Christmas Wish.......I for one would love to see a mod developed to safely decrease the turning radius of the TL. This is one serious shortfall of the dynamics of the car, I mean our lexus and even the big Odyssey can easily pull a U on our street from the parked position adjacent to the curb. Try that in the TL and you need to drive across the sidewalk and onto the lawn............ok maybe not the lawn, but you all know what I mean!

 

That would be great. Even my friend's CL65 Mercedes has a super short turning radius even though it has a long wheelbase. The TL has a turning radius worse than most American cars. Usually the Euros and some Japanese have very good turning radiuses due to the common tight spaces over there. Then again, wasn't the TL designed for the American market only?

I would love the active suspension of the Vettes and Mercedes with the metallic shock fluid that is controlled by electromagnets at each shock. The full factory systems have an incredible amount of control over the suspension. No body roll, pitch and yaw control and they ride pretty smooth.

Even if we did a "cheap" version where instead of an ECU, we could remotely control both the rebound and compression firmness electronically from inside the car it would be neat.

 

Well what can be done to the TL to reduce the turning radius? if anything?

 

4-wheel steering.

 

I'd like to see something regarding interior upgrades, Acura did a phenomenal job with the interior for the pricing, however something a bit nicer like a full leather dash/center console or alcantara would be awesome!

 

All wheel drive would be nice....

 

For helping out with the turning radius or for performance? It would be neat to have opposite phase 4 wheel steering for parking lots but it would add 3-400lbs to the car.

To the OP, I think it would take a heck of a lot to alter the turning radius. I believe there is special caster and geometry requirements. Then there's clearance issues and if the rack has the travel. I would love to do it for sure but I think it would take a team of engineers to accomplish it.

 

a rear wheel conversion kit. idc how expensive... well maybe i do. keep it under 5k

 

The poor turning radius is just a product of a high hp FWD car(high for a FWD car)...

 

I was hoping it could be accomplished relatively easily, but I doubt thats the case. Its just lame having to do a 3point turn when in the odyssey i can just spin a U with ease.

I dunno about that being a product of a high output FWD, the odyssey is the same drivetrain and turns circles around the TL

 

It was to help with the turning radius.

 

Didn't they do that on some of the Chevy and GMC pickup trucks? I swear I remember it as some type of parking assist. By contrast, the old 300Zx system and I think the 3000GT VR4 was more of a performance item but the Chevy trucks could literally turn on a dime but only at very low speeds or it became inactive. My memory is pretty bad.

 

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Very possible, but I can't confirm. The turning radius on our cars is definitely not up to par.

 

I just wonder if it's because the TL is sold only/mostly in North America. Most of the cars that are sold in Europe and especially the ones built in Europe have a decent turning radius. Not that it helps with the issue but just wondering out loud. I always thought it was due to the 108" wheel base but some of the much longer Mercedes can turn sharper than a subcompact.

 

I'd like to know why as well. I had an A4 before my TL, and I never had to worry about making a u-turn.

 

I get a little nervous in tight places myself. At least if it were RWD, you could make any u-turn with a little throttle, I've proven that lol.

 

Absolutely. That's why I have told myself that my next car will be of the RWD 6MT type. I want some of that "power on oversteer".

 

I personally would like to see someone redo the interior with different leather and carpeting. The leather looks pretty shitty after a few years.

 

I'd like to see an LSD upgrade for AT TLs and the TLS.

 

Rear seat heaters

 

http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/news/quadra_steer.html

I remember seeing a commercial for this truck where they were highlighting this feature...

 

I think RWD would be next to impossible since you'd probably need to mount the engine longitudinally, which would require pretty much the entire engine bay to be reengineered.

I'd like to see some type of launch control for the 3G TL, specifically the 6MT. It seems like traction is the only thing that's stopping them from breaking into the 13s, and this could probably help.

 

It's been done: https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/f-173-rear-seat-heaters-installed-632415/

 

I wish for an updated Navi DVD, looks like a coloring book when compared to my phone's navigation.

 

Which phone do you have again?

 

The Samsung Vibrant - when I arrive at the house there is a picture of it + the neighbors.

 

+1

One time my dad drove my car and he had to pull a U and thought he could make it happen without hitting the curb.

I'm like FFFUUUUU REVERSE! REVERSE! lol

 

Tires would do twice as much as launch control. IMO unless it's a turbo car, a good driver will always out launch launch control.

 

If we're all just giving our ideas:

Hmmmm....how about stretching it into the size of a Maybach with rear reclining captain's chairs?!

Or..or..maybe...make it into a WAGON?!

Oh!...and uhh...someone could possibly, like, throw in an NSX V8?!

 

^ maybe a little drunk so who cares

 

Lol.... Been there many times. Luckily not so much on this board.

 

FTR if I had the money I'd buy a TL-S wagon in a heartbeat.

 

I second the AWD movement. If it was possible, I'd be one of the first to sign up. I miss my Subie .

Otherwise, I'd like to see a Helical LSD. I know the mechanical LSD for the 6MT 3G TL's does a decent job of taming that pull, but a helical would only enhance that performance.

 

The earlier Sierra Denalis got the 4WS aka quadrasteer and became options on the Yukons/Suburbans. IDK if they're still doing it though? Pretty neat feature IMO, and you can definitely tell the difference, especially in a parking lot.

 

Double DIN kit. The stock stereo isn't terrible, but it's far from good.

 

You can make a double-din kit for the TL but the issue is those half circle's you'll have left from the knobs. If I remember they used a pontiac kit.

 

I'd like to see completely different style taillights. I'm not talking about the tints and lens changes from Ack and other vendors, I'm talking a totally different style more similar to some of the tails on Infinitis or Scions or even the tails on my MDX are nicer looking.

 

Plug in tuning capability - overwrite the ecu

 

04-06 style quad projector headlights stock.

 

You may see something in this arena soon.......