Unfortunately it looks like none of the San Antonio members can make it. I'm trying my best to work things out so I can atleast go. Are you going?

 

Guess it'll just be a Houston meet instead of a tri-city

 

Try not to get crabs..

 

Hi everyone! Glad to see there's a nicely-sized Austin community. I just picked up an '05 TL and live in Tarrytown.

Can't make it to Houston this weekend because I have a bunch of stuff to take care of this weekend (never mind the TL mods: pedals, lights, and some audio research ), so when's the next Austin meetup?

 

Hello
Welcome to Acurazine!

 

Welcome...We are a quiet bunch around here but I go to a weekend meet up on nice Saturday evenings in Cedar Park on the corner of 183 and 1431 in the Big Lots parking lot. PM me if you ever want to go and I will meet you up there.

 

^ you guys going this saturday? I'm from the Chicago crew in Austin for the weekend. Need a serious car wash first, lol.

 

sorry. just now saw this post. hope you had some fun while you were down.

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL AND TO ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR
better late then never.

 

Crickets...

 

 

 

www.ccmeets.com

Cupcake Meet 12: Travis Expo Center in Austin, TX on February 4th, Saturday. (3rd year anniversary!) Times: 1pm to 7pm. More info will be released soon! Take off work & spread the word. Email: cupcakemeet@gmail.com for questions, sponsorship/vendor information, and entertainment.


^ I'll be there sponsoring with Team High Rev!

 

I have a couple questions regarding getting some work done on my TL.

Does anyone recommend a place to get your alignment done? I know some shops (Firestone, etc.) offer a lifetime alignment deal, however I'm leery of some of those places but if you know of an honest, reliable shop please let me know.

I also have some hard water spots on my car that I can't get out and I was wondering if yall had any recommendations on places that can do something to get that off. I was suckered into getting a Genie Car Wash Groupon and thought they would be able to get it out, but they said my car would need some extensive detailing.

Recommendations for these shops/services in the Austin area would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

For alignment or other mechanical or body, try Rebreu Austin, on Kramer Ln. Ask for Jim, extremely honest, fair and you'll be happy. He was recommended to me by another member here.

For detailing, try Refined Finish (.com) in Austin. He is a mobile service, did an amazing job on 2 of my cars and can take care of that for you. A bit pricey, but good 1-2 times a year to keep the car looking smooth.

 

Yea Rebreu is the shite. I have a friend that works there and does fantastic body work. Distortedolskool had his TL kit done there. Ask for Rene if you need body work completed.

 

Yes Rene is a great guy. He rolled my fenders and shaved the bumper tabs. He was going to do my RJ kit before I chickened out

 

Thank you for the great suggestions!

 

 

glad they were able to get you taken care of over there.

 

Kevin...PK and James will be there with me. You going?

 

anyone going to this cupcake meet?

 

Anybody doing sidework in austin? I need to install some coilovers pretty soon.

 

Sure.. how about $10k.

 

i could help you out with this. PM me when you are ready and we can schedule it.

 

Thanks, I will!

 

Kevin is da man!

 

If any of you guys are coming over to Houston for TX 2k12, be sure to join us on Saturday for Acurazine lunch. More info in this thread

Texas Regional Lunch @ 2k12 * Saturday * 03/17/12 Sealy, TX

 

^Sounds cool.

Can anybody recommend a good wheel repair place in the Austin area.

 

not sure. my old roommate had a bent moto wheel but it was mailed out to Tenn i believe for repair.

 

My friend had good results using AWRS, Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists.

http://www.awrswheelrepair.com/austin/

They operate in the back parking lot of BMW on McNeil, next to Mini. Turn on that street in between BMW/Mini and enter the back parking lot on left in BMW and you will see their mobile work van. They can take bends out, refinish, etc. I think he paid about $150 a rim or so...I dont know exactly. They took about 2-3 days, depending if it is a 2-3 piece rim that requires reassembly and new silicone, etc.

 

I talked to Wheel Technologies today,
http://www.wheeltechnologies.com/locations.asp

they have a north location and quoted me to refinish $150/wheel.....they seem reputable but want an additional $150/wheel for dissassembly.

Backing up, I bought a used set of 19" Volks GT-F's and 1 has some pretty gnarly road rash on the dish. The faces were also cheaply powdercoated. I want to fix the 1 wheel, refinish all the lips and possible get the faces powdercoated.

I'm contemplating trying to take them apart myself but i've never done it before, since its only a 2 peice there isn't any sealant I think.

 

try AWRS. I believe their $150 includes everything, taking it apart, refinishing it, taking out bends and then reassembly.

 

Ugh don't know how to say this without sounding like a newb, but I just found this thread haha. Kinda new to the forums. Live in Austin and it's awesome to know that Austin DOES have aziners/acura modders haha. I thought everyone just lived in Houston/Dallas/SA.

 

Wrong thread..

 

so are you originally from Austin or did you just move here.
Like everybody else in the world.

 

No I was unfortunately born in Albuquerque, NM. But I've been here since 4th grade, so most of my life.

But I know what you mean about everyone else in the world, because I live just outside Lakeway (and no I'm not a rich punk kid, I live in Apache ha) and everyone is now here.

 

right on. I like that color, you should rock some dark bronze wheels

 

Thanks man. I've been looking into some xxr 527s in dark bronze actually. I don't know if I want the dark bronze or chromium black.

 

Yea we are around. For some reason no one likes to do anything in the area.