NBP-UA6

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Hey guys, been lurking around for a bit and now decided to make a progress thread because I think my car have enough "mods" to have a thread now. Better late then never so here goes...

Bought the car used back in 2010 when someone's lease was up it was an 2007 Nighthawk Black Pearl 5AT with about 32,xxx miles on it. Everyone know what a stock TL look like so I wont even bother to post a pic of it. One thing I like to add is that these photos are shot by my phone so excuse the quality. Anyways, let's move on to the mods:

1st mod: Tinted windows and blacked out headlights by AckTL05







Halos were also installed by AckTL05. I also did the HID conversion to the fogs. THey are 6000K.



Here's a night shot with the headlight and fogs on



Here's another shot of the halos



2nd mod: Type S rear sidemarkers that took me like 15 mins to install because I was having trouble to put them on.



Up next: My car wasn't born with A-specs so I decided to add them on. They are bought from AckTL05 also. Was having a really hard time deciding between the base front lips or the Type S, but the gold fish buggy eyes got me sold.





With the base exhaust



I also did the license plate relocate and added the blue ACURA insert:



With the halos on (On the side note, my halos are no longer working properly I too, have the same flickering problem along with other few members )


Representing Acurazine with the decal:



Right now I'm saving up for Richie's dual exhaust. Hopefully I can get it soon because I really want it but meanwhile have to fill up those gaps on the rear lip kit so I ordered some universal quad tips online and have them welded on... doesn't look too bad if you ask me.

Here she is on the lift and got the base tips cut off. It felt so painful watching her get molested from the back



The tips getting welded on:



Here's the finished product:



And side shot: *Note - doesn't look as nice as the OEM Type S but this is way better than the gap.



Here is also a list of my upcoming mods I'm saving up for...

- Richie's RV6 dual exhaust (V2)
- Possible RV6's J-pipe and HFPC
- Some coilovers
- Some after market rims

I guess that's it for now. Love/hate comments are welcomed. I will continue to add more pics in the future. Thanks for looking!

NBP-UA6

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Here are some random shots:

When she reached 44,444:



Tried the V-LEDS blue interior light:



Looked nice at first but the more I looked at it the more it look rice (maybe too much blue? idk) so I changed them to white.

With a few co-workers:



Halos light up at night:



From the angle of the picture, it look like my car have no wheels and/or is on a lift



Here are my other friends with their TL, but they are completely bone stock. I didn't realized how much work it put to mine until I parked next to the stock ones




LOVE NBP when they are freshly washed and waxed

SharksBreath

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about time you made a progress thread!

i'm going to tackle the HALO issues this weekend when i have the car apart. i'll let you know what i find. as you know, mine have been flickering for quite a while too and i'm getting tired of it.

sapanpatel123

Looks really clean! Is that the 07-08 Aspec?

ebelp

Nice progress so far! Keep up the good work!

btw, what's the meaning behind your screen name? Are you a sticky rice lover, because I am...mmmmm...

RU_JELLY

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nice progress man, tips dont look bad at all. You should do a j pipe next, such a big difference for such a cheap mod

guitarplayer16

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Yes, we all know about your travels to asia and how you love the food

Great progress OP!
Looking very clean =)

NBP-UA6

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Thanks man. Yeah those definitely look better than the single ones I was thinking maybe get the full v2 dual exhaust from RV6 first then the J-pipe and/or HFPC

Thank you!

Yes it's about time If you can fix the halos then let me know. It really annoy the heck outta me too Thanks in advance.

Thank you. Yes, it is the 07-08 Type S's A-spec.

Thank you. I wish mine look half as nice as yours. Yes I love sticky rice

truonghthe

nice progress. MOAR pics.

Steven Bell

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Wow Sticky-those headlights are wicked.

ebelp

Well I'm half Chinese, so I grew up on the good stuff (dim sum, sticky rice, etc). I only started documenting it when I started traveling.

Beat-Freak...

Any plans on lowering the car?

Yeah the screen name is pretty asian alright.

I'm also Laotion, what are you?

Look at all those empty beer cases of
Heineken and corona woo hoo.

NBP-UA6

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Thanks! I will be meeting up with ebelp to take more professional pictures once I drop the car and add sone rims.

Thank you sir!

Good catch on the Heineken and Corona cases haha. I will lower my car soon, but Im thinking rims first. Im Vietnamese by the way.

3g-s

did you do a muffler delete? or just tips

D68Soldier

Nice looking NBP and great mods! I see you have rims on upcoming mods, any idea what you want to get?

NBP-UA6

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Just the tips for now. Saving up for RV6's v2 exhaust.

Thank you! Rims are coming soon

NBP-UA6

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A little update:

Got the rims on, also added roof and trunk spoilers from eBay

greddycl-s01

where did u get the LM reps? and now u need a drop for sure.

ebelp

Looks nice! Post some shots of the entire car so we can get a better look. What are your suspension plans?

rossv1

Really? One picture?

oarichard

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Nice halos! Good progress.

ArthurL

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Nice updates Sticky, hope to see you around the area man.

Steven Bell

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Nice updates, Sticky. I'm adding an UPDATE date to your title for you. If you don't want it there, just let me know.

NBP-UA6

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I got them from the BM section.

Thanks... As for suspensions, I'm thinking about the one you have, ISC N1 Coilovers

I was at work only be able to snap ONE More pics when it stop raining

Thank you!

Hey, thanks. Yeah I hope to see you too

No sir, not at all.. Thanks!!!

mY sLOW UA6

Looks good, great progress.
Can we see some pics from the back with the spoilers?

ebelp

Don't think...DO!!!

NBP-UA6

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Yeah, after the rain stop

JAVIBX

G/l with it its looking good

NBP-UA6

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Ok sorry for the late reply. It been so cold here. Today the weather was finally a little decent so I snapped a few photos... here goes:

Dirty car btw

Roof spoiler from eBay:



Side shot of roof spoiler from eBay:



Trunk spoiler, also from eBay: *Note: Traditionally the plan was to go for the OEM Type S but the price went from $2xx to $5xx so I was like screw it!!*



Side shot of trunk spoiler:



Ass shot!!!



Got different exhaust tips from eBay thanks to umakemekissu for pointing me to the link:







Shot of the new rims I got from itsx_04 in the BM section:



More coming soon

Gizmo 04

nice, what size are those wheels?

rossv1

Looks nice!


Now you should drop it.

NBP-UA6

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Thanks. Wheels are 18x8+35

Thank you. Working on the drop

mY sLOW UA6

Looks great when its dropped it will be awesome.

ebelp

Dude, those wheels look sick on your car. Can't wait to see what it looks like after you lower it.

NBP-UA6

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Thanks. Can't wait either...


Photoshop anyone?

ebelp

This is a really quick, shitty PS, but you get the idea:

NBP-UA6

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^ Great! Now stop being lazy and do a legit Photochop!!

rossv1

Only thing I don't like is the BBS center caps on reps...

itsx_04

Nice progress man! Good work on changing the tips hahaha, original ones were a bit short. And the rims look nice on NBP, hope you like em now MOARRRR lowwww

NBP-UA6

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Thanks! More like MOARRR moneyyyy