I cant stand cracked windshields! good thing you are getting it fixed

 

Cracked windshields..

 

June 2013
! New windshield installed

Moar pics on the way, here's one for now!

 

Oh yea.....that looks much better now.

 

^ Sarcasm?

I forgot to mention I went out to take some pics of the car as well.

Don't think taking pictures of the new windshield itself is anything spectacular.











My girlfriend took this picture. She's learning

 

love the way your looks!! I think i want a white TL now

whats the offset on your wheels?

 

Looks really good mang! Clean and everything flows very well. Classy ride you have sir

 

Your color has a lot of potential too!

Wheels are
Front: 8.5 et 30 (+5mm spacer = et 25)
Rear: 10 et 38

Thank you!

 

That's one sweet TL you got there man, those wheels are money! Loving the fitment. I got an '06 A-Spec WDP 6MT as well, you head out to Ertefa?

 

I think your girlfriend's shot looks really good.

 

Thank you!

I try to make it every once and a while, but not usually since the parking lot is always a mess.

Do you have yellow DRLs? I recall a WDP A-Spec following behind me onto highway 7 a couple weeks ago at around 1pm after Ertefa. I was slowing down to say hello but was split up by a Prowler that looked like it had been t-boned in the middle of the road.

 

Yes.. as a matter of fact that was me. I got Nokya Yellow DRL's and I recall that instance of following you out of the lot and the Chrysler Prowler that got t-boned by the minivan. Lol I was probably following you cause your TL is sexx'd.

 

the car looks great pal. we should try and get a whole bunch of acura guys in ontario to meet up this summer.

 

Check out the regions section for eastern Canada man, weekly meets!

 

^ I'm usually there guys, I'll try and be at Ertefa tomorrow night.

SO

I dropped the car off today at Acura2000 for some regular maintenance. In addition, my AC was not working so I needed that issue resolved.

(iPhone pic)


On the left is my car, to the right is my rental; 2013 Acura ILX 2.0 5AT.





It's pretty decent, not the type of power I'm used to but it does the job as Acura's entry level vehicle. I don't know about the competitor's options, but mine had bluetooth, sunroof, leather, paddle shifters, etc. and a back up camera but no navi?

The new car feeling is great and all, but I think I'm more happy with my TL (Even though I'm comparing apples to oranges).

As it turns out, my AC wasn't even gone, it was just a grounding issue with the wiring. Hope to have her back early tomorrow.

 

I like the progress of your car, it's very clean looking.

There was a local guy selling those wheels (19x8.5 all around) with tires for a great price. Part of me wishes I picked them up.

 

^ Thank you!

Alright so I have ice cold AC once again.

Been having the notorious door panel rattle in my car for a while now and it's really bugging me.

I've done some searching but not sure how to get rid of it. I was thinking about replacing the weather stripping where the bottom of the window and door panel meet (I think some members have has success with this) or alternatively having moleskin put on.

The reason I'm thinking moleskin is because I find that the rattle stops if I put some pressure with my hand along the bottom of my window when it's rolled up.

Any thoughts Azine?

 

I need my AC checked out too at Acura 2000

 

Saw this car in person recently...words, had no words. Its super clean.

 

Talk to Nick, he's awesome.

 

Attended a local car show Sunday Afternoon.

Here are some of my highlights.

Here's my brother's G35 next to me.

 

Dope!

Those headlights are screaming to be taken apart lol

 

Haaa.....look at the skirts on that Bug!

 

Pre-Winter Update!

October 2013
Had a flat and damaged the tire, ended up putting the winters on early



Did the brakes last week - new pads and rotors.
Also had all four calipers taken apart, painted in silver and rebuilt.
I haven't yet had the chance to install a pair of Brembo stickers.
Thoughts?

 

I like the silver calipers. That's the color I was gonna go with on my TL as well

 

I hate Winter prep.......

 

Looks good man, very clean

Did you get rust check done?

 

Looks really nice! I like silver caliper! I've been thinking repainting mine silver again.

 

Thanks Guys!

No, I had it rust proofed once maybe 4-5 years ago but haven't since. I probably should again, but I haven't had any real issues with the underside of the car.

 

Still cant believe this is dd in the winter. Kleen!

 

In case anyone was wondering, snow tires are Pirelli Carving Edge.

This will the the 5th winter they have seen with approximately 65,000km. Great tire but a little expensive at $1300 a set. Will be taking them off soon and replacing them with Barum snows as I have heard good things about them and retail for half the price.

They still have one good season left and will be posted for sale soon as a set with genuine silver Acura steelies (17x8) that will clear the Brembo calipers.

 

Ride's looking clean for winter, Mike.

 

^ Thanks GP!

Too bad we couldn't work on the headlights.

Something I'm looking forward to for the spring though - If you're up for it

 

I actually like that your car was simple and well done and still somewhat stock...keep rocking it that way. Nice work!

 

For whatever reason, the original photo uploading website I was using no longer exists - so all of those pictures have been lost, but I have re-uploaded them to Flickr.

Here are just a few from over the summer season

 

Beautiful shots.

 

Few shots from the weekly Thursday night meets.

 

Underground FTW!

 

looking good Mike...

 

Nice, man! Are those CRV wheels on that white TL?