Some progress ive made over the years

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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 03:59 AM
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Some progress ive made over the years

2001 Acura TL. 103K. Enjoy and comment

First photos are of the car before I bought it, these are the ones I saw online in the advertisements
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Next I debadged it. Upgraded tail lights and smoked them

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It was too black for me so I put the A back on

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Heres some of the differnet rims Ive thrown on my Acura

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20's
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you all should recognize these
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18's
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Recent photos this is how it sits now
18s
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Interior shot
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New touch screen with backup camera
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Put some lights inside
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All simple mods, nothing major, let me know what you guys think, thanks!
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 04:27 AM
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Sorry but that car looks so wrong at that height.
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 07:58 AM
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you may have your reasons.. but why switch like 5 sets of wheels before touching the suspension?

the wheels are preference, but your last set and the 3G wheels were the only decent ones... and like mentioned, its hard to appreciate the wheel style when you're at stock height.

car seems to be kept in good shape though.
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 10:46 AM
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Drop it low and it will flow!
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 12:11 PM
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I knew it was coming, i know i need to drop the suspension, I think further down the road, I would prefer a lip kit instead of dropping it, and i keep changing the rims cuz i get bored and want to try new ones on. do you guys like the last set of rims, the ones currently on? i really liked the 3g tl ones but it made my car too dark i believe
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 05:53 PM
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Clean, but a lip kit wont draw attention away from your enormous wheel gap.

3g wheels looked great, current ones are nicer than the others.
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 06:23 PM
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i liked the first pic





lol.. but i do suggest a drop.... please.
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 09:40 PM
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you made the first mistake by not dropping it first. heck, your car at this point wouldve looked better lowered on stock wheels, just saying. 3g wheels looked the best out of all of them.

editL jesus, lip kit and wheels at stock height is yuck. it makes the gap even more noticeable.
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 09:49 PM
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Drop before wheels,

Car looks like it's about to go off roading...

Lip kit will not do anything for it, a mild drop just to get rid of the wheel gap IMO
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Old Dec 10, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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Look into a drop man, looks like you take care of it. Once you get rid of that gap you will thanks us.
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Old Dec 10, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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You don't even have to go crazy with the drop to make the car look 100% better. I modestly dropped mine, and even though it still has a small gap it looks much better.

Like the car though.

Also, what did you get for the head unit?

P.
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Old Dec 11, 2011 | 11:36 PM
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chiming in - you need to drop it. I use Eibach Performance Springs and Shocks. It will look clean.
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 12:57 AM
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05tsxpat- what about my head unit? its a pioneer app radio, only meant if you have an iphone, runs my apps through the screen, really neat but i would suggest to wait until the next generation if i were to do it over again
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 08:23 AM
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I Just wanted to know what kind it was.. I'm looking to upgrade and yours looks like something i want to look into it.

Thanks
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