Hey guys, I have been on the forum for some time now but i finally got my CL Sunday. Sorry for tiny pics...their from a blackberry. Its a 2002 with 102K miles. Black interior and of course type s. Everything is stock on it but it wont be for long. I'm planning on removing the intake resonator in the next few days. And i know...it needs tint and SLAMMED. What do you think? I will get more pics soon.

 

Congrats on the pick-up!

Looking forward to seeing the progress on your CL.

 

Nice pick up!

Moar LARGER pics!

 

thanks guys. Also my fog lights are not working. There are bulbs and there is no button in the car to turn them on or off. Do you think this could be judt the bulbs or bad wiring? thanks alot.

 

Probably the puny a$$ bulbs.

There's no switch...

They're like weak sauce running lamps that are weaker than a night light!

 

alright. ill try to pick up a pair and test them out.

 

Personally, I put some Polarg M6 bulbs as replacements to my road lamps when they died.

After almost 2 years one of them just died a couple of days ago.

I had to file the hole a little larger to install them but it had been a good replacement in the interim.

Now that one of them died I'm probably gonna yank the road lamps out or have them converted to some HID setup.

Whenever I figure out what ballasts or HID kit I need to do that. More research...

 

yeah i feel you. i kinda want to do HIDs and possibly smoke the lens or do the yellow JDM lense. Dont know if its in the budget though

 

x2 on the bulbs. Just need some led's or something brighter in general.

 

The WDP TL is ANC297

 

Get an HID kit from DDMtuning. com
The Apex Raptor kit is only 25 dollars and works great...Then just tap a switch into the empty slot by your roof controls and take power from somewhere, and run it to the switch.

 

Thanks for the info. I'll look into that option.

Not to thread jack but what about those HID vendors in the Sponsored section?

 

Don't mean to thread jack. Sent you a PM ANC297.

 

Glad you finally picked one up!

And dont let Noah hijack your thread anymore

 

 

Did the intake resonator delete today. it makes the car sound a bit better. just waiting to get some money before i do real mods

 

Congrats on the car

 

thanks man. car has warped front rotors. thats todays project lol

 

Nice Car man . I would get the 03 Foglight Covers and Some 3G TL Rims on it. Will Make the Car look Way Diff and Mayb The 03 smoked Headlights

 

im going open the headlights and black them out/remove the orange reflector eventually. im planning to swap in 03 taillights as well. i think im doing HID fogs soon because mine are out. then i will probably do something different with the fog lenses

 

I was looking through the Carfax today and it shows that the timing belt was replaced at 13k miles. Why would they do this? Could it have just been a defective belt?

 

Already got big plans...it never end man, haha! Good luck!

 

Probably a defective belt. Timing belts are supposed to be changed out at 105,000 miles

 

How would they know it was a defective belt? Unless it broke in wich case the motor needed a lot more work then just a belt. 13k miles is even to early for a serpentine belt.. Was thinking maybe they confused the two. I don't know, Just thinking out loud.

 

for sure. my brother has had his 02 TL-S for over a year now so I already know these cars in and out. I'm just waiting to get a job before the major mods can happen

 

Good stuff man! And you've got a shit ton of resources right here. Don't be afraid to ask. Practice searching around, and if you can't find it, just ask the people who are on here all the time.

 

I will for sure. I know how great this forum is.

Here are bigger pics as promised. Freshly detailed inside and out but i park under a tree at school and i get tree sap and bird crap all over my car every day. Im seriously considering cutting it down lmao.

 

Very clean! What product did you use to shine up the engine bay?

 

Haha. I'm peepin in the second pic!

 

thanks man! and i bought it like that. I don't know exactly what the guy used before i bought it but any decent degreaser should do the trick. and to ANC297 we need to get some better shots of our cars!

 

I was going to ask whos TL that was.

Polish your headlights ASAP. They change the look of the front end entirely.

 

Yeah im planning on doing the headlight restoration soon. It is pretty bad as you can tell. Do you think the headlight restoration with one of those applicators you use with a drill will do it or it will need to be wet sanded?

 

I prefer wetsand and buff. Sometimes you can get away with the drill thing. Just dont forget to seal them afterwards otherwise they will oxidize again.

 

what type of polish do you use to do yours after you wet sand them?

 

Meguiars Plast-X to remove the sanding marks.

 

alright thanks for the info. I guess i will go for this method instead of wasting my time with the other

 

Dont park under that tree anymore. Tree sap and bird droppings are hell on paint. Theres a drop of sap I forgot to clean and im really gonna have to put some work into it. Also a bird pooped on my car on a hot day and after only 8 hours, it was already etched in to the paint.

 

I know man it sucks. Problem is its assigned parking and they wont let me switch. And its 55 bucks to buy a different spot.

 

I wonder if you can complain to whoever maintains the grounds. Maybe they can cut the tree back for you or something. Or I'd start thinking about a car cover.

 

uh oh.... Andy vs Mike... this is going to be a good one