Gas mileage doesnt matter while having fun

Think i need to run to the local harbor freight and pick me up a low profile 2 ton jack monday

 

Ahh-very nice. I forsee a whole new set of pictures coming soon!

 

That would be correct steven

 

Just noticed this on the way home

 

 

Upon looking closer, the crack follows the red line

 

I feel so bad for you man

 

Thats sucks man.


Tyler, didnt you get Acura to replace your cracked dash?

 

Im going to call a few dealerships tomorrow and see what they say but i doubt ill get any good news at all

 

Morgan, I went to my Acura dealership and had them take pictures and send a file to corporate.

I ended up paying parts, ~$550, and Acura covered the labor, ~$1500.

 

Found a complete dash with air bags for $350 but its from an 05 so i wouldnt want to go thru the hassle and then that one crack also.

 

Wait and see what the dealership tells you. I would rather pay more ($550+ like Tyler) and get a NEW dash instead of a used dash from 05

 

Did they have fix the cracking issue throughout production, or will they all crack at some point?

 

From what ive seen its just the 04-05 i believe

 

So i just got off the phone with the local acura dealer and the service manager said it was a pretty common thing with the 04's since it was 8 years old. I told him it shouldnt be a common thing for it to be happening since my old 89 accord's dash looked new the day i sold it 2 years ago. Told me i could call corporate monday since there was nothing he could do.

 

Hopefully they work out a deal with you

And saying its an 8 year old car is BS. Thats admitting the build quality isnt top notch.

 

I even called the same dealership tyler brought his to when he got his fixed and the service guy said he hadn't ever seen nor heard of the cracking dash in the tl.

 

Of course they havent, its a dealer. Every issue brought to their attention is the first time theyve ever heard of it

 

Damn dude sorry to see that happen

 

Wonder if the BBB could help

 

Just going to go to acura monday and have them start a claim

 

I have seem at least 3 TL's (including mine) with a crack exactly like that. After close inspection I have theorized that it is a result of the area not having enough moisture. Mine has been the same since last November so if Acura doesn't do anything about yours, just apply some 303 and keep watching it.

 

I doubt they'll do anything but even if they goodwill it and I pay the $500 or what ever the dash is I'll probably pass and just get a dash mat. I've got bigger plans right now

 

Dan...man that sucks....I wish Acura goodwills it or atleast forks out more than 50% of the bill....

I know Rockstar put some dash cover on his car and IMO it looks very good...maybe try that its an option out there ya know....

 

You could probably got it covered in leather for about the same price

 

I think the dash map route is going to be my only option I shouldn't have to fork out any money for an item I couldn't prevent from cracking

 

True.

 

Best of luck with that, Dan. I hope Acura and/or the dealership steps up for you.

 

Dan, you car is still my favorite silver TL. I LOVE the way your car looks

 

Really? I didnt see it. I'll look again. Thanks

 

I'm flattered

 

Don't be Dan, clearly Hellen Keller has risen from the dead and created an Acurazine account.

 

Jealous

 

of?

 

I'm not sure yet

 

It's okay my friend.

Big props for doing headlights for a local member

How long do you usually clamp the headlights together for to let the seal harden?

You use Nissan Butyl too, right?

 

actually we just used clear rtv sealent. put a nice bead of it then clamped it and then while it was clamped together we ran another bead around the entire lens. So far i havnt had a single issue.

I believe we clamped the first one and then went and ate lunch so maybe 30-45 minutes?

 

Thanks =)

So you guys cleared out the old butyl seal from the channel and when it was time to seal the ehadlights back up all you did was put the RTV sealant in the channel and press the headlight lens up against it?

Seems way easier than butyl lol

Butyl you have to put in the channel and soften it up by putting the headlight in the oven, then take the front lens and pushing the two together.

 

we used a screw driver and while we were opening the headlight tried to remove as much as we could with the screw driver and a paper towel. Once we cleared them, just put a nice bead in the channel and clamped it down. Once the original bead was dry to the touch we ran one around the entire lens to be safe. Its been in the 90's and we have had heavy rain since we did them and they havnt showed 1 problem yet.

 

Sorry GP, Dan answered most of your questions already

I used the Nissan sealant with my headlights but Dan brought that clear stuff over and I wasn't going to turn it down.