whats up peeps!! im back on acurazine after trading in my 3rd gen TL for a 07 GS350 awd then totaling that then a 97 honda prelude lol now i just got a 06 acura RL and so far its a pretty damn nice car. lookin to get a front aspec lip,rims headlights and interior led kit done. already bought the usaspec kit and works pretty good so far. some rims soon enough. only got a couple shitty pics so far will post better ones later. love the wood grain steering wheels and knob :

 

Nice. Did you de-badge it yourself? Don't forget to lower it. Haha

 

^ what he said Also, there's a feature thread around here somewhere worth checking out. I learned a lot about what these cars can do from that thread when I first bought my RL. Not gonna lie I'm pretty jealous of your woodgrain wheel, I only have the knob "/ Try not to total this one! haha

 

yeah it was pretty easy. the dude who did my tints let me borrow his heat gun and it just came right off. then soap and water to get some of the left over glue

 

yeah i gotta find that thread. nah im gonna try not too. last total was running over something in the road and it put a hole in the oil pan and a few moments later car shuts down and engine got ceased lol

 

Congrats,looks like you got one with CMBS and probably PAX tires.

 

Nice. I came from a 98 Prelude SH to the RL. Like he said above, it probably has the PAX tires on it so if you're in need of new tires you should be planning to spend some money on new wheels and tires.

 

What did he do?

 

multiple tint jobs, not sure why he had to add multiple tints though.

 

yeah im lookin into some rims now just not sure if i wanna drop 2 grand on some nice ones and i dont wanna get some shitty ones either. im just lookin for a good deal to come along. im thinkin about buyin the vossens a fellow member is sellin but i really dont wanna get 20's. i dont want rubbing issues or worry bout crackin/bending a rim or poppin tires here in ny. lookin at maybe some 19's. im not really sure how the whole cmbs thing works either lol

what about meant by "tints" is just getting a tint job in general lol.

 

CMBS works by keeping you from slamming into the car in front of you*. The process occurs in three steps.

1) A "BRAKE" light will illuminate on the instrument cluster giving a visual warning.
2) The seat belt will tighten giving a physical warning.
3) The car will begin the braking process in order to either help the driver account for reaction time or lessen the impact should the driver not react at all.

The thing that you probably care about is the fact that CMBS equipped cars come with PAX or run-flat tires (assuming your car has not been modified). The tires themselves cost $2k+, so many people have decided to switch to a set of new wheels with regular tires when it's time to buy new tires to lower the cost of future tire purchases. This is thoroughly documented in the Tires sub-forum.

*This feature may disable itself in inclement weather without warning.

 

 

What is the difference between those Cree reverse lights and the standard ones.

 

Cree is a LED standard is a incandescent bulb

 

Thanks

 

Nice, I've always loved them in premium white.

 

you have a site or part number for the Cree lights?

 

http://www.jlclightings.com/7440-744...440cree25w.htm

These are the ones I bought

 

Yea me too. To be honest I wouldn't get the car in any other color besides maybe black but I already had 2 black cars so I wasn't gonna do it again. Happy wit the car so far. Think I might need brakes soon so gotta look what route ima go for that.

 

Clean. You need some LED plate lights to complement the reverse lights.

 

Thanks for the link. I just ordered a set for myself. I also happened to drop by their Facebook page, (linked there when searching for a JLC promo code), and noticed they have a lot of pictures of a white 2G RL. Wonder if he's a member on here.

 

just placed my order

 

the 25W led bulb in DRL/hi-beams looks really nice... wonder if it lights up the road as well as the halos

 

I think I read that LED's do not illuminate as well as Halos in this installation.

 

Maybe its the shape of the LED die is not compatible with automotive reflectors but 25 watt is still a lot of light, just not hitting the reflector with the right angles to be projected outward.

 

Any of you guys know if my car has this so called pax tire system? Or whatever lol

 

do you have a spare?
does your tires say Pax?

 

Heavy, did you mean "Does you have a spare?.

 

"Does you has a spare" would work too. I seen it used before.

 

Could also be "Does haz spare?"

 

Just go look at your tires. If it has the PAX setup the tire size will be 245-680R460A. If not, they will probably be P245/50R17's.

 

Well just looked at one of the pics and it says 245 50 17

 

Mystery solved.

 

 

Buy your set of wheels? I have 4 sets of wheels and 3 sets of tires for my RL. Lol. I'm about to put a set of 18" A-Specs w/ tires and my 20" TSW Londrinas on eBay.

BTW, I don't know how I actually saw that but you should put anything that matters in the post subject, not the title.