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Old 09-25-2012, 08:41 PM
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Very nice. you carry on my projector legacy well!
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Old 10-01-2012, 11:26 AM
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Wow.. those projectors look amazing. Nice pick up. I need to do my research on how to get that "evil eye" installed! love it!
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Old 10-01-2012, 04:26 PM
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Thanks! Yeah definitely get the projectors done! But honestly I'm not sure if the demon eyes would go with your VIP theme.
Old 10-03-2012, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by 03tLsNBP
Thanks! Yeah definitely get the projectors done! But honestly I'm not sure if the demon eyes would go with your VIP theme.
I agree, the red "evil eye" would not go well with the build, but I'd like to do a yellow or white hue in the projector similar to the red you have. What did you do to get that dull light in the projector lamp? What type of bulb are you using? Thanks!
Old 10-03-2012, 11:53 AM
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hopefully tony can chime in and answer your questions since he did the whole retrofit. otherwise you could PM him.
Old 10-06-2012, 07:03 PM
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finally got the rear bumper and Wings West lip repaired and painted!

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Old 10-06-2012, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 02ACTcLean
I agree, the red "evil eye" would not go well with the build, but I'd like to do a yellow or white hue in the projector similar to the red you have. What did you do to get that dull light in the projector lamp? What type of bulb are you using? Thanks!
No actual bulb is being used at all and any color is possible really to do. White wouldnt' show up as bright though in the daytime, you'd have to be running them at night.
Old 10-06-2012, 08:42 PM
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^ it's just an LED strip inside the projector right? OH and I can finally get you those detail pics you wanted of the rear fitment now that the bumper is fixed lol.
Old 10-07-2012, 12:11 AM
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LED strip is too big and it'll look weird once put in. I swear though my TL is cursed or something, i test fitted some 9" wide rear wheels and they were somewhat poking, you're running 10 just fine. Maybe its the offset idk
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Probably an offset issue. What was the offset?

Keep in mind, my fenders are also pulled out. Probably as much as 3/4".
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15 LOL. Havent seen anyone else run that low yet
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yeah....that sticks 0.4 inches further than my rear setup. loll.
Old 10-10-2012, 11:23 AM
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You ever going to CF the whole car or what
Old 10-10-2012, 12:55 PM
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lol i'm done with CF. it's a pain without vacuum bagging.
Old 10-10-2012, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by tOny3
15 LOL. Havent seen anyone else run that low yet
Lol if u don't have a rear camber kit that is gonna poke a lot!! You'll get some good natural camber if you plan on going low.. But a camber kit is necessary to dial it in just right!!
Old 10-10-2012, 11:22 PM
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Lol idk if you seen my thread yet? I posted pics on how it looks.

"Rub a dub dub!" is the thread title
Old 10-11-2012, 11:47 PM
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Went to a TSX meet last night. Before it I found a great underground parking garage but I forgot my tripod so the pictures came out like shit

Also added 15mm spacers to the front, so new specs:

F: 18x9 +23
R: 18x10 +37

Eventually working my way to:

F: 18x10 +37
R: 18x10 +22

But it will have to wait.


This is Jeff's coverage of the meet

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...3&l=6cb347c5d9

From him:





dannieboi was there too




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Old 10-12-2012, 12:06 AM
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Fb link doesnt let us see pics.

Both TL's looking great
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Old 10-12-2012, 12:30 AM
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Damn if I ever saw you behind me in traffic or on the streets with just those lights on I'd think the devils car was following me haha. Your whip is sick bro just not really feelin those red mirrors but I think I read you saying you were changing them already. Overall nice work though
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Old 10-12-2012, 08:27 AM
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I wish meets where more active around my way. Nice pics.
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Old 10-12-2012, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by JCharged
I wish meets where more active around my way. Nice pics.
I wish the same thing, as far as I know I'm the only modded 2nd gen tl in Jacksonville. They have a meet once a month but it's during my work schedule.

@03tLsNBP those headlights look sick, and the wheels look awesome
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Old 10-12-2012, 10:08 AM
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Nice projectors and car look better all the time. Is it red light on all the time? Hope no one going to steal it.
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Old 10-12-2012, 12:31 PM
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I liked the stance better before man, lil to far out now....


lights are sick as shit!
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Old 10-12-2012, 12:44 PM
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Diggin the new stance! Idk, I personally like the red mirrors, goes well with the projectors.
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Old 10-12-2012, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by tOny3
Fb link doesnt let us see pics.

