invincible569

Vibration fixed!!

Ok guys.. for those of you who added aftermarket wheels and now you are getting slight vibrations at 70mph.. here's what I did. I though this out and we all know that our lugnuts are BALL seat. Well our aftermarket wheels most likely arent. I ordered Gorilla Acorn seats which I compared (they are different) as recommended by the wheel manufacturer. I ordered a set of 20 including the lock. Now, I then replaced them all and made sure I torqued them at 80lbs. When I drove the car, it does not vibrate at all anymore. To me, it seemed like th lugnuts were not holding the wheel in tight enough which caused the imbalance.

invincible569

This is where I park the car most of the day at work. Its not the best.. but no one can park next to me, I park far away, and its covered which perserves the life of the car exterior a little more.

Acuracy

its not a bad spot...at least its out of the elements which is the important things...just watch out for the person that parks to the right....i hate door dings and know u do too

invincible569

Acuracy, I hear you about the door dings. I am very careful with this. Thats why you can see above that its parked at an angle. That was they are forced to park on the next spot. The security guards are pretty cool there.

Its been a couple of days now since the wheels have been put on and we have been getting compliments left and right from people we dont know on the streets.

Acuracy.. any new pics yet? Ive been dying to see new pics of your car. Ive been posting a lot of pics, but not any from you. Too bad you dont live in Houston!

Acuracy

ohhh i didnt even see that you parked in an angle..very very smartt man.....yea i definitly hear you about the compliments...i lovee it even from guys in 911's and M's

As far as pics go i havent got around to get some new pics, my schedule sucksss i guess i gotta take some at work tomorrow..but thanks for all the pics man and i hope u dont mind me puttin up pics is ur thread. yea i too wish i lived in houston, NY can get to you after a while but i was thinking of takng a road trip this summer to dallas to visit some friends maybe i will spend a weekend in houston and set up a meet or something...

Travis

nYmALu86

Hey acuracy, nows the time to giv the car a nice wash and wax with all this beautiful weather we r having up here in NY (high 60's). We never know how the weather is gonna be in a few days supossed to rain. I hear you about the schedule man between basketball and class I never have time to take pics. Just the other day I gave her a nice wash and wax (yes my hand was hurting). And I remembered why I got black before I had to go to work after 15 mins. Hopefully pics to come soon!

clay8898

Yeah I know what you meen about door dings have two on the drivers side. And boy do they stick out. I'm gonna have to make a trip over to dent wizard one of these days.

Acuracy

yea man the weather is beautiful right now...i washed her on wed but forgot to take some pics...i mite give her another wash tomorrow if i get the day off then ill def take some pics. When a car is washed and waxed nothing looks better than a black car...looks soo sick..i woulda gotten black but was alittle to high Maintenance for me but i always admire them on the road.

Travis

nYmALu86

Yeah man I love they way my car looks riight now, but its already attracting dust in the garage!!! lol Hey someday in the summer time we should get 2gether and hav a meet wit all the NY ppl. Hopefully I'll have my 3pc. foose speedsters by then. Still debating on 19's and 20's. (You guys are makin the decision hard!!!)
Hey invincible sorry for hijacking man.

STR8BALLIN

that sounds good whos all gonna meet up i also wanna see madehtsobi ride is he planning on makin it. hit m up you got my cell # whats yours?

invincible569

Acuracy, i dont mind at all. Post those pics up! I really love your car from what I can see. If you ever come to Houston.. just let me know. I should have my BBK setup by summer too.

str8ballen, see you tomorrow!!


By the way.. we have a little TL G3 meet tomorrow evening. Will have some pics up tomorrow. All cars that are coming have been modified. Its going to be madhetsobi, jbrng, str8ballen, stocktl and myself. I will be calling you guys soon!

Last but not least.. here is a pic of the backyard area. This is the entrance to the neighborhood & the house is to the left.

nYmALu86

Ok im moving down 2 houston 4get ny!!! damn houston is really nice though

Acuracy

Nothin like NYC rite??..lol..everything down there is soo damn new..man its beautifull

Toyangel

looks good man!

invincible569

Everyone is migrating to Houston! better get your land now.

toyangel: thank you!!

Oh.. in case you didnt know.. this is my other hobby, Saltwater Reef Aquarium:

http://www.zeovit.com/DTOTQ/edwardindex.html

Thats my baby which took so much time to setup and maintain. Its more of a live coral tank.

05TLTony

Invincible,
your car looks great! I like those rims.

madehtsobi

check out the houston TLer's thread...i posted some pics there!



