I didn't know you edited it. Looked original.

 

its like i have gotten more bug splatter on my car in the last 1+ month than my 12 years with my accord

 

either that or all the detailers in teh bay area are conspiring against white cars

 

 

Rendered TLX "Type S". Acura needs to do this.

 

That TLX GT (track) grille is a million times better imo.. and brembos would be awesome. Not feeling the Type S badge being on the fender though... kinda rice to me. LOL I'm willing to bet a million bucks Acura won't create a TLX-S with those HRE wheels.

 

They should just remake the Type - S waffles

 

Hey facelift gaiz, how did you guys plastidip the fog covers? i.e., how many coats? what did you mask off? was the black textured part on the inside dipped too? How'd you precisely remove excess dip without f-ing up the parts you want to keep? I'm mainly looking at you mcmiyoung

thanks

 

I took off the bumper and removed the fog light covers to dip them. 5 coats maybe? I don't know.

 

cool, thanks op. I'll probably do 5 coats as well then. I was already planning on removing the front bumper to get access to the screws holding the covers.. I'm pretty sure it will be extremely difficult to remove/install the covers with the bumper still attached.

 

so i'm going to debadge my car. do i really need fishing line?

 

nah, you can use dental floss

 

gonna need a heat gun too

 

I'd also use the glossifier on the fog light covers so it blends in more with the body.

 

Debadging was such a damn pain in the ass... But yea just use a heatgun and some floss. and some compound cause i was still able to see where it said TSX after i removed it.

 

Yeah I had to scrub forever with goo gone before the letter imprints were completely gone.

 

iirc HRE made the wheels the prototype NSX used when it lapped Mid - Ohio.
Still won't see them on any production vehicle.. would be cool though.

 

whoooo got a new scratch on my car! black never again lol.

 

That's what I said with my old TL! Looks amazing for the 5 seconds it's clean, but a pain outside of that.

 

i just got fishing line from my coworker. i'll be hungover on labor day so i think i'll do it then. maybe then i can start my own photo thread

 

I got some bright ass LED reverse lights with projectors (bought extra set and didnt use it), anyone interested?

and some H11 (fog) LED bulbs (white, cool blue)

 

Might be interested in the reverse lights. I'll need to see pictures. Mine look nice but aren't any brighter than stock and don't light up my reverse camera that well.

 

They are the 2 middle ones in the pics with that lens thing on them. I can go take a picture of the light output later. I can see everything now at night when i reverse, so awesome.

 

OP did you use the glossifier on your fog covers like VR1 was saying?

 

I would use glossifier. It made a nice difference on my wheels. Also now it has some fade stopper thing in it.

 

hm.. you guys don't think the fog cover without the glossifier will flow better with the black plastic not-a-vent thing next to it? or do you guys think it will look too matte next to the not-a-vent without the glossifier?

edit: looked at simon's pics of his dipped covers without glossifier.. you think it looks a tad matte compared to the adjacent vents?

 

I personally like the matte look better than if it were glossy since there's gonna be a slight textuire to it. If I were to actually paint them then that's another story since it'll actually come out smooth.

Also, first day of college and I meet a new CU2 owner that I've never seen before! I left a note and he added me on fb lol

 

Ran over a small curb at 5-6 mph. Didn't damage the front lip or skirts (thankfully) anything else I should look out for?

 

Yeah, light output is what I'm looking for.

 

I put automotive clear coat on them. They are kind of orange peely but you can't tell unless you get really close. If I ever redo them I'm going to use gloss black vinyl.

 

Other curbs.

 

I have those bulbs and they're alright. The tail lights alone light up pretty much everything in the camera for me to the point I barely even notice the reverse light(might be because of the "fog light", idk though).

 

Thanks for the tip guys.. guess I'll stop being a cheap ass and buy the glossifier, and if it looks too dull I'll add a couple of coats on top of the black.

VR1, check for curb rashes? if your skirt and lip survived, I'm doubting there's any other damage to the body

 

MCyoungandsingle

Did you establish a major yet? I know you said you were thinking mechancial.. and that would be the correct decision!

 

Thinking? I already decided on it

 

Decided on fashion major right?


They let me take "Costume Design" as one of my required electives my senior year. There were a bunch of weird theater majors in there.

 

Did you make a dinosaur costume?

 

I wish. Unfortunately we didn't get to make anything in there. There were sewing machines in the back of the class but we didn't use them. I thought that we would be making them when I signed up. It turned out to just be history of clothes and memorizing Powerpoints.

 

if you do take the fashion route, and work for j.crew lemme know

 

Oh college... the good ole days! Well kinda...

Everyone says you'll miss college once you graduate... Don't believe them, I'm having wayy more fun now that Im out of college haha. Hopefully you'll only be there 4 years instead of the 5 years it took me smh!