Black/White

Summer was a little late here in rainey Oregon. So I finally got the wheels on and the all the suspension adjusted to fit the new wheels. I bought the wheels from a local guy. The wheels are 19x8.5 et +38 and 19x9.5 et+40,5x100 with 25mm 5x100-5x114.3 adapters. That means a final offset of +13 in the front and +15 in the rear. When I test fitted the wheels for the first time, the fronts sat outside the fender about 10 mm with 0 camber, while the rears stuck out around 40 mm with 0 camber. I took my spacers to a my buddy's fab shop to get them milled down. He took about 18 mm from the rear spacers and about 10 mm out of the fronts. The front wheels now fit with 0 camber while the rear still sat out about 25 mm. A little camber adjustment to the rear and WALAH!

On to the pictures, yes I know the car is dirty(positive and hater input welcomed):

sT04Louis

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Car looks good.

Where at in Oregon?
I never seen your TL before.

craigtl35

looks good shoulda kept the spacers the way they were and made them fit, and pics on hills are ghey

Black/White

Fine, be that way. Here are some pictures not on a hill. And I would have had to run about 7 degrees of camber to make the wheels fit when the spacers where 25mm. Why when i can run 2 degrees and save my tires, somewhat?

Black/White

I live in Sandy, but I am always around Gresham/Portland/Clackamas area.

Dat Boi Ralph

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Car looks great, all you need now is a black roof and you are set

chinkwapin

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overall look is good. just clean up the holes on the front bumper! did you misplace the little covers for the license plate holder? it will look a lot cleaner if you put them in.

btw what size tires f/r?

Black/White

I was waiting for that comment. hahaha. A new windsheild, front lip, bumper plugs, roof spoiler, and window visors and I'll be set for this summer. This winter is the big tear-down and build. So look for a completly different car next summer.

The tires are 235/35 on all four corners

chinkwapin

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gotcha, cant wait to see it once its done! and the blackout grille looks real nice on your WDP

danny25

Did you tint your headlights? If so, what %?

fryguy669

I think it looks good, you are right you should detail it and it would be pretty sick.

NyAcUrATL08

looks sick. exactly what I want my TL to look like.

craigtl35

thank you i was about to freak out lol, looks great, and im not usually a fan of black with silver lips but yours looks wonderful, looks like you could use some tire shine though

Tay119

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great work, man. what exhaust are you running?
and i think a black roof (either painted or vinyl) would really set it off. i think removing the orange reflector from the heads would look good too

Black/White

Thanks man! The winter build will be Recaro Speed black leather with tan alcantra down the middle with the rear seats covered to match, replace all plastics(door panels, kick panels, lower dash, etc.) with black panels with tan alcantra inserts. New wheels and tires. Rear turbo kit and supporting fuel, computer, etc. The turbo will be located in the driver's side exhaust cut-out with the downpipe and wastgate dump exiting through the passenger side cut-outAnd don't think for one second it won't happen, cause the kit is already 98% complete including a Garrett t3/t4 standerd turbo(no ball-bearing due to the fact i would need to run oil AND water coolant line all the way to the rear of the car), HKS SSQ BOV, Tial 41mm Eternal wastegate, both my intercoolers are built to fit in the two front grills with an inch of each end tank showing; like this:



No tint, just the tipical paint-the-inside-black. With 130k on the car, the headlights are pretty chipped, hazed, and heat cracked. So if there is anyone out there with a set of super-clean 04-06 headlights, let me know

Right after I posted pictures this morning I went out and cleaned her up. Just got done.

Everyone has different tastes and opinions, but I think we are on the same page

I love black with a polished lip, but they are increadibly played out. I see soccer moms in their suburbans rocking them, so this winter they will be getting stripped and re-painted, if I keep them. I had Iforged Evolustion 3pc 19x8 and 10.5s before i got these, but being a daily driver, I can't justify rolling $4k wheels everyday. Too many potholes and gravel. And since daily driving is very hard on any wheels, I figured I would roll cheapo wheels daily and get back into baller-status wheels when the car is retired to summer and sunny weekend days.

Check my sig. The exhaust was built by one of my friends that owns an exhaust shop. It's all 2 1/2" piping from the stock j-pipe back to the Y pipe, then split to two 2 1/2" pipes with no muffler to two resonated Magnaflow tips. When the turbo kit is installed, I will have my buddy start at the bottom of the manifolds with 4"(if it will fit) pipe coming together where the factory j pipe is, and continue with single 4" piping back to the hot side of the turbo, a 4" downpipe from the ehaust housing to the passenger side exhaust cut-out. All the charge pipes will be 3" to and through the intercoolers and into the trottle body.

As far as the black top goes; I love the way they look, but every WDP has one. I think i may do it in Di-Noc or real carbon fiber, if I can find a friend that does carbon fiber....


And I tinted the reflectors while I was painting my headlights because I think the absence of the reflectors make the headlights look like there is something missing from them. I'm just not a fan

Steven Bell

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I like the red lugs and the Avatar.

rossv1

the only thing i would say is to tint the front sidemarker the same % as the back...its kinda throwin it off a little...other than that

sT04Louis

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Just found out, you're friends with my roommate Tyler. He had shown me pictures of your care before, and told me about your shop.

princelybug

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Nice car, but I don't like black rims on cars.

rastaracer

looks good.

ABP_04TL

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looks good i like...

-MiG-

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Cleaaaaaan!

TLin401

Wheels look nice but your car needs a ton of TLC.

AMUA6

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I'm really feeling your avatar and the G35. I'd like to see your TL clean though!

Black/White

thanks brotha

Good call. The fronts were titnted, but one side burned out and the other got dim, so I just replaced them a month ago and haven't gotten around to tinting them yet. Good eyes!

Tyler......(last name)?

Thanks bro

much appritiated

Gratsi!

Yeah, for the most part

A ton? Nothing more than a new front lip and a wash...... Please explain...

It is now. I'll give her a nice polish and wax and time to take some real pictures instead of the parking lot shots.

Bayam0n

very nice

Black/White

mucho gracias

sT04Louis

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Tyler S. (Probably the only black dude named tyler in sandy)

Blazing GT

looking good

05ACWHITE

Car looks sickkk

Black/White

I know a tyler snyder, and a tyler schapher, and a tyler smith. Hahaha. 3 Tyler s's? What arethe chances. I'm sure you are reffering to Tyler Snyder, or "Ty". Only car guy out of the there... Did you make it to his bbq last weekend? I would have been there, but i took my mom out of town for her birthday

nyro479

looks great.

sT04Louis

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Snider is the one. And yea I was there, he moved in with me last month.

saersxlr8

looks good. now quit bein lazy and detail your own car! lol

Black/White

hahahaha. no $hit.

C. RaMz

lookin good