Well...My name is Carlos, Los. Back in February, I talked the wife into trading the Tahoe in for a car again (she traded in her '06 M45 Sport pkg. for a damn '07 Tahoe ). I came across a VOSSEN ad with a BEAUTIFUL Basque Red Pearl...Brian, Nexson's...and the hunt was on! Took a little over a month to find one we wanted, Basque Red Pearl w/Tech. and with Taupe interior, it was at Acura of Riverside (for all you So. Cal. folk), they gave us EXTRA on our trade in and even got to talk them down to the numbers we wanted! The mileage was higher than we wanted (49k)...but it's a "Honda" and Acura of Riverside has an EXCELLENT certified used Acura extended warranty.

It's taken me a few months to finally post it up here...but we love the TL...had to talk ourselves out of the SH-AWD 6sp though...my wife and I are both import car-heads and that would only mean MODS-MODS-MODS! lol...anyway, here's the soon to be "predecessor" to Nexon's

only "modifications" so far are:
- tint
- LED DRL's and rear LED license plate bulbs
- JL front door speakers (when we got home we realized the infamous blown speaker)
- Just bought some red tint for the tails and some "brushed aluminum gunmetal gray" vinyl for the beak and rear trim.

'09 BRP TL w/Tech. pkg , Taupe interior and 18 in. rims (they kind of look "gunmetal" Next is 20x9.5 Work VS-XX's in GOLD w/polished lip and a drop with camber kit.

 

nice!

get the grill color matched.. you will like it a lot better.

 

Welcome aboard,you can't go wrong using "Nexon's" car as inspiration to mod yours.

I wish you well on the journey,enjoy!

 

Welcome! The gold will look really nice with BRP. I would of went w/ the 6MT though. Notice you have +'12 wheels on a '09. That is odd. And yes it is a darker grey but not gunmetal. And don't forget the lip kit!

 

Welcome and congrats! I'm interested in seeing the gold Work VS-XX wheels on the BRP.

 

Congrats, enjoy.

 

Nice work Carlos! As a BRP owner myself, I approve!

 

Welcome to AZ and congrats on the TL...

 

Hey what's up Hector. Welcome.

 

welcome dude, nice color i dont think i have ever actually seen one in real life

 

Thanks guys. Yeah, I have to admitt that BRP is A LOT better looking in person. I'm actually curious as to how GOLD is gonna contrast with it too...we'll see!

We WERE going to do custom offsets...but everyone that we got quotes from Said it would be a 8-12 week lead time! So, gonna call Evasive Motorsports & see if they carry Work's "standard" offsets.

Yeah, if I can't find the parts to make that 2009/2012 "Frankenstein" grill...then I think we'll just color match this "beak" to the car...as well as the rear piece.

Ya know, I figured these weren't 09 rims, just didnt know WHAT YEAR. Thanks for clarifying Oh, and LIP KIT will be the mod after rims...I like RonJon's lip kit...but I found a painted OEM kit for $1000 shipped online. We'll see.

Hey, wuddup Ted, thanks.

 

Carlos Haaysus.

 

Welcome Carlos-nice ride.

 

new little update/mod..."Sport Pedals".

I like 'em (I still need to drill two more holes, my bits broke and couldn't make it to Home Depot on time)

Got a couple more "little" mods...working on a "BIG" mod, hopefully by the end of the week.

 

Welcome to az nd enjoy dat sexy beast u got

 

Welcome and enjoy the ride

 

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your TL! I like the sport pedals.

 

Thanks fellers...we love this guy, I can only imagine the fun a 6sp SH-AWD is, ESPECIALLY with Big Bear Mountains at our back door! Maybe the NEXT one in a year or two. haha

 

Those pedals look great! I ordered some last week. I can't wait to get mine on! Congrats on your new ride.

 

Those pedals look great. Quick question, where did you order them from?

 

Check out this thread https://acurazine.com/forums/4g-tl-2009-2014-123/sport-pedals-884004/

There are a couple of different ebay sellers to order them from. It seems that both sellers have the same pedals, but one sells them for around $45 and the other $29.

 

welcome! you now got me interested in the pedals

 

follow the link quoted below and it will get you right to the eBay seller!
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Haha...that's EXACTLY where I found them...in THAT thread. I bought the $29 ones, shipping from overseas was QUICK and quality was great (especially for the price).

Thanks, yeah, those pedals grew on me until I just had to buy 'em. Either way, it was only $29, so if I ended up NOT liking them, not much of a loss.

 

FINALLY got the mod we've been waiting for...*teaser pics*


oh, and some pics of the LED DRL's, for hell of it, haha.

Not going to put the rims on until we get the TEIN SS's...damn, hard to have patience when you've got stuff to slap on already!

 

Nice!

 

I'm glad everything work out for you with the wheels.
Put them on. You be fine even at stock height.
That lip could use some polishing.

 

Why thank you kind sir!

Yeah, shipping was a PAIN...if I only would have known, but they're here.

The polishing is another reason why they will wait to be put on, we're ready to pull the trigger on the coilovers...so, while we wait for those, I'll take a stab at polishing the stains out. I might just throw them on to see how they sit though, why not, huh? haha

thanks guys!

 

Nice car

 

Are the lips clear coated? If not you will be polishing all the time.

 

Haha, you should know!

Yeah...Dunno if there's a clear coat, I guess I better find out, huh?

 

Looks good!

Am I the only one though who thought of Austin Powers when I opened this thread?

Allow myself to introduce ..... myself LOL.

 

Sweet looking ride bro !!!

 

Well hurry up and get them coils man!

 

Nice progress.. And yea the lips are clear coated on the vs xx's

 

Not sure if it's the original lips. If they are not then they might not have clear. One way to find out is to hit it with Mothers Aluminum polishing compound. If the compound turn black after a little polishing then it doesn't have a clear coat.

 

Lol...well, it didn't even cross my mind, but NOW that you mentioned it

Thanks man, much appreciated!

I'm TRYING! The wifey, ash1221, gave the GREEN LIGHT...just trying to find the cheapest place online, found a place for $900 shipped!

Right on, thanks...and thanks I'm going to try this MOTHER'S stuff Ken's talking about and MAKE SURE they are

Awesome info, good looking out...AGAIN. I'll try it this BIG weekend (I get a whole TWO days off! I'm not going to know what to do with myself! )

 

Ready for the pics of the wheels/tires on the car......

 

You will be polishing if the lips have no clear.

 

Work reverse lip are chrome not polished....u will have to take faces off and send lip/barrels off to get dipped. Plus those lips are tiny; I'm guessing a +35 offset.

Burning black finish is nice though.

 

source?

and offsets are +37 front and +32 rear (9 all around according to aspecallday's thread)...they are actually FYAH's old VS-XX's.