraping on everything. Daily Driver

jeffbatt

No sound clips on the exhaust, but it isn't that loud. It can sound loud at full throttle, but it is much quieter than, say, a comptech exhaust if you've ever heard that. It is pretty quiet when cruising. It is a lot lighter than the stock exhaust, though, supposedly 30 pounds. I could really feel the difference when installing it.

The mugen suspension is great. I got the 5-way adjustable, and it goes from being just slightly stiffer than stock at full soft, to much stiffer by the middle settings. I haven't even tried the stiffest 2 settings yet, they're probably pretty hard.

I got the adjustable mugen for two reasons...it drops the front of the car about 5mm more than the non-adjustable, and I like having adjustable shocks. I think the regular mugen sport suspension is almost identical to the A-Spec, but costs more. If you can afford the adjustable, I'd get that. Otherwise, I'd get the A-Spec over the non-adjustable mugen.

jeffbatt

Thanks! I got all the mugen stuff from King

jeffbatt

Just make sure to sand all the chrome off before you take the parts to a body shop or they won't touch them. You have to go all the way down to bare plastic, it took me about 2 - 2.5 hours to sand everything off.

turoneatingpinoy

oh . . . well there's still the other ideas of either figuring out how to get a A on a Euro-R grill or just getting a Mugen one . . .

rex.

hmm.. didn't you have a Mugen grill on before, Jeff?

kuri

That is one clean car. The painted grill looks great on Abp too!

ABPTSX

looks real good
was thinking about doing that to my grille too. think it looks pretty clean

drigo

nice & clean ride...the black window trim looks good

Benz_05_TSX

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Damn, I can tell this car is all perfromance orienated!! Nice man!!

But you always want some blings!

jeffbatt

Yes, I still have it...I wanted to see how the stock grille looked painted. I like having the "A" on the front, and I always thought the "A" I had on my mugen grille was a bit small.

I also wasn't thrilled with the fitment of the bottom of my mugen grille, I could kind of see the double-sided tape from certain angles...probably not obvious at all on your white car. I'll probably end up putting it back on someday, though, it was pretty cool

jeffbatt

Honestly, the sanding wasn't bad at all. Just takes a little time.

minkl81

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JDM window trims are nice but they are so damn expensive

jeffbatt

Yeah, I don't know whether they were worth it or not. They did make a really big difference in how the car looks, at least in person. I'd probably do it again if I had to, but I wish they cost a couple hundred less than they did.

turoneatingpinoy

Oh no I was just saying those ideas are running in my head also . . . I really have no idea what I'm actually gonna do with the grill . . . although I have no idea why there's like what appears to be white scuff marks on the left side of the black area around the fogs O_o . . .

ItsHersTL

How much exactly was the window trim? I am looking to rid the car of all its *chrome*..

inkedup

Nicely done, I really like the paintmatched grill and JDM window trim


Mr. Heeltoe sells them for $475 shipped
https://acurazine.com/forums/sponsored-sales-group-buys-10/jdm-tsx-euro-r-black-window-trim-chrome-delete-344107/

endlesswinterco

not to bring up a dead thread, but jeffbatt is the only one ive seen with an 06+ ABP A-Spec kit. i was hoping to come across pics. does anyone have his pics/or can show me a pic of an 06 ABP A-spec kit? thanks.

ABP_04TL

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cant c any pics

jeffbatt

The car has changed a bit since then. Hopefully for the better but maybe not. I know it could be lower, but I have to drive to work in it year-round and it snows where I live. Anyway, I'm not really sure exactly how I ended up with the mods I have, but I'm happy with it.

Current Mods:
-JDM Black Window Trim
-2005 A-Spec side skirts
-2006 Euro-R rear lip
-2006 Mugen front lip
-Mugen Intake w/ Comptech Air Horn
-Mugen Exhaust
-Mugen oil cap, radiator cap, and reservoir sock
-Mugen 5-Way Adjustable Suspension
-18x7.5 Mugen NR (silver) and black mugen lugs
-Mugen shift knob
-Comptech Titanium Shock Tower Brace
-J's Racing fender braces
-Team Kunimitsu trunk brace
-Team Kunimitsu front subframe brace (modified)
-DBA 4000 slotted rotors
-350Z cargo net
-berber floormats
-2004/5 Mugen air spoiler (future)

jeffbatt

jeffbatt

I'm more or less going for the TSX version of this:

(Alpina B3):
http://germancarscene.com/2007/04/29...bo-wallpapers/

dBski11

how much change did u feel after the trunk brace install??

BERTSX

+1.

also how bout the front subframe brace

jeffbatt

The stiffness added by each piece is pretty small, but it adds up. I can feel the difference in my car now.

In order of most to least effective of what I've got
1. J's Racing Fender Braces
2. Team Kunimitsu (Carbing) trunk brace
3. Team Kunimitsu (Carbing) 4-pt front subframe brace
4. Comptech front shock tower brace (no different than stock, but it is a beautiful part)

ABP_04TL

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very nice