Hello all,

Got the car quite a few months ago with 80028 miles. Here she is in all her glory. Bought it from a lady who neglected the car from what I can tell.





And the previous whip, 2003 Ford Focus SVT may she rest in peace





The car was awesome for auto-x. Due to my negligence on my suspension, it failed while i was driving and ended up hitting a pole going sideways which resulted in a broken arm. The suspension was making a loud clunking noise. I knew what was wrong but i kept putting it off. Thank God it was just an arm and not my life or anyone's life for that matter.

Learning from my previous accident, this Acura will get a lot more attention and care with wise decisions. I have read a lot on the forums of what this car needs and its already in motion. Very helpful peeps here from what I have seen. I have already changed the pressure switches and converted to redline oil (5w-30) and tranny fluid(d4). Also got a new battery due to old battery having lower than recommended CCA

The Good (when i got it):
1. Its a Type S KBP
2. Its bigger than my previous car with electronic goodies
3. I plan on keeping it till the wheels fall off.
4. Will get a lot of TLC
5. More room for passengers
6. Paint in relatively good condition (aside from scratches)
7. came with tint
8. came with all manuals and keys

The Bad:
1. Needed alot of TLC from previous owner
2. Rear spoiler is oxidized
3. 3 of 4 wheels are heavily curbed and bent
4. dents and light scratches everywhere
5. side skirt clear coat is pealing
6. rear a/c vents broken
7. interior carpet has stains (cleaned up)
8. leather looked "thirsty," small tear in drivers seat (cleaned with hot water and dressed with lexol)
9. no floor mats, driving with a piece of cardboard so as to not damage or stain the carpet (ordered weather tech)
10. oxidized headlamps (fixed)
11. broken security plastic thingy by the drivers side door
12. hanging rear view mirror (temp. fix)
13. new front tires but rear tires were showing cotton and steel belt (changed to evo 12's on all 4s)
14. car barely started due to battery (fixed)
15. car misaligned (fixed)
16. its an automatic

Future plans/mods:
1. j-pipe
2. wheels (18's due to crappy roads and comfort)
3. coil-overs (definitely Tein with wireless EDFC)
4. the entire lip kit (when tax money comes)
5. custom exhaust or RV6 batch 4 (maybe)
6. front bumper repaint (maybe)
7. full paint restoration (just need to get the buffer)

Well, that's it for now. Nice meeting you guys.

 

Welcome Hazul-wow, another new KBP Type S! That's a long list of problems. What was your final price, if you don't mind me asking?


Join our Type S Social Group from the link below my signature.

 

welcome to the site, you can register your color here https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/tl-owners-please-chime-855960/ thnx.

I hate when people neglect to care for the car. but look like you get a good deal so enjoy it, BTW that rear spoiler you can repaint, if you decide to replace it then price tag would be $550.

 

Thank you sir, I got her for $13,800 on the day it was posted. A blessing in disguise. It was more than that of course. Saw the price and jumped on it right away. Didn't really care about the dents and such because all that is fixable in due time. My first choice was a wrx or sti (05- 07), second the tl type s (07-08) and third a mazdaspeed 3 (08-09). I will check out the social group

 

I will try and buff it out before I consider painting. From what I can tell its lightly oxidized. A little compound an polish and I will see what happens. I will register the car there, thanks for the link

 

Congrats on the Type-S!! Welcome to AZ!! Register her at www.myacura.com and save your Navi/Radio codes there for safe keeping.

 

Thank you sir for the link. Had trouble finding the radio code when i changed the battery. Read the manual and stumbled upon it. Will put it on the site for safe keeping.

 

Congrats on the KBP post some pics after the detail!

 

[quote=mY sLOW UA6;14337350]Congrats on the KBP post some pics after the detail![/quote

Im excited as well to see how this car will look. I know it will take me two days to finish the detail. I will have to wet sand some areas but I have high expectations. The dents will still be there. Don't feel like paying 300+dollars for two little dents. The car has more but wanted to see how much they were going to quote me for two dents.

 

How bad are the dents? Perhaps you can remove them with a hair dryer and a can of air??

