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01-07-2008, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by underst8
I like it a lot, pretty cool looking. I would take out the black section completely and mold in a CF diffuser panel 
01-07-2008, 10:25 PM
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that has to be the ugliest exhaust ive seen on a cl ever.. on the other hand you beat me to the blacking out on the rear. Im going to pick up a rear bumper here soon to fix mine 
and do the same thing.
What kind of paint did you use? What kind of prep did you do before you painted it.
and do the same thing. What kind of paint did you use? What kind of prep did you do before you painted it.
01-07-2008, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by teinCL
accuratein has one on his TL...not too cheap
But i see you've done work and it looks better than i had imagined. In fact that shit looks hot!
01-07-2008, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by brianlin87
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.
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.
01-08-2008, 12:25 AM
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i'm not a fan of the muffler itself. it's too big for my taste, but the painted bumper does make it look better.
and since you have a CL-pee so you might actually see some performance gains from the exhaust
and since you have a CL-pee so you might actually see some performance gains from the exhaust
01-08-2008, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ACCURATEin
Brace yoself fool! I havent conveyed any false information. The statements I made are completely true. I am simply sharing information with you guys, most of which everyone already knows.
Originally Posted by ACCURATEin
But I must say, pay special attention to that Acura RL/Honda Legend prepped by Spoon Sports...basically the same J-series motor as the CL. Surely the Spoon engineers wouldn't throw on a single outlet exhaust for shits and giggles, now would they?!
Originally Posted by ACCURATEin
Maybe i'll throw some pictures in here so you can get a little closer to grasping the concept..
Find me ONE Spoon car that uses a dual exhaust. It's Spoon's trademark to use a single muffler along with the blue/yellow paint scheme. If the OP wanted to make his car similar to the Spoon RL why didn't he buy the Spoon Muffler? Why opt for the Apex'I N1 universal?
I don't understand why you didn't bring up Mugen/Amuse in your argument? Amuse has made an exhaust made for the RL:
o look at that, it's dual. Surely the Amuse Engineers wouldn't throw on a single outlet exhaust for shits and giggles, now would they?!
01-08-2008, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by brianlin87
Get of Spoon's jock and realize that their car is a track car. This CL is no where NEAR that.
If the OP had done to his CL what Spoon had done to their RL, I wouldn't say anything. Fact of the matter is, this CL is a stock car compared to the RL.
WHAT concept? The concept that the CL is not the RL? The concept that Spoon ONLY uses single outlet mufflers on ALL their cars?
Find me ONE Spoon car that uses a dual exhaust. It's Spoon's trademark to use a single muffler along with the blue/yellow paint scheme. If the OP wanted to make his car similar to the Spoon RL why didn't he buy the Spoon Muffler? Why opt for the Apex'I N1 universal?
I don't understand why you didn't bring up Mugen/Amuse in your argument? Amuse has made an exhaust made for the RL:
o look at that, it's dual. Surely the Amuse Engineers wouldn't throw on a single outlet exhaust for shits and giggles, now would they?!
If the OP had done to his CL what Spoon had done to their RL, I wouldn't say anything. Fact of the matter is, this CL is a stock car compared to the RL.
WHAT concept? The concept that the CL is not the RL? The concept that Spoon ONLY uses single outlet mufflers on ALL their cars?
Find me ONE Spoon car that uses a dual exhaust. It's Spoon's trademark to use a single muffler along with the blue/yellow paint scheme. If the OP wanted to make his car similar to the Spoon RL why didn't he buy the Spoon Muffler? Why opt for the Apex'I N1 universal?
I don't understand why you didn't bring up Mugen/Amuse in your argument? Amuse has made an exhaust made for the RL:
o look at that, it's dual. Surely the Amuse Engineers wouldn't throw on a single outlet exhaust for shits and giggles, now would they?!
01-08-2008, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Tweek
that has to be the ugliest exhaust ive seen on a cl ever.. on the other hand you beat me to the blacking out on the rear. Im going to pick up a rear bumper here soon to fix mine and do the same thing.
What kind of paint did you use? What kind of prep did you do before you painted it.
and do the same thing. What kind of paint did you use? What kind of prep did you do before you painted it.
