ebelp

Gawwwwd that thing is so clean. How are the Work lugs holding up? Has repetitive socket use caused any chipping?

anthracitecl

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No need to say a word!
:ecs tatic:

Looks sick as always dude!

wilztlxs

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^ agreed, love your car man

always loved NBP, couldn't find any in good condition at the time i was looking. i originally had a NBP RSX-S

CLtotheTL32

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So gorgeous

DatDereTL

rockstart you've got one clean TL. Well done!

MEKO

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Mother of mod
We lost J.
He is in another planet
Planet of mods

You are awesome!!!!

rockstar143

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I have considered it, but haven't pulled the trigger on it. Maybe down the line...you mean the bumper fogs or the oems? I think I'm done messing with the headlights for a while! LOL.

Thanks man, yeah...it's love/hate with the wing, but every time I remove it...I end up missing it, it looks so clean with nothing, but the spoiler does flow so well with the car at so many angles...





Thank you, Austin...long modding weekend!
I should have...would have been easier to tell our cars apart that way!

...who are you telling?!?! Why do you think I end up doing them myself!
LMAO. Thank you though...I'm happy with them too.

Thanks, bud...
sure...
19x9 all around...offset with spacers...+25 rear and +35 front with a 235/35/19 tire. I run either 1 version 2 20MM spacer rear OR when I rotate I run front/back sets of V1 10MM spacers to keep the same offsets and be able to rotate.

J.

Dang John...you're my teal leader...glad you dig it. I'm super happy with how it came out and the matching rings now...the Work lugs have the little lines on the sides from where the 21MM socket makes contact but you can't see it on the ends...I don't impact them on for obvious reasons but no complaints thus far. I miss the ability to use the impact gun though...I will say that.

Thank you, brother...in the works to do something with your tips, hopefully...we shall see. I had an RSX-S too...but in BOM and ironically, I miss that color!

now you're just str8 flirting with me...

Thanks bud...
Thank you MEKO, jeez...quite a compliment. Sorry if this message takes a while to get to you, it has to travel REALLY far from the Planet I'm on...lately, I've been doing nothing but work on the cars...I guess Betty getting a new car really pushed me to want my car to be as perfect as possible.

KJ TL-S

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Wow, busy weekend for you J. Everything came out great!

Also, seeing what you have the ability to do in your damn Florida weather makes me jelly...stupid Chicago.

rockstar143

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But your pictures are so much more scenic though!
Love it!

Thanks bud...yeah, super busy weekend modding. That's for sure.

Yumcha

Yeah, cars can be modded any which way...the ugly way and the right way. This is the latter.

swoosh

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damn Jeremy....car looks awesome....am now digging the whole teal look....at first (when you did the calipers) I wasnt sure of the look (as I expressed it before) but now it all flows very very well....

the ring in the headlight doesnt stand out as much, but matches the caliper and love that image (IMG_0434) which kinda shows them off....

finally more than the car, I like your habit of taking care of things ASAP !!! Just 2 days back when JnC posted that info in Aaron's thread, I was like, ok I need to do this and kinda help protect my headlight but I just cudnt get the time to do it....where as you finished the job....I think that is what makes your car well modded

rockstar143

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Thank you, Yummy...much appreciate a comment like that. Especially from a guy with nearly 1000000000000K posts.

Anil, that's really kind of you, man. Thank you...

Honestly, some say I have a bit of a problem. I have a really hard time sitting still when home on the weekends. My absolute favorite thing to do is have my gorgeous fiancee inside hanging out, watching househunters or something...while I work on a car in the garage...some project, take my time, listen to pandora on the garage radio, maybe have a drink here and there...I truly enjoy that. All my friends tell me WAIT TILL YOU HAVE KIDS but I have a feeling I'll still squeeze time in for it. I have like a checklist of things I need to get done in my head and I tackle them no matter what.

I had decided I'd just leave my cleared headlights on for a while...but after going to sleep after reading about the UV protection thing on Saturday night...I literally popped awake at 6am yesterday and my brain was racing with what I'd tackle first etc...so i got up and went at it. Took most of the day since I had to clean up a lot of the extra bunk I had used. In the end, there are still some imperfections, but I'm happy with how it all looks together.

