Hey anyone here from inlands or orange? Where do u guys get your mods done? Ive been lookin for a place i can trust my tl with. btw, which ones do you guys think is better? HR springs or tein ones? I'm also researchin shocks and struts but dont know where to begin. Anyone from socal IM me at xempaodarkness.

 

Hey, you from Irvine? I'm from Huntington Beach. I goto UCI...i had H&R's then i recently switced to teins

We can meet sometime and i'll show you my TL-S if you want.

My Opinion:
H&R Sport Springs with Stock Shocks - I really like them, you get really really good handling, the only bottleneck is the stock tires...but you can turn with these babies. The ride will suffer just a tade...the ride will be more "hard", but not harsh. You will feel bumps and potholes in the road. The fender gap is reduced to about 1-2 finger width.

Teins. After i got them on, you have to break them in and keep the setting on 8 out of 16. Setting 8 is about stock setup...it's smooth as stock but handling is a bit worse then stock. It's because the teins spring rates are low, i think you have an option of upgrading to higher spring rates for an extra cost. I changed the setting to 10 front/8 rear..and it's a big difference. But the handling doesn't seem to match the H&R..so i switch to 11/9 front/rear...it closely matches the H&R now, but the ride is a bit harsher. But i guess it all depends on how low/high you adjust ur teins, i have might a bit lower then the H&R.

My recommendation. If you have the money and you want to choose ur ride height, then go with teins...but if you don't really car about ride height, i would buy H&R and spend the rest of the money on other stuff...headers, intake, exhuaust, pulley.

 

YEah!!! Orange county peeps!!! I'm in HB too!

 

Representin' the IE here!

Just moved back to Riverside (from Sacramento) so I don't know any good performance shops yet. If anyone out there has some good ideas feel free to pass 'em on!

V.

 

yeah im from irvine. im here for the break. i live in pomona now cuz of skoo though. I jus started modin my car and lookin for shop i can get help at. I already started w/ intake. I think im gonna go with H&R springs with non-stock shocks and struts. I was thinking of koni because its the only brand i get feedbacks for. Thanks AcuraTLFan for your input! Btw, wat TL do u guys have? If you guys wanna meet up, that be cool we can show off our cars. jus tell me when u guys can

 

We need a meet a So.cal, my AIM S/N is ur2eztokil, IM me if interested

 

Orange county, fullerton

For any reason, DO NOT go to generation one motorsports in anaheim.

 

If you guys want a meet, its koo wit me. I dunno if we need permission from acura-tl ppl though. How about April 12 @ uci? If anybody wants it earlier, later, or at another location or have any other questions, IM me or post and we'll try to take care of it. My AIM is xempaodarkness.

 

<--- Soon to represent Alsio Viejo

 

chochoX

Is your TLS Black? I live in Pomona and saw a black TLS couple nights ago and it sounded like it had an intake on it. I'm in the anthracite TLS btw.

 

No I have dark grey one and has icebox. the icebox is quiet. You mean at cal poly pomona or elsewhere? Cuz i was on campus around 9pm.

 

actually...if u wanna meet go here:

http://www.acura-tl.com/forum/showth...threadid=54120

 

I live in Aliso Viejo with a sixsickspeed CL. Lets meet killas

 

South Coast Acura in Costa Mesa. Sean Cooperrider or Steve Groves.

 

Dana Point, Ca.

2002, Silver TL-S
19" "Rezax II" forged 3pc. wheels by "Work" www.work-wheels.co.jp
1.75" drop front and rear.

 

Hay guys..theres going tobe a CL/TL meet saturday 4/5 at around 1 at craig park by brea mall. It would be really coo if all your guys could go. There should be a thread in the car meet section if you want to check it out.

 

Craig Park charges for parking... what about the parking lot behind "Coco's" which is right next to the park

(I don't mind paying, I just think the park rangers might have a problem with us meeting there)

 

i live in upland (san bernindino county), ummm, CNC in ontario is pretty good. Their prices aren't bad. They can get anything basically UMmmm, got audio sounds? in upland is pretty cool They were willing to give me RH c5's 19's x 8 with tires for 2000 dollars which is pretty good. There's a lot of shops in Rowland heights. Sparks was pretty good, they moved though (dunno where). O Ya, for exhausts, there's this place in Upland called Muffler city, the guy there charges really reasonable, he can get magnaflows and comptechs and stuff.

 

Hey anybody know any reliable shops i can get headers installed? I would go to dynamics but that place charges up the ass.

 

Dynamics charged $150..that's pretty darn good for OC. I must have called 30+ shops/dealers...most of them either wouldn't do it, or would charge $300-500. I did'nt get mine installed at dynamics because there was a 3 week waitlist. I drove to pasadena/san gabriel to GT motorsports recommended by other TL owners.

 

anyone here live in the san fernando valley area?

 

Studio City here..

 

F1 in North Hollywood