savclaude

I see what u did there lol

Yup aero rear found a new owner

savclaude

Also some of you know some may not just thought i'd share, the mugen rear half bumper won't fit the SE bumper nor the Aero

savclaude

I had some free time at work I nicely prep it for paint



since the mugen front bumper comes with the fog covers in dark grey and the aero rear bumper lower portion also comes grey I wanted to do something similar with the rear half I used anthracite grey



I then with a fine line blue outline the area where I wanted to keep grey



then masked it prior spraying crystal black pearl



then removed it all before clearing



and for the final product



WARNING paint gloss may cause hallucination lol

davidtnly

this is great, you have by far the greatest paint skill from any tsx member i have seen. loving the style

BaoZZeR

Damn that shit looks good

savclaude

^^ thanks guys

forgot to post this

iSeeYouTwo

Dude there's a guy in your bumper taking a picture of you taking a picture of the guy in your bumper.....

ttk5

speechless!

speedracer_2020

I like it, I like it alot!!

asianspec

iTrader: (1)

Nice Claude.

ssjoeboe9

So I've never really learned the proper way to seperate the areas that are being painted different colors. I always just put the pin stripe tape down first then kinda taped newspaper to the edges of that tape. You got any useful tips for us amateurs? I only saw the blue tarp stuff attached to your thin tape but how did you do it?

Acura_Dude

Nice work, man!

savclaude

thanks sir

thanks man

I did it exactly how you said you do it the blue fine was used for a good line definition then once done I just cover the 1st color so it doesn't get over spray when I start spraying the 2nd color only tips I can think of is to always let ur paint fully dry when doing a 2 tone and also to use the 3M fine line for sharp and complex curved lines,hope I answered ur question

thanks

Grigio09

iTrader: (1)

Quality work man. As expected from you. Wish you were in the Chicago land area

savclaude

^^ thanks sir

slight mod was done to my trunk I will post picture once I'm done

xakeo

Me so jealous....

Let me this straight, could u mount this on a regular bumper!?

savclaude

^^ yes only on regular bumpers 09-10 I think 11-13 should be good too but I'm trading mine for an 09 plus money on top with a local azine member

ed_423

everything looks awesome man, im jelly

any plans on changing out the wheels? tl-s wheels look great! just a bit small, and with that many quality mods, i think some volks or advans are in order

savclaude

^^ trust me Ed once done with the whole kit stuff and slight exterior mods it will be shoe time and trust me I won't disappoint man type-s wheels will be history

Grigio09

iTrader: (1)

When i move to Florida I'm coming by for a new paint job on the tsx... This is my thread

KillerG

"car needs to be washed today"
"ill just repaint it actually"

Grigio09

iTrader: (1)

Lol

savclaude

aiight I did a slight mod to my trunk, cause I really like how people would come to me and ask me what kinda car it was until they see the Acura logo so I decided to shave it off



I also got an 09 bumper that needed a little bit of tlc from me no biggie though haha that's what I do for living



1) 2k sealer was applied on the bumper and trunk to cover my sand scratches and for an easy coverage





2) then cbp base





3) then the best part clearing, trunk reflection and no orange peel is insane





now the emblem is gone I decided this belongs there











I will take more pics I'm tired now putting that rear half and properly align it was no easy task

I have no skills when it comes to taking pics but in person OH MY this thing looks great

iSeeYouTwo

MC MiYoung3269

araaadi

Paint looks gorgeous, I wish my cgp was that shiny.

ssjoeboe9

Wait... you repainted the whole trunk for what reason?

asianspec

iTrader: (1)

it was dirty.

savclaude

I clearly stated cause I shaved the acura logo lol
when removing the emblem as you can see from the pic below there are 2 holes left on the trunk that I had to grind down from the inside and outside and filled up with body filler, there is no way I was gonna spot paint it which would of been a poor and sloppy work the best way is to paint the damaged area (base,color) slight blend then clear the whole panel









lol

VortexBlueTSX

You my friend, are amazing! I want to drive down to flordia for the sole purpose of you just to paint something on my car lol

ssjoeboe9

This!!

Ok so I thought that all of the emblems were just "taped/glued" to the trunk. I wasn't aware that the acura emblem was drilled. Is this true for all tsx models? I could have sworn we had like 5-6 guys remove the "A" and it was not drilled.

Mr. NC

Now that is BLACK paint...it's soooooo deep

Good work good sir

ed_423

joe, i think all Acura emblems have the two holes. only "tsx" and "acura" is taped

and holy crap savclaude, nice job! rear bumper looks amazing!

savclaude

thanks man

lol

yes all tsx are like that actually all Acuras and Hondas are the same except for the emblems like examples (lx,ex,se,accord,civic,and else) are double side tape

thanks alot man

ssjoeboe9

Thanks for clarifying that!

savclaude

Anytime

thanks Ed

BaoZZeR

Lookin' sexy!!! You definitely need 4" tips to get that mean look now

savclaude

^^I'm not a fan of the dual tips muffler I like the oem look but Ima go bigger some apexi ws2 wouldn't look bad

xakeo

why why whyyyyyyy is this car so f*cking awesome.....

I don't know if I can take it anymore!

VortexBlueTSX

I might be moving to florida when I'm done with school within the year so I will let you know haha, It's funny you said that, because as much as i like the sound of my mufflers I will probably be switching them out for Magnaflows or something else for a cleaner look