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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 01:35 AM
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first mod!!!

I was bored last night so i did my first mod and i think it turned out pretty good let me know what you guys think!!









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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 01:51 AM
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i like it, but not digging how you place that front ls plate on your car.
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 02:02 AM
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Not a huge fan of the color (i'm very conservative though) but it looks very cleanly done. You cut the vinyl yourself? If so, you should do a diy!

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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Paintballny
Not a huge fan of the color (i'm very conservative though) but it looks very cleanly done. You cut the vinyl yourself? If so, you should do a diy!

x2. It's different, and that's what you want. Your car to stand out from the rest of the herd. Or somethin' like that...
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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^^Agreed, it is different. You need to re-locate that plate ASAP (or just remove altogether). Car looks mean with the lip.
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 09:58 AM
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why?...are you going to do the rest of the grill?
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 10:00 AM
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Very unique.

Something I wouldn't do but to each their own.

Maybe if it was a gunmetal color it would look better.
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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it looks out of place, maybe if you did the hood piece as well and then blacked out the the rest (paint black gray plastic and silver plastic)
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 01:19 PM
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You should do the top part of the grill to bring it all together
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 01:33 PM
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Needs something more...can't put my finger on it

vinyl is cool though because you can try stuff and if you don't like it later you can remove it easily.
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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oh and your first mod should have been to remove the front plate lol

sorry I hate front plates
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Paintballny
Not a huge fan of the color (i'm very conservative though) but it looks very cleanly done. You cut the vinyl yourself? If so, you should do a diy!

No i didn't i use spray paint...
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
You should do the top part of the grill to bring it all together
i was thinking about doing that but do you think it will be to much???
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 01:52 PM
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and i can see you guys dont like the plate.. i gotten 2 tickets for not having them.... what do you guys think it should do with it... just throw it up on the dash??
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 01:59 PM
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I wonder how it would look if you put blue on the top and blacked out the crossbar, might look good
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 02:02 PM
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i might do that this weekend.. so blue around and everything black inside?? what you think i should do with the "A"
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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Making the top bar blue will bring it together more I think. I don't really know how to word it. It won't make the blue stand out so much, but rather blend it in with the rest of the grill instead of just having part of it done. I don't think it will be too much either. Making the center cross bar black would look sick! I plan on doing that to my WDP sometime.

I don't think it looks bad whatsoever, it just needs a little fine tuning here and there
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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Alright then i am probable going to do that Thanks

what about the plate tho??
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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Eh. Not a fan.
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 02:36 PM
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hideaway plate?

also I think this look would probably look best with the crossbar removed all together. Kinda like this



but this guy did it in gunmetal, which is cool because it matches the Aspec lip
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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There are a bunch of options for the front plate---from taking it off completely, to affixing it to your passenger sun visor, to moving it to the tow hook area, to having it mounted on a bracket that slides underneath the car for shows, pics, etc. Search for "relocate" to bring up some threads on the topic. Oddly, there is nothing in the 3G Garage on this topic.
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 02:56 PM
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yeah i seen how they removed it lol i didnt want to cut away scene my car has 60,000 on it.. and i saw the grill kit on ebay for 200 buck
Ima try to paint it this week and then post it up to show everyone
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by dwb993
There are a bunch of options for the front plate---from taking it off completely, to affixing it to your passenger sun visor, to moving it to the tow hook area, to having it mounted on a bracket that slides underneath the car for shows, pics, etc. Search for "relocate" to bring up some threads on the topic. Oddly, there is nothing in the 3G Garage on this topic.
alright thanks alot i been looking but i didnt really find anything i will try typing that in and see what i like
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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not diggin it bud
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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A+ for idea the color not so much

try a dark carbon fiber vinyl, im really interested in how that would look
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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do the top part of the grill
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by AnthraciteAspec
Needs something more...can't put my finger on it

vinyl is cool though because you can try stuff and if you don't like it later you can remove it easily.
i dont think its a matter of too little, but a matter of too much. take the blue off of the acura letters and i guarentee you it will look 10x better...the blue should be a detail or an accent, not a color scheme
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 06:30 PM
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Looks clean, but incomplete, IMO. Do the whole grille.
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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keep it coming wit the Mods.... looks good
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 10:57 PM
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why blue? makes tl look cheap
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by minkl81
why blue? makes tl look cheap
lol how does it make it look cheap mostly all my interior lights are stock blue??
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 02:58 AM
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Im going to still try to do the top part on the hood blue to see how it looks if it don't look good then im going to paint everything black and leave the blue ACURA


how would i not make it look cheap? lol that is still getting to me... should i paint it gold? purple? pink?....
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 03:04 AM
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do the gunmetal part of the aspec lip like i did
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 03:09 AM
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Originally Posted by AckTL05
do the gunmetal part of the aspec lip like i did
do you have a better picture?
and are you saying to paint that part blue?
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 06:42 AM
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lol the front plate, take it out or something. The blue acura word is okkk but the grill liner....not so much eh
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by DecaFe1
i dont think its a matter of too little, but a matter of too much. take the blue off of the acura letters and i guarentee you it will look 10x better...the blue should be a detail or an accent, not a color scheme
agree.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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y is it that theres so much fukin haters!

let the OP do it the way he wants too it aint ur freakin car, so if u dont like it either STFU or dont POST!

OP looks good btw
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ABP_04TL
y is it that theres so much fukin haters!

let the OP do it the way he wants too it aint ur freakin car, so if u dont like it either STFU or dont POST!

OP looks good btw
he did post on a forum and ppl are just saying what they think about it, if he didn't want critisism, he shouldn't have posted. And besides, everyone is civilized about it, I don't see much hate happening.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ABP_04TL
y is it that theres so much fukin haters!

let the OP do it the way he wants too it aint ur freakin car, so if u dont like it either STFU or dont POST!

OP looks good btw
Bitter much?? Haha dude chill out man. People need thick skin on the internet.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 11:18 AM
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I have the blue lettering on WDP, It looks ok on your color... I don't know if I could go blue on the lip like that on mine, but to each their own, right? It does look well done however.
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