JDMKNIGHT

Hello everyone , I'm Johnny I have a NBP 08 TL 5AT and as u can tell from the title I'm from Arizona but here's a short story about me...

I got my TL at the end of 2007 and just barely reached 40,000 miles on it lol so yea. I don't drive my baby a lot even tho it's my daily driver. I'll be honest and admit my dad bought me this car when I was 18 as a late graduation present. I graduated high school my Jr. year but didn't get it until a year after I graduated. So I pretty much spent my senior year working and trying to save up for college not ever expecting my dad wanting to buying a brand new car for me as my 1st car. I was expecting a crappy used car as a first car but my dad was just tired of having issues with used cars like the one he bought for my older sister. So a year after I graduated and was working he bought me my car as a Christmas/late graduation present . I wanted to take responsibility and help my dad with the payments as much as I could. That set me back 2 years before I got to go to college because I was working to help with the payments. Did I regret getting my car??? At times I did because I wanted to finish school as soon as possible (I hate school & just wanted to be done with it lol) but as time went by I got a better job and got back into school. Now its been 5 years since I've had my car and I've taken over the car payments for the last 2 years and I'm almost done paying my car off .


Finally... I just wanted to say that owning my car taught me the value of a dollar. My TL is my most valued possession that I earned and own. I found Acurazine forums when I first got my car and spent most of the time lurking in the shadows, learning from all you great members that put their hard work into making their car unique and amazing . Now that I'm 22 and I've been waiting for a very long time to start modding my car and hope to be officially apart of the TL family .

So step 1: I wanted to lower my car so I slammed it on K-sport coilovers XD


Here a teaser for my up coming project for this amazing car



More to come...

ebelp

Welcome to AZ and congrats on the car. Looks like you're off to a good start with the mods. Keep us updated.

The Machine

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Welcome, drop looks great! In your future plan of mods I think I would leave the license plate covers off the car. Also, do something with those red center caps on the wheels, especially if you're going to use blue lugs. Good luck and keep us updated along the way!

JTS97Z28

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Nice car and good story. Those license plate frames are the sweetest mod I see there. For real though, leave the plate frames off, unless ofcourse AEM is paying you for the advertising ;-)

ff4930

Nice drop and nice progress so far. Looks like you have tons of mod to put on!

JoeyDiamonds

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"Welcome to the Fraternity." (Morgan Freeman voice)

ACCURATEin

CLtotheTL32

iTrader: (3)

Welcome and congrats!

dontTL'em'nothing

iTrader: (3)

welcome to the forums, great way to start modding your car. First get rid of that pin stripe.

24no7

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I want your factory wheels

Nice start for sure !

story.customz

Welcome to the forum, OP! Car looks clean, and nice drop

KJ TL-S

iTrader: (9)

Welcome, looks like you'll be off to a great start. I'm super jelly of dem rims! Some of my favorites right there. What specs did you go with?

Steven Bell

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Welcome Johnny. It looks like you'll be busy here...

JDMKNIGHT

Thank you sir I'll sure will

Yea I know my license is the last thing that I will put on after I achieve my stance and yea I need to figure if I should get new center caps or just leave it off lol, gotta see 1st but thanks

Thanks Bro I'll know when the time is right i put the right one on

Thanks and yea I got a long way to go lol

Haha yes!!! Thanks you sir it took me a long time to get here but my time to rise is now

Your TL is AMAZING!!! makes me regret getting a NBP and your car is in my TOP 3 favorite TL I've seen on here lol

Thank you bro your thread progress is good keep it up

Thank you and yea I want to take off my pin stripes but the body shop I went to told me I'm still gonna see the new paint under there because its been baked on for 5 years in the Arizona heat lol so I'm debating if I should attempt it I'm scare too it will look dump

I love our factory wheels too lol, its funny some people though my stockies where aftermarket rims because it look good when it on a lower TL

Thanks man! glad to be apart of of this forum

Haha yea thanks buddy , there Varrstoen ES2 the fronts are 19x9.5+12 offset and rear are 19x10.5+12 offset so they are staggered

JDMKNIGHT

Thanks Steven, yup I gotta keep myself busy you know lol

GeeteeDan

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Looks like some good upgrades to look forward to

KJ TL-S

iTrader: (9)

That's gonna be a damn aggressive stance, good luck!

bluetl04

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Welcome bro...Your TL looks very clean. You are def on the rite path for the modding.. Please keep us updated..

