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Old 05-02-2008, 11:42 AM
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Debadged

hey all. just recently debadged my '99 TL. nothing special. lost the ACURA and broke the 3.2 off the TL. looks kinda like the newer models. hah. lemme know what you guys think.

Old 05-02-2008, 12:14 PM
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good stuff!

not a fan of fully blacked tail lights but to each his own.
Old 05-02-2008, 12:21 PM
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looks clean and that TL emblem by itself is original. havent seen it separated like that.
Old 05-02-2008, 01:35 PM
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Looks good
Old 05-02-2008, 01:44 PM
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^ Good job, OP. That's what I'm going to do when I change my car back to an "Acura" ...
Old 05-02-2008, 01:46 PM
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Looks nice... but would much rather see the 02-03 tail lights on it than blacked out lights...
Old 05-02-2008, 05:31 PM
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Nice, do you by any chance live in East Islip? If so my friend with the yellow S2K lives across the street from you.
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what kind of tint is that? i ordered some and went through hell trying to make it flat without creases and air bubbles
Old 05-02-2008, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisQ1980
Nice, do you by any chance live in East Islip? If so my friend with the yellow S2K lives across the street from you.
yeah man I do. thats crazy. small world.

were you over here a week or two ago, when he had all those people over?
Old 05-02-2008, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Razzi
what kind of tint is that? i ordered some and went through hell trying to make it flat without creases and air bubbles
the windows are 20% but the tails are sprayed on.
Old 05-02-2008, 08:04 PM
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my back of my car looks exactly the same except for the "TL" and i have exhaust tips.
Old 05-02-2008, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Coopeda
yeah man I do. thats crazy. small world.

were you over here a week or two ago, when he had all those people over?
LOL, yeah Saturday night was my b/day party. It gets crazy there. Everyone that came into the house was like "Chris, you tinted your tailights? I'm sure I'll be seeing you around.
Old 05-02-2008, 08:15 PM
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I think the TL looks so much better without all of the emblems on the back, I would just replace the 99-01 "A" with an 02-03, as it's slightly larger and fills out the trunk lid better.
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Originally Posted by ChrisQ1980
LOL, yeah Saturday night was my b/day party. It gets crazy there. Everyone that came into the house was like "Chris, you tinted your tailights? I'm sure I'll be seeing you around.
yo man thats crazy.... east islip.... im from farmingville.. but i dated a girl from east islip for three years... and i know ALOTT of people there... how old are you? im 20.... i know a lot of people in that age group.. and am in the area alot
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ooo ok.. jus realized your 28.. so probably not but thats cool anyway...... u going to the meet ?
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I do like the look of the TL badge, sans the 3.2. I'm not feeling the taillight covers though. Maybe on a NBP or even ABP. Just screams 1988 Iroc Z with the white guy driving that has a slick gerry curl, to me. By the way I eliminated the 3.2 portion of the badge a few weeks back, but I doubt I was the first to do so. I must say that blue paint goes much better with SSM than red did on the S badge. I plan on outlining the badge with red, just for the extra litlle touch.
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Old 05-07-2008, 12:01 PM
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A suggestion about tinted taillights......i talked to an acura dealership who said for 75 dollars they would tint my taillights on my 03 tl....both taillights...i opted not to do it yet but when i do i am only tinting the red part of the light and leaving the clear part as is...cardomain has a few photos of it and it looks alot better to me than the fully tinted tailight.....i do have a question about the emblems...i recently recieved a new trunk due to a break in witha crowbar...and my emblems have only been on there for a short amount of time....whats the best way to take them off and have to trunk look as if they were never there?
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^^^^^^ Fishing string, 3M adhiesave remover. Then use a cleaner wax, and re-wax when done.
Old 05-07-2008, 01:23 PM
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looks clean!
Old 05-07-2008, 01:55 PM
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tint the tail lights yourself. buy some vht nightshade spray paint (im pretty sure thats what its called) and make sure u use some degreaser on the tail light to get all of the dirt off. and start spraying (helps if u take off the tail lights and do it on the side), depending on how dark you like them keep adding more paint.
Old 05-07-2008, 02:10 PM
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Very Clean. That is some dark tint!!! It'd be awesome if you could tint the emblems to match.
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^You could always paint them.
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Originally Posted by Mister_TL
A suggestion about tinted taillights......i talked to an acura dealership who said for 75 dollars they would tint my taillights on my 03 tl....both taillights...i opted not to do it yet but when i do i am only tinting the red part of the light and leaving the clear part as is...cardomain has a few photos of it and it looks alot better to me than the fully tinted tailight.....i do have a question about the emblems...i recently recieved a new trunk due to a break in witha crowbar...and my emblems have only been on there for a short amount of time....whats the best way to take them off and have to trunk look as if they were never there?
Use a heat gun, adhesive remover, a cleaner wax, and then re wax, and those eblems will be history. Fishing like ChrisQ said, will help too.
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