hey guys. about to buy a 01 CL-S, black on black, auto, 160k miles though,

runs good and need a little bit of work here and there.
getting a pretty good deal on it and didnt wanna miss out.


I'm taking the delivery (paying) on the 31st, but will be working on the car in the mean while.

I'll take some pictures tomorrow and post them.

As of right now,
it has a lot of dents on it,
scratches
yellowed headlights
needs a power steering pump,
and not sure what else.

here are a few pictures of my current accord.

 

how much of a deal are you getting on it?

you are aware of the tranny issues of the auto CL's, right? just a heads up

 

getting it for 5,

i'm pretty aware of the tranny issues.


by the way, i've been reading all the informative threads on here all night.

is the transmission oil cooler the permenant fix for the trannyh? can some one confirm this please.

also the tranny on this car looks like it's been replaced
what's the first thing i should do to make sure it doesn't take a dump on me. i'll definately change out the ATF right after i pay for the car.

I do get ON it every time, and already feel a little loss of power (today) from the first time i drove it which was a week ago.

 

got to work on it today and took some pictures.

here are some initial pictures, more detail/info below















The BIG DENT:



Starting to PDR the dent:



I got most of the top part out, the bottom will have to pulled out and repainted.

after i got done:





The second big dent:



after i got done w/ that one:




f'd up dash board: how do i fix this?


I took out pretty much all the dents on the passenger side, just have a few more left on the driver side.

This is also the longest i've ever worked on one car, and still haven't finished it, a hail car ofcourse takes a lot longer.

also got the Sunroof wind deflector off, couldnt' stand the looks of it.

by this Saturday:

• Right quarter, rear bumper, and the trunk will be repainted
• Headlights fixed
• Touch up all the chips
• buff the whole car, may be use a clay bar, and if have to will wet sand it.
  

by next week:

• fix the powersteering pump
• the driver's powered seat doesn't recline any more ( any common problems here?) other wise i'll have to trouble shoot it and find out myself.
• Tint the taillights (may wait to get the 03s)
• fix the fog lights
• diagnose/reset airbag light
• replace tranny fluid
  

by the end of next month:

• do a major tune up on it

other plans

• Drop it (can't have fun driving a car thats not droped)
• Rims
• headers and exhaust
• may be supercharge it.
  

 

anyone?

 

don't believe it is a permanant fix, but it will increase the life on it.

 

oh, btw. welcome

 

Thanks for reply bro.

any recommendations on where i should get it from?
and how much it should run me?

 

Nice work.........

 

Welcome to AZ...love to see peeps that dont mind putting in work on their rides!!!

the dealership should be able to run the vin and find out what kinda work has been done to the tranny....BTW... take it from a 3rd tranny CLS guy... there are no fixes.. just miles between trannies...

... also... there was a recall on the airbag light that the dealership should be able to correct for no charge... it has to do with the actual seat belt lock mechanism.. which has NO mileage limitations according to federal law....

 

...and for 160K... that CLS looks good inside!

 

thanks,

i'll end up taking it to sterling mccall pretty soon. what ever i can get done for free!

also my rear view mirror is messed up.
i read somewhere here on this forum that it was on a recall too. right?

 

I bet it is...go to the FYI section specific to the CL, there should be a recall link...

 

I must be the only lucky CL-S guy... 114 k original tranny..... oil cooler installed around 50k.......

grats the ride bro, dont worry about the tranny, if its gonna break its gonna break, until then enjoy it, i hit vtec all the time in mine i drive it pretty hard, and have never had a problem (front motor mount is broke) but thats it

 

btw, in your fifth picture down of your accord.. is that cedric the entertainer in the altima? :P

 

Hey welcome. Nicely done accord, I see good things in the future of the CLS (Please debadge the longhorn).

For that dash issue with it peeling away, the armrests do a similar trick around the window switches and there is a DIY on that using Gorilla Glue and clamps - try searching for that and go from there.

Since your going to repaint the trunk, you might want to consider filling in the holes left by the "A" and going badgless. It makes the CL's already sexy ass look even sexier, IMO.

 

nice catch, must be his brother!

 

thanks for the compliments every one.

i'll be starting a new thread pretty soon of all the work i do to this car.

 

got some work done over the weekend.
Saturday:

- Cleaned up the booty. only left the acura symbol on there.
still has some outlines from the other emblems.
- Fixed the driver side seat reclining problem. Turned out the whole rotating mechanism was rust jammed, but the motor was fine.
- Pulled the big dent out some more. F*kn painter never showed up so i couldnt' get that done over the weekend.
- Also reseted the airbag light, but SOB came back on as soon as i buckled in teh pass. seat belt. My miles are over 160 so i'm out of warranty. gonna have to fix it on my own.


Sunday:
Spent pretty much the whole day on the Accord cleaning it up and putting it up for sale.
pictures came out really good.

Monday (today)
- Cleaned out the headlights
- Did a little bit of cleaning of interior.

some pics:










Accord still looking clean!

 

Nice work man, welcome. Thanks for showing the end result of that PlastX. I'll get some soon and try it my self.

Good luck on the rest!

 

Hell yea nice CL for 5K! Good luck and welome to AZ!!

 

Thanks.

oh yeah, it wasn't just plastX.

I did some wet sanding too.

First step was to buff it w/ plastX

Then wet sand the deep scratches/haze w/ 1000grit

Then the whole headlights w/ 2500grit

And finish it off w/ another hand of plastX.


I'm pretty satisfied w/ the work i did, but not w/ the finished product. They do have a lot of scratches that there is no way to fix em. the only fix would be to replace the headlights.

 

over due update.
a lot of work done in the mean while

a quick picture of what it looks like right now


will update more tomorrow w/ better pictures.

 

If you still have that SRS light on and it comes on when you plug the passenger seat belt in, thats what i used to have. If you take it to a acura dealer, they will replace it for free cause the belt buckle is part of acura's lifetime seatbelt warranty.

and the ride is coming along very nicely.

 

no the tranny cooler is NOT a fix

 

the SRS light has been taken care of! The dealer did replace the necessary part.

and I decided not to invest in the transmission cooler either.

 

lookin good, been a while since an update

 

thanks for tips how to fix the headlights imma do it soon it looks much better

 

new thread of all the work/photos
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-photograph-gallery-53/nspecs-01-cl-s-thread-693864/