Takata 18

Yes Razzi it is definetly a science

Razzi

josh, tell your wife it will put all of the civics and most v8s to shame, they'll be so ashamed that they'll end up buying toyota priuses to try to forget about the racing scene. it'll create a huge shift to be green, and all their friends will buy priuses too.

george, i parked at josh's complex one night, he just looked at me and said "yeah, i remember my first time parking too"

Razzi

went out to foodsmart today, that place was packed. a lotta nice cars, but definitely not enough acura repping. let's get the mods out of the way and rock it some time soon

GLowrdr

Mystery solved!!!

I got the text last night about foodsmart and if I wanted to go sight see. I thought someone was just drunk texting me..lol

I'll have to put your number in my phone ken so I don't ignore ya next time.

MyPearl02

i dont think that he would have pulled me over just for the tails but when he did hes like i also noticed that you have tint on yout tail lights and thats illegal

asujosh1

Just got back from installing my new pulley, haven't noticed any difference yet, but I haven't really tested it at all yet either. When I got home I weighed my old pulley and it is 10 pounds!!! The new one weighed in at about a pound.

Look at the difference!! It is almost an inch smaller in diameter.



Installed!

Razzi

have you vtec that bad boy yet?

asujosh1

Yeah, I ran it as hard as I could on the way down to the MOA, but I kept getting baulked by all the damn Sunday drivers. Weather gets nice and everyone and their sister decides it's time to go for a drive.

So far it doesn't feel any more powerful, but throttle response does seem to be a bit quicker when you give it the beans.

I really can't wait to get the headers now, I want MORE POWER!!!

I don't know how the car is going to handle it though, the tires spin as it is, and it is already shifting pretty hard from 2nd to 3rd when I am really on it.

nitropwd

Congrats, did you do the work yourself? How long did it take?

Takata 18

Yes the pulley is in and I get a definite quik respond I also got the summer rubbers on today
To bad I had to go see the tax man Josh it would have been fun to go play and see what the cars can do. Now I need to install the thermo spacers and A-Spec suspetion.

Takata 18

We should have taken a photo of mine to

Takata 18

Broken garage door spring.Planning on doing garage door springs tomorrow. Any body wants to come over hang and help that would be cool. You can see my summer rubbers.

asujosh1

George, what is your timeline for doing the spring? I dont have anything planned for today except watching those races, and I can do that anytime. The power of a DVR...

ls1sizzledizzle

Razzi

that's why i said most luke, i would have said all but i remember you

Takata 18

The TL with the 19's on it...

BlackuraTL

ha no way razzi im in the same boat right now, I need a whole new bumper too. I parked my car in the garage yesterday after spending like 3 hours cleaning finally for the first time this spring and I didn't park far enough in the garage and it shut on my bumper and gouged lines right through it. I wanna shoot myself right now for letting this happen. So I was looking on acuraoemparts.com at a new one it runs 235.30 so if nothing else comes up im just gonna buy a new one but if you find a better thing to do let me know and we can install em together

Takata 18

http://www.putfile.com/takata18

Glows head light meet photos

BlackuraTL

so just let me know how you deal with the situation and if you find a good deal.

asujosh1

You guys missed out on some good BBQ over at Jorge's house tonight. It was a good ol' time with some great fruit salad and some tasty burgers.

Takata 18

Thanks again Josh for your help let me know if you ever need help I will definetly will be there.

Takata 18

Hey Razzi
You did not show up I for sure expected you at my house.

nitropwd

Doh! I wanted to come out that way......ehh, maybe next time.

Razzi

went out friday night, was out until sunday morning. jesus h christ vietnamese people can drink. especially the little 110 pound girls, god. i was hungover all weekend

you know i woulda been there if i could

blackura, we need to get you with us man. i need to see ur headlights, and how we're gonna go about this bumper thing. i half assedly patched it up with some bondo, paint and clearcoat, but i didnt sand the bonbo down too much. it's a temp fix but i think the new bumper sounds good

BlackuraTL

haha alright sounds good

Takata 18

I posted the garage help, and the pulleys we have been posting for a while. Hey nitro how much was your pulley installed.

BlackuraTL

Hey razzi ive got two guys that want to sell me a NBP 00 tl rear bumper one is 200 without shipping added and the other im waiting to here back from what he wants for it. Im about to go up to a bodyshop to see if they can save my bumper and if they can for how much.

