Greetings all. I am new to the TL world and figured I'd stop in and see whats up.

I just purchased a NBP 08 Type-S 6 M/T about 3 weeks ago and already I am thinking of which mods I want to do. The only problem is figuring out which one to do first.

I have been browsing around the site so far and already bookmarked a few mods I want to look into. Mostly cosmetics so far.

So far I have figured that I want to:

- 15% tints
- HID fogs
- Red painted calipers
- Rebadge with red emblems
- Smoke tails
- CAI
- J-pipe

Any thoughts/tips/suggestions are welcome.

 

Welcome, be sure to join the Type S Social Group from my signature below. Add a roof spoiler to your list!

 

Thanks man, will do.

Also, will post pics soon. Took some the other day.

 

what are you going for?

handling
power
aesthetics

 

Here are some pics I took from the other day.

 

Dude, very nice. Consider lowering the car with simple Sports Springs, since you've got a stuff ride with a Type S.

 

BEAUTIFUL. do you mind me asking how many miles and how much you paid otd (out the door) ?

 

Eventually all of the above. Figured I could start with aesthetics for now.

Was either gonna paint the A trunk emblem red or I found this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ACURA-RED-HOOD-TRUNK-EMBLEM-TL-TSX-RSX-INTEGRA-RL-/290597431490?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories &hash=item43a8f4e8c2.

Also was gonna paint inside the cup on the grille red to make the front emblem stand out a little more. I thought the red/black theme would look cool.

 

not at all. I got it with a little over 70k and i got it for 20k. I was thinking that was a decent price. correct me if im wrong.

 

The logo with the red background isn't bad at all, especially if you're painting your Brembo's.

 

Yea thats what I thought. Figured it kinda pop a little more then just stock. not looking to remove the other badges, just change the A to make it a bit more noticeable.```

 

Check out My Garage from the title of my signature. I've trimmed the front grill and rear vent of my Type S with red pinstripping. It's classy, and will go well with what you're doing to your Type S.

 

Im liking the pinstriping. Also interested in your rear badge light, the Type-S badges on the sides, and the LED in the headlights.

 

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1. The rear red LED Badge is from a vendor here named Amp'd Emblem (www.AmpdEmblem.com)
2. The extra Type S badges were purchased on EBAY and added.
3. The LED's in the headlights are from www.Oznium.com. They are the flexible side emitting LED 2 foot strip. I've got a thread showing the install in the Photography Section. If you do a Search for "Buda is the man", you can find it!

 

Sweet dude, thanks!! I get a feeling I'll be hitting you up later for some of your other mods too.

 

Car looks great...reminds me of what mine looked like some time ago...Congrats and welcome! I'd say tints, drop, aspec kit in that order if styling is more important to you than performance...

 

No problem. Feel free to send me a Personal Message (PM)-I'll be happy to help.

 

OK im gonna be stupid for a minute. Remind me what A-Spec is. Yea i know, n00b.

 

My car was from Acura of Ocean. Never been there myself though. Is it near Atlantic City? Your car looks good btw!

 

Thanks. That dealer is near Asbury Park. About an hour and a half from AC. I can get to AC faster then I can that dealer haha.

 

An Aspec kit is the spoiler kit (front and rear) and the side skirts. They look good on a base TL, but the Aspec Kit for the Type S is much different from the Base TL's kit. I'm not a fan, but search for Aspec Kit and you'll see lot's of threads on it!


Here the link for the headlights:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...light=Buda+man

 

Those red ebay Acura emblem you linked isn't for the 04+ TLs. It's for the earlier TLs. Our "A" Logo is bigger than 2.5x2.5 inch. its closer to 3-4 inches.

Also the rear emblem has a slight curve to the back of it because of the trunk. Take a real close look at your rear A emblem on your TL when you get a chance and you will see that it isn't just a flat backing, but contours with the trunk in a way.

 

IIRC the red ebat emblem is for the rear only. I know that the front is larger. Not sure if it has the correct curve or not, will look into it further.

 

Welcome to Azine! She looks amazing and she's a 6MT!! You can't beat that!

**Just out of curiousity do you have a "tighten gas cap light" on? The reason I ask is because in the upper right portion of your navigation screen there is a picture of an "envelope." Push the picture of the envelope and a set of current stored codes will show up. I bought mine Certified from an Acura dealer with the envelope in the navigation screen. Fortunately, it was an easy fix covered under warranty. Congrats again!

 

I didnt have the gas cap warning. I looked at teh envelope earlier and apparently the prev owner lever read all of the stock messages that come with the car so I have to go through and mark them all as read. I just havent done it yet.

 

That's what i'm trying to say. Our rear "A" Logo on our 04+ TL is alot larger than 2.5x2.5 inches.

That red "A" Emblem you see on eBay is what the 94-01 Integra and 01-06 RSX people usually put on the rear of their cars. These were early model Acuras and had the small "A" emblem on the trunk

 

oh my bad, i misunderstood. ill go out and measure mine one time and see what the size is. maybe i can find the right one

 

if you want a red emblem in the rear, the only one i can think of is the Ampd emblems.

check it out pictures here - http://www.ampdemblems.com/Photo_Gallery.html

and here's all their products. they sell it front and rear, or just seperate. - http://shop.ampdemblems.com/main.sc