Yes I did loose dual sync function, however I don't mind since I gain fan mode and speed control.

you guess it right... You will have to go through the digital menu to do all of that and this is why I swap the unit.

 

That's nuts. I hate when automakers make these things confusing/complicated.

 

Agreed, but at least it's not iDrive 1.0, which has fan speed like 3 sub menus down

 

^^^ well lets not go there... on top of that only 1 back button and no home button option.

 

Is the top display glitchy as Fuzz stated?

 

I never use the 2010 radio, I just swap the 2010 climate control over to my 2006 radio and they are plug and play.

 

I did this mod a while back. I think I was the first to do this. It's simple and straight forward. On the head unit it's a bit more tricky 09+ RL got bluetooth audio so that part needs to be in also with aux and usb input. To complete that, you'll need a usb unit that goes behind the glove box, main harness, and the plugs in the center arm rest box. Nicely done with the climate control

 

Thank you, for the USB part I went and install USA Spec BT unit which cost me $150 no needed to pull wiring get more 09+ component and the best part is they sound pretty good for BTA.

 

I currently have the grom unit and it’s been good for me so far so I’ll just be upgrading climate control because I hate going into the nav screen to adjust climate settings. That’s the only reason I’m doing the climate control swap.

 

Hey man which LED fogs did you get off of OPT 7? I see they have several different ones. I want to go ahead and order some for my car

 

I got the Fluxbeam version. its currently around $89 per pair. They work great never had any issue with moisture.

 

Finally i got a chance to replace my front pads which was low and causing weird thump noise when come to a complete stop. Happy thanksgiving everyone.







LCA bushing starting to crack but nothing to worry about too much, I am surprise how well it lasted compare to my TL.







Good old oil pump assembly start to leak oil, this is why you should get your pump reseal during 105k service.

 

Happy thanksgiving! Time to break those pads in

 

Are you going to replace the torn LCAs?

 

eventually... yes, I had seen a RL with 180k miles and the bushing look almost the same as mine. The RL bushing is not replaceable via OEM route so I will buy a new lower control arm which come with lower ball joint as well. In my TL you can replace just the bushing.

 

Nice thread! I'll be checking in regularly now!
Funny, but I always wanted one too.

 

Was gonna do the t3 bulb but since you can’t change the radio ones I didn’t like the mismatch look (top bright below, radio ones dark). I had two burnt ones on the climate control and just replaced them with Oem. All of them including hazard and passenger airbag ones so I don’t have to go back in there for a while.

 

you will be much happier that you replaced the hazard switch one.

 

Yeah. Thanks for the heads up. Although taking the radio out isn’t a big deal, glad I don’t have to go back in.

 

Man u did so much work on this car. It's beautiful. I would like to know how to swap out the backlights in the center console. My climate control switches went out. Please let know. Thanks.

 

Merry Christmas, I got couple days off from work so I decide to replace the lower grill piece. The previous owner seem like he trying to bandage fix instead replace the whole thing but anyway here are the pics.



Please don't mind the dirty car as I just moved.





the old piece.







Everything is back together.



Job finished.

 

Taking the front grille off didn't require removing the bumper?

 

No, you do not need to remove the bumper to get the grill off

 

How tough was it to replace the interior button lights? I have some that are out on my steering wheel, center console and heated seat buttons. I am thinking about replacing them, possibly with LED if I can

 

The interior light is easy to replace its like 10-20 mins job, however for the button on the steering wheel you will need to replace the entire button assembly.

 

I love well maintained cars..
looks like a swell garage too!

 

This nice thread.

Great work man.

 

What's your other acura?

 

Well since you asked.




















I got some down time last week to catch up with with couple item that on my "to do" list.



***Before***





After on the passenger headlight





***Half way there lol***




Both headlight is done and I can't stand how dirty the RL was so I end up washing the entire car.




every single TL/RL problem, I am glad I had these in stock while I bought 4 caps for the TL.




New cabin air filter and yes the filter is OEM placed with the correct directional airflow arrow.


The old nasty one.

 

Wow! Out of the bunch which one do you like the most?

 

lol my radiator reservoir cap broke too

 

Sexy bitch...
You need to have the headlights 2k cleared and be done with having to polish

 

like the most for what purpose lol? The RL is my DD now and the TL-S barely see sunlight and as far as the Base TL goes that more for like a poor man RL car lol.



I had my fair share with clear coat headlight, its all fun UNTIL the clear coat bubble and peeling off. Holly shack its a PITA to remove them.

 

HI, I just got a RL and the fan speed AC button is extremely annoying. Looking to do the swap like you did A couple questions. Is it just plug and play? When you push the fan speed button, now does it show changes on the Navi screen? Or does it just do it and screen stays where it is? Same for the fan positions. Thanks and clean looking car.

 

^^^ Its plug and play, when you change the speed or blowing direction it will show on the navi screen as well (if you have the climate screen pull up).

 

Ok its been a long update, I had been busy and you can see the reason in the picture below lol. The RL is now handling my daily drive, I plan to drive it for another oil change or two before giving a complete refresh suspension, rack and pinion, motor mounts, and that dam seeping rear main seal.

sorry but some of these pics is not in order.



I come home from work one day around Dec 18 the RL decide to give a spirit by lits up the dash with light









One sensor piss off all 3 systems together, after I scanned the code went for a test drive to confirm the cause. If anyone experience the issues as above, put the car in sport mode and use paddle or shifter to shift up.

The car will some time ignore your input, gear indicator will flash under WOT. I am surprise the sensor last this long before it throw a code, my TL-S sensor goes bad around 90k miles so replace this one is an easy job.




Here is the part number for those interested.





Don't worry the car still have 3 points of contact, e-brake engaged and the gear box is in park instead of neutral as "recommended" by forum member.




The next day my RL decide to play the game "I am not working today" lol. If you get the replacement non OEM make sure its a flat top otherwise the fuse box won't fit over, just see pics below for reference.







I still have a pics back in 06 that taken at the local Acura dealer.



12 years later lol.




I just pick up another TL, this one is too good for pass up. I have another thread for the SSM TL in 3G TL section.

 

You're as bad as me with not being able to pass up a good deal!

 

bro literally this thing is dirt cheap, even crab boi agrees that I can turn around and sell this thing as is and still make money

 

If I had to guess...$2000
I'm with you on that...most people see a 15 year old car over 150K and think it should be put out to pasture.
The golden ticket is that manual transmission...
I'm currently looking at ones too but I'm not will to pay more than about that since I don't mind the sweat equity.

 

The golden ticket to this is the MT along with a brand new dash got replaced back in 2013 by Acura dealer, the previous owner didn't know that but I was able to pull the record from my local dealer where the dash got replaced.