teinCL

for all of you who loooooove my car...haha. i love everything ive done so far despite what some of you think. anyways, heres a few teaser pics of a "possible" mod in the very near future. oh yeah, and the exhaust (Apex'i N1) is new also, XS headers are comin soon...1998-2002 application will work for a CL-P correct? thanks...enjoy

painters tape to mark the "possible" paintin of rear bumper...


photochop of the mod in black...


black exhaust wrap to cover up the plain piping that could be seen from behind...


thats all the pics i could take for now cuz the battery died on my camera...so load this thread up with haterade haha...or compliments, which are also welcome!

Never Summer

Don't like the exhaust, the rest of the car looks pretty good.

LIPPSTUH

iTrader: (2)

that piping looks huge lol.

DLntheCL

dual exhaust looks so much better than single, especially with the bumper cut outs. did you not think so? even if you paint it black your still not getting rid of the empty space. because of the shadow in the pic you cant tell but i think it would look weird even when painted black if you dont have a muffler on the other side. whenever i see a car with a body kit that has cut outs for dual exhaust and only one side has a muffler tip showing it always stands out and doesnt look good.

HondaVtec21

Wordd!!!

OrngeAc3.2

garbage...you're killing the integrity of the car imo...but if you like it, do your thing

ACCURATEin

Hells yeah son! That was a fun wednesday, pickin out a muffler for your CL. Most will detest this idea, and thats fine. But damn does it sound good under wide open throttle!!

ACCURATEin

Oh and as we had discussed about painting the center section black, i think now that you've photoshopped it black go on ahead and paint it. Should look really good.

kyle77777

I think you bought the wrong car

implicit

I'd be curious to see how it looks...worst case you could always re-paint it back to stock.

I love seeing the new mods - keep posting and ignore the haters

Ayu688

Got Rice?

RYANGP

whatever makes you happy.

the empty cutout looks weird though -- custom bumper ftw

aznboi2424

iTrader: (10)

dual or quad exhaust ftw

but however you like it. it maybe our opinions but its your car

TOPHER33884

iTrader: (6)

If you are going to go that route, have a body shop fill in the other empty muffler slot, and then paint the bottom of the bumper, that way you kill 2 birds with one stone! Anyone else agree???

teinCL

what about cutting the rear bumper where i have it blacked out? instead of painting?

Garkon

I'm gonna go w/ no way, just don't think it will look good. Definitely don't cut the bumper, you'd prob end up seeing a lot of stuff you dont want to see. And just ........ ugh. I don't think you should paint that section black either, looks weird, seems like your just trying to make it look "right" w/ the single exhaust to me. If i HAD to choose one or the other i'd go w/ painting it over cutting the bumper, though i don't like either choice. If you are going w/ that exaust, fill in the other hole, and leave the bumper uncut, would look better. Also that exhaust just screams fart cannon. I'm not hating, just saying what i honestly think.

cltypeSLOW

do that. i think it will pull off the look better than painting it black. just make sure you pull it off right and dont do a hack-job.

ill be out there in NC in a few months to offer you a hand.

CL SLeePeR

Sound clips?

ACCURATEin

Did you paint it yet son!?

teinCL

nah i aint paint it yet...got an estimate on it and he said i could do it myself...think it would turn out better if i took the bumper off to mask it and paint it. prolly this weekend...?

Never Summer

If you don't mind me asking, why didn't you go with dual exhaust? I don't think your car is bad looking at all, I just think the single exhaust makes it look like a piece of shit Civic wanna-be.

maying2001

Its not that bad, perhaps these pics are not doing it any justice. Id definitely get some 03 taillights, i think that will complete your look. Not my cup of tea, but unique

ACCURATEin

IS300 has one muffler. WRX one muffler. Evo one muffler. Skyline one muffler. Maxima one muffler. Lots of cars have one muffler. One muffler for the win! Spoon converted the exhaust system on the Euro Accord and Legend into a one muffler system. I-MOTO TSX has one muffler. This is simply a CL with ONE MUFFLER. My brother has one muffler on his AP2 S2000. ....
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LIPPSTUH

iTrader: (2)

not sure if it helps with performance.... but for your case, it just looks better with dual. i mean lots of people love the dual look over single. single just reminds me of ricers, unless it has some performance gains going with 1 muffler...

anyways, paint it and it'll look better and hide the second exhaust hole

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

the CL doesn't have a true dual exhaust, so regardless if it's one muffler or two, it's purely aesthetic. if you want to go single muffler, at least have the bumper have only one exhaust cutout rather than trying to paint the middle to try and hide it. after it's painted it'll still look like you're missing an exhaust tip. only way to avoid that look is to have a bumper fabbed for one muffler cutout.



single muffler bumper, done right. if you're not gonna do it right, don't bother.

02type-s

Paint the piece black, I think it would look good. BUT, tell me the muffler isn't gold. Hopefully its a reflection or something. Otherwise, nice and unique.

teinCL

its more bronze than gold...and i think it is nice and unique even though i think u're sayin that its nice if it wasnt bronze

teinCL

coming soon...

teinCL

i feel like it will have better performance gains once i get headers since itll be more of a straight through design but we'll see...

ill have more pics up this weekend once it gets warmer and i can get some paint laid down

teinCL

'03 tails might be a future purchase now that u mention it...not at the top of my list right now though

teinCL

i went with single for a few reasons...price, originality/uniqueness, and also possibly better performance than dual since our cars really arent TRUE dual exhaust

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

there's actually no credibility to this statement at all; the stock CL-S exhaust is actually very free flowing.

LIPPSTUH

iTrader: (2)

agreed, i somewhat regret on putting exhaust on my car.... but it looks a bit better. sounds better. but power gains.. meh i'd rather spend the money on other mods which give much more gains.


anyways update us... ur car is coming very well

ACCURATEin

Rebuttal to the single outlet not having performance gains:

Honda Legend by Spoon Sports with single outlet design...can be seen at 24 seconds into the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omjRNLJQycw

...truly inspirational work of art.

teinCL

only took maybe 4 hours on sunday to begin and complete this "mod"...i love it. it makes my car unique from every CL on here. so hit it up with more haterade or comments if u like i ended up using a satin finish instead of a flat or semigloss so it actually matches my wheels. '03 tails will complete my exterior mods...maybe...

rear bumper was a bit more of a challenge to get off than i was expecting but it made this "mod" a lot easier to have it off.




and the finished product.

thesanityannex

looks better than i thought it would. nicely done, although i still prefer dual.

underst8

I like it a lot, pretty cool looking. I would take out the black section completely and mold in a CF diffuser panel

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

are you serious? how does naming other cars of different models and makes prove anything? the honda legend is NOT the acura CL; the is300 is NOT an acura CL.

there's HUNDREDS of cars out there that have dual exhausts that are head and shoulders faster than an IS300/WRX/Evo/AP2/Skyline.

your 'rebuttal' in any way, shape or form, is completely bunk. if you know nothing about the CL, especially having driven a TL this entire time, I think you should stick to what you know, rather than attempting to convey knowledge that is completely false.

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

ultimately, this mod is aesthetic. plain and simple.

ironsurfer129

Single exhaust? thats first time seeing it.