ttk5

Custom painted by a local wheel painter. they are varrstoen 2.2.2. And YES I think purple would look amazing on CBP too! do it!

Thats pretty much everything on my list haha.

thanks

Thanks man. How about your car? You had a few huge mods..mugen wheels and oem lip kit right? what now?

shut up!! just cause you did the tail light swap :P

ty!

rockstar143

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Wow, looks great, man. Nicely done!

5thTo2nd

I'll have to live vicariously through guys like you who are doing their cars right since I'm pretty much done with mine...I would have liked to drop it more and flush it out more but it's gotta double as a kid-hauler for now

spongebill

Looks great!

12TSXtech

wow nice car man...looks real good

odus

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did you decide what exhaust you were going to do on this tsx?

ttk5

Quick cell pic of a few updates over the past month.
-Tint all around
-Gloss black roof
-Plastidipped side mirrors




Next on the list is 15mm spacer for the rear. Think I wanna go with Akata spacers..Anybody know if I need extended studs for a 15mm spacer on our CU2s? Or how about those spacers with the studs built into it like this

ttk5

Hmmm for some reason my pics arent working. So here is a direct link to the pic. Hope it works.
Edit: ok the direct link doesnt work either!! weird. So let me try this hyperlink.
Edit: OK the hyperlink isnt working either. So I guess no pictures lol.

ed_423

LOL tommy you can't tease us like that man!

interested in the plasti dip side mirror though

rockstar143

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try tinyurl.com


Hey Tommy...I know plenty about spacers.
for 10MM and under, you want to go with version 1 with extended studs
for 15MM and up, I'd suggest going with version 2's like the one you pictures. Those bolt right on. Just make sure your wheels have empty space behind where the lugs will poke through. (on my fiancee's 8th gen the 15MM spacer wasn't thick enough to totally hide the stud and her oem wheels don't have empty space between the lug holes).

Torque to spec too (80 ft/lb) not more. Akata is affiliated with Vossen wheels...I'm running them with zero issues.

ttk5

^ thanks a lot for that info..it really helps. I read your review on Akata spacers which is why I want to try them. Im not too sure what you mean about empty space behind the lugs but Im sure it will become clear once I have the spacer in my hand installing it. Thanks!

HondoGermany

he means empty space (pockets) on the backside of your rims. the studs are longer then your 15mm spacers, so you cant put your rims on.
I got this problem even with my 20mm Vers 2, and my studs were to long so I take a saw (Flex) and cutted them.LOL

rockstar143

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^^^that's right, sir...that's exactly what I meant.
TTK, you'll be fine though...your wheels are aftermarket, there are very few aftermarket wheels that are not hollow or have a pocket. Even my aspecs had the space.

J.

Glad it came in handy!

defconskylude

tinted mirrors are throwing off the look

tobwac

i like the idea but maybe paint match them with the wheel color

drivedata

+1 I'm with tob that would look ill

iSeeYouTwo

If you're wheels were black, the roof and mirrors would look awesome. But I'm just not feeling it. White roof and mirrors >

IMO

MrOtocinclus

I think the Modulo grille would really complete the package.

ed_423

agree, mirrors are a bit off, but otherwise i like the black roof

Slade037

Maybe blacking out the grill will complete the look.

I do think the purple does throw it off for me.

ttk5

Wow I really appreciate the feedback guys. I think i'll be taking off the black side mirrors now because I wasn't 100% on them either. And for the grille, as much as I am trying to get my hands on a Honda grille, this Acura one has really grown on me so I don't think I would be so upset if I never got a Honda one.

Here are some pics of my car when it was filthy the other week...I drove through this dusty ass parking lot and my wheels were like black.
I appreciate all the feedback, good and bad. Thanks all.

ed_423

nice pics!

MC MiYoung3269

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Mischa25

perfect job buddy love your ride....... killer wheels.....

HondoGermany

Awesome, I like your glossy roof more than my CF vinyled, haha

savclaude

nice pics

rockstar143

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I love your car, but am much more in love with your neighborhood...

5thTo2nd

Love it. I don't mind the dipped mirrors actually

Slade037

Seriously! I LOVE this house!



Any chance for higher res?

Mr. NC

Nice updates hombre,
I don't mind the plastidip sideview mirrors either for some reason. My only thing is that the sideviews are matte/flat black and the roof is glossy.

Grigio09

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I digg your ride

ttk5

Thanks for the compliments fellas. Went on a road trip last weekend to Kelowna BC. Here are some pics

Putting on the tape with the help of the GF












After the trip. Hopefully I prevented a lot of rock chips













Then cleaned her up, washed and wax. Did a photoshoot with my good buddy.




















Couple of my buddys ride.










My led switchbacks were advertised as 6000K, so I changed my stock HID bulbs to 6000K. As you can see the color does not match
The pictures make my turn signals look bluer than they are though. I really wish I bought the 5000K switchbacks now but I couldnt find any place that had them in stock.

HondoGermany

Man, great shots again!
like the BMW,too. He gave me a good idea. I will try his front on my Honda, I mean the black under the fog lights. If it looks good on my car, I will say thanks to your buddy.

Mr. NC

That painter's tape placement is too fucking neat LOL holy shit did you plan out the layout or something? Great pictures as always.

BaoZZeR

Nice tape job!But you forgot the mirrors and side pillars!!!. I would tell you to go ahead and get the bra from acura but part of it flys off sometimes when you're cruising at high speeds :/

ttk5

Thanks. And you know what I had the same idea too, since my 2012 TSX has similar winglets. I wondered how it would look if i painted them black. I hope your able to pull it off though, it might look amazing.


I know man. She insisted on doing the whole thing and it took her like 1-2 hours. Way too neat for my liking haha

Its my first time taping up a car so I didnt know where the problems are. The side mirrors i didnt care too much about since its plastidipped and Ill be removing it...but I didnt thnk about the side pillars.

opboarding

Awesome pictures! Car looks amazing.

I dont really mind the black side mirrors, but I do think they should be gloss to match the roof. The grille might look good too if it were gloss black.

ed_423

holy neat ass taping man! i was expecting blue tape and not green though ahah.

question though, why didn't you tape the grille as well? haha


and clean ass bmw.would you happen to know his wheel specs?

are you lower than him? or about the same haha

clean ride man, pure sex!

ssjoeboe9

I wanna see all green tsx tape job please

ed_423

i don't get it. how come all your pictures come out so nice?? when i try mine looks like ass.