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Old 06-22-2012, 12:01 AM
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'04 TDot Born Nighthawk TL Progress Thread

04 NBP Acura TL W/ NAVI AUTO purchased on May 30th 2011, 1 owner @ 130kms

Heres how it looked when I first picked it up













Some Fun with an Iphone App lol



Posing with my friends 2011 A4 Audi -Sline



Winter mode:




First Mod I did was the Interior, doors and liscence plate LEDS, unfortunately I didnt take any pictures of the mod but they were purchased at VLED.com

Second mod was Headlights which I purchased off Tmax on Acurazine, We did the Swap at Speedstar.

The headlights were created by JNC himself and the details of the headlights are:
Brand New '06 Canadian TL headlights
Blacked out V2
High gloss black
USR clear diffusers
CF Corners overlays
ZKW-R lenses

Before swap:




After





Also picked up Type-S sidemarkers from Tmax:



At the Speedstar meet in May 2012:


Some shots at the cottage in May 2012:







Parked up:




Re-Painted the Front end as i had a few cracks and alot of scratches on the hood.





Ordered the 04-06 Aspec Kit From Tim on Oemacuraparts.com, we agreed to meet at his place and install the kit but unfortunately mother nature didn't co-operate so was forced to drive back to Canada with the whole kit in my car and got slapped by customs with duties of $104.

We had time to try on the front lip before it started pouring like crazy.

Front Base:


Front w/aspec:


Also Picked up Tien Basics from Healtoe shipped to Tim's Address as well.




Picked up 07-08 Base tails with smoked diffusers from Bruce.

Waiting for install:


Next Day met up with Guitarplayer16, Thanh, GREAT GUY!!, taught me alot about my car and made me for confident about working on my own car. We had a huge mod day ahead of us but little did we know how many problems we would bump into. We Installed my new tailights, whole a-spec kit and also did the accord fogs w/ type-s grille.

Here are some before shots:











Taillight install:







Rear A-spec:



Front Conversion:





Noyka Arctic White 7000k Halogens:


Isimple Install:



Accord fogs w/ type-s grille:













Fogs + Sidemarkers:



Front A-spec w/ fogs:















Purchased Quad tips from So-Cal ( one of my favorite mods ):
















Installed Noyka 2500K Hyper Yellow DRLS:



Lowered on Tien Basics (Slammed) no rubbing except on huge bumps















15% Formula One Pinnacle Tint Install:







Will Take Better pictures w/ a better camera as most pictures were from my iphone. Raised the car a bit today and will take updated pictures of the tint in the daytime.


Rims coming very soon

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looking real good man! The drop makes such a difference. What wheels are you thinking about?
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gawd man your car is like a clone of mine with the exception of the grill and my aggressive wheels. looking great man, keep those mods clean love everything you've done.
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Looking awesome! Nice exhaust tips
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Looks Great Love the house and property also!
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nice progress man...you've come a long way from stock!

next thing you need to do...give that NBP a proper detail!
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Originally Posted by 06tl4life
looking real good man! The drop makes such a difference. What wheels are you thinking about?
Thanks man! I know, didn't think it would make it look like a whole new car... Leaning towards the LMs

Originally Posted by RU_JELLY
gawd man your car is like a clone of mine with the exception of the grill and my aggressive wheels. looking great man, keep those mods clean love everything you've done.
Haha Thanks man! your car is definetly an inspiration to mine, not quite as many mods as yours but I'll be there soon

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Looking awesome! Nice exhaust tips
Haha love yours too! Thanks again for the hook up

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Looks Great Love the house and property also!
Thanks man! mom loves her landscaping

Originally Posted by SharksBreath
nice progress man...you've come a long way from stock!

next thing you need to do...give that NBP a proper detail!
Thanks Sharksbreath! Lovin' your NBP too .... Thats exactly what I'll be doing right after I get some shoes.
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I really like those 07-08 base tails with the smoked diffusers.. definitely one of my next mods.
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Wow! Great transformation! Can't wait to see it with the new shoes!
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Nice car, nice pics
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looking good man!
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the slam finally did ALL your other mods justice. Nicely done.

