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jdw1 10-10-2014 09:54 AM

Intro to the Forum
 
Hello all,

I've been lurking for a little while and finally joined. There seems to be a lot of good info with a friendly atmosphere here. I look forward to continued info gathering and hopefully contributing as well. I'm a big DIY guy.

I came from a 11 Mustang GT premium with an intake, full ex, tune, 1.5" drop and staggered 20' wheel/tire package but after getting engaged and soon to start a family I'm back to Acura and my 2nd TL-S. Prior to the 5.0 I had a fully bolted BT Mazdaspeed6. Needless to say I like my sporty cars. I'm loving the TL so far and I'm very happy I found one in kinetic blue with a M6 that was well taken care of.

I look forward to participating some on here and sharing knowledge and stories. BTW I just ordered my J pipe and AEM V2 from XLR8 :thumbsup:


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ggesq 10-10-2014 09:56 AM

Welcome to AcuraZine!

You have a unicorn.... KBP and 6MT. Enjoy it.

How many miles?

NBP04TL4ME 10-10-2014 09:58 AM

Wow really nice find!! Congrats and welcome aboard - :cheers:

jdw1 10-10-2014 10:05 AM

Thanks guys. It had 90k when I got it and was in better shape than any other I had looked at, unicorn indeed. I hadn't even sold the Mustang yet when I found it, still bought it 2 days after I saw it on auto trader.

NBP04TL4ME 10-10-2014 10:16 AM

Sounds good. Just bear in mind you have the 105K service coming up in roughly a year. This is the first major service for the TL. You say you are a big DIY'er, so not sure if you want to tackle this on your own or not. Otherwise it's approx $1K to do the timing belt, water pump, belt tensioner, etc.... But again a ways off depending on how many miles you roll up annually. Also it is a subject of great debate in terms of the mileage. Some (many?) have gone way beyond the 105K and still others are right around the 105K mark.
Lots of discussion as well as DIY and recommendations here on AZ.

jdw1 10-10-2014 10:32 AM


Originally Posted by NBP04TL4ME (Post 15193552)
Sounds good. Just bear in mind you have the 105K service coming up in roughly a year. This is the first major service for the TL. You say you are a big DIY'er, so not sure if you want to tackle this on your own or not. Otherwise it's approx $1K to do the timing belt, water pump, belt tensioner, etc.... But again a ways off depending on how many miles you roll up annually. Also it is a subject of great debate in terms of the mileage. Some (many?) have gone way beyond the 105K and still others are right around the 105K mark.
Lots of discussion as well as DIY and recommendations here on AZ.

I called my Acura dealer that I took my 03 TL-S to and asked some of those questions. They indicated similar to what you did, that it depends on how the car has been driven and the maintenience light would come on when it was time. I am a DIY guy but I rather enjoy performance oriented projects. I may let the dealer do the timing belt, thats a zero margin of error job and no fun.

Franchise1124 10-10-2014 11:17 AM

Congrats on the new purchase. Clean!

truonghthe 10-10-2014 03:33 PM

Welcome back tho.

NBP04TL4ME 10-10-2014 03:47 PM


Originally Posted by jdw1 (Post 15193580)
I called my Acura dealer that I took my 03 TL-S to and asked some of those questions. They indicated similar to what you did, that it depends on how the car has been driven and the maintenience light would come on when it was time. I am a DIY guy but I rather enjoy performance oriented projects. I may let the dealer do the timing belt, thats a zero margin of error job and no fun.

You should check with your local Honda Dealers for prices as well.

Spectra Phantom 10-10-2014 03:58 PM

Nice KBP..... Love it.

96SC4 10-10-2014 04:00 PM

congrats.
that S is a beaut!

Slpr04UA6 10-10-2014 05:24 PM

:thud: Unicorn is right!



Welcome to Azine! :wave:

Steven Bell 10-10-2014 07:44 PM

Congrats JD-welcome to AcuraZine.

nist7 10-10-2014 07:57 PM

Damn sexy is what that is. Congrats!!!

Drei 10-10-2014 08:19 PM

Unmolested KBP Type S with tinted windows...awesome!

Welcome and keep it clean!

se05 10-11-2014 12:52 PM

Nice. Congrats!

1black_seven 10-11-2014 08:22 PM

Wow that thing is beautiful

jfatteh 10-18-2014 02:04 PM

Love the color


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