Hey Guys...I've been on the thread since the summer when I bought my 2010 Grigio FWD/Tech TL. Ive been piecing my mods together over the winter before I finally install them. So hopefully in the next month I will have all the mods I have bought installed...And of course pics as I go along. Of course the first thing I had done was 20% tints and 50% tint on the windshield.

Hopefully I can get these photobucket links to show....







I use the sea sucker bike rack for my mountainbike and road bike.

 

Nice. Did you install the midnight chrome grille or did it come like that?

 

I upgraded the lights to 8k headlights and fogs, but im going to change the fogs to 3k yellow.

 

Nope it came like that.

 

I installed my roof spoiler this weekend...

 

Hopefully in the next month or two I will have rims, coilovers, j-pipe, and stainless steel brake lines installed. And then maybe minor things as I go along such as tinted tails, leds, and whatever else i can think of.
And yes just for the curiosity I am going to get dynoed before and after the jpipe install.
I've read the countless threads about people saying its pointless etc without a tune so save the comments cause im doing it for me and I want to see what it can produce with the just ecu relearning the system with the addition. Thanks.

 

Nice progress so far.

 

Very nice.

 

Thanks. Im trying to make it look pretty decent and presentable. But no where near as hot as some of the other guys here.
I forgot to mention I have the Progress RSB on also...but I did that the first month I had the car too...lol. Ive just been sitting on mods all winter...

Hopefully I'll have my teins in another week or so...

Question for you guys...Should I just roll my fenders when I install the coils and get them out the way or do I wait until I put the rims on and then roll them?

 

it cant hurt to roll, even at stock height/stock rims.

if you do it now, you wont have to waste your time with it later when you do encounter rubbing!
not that you'll encounter rubbing with your research and skills anyway.

 

What are your wheel specs? And personally, I'd wait until tires and wheels are mounted then do a test fit after you drop to your desired height to see how much if any do you need to roll.

 

Ok cool...so just do it at once....kill two bird with one stone...and if more rolling needs to be done then so be it but I doubt it.

They are Niche 20x10 +40...I picked them up off another member here Thanks Grigio!

 

Doing well on the mods so far .

With those wheel specs you might as well go ahead and roll your fenders,you will need it anyways.

 

When I had those niches the plan was to roll fenders. Better off in my opinion. Specially if you're lowering.

 

Hopefully this will be installed soon.

 

Nice pick up. What brand did you go with?

 

coming along nicely so far

 

Thanks

Its the XLR8 version.

Well I tried to get a baseline done before the Jpipe install but there computer wont power up. Going to come back tomorrow cause they are Dynoing a couple of cars so he needs to get it up and running.








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Damn now that's a shop!

 

Looks good Drew-keep going!


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Ive just been Dynoed.....I'll post the printout this week...and then with the Jpipe after I get it installed.

 

Keep us updated!

 

Subscribed for update.....

 

Can't wait see what the gains might be with the J-pipe on a 4G. Is your TL an SH?

 

no update?

 

I should have the printout tomorrow. The owner closed the shop for today and will email it tomorrow. It made 233 whp though, i dont recall seeing the torque.


I have the 3.5 fwd.

 

Good to know. Wish it was the AWD but at least someone hoped on the dyno. Ready to see the results as well.

 

nice!
looking forward for the dyno sheet print out, as it'll tell us a lot of things!

p.s. ~230whp is what a stock 07-08 type-s automatic makes!
you'll end up seeing similar gains to what we've seen on the 3G TL.
get that print out!!

 

Attempted to install my coils but never got it done so i took it to my boys shop for him to finish.




Also installed the xlr8 jpipe.
My boy said i could have just gutted my 3rd cat and got the same thing, lol.



One of his toys

 

^ sweet!

 

He has great toys!

 

These go on next...

 

Looks good man!Now get those wheels mounted up and on the ride!

 

Any updates from your dyno? Car's coming along quick. What coils did you end up getting?

 

Yeah, I just need to order tires and the wheel kit with lugs and hub rings, etc.

The shop still hasnt emailed it to me, I dont know whats taking the guy so long. I took a photo with my phone on the screen but its a blurry pic. I made 233WHP but no reading on the torque. I just got the J-pipe installed over the weekend. I'll probably go back again sometime next month for another dyno.

 

How much are they charging you for the baseline runs? You must of been really excited when you got the wheels in lol. You could of just removed the foam padding and cover without tearing it up. Car is coming along nicely though. Wheels will look really good with your drop. Looks like you're maxed on the coils if it's Teins.

 

They normally charge $85, but if there is a Dyno Meet they only charge $50 and thats when I had done it, so next dyno its going to cost me 85.
Yup on Teins but I still have plenty more I can go. My tech set it right up to where the spring has just enough tension on the shock. It looks like I have another inch and half from looking at the threads. Hopefully it will look good once the wheels get put on, I'm thinking I may have to raise it up just a little bit. I want the car to be flush just right and be sunken into the wheel wells...and still need to get the fenders rolled.
Well actually everyone has seen the wheels...I bought them from Grigio since he went with Vossens instead, and yeah I was impatient in opening the box...lol

 

I like the new wheels.

 

Thanks