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Matt just offered up his Matte Grafite CV3's in the +35 +42 offsets... if you want them... He's digging the new CVT's in Gloss Grafite...

NathanJax

So I got the ProClipUsa phone holder in. It's exactly the holder I wanted, although it sticks out a little further than I want. However, it was $70 and really think it cost about $10 to make, but whatever. Like I said, it was the exact holder I wanted.







Drivers perspective



I also got my trunk mat



I ordered the 09+ swaybar and bushings as well. I'll post comparison pics of the stock 05-08 one compared to the 09+ when I get it swapped out.



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NathanJax

And my JDM headlights have left customs in NY and are on their way here.

NathanJax

Got the 09+ rear sway bar and bushings today. Car is in paint till Thursday or Friday so the sway bar will go on next week sometime...

Spectra Phantom

moving fast...... i like

Sub'd

NathanJax

Thanks


If i could only make up my mind on some rims. Today's flavor is the Vossen CV5s

Spectra Phantom

CV5 are one of my personal favorites. Tired of seeing CV3 all over the place

Mr.Tea

Nathan does this sway bar make things a little tighter on the RL? are you doing this install yourself and where do these bars go?

NathanJax

It's a thicker bar than the 05-08 so yes it helps. Others on here have verified it helps. There are threads about it on here if you search "sway"

This one goes on the rear. The front you have to drop way too much stuff for it to be worth it.





I grew up at my fathers mechanic shop and have access to it along with lifts/tools/etc.

oo7spy

IIRC, there is a big misconception here about what it takes to install the front. I say that because someone came in claiming they had done the front with little more effort than the back, and everyone here was saying you have to remove the engine. Were they full of shit?

oo7spy

Along the lines of CV3, but supposedly these are Stance(?).

NathanJax

I'll know for sure next week. I'll put it on the lift and check it out. I'll also check AllData and see what it says as far as time allowed and directions to do the front.





My headlights just showed up. Best thing is all the connections are still there, they cut the wiring harness and sent them. So the side marker connector isn't an issue. I also have the ballast and HID bulb on each side...

MSW 6SP

lucky s.o.b.

teh CL

iTrader: (1)

Those lights

Spectra Phantom

Lets see them on

Carbon Legend

while they are out might as well convert the shields so that they are for LHD otherwise you could risk blinding other drivers with the incorrect beam pattern

NathanJax

plan on doing it tomorrow if I get a chance before work!

JDMCRX

Nice build man loving it. More pics please

Where did you get the navtool from

NathanJax

Thanks. Picking the car up from paint today so I"ll snap a few pics

I got it directly from NavTool. ACURA RL 2005-2008 NAVIGATION VIDEO INTERFACE

Mine was actually on sale down to $170 when I got it.

NathanJax

Car is back from paint. I had all 4 new chrome strips replaced on the front/rear bumper, as well as the lower chrome on the front grill, replaced the driver fog light, fixed the rock chips in the front bumper, fixed a couple dings on the drivers side and fix the dings in the rear bumper. They also sanded and cleared my headlights, even though I'm throwing my JDM headlights on this week. I figured while they're sanding/clearing stuff, might as well do them

I also had them paint the grill. We left a tiny strip of silver on each side and color matched the rest of the grill.


Onto the pics of the grill. No need for the rest of the car, you couldn't really see in the pics all the things that were wrong/fixed...

NathanJax

FINALLY got my fog light bulbs in. I read all the threads on here, but that drivers side was still such a PITA... Pics tonight...

oo7spy

Car looks good.

NathanJax

So I can't get a decent pic of the lights when my iPhone. Don't have a regular (good camera)






ASpec will be here Wednesday or Thursday of next week. I'll wait to put the JDM headlights in until then so I only have to remove the bumper once.




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EL19

iTrader: (4)

Great progress on the RL! I miss my RL at times. Such a well built vehicle. Are you the same NathanJax from the tahoeyukon forum? if so, your threads over there are truly an inspiration.

NathanJax

Yup. and thanks


Figured it was time for something different so I went a car route this time.

RL_life05

great job on the Mod's your moving so fast my goal is to have in completely no more than a year after I have bought it so I have about six months left. where did you get the chrome molding from.

NathanJax

Bought from my local Acura dealer. They give a decent discount to local forum members

ChocBoyWonder

iTrader: (1)

Good stuff!! Modded quick like Whoa!

oo7spy

RL_life05

NathanJax

Hopefully my front lip will be here Monday or Tuesday so I can throw it on with the headlights...

I decided on some rims. Might change them up later, but I was tired of rolling stocks for now.

Rohana RC10 20x9 +35 and 20x10 +40

Nitto 555 235/35/20 and 275/30/20


Crappy iPhone pics. Once I get my headlights and lip on this week I'll get some good pics. I also have the paint in my garage to do my calipers. I'm doing silver with black letters and bolts

1CLNRL

I'm liking the staggered look.

NathanJax

Front lip finally came in. My first lip actually came in last Wednesday, but the box was busted and the lip was cracked in two pieces. They re-ordered a new lip and it cam in today. I'll have the headlights and the lip installed by Wednesday night...

oo7spy

Looks good!

Spectra Phantom

Looking forward to it

NathanJax

Well, I finally got the rear sway bar swapped out. I can tell a little bit of a difference. I think it's probably worth the $60 and 15 minutes I spent swapping it out. Gotta remove the rear tires and it unbolts, slides out either side with pulling down on the exhaust to get the bar out. I put it on a lift to do it.

05-08 bar 17.3mm
09-12 bar 19.3mm

Here's a pic of the 05-08 on top and 09-12 on the bottom




I hope to get to the front ASpec lip and headlights tomorrow.



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NathanJax

Got the front lip installed today. Crazy that you have to drill holes and cut out the fog lights. Talking about a scarey 30 minutes...












I went to install the JDM headlights but I stopped and concentrated on the bumper. I'm leaving on vacation for a week (driving my car) and I had to make sure I had a bumper to drive with. I'll have to do some research with installing them as well but I'll get in to that later.





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projektvertx

iTrader: (2)

Looking good man! Honestly, once you have the bumper off, the headlights are easy to remove. 4 bolts hold it down

NathanJax

yeah I had the drivers headlight out, but when looking to swap out the housing, I noticed the turn signal bulbs and plug was different. The OEM one won't fit into the JDM one without some trimming (I think that's the only difference and I had already seen something about that) and I didn't want to spend any time messing with it when I still had to trim and mount my bumper. I have to drive my car tomorrow so I would rather get 1 thing done than try and hurry to get 2 things done and possibly mess something up.

I'm trying to search now and see if anyone has a "how to" on the JDM headlights for an easy swap.

oo7spy

The ASpec does so much for this car.