Emersont503

Hey everyone!!! I've been interested on buying a Tl type S for a while now that's why I joined Acurazine a couple of months ago. I search the forum to see what everyone does to their Tl's and I love what you guys do to your cars.

I've seem so many Progress Threads but I've never seem any one rebuild a Tl. Many say that after a crash the car is never the same. It might be true, but that all depends on the work you do to it, how you do it and how you manage to get the results you wanted. So I decided to do one my self.

This is a 2007 KBP Acura Tl Type S. I bought it from the auction for 8,000.00 It was rear ended by a small SUV just last december. I wanted to show everyone what I am doing to it to see what everybody thinks about it. So here you guys go.

any comments, critics and likes are welcome!!!

This is just when I got the car.

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This is the car set up on the frame machine. You can also see that we clamped it down.

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This is the rear view before any work was done to it.

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After that. First thing we needed to do was take everything apart.

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This are some pics of the places where we're going to work on.

Right tail lamp pocket.
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Left tail lamp pocket.
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Rear body panel.
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I meant to take a picture of the floor before but I forgot. This are snaps of the rear suspension which luckily wasn't damaged.

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Also some pictures from underneath the car.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/emersont503/6870048288/http://www.flickr.com/photos/emersont503/6870048288/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/emersont503/, on Flickr

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After that we pulled the rear body panel. this is how it turned out after the first pull.

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After that we pulled the Right quarter panel. Also pulled the Right rail.

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Then it was turn for the Left quarter panel which by the way it was the lease of the quarters with damage.

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Next we pulled the rear body panel for the second time and this are the results.

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After that we removed both quarter panels and also the rear body panel.

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The next step was to pull the floor pan and then removed it.

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Side view.
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The final step for the day after all the pulling and hammering was the measure the frame rails.

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We are all done for now. I am only able to work on the car on the weekends so you will have to wait until next Sunday to see the progress of the car.

This is how it looks now.

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Thanks for watching and like I said comments, questions and critics are welcome!!!

jwr0ng626

iTrader: (1)

good luck on the rebuild! looks like its in good hands

guitarplayer16

iTrader: (8)

This is VERY interesting.
I was waiting for it lol

I LOVE KBP and that interior.

Do you have auto body experience yourself?

Bladehopper82

That is going to be/is already...a lot of work. I'm subscribed for the progress thread. Good luck with the rebuild. Love that color!

rossv1

You have just created one of the most interesting threads on Acurazine. You should also post this in CarTalk. I'm sure the guys in there would love to read through this as well!

And good luck, it looks like you've got a tad bit of experience with these sorts of projects.

ggesq

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subscribed. good luck.

McCollins23

Acura Aztek???


Lookin good man. You have a ton more patience than I ever would.

Lonewhitestar620

wow for $8,000 cant complain on that price seems like the progress is going well man. Lets see the aftermath pics when this is all complete congratz on the Type S!!

eh? spec

Subbed

A SiQ TL

wow, that's a lot of work. Looks like you know what you are doing though.
Just wondering, how come you pull it before cutting off the bad section? Why not just cut it off? Are you able to save more by pulling?

Awesome color combo BTW.

k1x

iTrader: (1)

sub'd bring this blue frankenstein back to life!!!

Healingduck

Don't tempt them!

TWiSDiT

iTrader: (4)

subbed as well

this will be an interesting read.

I see that youre local,what city you reside in??

Emersont503

Thanks for the comment. and yes I actually work at a body shop ordering parts and also learning a bit of body repair.!!!

Thanks a lot for that comment. I was thinking about posting it to other websites but didn't know which one to put it on.

GoldenShoes

sure it will never be 100% like it came off the assembly man, but I can't be hatin on someone willing to bring a KBP Type S back to life!!!

mad props man, can't wait to see her when she's all done

Otacon

iTrader: (1)

Love KBP. Bring her back to life.

Emersont503

Hahaha. Yeah it kinda looks like one...!!

Yes it seems like a lot of work and it actually is. we worked from 7am to 8pm Saturday and Sunday.

And well it doesn't matter about saving pieces. when you are fixing a car with that kind of damage you have to pull it until it reaches the factory measurements that way the car won't have future problems like suspension of part fitting right or not. so after we finish pulling the car you can see if my last couple of pics that we have sensors mounted of the rails of the cars... that's to measure if the rails are in the correct position and that all that you need to make sure you would get good results !!!

thanks a lot man. I'm in the Hyattsville/College Park Area !!

