99blackhatch

Same thing with looking for parts off of cars... try to find the paint matched side skirts and mud flaps if you need them off of the newer years of the 3.5RLs... Makes a noticeable difference.

Pro-Pilot

Yea, I like the steering wheel mod. As far as side skirts and mud flaps, I'm good on those. I'm thinking of making a short air intake since I don't particularly like how low the air duct is. Occasionally I have to go through water when it floods around here and it scares me every time because I know how low the duct goes (A few months ago I went through a "road lake" that ended up lapping at my headlights, scary stuff). I just bought an 04 Audi All-road yesterday for $3900 and realized how high the intake in that was (of course, it's a different vehicle capable of different stuff....but still) so that made me think about how low the RL was.

Any suggestions on a short intake?

99blackhatch

Not really. The Legends have the same type of engine set up though... I'm sure if you do a search for an intake for those, you'll find something for our car or just use an aftermarket intake for a Legend on the RL of course.

Personally... after working on Hondas for years, i think the one thing i would never mess with after everything I've pieced together and tweaked would be the air box / intake. I'd say replace the filter to a better one, maybe K+N and go from there... if needed, remove the lower portion of the intake tubes that run up to the intake if you're that worried about it...


But over the years, I did the cold air intake and then went to short ram, and then went to a intake tube with the stock air box and removed the lower shroud on the intake box... that worked well for me for years on my old Civcs. Just my two pennies...

Old EK Civic setup... don't worry, I didn't keep it Matte Hunter Green for long.

Pro-Pilot

Camouflaged Civic FTW lol

I had a 97 accord matte black for the majority of the time as well.

You're right, I'll probably just remove the lower portion. Unfortunately, I'm missing both front fenderliners as well as the center bottom one, so that air tube is protecting my fog light from getting drenched when it rains. I'll have to cut my losses I suppose.

Fenderliners are ridiculously expensive. I would be looking at about 350 to replace em.
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99blackhatch

Interesting... check that www.car-parts.com and see if they have anything for you on there.

I'll keep my eyes peeled at the local yards as well.

Pro-Pilot

Thanks.

I saw some on car-parts for 90-100. Might as well buy it new. I probably need to get them before I shorten the air tube anyway.

99blackhatch

I check Craigslist as well... sometimes, or at least around here, they post them as parts cars to pick over.

Check on there and see what happens.


Craigslist > Auto Parts > Acura RL

99blackhatch

Ok...now shopping for more new accessories.

Colored lug nuts... lol.

Pro-Pilot

I hope your car loves you as much as you love it lol

vipRL171

^^ colored lug nuts for the win. i had a set of muteki open ended burning neon blue lugs loved the color of them when sun hit them were like a blue and purple.

99blackhatch

I was looking at those exact lugs actually. Lol

Or a teal color for fun and then powder coat my calipers to match... or powder coat them all black and finish my new modification. Ugh.

Fucking decisions

vipRL171

haha yea i have used those lugs on 4 differnt cars i loved them. look great with silver wheels.

99blackhatch

So damn tempting...

I'm considering hitting the "Buy now" button. Lol

99blackhatch

Few teaser shots..
and since it's "Defective Material", I felt this was fitting.

vipRL171

damn man. your car is so clean.

99blackhatch

Thank you.
It's been a long road, but i'm glad she is getting somewhere.

99blackhatch

a few more...

CLtotheTL32

iTrader: (3)

Gorgeous new pictures

Pro-Pilot

One day, I will be at your level

One day......

99blackhatch

Thank you gentlemen. It took a while to get here, but it's all working out finally.

I'll post pictures in a bit about a mod i tried that didn't work out well.

VNMISS04

Thanks for making my car look good....LOL jk :-p

99blackhatch

You need to work on your RL and get that Mustang out of the pictures.

just kidding

Pro-Pilot

AHHHHH A FORD!!

(lol)

vipRL171

Pics looks good as always lol.. interested to see this mod that didnt work out hmm lol

Pro-Pilot

He's lying, his mods ALWAYS work!

99blackhatch

so a big thing in the TL community is how the new RDX has brake caliper covers... well, i decided to jump on the bandwagon and look into it considering that they are $12 / each cover... Not a bad way to hide the ugly calipers and clean things up and have "ACURA" on the fronts.

Well, they don't really... fit. I'm going to play with it a little more and paint the calipers gloss black and see if i can match it slightly. Like i said, at the most, I'm out $37... but if it works out and looks decent, then i'll run with it for a while until i upgrade all the brake components finally.

99blackhatch

Here is another look at the wheels set up... After looking at it on here, i think it might be too much to try to cover up or work with... I might start shopping for new ACURA calipers sooner than expected...

99blackhatch

But on a positive note, I'm also doing a little research and might go out and buy two things this weekend.

No more details than that.

vipRL171

^^ covers would look good if they would fit right lol. but hmm no details . guess we gotta wait it out then lol.

99blackhatch

Gotta make sure things line up. No biggie. You can wait.

Pro-Pilot

Curious if I can move the bags from my Audi to my RL.....hmm....

99blackhatch

I'm going to go with... doubtful. It might be possible, but highly doubtful.

99blackhatch

Had a bit of an off weekend. Nothing worked out to plan and things got messed up so I didn't get to work on the car like i wanted to, but i decided to play around and see what would happen if I messed with the TL wheels...

Don't mind the slight over spray... I figured i'd clean them up at the end. Lol




I never got to test fit them and only got two done, but i might play with them tonight to see how they look for fun.

99blackhatch

Well.. i kind of like the white look on the gray car. Kind of. But white TL wheels on the RL... they don't look right. Lol


But at least now I get to work on the car more since one of the lugs got messed up! New parts again! Lol But I put the Klutch wheels back on all around and I'm pleased with that more than ever.

Pro-Pilot

Hmm I kinda like the look. Looks clean, although it probably looks a little different in the daytime.

99blackhatch

Well... i might do it again but on a different type of wheel. I liked the white, but i think if i did something sporty, I'd go for the Work Emotion Kai CR in white for fun... but who knows...

I guess I'm still in my "tuner car" state of mind. Lol

Pro-Pilot

lol it's all good. Im thinking about making my rims white...might look good. What spray did you use?

99blackhatch

Plastidip white from LOWES.... figured I'd try it out.

Brake dust on it since it's a Matte finish sucks. Just a heads up

Pro-Pilot

Hmm, everyone has a different opinion on plastidip. Some people say its trash, some people say its okay....I guess it depends who applies it and how good of a job it is done. I wouldn't mind trying it though. So how many cans did you get to completely do all 4? And I suppose I can not bother to cover the tire and I can just peel off the overspray correct?

If brake dust gets on it can you clean it with water without tearing it?

99blackhatch

See, i only did 2 wheels and when i picked up the wheels, there was already brake dust getting on it in some spots which was annoying.

I tried to get that one lug off last night and sprayed some PB Blaster on the lug to help, it ran down the wheel and messed up the Plastidip and some of it came off completely in the lug holes... granted i didn't prep those well.

But i think it's a cool idea depending on the application, but white Plastidip on wheels... it might not hold up well and i applied 3-4 coats.

If i was to do white wheels... I'd prefer to powder coat honestly.