I was think about the way the inspire door sills looked and had some scrap sheet metal laying around and I was able to make these:

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/sin1995nissan

The letterings were etched into the metal...pretty easy process took like 1 min to etch....

I will post more pics and how to once I finish the fronts

 

Your folder is empty!!

 

very indeeedy....empty

 

boh. empty.

 

my bad...just leave your e-mail and i will send it to you guys...

 

If you e-mail me them, I'll post them. monkeymato@mindspring.com

 

thanks monkeymato, I've e-mail the rears to you.

 

Can you really post the pic??

 

Hey guys. I'll post the pictures later tonite when I get my server running. And yes I will post them. Im reformating right now and when I'm done it'll be up.

 

Hey guys. Like I said here are the pictures.





-Matt

 

Cool...how did you etch the lettering though?

 

not too bad how much did it cost you and could you put more writing like 3.2 tl? or 3.2 tl type s?

 

Looking good...wonder when Tim is going to get them in...

 

yeah i'm waitng for that too, tim please hurry

 

It looks better than I thought!!

 

I made these myself...I will post pics of the fronts with acura type s later...These have nothing to do with the ones going to be sold on this site...thanks again monkeymato for posting the pics...

 

How did you go about making them?

 

I might get banned for this one but, ...

Someone on the "other" acura web site is working on sills and an alluminum trim kit. They have pics of what it might look like with "Acura TL" and others.

 

here are some more pics...
http://www.familybuzz.com/photos/thu...ll%5Ff02%2Ejpg
http://www.familybuzz.com/photos/thu...ll%5Ff03%2Ejpg
http://www.familybuzz.com/photos/thu...ll%5Ff01%2Ejpg

these are made to what I wanted but i guess It's a matter of what you want also...I will be at the socal SEMA meet, so people can take a look there too...

 

sup peter~

the link doesnt work dude

 

I just tried them...they work on my comp...let me try a different comp.

 

my bad again...I'll set it up again...

 

try http://www.familybuzz.com

login: acura
pass: acura

 

It's under the photos section.

 

tim please hurry...

 

pete...that looks awsome~ GREAT JOB~~ i want that too

 

so is there a limk to the other TL website so we can see who is making them.

 

Sorry, not allowed to link to it.

 

You don't need to order them, just make them...It cost me like $10 in materials (labor is the big factor)...So, I hope the cost of the ones they are going to sell are not going to be ridiculous...Besides you can put whatever you want on the ones you make...

 

well i like the kind they made for the inspire and i want that same type for my TL.

 

Here's the material list:

thin aluminum sheet metal - brush finish (satin finish) should be like $7 per 12" x 24" sheet (enough for 3 sets)

Masking tape $1

Razor blades $1

Rubbing alcohol $1

Instructions:

1. Cut the sheet iinto strips (1 1/8") and cut into length size...use either a paper cutter or a sheet metal table cutter.

2. Mask the entire strip with tape

3. Cut out whatever logo or name by placing the drawing on the tape as a stencil...I photoshop the acura and type s and logo on my comp and used sticker paper to print out on.

4. Clean the exposed metal with rubbing alcohol to remove residue tape residue...use alcohol with cottom balls or qtips.

5. Etch the metal...Aluminum will etch in most stuff--pool acid, draino, or get it sandblasted lightly. I have access to a sandblaster and it took 30 secs per piece. Etching would take like 30 minutes for same removal.

6. Remove the tape and use rubbing alcohol to remove residue tape residue.

7. Glue on sills with silicon adhesive (just in case you want to remove later). I used clamps to hold the strips down until the glue cured.

8. Wipe with alcohol to remove residue stains.

Most of the cost is labor, but if you want to custom mod it time ain't a issue.

 

:wow: That looks great!!!