2008 Acura RL Exterior Progress Pictures
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do you park the car in your closet that is bigger than most members bedrooms??
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Okay that's a good idea I'll message him. I wish we could change the title on our own
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in the thread with the picture of his safe and his picture HE put of his closet where HE bragged it was bigger than most members bedrooms?? my bad....
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This isn't Ramblings. Keep each thread on topic.
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That's a nice looking house
the TL looks in good shape, too. I'm curious to see if those big ass wheels will fit on the back.
the TL looks in good shape, too. I'm curious to see if those big ass wheels will fit on the back.
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I actually posted alot more about this in the Suspension and wheels forum. I am going to do an airbag setup for the suspension. I got the wheels and tires put on Saturday and posted pics on the other thread. If the airbag stuff turns out to be too big of a pain, I may just lower on some adjustable coil overs about an inch or so.
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I actually posted alot more about this in the Suspension and wheels forum. I am going to do an airbag setup for the suspension. I got the wheels and tires put on Saturday and posted pics on the other thread. If the airbag stuff turns out to be too big of a pain, I may just lower on some adjustable coil overs about an inch or so.
Here are a couple of update pictures. Some of them are not clean because it's the day that I got the car out of the shop and the tires were dirty. The rear tires stick out of the fender about three quarters of an inch to the staggered setup so I may sell the back wheels and get eight and a half all the way around or I may keep the staggered look and lower the car so that the wheels tuck in.
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Lowering won't tuck the wheels in. You won't lose enough camber and there is no camber kit for the RL. You're gonna have to roll your fenders if you want to safely sport those wheels, lowered or not.
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not only will you need to roll your fenders, but you'll have to pull them as well. Mine are rolled and still rub on bad bumps
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oo7spy (08-22-2016)
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I'm talking to a member on the site that has a show car with his RL. It's on airbags and he has done what I kind of wanted to do with my car. He's the one that told me they would talk and once lowered on the bags. They don't make a lot of anything for this car and it's ridiculous LOL
After doing a little bit of research I might sell the rear wheels within a few months and get them 8.5 Square stance all around so the suspension can be a little bit easier without having to pull the fenders and permanently change the body line.
As of right now I'm just going to finish up some LED light touch ups and put a roof spoiler and lip trunk spoiler and do the a spec body kit and then I worry about suspension
After doing a little bit of research I might sell the rear wheels within a few months and get them 8.5 Square stance all around so the suspension can be a little bit easier without having to pull the fenders and permanently change the body line.
As of right now I'm just going to finish up some LED light touch ups and put a roof spoiler and lip trunk spoiler and do the a spec body kit and then I worry about suspension
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yeah i know but i dnt like the tires to be stretched looking. Its alright they they are a little bit beefy because the ride quality is still there. noticable of course, but not as bad as my boys lexus with stretched 245/25/20's
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People constantly ask what it is and say that they had no idea acura made that lol
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What is weak about 8.5" all around? There is absolutely no reason to go beyond 9" with an Acura sedan. You 100% will not buy anything and will only hurt performance. I think stretched tires are weak. They tell me you care more about how your car looks than how it drives or safe it is. That's weak vanity shit IMO. I also think wavy bacon fenders are weak too. Why ruin the beauty of a car's design so you can put wheels that are too big on it?
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TacoBello (08-23-2016)
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I may do a slight stretch on the tire when I need new tires down the road, but for now, the ride is still great, the only difference is that you can hear the road a little more through the tire wells. Now I just need to find a place that sells painted roof spoilers
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justnspace (08-24-2016)
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What is "too big of a pain"? Calling the airbag equipment "stuff" leads me to believe you don't understand the full process. Is a bag ripping or the compressor failing or water in your lines considered a "pain"? If so, take my advice and go with coilovers. Because with air suspension, you WILL run into problems. It is what kept me from buying it.
Pulling the fenders won't permanently change the body line because if it's done correctly you should barely even notice it
If you are buying both roof and trunk spoilers just get them painted at the same time and save some $
Pulling the fenders won't permanently change the body line because if it's done correctly you should barely even notice it
If you are buying both roof and trunk spoilers just get them painted at the same time and save some $
As far as the airbag components, I have no idea about anything lol, I understand how it works but I don't know anything about putting it together or repairing it and I understand that there are a lot of moving Parts which means that there's more chance of breaking.
That is why I am leaning more towards a very nice set of adjustable coilovers and having the fenders pulled slightly. I know that you should not notice it but that's assuming the shop has done it perfectly and most of the time that's hard to find because no one's ever worked on these cars. I will definitely keep you guys posted. The next thing to go on is that a spec kit and the spoilers.
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