I was at the dealer yester day and was looking at all of the different cars. One thing caught my attention: The wheel size of the TL-S is 17 x 6.5 whereas the CL-S has 17 x 7 wheels. I have always thought that the wheels were the exact same, but I guess not.

 

yea, their wheels are skinnier...

i prefer our wider wheels... but the benefit of theirs is that their supposedly less prone to scratching.

But i say... if you hit a curb in any wheel its gonna scratch. just stay away.

 

I don't like the TL-S, its a 4 door spin off of our cars...

 

It's actually the other way around. The interior of the CL is derived from the 99-00 TL. Remember that the CL took a year off before returning in '01 and took a few ideas from the TL.

 

Yup the CL is a spin off of the TL. Thank Acura that we got a bigger rim than the TL.

 

I hate when people say this
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I wouldnt mind getting the Tl-S rims on my car. Less rotational mass to move=faster performance. BTW the TL has been around longer then the CL.

 

So has my grandfather, but it doesn't mean I want to drive the same car he has

 

I'll take it a step further.....

.....and the CL-S is a spinoff of the CL. :p

 

Gee- thats funny- I don't think my grandson will say that

 

Somehow I don't think there are many grandsons anywhere who wouldn't want to drive your 315HP Black TL-S! As a matter of fact, I'd like to volunteer to be your grandson in absencia!

 

The wheels aren't less prone to scratching because the difference is in the backspacing. The dimension from the hub flange to the wheel lip is the same for both models.

 

Black TL-S is SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think Wayne is planning something.....

 

Don't spill the beans just yet Ernie

 

Let me tell you the story of my stupid cousin. His dad saved an older benz convertible (don't remember the model), but was about 25 years old. He gave it to my cousin as his first car, but he wanted absolutely nothing to do with it, said it was an old people's car.

If I was 18 again, I would not want a large 4-door sedan. Everyone would say, "got your mom's car again"
Sorry, CL-S rules!!!!!

I wonder how many of those tls body kits acura sells. The tls is target for an older goup, who would be less likely to put on some extra plastic. Acura missed the mark with its marketing of the cls (especially in the bass output of the stock stereo).

If I get an older jeep for winter, I am really considering getting my CLS modded into a convertible. I would really hate to get a solara.
Any places in NJ or vicinity that does good work on this?

[ 08-03-2001: Message edited by: fast_daddy_car ]

 

Old farts!

 

Old farts!

 

Yeah, but it sure is fun blowing 2-dr cars off the line, like those riced out Civics/Integras/Neons/Sentras... and IS 300s, 330Ci/i, on, and on. Wouldn't mind finding a CLS to toy with. By the way, if you go to Acura-TL.com, and check out the TLS forum, you can see the age of people that own them. So many kids... most are 19-26. When I got my DWP TLS my boss saw it and said: "My parents have the same car, but with 2 doors."