hello azine, i recently purchased an 07 tl type-s from a member here - el cubano. he told me about this forum and the wealth of knowledge on here so i signed up. i love the car so far especially with all the great mods that el cubano has done but i cant wait to personalize it so it really feels like its mine. first on the list is a new set of rims!

 

welcome
hope to se some pics soon

 

Welcome! I'm not familiar with with the car and the mods on that car. Look forward to seeing and hearing more!

 

Congrats on your Type-S and welcome to AZ

 

thanks appreciate it. i will post some pics up soon. he might have been a lurker on the forums but i think the guys in ny and florida are familiar with his car since he went to a bunch of meets. he's got a few mods - aspec kit, tein ss with edfc, etc. my favorite mod would have to be the full atlp exhaust and rv6 pre cat deletes. the car sounds amazing.

 

I bet. Would love to have those mods myself........

 

el cubano sold his type-s.. damn.. well welcome.. you bought a nice ride.. treat her right. Do you mind me asking how much you picked it up for?

I can't believe he didn't part it out.. you're lucky.

 

welcome!

 

thanks! i know its mint. i wasnt a fan of KBP when i was shopping around but now that i own it i love it! i def got lucky that he didn't part out probably because i don't think he held onto any of the stock parts. i dont want to say exactly how much just to respect his privacy but i will say i bought it for around the same price a stock 07 type s is going for in the ny area so i basically got all the mods for free! the only things i really want to do now is buy an extended warranty (i believe there was a dealer on here offering them for near cost?) and to buy or trade for a different set of rims..

 

^ screw the extended warranty.. especially with the mods.. it's better to save your money, buy a service manual and learn to work on your car.. 99.999% of extended warranty / service contract companies push used parts, don't pay up, a*hole adjusters, are out to save a buck at your expense. Unless it's a American Honda Ext. Warranty - pass.. even if it was with American Honda.. they probably will hassle you over your mods and attribute any issues because of the mods.

 

how many miles on your new car?

 

Welcome to the Board and congrats on the Type-S. Is it manual or automatic?

 

really? thats interesting to hear since many ppl on this forum advise otherwise. i was planning on going with an acura extended care warranty not one of those third party warranties. i understand theres lot of performance mods so if something goes wrong under the hood then i might run into issues with the dealer but i was getting it more for the electronics, etc that is in the car.

thanks! unfortunately an automatic i was looking for a manual but when this came up it was too good a deal to pass up

i bought it with 18,7xx and right now its got 19,7xx. where in queens are you? im in queens village/bellerose

 

American Honda / Acura Care is good.. get in writing that the mods on the car won't void warranty.. of course they're not going to cover your mods under warranty, but just make sure they'll cover the big items!

 

WHATTTTTTTTTTTT he sold his car?

his car is pretty sick

congrats and welcome

 

I should have this question in my sig for ALL 3G Type-S owners, lol. Took the words right out of my mouth.

Congrats, OP! Post some pics!

 

thanks for the tip, ill def question whoever the dealer contact is on this forum and look into it

yes he did and yes it is lol thanks i see you are in long island i work in melville

hehe thanks hopefully will soon when i get some more time..if you are curious you could just look up el cubano's pics it still looks exactly the same

 

Dude el cubanos car was sick, KBP type S with ATLP quads Good to see he sold it to a guy who would appreciate it. Welcome to Acurazine!

 

Hey, welcome! I've been lurking on this board for far too long! lol I guess I'm the new guy too...

 

Wow! Join date: Sep 2003 and only 11 posts!

I think I had more posts than that on the first day I joined lol

 

I flat out love this board though... I just started having time to really post. I've learn so much about my car that I do everything myself on it. Some of you guys are freaking geniuses. lol

 

LOL thats funny shit! ive been getting so many calls of people saying they just saw me, but in reality it was u! u take the LIE right? i live in amityville

 

yea the quads are awesome, its always fun stepping on the gas and turning heads..

LOL thats hilarious! yea im coming from queens so i usually ride the northern state to the LIE and vice versa when going home an im also always up and down 110 so no wonder haha

 

lol thats awesome. im on 110 every day, my shop is between southern state and rt 109. i never see any modded tl's around here

 

ohh gotcha the farthest on 110 is around the airport plaza to bars or to eat. i work by 110 and the LIE service road so im mostly around there. what kinda shop do you have? maybe ill visit one day..

 

true, thats right down the block. its a car performance shop, my friend owns it i work there. mainly MB's, BMW, Porcshe, Lambo's, Ferrari, Maserati, Aston-Martin, pretty much european lol.

if u ever see any badass cars ripping up and down 110 kinda by airport plaza, its most likely us lol

 

wow some pretty sick cars, i dont go down there too often so i cant recall but i will def keep a lookout..

 

hm.... i saw El Cubanos TL in my neighborhood... about 3 weeks ago, was it you or him? New Hyde Park area

 

bayside area here

 

that was me, i live in bellerose but im always in nhp got lots of friends and family there..ill be on the lookout for your car whenever im around there which btw is coming along really nicely

nice so you're right by me..

 

Thanks.... if it was my old car, trust me, you would be able to spot it a mile away

I was riding in my 4G when it was brand new, and i saw you on Marcus Ave... i honked the horn (thinking it was El Cubano cuz i know him) but then i realized i was in a bone stock TL

 

i lol'd

 

hahaha yea your 3g was something else im surprised ive never seen it in the nhp area before.

hmm i dont recall but now that i own an acura i notice them everywhere so ill prob see you one of these days. hopefully i can get a new set of rims soon so it stops looking like el cubano's car and more like mine!!

 

so he sold it as is? RJ wheels, ATLP Exhaust, and all that work?

U Gotta spill the beans....

What did you pay for it? How Many miles?

I was debating trying to sell mine as is, but i think i made a better move parting it out and trading it in

 

lol i dont really wanna say just to respect his privacy but i believe you got 25k on your trade in right? i paid a lil more than that, he sold the car as is and it had 18,7xx miles on it. a great deal imo for all the mods that it had. you def did better parting out, he didn't have any stock parts so i guess it wasnt worth as much to him to trade for stock plus some cash on top. i guess that'll be a future dilemma of mine hopefully not for a long time though!

 

This was EL CUBANO's ride:

 

since you guys are in the area i have a question for you. i got a good deal on a set of rims but they are coming from cali. i want to buy tires locally to save on shipping and also need tpms since they werent included on the ronjons. any recommendations on where i can get a good deal and a good place to get it all installed as well? looking for some trustworthy ppl in the area that can work on the car. thanks..

 

lol yup thats her..anybody want those rims?

 

why you selling? those things are HOT!

 

they are nice but im interested in another set of rims, momo gtr's, i think they will look nice on the car an i havent seen a type s on here with them yet either. although i appreciate everything el cubano has done its the one thing i can do to make the car feel more like its mine