HOLY COW!!!!!!! i want a saltwater aquarium but i have no idea how to set all that crap up and didnt know ur ass knew this stuff!!!!

i just have this small ass 10g right now..haha and some cheapy fishes

u wanna take care of my baby alligator?

invincible569

This is how we do it in Houston, TX! A new thread will be posted with more pics.. This is just a teaser.

ACCURATEin

You guys aren't playing any games down there in Houston!

Lookin good fellas.

nYmALu86

damn!!! What r the specs on those rims!? All teh cars look nice as usual. Oh yea do u have any more pics of the black tl. id love 2 c a few more shots of those rims.

invincible569

Here you go.. They are 20" Lowenharts. It looked VERY good in person!!

https://acurazine.com/forums/ramblings-12/real-video-our-own-member-jesal-134273/

Benz_05_TSX

iTrader: (1)

Damn you TL owners are hella loaded!! HREs are hot! never knew it looked so good on a TL man...

Schulminator

iTrader: (2)

Such hottnessssssss.......

Acuracy

Thanks alot man...i've alwayz loved hre's

invincible569

After last night meet, I compared my wheels to madhetsobi's and his are leveled just right. Mine were way off. Sure enough, I took it in to get it aligned this morning and I couldnt believe how far off I was. They straightened the wheels out and the car rides even smoother now. What do they saw?? A thread is worthless without pics?? ok.. here they are:

invincible569

.. and so after the alignment, I went to go take some new pictures. On my way...

invincible569

ITL

wow, that's amazing! you have an entire garage dedicated to that tank?

madehtsobi

nice!!! be careful of nails man!!!!! shoooooooottttt

invincible569

Here's the Navi Hack on my navi thanks to justinz. I edited it to add, Welcome ***** Family! The guys liked it last night.

ITL

niiiice image....I see you photoshopped out the RAZR t the top end of the tach I've got that logo on my phone.

STR8BALLIN

hey ed can you black out my plates. lota cars been getting jack here in houston. cant be too careful thanks.

Acuracy

wow that looks great...i alwayz wanted to do that but dont really know where to start..i read the thread about doing it but seems to tedious (sp) for me. Anyone in NY know how how to do it????

Travis

invincible569

ITL, yes. Its actually the right side of the garage and built into the wall. It helps a lot with spills, smell and heat.

madhetsobi, I know. i was very careful. Im also worried about animals too. The car sits a tad bit lower and if I ever hit one.. I would be worried.

str8ballen, sorry about that. Forgot about that one. Yea.. let us know when you can get some superchargers. Im also looking for a BBK system. Hopefully soon with that one! You and JR said that braking is hard to do.. and I havent hit my brakes hard yet so I am worried. Having these 20's does take a toll on them.

Acuracy, its not as hard as you think. I thought the same too. I waited and waited.. then I got bored one day and tried it. Just read the directions and burn the CD. Its easy, trust me! If you want, you can post our Houston TL meet pics on your Navi??

invincible569

If we would of went sooner to Cy Fair College.. this is what some of the pics would of turned out like. There is a better place around Cy Fair that looks even better across the street.

Acuracy

Damnn..you guys are like picture whorees...but none the less we guys can never get enough of it..keep em comin

lol..not a badd idea to use the meet pics on my navi ...but i think i will try it a day when im boredd...how long did it take you to do it invincible569?

invincible569

I would say 30 mins or so? Do you know how to use Photoshop?

Acuracy

Unfortunately im not a pro at photoshop...i guess i will try to learn how to use it before i take on this project....is it hard to learn PS?

invincible569

Acuracy, for editing and sizing the photo to fit on your navi is pretty easy. Borrow a copy from someone and just read the instructions. Its been a while since I did it, and I might be doing it soon to a friends. That will refresh my memory.. but all our cars are different which boot on a different file. If you ever get a hold of PS, maybe I can walk you through it?

Also.. people have been asking me about the Gorilla lugnuts/locks. What I did is I called my wheel manufacturer, IForged and they said I needed Acorn seats. I know that RJ's wheels uses the ball seats. So call your wheel manufacturer to find the right seating. Then I called into discounttire.com and they gave me the size I needed for the TL. It was 1.5" long. Then, whats really important was to torque your wheels at 80lbs. Set your lugnuts on, then ride 25 miles and retorque again. When I was talking to the guys this weekend a lot of people have this problem.. but if you have some heavy wheels.. I dont know if it may fix it. After getting an alignment this weekend too.. the car feels so smooth now. It feels like I never put 20's and dropped it. It actually feels better than stock.

LIL D 504

hi i dont know how to post my pix can any1 help?? just put some 2 20 on my TL!!![url]http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/acuratl05on20/