ResidualFreedom

As some of you may know I have been waiting for the OEM body kit to arrive here in Canada, it was coming from Washington (great deal 599, painted and shipped to just north of Toronto, Canada.

Yesterday as I was leaving my house I saw the greatest thing in the world, THE FED-EX TRUCK!!! Whoooooo Hoooooooo.

I spent yesterday night installing the front bumper piece, and the rest went in this morning (during the rain I might add). So here are some pics ........I know that it is still raining and dark out but I had to take pics I just got soaked installing this bodykit, it wouldn't be fair not to take pictures.









What do you guys n' gals think??

indoMFP

Looks good, where in hell did you get the entire kit for 599 painted?

BIG_KOUT

Wish I could get that price on a kit for my 03... nice install.... looks good..... whats next? rims?

ResidualFreedom

next is probably 02 taillights, and I am going to swap lights with Tatewaki so mine will be totally clear and his'll be blacked. The rims would be a very nice add on next but money has a way of not accumulating up to $3000 before I end up spending it, on other things, springs....bodykit...

The bodykit came from Acura of Bellevue Washington. Talk to Mickey in the Parts dept. She was the one I delt with and she was great, even called me to tell me she was going to hold the shipping for an extra day to make sure the paint dries, most places would go to the effort to call you, I thought it was great service, plus 399 for the kit 100 for the paint (any color guys) and 100 for shipping to canada. can't go wrong there!

tumas

hate to break it to you, but in the pictures, the color looks extremely off (for the body kit). nice drop though.

porshah

Looks good. I am waiting for the hardware kit for my front and rear bumper. I have the sides installed right now. I can't wait either. As tumas said, the paint is noticeably different, especially on close up pics.

ResidualFreedom

with a quoted price of 250 per piece ($1000 total) I figured I would have the dealership paint it . I have to get rid of thoes ugly holes in the front bumper from the licence plate, and the bumper has a bunch of scuffs on front passengers side anyway. I was going to have to repaint the bumper anyway, I have a few people checking on paint suppliers so far I have been quoted on over $200CAD for 2 gallons of Heather Mist mettalic.


I am working on Fiberglass covers for both sides of the trunk to enclose all my stereo components, and cover the amp with tempered glass. I will be painting the fiberglass covers the same colour as the body. I also was thinking about installing a mesh over the grille, fog light holes, and the gap between the two holes, in front of the grid like teeth on the bottom center of the bumper.

I am going to habe to paint my panels for the trunk, the mesh on the front of the car and re-paing the bumper, so adding the bodykit to the list of things to paint is not too much work. I origionally thought I would be ordering a white one or a multi coloured one to get the kit for 399.

soccerbenk

how much did they charge you to install the springs?

dark inspire

lookin good bro! cant wait to buy my kit. ooo man if only i had more money.

lilirish

looking good, but i think u need a spoiler, the car looks wierd to me with a kit and no spoiler

ou sig

wow good buzz kill man...

I think it looks great Freedom

Tatewaki

looks great! I told ya the car looks nice with drop+kit So how did you install the rear piece?

lx4life

Looks good but you need some bigger wheels.

ResidualFreedom

I found 13 bolts, washers and nuts to hold the rear bumper up. Even if there is no hardware I will still attach the body kit . where there's a will, theres a lawer and a way, and I got 4 self tapping screws. the bolts I got from left over ardware from other jobs and used them instead of the ones from the kit they worked beautifully. better that stock I bet (I probably over did it). 13 1/4inch bolts an inch long, with washers and lock nuts. Ya, I way over did it, but it worked perfectly.


and OUSIG thanks for the comment I didn't want to sound too rude, but I think that got the point across. thanks again , appreciated

car_lost

very nice! i say you keept the blacked out headlights. they look great.

cali TL

the side skirt does look really off.... otherwise really nice, i want to drop my car but cant afford new wheels, it looks decent with the stocks on there though thanks for being my guinea pig

SSTLS408

Hey Freedom! does the place you bought ur kit from also carry the 02-03 oem body kit?? if those prices apply to the newer kit, its definitely a steal! BTW nice car, go lower! and the reason why the kit looks off is i think because of the lighting...i don't think its necessarily off at all...

dnd2984

iTrader: (6)

nice but the paint needs to be blended in .

z3Ro

those pix reminded me of what my car used to look like...good ol days

Lazy_E

Its really hard to match the paint since Freedom's car has been at least 4 years old. Only thing to do is get a new paintjob ^^ Looking good Freedom!

merkin110

damn im just around the bellevue area i will have to give them a call

TL

Looks nice! Your drop actually doesn't look as low as I'd expect for H&R Sports. Are you using stock shocks, or aftermarket?

dark inspire

damn old thread yo!

VoLLy

iTrader: (8)

very nice looking slick!

MegaKillTron

w0rd im tired of getting excited for old threads

theacolyte

Come on, a year and a half isn't that old to check prices with a dealership... ROFLRODJSdjasd

jpadilla

why u have to spoil it for him? u suk. but since it has already been brought up he is right ... color a little off.

jpadilla

Time for a mod to close dis biatch ... where are the power hungry mods at when u need them?

Pure Adrenaline

iTrader: (2)

Damn it, I thought this was gonna have the pictures of Patrick's Type-S. :ripped:

SiCrew

looks very nice, great job!

azn_inspiredTL

Acura of Bellevue is one of the best dealers i kno here in WA. that is where we first picked up our 03TL in 02

merkin110

i havent had a chance to check out acura of bellevue but i called them and the kit was about double of what freedom said

@cUr@-TL

very nice patrick... but as others stated, the kit's color seems off...

ResidualFreedom

Wow this thread is old.. I should be getting the kit on my new TL-S but I'm busy as hell with stuff lately..

With regards to the kit currently being more expensive than when I bought it. Acura of Washington Bellevue was getting the "mismatched" overstock 99-01 kits from Acura directly.. That's why there was such a good deal, the dealer had to arrange painting, and coordinate the parts to make full kits.

I have been quoted more than that for the front lip for a 02OEM kit from a local Acura stealership.

Who the heck resurrected this thread. now I've got to speed up Modding my new TL-S.