thisisnotdave

Ok a few months after I bought my TL-S I noticed that my seat is crooked. A few months after that I noticed that my side airbag was bulging out a bit in the bolster bad, and then my seat started really looking deformed. So today i took it, and undid the leather cover and had myself a looksee.

And my seat frame i MADD crooked. Also kinda rusty (is that normal?). So i put the crap back together and stuffed back into the car. Now im on the hunt for a seat. Ideally i want to find a seat with messed up leather for real cheap so I can just put my skin on it and save some look for a 6mt. Anyone else have crooked seat issues. Im 6'4 and 230lbs so it could be me that did it, but that frame is really strong I cant see how I did it.

01tl4tl

questionable history on the vehicle? salvage title?
like the carfax commercial
New Interior!!! This deal is smokin!

Edward'TLS

One of the many thousands of Katrina flooded cars ?

thisisnotdave

Tell me about it, i mean the car is salvage title, so obviously this something they covered up. Well i found some junkyard deals maybe ill get them to knock some of the price off if i give them my airbag unit and other hardware that works.

01tl4tl

It really does help if you disclose the salvage title when seeking help.
Someone took parts of various TLs and made one car from them.
Acura can tell you where the car used to live- if that helps determine other failures, saltwater- etc- things to look for-
1-800-382-2238 x5

Phrosttz0

yea sounds like it was flooded if thats all rusty

01tl4tl

wouldnt plan on the airbags working or even being in the pockets for them-
some salvage cars have been found with steering wheel airbags filled with....
newspaper and dirty sneakers.
Any you wondered why it had that musty smell, eh!

fsttyms1

Well with ours i believe the air bag is part of the cover so it would be hard to take the bag out and have just the cover.

01tl4tl

I was referring to cars that were ~repaired~ after an accident with bag deployment- rather than replace the bag and sensors and whatevers- they would essentially fill the space with crap and glue the cover on. Some water damaged cars may have suffered the same fate.
Just something I saw on TV

Makes me wonder what is in that side airbag poscket of this particular vehicle
Didja get that seat hole filled up yet? yep- I think ma's apron maight be too big -
itsa abulgin out the sides....

6MTUA5

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bibledriver

I am sure the crooked seat is simply due to a violent collision that ended up totaling the vehicle. Somebody made some money by getting a sweet deal on a totaled car, fixed it and sold it. SALVAGE. Hopefully you are just imagining the weird airbag.

Water is bad. How rusty is it? Major rust for real or just rust colored ? Don't personally have experience with checking out seat frames, but someone may.

thisisnotdave

The rust isnt excessive just a little forming here and there. I knew what I was getting into with a salvage car, but the price was right, so what can I say? Now to find a good frame from a seat with bad leather for cheeaaaappp.

ftLauTL

No I took my back panels off to clean them and the frame is very rusted


And I dont think my car was ever flooded. Maybe neglected but not flooded haha

6MTUA5

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Here's a hint: PUT DOWN THE FORK!

thisisnotdave

Lol what?

rob-2

I've always wondered why people by salavage cars, just seems so risky...

Rajca

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i bought my car from a dealer auction, it was t-boned on the drivers side and once it was complete u cant tell the difference if it was in a wreck or not. the only thing that gives it away is the rebuilt title and a safety inspection sticker on the door jam.

thisisnotdave

Yeah it is risky but I bought the car off someone I knew why basically payed for 1/2 of the fixes i did to the car so far (mounts, tranny leak, ballast, etc...) so its come out cheap. They did a good job on the repair.

kumar.

Well Acura/Honda's have a tendency of having a coat of "rust" on their inner metal parts. Just like when your puttin in a headunit on the TL's you'll notice theres a thin layer of rust spots on the metal around it.

dsickles

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every car ive ever worked on has been like that, so its probably nothing to worry about

thisisnotdave

Damn people at AZ love to jump the gun and tell me my car is about to blow up. I write a post about a dummy light sensor malfunction they yell bad oil pump, I write about a little rust on my seat they yell that my car's been submerged like that titanic. God, stop giving me heart attacks.

fsttyms1

One never knows... They were able to raise the Kursk

Edward'TLS

We're just preparing you for the worst just in case that the worst problem has yet to be discovered on a car with an unknown history. If nothing happens, that'll be good.

bibledriver

Just re read the thread

thisisnotdave

HAHAHA now i get it. And now im hurt J/K good one. But I'll have you know that for my height 230 is NOT fat...

6MTUA5

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I'm guessing no one has gotten my reference yet?

thisisnotdave

I got it Kris i loled, then cried, then ate a donut and cried some more...