I took a little ride this weekend to see my new toy. It's been 6 weeks in storage and I needed to see it. Not much to look at, at this point anyway. No Zaino on it yet, but it still looks good. It's full of dust but you can't see it in these pictures.

I noticed the battery was 75% drained. Time to juice it up.

Nice sunny day. Expecting snow tomorrow and this baby doesn't get to play in it.

Look at the height between the tire and the wheel well!! It' almost as much as my Isuzu Trooper (i couldn't resist)!


I'm sharing the second bay of my parents garage (rent is cheap, haha). See the ball hanging from the ceiling. I put it there for them to aim at so there's plenty of distance between their big fat door and my side panels!

 

Nice pics.

How many miles did ya get on your 03' before ya stored it for 6 weeks?

 

Nice pics, I have the EXACT same one. What kind of exterior mods are you planning? I thinking about rims for the summer, but I'm not sure what kind yet.

 

Nice ride. The battery was drained after 6 weeks of storage? I didn't realized the drained so quick.

 

Thanks. I put on about 150 miles on it. I picked it up at the dealer on Monday, Dec 30th and washed and stored it on Tuesday Dec 31. It's tough to see all you guys talk and post pics about your rides so I figured I go see mine after about 6 weeks in storage. About 6 more weeks to and its time to fire it up!

 

Seriously thinking about Comptech Springs to start. I've seen a lot of posts (before and after) and think it looks better lower. I never noticed how high the car sits until I saw the others lowered. I'm also planning to tint all around to keep that nasty sun off the "black" leather.

Krisqo, this is my first silver car and I cant tell you how clean it looks after 6 week in this garage. I had a black MR2 and after 6 weeks in this garage you could see the layer of dust from a distance away. With silver, no can see!... until you're right on top of it.

You want to see a nice Silver CLS, check out the thread below (in my reply to Danny25.)

 

I was surprized too about how drained the battery was. It could be that we've had an extremely code winter so far and this garage is unheated. Took about 2.5 hours and it's fully charged again!

Danny25, you're the one with the hot pic's of the Silver CLS. http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=87404 After I saw your pic's I felt so much better about Silver and how nice it looks lowered with tinted windows. I'm looking for a serious tinting shop so it comes out top notch!

 

Thanks stejus. I added tint witnin the first week of getting my car. It's a necessity here in TX. Then I did the CAI, and then springs. You'll be happy after you see your car for the first time on CT springs, it looks soooo much sportier.

 

hey stejus, where are you in MA?
There are quite a number of MA on the board, we should have a meet once the white stuff's all gone.

 

stejus, I hear you about the way the silver stays clean. I had a black 2000 Maxima before this and I hated the way it got dirty so fast. I have 35% tint and it looks nice and classy. I was also thinking about springs but I want rims first for the summer, I'm thinking 18's...

 

ST2000. White stuff is about 4 feet high in Douglas which is located south of Worcester. At this rate we'll still have snow on the ground in May!

If you look at a map, Douglas intersects both RI and CT. If you know of any local Tint shops or anyone that is my area that could recommend one, I'd appreciate it! Where are you located?

 

Any pic's? I'd like to see how it looks. If you havn't already checked out Danny25's pic's, do so!! It's a great series of photo's that shows how nice Silver really is! Also helps to know how to use a camera

18's huh, just out of curiosity, what will bigger tires do?

 

Danny25. I'm still a newbie with Acura and Comptech.

What's CAI?

After you're Springs were installed, did the ride get noticably harder or is it about the same? Do you still have stock shocks because I read they would only last 30K. Do you know why?

 

^^ A CAI is a Cold Air Intake.

When I got my springs installed i was expecting a harsher ride, but i honestly couldn't tell a difference. My friends still compliment me on how smooth my car rides.

I kept the stock shock because I only had about 10K miles on them, so I figured they'd be good for a year or 2 more. I think they wear out faster because the ct springs are shorter, so the shocks are more compressed than they were with stock springs.

 

Danny25, the Spring/shock thing makes sence now. Probably because they are not exercized fully. What performace gain is there with a CAI?

 

supposedly, the CAI gives up to 10hp. I couldn't really feel much of a difference, but the sound is worth it. It gives quite a nice roar especially when you get into vtec. It also is supposed to give you better mileage.

 

Danny25, where did you get your cold air intake and how much?
I'll post pics soon as the weather gets nice on LI.

 

got it from www.nleonline.com . They also have free overnight shipping. But it seems like they only have silver in stock, cause when I ordered my red one, it took them a week or 2 to get one in. And a friend of mine ordered a blue one from there just recently and is also waiting for them to get one in.

They had the best price at the time when i bought mine, it was $205. Now they're selling at $220.

 

don't worry about the shocks.

 

Comptech shocks don't make the rid harsher because the spring rates are almost the same as stock (I think the front CTs are a little firmer but not much and the rears are the same). They are just shorter (hence the drop).

ST2000 and Stejus, we should have a meet sometime in the spring. Some of us (TL guys) have even thrown out the idea of having a Six flags meet sometime in the late spring/early summer. Another idea has been to head up to Epping NH to the dragstrip for Import Wars or just to run our cars. My personal favorite has been the idea of having a Foxy Lady meet!!!