stRodda

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all i gotta say is, i love it. its everything my other car isnt.

here are some pics along a couple different stages.

when purchased, it looked like so...








after i installed an eibach prokit and oem kit.






and now with the re-aimed yellow fogs









i dont plan on doing anything else to this car. ive seen alot of your guys cars, and they look sick with a set of wheels, but i want to keep this car stock. i dont wanna start ricing it out. for that i still have my other car...

fahoumh

Your car looks good....very clean. Especially the engine bay.

TLofNYC

Love them chrome TL-S wheels...

CL Platano

What kind of fogs are those?

JMAL

welcome to team AM

ProvidenceLeaf

Love that color! What a difference. That engine is so clean it looks like it just rolled out of the showroom! Welcome aboard!

Pure Adrenaline

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It looks like your seat bottoms have no perforations on the leather?

Car looks clean. I love anthracite.

TL_TypeS

Hey you're on BAP ! I think you're Stephanie's friend... I used to be on BAP ( rarely post on there ) ... Anyway , welcome aboard! Your TL looks awesome... I just got my oem kit , sitting in my closet at the moment . maybe we'll go for a photoshoot sometimes.

sothrowed

I own one just like it.. Nice drop also

VoLLy

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Oh, nice car! a anthracite type-s, looking good.

So Fly TL 973

Nice ride man welcome to the crew. What kind of fogs are those?

Chauncey

The floor mats say TL too. Your driving a hybrid

(sorry just stumbled upon one of the funniest smilies I have seen)

stRodda

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thanks for the props everyone. im always whoring out the other forums cause of my other car, now im gonna start doing the same around here


question though... ive never really looked at other tl-s', whats this about the seats and floor mats? am i missing something or have something it shouldnt?



you are correct sir, that would be i. do you have a lude still or did you upgrade to the tl? and sure we should do a shoot. know any other tl'ers in the area?




i only have one complaint though. the tl is great off the line, but it kinda lags on the freeway compared to my accord... guess its just the car gods telling me i should just cruise with it.



and the fogs are just different bulbs.
got them off ebay.

JMAL

i have an 03 tls in AM also, and my leather seats are perforated on the seat bottoms and the back. the only area that is smooth is the sides and the edges. my floor mats are the same as yours i believe tho.

i had a 4th gen accord to. no power mods but full suspension work. fun car. and i agree it doesnt feel like it takes off at highway speeds like the accord did. its probably cuz of the wieght of the car. u have to watch the speedo to beleive it, its a lot smoother then an old accord so it doesnt get that raw feedback that your used to. pass someone on the highway after being behind them at the same speed and youll realize that its fast enough.

stRodda

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yea true... it is so much smoother. gotcha about the seats... you just couldnt see it in the other pic

JMAL

like this seat, maybe it was jus thte pic you had, but there are little holes in the butt area

its really hard to see, so maybe your pic didnt show it, but now you know what to look for.

stick

looks great. looks just like mine except mine is SSM. love the drop.

how much u pick it up for? how many miles?

vtlec01

hot whips... used to have an accord slammed just like that. love em.

stRodda

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**update**
guess i will be doing another mod... i need a rear camber kit. fyi, with an eibach prokit youre camber will be around -.5f/-1.5r



got it for $22k, only downside is that it has 51xxx miles. not too bad i guess, bluebook was still $25k even with the mileage.

thanx. just for a little to reminisce over, here are a couple shots of my other baby...



and the heart of it all...

JMAL

what motor is that, is that an h22 or a b1x? i dont recognize that valve cover. i miss whipping the hell out of my 91. someone in brooklyn is having fun with it now

bmui1561

Those fogs look great... I love the pic where they are projected against the wall with your HID's

stRodda

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its a 93 jdm h22... i had the valvecover lettering shaved off. i dont want it to be easily recognizable by the cops. to an untrained eye, its just a motor.

chabooky

where you get you factory kit at? can you pm me where u got em?

stRodda

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no secret really... got it from acura.

Hova1222

Hey I love it, I will be getting my kit soon as well.

JMAL

i knew it was "special"

how much was the kit? im thinking about that next.

stRodda

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the kit was about $1200 painted from acura. i coulda got it cheaper if i looked around online, but i was being very impatient, and it got to me quickly. 2 days and it was in my hands.

aaronnn

love the color! anthracite metallic with the chrome type-s rims go along together really well on your car.

sportyaccordy

Ha, yo it's gloryaccordy from cb7t...lol I didn't know you dropped your car already. It looks good though.

TL_TypeS

Wana help me install the oem kit for my TL ?

HBaJ

do all navi's have that antenna?

Type_S

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Wow...$22K is a lot of money, should of kept looking around. I got mine for $12K no navi. I have to admit though, it does look really nice. I also went from a slammed 4th gen Accord to a TL. Huge difference. Good choice!!

JMAL

i dunno, i paid 23.5 for mine last aug. 03 tls mint, 27k miles, certified and acura care warranty. that was decently below the book at the time. and mine is anthracite too. $12k? what was the mileage on it? clean title?

Type_S

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Mine has 54k miles right now. I got the car from a cousin that has a dealer. But before getting my car I did some searching and found a couple of cars in the 15k and 17k range.

JMAL

lucky you . i saw some in that 15-17k range to in the tristate, but no clean titles and/or can see repair work on the car. i dont think i saw one ssm one that didnt have repaint somewhere on it which was a strange observation. plus i really wanted AM so i was kinda limited since in type s it was only made one year . after seeing all the repaired ones out on those used car lots, i gave up and went with certified. im glad i did, my vin was out of the tranny range, but now its covered. im bankin on my peace of mind till 100k miles for power train and accesories with acura care/certified.

Type_S

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Yeah I know what you mean. It's difficult these days to find a car with a clean title for good money. When I got the car, and joined a couple forums, I read a lot about tranny problems. At that point I was skeptical and decided to register in the Acura Owner Link. I had some relief when it showed my car received the tranny fix in 2004 and still has the 7 yr warranty on it.

stRodda

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exactly. i saw alot of tl's i could have gotten for less, but i was being very picky. the car i wnted was exactly what i got. navi/AM/black leather... all a must. and by dumb luck, it just happened to be the only tl in the bay area with the stock chromes... from what i saw on autotrader/car.com/etc.

and i was also paying for the acura dealership name... i wanted it certified. and i as well opted for the acura care warranty. fully covered till 10k

TLTYPES03

thats a sickkk whip i love how that chrome tls rims just set off tha colour you have so well...good work

one

Type_S

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All in all the car looks amazing. When I check through all the car websites, didn't find one with chrome rims. I figured that was something, someone had done on the side.

sbasaria

Rookie here...

How does one crome the wheels? I beleive I have the same wheels but wish to chrome them too? Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks.