The car that should have been the 3rd Gen Acura CL + Vossen Photoshoot

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Old 04-02-2010, 09:50 AM
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The car that should have been the 3rd Gen Acura CL + Vossen Photoshoot

My Accord Coupe...

What'dya guys think???
Taken by Vossen Photographer, Anthony Anderson(www.flickr.com/misterand3rson)






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looks really good.
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Best looking one I've seen...but like the CL, I was never partial with the chrome trim on the windows and door handle.

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Looks great! I have to agree with o2cls, black out the trim, handle, front grill and emblem, smoke the tails a bit and it would look sick!
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agree with all said above except smoking the tailights.

makes them look cheap.
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That is the sexiest Accord coupe I've ever seen.........so nice man!
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Heres the grill. I've always liked seeing cars with very minor/subtle mods that change the entire look of the car. Its a mod that not everyone has done, but besides wheels and a drop is the most visually impacting.

Heres the grill & IMO it takes the car to another level. Its just a minor gripe, your car is uber hot.


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Originally Posted by o2cls
Heres the grill. I've always liked seeing cars with very minor/subtle mods that change the entire look of the car. Its a mod that not everyone has done, but besides wheels and a drop is the most visually impacting.

Heres the grill & IMO it takes the car to another level.

Your ride is

Black out FTW!
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Originally Posted by o2cls
Best looking one I've seen...but like the CL, I was never partial with the chrome trim on the windows and door handle.

dayamn that looks sickkk... I may have to do it! lol

edit:

Hey could you do one with the back... blackening out the chrome strips on the lights and tinting the clear reverse light section only? only the clear of the reverse light... leave the red around the reverse light there.

In the same pic do the window trim as well...

I'd really appreciate it... thanks!

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It's good as a Honda.

The 3rd Gen CL should have been a SH-AWD car.
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Damn that's gorgeous
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Originally Posted by charliemike
It's good as a Honda.

The 3rd Gen CL should have been a SH-AWD car.
I think my point is that instead of killing off the CL they could have at least rebadged this as an Acura and nixed the Accord coupe....

The specs are clearly where Acura would have taken the CL...

Would I have loved to see an SHAWD CL sure--- but gimmie a break, they wont even put SHAWD in the damn TSX wagon.

Acura isn't about the enthusiasts anymore guys sorry

(Neither is honda for that matter)

Either way if Acura was smart, they'da thrown some memory seats and auto dimming mirrors into the Accord Coupe, rebadged it, and would have had a pretty hot seller on their hands. (I think)
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Originally Posted by o2cls
I freakin love it man, thanks!

IF I actually went and blacked everything out like this though, I think I'd debadge the Accord and V6 Badges too...

Probably red film over the reverse lights... not black it out...

Dont know if anyone makes a red film that would still emit white light.... gonna have to look into that.
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Looks great.
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WOW! ....that blacked out backside is awesome!
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Looks pretty hawt!! The only thing I'm not a fan of and this is nitpicking is the chrome on the tails. Vossen Wheels look perfect for the car though.
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Hot ride. Even hotter blacked out
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02cls: You have skilz

I like the blacked out look. That is very nice, and if Acura read these boards, an SH-AWD version of this car would sell like crazy.
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Nice rig.
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with blacked out trim I'm not a fan of the chrome strips on the tails either, but the car looks really good nonetheless.

If only Honda could rework the K23 and add SH-AWD to a car and keep it under 3500-3600 lbs. I don't think that's asking too much. If the TSX had a K23, SH-AWD and a 6MT I would be itching for one. The 8G AV6 coupe and the 2G TSX are one of the few Hondacura models that I like appearance-wise.
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Don't like the rims.
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Vossen Photoshoot with thier new concave wheels on my Accord

Hey guys...

Vossen decided to shoot their new concave line on my accord, I plan on getting this set of wheels when they're officially released later this week... but in a black accented finish.

Photos were taken by their photographer, Anthony Anderson. What do you guys think???


















The actual finish I plan on the wheels I'm planning on getting:

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Looks great!!! I would love a concave set with no lip for my TL...as far as a photoshoot for wheels goes, this is horrible. There isn't one clear full on picture of the wheel, just looks an ad for hellaflush lol
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I would never pick those wheels but they look awesome on your car. Get the ones from the shoot
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looks great!! I have a feeling they'll be quite costly though..
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They're only offering one setup? I'd love to get 19x9.5 or even 20x9.5 all around....
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Those wheels are sick!
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I like the wheels they used in your photoshoot more than the ones on the BMW. I've never heard of Vossen Wheels, but they look good and kinda have that VIP thing going on.
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20x9 and 20x10.5 is all that's available for now. they are going to make 19's eventually depending on the success of the 20's
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saw these pics on another forum the other day...nice wheels car looks amazing!
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Wheels look awesome! I would get these, not the black-accent ones. These look much better!
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Originally Posted by Gen7Milan
Wheels look awesome! I would get these, not the black-accent ones. These look much better!
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...d6ab2c50_o.jpg
Agreed. I like the ones on the car much better then the black accent ones...
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looks great. i saw another coupe with 083's and it looked just as good.
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omg I love it man.
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Whoa! Best 8th gen I've seen, hands down. The stance is perfect and the concave wheels are sick!


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