^^ if only we could all just get police badges haha

 

Chris you just have to make sure your car is loud - that should be warning enough for them to get the F out of the way!

so did a lot of people...im glad i passed on washing my car last night just cuz im lazy...it really needs it tho- driving to centralia and to the falls yesterday in misty rain - my car looks like it has brown pin stripes hahaha


haha x2!

 

^^My car is loud LOL CT exhaust, header, RT cat makes for a fairly loud experience. Brown pinstripes eh? Sounds like skid marks to me....LOL

 

i was gonna as you chris does your header rattle? or do you hear anything like a rattle?

 

Only with the air conditioner on at idle. If I hold the RPM at about 1K while at idle there is no rattle. I imagine this could be from the RT cat being shorter than the OEM cat which could cause some pulling and at idle the vibration is just right to be audible. I really don't know, it's a grab bag with the CT header and MT and AT tranny's as everyone has a different opinion on how much rattle is annoying and/or acceptable.

Personally for the money the one piece design, quality welds, and stainless steel more than make up for the faint rattle. DC with the two piece design just leads to one more gasket that could potentially leak and I have seen the rust up pretty good.

If you're in the park for big money I haven't heard anything negative about the Mugen header

 

i am getting a rattle currently just where my cat use to be.. and i replaced the flexpipe so i know its not it.. just was curious if you narrowed yours down.. mine does it at idle.. might have to look at it again this weekend

 

So some of you may know i raised my car up from the extremly low setup i ran for PDXmas...

Well today i finally was able to get the car in to get a alignment.

Well...the fun begins. The upper ball joint nut wont budge on the passenger side upper control arm. So that side is stuck at -.01 deg Camber, and with no tool able to get in between the fender and upper control arm to get enough tourqe on the nut i either have to.
a. Loosen the nut myself.
b. Pay 90$ a hour for them to drop the upper and lower ball joint to access the said nut.

Now either of these methods will work to get the nut off, but then im left wondering about the issue with the driver side. That sides upper ball joint nut was easily loosened, but..... The camber kit is supposedly maxed out at -.05 deg camber.

My goal is to have atleast -1deg camber on the front. I call SC asking about the specs for the kit and apparently i should be able to go as low as -3deg of camber...

Anyways...i got basically got my rears adjusted to -1.5 deg for free because i wasnt charged, but now when my steering wheel is straight i track hard right, and when its turned slightly to the left i go straight. So i need to call the place back tomorrow and have them make sure that nothing was damaged/thrown out of whack when they guy was trying to remove the bolt.

Buh...end rant...i may just end up tearing it apart myself


Cliffs:
1. Want -1deg camber front and -1.5 rear
2. Front wont adjust/maxed out
3. Need to drop control arms to fix
4. Steering wheel is no longer true.
5. Gonna have to spend time and or money to make right...
6. i want cookies.

 

^^that sucks! Where did you go for your alignment?

 

1. i got a sledge hammer (it fixes all issues like that )
2. Airbag it next time =)
3. sledge hammer comes to rescue again
4. slllllllllllllllledge HAMMA!!!
5. sledge hammer 5 bucks (harbor freight)
6. I have one last bag of mothers cookies that i found at a store.. its like gold to the cookie world

for real though i got a big pry bar and a few other tricks up the sleave if you need help on a weekend

 

i just re-read what you wrote.. we can drop it at my house Monday is suppose to be dry and i have it off.. i can atleast look at it and go from there.. if you dont mind coming to the hood.. plus once we take it off we can put it in the vice and loosen the nut that way

 

slow day in here

 

hey, where did you guys go for tint here in the metro area?

 

haven't we had this talk before?? lol

 

I've gone to Alexia's in Beaverton for the past three vehicles I've owned.

 

^ gone there too.. great job.. people think they are spendy though

 

we probably have talked about it before but I wanted to hold off on spending on my car until after xmas.

 

i think we mentioned it on page 25-26 a few places.. ill have to search for it later and see.

 

did you get a ct header? i think ct header rattles with the ac on when gear is engaged. this applies to both the mt and at but mt people hears less than at.

mine was at and had that rattle too. so whenever car is fully stopped i popped gear in N to reduce the rattle. i rather spend little more money and go for mugen header too.

 

three cars tinted at alexia
98 accord coupe
03 accord coupe
05 tsx

they do great job but price increased every year or two.

my current tl was tinted at speed concept. same great job for lot less money.




btw... i don't know why aem v2 threads are popping up constantly at tl performance section and talking about low/mid range gains compared to v1... almost walked out of house to drive down to speed concept. almost..

 

no i have a DC header but i have a rattle when i am in drive or park and sitting at idle.. it def sounds like its comming from my cat delete area so maybe i should just straight pipe it and see if that cures it of course it will be more sound

 

Buh...Les Schwab




I think ill take it somewhere else this time....or....and i mean big or....

Remove the Fenders and take it to them totally exposed. From what i can see from a quick look. shouldnt be more than 6-8 bolts. Plus i could super roll the fenders while they are off.

 

sounds like you have it figured out.. let me know if it doesnt go well

 

bleh I am not going on another rant about les schwab but everytime I hear a story about schwabs it's just more ammunition

 

quick q for the 3rd gen TL + isn't the button that opens the trunk lit up? i mean i coulda sworn there used to be light coming from it when i'm driving at night and/or with my lights on... no light now...

 

*** teaser *** got something coming in the mail today for my little gray pearl girl

 

ieek i really dont recall light or no light...did you figure out your hazard button??

 

Oh and a small side note >>>

Min sell your race pipe!

 

o0o fun question for TL's...
so this

http://www.r-.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=2480904

plus ATLP exhaust...sound videos??

Min you have to have some sound clips of your car...


hmmm to resonate or not the 3rd cat...that is the question

 

ahhh well let me know after tonight if you check.... and as for my hazards... i tried while parking and they won't stick, holding it down for a sec but still doesn't stay.
i do hear a bit of rattle again coming from my rear shelf sometimes... i think the next time i bring it in, i'll mention the hazards.

 

^^ Thinking the switch is broken

 

Will do.

Well this one really isnt Les Schwabs fault. Im the one that has the car so low...leaving no room for them to work.

 

i click the link and it says no such seller.. damn i want to hear the difference

 

i'm gonna try full cat delete for one last time and decide to sell
kyle you have them right? can you drop them off at speed when you get a chance? or we can meet up somewhere.

just dropped $280 at speed today. haha...

 

you like something loud so i recommend rv6 precat delete + atlp 3rd cat delete.

this is my only video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USwQjcJtGwI

 

decided to get the V2?

 

it was very good price for a new one and i couldn't say




btw... saersxlr8
trunk button lights up

 

Let me know when and where you want to meet up.

 

So JDMLove needs some new posts and I cannot keep up all the time so I need some help! You all have good experiences and I know you all can write because crap this thread is now 50 pages long!

So who wants to help me out? I still think this page is gonna be big, but I need some help!

 

I can try and help!! looks like hard work though.. gotta post every other day haha

 

bah, post when you want! Thanks for the reminder on updating that

I'll give you authoring privileges Brandon