nspec_ya4

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first time driving the car around with finished body work and





I was getting the car on the drive on lift and went too fast, hit the metal place in two spots and it took off a quarter size piece from one end and chipped off plastic a few inches away from that spot.

I took it to another shop to have the mufflers put on. next week is paint. by the way, i'm using two different shops, one for body work and the other for paint. Thats why its taking for ever.

Jacobpockros

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You swapped in a 6-Speed speed, swapped in seats, even an engine.... and you take it to a shop to get the mufflers put on lol


Those nicks are no biggie, just have them bondo them up before the paint goes on.

p.diddy

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i love my TL lip kit. but yea as you can see it can be a pain to have sometimes. but to me its worth it. that just comes with the territory with having a lowered kitted car.

civicdrivr

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That sucks. At least you know the lip is attached to the bumper solidly. And those chips dont look too terrible.

gnuts

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damn....now you have to really get your angles down when going up and down ramps. that's why i'm not that low.

nspec_ya4

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yeah. really depending on what quality work i want.

On the lip kit. I glued the entire thing together just like i wanted because I couldnt trust any body to do the same kind of work. Then gave it to a body man to sand it down and smooth it out and get ready for paint.
Then its going to another guy at a different shop for paint. Since i've had it, i've tried over 6-7 different people to paint parts of the car that were scratched or what ever before I settled for one.

For the mufflers, i took it to the muffler shop so they can line it up perfect and weld it right.

For the motors/tranny swap. it went to a different shop. I swapped all the electrical and other parts.

i guess thats why my projects take for ever. it always has to go the person who's good at what the problem is.

Some more stuff to do on the car very soon:

• install pulleys
• adjust valves
• new headers
• change the piping to 2.5" all the way. too tired of the raspyness
• new front tires

Edit: I actually took the car there to swap over to 2.5" but it was too late so i just had them throw the mufflers on call it a day.

nspec_ya4

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a pain in the ass to have, but worth it at the same time. Atleast is sure is a very easy fix. and I happened when i was getting it on the lift straight.

it was exactly like this. We had to put two long pieces of wood there, but it still happened

nf3d0149ab

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Damn man...that sucks!

I'm hesitant about the kit also because we notoriously have bad roads in San Francisco.

Some of the worst according to AAA and it's already difficult enough driving without a kit.

justinbarnett

hey guys im new here but its cool to know there are so many acura lovers out there ...the car looks effin awsome man . i just bought a 01 cls ..and im going to use your thread as a go to guide thanks

swllen_cu

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I just looked through all 16 pages of this thread and WOW!! I'm loving this car!

SICK ASS car man! Makes me want to do a 6 speed swap on my TL-P.

nspec_ya4

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Congrats on the purchase. Dont go this far though. Not worth it for the $$$s. but if ur in it for fun and hobby, then for sure.

Thanks. a lot of people have already done a 6 speed swap on their TLs. have u checked up on those?

DarkSithCL

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You always get the best results Nauman!.. back in the day when I was into sixtys American iron... I had to do same thing... except you would be in s cow pasture with a crow bar and hammer trying to get parts off a car that hadn't moved in twenty years ...

anthracitecl

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Damn man that sucks. I picked up front lip last night. now I have all front,sides and rear lip!!! I can't wait to put them on my car!!! when weather gets warm...

nspec_ya4

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that must suck ass. One of the things i hate the most about working on cars. Rusted/frozen bolts and nuts

a good advise would be to make sure u strip paint off of the kit before u start working with it. Also use screws at first to mount the kit on. And for the sides, cut them in the middle. I made the mistake of cutting them on th edges and had to fun rebuilding the edges.

p.diddy

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+1

gnuts

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Ya secure the pieces well before you start glueing them. Take you time is the biggest thing. Measure a million times before you cut. Cut the sides in the middle. I think i cut about 5/8-3/4" out of the middle of the sides.

nspec_ya4

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The painter picked up the car finally. Hopefully will be ready by Tuesday.
Spraying the kit, reclearing the cf hood with a little bit of nbp and spraying the doo handles

This lipkit hasalready costed me a shit load, not to mention all the labor I put in it.

nf3d0149ab

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Saaawweeeetttt!

Interested to see the hood!

p.diddy

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but it will be so worth it.

nspec_ya4

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Teaser

dsickles

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you cant do this to us

p.diddy

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now i can officially say welcome to the TL kit club lol. that kit just transforms the look of the cl. dont cant believe acura didnt make it for the CL.

nspec_ya4

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Thanks diddy. Yeah i love how it looks now. just needs a nice clean up and a detail job. and i'm really happy with how the hood came out. from side, it looks NBP when u start coming closer then you can see the cf pattern.

Jacobpockros

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Holy shit that looks good

1foxbody

I can't wait to put a lip kit on mine! Acura is dumb for not making a bolt on kit for the cl because it looks so good. Looking good nspec.

StreetKA

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i like it i want to see whole car i never seen tl kit on NBP CL

btw u came a long way man ! first 6 speed swap then 3.6 and now TL kit nice ! please get those 03 tailights :P

nspec_ya4

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i'm one of those rare CL owners that doesnt really like the 03 tail lights. I've been thinking about doing something custom with my taillights, like i did wiht my old accord, completely black out the housing.

distortedolskool

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very nice!

Bada$$VTEC

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Like i said in my text,your cl is sexy as fck now. Acura really should have made a lip kit for the cl. The hood really came out good too,make sure u do a photo shoot after the detailing.

nspec_ya4

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thanks emanuel.

here's another view of the hood, in this u can see the weave.



picked out a great spot for a shoot too.
just a quick glimpse of that town

nf3d0149ab

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Perfect. Those spots got some good photoshoot potential.

nf3d0149ab

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From my experience...the tail lights don't open up.

I had to cut them apart with a dremel when I made LED tail lights.

1foxbody

What's done to the hood exactly?

DaInFaMMuS1

I'm def feeling the lip kit. Also details on the paint of the hood, what did u do to it?

nspec_ya4

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yeah, i'll have to dremil it off if i do it.

it was sanded down, then resprayed with clear coat mixed with NBP.

nspec_ya4

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in these old pictures, you can see the yellow in the hood from different angles and now you cant. you can only see the weave when looking at it from top. Basically, the hood was darkened.







In this picture, you can see how it looks much lighter, than it does in the picture i posted in post 630 (which was taken at a little bit higher angle)

nf3d0149ab

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Yeah I love the idea of adding NBP to the mix so it blends more. Good shit man.

Jacobpockros

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Are those the 01 mirrors? I thought you switched them to the 03's?

nspec_ya4

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these are old pictures, just posted them to show the difference.

Flipster23

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looking sick!