Damn that fresh NBP looks so good man

 

Beautiful exterior pics.

 

i need my car painted NBP all over again

 

You're sitting so clean and so low, brother...looking great!

 

Your car looks great but Honda center caps?

 

ahaaa now i remember
you got these from a silver accord guy around our area right
i usually see him parking at front of dads store
06 model one

thats why honda caps
looks good but winters coming
are you going to keep it low?

oh and with a CAI sitting that low
don't use the storrow when there is heavy rain
you heard the news prob. people got stock under the bridge lol
i was 4 cars behind them
then we drove reverse and blah blah
more than a mile lenght of cars haha
was a crazy night

 

Quincy
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...70293093_n.jpg

 

Thanks guys, and hopefully I can find a winter beater by then so I don't have to raise it. and I actually traded my wheels to my friend who recently y picked up a tl. I saw him driving by and asked. Lol. Center caps will be changed soon,not a priority. I'm off to an interior detail and to install my new floormats I was so lucky to been hooked up with. Next is rear lip

 

well,in order to keep you guys updated i have to tell you the bad news too.

Saturday morning, I woke up and drove to the shop in hopes of replacing my brakes (rotors and pads). Bought a nice set of Hawk pads along with Centric Cryo Rotors. Pads slid out easy. Once i removed the top caliper bolt on the brembo, i figured the bottom one would be just as easy... Man,was I wrong, I pulled it out as slowly as i could and to my sad,sad realization. Stripped bolt. Stripped Caliper. At this point,reality sunk in: new calipers. Fack! I left the car here until Monday,ordered 2 new brembo calipers with new hardware. And reassembled it all tuesday.

So, now comes the question: I've read the threads about other people having issues. Has anyone been successful putting in heli coils or time-serts? and actually had reliability with either?
My plan is to save them,or sell them once repaired for anything i can get. Any suggestions?!

 

 

TIME SERTS are in! getting them drilled this weekend.
i wonder if anyone would be interested in buying them.

 

Going back to stock sale in black market, must sell!!!!

 

HUGE CHANGE within these last few months.

No more Murdered out/Slammed TL
Sold my K sport Coilovers,Type S bumper,Grille,Mirrors.

No good pics of the current set up.
But i am on Tein S-techs, 08 Base Bumper+Spoiler, with original chrome type s grille. Base mirrors and custom JnC headlamps.
Comments and Criticism welcome.

 

looks nice, but come on, a type- S badge needs to be taken off

 

still looks good

 

Rell, idk what badge you're talking about, maybe you joined the thread a little too late to see the transformation.

swoosh, ehh, i don't like it.
believe it or not the drop is pissing me off to no end.it's not that the ride is bad, but being so high is just not my cup o tea. lol
but priorities first, car has to be baby friendly for february.. woot!

 

looks nice. any other angles of the headlights and the front end? been looking for JNC to do a similar style for me as well.

 

Wow, why did you decide to take off all that stuff and sell it?

 

Project clean....coilovers are baby friendly....you just set em to softer settings as compared to stiff

 

Steven: I was originally and still trying to sell the car. So i started converting everything back to stock when i couldn't to make up the difference and sell for cheaper. But now, it just seems like im keeping it lol.

Swoosh: Yes,I know. But i'm only thinking about the extra cash for now. So much money to spend..
We'll see what happens next year. At least I don't have to worry about my coilovers this winter.

 

^^^ you tell me that after we start planning for a kid where were you 2 days back

 

^LOL

Meh. But whatever, the way i see it. It will open up a door for a whole different style maybe? Simply and Classy vs. Clean and Badass?
Anyways,I don't mind how it sits for the winter. If I come across a good deal, I'll pick up a set of Sparkle Silver A-Specs (18"). although my goal is for a set of xxr 530s. I have the Rear Type-S bumper spoiler to put on (debating whether i should wait until after the winter or not,we'll see how far my impatience gets me). and maybe for spring time,i'll pick up another set of coils.

I've been thinking really hard about saving up this next year for a set of airbags, but not sure how practical it would be with new england weather

 

^^^ thats not a bad list at all

 

thanks swoosh.

 

Well, I'm going to keep the TL.

Picked up a set of stock wheels 04-05.
and are currently getting prepped for painting.
Clutch will be getting replaced in the next 2 weeks (im excited to feel the difference)
Now, I'm debating whether I should get wheels (XXR 530) next, or just get another set of coilovers.I'm on Tein Springs now,but I feel like it's against my nature to get wheels before suspension. Then again, I'm going to be driving around my newborn daughter until the summer in this car. Not daily, but definitely a few times a month for now.

Any ideas my fellow AZiners??

 

That looks like a nice set....

what color are you painting them?

 

Coils, sell springs, refinish stock wheels. A winning combo.

Your daughter won't want to be see in a TL offroading anyway.

 

Good point J.
Guys,I'll be painting the wheels the stock silver. I'm an OEM+ kind of dude. The wheels were super cheap,and were a little curbed ,but we just finished repair and prep. Will be painted tommorrow. I'll be mounting a new pair of toyos out back,and my falkens up front.
Also,debating on keeping my honeycombs or selling them ...hmm.

 

can you please weigh the OEM wheels and the Type S wheels

 

Actually. Yes i wouldn't mind, you think my home digital scale will be accurate enough?

 

Swoosh:

I just found :
"Acura TL type-s honeycomb wheels 17x8 +45 (24lbs)"
in the LIST OF LIGHTWEIGHT/PERFORMANCE WHEELS THAT CLEAR BREMBOS , thread.

 

lawd jesus just got through your thread. many attempts to sell the TL! you can hand it over to me next time you think about selling it! but for real if your really dissatisfied with it you should just sell it and get something that you can stick with

otherwise, the paint is still shining beautifully

 

Looks good with the new look

 

Wheels are in for paint this morning!

Pics to follow!

 

Buddy I saw the weight on that list as well....but I just wanted someone to weigh it. Not sure where the weight came from in that other thread...

and yeah I think any bathroom scale will be accurate than mine....mine showed a variation of almost 2 lbs while I was taking some air out of the tires

 

Wheels are out of the booth!!

 

Forgot to post this in here:

Rear A-Spec Spoiler added;

 

Tires are in, I also installed some "yellow" LEDs for the DRL bulb which is still a fog lamp on my tl. They actually turned out to be an amber,matching the turn signal bulb. Pics on a few


NEW TIRES!

New LEDs

Some pics i never posted:


ahh i miss my loww

 

 

I love that pic with the Aspecs.