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progress sway bar asap. it was my first mod 9 years ago...well worth the price
this is definitely going to happen, it might take me 9 years to pull the trigger though
Originally Posted by nick04tl
Your paint looks incredible all your photos.
thanks man, I appreciate that.
do my best to keep the paint in the best condition possible. It's still far from where I want it, but I've quickly realized that with colours such as NBP, your not going to achieve results that you can with WDP. Since with black you will see ever spec of dirt, dust etc.
I do plan on correcting the paint once more and then perhaps going the ceramic pro route to better protect it going forward
Thanks to Hamburgler and jdmvette I have a pretty nice update...
I'm always browsing Azine and looking at various TL's, usually 3rd and 4th gens for more ideas as to how I want to mod my 6mt.
I want to keep this car forever and keep it looking classy while still adding subtle mods to keep it updated as well.
And soon after I pulled the trigger and here are the install pics and results .
PS, I will get better pics soon, I had limited space to snap these so they are a bit off and I did my best to correct the over exposure on my phone's camera. Last time she will be stock
Been a pretty productive last few months. I knew when I bought the NBP TL that paint defects were going to bother me. What I didn't realize was just how dirty NBP gets in a very very short period of time (this is my first ever black vehicle). So although I had the paint corrected, the amount of dust and dirt the NBP showed after a single day of driving was too much for me to bear lol.
So I reached out to my detailer and inquired about ceramic pro. After some research and few weeks of waiting for a spot to open up in his schedule, I pulled the trigger on the silver package of ceramic pro. I will let the results speak for themselves!
Also was able to find the time to go on a local "cruise" with some buddies who recently picked up a pair of 6spds Camaros. It was the first time since probably high school, that I was able to get out and just drive aimlessly for the purpose of enjoying the car. Night was full a some pretty decent hard pulls, and I enjoyed every minute of it since I never drive the car hard. I think I actually engaged v-tech this night lol. Friend was able to snap a quick "roller" pic of my front end.
yes absolutely! Dust has a much harder time sticking to the car's surface after ceramic was applied. Now if dust does settle on the car, a leaf blower is usually enough to get rid most of it.
It keeps the car cleaner for much longer
Originally Posted by 90foxnotch
I laughed at the finally engaged Vtec comment- I hit vtec at least 10x a day so I don't let my Honda down. Looks good
lol my driving hard days are gone....I think.....
I baby the crap out of my TL, plan on teaching my 11month old stick shift when he's tall enough to reach the pedals.
Congratulations on the purchase I know I'm late! LOL I have almost the same exact car but, I have the full parchment interior. I almost sold it for a Audi S4 or S6. I couldn't! I had searched too long for it. I bought it off a memeber on @herro_panda
Not too many updates regarding the TL, however, I did score some aspecs awhile back for cheap (18x8s).
I had been kicking myself ever since I flipped the brand new set some of us scored off eBay a few years back. IIRC the set was 399 at the time. I made a decent amount on them but have been looking for another set ever since lol.
Luckily I came across a local guy who had a spare set (story on that later). They were curbed but I got them for cheap and fixed the curbage.
Finally I have two dedicated sets of wheels....
Anyways here's a couple pics, I am too lazy and dont know enough about photography to take nice ones, will work on that some later. ignore my thumb
Even though I've toyed with the idea of selling the car, and have even fielded offers, I still continue to purchase parts for it lol. Not much has changed cosmetically as I will be focusing money and time towards a suspension refresh and probably new clutch in the near future...
But who said the Facebook groups were good for nothing?! Thanks to a couple solid ppl online, I was able to score an aspec badge (which I should have bought a long time ago) and some spectacular LED fogs for the fall season.
Just a couple crappy pics for now.... These particular LED fogs are much brighter than the nokya yellows and the angle they output on is very functional for what a fog light should be
I should probably move the aspec badge down more but I'm content with it for now
Needs to come down 2-3 inches. Hard to tell on the black where the trunk lines are but I always thought it was around the height of the license plate bezel (bottom).
Looks good though. Ceramic coat really made it shine!
yea I will reposition it when I get a chance.
I've seen quite a few members put it near the bottom right corner of the trunk lid........
i think with the other emblems removed, thats the best positioning to not mess with any of the natural lines of the car.
Time for an update, albeit its not much of an update.
Still got the car and still loving it.
After years of messing around with a faulty starter (and been stranded once), I finally placed an order for an OEM starter and got around to installing it....was not going to go through another Canadian winter with the starter on its way out.
The garage DIY on here was a godsend as well as some youtube videos I found online. For anyone who has done this and has read up on the install knows how much a PITA the battery tray is, and my go at it was no different (I was so fed up at the end I didn't bother to re-install the 2 of the 5 bolts lol)
I'm happy to say I was able to get it done and ashamed to say that this is probably the most mechanical work I've done on this car with my own hands.
Also, when I initially purchased the car years ago from the original owner, the guy had told me that the brakes were probably going to need replacing soon......well I was able to get another 45,000km out of those brakes!
Finally got around to replacing all four corners with Power Stop pads and rotors and am loving it so far.
I was skeptical about how bad the brake dust would be with this setup, but after a few weeks of running the setup, I am super happy to say the brake dust is surprisingly low.
Still need to get the modded slave cylinder installed (that's the next DIY I will attempt)
That's about it for updates for now. Car will need more mechanical work as time goes on and mileage continues to climb (at about 206,000kms now).
Looking forward to keeping the car for many more years to come.
Always a good feeling of accomplishment when you replace something yourself. Good job! Seeing a ell kept TL-S from time to time makes me miss mine even more...
Did the leatherique treatment again this year, had been awhile since the last go around.
This stuff is tremendous, really cleans and nourishes the leather and enhances the "feel" of the seats.
Not much else has changed for the car cosmetically. I did paint the front and rear brakes a nice yellow. I wanted to do burnt cooper but the color was on backorder....next time around perhaps.
Car did get a new clutch kit installed, and even a new clutch case assembly along with some other parts. I started a separate thread for that whole ordeal....will provide a detailed update on how that all came to be in the future, probably during a major milestone for the car or something. (its quite the story)
Would like to do a few other things inside the car to update the interior but for now I enjoy driving it daily. Not bad for sitting at just over 131k miles.
11-11-2018, 12:59 PM
