grip

im looking for good pics of A-Spec UA5's...mostly the headlight's.

i have looked on google, but all of the pics are avatar size, and dont show a whole lot.

JDM Inspired

Its just black housing with AMBER corners....

jjashaa

iTrader: (23)

would help if you actually posted a picture.. and its not just black housing. with AMBER corners.... its black/clear with the amber diffuser in it..

also, they are color matched to whatever color car you have................

NBP:







ABP:

grip

i dont think they are color matched, im pretty sure they are semi gloss black. and that blue tl is not an a-spec.

his calipers are blue, and his grill is blue....chances are....he painted his housing's blue too.

grip

another useless post from you.

please keep comments to yourself unless you have something to add.

grip

i just noticed that the black a-spec has a paint matched grill as well...do all a-spec's have color matched grill's and housing's?

where are the side markers on the blue one?

am i wrong about the blue a-spec?

Phrosttz0

aspecs have colormatched headlights and grills.. also stainless steel trim, sidemarkers, spoiler, blue interior inserts, rims, shiftknob and badges...the blue on above is just a regular type s with colormatched headlights

grip

cool, can we gather enough pics to show the difference's?

i am interested in the stainless trim, and the shift knob.

tegkid

iTrader: (7)

have you looked in the nbp color thread?
all the pictures you want should be in there...

tegkid

iTrader: (7)

oh and dont forget the colormatched door handles

Rajca

iTrader: (8)

and the steering wheel, i also believe the seats are too. grip when u paint your headlights make sure u paint the lens outside, if u look closely they have it painted and when ppl black their headlights out they dont do it (ive seen a few tho)

Rajca

iTrader: (8)

i out lined the part in red

grip

im still not sure i want to blackout my headlights yet...i probably wont make up my mind until it gets closer to spring.

thinhthan

what size rims are the aspects?

JCharged

iTrader: (5)

They look similar to those of the odyssey 17's

Phrosttz0

17

Phrosttz0

jjashaa

iTrader: (23)

yeaaa.. didn't notice that... but i guess it an example... haha

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=602311&page=2

scroll down a bit and you'll see the interior trims and such...

Asteroid

Here's the information that wikipedia has about the A-Spec model:
"Available only in Canada, Acura released an A-SPEC version of its popular TL Type-S. This edition was limited to 800 units, 400 in Nighthawk Black Pearl (NBP) and 400 in Aegean Blue Pearl {ABP}. The differences between the A-SPEC and non-A-SPEC were cosmetic. This trim came with a full painted skirt kit. The A-SPEC featured blue perforated leather accents found on the steering wheel, the shift knob ( which was also different), the seats and the door panels. The rest of the black leather was stitched with a matching blue thread. The front headlights, front grille and door handles were painted same as the body color instead of the chrome found on other trims. Side turning markers were also exclusive to this model. Aluminum accents replace the black ones on the center console and the doors. There were also aluminum Acura door sills on the A-SPEC. The wheels were also model specific. The A-SPEC also got a new spoiler with red lights on either side of it. To top it off there were subtle A-SPEC badges on the carpets and under the usual 3.2 TL Type-S badges."

ChrisQ1980

Can you order black A-spec headlights from the dealer? I don't want to take mine apart, and I want new ones anyway.

grip

try to locate a part #, and then contact honda or acura to see if you can order that part.

prepare to spend $1000+/- on a set of headlights though.

dsickles

iTrader: (5)

From what ive been told you must prove you own an aspec to be able to get the parts, it would probably be easier to get someone to paint new ones for you if your nervous about doing it yourself.

Rajca

iTrader: (8)

yup u need to show proof that u own an aspec. just ask one of the guys on here to get u the parts and pay him

tegkid

iTrader: (7)

then you'll have to pay the shipping from canada to the us...

i doubt US dealerships could even get those parts.

MurdaZ

iTrader: (1)

the blue one is mine when it was a virgin, its color matched, my tl is a base type s, but those are authentic aspec headlights.

the grille was painted all blue, all i have now is the emblem silver, stock aspecs, have the wing and embelm silver, frame is colored.

that pic has no sidemarkers, i installed cb7 side markers on it (yea i have balls) and its flush to the fender, rather than the aspec side markers, are beveled, amber, and i would say identical to the s2000







interiors are the same in both, pretty stupid imo, woulda looked hot in a black/silver theme

and to get parts, good luck, u do need the aspec vin, a digit is diff when the dealers here pull it up, and i bet to get parts for this car now is unlikely, doubt they produce parts for a 2003 car anymore...rare parts that is

grip

cool, thanks for the info....can i see some up-close pics of your cb7 side markers?

the S2000(AP1) side markers arent even close to what the a-spec ones look like. your CB7 ones look alot like BB6, or EK side marker's.

TequiLa

iTrader: (3)

w00t.



I wetsanded the silverpaint on the inside of the outer lense... then painted^, make sure you get the corners too...

JDM Inspired

FIRST of all you came on to my thread bashing me, bro your a dam noob to the TL game. Well a dick will be a dick no arguments.

JDM Inspired

Dam murdaz I had no idea....i swore it looked like a 3rd GEN with those MARKERS!!!!!!!!!!, looks GREAT bro, Bra looks GREAT also, you just need to paint your door handles.......I will be doing the same.

tegkid

iTrader: (7)

i know this sounds bad but can you find side markers that are similar to aspecs that just stick on using 3m tape and aren't actually functional?
or is the surface area too small for 3m tape to actually be able to hold.

grip

that is ghetto man, don't do it.

hoangtanle

iTrader: (3)

That would be pretty ghetto to have it stick on. if i did have the balls to do it and know how to wire it up, i would do side markers . but that blue Aspec Type S is sweet! love the rims bro. Canada gets all the good toys. haha

derrick

To whomever has been e-thugging this thread ... do everyone a favor ... put the person you are not in agreement with on your respective "ignore list". Problem solved.

There is no need to insult people on this board. We are (hopefully) grown-ups. And I (along with the other mods) don't feel like cleaning up this boards any more than we have to.

Now ... going back on-topic, it's funny to see how some people desire the things we can't have. I did the JDM conversion since it seemed cool to be a little different than other Acuras in my area. The A-Spec conversion seems like a very tedious process ... and obtaining the original OEM parts is not an easy (or cheap) task.

Good luck to the OP on finding what they are looking for.

ChrisQ1980

WOW, you have to prove you have an a-spec? That's just dumb. I guess I'll have to DIY.

FirePR2002

x2 - i'd like to see more of the side markers also...

did you paint inside the fog housing or is that a) optical illusion, b) part of the aspec trim?

thinhthan

is the side marker the same as the 01 preludes jdm side marker?

tegkid

iTrader: (7)

according to grip: yes.

NoLimitDeC

painted fog housing.

MurdaZ

iTrader: (1)

yea i painted em, wanted something diff..

ill get some pics someday, its dirty right now with all the salt n all

Razzi

murdaz your car is secks, hawt sweaty secks.

and on the topic of a-spec-ness. how would one go about painting door handles? what's the process to removing them?

and would paint adhere to chrome well enough that repeated used, ie. opening door, wouldnt fade it?