ACCURATEin

Thank you sir! As for running lower than 13 seconds, i guess we'll see! The best time i've seen posted was a 13.1 at 105 by OMP Prelude.

Hella hardcore Kiran!

I'm sure we'll meet up one day...it's a small world.

I can't remember if i saved the pic or where i saw the pic. i thought it was on importsnc.com , but maybe not. I'll keep searching for that pic and hopefully i'll remember where i saw it.

aw man you don't like it?! I think it spruces up the dash a little bit.

Yeah, there's something about the push button start that looks cool.

Thanks man! And you're right, i didn't realize how involved it was going to be until after I got started on it. Almost everything about the car has been modified, almost to a point where i had forgotten about certain things that i had done to it haha.

My buddy Justin did the push start button mod a couple months ago, which is where i got the idea from. He said it's three wires to make it work.

As for the steering wheel controls, hopefully when i take the airbag off the wheel, i'll be able to disconnect the controls and remount them on the steering column. I'm sure something like that is possible.

ACCURATEin

It's the 6-point evo XIII roll cage.

Congratulations on spawning a young buck! I reckon you and the lady just found out if you're looking at a June 09 debut.


Unfortunately no it doesn't. It's a 17 convex wideview mirror i found a local racecar parts supplier. I used double sided tape to mount it on the OEM mirror. I recommend this type of mirror to everyone. Sitting in the driver seat, i can see everything in the left and right rear side windows to where there is no need to double check the blind spots.

04DCTL

im not sure when i will be able to make it down there, work 45 hours a week plus 16 credit hours of school is wuppin my ass haha but im tryin to keep it all going

ACCURATEin

Just make sure if you find time to bring me down a massive box of chicken! Eric loves the chicken.


Dude i feel you on that full time work and full time student. I did that a semester or two, and i'm glad it's all over with.

04DCTL

yeah im jus trying to come to the fact it will def be worth it in the long run, but i will be getting like 4 days off this month and those days are already taken, between helping make some money at furniture market and then halloween in boone haha, but if boone falls thru, i might give you a shout and see whats up in cha-town

AZN.M3NACE

oh damn... now that, is what i call JDM UA6...

ACCURATEin

Oh it'll definitely be worth it in the long run, just stick with it. Sounds good brother, i'm always around.


haha. If there ever was such a thing, I've basically made it into what it would theoretically look like. Damn i wish there was.

Inaccurate

Dude, where is your sunroof frame assembly ? I see that you used metal tabs to hold the sunroof glass in position.

Where did you get that idea from

Just kidding. If you did get it from my TL Diet thread, I am glad that it worked for you. You are such a cool guy, I sometimes wish that I could make a carbonfiber sunroof plug for you. I am just afraid of having to "eat" the $200 dollars if I screwed-up the cf lay-up.

BTW, I am digging the cf interior trim. I like it

If you get a chance, could you post some pics of your seat mounts ? I am curious how you did your mounts.

Godspeed to you speedracer

ACCURATEin

I had to take the frame assembly out in order the the b-pillar section of the cage to stand up straight. So the hard part in doing this was figuring out what to do about the hole in the roof. The options were to either find a way to keep the glass in place, or B, have sheet metal tacked in place, or C, find a way to make a CF plug. I went with option A, and decided to use some scrap materials in the garage. After doing a lot of brainstorming, i decided the triangle section of CF that i had cut out of the vortex generator could be of use. With my dremel, i proceeded to cut it into four brackets. (I should probably take a close up picture of these brackets..they look pretty neat) So once I mounted the brackets on the roof, i could then set the glass down on the four brackets and it would rest.

The second step was to find a way to make it so the glass wouldnt fly off the brackets. So i attached four metal brackets to the side of the roof frame and used the holes to slide zip ties through and secure the glass from flying off the car.

Finally, after finding that it would leak, I had to come up with yet another idea. I figured some double sided tape might do the trick. So i lined the inside of the hole with the tape, and then mushed the glass into place.

I had done this on the 5AT a little before you had posted your setup, which I was amazed at!! Jim came by today, and I was telling him what you had done which was awesome. I think you said the glass by itself weighed in around 12.5lbs if i remember correctly.


I'm glad you like the CF trim! It looks really good in person. Before i moved the interior components over from the other car, the 6MT interior just didn't feel right. But now with everything in place, it feels just right.


At the moment, each seat bracket is attached at 3 points. The 4th point on each bracket broke, i guess the welds weren't very strong when the install guy did them a few years ago. I should probably look into getting them fixed.

SupaRookie

Damn man, hardcore! I should tell my brother to visit you, eheh.

Audioserf

Sick, Eric.

Question: is the Cusco cage able to be bolted down in the rear? That one shot of your rear seating area makes it appear as though there's nothing for the cage to bolt to. It seems to be expecting an Evo fender where there is no Evo efender.

HQTL6SPD

i would be sweet if you got a custom CF or aluminum roof

FL3.2TL

Damn that some crazy work! So I assume this isnt the family car?.. hahah

ACCURATEin

Truong is your brother right?! I remember when i first met him. How's he doing lately,...he must be buried in the books with pharmacy school.

Thanks bro. Right now the rear fender bars are resting. Today i'm going to bolt it down to the best of my ability. The angle of the base doesn't exactly match the angle on the fender, but i'm hoping that when i put the bolt in and the nut on the other side, that it'll bend it so that it conforms to the fender. Wish me luck!

All things are possible!

haha. Crazy right?! I haven't spawned any young bucks yet, so until then, a 2 passenger TL will suffice.

chill_dog

Hey, I saw you posting in another thread...quit wasting time on here and do work, son! It's beautiful outside, you should be in the garage swapping parts...or posting pics.

