2008 Acura TL Polished Metal Metallic-Progress Thread
06-01-2011, 08:07 PM
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You sure in the picture you posted the two holes in the front certainly look like bumper plugs. Looking forward to seeing the debadge and the door sills. How hard was the install on those?
. I hope I get them... by tomorrow for Sunday meet.
06-05-2011, 07:04 PM
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How does a foglight HID burn out when debadging emblems using a heatgun? Haha?
I installed some very blue bulbs in my interior last night. I got 24SMD blue LED bulbs. They light up the whole car. The fronts are only 4SMD because the 24SMD bulb did not fit.
My next plan is to get some new lights for I am thinking wireless LED footwell lights. Stage 3 exhaust and ebay intake in terms of sound. Not sure after that.
I know I am getting new lights by Ack and tints soon.
I installed some very blue bulbs in my interior last night. I got 24SMD blue LED bulbs. They light up the whole car. The fronts are only 4SMD because the 24SMD bulb did not fit.
My next plan is to get some new lights for I am thinking wireless LED footwell lights. Stage 3 exhaust and ebay intake in terms of sound. Not sure after that.
I know I am getting new lights by Ack and tints soon.
06-05-2011, 11:43 PM
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How does a foglight HID burn out when debadging emblems using a heatgun? Haha?
I installed some very blue bulbs in my interior last night. I got 24SMD blue LED bulbs. They light up the whole car. The fronts are only 4SMD because the 24SMD bulb did not fit.
My next plan is to get some new lights for I am thinking wireless LED footwell lights. Stage 3 exhaust and ebay intake in terms of sound. Not sure after that.
I know I am getting new lights by Ack and tints soon.
I installed some very blue bulbs in my interior last night. I got 24SMD blue LED bulbs. They light up the whole car. The fronts are only 4SMD because the 24SMD bulb did not fit.
My next plan is to get some new lights for I am thinking wireless LED footwell lights. Stage 3 exhaust and ebay intake in terms of sound. Not sure after that.
I know I am getting new lights by Ack and tints soon.
06-06-2011, 12:59 AM
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Good progress, man...nicely done. Since you seem like you're not afraid of tackling mods. I would highly suggest you open up your headlights and black out the housing and not have the overlay.
DId you try some troubleshooting with the HID? Fuse? Bad ground? Swap bulbs?
DId you try some troubleshooting with the HID? Fuse? Bad ground? Swap bulbs?
10-25-2011, 04:45 PM
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Forgot I had this. Many things have happened since June. The car was involved in an accident in mid June and it sat until September. In about a month I have put 3500 miles on the car and enjoyed every minute of it. 
I took out the 8000k HID and installed 3000k and yellow overlay film. I removed the intake resonator to get a more "deeper tone" when accelerating hard. I installed bright reverse lights and changed my interior to blue LED. I also purchased another set of white sidemarkers so I have my fronts matching.
Waiting to be installed are clear depo type s taillights. My next modification will 5% tint all around and stage 3 exhaust. Hoping to get those done by December.
This is how the car sat for most of the summer. I had to purchase a new front bumper and new mirror. Cost me $1000. Still need to fix the hood. And today someone hit me so I need a new front bumper again. I was saving up money for aspec/drop/rims. But after the accident I decided to forget all that. I have another $400 which will be used for the new hood.
Got 30MPG on a road trip.
Here is funny picture of when I got booted at school. My parking permit was not visible.
New damage. Happened at my school. Soccer mom in SUV backed into me with tow hitch thing. She promised to pay me for the damages. She did not want her insurance rates to increase so I trusted her and I hope she keeps her promise
. I wish I had my front plate properly mounted...most of the damage would have been absorbed by it 
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I took out the 8000k HID and installed 3000k and yellow overlay film. I removed the intake resonator to get a more "deeper tone" when accelerating hard. I installed bright reverse lights and changed my interior to blue LED. I also purchased another set of white sidemarkers so I have my fronts matching.
Waiting to be installed are clear depo type s taillights. My next modification will 5% tint all around and stage 3 exhaust. Hoping to get those done by December.
This is how the car sat for most of the summer. I had to purchase a new front bumper and new mirror. Cost me $1000. Still need to fix the hood. And today someone hit me so I need a new front bumper again. I was saving up money for aspec/drop/rims. But after the accident I decided to forget all that. I have another $400 which will be used for the new hood.
Got 30MPG on a road trip.
Here is funny picture of when I got booted at school. My parking permit was not visible.
New damage. Happened at my school. Soccer mom in SUV backed into me with tow hitch thing. She promised to pay me for the damages. She did not want her insurance rates to increase so I trusted her and I hope she keeps her promise
. I wish I had my front plate properly mounted...most of the damage would have been absorbed by it .
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10-25-2011, 06:38 PM
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Wow, your car is a beater...literally. Hope all the repairs go smooth. Get rid of those ugly aftermarket window visors and get the oem ones.
10-25-2011, 08:37 PM
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I have seen worse on the road. I see a 3G TL everyday with its rear bumper half missing and front bumper primed LOL.
Its not that bad lol. Just need a new hood and I guess bumper. I might want to wait and wrap the car matte white or frozen gray. As far as looks the hood dent is the only thing that makes the car look ugly, the bumper den't you can't really see. I am fixing/modding with my own money so its a bit hard since I have no "real" job but its worth it at the end when I pay for everything
. But you are right it does not look good at all. Only has 26k miles. I have seen cars here with 180k that look brand new....and then look at my car with 26k .
Its not that bad lol. Just need a new hood and I guess bumper. I might want to wait and wrap the car matte white or frozen gray. As far as looks the hood dent is the only thing that makes the car look ugly, the bumper den't you can't really see. I am fixing/modding with my own money so its a bit hard since I have no "real" job but its worth it at the end when I pay for everything
. But you are right it does not look good at all. Only has 26k miles. I have seen cars here with 180k that look brand new....and then look at my car with 26k .
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