Anyway, that was long winded.

J.

ebelp

Your friends have a point, but that just means you will enjoy our modding/alone time that much more. I don't always mod my car, but when I do...it's at 5am...on a weekday...in the rain.

SharksBreath

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^

swoosh

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I have been hearing that from my friends and colleagues as well....

...and in my head am like "baah, we will see"

its just that the projects around the house have taken a priority....recently I was not able to sleep as well and in my head I was trying to categorize the things to do on the car....something like "so when the bumper is off, I can do this this and this and later I can finish this this and this"....I could not sleep until I woke up and make a list on a post it and decided when I would tackle all this....

+1 on pandora+water...once the work is done....take her for a spin and come back home to enjoy a well deserved cold one

Yumcha

Seeing you mofos mod your cars this nice makes me want to start on the FX or the MINI.



Don't know if I have the disposable income though. The FX does have a nice OEM bodykit now that I could consider getting...

rockstar143

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BIG time that was hilarious...

I meant a little vodka diet...a mild buzz while working can keep you motivated...
I agree though, I try and think of what makes sense to knock out when I'm doing one mod or another and that's why it ends up being these friggin 10 hour sessions. Hmmm...I started off just going to rotate tires and now i've swapped headlights, painted calipers, changed lugs, put air in tires, cleaned inside rim of tire, remove isimple of radio...replace clips...i just keep adding stuff as I go along while motivated.

Get to it, man! Notice, most of the modding we all do is DIY'ish and doesn't cost much more than a rattle can and some sandpaper...I enjoy doing little things to make the car unique...you know, since I RARELY run into any other TL's on the road

ebelp

x100000

Undying Dreams

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Yeah, TL's are so rare.

At least I'm one of the few youngins' driving one!

rockstar143

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LMAO, yeah, right?!!?

CLtotheTL32

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Undying Dreams

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Thanks, I needed dat.

Undying Dreams

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At least another TL didn't pull up while we were taking pics

swoosh

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and to add to that...NBP TL's are the rarest of the bunch

rockstar143

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...that's why Aaron went purple. He hates the color, but is happy it's rare!

Aman

I meant the bumper fogs

And hey when you have kids, that just means extra help!

Undying Dreams

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J already knows how having a kid around will feel

"Dad, mod my car for me."

rockstar143

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You're not a kid, Austin...just a man that doesn't know it yet. You'll get there.

Ok, gave the domed decalz another whirl...in the dark charcoal that matches my reflector corners on the headlights. I dig it!

J.

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and yes yes, I know...rock chips galore and scraped up aspec lip...
it's a life...a low life.

Undying Dreams

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Looks good! You use Aaron's method?

swoosh

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damn those headlights look CLEANN !!!!!!!

the shine and the depth is second to none !!!

Not sure about the DD color though....It looks very subtle...Teal would have looked

rockstar143

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Thank you thank you...
Yeah, Aaron's method AND I did use the clear RTV sealant and some painters tape to hole the letter on till it dried. Perfect so far...I'll report back in a bit.

Thank Anil...yeah, was considering the TL but it's so easy to go overboard with matching and end up looking like a TEAL Transformers TL. I thought about it long and hard (no homo) and decided that the gunmetal matching the corners would be better.

Steven Bell

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I think the DD looks good. If it's silver (difficult to tell from the pics), they match the silver on the Aspec lip.

Teal would look good too though (I agree with Anil).

rockstar143

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I already feel like I'm pushing the envelope with the matching teal headlights and calipers...I don't want to go overboard. I was against accentuating that indentation in the bumper, so keeping it somewhat stealthy is a must. The gunmetal silver matches the aspec AND the corner of my headlights.

Thanks for all the comments fellas.

Yumcha

rockstar143

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ZDX review...posted on the ZDX side.
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...2#post14319812

swoosh

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well written review

rockstar143

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Thanks, Amigo!

MEKO

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Corrected

swoosh

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Meko you gonna come to the National Meet? I might clear all your doubts

MEKO

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