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So a little history, I got the car a couple years ago. I paid $900 for it. When I first got it, I did a water pump / timing belt kit right away (car ran good but owner had no records or knowledge of when it was last done). I also took care of a few other small mechanical issues, brakes, a single control arm, hood struts, and a window regulator for the passenger side door.
Anyway here are a few before and after pictures. I'll post a link to the imgur galleries if anyone wants to see all the in-between stuff.
$1,100 for new bumpers, materials, and new windshield. But don't expect to pay that anywhere you go, I did all the work myself along with my co-workers and I work at a body shop that got me the materials for cost.
Looking for an inexpensive respray on my RDX within the next couple of years... I know a guy had his TL repainted for $1100, and it came out looking pretty decent...
its an auto, if i were to spend what a TL is actually worth i'd have held off for a manual, but it gets the job done. 250+k miles on the original engine and trans and still running strong. i did the 3x3 trans 'flush' and replaced the shift solenoids about a year ago. one of these days im going to buy a manual one from the wrecked car auction (seen them sell for as little as $500 + fees) and swap everything over. it wouldn't take me too long having access to a lift. i could just drop both subframes from the bottom and swap them over and then go from there with all the other stuff required (cluster, ecu, ignition, etc.. ).
thanks a lot, i definitely know the route i wanna go with the car as well, its just all a matter of saving up the money and doing it a little at a time.
05-09-2019, 09:39 PM
Another TL restore thread!
