My 2G TL
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My 2G TL
Well I guess something happened that I'm finally making the move to actually change things on my car. I never thought of this car lasting so long partly because it was horribly maintained by my parents. As you will soon see haha.
Well I'm gonna slowly start fixing (whatever aint too expensive) replacing all the old stuff and playing around with little cheap mods that make the car more pleasant and too start learning how to work on cars.
Car now has 185,000 miles and its coming to be 12 years old. All driven in my family (was my moms before i took over 4 years ago)
Dont have to give me lessons on how important it is on maintaing cars, i know its conflict of interest with my parents who dont think money should be put into the car and me not having money really but cheap things are fine.
Now done with the boringness and onto pics!
I washed, clay barred, polished, and waxed the car a couple weeks ago. First time I did all that. Paint is sooo smooth now.
And yes i forgot tire shine before i went out for pics![Tomato](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/tomato.gif)
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Well I'm gonna slowly start fixing (whatever aint too expensive) replacing all the old stuff and playing around with little cheap mods that make the car more pleasant and too start learning how to work on cars.
Car now has 185,000 miles and its coming to be 12 years old. All driven in my family (was my moms before i took over 4 years ago)
Dont have to give me lessons on how important it is on maintaing cars, i know its conflict of interest with my parents who dont think money should be put into the car and me not having money really but cheap things are fine.
Now done with the boringness and onto pics!
I washed, clay barred, polished, and waxed the car a couple weeks ago. First time I did all that. Paint is sooo smooth now.
And yes i forgot tire shine before i went out for pics
![Tomato](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/tomato.gif)
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Then I used some WD-40, which a friend suggested to get rid of that ugly oxidation on my headlights and it worked pretty well. Might touch it up again with polish
Here's a shot comparing a before (left headlight) after (right headlight)
Here's a shot comparing a before (left headlight) after (right headlight)
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wJlCBWV5Afw/UA27v05hhWI/AAAAAAAACAQ/22C8lBSGLvM/s640/IMG_20120723_140138.jpg)
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A couple days ago I changed my cabin air filters, using the DIY i found here. Little did I know I'd actually have to use a dremel cause this was the first time these were changed ![what](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/what.gif)
If you wanna know what a cabin air filter looks like after 12 years and 185,000 miles look no further.
![what](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/what.gif)
If you wanna know what a cabin air filter looks like after 12 years and 185,000 miles look no further.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I2ad8Zmm6lg/UA9SoLtDsVI/AAAAAAAACBs/CuqlE0IXcw0/s640/IMG_20120724_180636.jpg)
Last edited by speedemon90; 07-27-2012 at 12:56 AM.
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Now a ltl project i wanna do is put white LED's in place of all interior lights, so i'm gonna slowly get started on that. I've never taken a part the interior of a car before so it will be interesting. The taking apart stuff i'll get to later when i'm doing the dash and stuff. But for now i got map/dome lights. Gonna put in an order for the shiftgate LED bulb soon and do that DIY i found on azine as well
Before:
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aAL6CZhIARQ/UBG2k2V2iaI/AAAAAAAACCs/5IcqqQgI_g8/s640/IMG_20120726_142840.jpg)
After:
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aiSEjzs3XTI/UBG7GnwaRbI/AAAAAAAACDA/iuR0-4c5Jzw/s640/IMG_20120726_144755.jpg)
Before:
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aAL6CZhIARQ/UBG2k2V2iaI/AAAAAAAACCs/5IcqqQgI_g8/s640/IMG_20120726_142840.jpg)
After:
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aiSEjzs3XTI/UBG7GnwaRbI/AAAAAAAACDA/iuR0-4c5Jzw/s640/IMG_20120726_144755.jpg)
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Ricer.
Im still surprised WD40 worked.
And it really doesnt look like its been mistreated.
Im still surprised WD40 worked.
And it really doesnt look like its been mistreated.
Last edited by civicdrivr; 07-27-2012 at 01:26 AM.
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yea i was surprised too haha, didnt believe my friend, but i had it laying around so i just tried it and to my surprise it worked as well. And pretty good for something thats just lying around my house.
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I still can't get over how you used WD40 ![rofl](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
I use the Meguairs Headlight Restoration Kit and it's great! I actually did my headlights again today since I'm going to a meet tomorrow.
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I use the Meguairs Headlight Restoration Kit and it's great! I actually did my headlights again today since I'm going to a meet tomorrow.
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It's always nice to see an older car that still looks new
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What's the dash lighting setup like for the 2G?
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thanks for the compliment man.
I believe it mainly consists of 5 or 6 74 type bulb lights? There's no soldering required, which is good for me since i dont have kit to solder. Just gotta switch it. Scared to pull apart my dash though.
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Just don't get any fingerprints on the glass
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deal with it
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WD40
never heard of that
I've always used 3m scratch remover works better than all the plastic polishes I've used before, those headlight kits are sand paper, polish, sealer, replace Polish with 3m scratch remover works way better.
and that 3m stuff works really well to buff the car, its like using a 3000 grit sand paper
And WD40
![what](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/what.gif)
I've always used 3m scratch remover works better than all the plastic polishes I've used before, those headlight kits are sand paper, polish, sealer, replace Polish with 3m scratch remover works way better.
and that 3m stuff works really well to buff the car, its like using a 3000 grit sand paper
And WD40
![what](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/what.gif)
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Putting WD-40 on it is like putting "Back-to-Black" on exterior plastic. It will look good for a couple of days, but it will always wear off. In contrast, headlight restorer actually removes the hazing by polishing the plastic, not just covering it up.
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Changed out my air filter yesterday. Dunno how long this has been sitting in the car but its quite dirty.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mLPGuGoQR7k/UBbSJktvzdI/AAAAAAAACJ0/TRHhl4qaK2I/s640/IMG_20120729_144030.jpg)