J.

Are your tails just base 08's with the diffuser nightshaded from inside? They look good.
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Awesome job so far
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It never ceases to amaze me how fkn awesome the stock 5 spoke wheels look on our TL's...

maybe next time I see a banged up set, I'll pick them up and refinish myself for shits and giggles.
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^^^ It's ironic you say that about the 5 spokes because I was going to ask if he was considering different wheels.
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Great progress man uve come a long way from stock!.. Looks like u got it around the same time as me, same colour, similar kms and ur from the gta too haha good taste

^^And ya I think the stockies look Awesome on a dropped TL.. Lowering it was one of my first mods and it totally changed up the look of the car.. looks x32872783 better lol
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Progress is coming along nicely.
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Looks great. I really like the smoked lenses on the 07-08 base tail lights. Might have to do that on my wife's car.

I also noticed it looks like your right front tire has an impact separation, (bubble), on the sidewall. Might wanna get it checked out....




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Old 06-26-2012, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ArthurL
I really like those 07-08 base tails with the smoked diffusers.. definitely one of my next mods.
Those Tails are awesome and Bruce did an amazing job, it'll go great white your WDP TL.

Originally Posted by M.I.N.O.
Wow! Great transformation! Can't wait to see it with the new shoes!
Thanks man , you will soon

Originally Posted by Undying Dreams
Nice car, nice pics
Originally Posted by SSMTL04
looking good man!
Originally Posted by Kix`n`TL
well done sir!!!
Thanks guys! Appreciate it


Originally Posted by rockstar143
the slam finally did ALL your other mods justice. Nicely done.

J.

Are your tails just base 08's with the diffuser nightshaded from inside? They look good.
Ye never knew how much of an impact lowering my car would have.

Yes they are base 08s with the diffuser nightshaded, got em done by BRUCE aka ACKTL05

Originally Posted by UA6
Awesome job so far
Thanks!

Originally Posted by rockstar143
It never ceases to amaze me how fkn awesome the stock 5 spoke wheels look on our TL's...

maybe next time I see a banged up set, I'll pick them up and refinish myself for shits and giggles.
Haha ye man, they make the car look so clean overall.

Theyre not anywhere close to being as nice as the rims you have on now but change is good =P


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^^^ It's ironic you say that about the 5 spokes because I was going to ask if he was considering different wheels.
Ye I'm getting BBS wheels, but dont mind taking my time as stock wheels look clean.


Originally Posted by DarkNite
Great progress man uve come a long way from stock!.. Looks like u got it around the same time as me, same colour, similar kms and ur from the gta too haha good taste

^^And ya I think the stockies look Awesome on a dropped TL.. Lowering it was one of my first mods and it totally changed up the look of the car.. looks x32872783 better lol
haha I know your cars my brother from another =P , Thanks man! youve clearly done some more mods than me and it looks awesome, we should do a shoot once i get rims.

ye never knew lowering my TL would do so much justice. If i knew it would be so effective, I wouldve made it one of my first mods lol

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Progress is coming along nicely.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by BDoggPrelude
Looks great. I really like the smoked lenses on the 07-08 base tail lights. Might have to do that on my wife's car.

I also noticed it looks like your right front tire has an impact separation, (bubble), on the sidewall. Might wanna get it checked out....



Ye got alot of compliments on the tail lights, look so much better in person.

woahh ye thanks for letting me know, i'll give it a look tonight, I'll be getting new rims and tires soon so hopefully these will last me long enough.
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you've came along way nice progress, now take it easy on markham rd since your lowered too much potholes lol
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Thanks for the compliment, man...
Yeah, I'm really feeling those tails...nicely done. But all he did was nightshade them from the inside for you, right?!!? meaning he didn't have to open them!??!

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Originally Posted by rockstar143
Thanks for the compliment, man...
Yeah, I'm really feeling those tails...nicely done. But all he did was nightshade them from the inside for you, right?!!? meaning he didn't have to open them!??!

J.
When we installed them, I noticed the tail lights weren't cut up and sealed back together.
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