TacoBello

What's wrong with you bums!? Why is this place becoming a ghost town?!

I demand more posting!

TacoBello

By the way, Polo, I've decided you look kinda like Jason Statham. Go kick some ass now.

TacoBello

I don't know what to even say to that

cu2wagon

Getting a salad for lunch.

Balls.

TacoBello

Hey buddy!

I am a bit of a gluten taco these days. Sigh.

I'm trying to eat better (as of yesterday!! ). I don't have time to work out, but I can't keep eating crap all the time.

TacoBello

Actually, I'm having salad for dinner tonight. Mmmmm....

Syrup is calorie free, right?

polobunny

It's the smirk!


Seriously though, there's a guy here, Juan from Peru. Every lunch break we try to insult each other as bad as possible as an exercise to find the most offending terms we can. It's so incorrect for work but we don't care.

Let me tell you that making a combo of ethnicity + religion + sexual orientation + gender + mental capacity makes up for some great insults.

Yumcha

Back from -ing...

TacoBello

Now THAT'S my kind of humor!

polobunny

Also just saw that 4G in shotta's thread... I got a boner... for a 4G??! Lots of money put into it though haha

Yumcha

A bit too low for my taste...I never liked it when the wheel goes INTO the wheel-well...just find it goofy-looking.

polobunny

Same here, but otherwise that's the kind of 4G I wouldn't mind having, and that says a lot considering I think the 4G TL I think is one of Acura uglier car (even more so pre-2012).

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

It's because it's on air...

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

grouting done...
fuck me, that was easy.

polobunny

I sense a bit of sarcasm.

TacoBello

let's be honest- given enough money, ANY car can look fantastic. That 4G is no different.

I myself would prefer that stock looking RL in the background

TacoBello

VERY nice condition paint though. It looks fantastic.

Let me rephrase that- that 4G does look good, but in general, the 4Gs look like vomit. That RL would look so gangster if the same amount of money was put into it

usdmJON

I dont understand why you guys thing an absurd amount of money went into that TL?

It's an OEM kit, painted black trim/grill, coilovers/bags, wheels, aftermarket exhaust, and custom lights.

All in all that look can be had for less than 6k I am sure. The most expensive part being the OEM kit. He just knew where to put his money or it may have taken some guessing and checking. Sure there may be a lot more work and money. But cosmetically, that final product isnt going to set you back every far. If you got the OEM kit from the start then you can get that look with only 3-4k.

cu2wagon

Not a fan of that RL. It doesn't even appear to have upgraded tires. Weak.

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

I think the guy spent no less than 25K to make the 4G look good. Pretty sure that's a minimum.

PB, you know it, player. Totally worth it though!

polobunny

Your words have convinced me!

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

Came out crazy good too, so happy!

polobunny

Grout? Pics?

cu2wagon

Happy fourth, american salad fanatics.

First beer before 7:45 this AM. What are you doing?

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

Gonna take my Mom kayaking for a little bit, then probably swap out the rear tire on my mountain bike (it blew), and swap the shifter cables on my buddy's bike. Have some beers at 4pm at a friend's bbq, then back to our neighborhood for fireworks!

polobunny

Good plan Jeremy. About to do the pressure switches and tranny filter on the car here. Finally a nice day!

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

Damn right, man. Good luck with that. Use jack stands! and ramps! and Jacks!

N1h1l1ty

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

where you been, ded guy?

N1h1l1ty

Totally answered that in your S's? thread

But yeah, busy with work and whatnot. Had kind of an epiphany about what I want to do with the car lol (Hint: Its completely the opposite of everything I previously wanted to do )

polobunny

Put on hold for a minute. You not ded n1h1h1l1t1ty?

TacoBello

Why are you here? No, seriously. I thought we were done with you already

TacoBello

Nilly!! You alive!!

I hope your epiphany includes buying a faster car to begin with

But for reals, what's your plan now?

TacoBello

I thought polo was just gonna hold up the car with one hand, while wrenching with the other. He is a Jason Statham look alike. Comes with the territory.

N1h1l1ty

Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated.

Not dead, just super busy with work. Faster car epiphany is yes. Aw well. Still going to make fast happen. Epiphany was more like "can't really go fast that often, going to go low instead". I blame all those H2O and Import Alliance videos for that one.

As per Jeremy's incessant heckling, "legit" wheels are on the menu right now, and I'm considering if I'm going to go with a bag over coil setup or static with air cups. The latter is definitely intriguing, but kind of limited.

N1h1l1ty

Oh and I need to do some updates with the exhaust, new detail / ceramic coating and new BBK brake goodies

Yumcha

polobunny

Haha no, I jacked it up then held it with my hand instead of using a jackstand, I'm not *that* strong.


But really, safety first. Wheel chocks, jack stands, a 3 ton jack is what I used today and all I needed was to jack the front to remove the driver side front wheel.


Transmission maintenance went decent, took longer than expected and I have no real idea why.
1 part was moving the silly 3rd gear pressure switch shroud out of the way, other part was the stupid location of the transmission filter. The inlet line bolt is clipped by a plastic clip to a small metal line (no idea where it goes) and that thing was slightly rusty so last thing I needed was to break it but the clip wouldn't let go. Ended up breaking the clip instead.
I realize after doing the job you can most likely re-use the spring, re-use the gasket, re-use the o-ring and re-use both washers. None of them looked terrible.
I've lost around half a cup of ATF which I did not expect so I had to clean the mess with brake cleaner and shop towels forever then do a small refill.

So I'm not sure if you have done this yet n1h1l1l1t1ty but if you haven't it's not very difficult simply slightly time consuming.

polobunny

Some 4th of July shit for you guys

N1h1l1ty

Have not, but I have my ATF filter and switches sitting on my shelf gathering dust and the ATF itself in my garage gathering dust. So it should probably get done this week. I'm happy that all of the hardware can be reused as truth be told, I didn't but any of it lol... (probably a dumb idea but more a result of me ordering stuff on ebay for cheap). I might just call a local Honda dealer and see if I can pick it up.

All just time consuming and I'm working two gigs at the moment so I try to not spend my limited free time hunting down o-rings.