CF hood
im in need of a hood badly to get one step closer to finishing my cl.
oem one costs around $400 and about $150 to paint.
since im gonna go with cf later on i dont want to spend more money then i need too. so im gonna go with a cf one now.
what do u thing about this one? im kinda on a budget.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-02...3A1|240%3A1318

ive heard good news about his site and good reviews about VIS products
http://www.carbonfiberhoods.net/acur...od-p-1366.html

short shifter

googled, searched and ebayed, all discontinued. can we use the 98-02 accord short shifter kits? or anyone know where i can get one?

 

Test it out and get back to us lol... no but seriously if you do get that hood let us know if you have any fitment issues or any issues at all with it. I'm looking into getting a hood and trunk sometime in the future. A couple of members here are running the VIS hood.

 

that looks pretty cheap. i guess one of the members can volunteer and visit the shop to test fit that hood. i'll definitely be interested if its fits nicely.

 

that would be great if he can do that, more business for him

 

short shifter

googled, searched and ebayed, all discontinued. can we use the 98-02 accord short shifter kits? or anyone know where i can get one?[/QUOTE]

The Neuspeed kit is discontinued. One came up in the BM recently. However try PSPEC for a full short shifter kit. A few members are using them.
http://www.pspectuning.com/shifterKits.php Along with the corsport bushings this is supposed to be a nice setup. I've been looking into it.

 

but whats with the tbd price?

 

Yeah wonder how long that will be..................
03 Acura CL Kit

Part # 03-CL:

In Development

Price: TBD

 

Im still waiting on MattG to hopefully sell and ship me his VIS hood! LOL

 

i emaild the company about the short shifter. still waiting for a response

 

I thought you had a TLS...?

Now you have a CL?

Or are you just calling your TL a CL now...?

I have the VIS hood...only one I would run.

Hood fitment is the issue.

Without a really great fit and hood closure...I wouldn't run the CF hood without hood pins.

You get what you pay for IMO.

He told me he already had a buyer...

I could have picked it up from him this weekend...

I'm over it now.

 

cant find the email that they sent me, but it said that the 98-02 accord ss should fit bc its the same cage and what not, if u want to order on from them, buy the one for the accord and write in the msg box that u want it for the 03 cl-s 6spd.

 

story goes, i have an 02tl-s, an 03tl-p, and now an 03 cl-s6.

the trans blew in my tl-s and i wanted to do a manual swap, but instead of buying parts, i was going to buy a parts car, that way i have everything i need and sell what i dont need.

the damage was almost nothing and i wasnt gonna chop up and junk a car like this. so i decided to fix it and make the cl into my track car. and throw another auto in the tl-s and have it for my DD


Questions, the accord SS looks like u can adjust the height of the shifter, not really throw. or am i wrong?

 

Oh wow... Ballllllllllllllllllllllin'!

I think some other people made their own or Lippstuh was selling his recently from his 6MT.

Contact him and see if he still has it available.

 

cool. any diy on making it yourself. i was told that u drill a hole on top or on bottom of something. wasnt explained to me clearly

 

I'll see if I can find it for you...

Might of been in his thread...or somewhere else.

The one he used was the PSPEC True Short Shifter

 

i found the thread. $175 plus my stock shifter is a bit high. i can get a new on for $200

 

Yeah...that's the one.

Rondog has it too!

 

PSpec sts in mine. It doesn't sit in the same position as the stock shifter, it is situated more to the passenger side. I had to trim a shit load from the trim surround, but I love the damn thing. Don't forget to pull out that stupid clutch dampener. Taking it out gives you a much better feel of the clutch.



And yes, I am a pic whore.

 

Oh yeah...I was trying to remember who else had it.

 

wheres teh clutch dampener?

 

If you follow your clutch lines from your master cylinder to the slave cylinder you'll run into it. I'll see if I can dig up a picture.

 

this is my first manual car that i own, ive driven manuals before and done light work on them but nothing major.

 

It's not difficult at all to do... The master cylinder is closet to the firewall of the car on the driver's side if you follow that line you run into the Clutch dampener you can't miss it. It's the only that interfer's the clutch line to the slave cylinder. Slave cylinder is located in the front of the car. I don't have pics to post cause I'm at work but when I get a chance when I get home I'll see if I can snap a couple pics for you.

 

here's a link bro...


https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ht=CDD+removal

 

thx for the link, gonna read the whole thing tomorrow and order the line

 

no problem.

 

so no more turbo tl?

 

no more turbobtl

 

 

the cl has more potential and more parts avaiable.

 

 

well that sucks lol the cl only has the cf stuff over us, i dont see any much difference after market or potential wise, but i can understand it'll be easier to just slap on the turbo onto the cl instead of doin the swap on the TL anywho keep us updated!

 

Is there any weight difference between the two models...?

 

^nope both around 3500lbs, the six speed is lighter but he was gonna put that in the TL so it would of been the same

 

but then again 2dr vs 4dr.
tl-s-Curb weight 3,551 lbs
cl-s-Curb weight 3,510 lbs
cls-s6- curb weight 3,446 lbs

 

once u put the 6 speed in the tl it would of weighed the same, the auto tranny is what weighs a hundred lbs more

 

yea, but this is less work, haha

 

 

yea i know im just sad that the TL isnt getting the FI love lol

 

it will be my daily driver