Hello Acurazine! (An Introduction)
09-25-2011, 01:17 AM
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Hello Acurazine! (An Introduction)
Hi guys!
I'm new here. I have always loved Japanese cars… and finally got around to getting one – my first car!
It's a 2005 NBP 6MT. A few scratches here and there, but I love it otherwise (and it came clayed and waxed)! I have yet to replace the fluids, but I am off-limits until I pay off my portion of this car (a few months at least).
When I was 10 years old, I used to read about Scion mods on scionlife.com (I used to be hooked on Scions; I visited every booth of theirs that was around!). It's so cool to finally have my own car, and boy do I love it.
I'm afraid my history of reading has already made me want to mod this thing a bit. I can't see myself dumping too much money into it, though – I'm already happy with the performance, and it is not cosmetically perfect (I need a new shift knob and passenger's side taillight, as well as a dent fixed and some scratches fixed), so that's where most of my money will go. I'm already interested in a USA-SPEC box as the first "mod".
If you have any mod suggestions on the cheap (don't want to throw a number out since that is quite limiting, but anything that is relatively inexpensive for a 17 year old), I'd love to hear them.
As for this community: you guys are awesome. I've been searching around, and can't find a question I have that isn't answered here. The close-knit nature is also a big plus!
Oh, I bet you want pics. Here:
I'm new here. I have always loved Japanese cars… and finally got around to getting one – my first car!
It's a 2005 NBP 6MT. A few scratches here and there, but I love it otherwise (and it came clayed and waxed)! I have yet to replace the fluids, but I am off-limits until I pay off my portion of this car (a few months at least).
When I was 10 years old, I used to read about Scion mods on scionlife.com (I used to be hooked on Scions; I visited every booth of theirs that was around!). It's so cool to finally have my own car, and boy do I love it.
I'm afraid my history of reading has already made me want to mod this thing a bit. I can't see myself dumping too much money into it, though – I'm already happy with the performance, and it is not cosmetically perfect (I need a new shift knob and passenger's side taillight, as well as a dent fixed and some scratches fixed), so that's where most of my money will go. I'm already interested in a USA-SPEC box as the first "mod".
If you have any mod suggestions on the cheap (don't want to throw a number out since that is quite limiting, but anything that is relatively inexpensive for a 17 year old), I'd love to hear them.
As for this community: you guys are awesome. I've been searching around, and can't find a question I have that isn't answered here. The close-knit nature is also a big plus!
Oh, I bet you want pics. Here:
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mynameisraj (09-25-2011)
09-25-2011, 01:22 AM
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09-25-2011, 01:30 AM
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Welcome and Congrats!!
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09-25-2011, 09:19 AM
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Welcome! Good to see another fella from CO on here.
If you don't want to spend much money modding your car, stay away from the photo gallery! You'll end up with a mod list longer than your Christmas wishes of 99! Lol!
If you don't want to spend much money modding your car, stay away from the photo gallery! You'll end up with a mod list longer than your Christmas wishes of 99! Lol!
09-25-2011, 09:34 AM
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Welcome buddy, nice whip. looks good, and yes mods are inevitable. Drop first 
(may i suggest a real set of coilovers, not just the coil part.) maybe some little things like window visors, make it clean! Also the A-spec lip kit looks great...definitely a plus. Most importantly do it your way, and have fun with it. Acura did an outstanding job with this car..
(may i suggest a real set of coilovers, not just the coil part.) maybe some little things like window visors, make it clean! Also the A-spec lip kit looks great...definitely a plus. Most importantly do it your way, and have fun with it. Acura did an outstanding job with this car..
09-25-2011, 10:15 AM
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Welcome aboard!
09-25-2011, 12:12 PM
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Congrats on the new car and welcome to the 'zine. man, all you guys that are under 20 are lucky as shit to be rockin TLs, my first car was a 2000 Corolla. it was a nice car, and Toyota(&Scion) makes some nice cars, but welcome to the world of Honda. where dreams are endless and the sky is the limit!
09-25-2011, 12:21 PM
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congrats bro you my friend are one lucky 17 year old it took me 8 cars to get to my tl . take good care of it and dont let the small scratches and dings drive you too crazy its a nbp i basicly find a new flaw everytime i look at it
09-25-2011, 01:48 PM
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Welcome, a very nice way to spruce up the rear end of the car would be to buy yourself some:
And scrub those exhaust tips with a towel, sock, etc. If the tarnish is stubborn use 800/1000 grit sandpaper and then polish by hand once you're happy with the results.
And scrub those exhaust tips with a towel, sock, etc. If the tarnish is stubborn use 800/1000 grit sandpaper and then polish by hand once you're happy with the results.
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mynameisraj (09-25-2011)
09-25-2011, 01:58 PM
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Congrats and welcome 
09-25-2011, 09:53 PM
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Welcome Raj. Enjoy your new ride.
09-25-2011, 11:47 PM
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Thanks for the warm welcomes, everyone! I have started dreaming of a list of things I want already:
Hopefully I will do them in order of price when I pay my TL off.
Yeah. 
Will do. Thanks!
- USA SPEC HON3
- J Pipe
- A-SPEC lip kit
- TL-S tails
- Cold air intake
- Switchblade key
- Supercomputer pedals
Hopefully I will do them in order of price when I pay my TL off.
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Originally Posted by ohsixMTee
scrub those exhaust tips with a towel, sock, etc.
09-26-2011, 09:04 AM
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Congrats and welcome to AZ! You may want to register her at www.myacura.com. Save your Navi and radio codes there for safe keeping.
09-26-2011, 09:44 AM
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Welcome and congrats Raj! That's my best friend's name btw.TL at 17 huh? Lucky you! Sounds like you have some great plans for it. I look forward to seeing how everything comes together
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