I've done some small exterior mods within the last year and half of ownership, and now that I'm almost done with modding my car, I decided to snap a few pictures.





Mods done so far: E60 BMW 5 series roofwing, M3 lip spoiler, 5% tint in the back/15% tint in the front, Yellow overlay with LED fogs, Blacked out headlight sidemarkers, Mugen visors, LED interior/trunk/license plate light.

Future mods: Projector fogs w/4300k Philips H11 HID, Light smoke overlay on headlights/taillights, Injen intake (test fitting for them on tuesday), Grill from HeelToe, Rims, and a good drop.

 

"now that I'm almost done with modding my car" haha bullshit.
You have very bad parking skills CU2Mike.
Nonetheless sweet car that I always see

 

I parked like that on purpose so the guy next to me would not ding my doors.
and what you mean bullshit, im almost done lol.

 

Very nice indeed.

The roofwing and lip spoiler looks great (almost OEMish).

Not a big fan of visors, but Mugen ones looks better than Acura.

The blacked out headlight sidemarkers look odd (out of place), will reserve judgement until after you applied light smoked overlay in front and rear.

The grille from Marcus, I assumed you are paintmatching (with A or H ?).

Keep up the good work, and please let us know how Injen works out. I am holding off on getting Takeda, (CT is taking forever..).

 

1. Yes, im going to get the paint matched grill with A from Marcus.
2. i have a set of Volk SF challenge in gloss black w/polished lip lined up, 19x8.5 +34/19x9.5 +36 stretched on 235/45/19 in the rears.
3. im doing a light smoke, so hopefully the blacked out sidemarker wont look too out of place.
and thanks for the nice comments, it lets me know im doing things right!

 

Just want to give you a word of caution before installing those wheel/tire combo.

With 19 x9.5 ET 36 rear, your inner clearance would be 6mm less, but your outer position would be extended by 44mm (that's really sticking out).

With 19 x8.5 ET 34 front, your inner clearance would be 8mm more (great for BBK), but your outer position would be extended by 34mm (that's still really sticking out).

Our stock rim is 17 x 7.5 ET 55

Check with calculator below:

http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp

Tire size is also a concern:

In general, you want to stay within 3% of stock diameter.

Our Michelin are 225/50/17

Your 235/45/19 combo will be excessive (5.39% difference), a better one would be 245/35/19 ( 0.39% difference) or 235/35/19 ( 1.48% difference).

http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp

 

Nice whip!

 

No worries, I'll make it work.
I'm going 235/45/19 because the proper tire size is 265 for 9.5 inch width rims, and there is no way i can stuff 265s on it without camber/roll fenders. so 235/45/19 will do the trick because 45 is a tall sidewall, so it wont "look" very stretched.
oh and of course ill test fit them first at my buddy's house. after all, hes selling me those rims + brand new tires for 1100, i cant really pass up that deal lol.

 

thanks man!
your in buena park? im never in buena park but im around there often (fullerton for school, albert taco across from cypress college, nickel nickel, cerritos for lollicup, etc etc), so maybe ill see you around?

 

Did you really mean 265s? Or 245s?

I don't think 235/45x19s are a good idea. They're way too tall. 235/45x18 is ok but you'll struggle to get them onto 19" wheels

235/40x19s are what you want

 

Ohhhh, sorry - I misread it before!

265s on 9.5J will fit the rear but you'll need an ET60+ wheel.

235/45x19s are too tall.

245/35s are a better height but they're right on the limit with 9.5J. I'm thinking that handling will be compromised in as much as breakaway will be very sudden, especially if the same size tyres are fitted to different front/rear wheel widths.

If you go ahead, please post the results???

 

hm, i am gonna have to look into that.
oh by the way i only want this car to "look nice", this is a sub-3400 pounds entry level luxury sedan that makes 200hp, no need to go fast in it ya know lol.

 

TBH, I'd say those wheels aren't really suitable for a TSX.

Volks are quite expensive, so would it be worth selling them on and using the cash to buy something cheaper but better suited to the car???

BTW, the M3 spoiler looks like it was made for the car

 

nah, its not worth selling the volks because no one has money, and everyone low balls like crazy.
for the M3 spoiler, i believe it was made for our car, i got it for really cheap on ebay.

oh btw, of course those volks arent suitable for the tsx, they were custom ordered to fit a RX8 without rubbing issues, lol.

 

watch out for the m3 spoiler haters. they're coming

 

I LOVE what u've done to headlights actaully. my favorite mod on your car, then its the roof spoiler and the lip spoiler. how much did the spoilers cost ? reli digging it.

 

looks good how'd you do that too the headlights?

 

thanks man, the roofwing i got it for free from my buddy that has a BMW 530.
the M3 lip spoiler i bought it for really cheap on ebay, 99 cents or something with 5 dollars shipping. (i bought it from this seller named willow.eu or something, i believe he sells them for 10 dollars now)

 

i took it to a bodyshop and told them i dont ever want to see the orange reflectors ever again, so they painted it black for me.

 

so they took apart the headlight housings or just painted on the outside?

 

well i took the headlights off myself, and they painted just the outside (they basically painted the lens)

 

lookin good bro. love the yellow fogs!

 

thanks man! i think i am going to do 4300K projector HID foglights next. what do you think? 4300K shoots a white beam much like our headlights, but the yellow overlay will make it yellow. Plus, 4300K is brighter than 3000K.
There is a seller on ebay named leds4you aka lotarev that sells universal projector foglights for 49.99, its very tempting lol.

 

dude that is cheap. i can actually afford it! haha does it come painted thoguh?

 

looks good so far! keep it up.

 

It does not come painted, only primered. You'd need to find a good bodyshop to paint it and put it on for you. Good price would be between 60-100 for a good paintmatch and install.
The shop that did mine matched the paint perfectly down the the metallic flakes, but it wasnt cheap. he charged me 100 paint + install, which took 2 people and 5 minutes lol.

 

thanks man, i appreciate it!

 

I need your opinion guys, please take a look at the link below.
http://www.lamin-x.com/help_options.asp?ID=4
Should i do tint or gunsmoke?
thanks in advance for your input!

 

i have gun smoke laminix on my turnsignals

btw the headlights comes in two pieces

 

Good! i can sell the turn signal piece and recoup some money, lol.

 

btw..any closer pics of the m3 spoiler on your car? cuz i heard its a little short for car?

 

I'll take pictures tomorrow, mine actually fits really good. not really short.

 

Does it reduce the amount of light getting through??

 

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thats weird. i thought all ebay m3 spoilers were the same size.

 

thansk a lot for the pics! lol yeah defcon, i saw yours and looked a bit short, but i remmber seeing this one and didnt look too short. so i was jsut wondering haha. cuz i am kidna digging this..and its affordable :p

 

No, either the seller didn't know the difference, or you didn't read the description carefully. Your M3 lip spoiler is clearly made for 1st gen.

 

No problem. I believe you can get it shipped for less than 30 dollars (shipping from Taiwan). Painted and install for probably another 60. So around $100 for everything, cheaper than buying the $300+ OEM lip that's for sure.

 

yea i didnt read the description since it wasnt car specific.

its fine right now. the shortness doesnt bug me at all. i might have to buy it in the future.

 

did you have to do any modifications to get the roof spoiler to fit?
looks good.