01-08-2008, 08:14 PM
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I have to say it looks better than i thought it would, i thought it would stick out like a sore thumb. Take some more pics from a lil further away when you get a chance, would prob almost not even show.
I want the sound clip too, i'm curious.
I want the sound clip too, i'm curious.
01-08-2008, 09:31 PM
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I think you have a very nice thing going there. If I were you, I would just completely black out the tail lights. I have always wanted a gold CL, most people would think it was an older person car, while I think when modded nicely (like yours), its one of the better colors out there. Great looking car.
01-10-2008, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by brianlin87
Get of Spoon's jock and realize that their car is a track car. This CL is no where NEAR that.
If the OP had done to his CL what Spoon had done to their RL, I wouldn't say anything. Fact of the matter is, this CL is a stock car compared to the RL.
WHAT concept? The concept that the CL is not the RL? The concept that Spoon ONLY uses single outlet mufflers on ALL their cars?
Find me ONE Spoon car that uses a dual exhaust. It's Spoon's trademark to use a single muffler along with the blue/yellow paint scheme. If the OP wanted to make his car similar to the Spoon RL why didn't he buy the Spoon Muffler? Why opt for the Apex'I N1 universal?
I don't understand why you didn't bring up Mugen/Amuse in your argument? Amuse has made an exhaust made for the RL:
o look at that, it's dual. Surely the Amuse Engineers wouldn't throw on a single outlet exhaust for shits and giggles, now would they?!
If the OP had done to his CL what Spoon had done to their RL, I wouldn't say anything. Fact of the matter is, this CL is a stock car compared to the RL.
WHAT concept? The concept that the CL is not the RL? The concept that Spoon ONLY uses single outlet mufflers on ALL their cars?
Find me ONE Spoon car that uses a dual exhaust. It's Spoon's trademark to use a single muffler along with the blue/yellow paint scheme. If the OP wanted to make his car similar to the Spoon RL why didn't he buy the Spoon Muffler? Why opt for the Apex'I N1 universal?
I don't understand why you didn't bring up Mugen/Amuse in your argument? Amuse has made an exhaust made for the RL:
o look at that, it's dual. Surely the Amuse Engineers wouldn't throw on a single outlet exhaust for shits and giggles, now would they?!
Single Outlet Systems 1101.
These are all vehicles that came from the factory with the split y design exhaust system. Notice how on each one of them there is only one outlet after having been engineered by each prospective race team.
Figure 1A:
Figure 1B:
Figure 1C:
Figure 1D:
Figure 1E:
The single outlet design is a trend that is seen time and time again in the motorsports domain. Many teams from across the nation have gone with this design concept, and will continue to do so.
01-10-2008, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ACCURATEin
These are all vehicles that came from the factory with the split y design exhaust system. Notice how on each one of them there is only one outlet after having been engineered by each prospective race team.
The single outlet design is a trend that is seen time and time again in the motorsports domain. Many teams from across the nation have gone with this design concept, and will continue to do so.
The single outlet design is a trend that is seen time and time again in the motorsports domain. Many teams from across the nation have gone with this design concept, and will continue to do so.
Originally Posted by brianlin87
realize that their car is a track car. This CL is no where NEAR that.
01-24-2008, 10:16 PM
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Scott i'm gonna take some pics of your car tomorrow when i'm in Raleigh. Also wondering if you would like to roll around on my te37s for a little while, i'm about to buy BK's ce28s here in the next week or so.
01-24-2008, 10:39 PM
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i like your car alot but def not feeling the single muffler at ALL. also i dont understand why you would paint your lower bumper...id say keep it clean how it is. my mod suggestions would be 03' tails and debadge the rear, would def provide a clean and fresh look!
01-24-2008, 10:48 PM
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Smoke The Tails You Have Man. Your Car Looks Good. Single Isnt That Bad Especially With The Mod, But I Would Agree About A Black Or Carbon Muffler As Well..gl
01-25-2008, 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by calvinnguy3n
SOUNDCLIP!!!!!! please?
