My 3G '05 TL 5AT in ABP - Intro and Build Plan
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^^ yup carbon fibre for me too. that heeltoe roof spoiler is a MUST for sure.. Gonna wrap the whole grill and that trim piece on the trunk. all the silver trim in the interior.. one thing I'm on the fence about is the grey pieces on the a spec kit.. the little trim on the bottom of the front and then the larger piece in the rear.. what u think?
As far as the exterior goes, I personally love the contrast from the silver grill and rear trim piece - I think silver and ABP go very very well together. In fact I think its one of the only colors that makes the stock silver 5 spoke wheels look great precisely because of the contrast. The only thing I really want to do with the grill is maybe wrap the contrasting grey pieces.
Now as far as the front lip trim and rear valence goes, I think it would look awesome in carbon, but I'm not sure how long a wrap would last on those pieces. I'm likely going to leave them for the foreseeable future as I don't mind the color too much.
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Thank you so much CL, means a lot to hear from some of the folks with incredibly clean rides on here
The wire brush is an awesome suggestion - I hadn't even considered it, and I have TWO dremels at home lol. Will definitely give it a try this summer. Ill probably remove the calipers altogether though since I plan to do a full brake flush and change the rotors.
The wire brush is an awesome suggestion - I hadn't even considered it, and I have TWO dremels at home lol. Will definitely give it a try this summer. Ill probably remove the calipers altogether though since I plan to do a full brake flush and change the rotors.
It sounds like you might be better off just removing them. I was just lazy and didn't want to unhook anything
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Hmmm....that is true-I could make that change too!
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I'm sure yours will be just as sweet man, fret not
D'aww
Lots of fun stuff planned - Currently trying to figure out my rear toe dilemma and still waiting for the Endless catback. At this point I want to actually dyno it bone stock power wise and then dyno it with the Endless catback, RV6 V3 Jpipe, HFPC, Unorthodox pulley and AEM V2 all of which are going on at the same time. Fingers crossed for 35+ whp gain.
D'aww
Lots of fun stuff planned - Currently trying to figure out my rear toe dilemma and still waiting for the Endless catback. At this point I want to actually dyno it bone stock power wise and then dyno it with the Endless catback, RV6 V3 Jpipe, HFPC, Unorthodox pulley and AEM V2 all of which are going on at the same time. Fingers crossed for 35+ whp gain.
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Funnily enough, my drive home on Friday nights is probably my favorite part of the day. After a pretty brutal 7:00 am to 10:00 pm shift at work, its really refreshing to roll with the windows down and a near empty road/highway home.
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Thanks man - to be honest my idea of what I want the car to be constantly fluctuates in my head, but there will (soon) be a point where it will either be a focus on cosmetics or a focus on performance, and given what I like about cars, its probably going to be the latter.
Right now my #1 priority is finish up the suspension. My philosophy with the build is simple:
Suspension first,
Brakes second,
Power last.
Now to be fair, the basic bolt-ons are going to happen before my brake overhaul, but that's because I believe that my daily enjoyment of the car will multiply ten-fold when I can actually HEAR the damn thing lol.
Right now my #1 priority is finish up the suspension. My philosophy with the build is simple:
Suspension first,
Brakes second,
Power last.
Now to be fair, the basic bolt-ons are going to happen before my brake overhaul, but that's because I believe that my daily enjoyment of the car will multiply ten-fold when I can actually HEAR the damn thing lol.
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^^^ Good plan!
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Best of luck-that's no small project.
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I was always originally planning on pursuing the power adders in stages, but I'm not quite sure what leaps I want to take it in. I know for sure that the HFPC , pulley and mounts are somewhere in the middle between the two right now.
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I know what you mean tho! I go to bed every night thinking what else can I do to this car in the future.. Ill be keeping my TL forever so may as well make it fun. at some point ill get a new car though and the TL will just sit in the garage and ill just poke away at things
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Captured my feelings about the TL exactly. I really do think the shape / lines are timeless. I've gotten quite a few compliments on the car, and I do love how people who have no clue about the TLs gasp when I tell them its 11 years old.
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yea i know man!! lol. thats funny. theres not many if any 3g TL's where I live and ppl are like man no way that is a 06.. such a timeless body design..
I remember when they first came out in 04 i was 17 and I said to myself.... THIS is the car I WANT.. but they were like 40k LOL
I remember when they first came out in 04 i was 17 and I said to myself.... THIS is the car I WANT.. but they were like 40k LOL
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nice! yea my previous car was a 02 WDP Type S... Loved that thing....I took a lot of time off after I graduated high school.. worked some random jobs, took me a while to get my head on straight.. in school now tho to be a chemical engineer! i got another year and a half left of that and then the cash will be ROLLIN in lol.
Im hoping by that time acura actually puts something out that is worth it. they just fell off after the 08 type s
Im hoping by that time acura actually puts something out that is worth it. they just fell off after the 08 type s
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nice! yea I took a lot of time off after I graduated high school.. worked some random jobs, took me a while to get my head on straight.. in school now tho to be a chemical engineer! i got another year and a half left of that and then the cash will be ROLLIN in lol.
