GLowrdr

Looks like the total was $43.08. We can just call it $40 seeing it was pretty good of me to even remember that. I guess when I only go to meets every so often, I tend to remember them.

Speaking of - what are we doing about food? We just gonna send a couple guys to the store once we all get there and decide from there, or are we all going to be in charge of bringing something?

I' all for donating like $5 a head, and just sending someone to the store for what we need. Then, we dont have to worry about bringing food for 40 when 10 show or vice versa. More people = more money = more food.

asujosh1

I vote we pool money once everyone shows up. I don't want to be waiting for Razzi to show up with the charcoal again.

Slepybear

+1 on that

asujosh1

Hey Glow, I am looking at buying a laptop for a data acquisition system that I want to put in the STi, can you get a deal on them?

WannabeG

I like the new Malibus lol.

But what time is this event starting on Saturday?

MyPearl02

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PS. if everyone could just pretend my front lip is fucked up, fenders' paint are gone and my rear bumper isn't ghetto rigged, i'll be a happy camper [/QUOTE]

dont worry my car is pretty jacked up to dont feel bad

BlackuraTL

Umm soo I just realized I don't even have Jorge's address hahaha even though I know I was the one who pm'd everyone that one time haha. Or even what time were meeting.

chokin

isnt the meet gonna start at 12?

GLowrdr

I was thinking you were looking for a real laptop - depending on what specs your looking for, I might be able to get you some old raggedy laptop that runs windows for like $30 - may not support Vista, but if you don't mind windows 2000 I got a deal for you

asujosh1

I need something that can process video input from multiple cameras and also pull in data from the acquisition system. It will need as many USB ports as it can get and a good monitor. It will also have to run XP SP3.

GLowrdr

OK... so I guess you are looking for a real laptop..lol I figured it was something along the lines of a "tuner" laptop that only needed to run a java program and do some basic functions. I will check into that and let you know what can be done. If you have anything specific in mind, or want me to compare your price vs my price - let me know the specifics.

WannabeG

Meet on sat starts at 12?

BTW is there anyone in this club that lives in the Coon Rapids area rockin an 04-06 blue/black TL with the A-Spec kit, wheels, tints, and dual exhausts? Also had a couple stickers. Said tien im pretty sure.

Had a little run in with him tonight up there in the G. Lead to a couple highway runs lol... vtec didnt help him, i'll leave it at that seeing as im on an acura forum with mainly TL enthusiasts LOL.

But im curious if hes on here. It was a pretty clean car.

phitech

hey can someone PM the address please for the meet.

GLowrdr

Nobody that's on here that I know of. There was 1 other guy from CR, but I can't remember who it was. But the 3G's are pretty scarce in the twin cities as far as people that want to hang out are concerned.

chokin

u shouldnt worry too....my car is worse...anyways, can all of u also pretend u guys dont see the keyed mark all around my car plz!!

asujosh1

Man, what's with everyone hatin' on their OWN ride?

GLowrdr

I may ask for a volunteer to help me double check the underside of my car. When I pull into my parking ramp at work, and i am boxed in by a brick wall with window donw - I can hear a rattling noise.

It almost sounds like something could either be dragging (which I'm sure is not the case), maybe I have a loose heatshield somewhere that vibrates a little at idle, or I have a wheel bearing starting to go and I can hear it grinding at low speeds.

But, I haven't really looked into it much, so tomorrow might be a good day to take 5 minutes and check everything out. Maybe I can get a couple guys to crouch down by the wheels while I roll 10 feet or so and see if we can hear the bearings.

asujosh1

Most likely a heat shield. If it was a wheel bearing, you would really hear it when you hit the brakes, like you were grinding two pieces of metal together.

Just pull the cats and you won't have a problem any longer.

GLowrdr

I'll think about it.... Hey - anyone think I can get away with debadging a 5 year old car? Since it light colored I think I won't have any problems with ghosting of the letters. Been thinking about doing it for a while. Maybe that will be my Meet Mod (anyone know anything about this? I don't want to just grab a screwdriver and pry them off...lol Hope Jorge has some floss or something)

GLowrdr

Oh.. and I lost the bolt that hold my air filter bracket to the car. Well, actually it lost itself with no assistance from me. Hopefully T has a big bucket of bolts or something I can go through. Not sure what size/thread otherwise I'd just check with Ace hardware or something.

