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08-07-2008, 05:58 PM
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08-07-2008, 06:36 PM
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lol, its actually my second CL, first one I bought brand new back in 8/2000, rolled off the show room floor, got t-boned and totaled it. Purchased this one last april. *knock* never had any tranny issues. one of the lucky ones I guess. 
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08-08-2008, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by thevikas87
I remember there being a lot of confusion between these rims which are 8, and the chrome ones which are 8.5's....whats the part number for these rims? and whats the proper name?
I believe the first year the a-spec options were available they used the 8.5's; so 2004 or whatever, 2005-2006 a-spec wheels are 8"
08-09-2008, 03:03 AM
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Slick, I actually got lucky as hell, I came across them at a junkyard when I was buying a radiator for my tundra, they were on a rearend damaged TSX. Dude sold em to me for 600, had to buy tires, so I got a set of yokohama paradas, and good to go. I may sell em and get racing hart C2 in a 19, if i do and you still want em let me know.
08-10-2008, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by swoleCL
Slick, I actually got lucky as hell, I came across them at a junkyard when I was buying a radiator for my tundra, they were on a rearend damaged TSX. Dude sold em to me for 600, had to buy tires, so I got a set of yokohama paradas, and good to go. I may sell em and get racing hart C2 in a 19, if i do and you still want em let me know.
I have the 18x8.5 A-specs. The last time I investigated this, if you ordered an accessory rim for a TL, you got a 8, if you got the A-Spec kit, you got the 8.5. There was also the different finish, the A-spec's were gunmetal, the accessory rim was more chrome looking (I forget the official Acura term for it, it was Sparkle Silver I think).
If you take a rim off, it will tell you the width on the inside of one of the spokes.
08-11-2008, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by swoleCL
Time for sleep hit the nail on the head. I've got the 05 a-specs, 8''
Originally Posted by swoleCL
yeah I got them off a TSX, not meaning they were oem on the car, they are 18x8.5.
Which one is it?
08-11-2008, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by thevikas87
^^ LOL yes..please tell us which it is....
but black label you have 8.5 for sure right?? i remember someone saying the 8.5's wont fit on our CLS's...so i guess the new verdict is 8's and 8.5's will fit??
but black label you have 8.5 for sure right?? i remember someone saying the 8.5's wont fit on our CLS's...so i guess the new verdict is 8's and 8.5's will fit??
It definitely fits but you are limited in how low you can drop it with a 235 width tire. If you run a 225 it tucks under the fender nicely (but is a bitch to mount on the rim). I'm running the Tein SS-P and essentially I have it set to the maximum ride height (minimum drop). If I go any lower the rears rub over the bigger bumps.
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Man I was the first to put them on the cl, copy cats, haha, check it out, but the car looks good , def drop it, im on a comptech drop, its look so much better then factory
08-12-2008, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by swoleCL
yeah i have the 8 inch. sorry for the confusion
Yea the aspecs are 18 by 8, if you had 8.5 you would be rubbing, car is def sick though, a drop would set it off, way to rock the aspecs for the cl, but let it known, i was the first , haha, rondog, what you think?
08-12-2008, 03:41 PM
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Yea the aspecs are 18 by 8, if you had 8.5 you would be rubbing, car is def sick though, a drop would set it off, way to rock the aspecs for the cl, but let it known, i was the first , haha, rondog, what you think?
I'm dropped on Tein SS-P's and I'm not rubbing.
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Originally Posted by black label
Dude, I've been rocking the A-Specs for years now on my CL-S and mine are most certainly 18x8.5.
I'm dropped on Tein SS-P's and I'm not rubbing.
I'm dropped on Tein SS-P's and I'm not rubbing.
Haha damn, guess I was not the first one, well mine are 18 by 8, oh well, my bad dude.
08-12-2008, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by black label
Dude, I've been rocking the A-Specs for years now on my CL-S and mine are most certainly 18x8.5.
I'm dropped on Tein SS-P's and I'm not rubbing.
I'm dropped on Tein SS-P's and I'm not rubbing.
How much did your suspension set ya back??
08-15-2008, 09:18 AM
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How much did your suspension set ya back??
I believe they would run a little under 1500 new.
08-15-2008, 09:23 AM
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Haha damn, guess I was not the first one, well mine are 18 by 8, oh well, my bad dude.
Mine were scuffed up pretty bad when I picked them up ($200 with bald tires) and I had them repaired and refinished but had them make them more of an Anthracite color kind of like the 07-08 type S wheel ($300 for repair/refinishing).
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Originally Posted by black label
I know I'm not the first either, there was another guy in my area who did it before me. Nightpoison ended up picking his car up about a year ago with stock rims and snows, then bought the Aspecs off him too.
Mine were scuffed up pretty bad when I picked them up ($200 with bald tires) and I had them repaired and refinished but had them make them more of an Anthracite color kind of like the 07-08 type S wheel ($300 for repair/refinishing).
Mine were scuffed up pretty bad when I picked them up ($200 with bald tires) and I had them repaired and refinished but had them make them more of an Anthracite color kind of like the 07-08 type S wheel ($300 for repair/refinishing).
08-16-2008, 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by black label
I know I'm not the first either, there was another guy in my area who did it before me. Nightpoison ended up picking his car up about a year ago with stock rims and snows, then bought the Aspecs off him too.
Mine were scuffed up pretty bad when I picked them up ($200 with bald tires) and I had them repaired and refinished but had them make them more of an Anthracite color kind of like the 07-08 type S wheel ($300 for repair/refinishing).
Mine were scuffed up pretty bad when I picked them up ($200 with bald tires) and I had them repaired and refinished but had them make them more of an Anthracite color kind of like the 07-08 type S wheel ($300 for repair/refinishing).
thats pretty bad ass, my a-specs are in pretty good shape, i'd refinish em, but I fell in love with the racing hart c2s, and I'm gonna get them staggard (if i can) in a 19. if not maybe I can find a knock off set.
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