ChucksCL-S

Yeah I haven't posted for awhile but I wanted to chime in and let everyone know the J32 is still running perfect. Just painted the grill in fact..I'll post pics soon as it kinda looks like a 6 speed CL-S. Still use VTEC and the upper rev ranges daily.

dark inspire

Thats Awesome Chuck! its good to hear that your TL is still goin strong! goodwork, cant wait to see the pick!

ChucksCL-S

Thanks man, can you PM me with your E-mail address and this weekend I'll get it to you....can you then host it for me? Thanks much!

neuronbob

D-A-Y-U-M! That is incredible. Acura needs to pay to have you in a Volvo-esque commercial once you get to 200k miles. I hope I can develop the discipline to keep my 3GTL for that many miles.

VTEC11

You gotta have the highest miles on this board?

How many trannies did you go through?

dark inspire

yeah, chuck has the highest mileage of the Second Gen TL's. the next highest i believe is fsstyms1 (kris). i think he's (chuck) been through just one or mabye 2 trannies. Yeah, no probz chuck, ill host the picz. PM sent!

geeserteg

Jeezus Have you had many problems?

Type S Lady

Dang, that is great!

giovanni

That is good.....I am at 168k....Knock on VTEC everything still good

dark inspire

now Johnny, is that Km or Miles?

giovanni

That would be in KM

Tom Blasing

Does Acura put out those little badges you attach to your grill like MB does for certain mileage thresholds??

ChucksCL-S

First tranny made it to 164,000.......#2 still doing fine. This car has otherwise been problem free. Replaced one idler pulley (rattled) and one rear door handle (broke off in really cold temps), other than that just the usual wear items like pads, wiper blades and so on.

fsttyms1

great going chuck. im gaining on you, i just turned 153,000 miles.

dark inspire

ohhhh so thats what those things are for :o

dark inspire

looks slick chuck! well done

ChucksCL-S

Thanks DJ yeah I washed the day's bugs off the grill and bumper and then snapped some shots...next time I'll dry it first! Thanks again!

dark inspire

all you need now is an OEM kit

ChucksCL-S

Yeah I just looked at acuraTL2000's car on another post and it looks really good with the kit and wheels. I could paint a kit right here at home as I have everything needed. I did my rear spoiler three years ago. I could install it too. Hmmmmmm..............

dark inspire

i got my kit for $393.75 from my buddy J. Dewey Kinchen, in Georgia. He is the parts manager for an acura dealership, and thats the best deal i found, painted AND shipped. Believe me, the paint matches perfectly, here is a picture of mine at a recent meet.



keep in mind, my car has yet to be lowered, so the kit on yours would looks awesome!

ChucksCL-S

Wow, I never realized our cars were so similiar! Your car looks great. The H&R oem springs would do the trick! Wish I could get by without a front tag!

MrPreludeSH

I'm logging in at 120,XXX miles on my 99TL . So far one tranny and the only major problem was the motor mounts.

Keith

ChucksCL-S

Oh yeah when my fogs are off they appear blueish or purple in color...really looks good IMO.

dark inspire

yeah, im not supposed to take my front plate off either, but i take my chances! i think my next mod infact will be lowering the car either H&R or Comptech if i could get a good deal on a used set. also, let me know if you want that kit, and ill hook you up.

dark inspire

Nice, looks like we got more high-mileaged TL's than i thought. keep us posted! Broken Motor mounts you say? hhahaha talk to DarkShear, he breaks his on like a monthly basis lol.

ChucksCL-S

Another idea is get Koni's all around, keep the stock springs and set the Koni's on the lowest perch. Or keep the stock shocks and get lowering springs to save money, or if you have the money get both! The handling improvement is hard to believe!

ChucksCL-S

Funny too about TL wheels...alot of guys replace them but you know, I think they look pretty good. Yeah they are only 16's but they are light too.

dark inspire

yeah, i think our stock wheels are better than most stockers look wise. i am planning to just get the springs right now, or get my friends type-s springs that only have 7k on them, he replaced his w/ koni's, and then drop the car. the koni's are quite a bit out of my budget hahha.

BlackShadow

Congrats Chuck. Your TL is my inspiration. Keep us updated on the road to 200K miles.

fsttyms1

ok chuck, now i got to hurry up and get the paint and repaint my front end. your painted grill looks great. oh and watch out, who will hit 200k first?????????????????????????????

dark inspire

and put ur kit on, Kris!!! :P

ChucksCL-S

Yeah Kris awhile back I took the whole bumper off and took it to the local body shop as I didn't trust my painting skills, so it still looks pretty good. The only thing bugging me about 200K is that I would be due in for ANOTHER timing belt job and I would rather spend the $600 on mods that are upcoming for the J32 over at the CL page from Scalbert. Thanks to Black Shadow, Kris and DJ!

andytran

i have 121,000 miles on my car now and i also had motormounts problems. got those fixed and the car drove like new.

fsttyms1

yea ill be painting alot of parts my self when i finally do get around to doing it. oh and

i still havent changed my waterpump or timing belt

ChucksCL-S

That's good news! I won't worry about mine either!

fsttyms1

its a honda product! if there is 1 thing honda can build better than any one else its a engine!

antlive

dayum thats a good price, I may want to get down with that.

neuronbob

*Snicker* too bad they still can't build a tranny right? Sorry, had to be said.

Chuck is my inspiration too! I want to get to 200k miles now.