andrewcjduong

Here it is! Picked up my 2009 Acura TL SH-AWD w/ Tech. Drove about 6 hours to find this color and spec combination and spent a good 2 hours negotiating the price down to $22,500 Canadian. Has 74,000km but it's CPO'd which is what I mainly wanted.

Car drives great and body is in immaculate condition but it does have that whine coming from the propeller shaft which I will definitely be going into the dealer to fix. While it's in there, is there any specific recalls or things I should be looking out for and asking about? Also, do all Acura dealerships provide you with a loaner? I can't be without a car for too long...

vtec260

Congrats on the ride. Nice colour :-) I drove about two hours away to pick up my ride, but it was worth it to find the right colour combo with right mileage and right price.

The dealer I go to will provide a loaner if you book in advance. I had anything from CSX, TSX, to TL to try out. Once I had a loaner TL for about two month while our MDX was waiting to get the door panels re-painted by a third party body shop.

Get a tint and start modding away.

andrewcjduong

Tint, lip kit and intake will be probably coming up in the summer. Not trying to mod the car too much and can't afford it. Too broke lol.

Also, does anyone know where you can buy an OEM replacement key for fairly cheap (the keyless version) since my Driver 1 is beat to hell...

thePearl

wow 6hrs! and i was complaining about taking me 45 min to get to the dealership due to damn rush hour!


Congrats!

Edward'TLS

Congrats on finding your perfect 4G TL.

The car is well worth your time and effort spent in locating it.

LADHAR

just buy this cover
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/FOR-ACURA-MDX...vxp=mtr&_uhb=1

KarKraze

Nice,congrats on finding the car you were looking for ,it appears to be in great shape.

I wonder why i like that colour so much lol.

types1fan

Congrats on getting the car you wanted at the right price, what color interior did you get?

andrewcjduong

Didn't want to cover the key lol. Maybe I can disassemble the key and repaint it.

The interior is black

JT4

Congrats and nice color

TeamAcura

Nice...congrats! I drove an hour and a half to find the color combo I wanted.

carbonTSEX

Nice swoop Andrew! Can't wait to see what you have planned for the TL. Your TSX was built nice as well.

ucf_bronco

iTrader: (1)

Congrats on the car! I still can't figure out why they got rid of those wheels on the 2012+ models. They are so much better looking than the newer ones.

You likely won't be able to find a key for less than $200 ($145 for key and $55 for programming). You can sometimes find them cheaper on ebay but my local dealer said they don't always work and won't refund the $55 programming fee if that's the case. Someone else on here wrapped theirs in carbon fiber vinyl...you may want to consider that route.

andrewcjduong

Hmm. I'll give it some thought. Is it possible just to remove the module inside the key and replace the housing? Figured that would be easier.

Thanks for the comment guys. My TSX has been parted out and the car is stock with aspec kit and is for sale. Trying to move that thing. $6k if anyone wants it lol. Don't think I'll be modding too much of this car.

C8N

Nice pick up!

Not that it matters but something I noticed in your pic... any reason why it has mud guards in the front but not in the rear?

ucf_bronco

iTrader: (1)

I don't think that's possible but I can't say for sure.

Here are pics of ones that have been wrapped in vinyl.





Click here for the thread.

Treblig

^

andrewcjduong

I have absolutely no clue lol. Should it be something to be worried about? I never even noticed our cars had mud guards.

C8N

I believe mud guards comes in as a set which includes front and rear.
It could simply be that the previous owner decided not to put on the rear ones.

aIRpeACE

iTrader: (2)

nice combo

KarKraze

I purchased my car new and it came with the front only,no rears.

Noober

iTrader: (7)

its okkkayy......

weather

Andrew....Congrats on your TL!! Love the color and KarKraze and Treblig....I must be a bit biased on the color It looks in great shape and I can assure you that you will get really addicted on that SH-AWD.

JasonK

Just got my TL SH AWD with Tech last week Friday White Diamond on Umber Leather love it

Can't wait to meet up with some of the TL crew that's in this area when it gets a bit warmer.

DMYG1

Nice ride man!

weather

that day can't come $^%&@(^ soon enough!! *lol*

BTW...if you ever travel out east, let me know and we could arrange an Acura meet and greet

andrewcjduong

Thanks guys. Really loving the car and the power... Mpg, not so much lol. My TSX was pretty good on gas, we'll see how good this handles. i just gotta stop flooring it... but it's just so fun right now, especially in corners.

I have a minor mod list already. For this year, I'll be doing tint, weathertech digital fit and short ram intake. If money is there, oem lip kit. Then next year, I'm trying to find OEM 19" wheels of some sort. Maybe MDX ones or something so it doesn't look out of place and looks original. I don't want to lower the car at all... Huge mistake doing that on my previous car and I just don't want to go through the hassle anymore.

gibbyisgibby

We can just make it easy at meet in Thunder Bay

Noober

iTrader: (7)

that's a lie. i give you till summer.

Chefpaul10

What hassle did you have with lowering your car?

I just put 20's on my 12 Sh-AWD and definitely will be lowering it shortly. My last 3G was lowered and I had no problem with it for years. It wasn't slammed but lowered enough to minimize the wheel/tire gap. Curious to know what hassle you had.

andrewcjduong

Loool. I ain't doing shit all except intake this summer. Maybe lip kit if I ain't broke but I'm always broke.

First car I put lowering springs, shocks blew. My TSX I had Tein SS and those blew, installed D2 air suspension with accuair and halfway through installing I popped a bag. Just all these headaches don't seem worth it. TL SH-AWD suspension is super stiff already.

Pandayo

congrats! saw your car pics on IG!

carbonTSEX

I'm in the same boat. TSX was crushed. Don't feel like scraping around in a $50k car. But I love my coilovers! Just have to wait until I get my wheels ordered to pull the trigger.

JasonK

From what I understand MDX don't fit on our cars according what others have said.

That's my problem too right now is gas consumption. I had a 4 cyl before and a 6 cyl before that. Passing power is just to good and I love to floor it past idiots on the road driving the speed limit on the highway in the left lane


I would say look at getting some light weight aluminum rims 19 or 20's if your really looking to switch out the stock rims (I just put winters on mine Michelin PA4's) and looking to get 19's currently looking at a couple different rim manufacturers.


At the end of the day it's your decision but I would go for light weight non OEM rim for 19"

andrewcjduong

Yeah. I think I'm either going to stick with OEM 18's for summer and grab 18" RPF1's or something super light for the winter. Any more added weight to my car will just kill more gas.

JasonK

Yeah for our cars class it weighs a lot more then other cars. Especially with the all wheel drive adding another 300 pds over the FWD model.

That's why I'm specifically looking for performance 19" light weight rims because the vehicle is already heavy enough.

One thing I still need to do is switch the tranny over to synthetic like I did the engine oil.