Both TL's looking great
Hm yeah idk how to show his album then, besides posting every single pic which i don't think he'll appreciate.

Originally Posted by mugenspire
Damn if I ever saw you behind me in traffic or on the streets with just those lights on I'd think the devils car was following me haha. Your whip is sick bro just not really feelin those red mirrors but I think I read you saying you were changing them already. Overall nice work though
hahah. the red mirrors might be staying for a bit longer lol.

Originally Posted by JCharged
I wish meets where more active around my way. Nice pics.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by Stephen00TL
I wish the same thing, as far as I know I'm the only modded 2nd gen tl in Jacksonville. They have a meet once a month but it's during my work schedule.

@03tLsNBP those headlights look sick, and the wheels look awesome
Appreciate it

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Nice projectors and car look better all the time. Is it red light on all the time? Hope no one going to steal it.
The red lights are wired to a separate switch so I have control over em. I only put them on for meets/shows though.

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I liked the stance better before man, lil to far out now....


lights are sick as shit!
I need to get front camber kits so I can fix that.

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Diggin the new stance! Idk, I personally like the red mirrors, goes well with the projectors.
Thanks! Considering doing dark gloss red vinyl instead of the matte red. I think it will look even better.
Old 10-13-2012, 02:07 AM
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Well this happened today...

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And I stripped two lug nuts
Old 10-13-2012, 02:48 AM
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Damn what hapened? That sucks.. i just bought all new extended studs and open ended lugs :p
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I've been having a problem with that tire since I bought it. It would periodically lose air and then mysteriously not leak again for months. I brought it to the shop several times and they only found a leak like one out of the five times I brought it in. It was leaking from the bead.

Last night I was driving on the highway and I guess the tire had low air so the sidewall finally burst.

I mean I know I bought cheap tires but the other three tires have been troublefree
Old 10-13-2012, 12:52 PM
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I though I was going to be the first to do the red projector mod, hate you.. but looks sick!
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Old 10-14-2012, 12:27 PM
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Scary on that tire. I'm assuming you we're ok. Wheels don't look to have gotten messed up.
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Old 10-14-2012, 07:18 PM
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Yeah I was really surprised that there was no damage to the wheel. I hope the shop doesn't give me any shit about replacing the tire for free when I go there tomorrow.
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Sorry to see your tire to blow out. Good to see you're alright though. Have you written any DIY's yet? I'd like to tear into my TL once its back to normal.
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Old 10-14-2012, 11:09 PM
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I think I've officially written only one DIY and that was for the S2000 engine start button lol.

To be honest, there's so many DIYs already out there that I've used myself, I didn't see the need to write my own for everything I did. I can't think of anything I did that was completely unique where a DIY didn't exist already.
Old 10-15-2012, 07:13 AM
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That type of tire damage is from driving on the tire with low pressure...as far as leaking from the bead could of been a defective tire, maybe the rim...guess you'll.find out with a new tire
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Yup exactly. I don't think its the wheel. It looks pretty good. Hopefully it's just the tire. We will find out tomorrow. Going to the tire shop now.
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Originally Posted by 03tLsNBP
I think I've officially written only one DIY and that was for the S2000 engine start button lol.

To be honest, there's so many DIYs already out there that I've used myself, I didn't see the need to write my own for everything I did. I can't think of anything I did that was completely unique where a DIY didn't exist already.
link please.....
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I think you should write up a diy...there may be many out there but not that many on a tl
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link please.....
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1999-2003-98/diy-s2k-push-button-start-808157/

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I think you should write up a diy...there may be many out there but not that many on a tl
what specifically should i make a diy of? lol
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damn that shits critical. scares me with my stretch on my tires. hopefully the kumhos do me well
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Yeah it's a combination of slight stretch, low air pressure, and lots of negative camber.

I bought a rear camber kit so I'm gonna take off the 5mm spacers in the rear which will give me clearance to fix the camber and keep the 255s. Found a shop that specializes in lowered cars to do the alignment.


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