05TLRIDER

I'll bet it was spiritman! His TL is mighty done up if you fellas haven't seen it. I met him a couple years back at the Buerkle meet we had.

05TLRIDER

That's what I was thinking man! With the exception of an original knick on the car I think mine is pretty much spotless!

By the way, was that you following me after F&F last Friday?

asujosh1

If it was a bright red 08 STi, then that was me. I haven't seen another one in that color in Mpls yet (but I am a weekend driver), and I have been told a few times by people that they haven't seen it in that color yet.

Slepybear

i debadged my ten year old car, and it looks way better, and there wasn't any fade, it looks good

asujosh1

Dude, your clearcoat has a UV filter in it, there shouldn't be very much fade at all from the sun.

WannabeG

Well it was pretty clean, from my mirror

I kid i kid but it did have quite a bit done to it.

GLowrdr

Getting off in 10 minutes, and I think the next few hours will be spent getting the hoses ready for summer, and cleaning my mirrors (as well as the rest of the car)

asujosh1

TMI!

marks_lude

They practically fall off i you use a hair dryer on them for a few min, no prying involved. Floss works very well with a little heat... just grab some on the way up incase Jorge doesnt have any. Mint works best

BlackuraTL

You were at that meet? So was I. Spiritman's car was the shizzzzz

05TLRIDER

Yeah, I was parked right next to spiritman and Takata was next to me! I was the guy with the TL Parking only sign, if you remember that?? And the gimpy girlfriend who just had foot surgery.

Plus I need to correct you....Spiritmans car IS the shizzzzz! Not was, unless something happened that I don't know about..........

BlackuraTL

I do remember the sign haha. I took a picture of that.

05TLRIDER

Well it's hanging in the garage now! Actually I have 2, one that says "05 TL Parking Only" and the other says "TL Parking Only"

Just one of those stupid finds that I couldn't pass up.....oh well it was only lik $15 for each.

Carmodifier

Hey just to confirm, are we meetin' up at noon tomorrow?

asujosh1

Glow, I just picked up an HP EEE PC that I found for super-cheap. I should have it for next weekend and will be able to start building my data acquisition system for the Scoob.

GLowrdr

Cool - It'll be interesting to see what all a data PC does. Never heard of one.

As for the meet - tomorrow @ noon is correct.

And my car is officially just an "A" now. No Acura TL. BTW - checked the house and all I had was mint. Worked well...lol Didnt even need to use a heat gun, just sawed through everything. I can still see it a little, but I think it's because I havent cleaned my car yet, so I have areas that have never seen dirt before, surrounded by areas that still have salt buildup on them.

See y'all tomorrow.

Slepybear

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...9&autoModClar=

or

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...9&autoModClar=


if i went with the modas, i would paint them black, and maybe do a green line around the edge like the red line they do on a lot of rims.. i might do the green line on either of the rims, but either way they will be black

GLowrdr

If your looking for black rims, I would just buy the black rims. No sense in buying a set of brand new rims just to spray paint them. What you might be able to get away with though if it's possible is keeping the Modas the way they are, but anodize the hex bolts green (if they are removable and not cast for looks)

That way you'd save about a hundred bucks, and could tecnically change the accent color for the rims at any given time. Otherwise - again - if your dead set on black, it's well worth the extra hundred bucks to have it factory done, vs. you having to prep the rims, not to mention primer and paint would be more than $140 anyways. If you check around, I'd bet you could find something with the green already in it.

GLowrdr

OK.. so yea. You got black, silver/chrome, red and gold. This is the closest I could fine without suggesting you buy some $4500 donk rims.

Ti 15 Black with Neo Chro Lip - $245 (18 x 8's)

chokin

damn, my car threw me a CEL again ....hope its just the o2 sensor, nothing else