samace_sg

Car is looking good Dave.

NYCROBTSX

paint job looks great man where'd you go to get it done I need to get 1 in the near future

NIVLAK

car looks mint! i can't decide if I should get 35% tints all around or 35/20 =/

PyroDave

front and rear bumper repainted, right fender, right quarter, and right rear door repaired and painted. right front door + hood blended. all for 900, the guy worked on my dads old TSX twice, so he gave me a good deal

harbour auto repair or somethin in edgewater, you got my number, i can show ya if you need. just tell mike that Dave with the Blue Acura TSX sent ya

bigman09 has that done, i prefer the red, it provides a nice contrast, and i never liked the thought of decreasing my rear light output.

thank you

minimum 35 front, 20 back is my opinion. thats what i have, and i think the front is a lil light. on my next car, if its a VBP TSX, i'll likely go for 20 all around

Stylinhonda

Love the color. With all the black on your car, the crome looks kind of out of place though.

ssjoeboe9

This picture is the sex

drivedata

couldn't agree more. fantastic shot!

ttk5

Your plastidip looks glossier than others. nice work

PyroDave

i'm intending to do the window trim and handles soon, i just dont quite know how to go about the handles

i agree, too bad no model in heels. maybe next time

thanks. this was actually an impromptu photoshoot with my iphone. i left my house, realized that my boy was goin to eat with his parents, saw the sun about to set, started gunning it to that spot. about 20 min drive, and im hoping that the sun wont set yet. these pictures were like AS it was almost down. didn't have time to perfectly position the car or play with angles. thats a completely unedited pic though, i love it

i actually got it washed and a spray wax put on earlier that day, and i think the spray got trapped in the plasti and gave it that wet look, i REALLY liked it too. i'll likely add the glossifier to all of the plasti soon

PyroDave

i want some opinions, i need new foglights, and i'm debating between going JDM look, so 3000K yellow, or sticking to the white/blue 6000K bulbs. opinions/options please? whats the best way to achieve the yellow? PIAA bulbs? HID? pics would be great if anyone knows of a Vortex Blue with yellow

ceb

Depends of if you want functional foglights. With foglights, the warmer the color (towards and including yellow) will give you better visibility while blue will shoot your vision to hell if used in fog.

The French used to run yellow headlamps (by law) to allow for better visibilty in fog and rain.

The easiest way to get colored foglamps is to use colored Lamin-X - even though that is technically illegal.

As far as your chrome trim - try wrapping it in a bit of tint material - that should give it the "black chrome look" and may look far more distinctive than black.

Just buy a roll of narrow (1 inch) tint film and stick it on. Don't worry about wrinkles and stand back and see if you like it. If so, then you can do it properly.

Mryank9

Hey Dave...what % are your tints? Like the look..picking up my 2012 vortex blue tech tomorrow and want to get tints fairly soon

tobwac

car looks so fresh

NIVLAK

Considering this idea too. I think the yellow would look great w/ VBP. Planning on buying these and maybe pair them with yellow lamin-x tints. Only concern is it looking almost piss yellow

PyroDave

yea i know that yellow cuts through fog, while the white/blue is more for looks. we get fog less than half a dozen times a year here in north jersey, so thats not a big deal. im thinking of mainly looks for now. fogs doesn't matter unless they run independent of the headlights anyway, cause those are white and hit the fog hard.

i may look into the tint thing, though i was gonna plasti the trim. im more concerned about the handles

35 in the front, 20 in the back. next car(hopefully another VBP TSX) i'm likely gonna do 20 all around

thanks, i'll see you at menlo tom night? looks like no rain hopefully

yea idk haha. i've never really liked the JDM look, or even yellow fogs, but they kinda grew on me

07tl-s6spd

iTrader: (1)

So now i see where some of my pics have been going..lol...stop thief!!!

PyroDave

hahaha my ASS! i take most of my pics, beside those few from the meet like 2 months ago. you dont give my baby no love =( not too shabby for iphone 4 pics with no editting

07tl-s6spd

iTrader: (1)

That is why i said SOME lol..Well it is hard to give your car any love when you show up once every 2 months

tobwac

^word

newkidd

hey dave when you plasti dipped your grill, did you take the part that was already matt black so that you only sprayed the original chrome parts?

mrstak

iTrader: (1)

not sure i understand your question newkidd. he plastidipped the entire original chrome grille. there was no matte black part before dave started. he did his grille twice. second time he didn't dip the emblem for the contrast

opboarding

^ I think hes talking about the black bars on the 11-12 models. When I plastidipped mine I just sprayed the whole thing, black bars included. Taking the grille apart would be more trouble than its worth. I agree with leaving the emblem chrome, looks way better.

PyroDave

what he meant was when i redid my grill, the blade was still dipped. i think lol

newkidd, i just added more layers ontop of the part of the grill that was already done, as long as its clean, it can't hurt. if you want, you can cover it up though

TSX_Feiwu

thanks dave for the ultimate "pryodip" thread.

PyroDave

isn't she pretty? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyG38...ature=youtu.be

iSeeYouTwo

Dude, you're fucking nuts. Are you a cop? You're asking to be pulled over and arrested with those.


















Where can I buy?

ssjoeboe9

why?

opboarding

I predict dave going to jail very soon

PyroDave

Volunteer EMS and fire in the state of NJ are allowed blue lights in their personal vehicles to respond to emergencies =)

mrstak

iTrader: (1)

where did you get that done? do you have that in the back window also? why do it now when your lease is almost up??? isn't it?

KillerG

people are allowed to use the blue lights if they think they are important

PyroDave

took about 5 min to put in, the backs not done yet. on my next car i will hardwire the lights and install switches into the car, this one i kept as a cigarette lighter switch and it runs to the front lighter "not an ashtray" area. i actually spent about 15 min figuring it out because that fuse was actually blown, and i had to replace it, but i've never replaced a fuse before. i love that they gave us a few spare fuses and a little fuse puller in the engine bay fuse box.

PyroDave

the law was changed and volunteer POV's are to be treated as any other emergency vehicle, like a cop car. you must yield to them, people are dicks and don't move, and its a bitch when you gotta get to a scene but people won't move, but then again, we all know most drivers are imbeciles

ssjoeboe9

please wire them to blink when you lock the car!

iSeeYouTwo

What if I want this modz... but I no volunteerz?


Those are bright as hell to only be powered through a cig lighter.

HondoGermany

Hey Dave, that Looks crazy
good idea

tobwac

next time you come to menlo put them on as you roll in lol

PyroDave

too much attention and work, if i had a remote start, or system like viper i would wire them to one of the aux buttons

then as OP said, its very possible you'd go to jail =)

thanks
haha ok i'll do it

VortexBlueTSX

My car is blue....and i has the JDM yellow Foglight goodness

PyroDave

cant believe i never posted these... my baby up in the air