BlackuraTL

ha its cheaper just to buy a whole new bumper they wanted 473.20 to fix it. I asked how much it would be to repaint my hood too because of all the chips and such and it was 413.20 for that. I laughed and said I can get a whole new bumper for under 300 and left.

underst8

Hey Brian, I think this might match those newly added type s tails quite well:

https://acurazine.com/forums/sponsored-sales-group-buys-10/acura-tl-04-08-carbon-fiber-csl-style-rear-spoiler-tl-04-06-spec-add-lip-380516/

asujosh1

Yes, that would most certainly look P.I.M.P. on Brian and Jorge's cars. You guys have to see Jorge's car with those 19's, it is seriously awesome looking.

Maybe we should have one of those meet thingys this weekend? Who's with me? Who's with me? This goldfish is with me, this goldfish has integrity!

(bonus points for the name of the movie...)

BlackuraTL

Id be up for it. I need some input on what to do with my bumper I dont know if I should attempt to bondo and paint it myself or if I should just get a whole new one. Its very much saveable savable save able? how do you spell that anyways I neep input from you bondo guys.

Takata 18

I with ya meaby some thing small.

Takata 18

Josh

I called Mike at WB Acura. He said the A-spec suspention you can't get separately, he can't even get the Springs by them selves. It comes as an assemle product. I am still thinking about it . Called the Tax man I migh be getting a refund instead of payback.

Takata 18

So were is Razzi Is he still hung over

asujosh1

Dan and I just signed up for the May 3, 4 Autocross event at Valley Fair in Shakopee. Is anyone else going to sack up and join in the fun?

Jorge, see if you can find someone with an A-spec kit that is lowering their car on aftermarket springs and wants to get rid of their old ones.

Razzi

black, if your bumper is cracked to hell like mine i think we can fiddle with it. if it's FUBAR'd, i think we can still salvage it. i got all the stuff from my project and i did learn quite a bit of stuff. might as well try it before you shell out 3 large for a new one. let's meet this sunday or something. supposed to be real sunny, round 2' clock?? imma hit the church, get out and detail my baby. then you guys can see the shitty bondo job i did, god it's horrendous.

and george, the hangover was NOWHERE NEAR the butt drilling my parents gave me. it's incredible how anal they are. god this huge generational gap sux. if my peeps didnt live way out in blaine i'd move in with them

oh dan, i saw u eying those tanabe, do it

GLowrdr

Whew - lots of posts since last time.

That CSL style lip would be pretty sweet... I think I may hold off until I figure my finances out though. Refi'ed my house (got under 5%.. sweet), so I'm waiting to see how things are now that i have a cheaper mortgage, but an additional home equity loan (had to do that to keep loan to value below 80%)

Josh - you complete me..... Where's Ken on this one? Don't tell me you haven't seen this one either? SHOW ME THE MONEY

Meet on Sunday - Unless something comes up - I'm down for one. The only thing I know of is that me and the wifey were gonna goto HOM and look at those sweet massage chairs. If I can find one for under 2K, and get it financed for a hella long time (may have to wait until Memorial day or something)

I'm suprised Luke hasn't piped up yet, but it appears his car is up and running. He sent me a message last week that just said "She is alive" and I was like WTF? I thought he was making some reference that I wasn't catching onto.

Oh - and Ken - what's wrong with Blaine? Lol... That's not far

So let me know what the plan is for this weekend, and I'll be needing an address too.

GLowrdr

Oh - I've been buying a ton of crap online lately too. This week is like Christmas.

I got my chrome/amber lights from autolumination the other day. Went to put them in - I have to take the damn fender walls out again. Good thing I got those extra clips. I'll probably do that this weekend.

If any of you have been surfing Woot lately - I finally got a bag of crap. if you have no idea what I'm talking about, it's basically an adult grab bag. For $1 - they load up a box with a bunch of left over crap and give it to you. People have gotten PC's, TV's, Roomba's, Scooba's, Printers, and all kinds of other crap. That should be arriving on the 12th if I remember right.

Then I found a police auction website (propertyroom.com) and I bought a 32" LCD flat-panel for my bedroom for $450. That should be coming Thursday.

Since I got the TV, I bought a wallmount from Newegg - that should be here tomorrow.

And last but not least - the remote I bought off of eBay since I do not know if the TV will come with one, and I didn't want to be without it. I hate using universal remotes since you always seem to miss out on the special menu's and crap like that.

Yeah for me!!!

asujosh1

Damn Brian, I didn't know you cared....

Gambits06TL

Not true, there are dealers in California that i've heard will sell them seperate. It's hard to find but I've contacted one before for a stroke that was trying to buy a car. I've got a list of all the dealers and phone numbers if you need em.