Yeah you right it might not be as a brand new factory car. it might have problems in the future, like suspension or something else. but trust its just more then bringing a car back to life.. it is more like a once in a lifetime experience to do something like this!!!

JnC

iTrader: (12)

Looks great so far, good luck with the project.

I love the college park area, use to hang out there all the time when I had family down in Catonsville, MD.

TWiSDiT

iTrader: (4)

word.. lol you're near by me then. Im in Rockville. Hope to see your car one of these days at a meet when your car is all restored

CobraCurt

nice project, good luck!

Emersont503

Cool !!! My Girlfriend lives in Rockville I Know the 355/Rockville Towncenter Are as well. I Hope to see you there too.. Pretty soon.

HDIZZLE

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nurtured back to life lol

ebelp

Love this. Can't wait to see more.

CLtotheTL32

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KBP

Good luck! I can't wait to see more pictures of the progress and seeing it restored back to it's former glory

sapanpatel123

Wow! Can't wait to see more progress

skadoo323

Props to OP on his skills and patience. Can't wait to see the progress!

mn2trance

Wow, can't wait to see this work of beauty when everything is said and done. for taking the time to restore it to its former glory. Love the exterior color . . . not so much on the interior though.

AnthraciteAspec

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@ acura aztek

Excellent work so far and a KBP type S is definately worth restoring. Very cool thread, thank you for posting this.

ttribe

This is going to be an interesting project. Thanks for posting this up; looking forward to the updates.

Emersont503

Thanks everyone for your comments. I my self can't wait to see its progress as well, but unluckily my work schedule its pretty tight up so I can only work on it on the weekends.

For this weekend we are going to tear down a rear clip " the ass of another 07 tl " that's because just the floor pan from the dealer was 2000.00 which is something I can't not afford so I did some research and found a rear clip which only cost me 900.00 and it includes everything i need 2- quarter panels, rear body panel, truck floor and frame rails!!

so keep tuned this Sunday that's when I get a chance to upload the pics!!!

24no7

iTrader: (2)

You got a really nice car with a very unique color! Good luck with everything

Looking forward to seeing more

UA6~RBP

Usually people take the plunge on a scrapped TL with minor damage... but man! Kudos to you for taking up this neglected baby. The fact that it's a Type-S AND KBP makes it all worth it. I'll stick around to see your progress, bring her back to life!

M.I.N.O.

iTrader: (1)

Wow! Props to you for having the patience to take on this project! Best of luck with the rebuild! Looking forward to seeing the final result!

Emersont503

Thanks for the comment man !!! I've waited about to 3 months to be able to get this car. There were other type s that I was looking at but they weren't compared to this one ... The other cars had suspension damage which I really do no recommend for any body to deal with. So I just got this beauty and now I'm bringing her back to life.

I even was thinking about a name for it. Something that has meaning that has come for. The death!!! Any ideas ???

truonghthe

mad prop, I am in to see more progress. BTW how does this frame pulling machine works? like you pulling on a sheet metal?

Steven Bell

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Emerson, I'm really anxious to see how things go. You'll get a lot of satisfaction by doing it yourself.


Hey, to make things easier, in the lower right hand corner of each post, the middle icon is a multi-quote button. It allows you to respond to more than one person in a single reply.

Check it out and give it a try!

Best of luck, young squire.

Emersont503

Yes.. I actually meant to upload a vid to show you guys but I didn't have time.. It's going to be up in a few minutes!!

thanks for the advice, it sure does come in handy !!!

Morrissey25

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Sub'd

Emersont503

As promised here you guys have a vid. of me and my brother pulling the rear body panel of my 07 KBP Type S.

Each tower of the frame machine has a force of 10 tons of pressure that's equals to 10 elephants all pilled up together all sitting on top of you... lol

we had to pull it with all 3 towers at the same time because we wanted to get an even pull !!!

So enjoy.

wilztlxs

iTrader: (8)

love what you're doing to rebuild the TL-S

I drove a '02 RSX-S that was rebuilt properly by my uncle and loved it. It had front end damage and I ended getting in to a front end accident that totaled the car, since it was done properly, the front end took the impact as it was suppose to. my uncle actually bought it back from the insurance to rebuild again. i had a son at the time, so i got the TL for more room.