 

Dents are no taller than a quarter. There are door dents on the quarter panel (one on each side) that are noticeable. Two on the hood and roof, looks like it got hit but no chipped paint. One nasty one on rear left door with paint gone. Saw that diy hair dryer and compressed air dent removal stuff on youtube. It looks like you have to have a good sized dent in order for it to work. I will try it though, doesn't hurt to try.

 

Let me know how it turns out. I may try this on my sister-in-laws VW.

 

Welcome and congrats! KBP is a gorgeous color.

Best of luck modding and undoing all of the BS the previous owner caused.

 

will do

 

Thanks there CL

 

Welcome! Hate to see anyone neglect a type s like that, but I'm glad it found a better owner!

Oh, and just for fun and before Steven Bell comes back in here to tell you, in the lower right corner, the button to the right of the button that says quote is the multi quote button. Press it on every message you want to respond to at once, and turn press quote!

 

KBP....So Jealous...Still looking for mine...

Congrats on the new ride! Welcome to Azine!!

 

thanks for the heads up KJ, never really used multi-quote due to not understanding it.

MINO thanks for the welcome

 

Welcome OP! Sexiest colour ever!

 

Welcome to the forums, nice CAR!

 

where in texas are you?

we have a great Houston crew!

 

Nice!

 

thank you

I'm also in Houston. Might check you guys out some time
Thanks

 

person driving in the front turned right to lane change, kicked up a strap on the road and......








was planning on getting the a-spec kit with my tax return but now those plans are halted for the time being. Also need a fog light.

 

Congrats on the purchase man. Sorry about the latest damage We have a very active group here in the Houston area, it would be nice if you could join in.

 

Ouch.....

 

KBP

sorry about the bumper

 

oh dam, I hope your insurance cover everything.

 

Damn sorry to see and hear that.

 

i have seen the houston group in the regional forums, problem is i work nights so meeting up will be kind hard on weekends.

thats my wallet talking
its alright, stuff happens

Insurance? nahh Im going to pay out of pocket. Premiums will go up.

its all good, stuff happens. Need to get Easy Tag and quit using feeder roads.

 

You should try getting the bumper from acuraoemparts.com as it will be quite a bit cheaper.

you can also try asking your local dealer to price match and save on shipping costs.

The foglight you cna probably get from eBay for 150$ for the pair or half that for 1 of them...The dealer charges about 200/each.

Goodluck

 

sigh.....i guess my car is cursed? happened 3/23/13 was driving on the feeder road on the east side of the beltway when some ass in a 2013 dodge truck side swiped me. It was a three lane one way, I was in the middle lane when I saw him coming out from an intersection on the right side. He made his turn on the right lane and I guess he wasn't paying attention or something then decided to turn in my lane and




Of course I wanted to the guy for being freaking careless. I took the car to Service King first. Of course, they gave me the lowest quote possible. I then took it to Royal Collision through some friends recommendations and this site. The good news is his new truck got damaged and my car got repaired by I suppose the best body shop in Houston. Will take pics of the awesome finish to the entire right side of the car. Matched the paint to perfection.

On a side note, I was looking for parts as I was waiting for the car to come back from the shop. I saw the EDFC active from TIEN on Heeltoe. Wondering if anyone has them? Are they wireless? Planing on getting the TIEN SA's before the year ends and maybe the EDFC wireless later on.

 

dam that suck man, oh well at least you will get a fresh paint job after this.

 

Oh I forgot you are in Houston. You should come out to our meets dude.

 

Take your Type S over to Justin-he'll buff that out for you.....

 

Those damn Dodge drivers . By the way DO NOT look at my signature.

 

 

Dang, that's a bad run. Hope your luck improves in the future.

 

wellcome to the TL crew !!!

 

beutiful job Joe did, will go back to him again

yup, now that I have time to hang out now, I might catch you guys out there some time.

those SRT's are bad as cars though. pretty sure if you were driving one you would of saw me coming


almost got into another accident but it was a near miss. Cadillac drivers man

thanks man, been out for quite some time. but now I have more time to hang out on the forums.