Decided to finally make a progress thread since I've made so many threads on just my pictures.

My first car



Then I got this







Then sister wanted the car, so bought my 09 TSX back in Dec 08





Three days later, tints 28 Front/20 Rear





My first 100!




1.5 months later
3K HID fogs. LED interior. Wing Spoiler









A month later
Nokya Artic White High Beam bulbs





Another month later in April 09
Progress RSB







Some dynos I had when I attempted in a baseline dyno. fail
Wasn't successful since VSA kept kicking in








Sometime in May
Tinted overlays for tail lights







Sometime in June/July and months of saving money
My 18" Enkei RAZRs





Still riding 4x4




S-techs on probably in September 09





407 UCF Knights TSX crew


Shots during the semester













March 2010
DIY Cleared Headlights





Eww Stock turn signal bulbs



April 2010
VLED V2 Switchback LED Turn Signals










September 2010
3M Di-noc Grille and Interior center









December 2010
Paintmatched grille
Hawk HPS Front/Rear Brake Pads







Fast forward to 2011
Jan 2011
Ichiba V2 15mm spacers for the rear at the moment
DIY painted calipers black
Also got new tires Hankook Ventus V12 Evo 235/40/18, a lot softer than the Falken 912 which I had in 225/45/18















Feb 2011
Experimented with plasti-dip
Plasti-dipped one side of my car-window trim, door handles and rims
Had them on for about a month with no problems
Wanted to see how I like the murdered out look



















And as of March 2011
Removed the Plasti-dip. Nothing has changed
Pictures as of a recent Acurazine meet we had in SoFL



























Things I plan to get relatively soon since I just got accepted into Nursing school and don't know when I will be able mess with my car...

>Hi-Power Reverse LEDs (bought when VLEDs had for 5 minutes 50% off their products, but I shipped it to my old college apartment, got it shipped back to the warehouse and now waiting to ship it back to my proper address. Fail on me)
>Ingalls Camber Kit (still waiting if it is released yet since it was announced. seriously need these though)
>20mm Ichiba V2 Spacers (putting these in the rear and moving the 15mm to the front)

My wish list
>P2R Ported Intake Runners
>P2R Throttle Body Spacer with Intake Manifold Gasket
>XLR8 Down pipe (whenever it is in production)
>Injen CAI in Black
>Tein SS coils
>BBK
>JDM Front lip, also seeing if the ron jon splitter concept comes to fruition

And then my "yea if i had more disposable income after getting a real career"
Turbo?
Electric car haha

 

Dman man, good write up! I gotta admit I love your car though. One of my favorites on the forum. It was fun going through your car chronicles haha!

When I saw that you had a 1st Gen after you wrecked your first car, I was kinda expecting a totaled 1g TSX...glad I didn't see one!

 

haha wow nice, i didnt even remember you did some of these mods!

and when you put your teins sticker on the front struct bar, i thought teins made a aftermarket one for us LOL!

nice, love it man. and congratz on nursing school. im deciding if i wanan be a murse myself. yes. murse.

 

I did forget to mention my 6k low beam HIDs lol

Yea don't even remember when I put the sticker on. Didn't want it on the outside since I didn't want it to look rice.

Yea it took me 4 years. graduated with a political science degree to realize I want to be a nurse (a big reason is that I wasn't able to find a decent job) So currently finishing up all my science prereqs

hey ed, nothing wrong on being a murse. All my friends say that I should go Ducati shopping haha

 

haha def. nothing wrong with being a murse, im just debating between that, or PA, or something else if i find more interesting haha

 

consider PA. I would consider it if I was still a freshmen in college. Plus Im not that great at the sciences. well the harder ones like what PA prereqs are. My plan is to go through this. Pass the NCLEX. Get my license. Try to get a direct commission for the AF/Army. Still debating.

 

Man! those rolling shots are the end are super nice. The side view of your front end is just so sick with them clear corners.

 

Awesome write up. Awesome mods. Love the rolling shots too.

 

Nice car! You said you were getting 20mm spacers for the rear and moving the 15's up front. Did you have 15's all the way around before or just in the rear?

 

nice car and I love the smoothness to the overall look to it!

random question to everyone, what does it mean to "clear the headlights".. I noticed some of you guys doing it or intending to do it, what do you have to do and what is the effect of it afterwards?

 

Clear the headlights means taking out the amber portion of the side markers and replacing them with clear ones. There's different ways of doing this but I too am curious as to which way you did it. I like your rims too. Also, love the progression of your car. I'm glad you took off the plasti-dip from your rims...IMO it looks better like that. Keep them updates coming when you can.

 

Awesome progress thread

 

I only had 15mm in the rear. I am getting the Ingalls camber kit so I push the rear wheels to sit flush.

 

Great car
Great thread

 

here is my DIY on how to do it
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tsx-2009-2014-143/g-009-diy-cleared-headlights-2g-lots-pictures-767424/

 

Great pictures.

 

Awesome car. Thanks for the sharing the pics!

 

 

great looking car...loved looking through all of the pictures, well done.

 

Kowlooon, thanks for sharing, it makes it easier for me to copy! You what they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Good luck with the nursing, my wife will be done with her BSN in May '12, then wanted to start with her CRNP, completely online through WVU and only and addtional 4 semsemters. I hope my sugar mama comes through so i can start some serious modding. LOL

 

nice writeup and great lookin car!!!

 

its niiiice i liiiiiike! how much were the spacers? i wouldnt mind widening my footprint on the road with stock height, without lowering would it look funny though?
kowloon you up in boca where at?

 

About $130 shipped from an ebay dealer. Even with stock height, it'll make the stance of the car look better. Im from West Boca but Im all over SoFL anyways lol

 

Your ride look awesome in person and it's amazing to see it go through the stages in this thread. Keep it up .

 

not as fyah as yours. damn wished i had the money. one day. one day

 

Finally had the motivation to wash, clay, compound, polish, wax my car. Also Lexol clean and condition my leather, since it gets kinda dirty from my dog. Took me a good 5 hours. Im seriously considering getting a buffer. I'm getting too lazy for this.

Enjoy

 

I see you removed your taillight tint. Car looks great as usual and your dog looks pretty awesome. I drive my dog around in my TSX all the time as well. You should find some new places to take pics ahaha

 

i love everything. not feeling the chain though. adorable dog

 

haha, yea im running out of ideas of places that are nearby. all the other places I have to drive too far to get those shots.

 

yeah its 50/50 on that chain. i took it off for a while but now I have it back on, since I think my car needs some contrast lol

 

personal preference. it definitely makes it unique thats for sure. Its kinda G but im not sure if thats what you were goin for. Regardless, the rest of the ride looks gorgeous and is perfectly classy and dark.

Most people when they go for a murdered out look usually cross that fine line between classy and trashy but you handled it well, those rims are sweet and set off the car for sure

 

Hmm, just wondering, why is your bluetooth screen red? Is that a setting?

Your car looks amazing, good call on your part removing the taillight tint!!

 

yea you can change from daylight, night and off

 

Oh really, that changes it from the silverish and black to red? I had no idea haha

 

haha good pics man. like the tail lights much better actually, it was a bit too dark for my taste at first.

my fav pic: the police car. LOL

 

As we like to say here in Cali, hella nice.

 

sorry mroto, thats just norcal

 

your style, great looking car!!!!!!!!!

 

Car looks great man. Making me REALLY consider clearing my headlights.

 

More pictures I took today in between writing my paper. I seriously need a new SLR body.































I also forgot to mention that I installed VLED 6K Reverse Light LED.