23109VC

I have a 2009 TL SH-AWD. WHen I bought it, it had no kit, no mud flaps. It has the OEM 19" wheels.

I've lowered it on H&Rs. Now that it's lowered, it looks like so,ething is missing to me.... It needs either the body kit or the mud flaps...at least that's what I sense.

I'm curious what the consensus is here on AZregarding the kit vs mudflaps, or going "commando" and not having either?

I personally like the OEM aero kit...although I'm not really excited about shelling out close to $1000 to get it. Mudflaps are what...$100?

My car is WDP. Any pics of a lowered car with OEM mudflaps? I've seen plenty of WDP cars with the lip kit.

I tempted to do the flaps...and the if/when I want to add th body kit, to swap them out.

How cheap can I get the body kit? From what I've seen online, I'm thinking it's at least $800. Anyone seen it cheaper?

BTW... Loving these H&Rs!

types1fan

The kit all the way

KarKraze

The body kit gets my vote,not too crazy about the mud flaps.

With the mud flaps it seems that something is still missing,my opinion only.

Treblig

I'm a mud flap (and body side moulding) fan. Although, the body kit for the '09 - '11 TL is a nice looking and fitting kit.

potmilkz

800 would be cheapest.. i am 100% sure you cannot get any lower price..

i got mine 880 shipped. go with kit you will like it better in a long run

Edward'TLS

Kit.

HeartTLs

iTrader: (5)

Kit, let me know if you don't know where to get it for cheapest possible.

UA6

Kit...that is all.

23109VC

Yeah... I pretty much tought that.....the kit is the way to go.. But wanted to see what others on AZ thought.

I'm "saving" up for it.....

Steven Bell

iTrader: (2)

It's unanimous....go for the kit.

C8N

I really like the looks of the kit and it seems like it does not sacrifice ground clearance all that much. However, I live in the NY metro area and have scraped the bottom of the front on couple of occasions coming off on some driveways and it pains me.

I plan on getting the kit someday but will have to wait until the new car novelty wears off on me. Until that time... its commando for my car.

lemme14

I've been debating this since I got my car. I have the flaps now, but keep going back and forth on whether or not I should get the kit. You bring up a good point I hadn't thought of. How much does the front end get lowered with the kit? I have a sloped driveway, and now I'm concerned about scraping the front every time I pull in if I get the kit.

HeartTLs

iTrader: (5)

C8N you're more than likely scraping the black plastic wind defector underneath and not the front spoiler. Many times that i though I scraped my spoiler I was scratching that instead.

NorCalJay

IMHO Flush wheels - that's what's missing. 20-25mm wheel spacer/adapters.

23109VC

funny you should say that... the day I lowered my car my wife says to me, "your car needs spacers.."... at first I thought I was hearing things.. I didn't even know that she knew what spacers were.. but she does, and she saw that the wheels were sunken in due to the lowering, and that they wheels aren't flush... what a woman!!

I am considering wheels spacers to push the wheels out and get it more flush..that would do quite a bit to improve cosmetics..but I"m unsure if it would be bad for the car? I don't really want to modify my lugs..if there was somethign that would bolt onto my hub that had it's own built in lugs..so that it was easily removable if I dind't like it - I'd seriously consider it..

and ALSO do the body kit!

KarKraze

Spacers will make it look a lot better,if you do the kit before the spacers it looks like there is a lot of overhang since the kit adds some width to the car.

Check page two of this link to a member who added spacers to his car,made a huge improvement in the looks imo.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=819283&page=2 .

HeartTLs

iTrader: (5)

I got spacers custom made for our vehicles, made my stockies tires flush to the fender. Much improved look, I'll have to take some pictures.

LawnPro

Go for the full kit! it will look sweet, get the instructions and install yourself - it's alot of fun!

Yumcha

Another vote for bodykit.

Danyoung

Have you removed the deflector? I feel like I always scratch it because the roads in Los Angeles are crap everywhere. But without it I feel kind of naked cause sometimes I use it to percieve depth when parking lol

CaptainT

In GTA. Is shipped and installed for $1200 decent? (I don't want to install myself).

lemme14

I'm in MD and have been considering the kit. The best I've been able to find is about $1700 installed, so $1200 sounds like a good deal to me.

JDWheelz

There are some online Acura dealers who specialize in parts and take about 25% off of the list that your local dealer will quote you, plus I know one of them offers free shipping. One is Delray Acura out of Florida. The other is out of NY, but the name escapes me (Curry's?). Buy from one of them and you can get the kit for about $900 shipped, then either install yourself, or get your dealer to install front and back, and you can easily do the sides yourself in an hour or two.

Secondly, earlier posts were worried about ground clearance. If you are lowered on H&R's, the front mudflaps hang down further than the body kit, and I used to scrape the flaps all the time, but never scraped the underbody kit (except for the time I was run off the road but that's another story).

With H&R, definitely kit plus spacers or bigger rims with a proper offset to fill out your corners.

Edward'TLS

Before I have the aero kit on, I always scrapped the two front mud flaps even with my car at stock height. Let alone after lowered.

07wdptl-s

Are those ace wheels on your car?

Treblig

Yes, Ace Couture Wheels.

07wdptl-s

Thanks are they 19,s or 20's?

vivmike

How do you guys think front, sides, and just mud flaps on back would look? To me the rear kit looks very bulky.

07wdptl-s

I have mudflaps on mines and I think it's good enough. I think it would have look much better if the 2 back pieces weren't so high maybe like 6 to 7 inches.

Treblig

I went with 19x8.5

It's been done by a couple of members. Doesn't look bad.

JDWheelz

I took photos when I was converting from mudflaps to the body kit before doing the rear. I don't think it looked too bad.

CaptainT

When I got my 4G, I wasn't planning any mods so I got my WDP with a golden pin stripe to match my umber interior, body side moldings, and spash guards.

Now, I'm getting the areo kit and so splash guards are coming off.

I think the moldings will make my ride too busy now and am looking into removing it. There's is a DIY thread on the 3G forum but what do you guys think? Will there be a noticeable area where the moulding were once i remove it? I'm concerned about the part the moulding covered will be noticeable?

I will also be looking now to remove the pin stripe if I can do it safely.

Treblig

I would guess that it would depend somewhat on how old your car is?

CaptainT

2010. I think I may try it. I got a paint expert who has a technique so may just pay him to do it for me.

iMO, with the kit, the moulding make it too busy.

Treblig

I would think with age and exposure to sun, there may be a slight bit of fading.

farmdog

Just wondering....my 2010 WDP just went through it's 4th winter and I definitely need splash guards. Do you think the paint colors of the guards will be off looking to the rest of the car since it sits outside all the time? WDP is a finicky paint.

yooin14

body kits & black out headlights

23109VC

Im the OP... I have the front lip... still sitting in a box in the garage until I squirell away enough disposable cash to spend on the body kit...

i need some more OT at work..

HeartTLs

iTrader: (5)

Sucks that you decided to buy the parts individually because if you buy the package as a whole you:

1) get a better overall price
2) get free shipping

Vigilante1975

I have the mud flaps right now but I'm planning on getting the body kit instead: