opboarding

Alright dudes, I think it's about time that I finally post my car now that I've done quite a few things to it. Here is what I have done/installed so far:

Cleared headlights + switchbacks
Nokya arctic white DRL's
Progress rear sway bar
Plasti dipped grille/fogs
Plasti dipped oem wheels
Lip spoiler
Rear sports bumper
35% tint all around
Resonator delete(V6 has almost no change in sound)
Matte black vinyl over interior woodgrain parts
Moved license plate to lower grille
Slightly smoked tails
LED fogs
Custom LED map pocket lights
LED interior

To come:
Coilovers!
















Decided to see what plasti dip looked like on the V6 wheels. This made me realize how much I need a drop, so coilovers coming soon!

tobwac

Nice progress so far
really like how the tail lights look now

MoaarLow

Nice mods so far, Yes shes begging for a drop!
Im growing to like the V6 wheels, It would definitely be an upgrade over the 17" stockers

swarlos

nice progress. coilovers will really set it off

Mr. NC

I am not satisfied

The v6 wheels look better plastidipped black as opposed to the i4 plastidipped black

MoaarLow

The drop does the most for our cars, they sit ridiculously high from the factory. Im sure all black dropped will satisfy us and look a whole lot better. And i agree, The v6 plasti dipped look a better than i4. Makes me want to find a set from someone wanting to go aftermarket

tobwac

Can you post pics of the led fogs?
just noticed sport rear bumper

ssjoeboe9

tobwac... I have LED fogs. You can check my thread. Dude OP your shit looks clean. Liking everything you have done so far!

PyroDave

OP, take a look into the gunmetal spray from dipyourcar.com i think it may look perfect on your wheels with that color. looks great though, i agree, it is better than the I4 wheels, i wish i had them, but i dont =/ did you get the idea to plastidip from me? just curious hahaha

KillerG

1) car is gay

2) op is gay

/thread

Mr. NC

THIS


Having said that night shots of the LED fogs PLEASE

opboarding

Killer G you mad dog?

Actually, I did. I saw yours and ssjoe's rims and that made me curious what the v6 wheels would look like. Im pretty happy with the way they turned out. I tried putting a clear coat on them but half a can later and I can barley see it. I'm probably going to put another clear coat on when I go to my parents house again in a few weeks, since my dad has a lot of tools I don't and a driveway. Don't know if I want to try the metalizer dip quite yet. I might later on, but I have a few small things I want to do in the coming months, one of which has just been sitting partially done for weeks and weeks.

I just tried to take some, but phone camera just makes it look like one huge blob. They really aren't that impressive, I honestly dont like them that much. They put out pretty much no light, I just wanted them to be white. I dont like being able to see all the little LED reflections in the housing, same with the switchbacks. I have clear plasti dip and going to dip the fogs to both protect and give them a frosty look. I'm going to get HID fogs eventually. I have HIDextra 5000k bulbs sitting in my closet, but your bulbs flickering made me not want to put in the effort of installing them for fogs.

widdiam

love the cleared headlights, did you do it yourself?

MrOtocinclus

I won't be satisfied until I see the coilovers. GLM's a real nice color, though.

opboarding

Yep. I followed kowloon's DIY:
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tsx-2009-2014-143/g-009-diy-cleared-headlights-2g-lots-pictures-767424/

FlipRizzi

nice color man. my second option if the black wasnt available at the time of purchase. just so clean and easy to keep clean. so jealous of the cleared headlights! wish i had the gigantic balls to do it myself

PyroDave

if you have the 20 bucks to spare, it might be worth it. you can do it with the wheels still on the car, and if you are doing another mod, that might work out really well timing wise since as you know the majority of time for plastidipping comes in the waiting for it to dry. i can give you any tips you need to get it done

KillerG

IM NOT MAD BRO WUT THE HELL DO U KNO


ur just not cool, and i came here to tell you that

opboarding

5thTo2nd

Nice! I liked the oem rims better without the dip though.

I'm really liking the smoked tails.

btw nice photography

ed_423

love, plasti dip v6 wheels look great in that color. does need a drop though haha

i think if my hid fogs ever burn out, i'll change to led fogs lol. night time pic if you can

tsxronald

I need a refund, not satisfied.

KillerG

plus one man.

musty hustla

I like everything but the black wheels. Never been a fan of wheels that look like you have 10 years worth of brake dust on them.

opboarding

maybe this will help satisfy the unsatisfiables roflroflroflrfrloflo

ed_423

sweet bumper

MrOtocinclus

Agreed, I love how the bumper looks in that pic, along with the spoiler. Now I am somewhat satisfied.

Mr. NC

LED's are so hype lol


The flickering bulbs could be because of lamesauce quality bulbs matched with the OEM HID ballast and igniters.

As for the fogs they were good from the get go. Straight plug and play. My ballasts kinda just chill in the bumper space lol sliding around I think when I make high G maneuvers. NBD

saucy

Everything looks great man. I got the Tien SS coils. Love you, you should give em a shot.

opboarding

edit: first picture of my plate looks weird, but its definitely real:

opboarding

hmm, then i might just go ahead and use them for fogs. I will probably just stick to the oem bulbs for low beams. I would really like them to be around 5000k though, they look a little too yellow next to my led switchbacks. Ill probably go with a higher end bulb though for the low beams just because those are a lot more important.

Thanks! Love you too saucy.

ed_423

awesome plate, thought it was photoshoped LOL

opboarding

Here are the pictures of the LED foggies as requested. Sorry they all suck but it was the best I could do. I'm just going to put them all so hopefully one or two will help you get a better idea of them.

Misc-ura

tein ss coils, rv6 jpipe, dc sports intake, progress rear sway bar
u need these to attain true happiness my car is on 3 wheels on every driveway and I take corners so much faster now, and the sound oh the sound!!!

benben01

If only the V6 came with a 6spd manual... Guess there's always the boosted route

opboarding

Since my DIY project of making my own plastic diffuser is looking like it'll fail, I thought I'd try something different. I didn't like seeing all the LED dots on my turn signals/fogs, so I decided to spray clear plastidip over the corners/fogs. The clear plasti dip gives it a frosted look, and will also help protect the fogs from breaking(I've read a few people on here who's broke from rocks and such). Its not too bad I dont think...


Before(only took one really picture sorry)


After:

BaoZZeR

Did it work?

opboarding

Yeah, for the most part it works. I think it works about as well as the clear diffuser would. If you are more than 3 feet from the car it looks a lot better than before.

mrstak

iTrader: (1)

opboarding, how did you swap out your license plate bulbs? did you take off the chrome trim to access the lights or you went through the trunk liner from inside?

personally, i'm not feeling the frosted look...it reminds me of a headlight that needs polishing. is it just me?

t33h00

Did you paint the wheels or else?
I love the look of your car