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Old 10-14-2014, 07:11 AM
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2nd rebuild '05 TL

My brother had my current 05 tl back in 09 and parted it out because of college.

Here I am 5 years later and its about time to bring it back to life lol The car as it sits right now is on function form coils. It also has window visors and a race pulley(only part my brother couldnt get off).

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What should I upgrade next?
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ASPEC kit, custom headlights, TL-S rear sidemarkers...performance items?
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Originally Posted by ggesq
ASPEC kit, custom headlights, TL-S rear sidemarkers...performance items?
yea im saving up for the aspec kit and rims right now, who's custom headlights do you recommend
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yea im saving up for the aspec kit and rims right now, who's custom headlights do you recommend
do the headlights yourself. save bunch of money.


lmao, cant you ask your older brother?
Shmanklin, there's over 10 years worth of cool shit on acurazine.
get your high school butt ready for college by studying acurazine.
I swear every one of your questions have been answered multiple times before.
All you have to do is read, as no one will spoon feed you.






let that sink in....over 10 years worth of cool post.
that's a little longer than half of your life.

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Originally Posted by Shmanklin
yea im saving up for the aspec kit and rims right now, who's custom headlights do you recommend
We have two vendors that do headlights...JnC and AckTL05. Not for any specific reason, I got my headlights done by JnC but both do great work.

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Originally Posted by justnspace
do the headlights yourself. save bunch of money.


lmao, cant you ask your older brother?
Shmanklin, there's over 10 years worth of cool shit on acurazine.
get your high school butt ready for college by studying acurazine.
I swear every one of your questions have been answered multiple times before.
All you have to do is read, as no one will spoon feed you.
lmao why would i ask him about custom headlights if he kept em stock. Ima ask the forum for the sole reason that satisfied customers will stand by a quality product
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Looks good-keep going!
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**Update**

today I installed my 07 Type S tail lights. I also took out the light diffusers in both tail lights.
before





after:
lights off-


lights on-

More to come
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Type S tails are always a great addition.
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Heres some pictures of the tails at night time



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That's "night time"? Damn. I need to move to SoCal

S tails look great on your color TL...
Nice job
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Originally Posted by 96SC4
That's "night time"? Damn. I need to move to SoCal

S tails look great on your color TL...
Nice job
well i mean i took this picture before it got completely dark ahaha, but socal is nice thanks though
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smoking that ganja 2 up in so cal huh :P
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The tails look good.......


Yea, where nighttime used to be 9pm, it's now 7pm (and getting worse).
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How she sits right now
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This weekend one of my two "maypops" finally poppedWith that being said my financial progress towards future upgrades just took a shitThis marks the beginning of the servicing of my 3g! Minor setback in upgrades









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looks sweet man - your tires look like my current rear tires lol
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sittin low i like it but i think you might need a camber kit!
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Originally Posted by Pghpizzaman
sittin low i like it but i think you might need a camber kit!
yea i was just recently looking into an ingalls kit! its just hard to prioritize upgrades when money is an issue
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I don't think you need a camber kit. Looks like you need an alignment. Your toe is out of whack.

Then again, judging by the complete lack of tread anywhere on your tires, it looks like you got some good mileage out of them. Even with and alignment or camber kit, you wouldn't get any more mileage out of those tires. Well, you shouldn't anyway.

Also lol at you for wanting to buy performance and aesthetic mods when your tires are balder than a bald old man. Need to reassess your priorities, my man.

Safety > looks and speed

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Originally Posted by TacoBello
I don't think you need a camber kit. Looks like you need an alignment. Your toe is out of whack.

Then again, judging by the complete lack of tread anywhere on your tires, it looks like you got some good mileage out of them. Even with and alignment or camber kit, you wouldn't get any more mileage out of those tires. Well, you shouldn't anyway.

Also lol at you for wanting to buy performance and aesthetic mods when your tires are balder than a bald old man. Need to reassess your priorities, my man.

Safety > looks and speed
yea im starting to realize that but so far ive done a little both lmao, i just love making aesthetic mods to the tl cause how great it looks ahaha. But as of right now an alignment is definitely number one on my list Thanks
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Fair enough, but a good set of tires with a nice looking tread pattern can do wonders for driving and for aesthetics. Best of both worlds!

Those who know, know, when it comes to tires and cars. I always laugh when I see a modded car running on "el cheapo" tires.
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Sorry to see that Shmanklin.
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How she sits as of November 16th More to come in the New Year
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Woohoo tires! What kind did you go with?
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How in the world did they get that thing on the roll back without ripping the front end off the car?

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^^^ My tires did the same thing!
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Originally Posted by Jakes_tl
How in the world did they get that thing on the roll back without ripping the front end off the car?
I just backed out normally but the exhausts scraped. Other than that i had no issues beyond my routine scraping

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Woohoo tires! What kind did you go with?
I went with Firestones which should hold up just fine until i get my wheels

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Havent made any changes in a while at least im done with my holiday shopping early! Starting January expect major changes
Debating whether i go with color matched headlight housings, black, or clear..
What are your opinions?
Also waiting on fog lights to come in the mail



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I vote save up all the mod money for some wheels. Stock wheels on that much drop just ain't doin it. Needs some 18s with good offset.
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I kinda like it on the stock wheels, to be honest. Maybe throw some small spacers to pop the wheels out a bit. Looks good! Glad you got new tires
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Get the spacers-you'll love the look.
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Originally Posted by screaminz28
I vote save up all the mod money for some wheels. Stock wheels on that much drop just ain't doin it. Needs some 18s with good offset.
Couldnt agree moreWheels are going on after headlights im thinking
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looks great the drop on those f&f is sick man
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really curious to know...
did removing the tail light diffuser greatly increase the light output? is it possible to take a better pic from the back kinda far away, i wanna see how all the leds would look in the tail light


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