01-25-2008, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by notorious7182002
i like your car alot but def not feeling the single muffler at ALL. also i dont understand why you would paint your lower bumper...id say keep it clean how it is. my mod suggestions would be 03' tails and debadge the rear, would def provide a clean and fresh look!
01-25-2008, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ACCURATEin
Scott i'm gonna take some pics of your car tomorrow when i'm in Raleigh. Also wondering if you would like to roll around on my te37s for a little while, i'm about to buy BK's ce28s here in the next week or so.
01-25-2008, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by teinCL
u fucker...u gettin the wheels that ive wanted since the beginnin...i hate u now. haha. those ce28's are gonna be hot. and yeah i think the te-37's might be worthy of rollin on the CL for a minute. haha! holla at me when u get in town tomorrow
01-25-2008, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by teinCL
i did the lower bumper to make my car more unique. it looks better in person than in the pics i do believe. but thank u for the comments and suggestions. ur CL is one of my favs on here...did i read ur lookin at gettin new wheels? what do u have in mind?
Leme know what u think
01-25-2008, 09:02 PM
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btw and those blacked out headlights with the tan exterior is just FRESH. also like how u did the grill i was thinking of doing that myself....kinda off topic but..lol
01-28-2008, 07:44 PM
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sorry it took so long...sound clip 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tf5V9y2ZWc
i cant get the second clip to work yet, but actually if u click on "view the rest of my videos" then it works for some reason...if i can get a link to work, though, ill post. lemme know what u guys think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tf5V9y2ZWc
i cant get the second clip to work yet, but actually if u click on "view the rest of my videos" then it works for some reason...if i can get a link to work, though, ill post. lemme know what u guys think
01-28-2008, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by teinCL
sorry it took so long...sound clip 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tf5V9y2ZWc
i cant get the second clip to work yet, but actually if u click on "view the rest of my videos" then it works for some reason...if i can get a link to work, though, ill post. lemme know what u guys think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tf5V9y2ZWc
i cant get the second clip to work yet, but actually if u click on "view the rest of my videos" then it works for some reason...if i can get a link to work, though, ill post. lemme know what u guys think
03-03-2008, 09:55 PM
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updated pics...
recently had the mudguards paint matched, did the 03 inserts up front, and also cut the rear section out of the inserts and matched the honeycomb grille in those to my grille up front at the hood. also had stainless steel lines and hawk hps pads put on - wow, what a night and day difference over stock. i highly recommend to those who dont have the budget for a BBK 
...i love em!!
...i love em!!
03-03-2008, 10:05 PM
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told you the painted guards would look better!
-your rears should never scrape, its only the fronts you have to worry about. the only thing mine would scrape on was the occasional freakishly tall speedbump. i found that if you just angle over them on your approach, and let the car drop off the other side REALLY SLOW (so the suspension doesnt compress really hard) then you wont scrape at all or if you do it will be minimal.
awesome looking neighboorhood man. i cant wait to move out there in may!
-your rears should never scrape, its only the fronts you have to worry about. the only thing mine would scrape on was the occasional freakishly tall speedbump. i found that if you just angle over them on your approach, and let the car drop off the other side REALLY SLOW (so the suspension doesnt compress really hard) then you wont scrape at all or if you do it will be minimal.
awesome looking neighboorhood man. i cant wait to move out there in may!
03-04-2008, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by cltypeSLOW
told you the painted guards would look better!
-your rears should never scrape, its only the fronts you have to worry about. the only thing mine would scrape on was the occasional freakishly tall speedbump. i found that if you just angle over them on your approach, and let the car drop off the other side REALLY SLOW (so the suspension doesnt compress really hard) then you wont scrape at all or if you do it will be minimal.
awesome looking neighboorhood man. i cant wait to move out there in may!
-your rears should never scrape, its only the fronts you have to worry about. the only thing mine would scrape on was the occasional freakishly tall speedbump. i found that if you just angle over them on your approach, and let the car drop off the other side REALLY SLOW (so the suspension doesnt compress really hard) then you wont scrape at all or if you do it will be minimal.
awesome looking neighboorhood man. i cant wait to move out there in may!