Lol thanks and yeah it will just take awhile to figure everything out

 

Replaced the inner cv boot last night and damn what a pain. A few tips, make sure you have spare bands. I broke a small on and a big one trying to do it the first time. Make sure you have a banding tool. Not sure how it would have been possible with out one. A pulley would have been the best way to go to get the part off but it's doable with out one.

All in all so far so good, figures crosses it stays this way !

 

finally getting the wagon aligned. its been needing it for over a year and I may have put 50 miles on it since I put the stock suspension in there. been at 11,6xx since last year springtime.

i have a few items to dump. blue exled interior. wheels open to offer and will seperate, both in black market. also have adams 2 slot rotors and oem pads each with about 5K miles. a few sets of engine covers. A pillars. blue muteki lugs with 4 locks. i have some of those door projectors too. i have both A and H. I only ever used one per side in my rear door. they can go for postage only let me know PM if you interested.

 

<p>I guess it's safe to say you're not in a rush to sell </p><p>You wouldn't happen to have the SE interior items anymore would you? Headliner, etc.</p>

 

no i sold all that stuff.

i have some items that will go with car if deal is private. if i trade it all that stuff will be for sale. weathertech, custom sunshade, splash guards.

 

Sure, I'll still buy those weathertechs.

 

yup. if i sell them you have dibs.

fwiw I saw some in the for sale. sedan but I think they are the same

 

About to go hand in the tsx for the oil consumption recall, I waited till the last minute since it has 124950miles on it right now!

 

<p></p><p>Does anyone know what Acura ends up replacing? Pistion rings? Seals? Head and valve gaskets? Acura 5w20 juice?</p><p>Sounds like we get a minor engine rebuild with this.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

 

I would like to know as well what all is done and has anyone had any issues with having any type of engine mod and getting this issue fixed ?

 

Is it the only '09-11 that have this issue?

 

<p>FWIW, 11+ or 12+ recommends&nbsp;0W-20, which is what I've been using.</p>

 

so the recall is going to do rings on every car whether it burns oil or not? I doubt that.

that dont sound right.

can someone post a link to ALL the details.

 

It's not a recall it's an extended warranty on the rings and Pistons only.. Mine burns less than a quart every 3000 miles and is modded to hell so I doubt they would do anything if I took my car..

 

<p>I boosted the shit out of mine. And my car is perfect!</p>

 

ok thanks. an extended warranty that they will do the rings and pistons IF it consumes extra oil. that makes sense/

 

Mins eats oil like candy if I am getting on it a lot

 

Ouch

 

Yeah tell me about it. I put a oil catch can on it and it home dry, going to run one off the valve cover and see if it catches and oil. If not I will probably take the S/C off and take it in for the ring replacement. But I have yet to receive any notices of the extended warranty.

 

Pulled off my bumper and found a bit of a surprise. This is NOT from when i got rear ended, I bought the car like this unknowingly
Perfect example of why CarFax is 100% useless BS.




Anyways new bumper is on now, looks sick. gonna take some pics.
The thing barely fit in my van lol, idk how XTC got his home inside his TSX.

But, wtf are these black things for?

 

Oof. That sucks.

I'll be and point out that the black things are brackets.

Just guessing but the square holes look like they would receive the little yellowish circular plastic parts in the other baggie. And the self tappers would screw into those plastic bits.

If you can figure out what the screws are supposed be mounted in on the bumper, then you might figure out where the brackets would go on the car.

I'm again going to make a guess and say they attach on the bottom lip of the bumper. But that's just a wild guess.

 

<p>Sucks to hear iCrap, but it's awesome that your bumper came!&nbsp;The install instructions tell you what the brackets are for. I can't really recall right now what it connects to, but the PDF has it.</p><p>edit:<br />The instructions:&nbsp;http://acura.bernardiparts.com/Image...r_BII39070.pdf<br />The brackets attach to the bottom of the bumper (close to where the wheel wells would start), and&nbsp;you screw it onto an existing plastic piece. The base bumper didn't have this, and you'll notice when doing this part (if you choose to do it) that the modulo rear actually sits quite a bit lower than the base rear. So with that being said, be careful when backing into a parking spot! My car never goes over the curb/step, including muffler tips.</p>

 

<p>I know what they are for.. but Ill let you guys figure it out haha</p>

 

They go on the bottom of the bumper. The new bumper flares out a little more than stock at the bottom.

 

Ohhh that makes sense. I was confused at why the screws on the sides weren't lining up at all.

 

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Traitor.

 

Lol i don't blame him

 

pics.




Think i'm gonna take it to an exhaust shop to line up the mufflers.

 

<p>Your license plate looks uber weird</p>

 

why lol

 

<p>that rear looks so much better! nice pics.. just did a wash/wax? and yeah you need to get that muffler aligned asap </p>

 

yup just washed it after putting on the bumper.
so shiny now

 

<p>So how many of us follow the maintenance minder for oil changes? It's a great internal debate for myself.</p><p>I just rolled down to 50% at 4900 miles. All previous oil changes I only let myself go no more than 7k then changed it.</p>

 

I follow it. usually it comes on at like 6k between changes for me i think.

 

I'm a bit old school and start getting the itch to change around 3000, but with my latest round of vehicles, I've had to grit my teeth and hold out. Even still, 6000 is about my comfort threshold, for better or worse.

I think the last time around I hit 5000 right about 10% on the minder so I did the change then.

I guess I sort of look at the minder as a second opinion, for when I'm ready to change around 4500-6000. If it still shows life then I relax a little. But around 10-20%, I start planning a change.

 

<p></p><p>Man, I must granny my car. The furthest I've let it go was to 7k and that was still showing 35%</p>

 

Do you do a lot of highway miles?

I'm like 95% in town, stoplight traffic and I'm pretty sure was at 10% / 5000 miles.

Or you drive like a granny and I spend most my time in VTEC-yo; living my life 1/4 mile at a time, because for those 18 or 19 second I'm free.

 

<p>Most of my daily commute is 15 miles in town. Once a week I'll go 40-50 ish miles highway, but I don't ever go past 4k rpms. I hit vtec about 2/week when I get on the on ramp to the highway. That's about it.</p><p>Scared of oil consumption. I have the notorious 09 w/ 6spd.</p>

 

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