Im hoping by that time acura actually puts something out that is worth it.
Im hoping by that time acura actually puts something out that is worth it.
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you'll figure it out bud! I didn't enter my program until I was 26...I wish I would've started post secondary right out the gate but oh well... I moved out at a young age so things were hard for a while thats for sure.
NSX? Hopefully I can afford that someday LOL
NSX? Hopefully I can afford that someday LOL
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Chem engineer? Hell yes you can dude
Dream big. Hell a year ago I would of laughed if somebody told me I would own a pretty clean looking TL. A year and a half ago I didn't even have my licence
Dream big. Hell a year ago I would of laughed if somebody told me I would own a pretty clean looking TL. A year and a half ago I didn't even have my licence
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This NSX better be awesome. The Ford GT just stole it's thunder at the New York Auto Show.
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Yep, sad but true. And no one saw it coming either.
That's what happens when you wait for YEARS to bring a car out to market.
That's what happens when you wait for YEARS to bring a car out to market.
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Sooooo this week I got stranded in Ottawa with Guitarplayer16. Here is a quick little recounting of said adventure:
I drove up Monday, which is a Civic Holiday here in Canuckistan, do work on my headlights with GP16 and pick up my tails which he had so graciously finished for me.
The day went great, minus a small painting fiasco with the headlight housing which forced us to chip off/sand down all the paint and start over.
After we finished the headlights, it was already quite late and I was planning on driving back during the night, but we decided to go out and snap some quick pics of our two cars together. We got to the shoot location, and when Thanh started taking pics, I noticed I had a flat on the rear passenger side tire. After a quick inspection I discovered a GIANT screw wedged in my tire. What's worse is I hadn't realized I had driven on the flat, effectively destroying my tire.
The rest of the story is pretty mundane and basically goes like this: We spent half of the following day trying to find me a new Continental DW in 225/40/18 and NO ONE carried it, so I ended up getting stuck in Ottawa for a second night and we ordered the tire. The following day we installed my Inspire fogs while waiting for the tire to show up and as it turned out (naturally, with my terrible luck) that the tire wasn't going to be here until the following day (Thursday).
Finally, the tire did show up today, although 4 hours later than expected, and I finally parted ways with Thanh and made my way back to Toronto.
Despite my absolutely abysmal luck, I really enjoyed the trip - It was the first time I had 4 days off in a row in what must be a year.
Oh and Thanh took pics. A LOT of pics.
I drove up Monday, which is a Civic Holiday here in Canuckistan, do work on my headlights with GP16 and pick up my tails which he had so graciously finished for me.
The day went great, minus a small painting fiasco with the headlight housing which forced us to chip off/sand down all the paint and start over.
After we finished the headlights, it was already quite late and I was planning on driving back during the night, but we decided to go out and snap some quick pics of our two cars together. We got to the shoot location, and when Thanh started taking pics, I noticed I had a flat on the rear passenger side tire. After a quick inspection I discovered a GIANT screw wedged in my tire. What's worse is I hadn't realized I had driven on the flat, effectively destroying my tire.
The rest of the story is pretty mundane and basically goes like this: We spent half of the following day trying to find me a new Continental DW in 225/40/18 and NO ONE carried it, so I ended up getting stuck in Ottawa for a second night and we ordered the tire. The following day we installed my Inspire fogs while waiting for the tire to show up and as it turned out (naturally, with my terrible luck) that the tire wasn't going to be here until the following day (Thursday).
Finally, the tire did show up today, although 4 hours later than expected, and I finally parted ways with Thanh and made my way back to Toronto.
Despite my absolutely abysmal luck, I really enjoyed the trip - It was the first time I had 4 days off in a row in what must be a year.
Oh and Thanh took pics. A LOT of pics.
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WOW, at least you got some fogs installed and pics by the MASTER lol
I would have lost my mind waitin all that time.
I wanna get inspire fogs so bad but I really don't have confidence on installing them myself and to be honest don't have any confidence in any of the shops around here with my fresh painted bumper lol
I would have lost my mind waitin all that time.
I wanna get inspire fogs so bad but I really don't have confidence on installing them myself and to be honest don't have any confidence in any of the shops around here with my fresh painted bumper lol
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WOW, at least you got some fogs installed and pics by the MASTER lol
I would have lost my mind waitin all that time.
I wanna get inspire fogs so bad but I really don't have confidence on installing them myself and to be honest don't have any confidence in any of the shops around here with my fresh painted bumper lol
I would have lost my mind waitin all that time.
I wanna get inspire fogs so bad but I really don't have confidence on installing them myself and to be honest don't have any confidence in any of the shops around here with my fresh painted bumper lol
Follow his DIY and go slow with the dremel and you'll have absolutely no problems
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bump for cleanest TL
hope you're well, haven't heard from you in a while!
recouping the money for the tire