Matt's Blacked out TL Lowered on Vossen CV3's (Matts Acura)
06-10-2013, 10:29 PM
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Wicked camera skills.....
06-11-2013, 10:16 AM
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..these shots of your car have me literally speechless. I just read through the entire progress thread, and have really enjoyed it. I bought my (bone stock) '12 last night, and will be ordering S-techs asap to start. This car and the car owned by Zeleya on here are gorgeous. Thank you and user_error for the motivation! I am also in Jacksonville, FL so maybe i can pick you guys' brains once I have the funds to make some moves!
LOL i literally just though that exact same thing after the new paint-matched trim on the rear pic dude posted lol
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06-11-2013, 06:07 PM
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Thank you!
Thank you, hope to see a progress thread of yours soon!
Thanks! Hoping I get better!
Glad you enjoyed it! Ive got a lot of help from fellow members so happy to share my progress with others.
I'm happy with the s-techs. I feel like the height is a functional height (easy to get around) but it still looks lowered. The ride isn't jarring either. The occasional high speed bump sucks but other than that no complaints. I cant justify the $1,000 diff for the coils. If I found a good used pair maybe. I guess its subjective though.
We generally meet up once a month here in jax and just hand out for a while and stare at each others cars lol. The more people the better! Generally there is a thread in the southeast regional forums.
Thank you, hope to see a progress thread of yours soon!
Thanks! Hoping I get better!
..these shots of your car have me literally speechless. I just read through the entire progress thread, and have really enjoyed it. I bought my (bone stock) '12 last night, and will be ordering S-techs asap to start. This car and the car owned by Zeleya on here are gorgeous. Thank you and user_error for the motivation! I am also in Jacksonville, FL so maybe i can pick you guys' brains once I have the funds to make some moves!
I'm happy with the s-techs. I feel like the height is a functional height (easy to get around) but it still looks lowered. The ride isn't jarring either. The occasional high speed bump sucks but other than that no complaints. I cant justify the $1,000 diff for the coils. If I found a good used pair maybe. I guess its subjective though.
We generally meet up once a month here in jax and just hand out for a while and stare at each others cars lol. The more people the better! Generally there is a thread in the southeast regional forums.
06-24-2013, 11:04 AM
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I finally got some time to work on the car this past weekend. I had some TSX-r lenses for the projectors and Nexson had sent me a new grill. My other grill was ok but no where near as good as the quality that Nexson does. I'll be doing a photo shoot again soon. Hopefully the weather chills out so I can actually wash my car without it raining 30 minutes later. Anyways.... since I had the headlights open to put in the new lenses I decided to paint my cut off shield. I didn't want to do red since it was already done in the 4G forums so I went with teal. Hoping to do another shoot soon to show off the nice new grill! Here's a pic of the cutoff shield though.
06-24-2013, 11:46 AM
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Nice...more pics Matt! 
07-03-2013, 03:39 PM
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Fear the Spear!
This is still the hardest TL I have seen
I think Matt and I have the same taste. This is also my first post as I'm in the process of buying my first Acura (4th gen TL) and I'm super stoked. I actually bought my mom a 4th gen TL a few weeks ago and fell in love with the car (besides her's being a feminine blue color). I am in love with the black and stealth mode concept you have going on here Matt. The Vossen's are still some of my favorite wheels I have seen. I think I will go with the black with machine faced same wheels so that I'm not a total copy cat. I live in Destin, FL and would love some advice on how you go about doing some of the same mods you have. Unfortunately I have to wait 15 days or something before I can PM. Anyway that's one sick TL, thanks for the inspiration.
07-04-2013, 11:27 AM
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Got some time to clean up the ride today and have a quick photo shoot. New pictures on the way!
Thanks.
front 20x9 rear 20x10.5
The Vossens definitely are my favorites! The black with machined face will flow really nicely with the chrome on the car. I don't mind helping people out so yea hit me up.
Not really, supposedly if you paint them black it will give a nice sharp cut off. I have noticed since switching to the TSX-r lenses and painting the cutoff shields the light looks somewhat teal/aqua when looking directly at the light which is kinda cool but the actual light output is still white.
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front 20x9 rear 20x10.5
I think Matt and I have the same taste. This is also my first post as I'm in the process of buying my first Acura (4th gen TL) and I'm super stoked. I actually bought my mom a 4th gen TL a few weeks ago and fell in love with the car (besides her's being a feminine blue color). I am in love with the black and stealth mode concept you have going on here Matt. The Vossen's are still some of my favorite wheels I have seen. I think I will go with the black with machine faced same wheels so that I'm not a total copy cat. I live in Destin, FL and would love some advice on how you go about doing some of the same mods you have. Unfortunately I have to wait 15 days or something before I can PM. Anyway that's one sick TL, thanks for the inspiration.
Not really, supposedly if you paint them black it will give a nice sharp cut off. I have noticed since switching to the TSX-r lenses and painting the cutoff shields the light looks somewhat teal/aqua when looking directly at the light which is kinda cool but the actual light output is still white.
07-04-2013, 11:55 AM
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New Pics! took a lot so I'm only posting a few for now. Thanks to Brian for doing a great job on my new grill!
And since its officially summer in florida the rain decided to make an appearance.
And since its officially summer in florida the rain decided to make an appearance.
Ballin ass TL. Err-meh-gawd... Ijust went through this whole entire thread. How did I ever miss this.
07-04-2013, 02:33 PM
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Matt, any of those new shots are Avatar-worthy.
07-05-2013, 11:03 AM
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Thank you! I as irritated at first but then I saw the rain as a unique opportunity.
Thanks Steven!
07-05-2013, 11:24 AM
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More Pictures! All in all it wasn't a bad shoot. Got a good variety of pictures and am really starting to learn Adobe Lightroom. I think I took over 100 photos so I had plenty to choose from.
07-06-2013, 12:16 AM
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Jealous......
07-08-2013, 11:38 AM
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Thank you!
Lol
Thanks!
+35 front +42 rear
Thanks!
Lol
Thanks!
+35 front +42 rear
Thanks!
07-16-2013, 06:29 PM
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When my TL grows up, I want it to be just like yours (but in Graphite Luster).
07-17-2013, 11:46 AM
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Thanks!
Thanks Mike, Appreciate the compliment!
07-17-2013, 09:06 PM
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I'm diggin' that rain shot.....
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07-26-2013, 01:02 AM
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Matt I was wondering where and how did you get your chrome trimmings blacked out....When I bought my car...the chrome trimmings was black already, but its starting to chip off..its an 09awd...i was planning to get it redone again...some info would be helpful...thanks 
07-26-2013, 12:10 PM
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I did the base coat of my chrome trim in Plastidip then painted over it with a color that matched my wheels. I can remove it whenever I want now. If you take the time to really tape everything off good yourself you could do it yourself. Plastidip is a little more forgiving since if you get it on your car it will come right off. The downside is its matte. That's why I went over it with a can of auto paint afterwards.
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