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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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so yeah. pretty new to the site..

im new to this website and i would hope to meet alot of great acura cl owners
ive been looking around for a while now and i saw alot of acura cl's, very sexy at the most!
im 16 and i got a 2003 acura cl-s as my first car! only two pictures, ill make time to take more!



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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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Nice car! Best year for the CL! Your on to a great start! Are you a 6-Speed?
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 08:24 PM
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haha you crossed out your plate in the first pic but left it alone in the scond. just fyi.
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 08:56 PM
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Yay for another firstcar member.
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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haha you crossed out your plate in the first pic but left it alone in the scond. just fyi.
well ahaha i had a picture for somthing and i crossed it out and only used that one picture but for this website is okay i guess
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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Nice car! Best year for the CL! Your on to a great start! Are you a 6-Speed?

nooope its just the normal 5 speed auto.
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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original tranny , jetkit?
How many miles on your new ride?

Dam I wish i got the CL as my first car I bought it new when I was 20 after 3 years learning on a 88 cadillac sevile..
Be careful CL has alot of balls and nor so great stock handling as a first car , and take it easy on that tranny!

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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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original tranny , jetkit?
How many miles on your new ride?

Dam I wish i got the CL as my first car I bought it new when I was 20 after 3 years learning on a 88 cadillac sevile..
Be careful CL has alot of balls and nor so great stock handling as a first car , and take it easy on that tranny!
i can see you have gone through alot of trannys yourself ahha

i got about 150k miles on it, and believe this is my second tranny (new one put in before i bought the car)
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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welcome to the forums my man the cl is my first car too
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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anyone happen to know what sites to buy lipkits? i want a front bumper lip kit but cant seem to find any...
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 10:08 PM
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anyone happen to know what sites to buy lipkits? i want a front bumper lip kit but cant seem to find any...
Yes, Click on the box at the top right of the page on Ronjonwheels.com
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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or u can buy the 2nd gen tl lip kit and have it molded. its cheaper than the rj kit and looks better imo
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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or u can buy the 2nd gen tl lip kit and have it molded. its cheaper than the rj kit and looks better imo
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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i want a front bumper lip kit but cant seem to find any...
Welcome, theres not as many aftermarket parts for our cars as you would expect, I'm sure you've noticed, but theres enough to keep it fun if you can afford it.
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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or u can buy the 2nd gen tl lip kit and have it molded. its cheaper than the rj kit and looks better imo


is molding hard? and how much molding would i have to do?..
i know its cheaper too..
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 11:10 PM
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 11:36 PM
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welcome.

where in texas r u?
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 01:33 AM
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welcome.

where in texas r u?
Don't listen to this guy ^. There actually isn't really candy in his Dodge Viper....
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 04:06 AM
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nice ride for 16 years old. GL with the tranny
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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Not bad for a first car! Mine was a 91 Chevy Baretta. :-(
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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Yeah man your so lucky you got this as your first car. I had to get MY CL for my 2nd car! My first car was a Honda Accord 5-Speed.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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Yeah man your so lucky you got this as your first car. I had to get MY CL for my 2nd car! My first car was a Honda Accord 5-Speed.
Wow and your speaking like the honda accord was a punishment!!
I would love to have had a honda accord as my first car..

My first car in 1998:

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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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Welcome, and my first car was an 87 Lebaron Sedan with a bum cam seal so I'm officially a hater. J/K, good luck with the car and make friends with the search function on this site.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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welcome, nice first car btw. You forgot to block out the plate in the second pic (actually makes no difference, parking your car in public is pretty much the same thing).

And the lip kit is on sale, as it shows on our site.
http://www.ronjonsportdesign.com/clkit.html

Molding the Tl kit is not cheap unless you can do it yourself. Otherwise a capable shop is going to rape you.

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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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Welcome! Have fun modding this car. I had mine for almost three years before I started putting any work into it. Once you start, it never stops!

I'm partial between the TL and the RJ lip kit. I like both, all comes down to personal taste and what you wanna pay. If I could choose one i'd def like to get the RJ lip kit. lower it down a little more and just looks HAWT!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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Welcome! Have fun modding this car. I had mine for almost three years before I started putting any work into it. Once you start, it never stops!

