illmayo89

How's it going fellow Acura Ziners new to the area as I'm going here for school..(Uhart)...just picked up a 2g TL and love it. Been in the honda family since my first car but this is definitely my favorite...so first off some drunk guy rubbed up against my rear fender in a traffic the second week of me having the car and so now i have a mean rash on the passanger side.

so quick questions
1.) Good places for tinting near hartford willing to drive about 30mins or so

2.) Good place to get a paint job

3.) may sound strange but good car washes, back in chicago we used to have Delta Sonic which did automatic exterior and full interior for like 20 bucks...all the places out here seem to be pay n' spray..just wondering if a full service car wash was around here

4.) and for the future, reputable shops to get some performance stuff done no more garage so i'm gonna have to pay someone to do what i've always done (ie suspension, exhaust maybe)

5.) Last anyone reccomend Acura of Avon or the one in manchester any reccomendation of one over the other...just wondering

I know it turned into a bunch of ??'s but just some things as I'm new to the area.

thanks

CarrieLynn

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well you have excelerate for suspension and exhaust. Josh (excelerate) is a vendor here and comes highly reccomended. They are located in Branford, here is the site
http://www.excelerateperformance.com/about.htm

As far as the dealership in mancheser if you are referring to Schaller, DO NOT go there. I have heard good things about executive acura but have never been there.

Thats really all I can help you with since I am in the Norwich area. There are others here from the Hartford area, they will be able to help you with the other questions i'm sure.

illmayo89

Yeah Schaller was the one that popped up as closest and was going to go there in a few weeks...thanks for the heads up

6spdtl-s

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I like in w. hartford close to uhart so maybe i'll see you around...

DO NOT GO TO SCHALLER ACURA
DO NOT GO TO SCHALLER ACURA
DO NOT GO TO SCHALLER ACURA
DO NOT GO TO SCHALLER ACURA

nothing but great service from Acura of Avon and their waiting lounge is very nice as well. Its about the same distance as schaller is.

I usually wash my car myself at home, but if its cold out and I'm lazy, I'll take it to mr. sparkle do it yourself carwash in hartford.

Endika

1. Tint Master in Newington/Berlin on the Turnpike also by Morande Acura

2. Never had to go to a paintshop

3. I like Mr. Sparkles either in Newington or Hartford (entrance to hartford one is a bitch expect mass amounts of scraping)

4. "The Shop" http://www.theshopct.com/

5. I have had good experiences with Morande Acura out in Berlin never went to any others

CHRISdrivesACURA

i personally no the owners of mr.sparkles, so i will have to say that are most def the best around.

FiftyFive

Ha I went to Uhart as well. Welcome to the forums.

jp75

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bodywork,,signature autoworks in east hartford is probally the best around there..just take a ride down the berlin tpk,,tons of places do tint,,,there are really only do it yourself carwashes around here...not like in southern ct where they have the type of car washes your talking about..im sure you could find a decent one somewhere.,,and morande acura in berlin

6spdtl-s

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pretty sure mr. sparkle has either a machine or people that will wash it for you on the weekends. I would rather do it myself anyways and not have to worry about scratches and swirls.

mdunn1066

Its a little bit of a haul for ya but I highly recommend Executive Acura, its where i got my car and my family has been customers there for around 10 or 11 years now. Their service department went down hill for a while but lately it has been pretty good.

By poor service i mean they literally destroyed the drivers seat in my moms MDX somehow, although they did replace it free of charge its just something that shouldnt happen etc...

TLin401

Welcome to the boards!

JMillerUA6

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What up man, maybe I'll see you around. I work right by UHart on Prospect Ave. If you see a lowered Deep Green Pearl 3G TL around Hartford/West Hartford.....thats me.

illmayo89

hey i think i've seen you parked on Prospect..you've got a H&R sticker on your rear driver's side window right?

And thanks everyone for the help...you guys should be seeing me at meets soon once i get this scratch fixed

6spdtl-s

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yea he does

:ghey: right?

im in w. hart as well.

illmayo89

Haha...yeah I'm working at the starbucks in the west hartford center for now until my engineering internship starts...so if you guys are ever in the area stop in, mention Acurazine and i'll give you my discount..lol

by the way never work at starbucks its a terrible job even if you're just doing it to pay for mods

6spdtl-s

iTrader: (1)

hahah I love starbucks but its over priced...........well not anymore hahahha

I'm on trout brook

Wheres the internship? I'm an engr. as well.

illmayo89

i'm studying mech. engineering w/an acoustics concentration @ uhart but the internship is supposed to be at Mcphee electric in farmington but i'm waiting to hear back b/c they had some business issues at their firm so i'm making coffee to cover expenses and ish

Where are you working?

6spdtl-s

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hamilton sundstrand

Summer break is almost over....better get in there soon!

illmayo89

Very True...I almost applied for an internship at Hamilton Sunstrand just got caught up and never finished the application..do you know if they're hiring interns b/c i hear UT was cutting back due to the economy

6spdtl-s

iTrader: (1)

too late for this summer, I heard they only invited back previous interns anyways. If you keep in touch though I can let you know about this winter and next summer.

illmayo89

Thanks..much appreciated

6spdtl-s

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what color is your car? any mods?

I'm ssm with aspec, type tails and rims, dropped, cleared headlights....honk if you see me!

JMillerUA6

iTrader: (1)

Yup that's me.....funny I'm usually in the Center Starbucks a couple times a week......

illmayo89

I'm a 00' SSM TL only mods so far (as i've only had it for 3months) are 02-03 tails...looking to drop it soon and get a set of RJ Legends...oh and I've got the full OEM lip kit on it too.

And @JMillerUA6 I just started working there two weeks ago and normally work mornings and afternoons. I'm pretty easy to spot in there as i'm one of two guys that work there..lol its a chick depot in there...haha

Hope to see you guys around and I'm real easy to spot now as I've got a big ass scratch on my rear passanger side quarter panel from a drunk driver oh and NY Plates

TLin401

Having a job to just pay for mods FTW. I wouldn't ever want my job if it wasn't to pay for mods. Now that I think of it, any job I have will be to pay for mods.