DeadLock

Acura of Escondido has a lot of them in stock, I just placed an order for the side markers and the tails.

FADE

Wow the prices are cheep too!

DeadLock

yea 300 for everything........I think the side markers are kinda pricey 60 bucks each?

I remember the JDM integra markers were like 30 bucks new

But the tails are cheap, $205 for a set? not bad, considering aftermarket tails sell for that much for some cars.

enigmaos

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I checked with them this morning, and they are out of tails at the moment. 6 sets are on way according to the seller.

maxAmillion

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I'm curious to on what kind of modification is needed to install the blinking side view mirrors and how you hooked them up?

tehloxely

Does anyone have a detailed description on how to remove and change the tail lights?

OR even better, where can I get like a Hanes book or something for the 04 TL?

DeadLock

I will call them today, it would be misleading of them to say

17 available in the auction during the sale if they were "on there way"

DeadLock

This should be it, not sure why they state 2.5/3.2

tehloxely

Great! Thanks DeadLock.

tehloxely

Hey Royce Han,

Do you have any outside/in the sun/full rear of the car pictures with the new tails? I would like to see the whole picture

Royce Han

hello, right now it is raining unbelievably hard and has been for days straight. i promise i will fullfil your request ASAP-of course when the sun peaks through. stay posted...

DeadLock

Ok I talked to Scott, and it looks like they have the rear side markers in stock and those are being shipped out.

The tail shipment he was supposed to get got cancelled from acura, and they are being shady in terms of ETA dates, but the people who did get in on the ebay link are going to get dibs if they dont request a refund, and Scott is refunding the shipping. He claims he will have more tails delivered on the 16th and the 22nd of this month.

But it seems they do have the mirrors and the side markers, just not the tails.

He is very nice to deal with btw, I would deff do business with them again. Super prompt replies via email too.

enigmaos

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^^^ thanks for the update deadlock.

Tim L.'s TL

hey rbf351, do you have to remove the rear bumper to remove the tailights?

Royce Han

yes, rear bumper needs to be removed to install tails.

Tim L.'s TL

thanks Royce Han! how long did it take you to install them? when are you going to post pictures of your entire car with different angle shots? I would love to see it.

Royce Han

i hate to say it but i told you guys so. shady on eta for tails...HA tell me about it!! i got into an argument with one dealer over there hokey pokiness.. the dealer is an acura and hyundai dealer on the same freaking lot. i got so pissed i acted immaturely and told them maybe they ought to stick to just hyundai stuff because their service seemed only good enough to be on that level of cars. i also said maybe they should try not letting employeed that don't speak english good enough answer the phone with an acura greeting, just say hyundai or don't answer. haha they don't like me anymore... i know i'm a ass, but they deserved it.

enigmaos

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any DIY?

Royce Han

install for tails took about 2 hours since the apec lip had to be halfway removed as well as the bumper itself. boy did that suck. DIY? i guess i could go back and take pictures and show you in detail. but reall, if you know how to remove your bumber than the led circuit board swap is easy, straightforward, no magic tricks there. as far as the mirrors go, same deal, if you know how to remove, then you'd figure out easily how to make them go in, does require effortless drilling/widening of the 3 mounting bolt holes of the door where the mirrors would meet. and as far as the wiring for the side mirrors, it's easy, do a T-Tap into the pink with black stripe wire on the new mirrors -both sides have the same pink w/ black wire(this wire is the power wire for the low draw led blinker in the mirror- the led blinker is grounded within the mirror itself, that is why we are only dealing with a single wire connection instead of the usual 2 wires-power and ground. run new wire from the pink w/ black wire and run them straight to the middle wire of the blinker bulb in front of car. the blinker bulbs has 3 wires, all you need to remember is pick the center wire of the three. now the side marker in the back was a true hack job for me. that's the only part that i think would be useful to post a DIY and show you what i mean by "hack". still nothing major with that either. just a funny feeling breaking something you just bought to make it work right...funny . oh yea, i wanted to ask this general question... what you guys say if you came up behind me in traffic and saw my license plate that said FLYRICE... would you think that was funny, or do you even get it? it's 2 meanings, it is what it is...an asian person with a nice accent saying Fried Rice or nice japanese car.