I'm partial between the TL and the RJ lip kit. I like both, all comes down to personal taste and what you wanna pay. If I could choose one i'd def like to get the RJ lip kit. lower it down a little more and just looks HAWT!
im about to install 2800 watts of raw power into my trunk,
PAIR of alpine type R's 1242D
2 farad cap from stinger
0 gauge wires,
ma audio amp.
alpine HU
yummy.

will take pictures when all of it is done!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 07:05 PM
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my first car was a FORD PROBE with a the manifold and block JDM and the HEADs were USDM... so it had problem after problem after problem

I called it the PROBELM

3 alternators, 3 sets of brakes, and 2 replacement MOTORS!!!!!!! which is a total of 3 in 5 years... OHH and a tranny

not to mention overheating issues and the WHOLE 9 yards...

I LOVE MY CL... LOVE IT.

It's like a frigging lambo compared to my last nightmare!!!

mind u the probe could do 2.0 easily in the 60ft so the g's in 1st were insane.

But there's no comparison, the CL is better in every way accept for WEIGHT :-(

but oh well. I like being able to log around a bunch a crap
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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with exception to the glass tranny on the auto, it's the best car for the money. IMO, the best interior of any car now or before from the seating position to the dashboard height to the comfortable seats and materials, even the way the centerconsole slopes down inot the armrest, all of it is so perfect. I sat in some new cars recenetly and the belt line is so high you can barely put your arm out the window. Telling you, the CL is a great car.
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Originally Posted by rondog
with exception to the glass tranny on the auto, it's the best car for the money. IMO, the best interior of any car now or before from the seating position to the dashboard height to the comfortable seats and materials, even the way the centerconsole slopes down inot the armrest, all of it is so perfect. I sat in some new cars recenetly and the belt line is so high you can barely put your arm out the window. Telling you, the CL is a great car.
i can agree with that 100%. been in pretty much every car out on the road. The CLs are the best in average, specially with in its price range
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Originally Posted by duyx817
im about to install 2800 watts of raw power into my trunk,
PAIR of alpine type R's 1242D
2 farad cap from stinger
0 gauge wires,
ma audio amp.
alpine HU
yummy.

will take pictures when all of it is done!
Dayum! Shits gonna be sick! Pics for sure man. GL
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 02:12 AM
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Dayum! Shits gonna be heavy! Pics for sure man. GL
Fixed.
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 05:43 AM
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Welcome and congrats on your new ride! Just got my first ride but not as my first car! Be careful with the power

System sounds tight, just started installing mine, what a nice vehicle to run wiring in!

Damn that lip kit is nice, thats the route I'm planning on at some point, maybe after a new paint job.

Regarding the auto tranny, I went with a MT this time, but I know with the Accords from this year (I have an '02), the real problem was the internal filter would get clogged [never can flush the tranny on the accords!] and cause an overheating issue... If I was keeping it I was going to run an auxillary tranny cooler, maybe that is a smart upgrade on the CL? IDK, I'm sure someone with more CL experience can chime in about this.
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So do you have a CL or 02 MT Accord?
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Welcome! I got my 01 CL-S when I was 16 as well. It's one hell of a starter car. Enjoy it!
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with exception to the glass tranny on the auto, it's the best car for the money. IMO, the best interior of any car now or before from the seating position to the dashboard height to the comfortable seats and materials, even the way the centerconsole slopes down inot the armrest, all of it is so perfect. I sat in some new cars recenetly and the belt line is so high you can barely put your arm out the window. Telling you, the CL is a great car.
I agree. This car is a great value for its segment.

Regarding the high belt line- thats due to federal regulations for side impacts. Less glass, more body = safer occupants. Its ugly and annoying, but the Feds are to blame for that as well as the huge front ends (pedestrian safety standards).
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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Welcome to the site! Read the FAQs in the section.

Please don't do anything crazy to the car...i.e., turn it into a ricer.
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^Agreed 100%.

I had 35% tint, Injen CAI, and a 12" Alpine Type-R. That's all the car needed I thought
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Originally Posted by duyx817
im about to install 2800 watts of raw power into my trunk,
PAIR of alpine type R's 1242D
2 farad cap from stinger
0 gauge wires,
ma audio amp.
alpine HU
yummy.

will take pictures when all of it is done!
unless you already have all the stuff:

don't need 0 gauge wires, don't need a cap, and don't need 2800 watts into 2 type rs. though the 2800 is prob max power and not the way to work the math anyway.

congrats on the car and good luck!
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