JDMKNIGHT

Yup thanks

Yea I'm gonna have to roll my fenders and pull the back

Sure no problem bro and thanks


here a little update , sorry for the bad quality pictures its from a cell phone

did my footwell light blue led in front and rear seats







Sorry bad quality pic here of my headlights, just bought some 10k blues bulbs from eBay and for my fogs I just spray the front lens yellow to make it shoot out yellow




AEM V2



Got a little system a 500 watts alpine amp and 500 watts 12" kicker sub (had a 12" rockford p2 sub my friend gave me but i blew it 2 days after i got it from him ) with a custom box for a little more thump lol




that it so far...

CLtotheTL32

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10000k HID bulbs!?!?!

Steven Bell

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Johnny, you have been busy!

UA6

Great progress so far

Robert Russell

Looks so clean just as it sits now. can't wait to see all you got in-store though.

filipinoooy

ttribe

Congrats and welcome.

Where in AZ?

JDMKNIGHT

Yes sir

Lol yup I've been real busy

Why thank you sir

Haha thanks, yea I got big dream for my baby soon to come



Thank you sir and I'm from Phoenix Arizona gotta represent for TL out in Arizona haha

Decayin

TLove It!

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Looks good Can't wait to see those new kicks on the car.

LTxArucAx60

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Nice mods you got coming there! HAve fun!!

JDMKNIGHT

Hey I notice you have STOOPIDLOW in your signature, I know some friends that in group and was at the lowballer meet here in AZ a while back

Thanks man me too

Lol thanks, I sure will

RU_JELLY

iTrader: (1)

looks good so far. just keep it clean

JDMKNIGHT

Thanks bro, I sure will

Here a little update again sorry for the bad pictures quality, I only have time to work on my car mostly at night time cause I'm been really busy with work etc...

Just a pic my front headlights


I change my license plate blubs to hyper white


Did my interior lights as well and change the blubs to hyper white


OEM window visor


I got my fenders roll and pull the rears a bit


Varrstoen ES2 aggressive stance


One of the final piece for my car came in today "VIP" charm


Gotta keep my baby smelling fresh, JDM squash scent lol


Okay here a teaser of my front rim poking


Front side teaser, I'm thinking about removing the center cap or maybe keep them on either way I think it look good both on or off




That it for now to be continue hehe...

rossv1

Crappy pictures are the best teasers. Can't wait to see more/better pics.

Healingduck

Definitely want to see full pictures. Looks great.

Steven Bell

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Wow, nice job on the fender rolling and wheels!

JDMKNIGHT

Thanks everyone , I have to pull the rear fenders a bit because it rubbing my rear tires, so I dont have my rims on yet but what do u guys think if I got my rear fenders flare and pull will look good on TL??? I'm kinda ify on it so if anyone has a picture of a TL with flared fenders that looks good will be helpful. If anything I will just have them pull a bit without any flare. It was suggested by a friend but I need my fellow AZ members opinions as well before I make my decision lol.

Vietnastee

iTrader: (8)

man you really splurged on the mods.

What tire size are you running? You should try to run some more camber before you flare it. I'm not fan of flared fenders, but that's just me.



Edit: I just saw your rear wheel specs. With 19x10.5+12 I'm pretty sure you're going to either 1) going run hella camber to make it fit or 2) flare it or have some minor body work done on the rear fenders. If you do the bodywork, I would try to keep the original fender lines.

JDMKNIGHT

Thanks for your input bro, I personally dont like camber. I mean its okay if its not camber too much just a little is fine or I can just raise my car up a half inch .5 and it will clear I think. I have a lot of wheel test fitment to do this winter break fml... lol

ebelp

Wheels look great! Post more pics! You probably know, but 10k HID bulbs light up the road a lot less than the stock 4300k bulbs, especially when it's raining. Once you get past the 6k color temperature, your usable light goes down drastically. Plus, you always see ricey Civics and redneck pickups with those annoying 100000000k blue HID's, so blue isn't always better.

The Machine

iTrader: (8)

Wow man those are some pretty aggressive specs in the rear. As far as the center cap, either leave it off or paint it another color. The red cap really isn't flowing with anything else on the car, especially with blue lug nuts. Can't wait to see some better pics with the wheels on.