Royce Han

sorry for the late one... i counted the number of wires coming out of the 04-06 mirror harness plug, and then the new 07 harness. the 07 has just one more wire not 2. confused me so i bought a new Helm TSX manual since it obviously has had the same setup and found that the led blinking unit is grounded within the mirror itself , only requiring one wire to come out and go straight to it;s power source.

bottom line, you run the pink w/ black stripe wire on both sides (mirrors) right to the front turn blinker bulb, you want to hook them to the middle wire of the 3 in the turn blinker: it's the same on both sides.no fuses or any thing special required since i've been told they are low draw leds.

Royce Han

sorry so late to reply, thanks by the way for teaching me about the led circuit board. i don't know why acura would do it like that? anyhow, yes the mirror plugs right in and i've confirmed that all functions are working: memory, auto tilt, heated, movement . so all that is needed to be done is run that one single wire to the front turn bulb.

Royce Han

hi, my bad for such a late reply to your question. the mechanical mods to the mirror install consisted of a simple effrotlessly quick drilling of the 3 holes in the door frame where the mirrors mount to. very slight drilling is necessary to make the 3 mounting holes big enough for the 10mm sized bolt now being used in 07 mirrors, instead of the 8mm size we all have/had. there's no way to mess anything up unless you really try to on purpose. just be sure to have a drill bit the next size up from the one that fits in there prior to any drilling and have 6 10 mm nuts with lock washers at hand since that hardware is not included from honda... yes, i believe the blind spot issue you are talking about is now gone, due to the large sized mirror, boy does it look funny when you hold it next to the 04-06, i must say the 04-06 looks better but too late for that now.....

Royce Han

here are those pics you requested, there was barely a sun break today so i had enough time to wipe the tails and that was it. i hope this is what you were expecting.

Tim L.'s TL

those tail are nice. I already ordered mine last week. they look good on a nbp TL, but I have a anthracite. I wonder if they will look this good. what do you think royce han?

Royce Han

to be quite honest, i can't think of any color combo that wouldn't look good with these. it's just a nice subtle,modest ,yet perfect offset in color that goes with any paint color, it's not like we're choosin some wood grain paneling here on a car WITH the top half painted dirtypiss yellow and bottom half painted doodoo brown, hehe. just kidding. but seriously you should'nt even worry about looking good, cuz we ALL are looking good. -3G TL'ers, that is.

Tim L.'s TL

I looked at your pictures closely, and i realize that you are from washington. which area are you located at royce han? seattle? thats where I am from.

Royce Han

i'm down here in tacoma.....well what a coincidence. hey if you need help with install, i wouldn't mind helping you since you're not too far away.

tehloxely

@Royce Han: Very nice. Thank you for the pictures. You have convinced me to save some money

tidus888

Royce Han... can you show some pictures how how to wire the side mirror?

Tim L.'s TL

thanks royce han. I will let you know if I have trouble installing them. what kind of drop do you have on your TL.? a-spec?

enigmaos

iTrader: (4)

can you take pics while you install them?

Tim L.'s TL

my digi camera broke because I drop it a few times. I will try to buy or borrow one from my friend to do that.

Royce Han

here you go, excuse my sloppy work when you look at the pic of the rubber boot through the jamb closest to fender( un tucked wire). yea yea, i got lazy and sick of the damn vaseline getting all over my hands. hehe i figure if anyone is staring even at that jamb and notices, i'll boot them in the ass while they're still bent over looking.

Royce Han

you are welcome, a-spec?-nope. well atleast i can say i didn't bend over at the dealer for their a-spec price...but i did piece all of it together except for the steering wheel. i lowered it with Tein SS w/o pillowballs and add a comptech sway bar. i'm not sure how much it's lowered but i believe i still have about 1.5 inches of lowering adjustment available.

[dRu]

Can you please give some directions on how you get your new taillights installed? I just got mine in today

FLBusa

Thanks... Appreciate it. Good info.

[dRu]

Btw Royce, I actually got the tail lights installed myself the other day. All your tips in this thread really helped though.

For people wanting to know how to install them, feel free to post in here or send me a PM. I unfortunately did not take any pictures, but I could take pictures of what you need/should remove and walk you through it

Royce Han

thanks, i'm glad everything is working out.

FADE

I am pacing waiting for the Fed Ex truck to show up with my tails!

FADE

What is the best way to remove the screws and clips from the rear bumper? I do not want to break any of the clips. I guess I am going to have to jack the car up to get at the screws in the wheel well unless anyone has a better suggestion.