By the way, I'm leaving early today, so I'm probably going to knock out most of my painting this afternoon. Definitely going to swing by tomorrow.

JCharged

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....carbon roof ftw.

Distorted Reality

New pictures you posted of the interior one word SICK!

elkayem

That is a BEAUTIFUL interior....
Wait, what interior!?
Hahaha, very nice job Eric!

Some MORE exterior and engine progress shots please.

lights

iTrader: (1)

I really hope that your new project will end up in a magazine one day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

seriously eric.

Audioserf

Good luck. I hope it works out. My concern would be that if you do indeed manage to bend it to mount flush to the rear fenders, doing so would compromise its structural rigidity.

Whatever happens, you know we can never have too many pics of this project.

CCColtsicehockey

thats crazy that that cage fits that well. I wish that cusco made a cage for the euro r but they dont. I could get the autopower cage but there is no picture of how it fits and I dont want to cut my rear seats apart.

BLACKURA_NY

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ya know i just realized... what makes this thread so awesome, and the whole project KICK ASS

usually, it takes all of us weeks, months , years to get our cars done nice, and right... the way we like it

for you, its like..heres this new TL, and i've got everything in the world to put on already..and i can do it right!

i just think its cool, to like do it all at once......

AZN.M3NACE

did i just read about CF parts?! haha... you should add on CF Trunk and Hood to make the car a little lighter for more speeeed =)

Aznpersuasion

damn dude, Wanna switch cars?!?! hahah looks nice though
~Jason

melvin2816

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your car is one of the kind
keep the great job

04DCTL

alright eric, here is a little somethign something for you about the D2 coilovers
tell me what you think dude
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/dumpeeddddddddddd-3g-tl-691308/

ILLustriousUA6

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o man... it is lookin hot as hell...

ever thought about red stitching on the shiftboot? that'll be sick, goes well with the interior.

ACCURATEin

I got your message from saturday. The girlfriend had me going to a baby shower with her! It was horrible, but free food.

Did you finish your headlights?


..would be hot!

I'm glad you like what I did!

I did transfer the yellow valve cover and polished manifold to the 6MT, so i'll take pics of that soon.

Me too man. One of these days!

It worked!...a little bit. It pulled the base down and is getting close to being flush. I'll try and get pics of that as well.

Yeah it's amazing how it almost looks as if it were made for the TL. Get the autopower!

haha it is pretty cool to modify it fairly quickly.

I emailed VIS about a year ago about a CF trunk. Maybe i'll call them and see if they've got one out yet or not. When i took the trunk off the other day it wasn't extremely heavy, but a CF one could shave 15lbs I would imagine.

i'll switch the 04 with you!

Thanks!

I posted!

Red stitches would be hot.

PeteThaPitbull

ok so i go away for a few months and come back to azine..and this is what i find lmao!...cant wait to see it finished =)

chill_dog

Do you know how weak that is? Well, considering how cool she is, I guess a baby shower once in a blue moon isn't that bad.

Moving along nicely. Heads and tails are painted; tails are tinted and half put back together (just need to be epoxied); heads still need a diffuser (nobody will sell me a set ). I screwed up the clear outer lenses on the tails accidentally...kind of ticked about it, but it's not worth $150 to me, so I'm going to live with it. Maybe I'll sell these and do another set; I really want to try to perfect my easy open method for taillights.

ABP_04TL

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damnnnn... wat a transformation

aznbo187

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Make sure when you get the works hub, get the short version. I have the short version, plus the GTC, and it's the perfect distance from the blinker levers. Anything longer would make it a little awkward to get to the blinker levers.

AZN.M3NACE

reducing the car by 15lbs is better then nothing...

6spdtl-s

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I NEED more pics....ha, nice build

peternguyen504

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: drool:
: drool:
: drool:

lito

FUCK ME SIDEWAYS!!!!!!!

I'm lost for words Eric totally SICK! SICK! SICK! I will diff come and see your car in person on any car shows you will enter here in DC next year.

linky33

where did you get the spoon shift knob?!

Kennedy

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You're crazy dude... Crazy.

With the money you got tied up in 2 TL's, and parts to make it look like it's faster than it is, you could have a truly have serious track car... or something a lot nicer. Hell, if you're dropping $1500 in rear strut bars... WHY ARE YOU NOT IN AN NSX, GT-R, ISF, 335or at least rebuilt evo putting in 600+ HP? You got $60K plus in front of you.

God bless you for doing it for the fun factor... I'm only being introspective, looking at the TL today, adding up what i got in it, and browsing craigslist, knowing I could have a lot nicer ride than a tricked out TL sitting there. I still love the TL, even more so modded, but man, I'd swap it in a minute for any of the above I listed (minus evo... 600HP or not, not my style).

Keep on keeping on... Your TL will go above an beyond what most here will ever consider.

ASASN21

The car is going to be f*cking RIDICULOUS, but...

+1

mmade22

Some people have a passion for what they do and have a taste for a particular style of car. That is why so many respect Eric on here. He is not afraid to take two new cars and do anything and everything to make it his own. Unique and who he is. The car has mad style and it is nothing anyone else has done before.

Could he have bought a more expensive car...sure but you know the modding would never stop. It is a expensive hobby as we all are in the same boat here.

I look at it this way, he bought a brand new TL in 04, modded the hell out of it and gave so many people something to shoot for. The car gave him joy along the way and has won a lot of awards...She got tired and he was smart....Instead of starting over with something else, he bought the same car with the 6-speed. Taking all the parts out of one and applying it to the other with little cost to him. Recycling parts saves money. I think he was smart to do it that way.

He can still sell the 04 auto for around 12,000 and recover some of his modding cost. I think he is ahead of the game. Keep it up Eric.