bluecarbonfiber

min is on vacation still.. you wont get an answer for a while hahah


ceramic i know my hawk HPS pads make alittle dust but nothing like how it was with the ebc green stuff.. so i guess it also depends on what type of semi-metallic you go with

vladkarnafel

iTrader: (7)

I had the reds and I loved them... switched to the brakemotive pads they are slightly messier than reds..

Let me know when you get the kit and we'll go from there

Healingduck

That's been on Craigslist for a while, and I assume it's for a reason....

clee109

Looks like we break ground on Thursday

panma_jack

i got rid of my 2002 vw jetta for my 08 tl i got sick and tired of the engine light always on after making constant repairs what a piece of junk i'll never do anthr german car again that's for sure

clee109

Yeah I was nervous about it, bu consumer reports rated the 09 pretty well and there wasn't a Japanese car that offered what the sport wagon did. Didn't want to spring for 30K on the TSX wagon brand new at the time. Haven't had any issues knock on wood

Rapture

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The culprits are those damn cement blocks serving as borders at my parking spot at my apartment. It's such a tight squeeze getting into my space, sometimes I barely see if I'm too close to them or not. Any ideas what to do about these? They are pretty deep. Could I just used that Dr.ColorChip stuff, gunk it on a bit, wetsand, then buff? I've never done anything like this before so I'm in the dark as far as wetsanding techniques, what to use to buff (I was thinking about getting a nice quality electric buffer anyways, so...) so if anyone could help

btw since I'll bet nobody could tell from the crap phone pictures, these scratches are on the underside of the front bumper. Well, kind of on the corner-underside. Nobody can really see it, but I definitely know it's there... Cost is not an issue, but I doubt this would get too spendy.

Mr Marco

I have an 8lbs sledge hammer. Combine that with my 30" crow bar and you should be able to remove most of the cement. My 80 yr old dad calls those curbs "wheel busters."

'02_TL-S

Just make sure your car is nowhere nearby if you take that advice..otherwise you will have more than some scratches to deal with..lol

clee109

Where the hell have you been Marco?

The Russian

Love how much my headlights pop

bluecarbonfiber

damn that blows donkey balls.. how deep are that scratches? does your finger nail drag on it? or is it just barely stopping on the scratch as your rub it across it? if barely rubbing you could wet sand it and put alittle touch up clear on it and it will be fine if not then you are looking at more touch up and more wetsand.. and if you take it to a paint place it will be about 300 to fix.. whole bumper fix is about 500 unless you go cheap..

bluecarbonfiber

mucter

Clean it up really good and then hit it with DrColorChip, wait a couple days, then do another pass with the Dr. I'd repeat that until you are appeased (the scratch feels smooth). Then just hit it with some scratchx 2.0 to smooth it out.

It won't be perfect unless you take it to a shop, but the Dr. can get some pretty deep scratches looking OK if you do several passes a few days apart.

mucter

My weekend project:

'02_TL-S

Holy supercharged batman! Is that on the RDX?

mucter

Nope. This:

'02_TL-S

Haha makes much more sense..I was wondering why someone would supercharge an RDX over the turbo. Looks frickin sweet! I've always wanted a supercharger...now I know who to go to if I ever have enough money to buy it for the TL..lol

'02_TL-S

Anyone have soldering equipment that would want to help me with a very small project. Planning on swapping out turn signals for LEDs and to avoid hyper flashing need to do THIS!!

vladkarnafel

iTrader: (7)

i have the right tools.. when you wanna get it done

'02_TL-S

Nice! Just gotta wait for the bulbs and I'll hit ya up. Ordered the ASpec..a little to late tho as ASM rear is discontinued so gotta get it painted. Even longer before I can install now

Mr Marco

You hurt my feelings.

clee109

didn't realize you were so delicate *hugs*

Mr Marco

Got a "vacation" from AZ for my lewd & lascivious BS comments. Spending most of my time in ramblings as its fair game in "off topic."

clee109

ah, you got the ban hammer dropped on you. A former member in here and I got that a while back for talking about rice.

Rapture

Yeah fingernail drags on it a bit. The first pic moreso than the second, definitely. I've never wetsanded before... is there any proper technique to it, or just kind of rub it in until it smooths out? Then follow up with paint?

Well is there anything that can be done with like an orbital buffer or anything? I guess I don't need it to be 100% like new, since it's in such a hidden spot, just so long as the Dr.Color stuff actually does blend in with the OEM paint well. I once took my CL into an autobody place and they did a touch-up with this real goofy periwinkle-ish kind of touch up paint. Of course it looks better than white mark on it, but still...

and Iunno if I do want to take it into an autobody shop. The only autobody place I trust (keep in mind I haven't used a lot..) is J&M. Great work, it just takes a looooooong time. Then again with paint work it should take a long time...

clee109

Your scratch REMOVED the paint so a random orbital isn't going to help. Those only cover up clear coat scratches.

Even with my high-speed buffer I couldn't help you . But if you have other blemishes in the clear coat I can help you

Rapture

Wow, really? Goes to show what little I know. I believed the buffer would just get rid of the roughness and kind of help to blend it all together. Give it a smooth surface to prep for the paint. I guess that would be the wetsand, though, right?

clee109

If you're going to paint it you have to wet sand it.

Once you remove the clear coat and the paint then there isn't much you can do but sand it and paint it. If you're sanding it you need to be really careful since you're not spraying it. You don't want to sand your good paint and all of those rock chip touch kits are going to do is let you cover up small imperfections and make them look close to perfect. The only way to get perfect results is to sand and level the surface all around the scratch, then spray it, clear it, polish it and wax it which is what a body shop will do. If you removed urethane on your bumper from the scratch (like gauged it out) they'd also probably fill it a bit so it was smooth again...

'02_TL-S

Anyone know someone that paints and can gimme a good deal on painting the rear lip for the TL? They discontinued ASM Type S A-Spec already which totally sux but don't like the front lip anyways so getting the base front in ASM

The Russian

Met two new TL friends yesterday

MattB07TL

Crown point

Rapture

Well then I guess I'll probably take it in to a body shop. I guess the good thing is that I wanted to do something about the front bumper anyways since the last owner left a few unsightly scuff marks beside the license plate bracket. Maybe just replace the whole thing. Well thanks everyone for the help!

Also, anyone know a good place to get a good set of OEM rims? Been thinking about getting a set of 07 TL base rims, and RTA quoted me at some crazy amount for 4 wheels.

'02_TL-S

While you're there, you should have them install the front lip you're honna buy from me...lol. But seriously, I have an OEM front and Wings West rear that I never got to put on the TL before I traded it in. If you or someone you know wants it let me know

bluecarbonfiber

probably for the best.. when ever i got hit on my bumpers i would always have them repaint the whole thing just to make sure it matched all around..

bluecarbonfiber

puppies were born last saturday.. got 3 girls.. we will be keeping one.. anyone looking for a bulldog?? AKC papers and 1 yr guarantee =)

Rapture

Problem is the only auto body shop I have any good experience with is J&M. They do exceptional work, but (1) it takes a loooong time and (2) I find that sometimes when they say "There's no way we can repaint that because...." it turns out repainting it was an option. Maybe not an option that would have made it look like the damage never happened, but still...

You should sell them for $1300 through ads in The Oregonian.
(Been reading through a lot of the classifieds lately )

bluecarbonfiber

haha.. umm ya mine are alittle more

Ken1997TL

Thats where I proposed to my wife.

I told her it was all downhill from there

bluecarbonfiber

down hill for you.. haha shoulda ran! =) its ok though we all get duped sometime congrats