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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 11:48 PM
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@BeLegit - I think the TLX is lacking in some sorts, might be just me but I'm not a huge fan of the new cars these days hiding the exhaust outlets.

@sockpuppet - Thanks I visited 2 shops, today one recommended by West Side Acura, Topline Autobody, quoted me $176 to paint the beak but the labor in taking off the grill is what gets me, 2.2 hours at $245...
Took it to my personal friends shop, willing to do it for $160 but I gotta take the grill off myself. Which is a pain cause the 6 pressure clips are bitch to get too.
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Old Apr 17, 2014 | 11:33 PM
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take the bumper off trust me lol it will make your life alot easier for that extra 15 min
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Old Apr 19, 2014 | 01:02 AM
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Anybody have any good shops for tint and 3M? Need to get the back window tint re-done, not dark enough for me. Anybody try Honest Car Clinic, I see their ads on kijiji all the time.
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 02:06 AM
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@ArenHam damm i never noticed they hid it underneath, looks plain without the exhaust tips. i thought they wuld implement the side mirrors from the prototype seemed pretty cool. and for good tint shops i got mines done at Tint Studio near wem. no bubbles so far. n the guys pretty chill.
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by ArenHam
Anybody have any good shops for tint and 3M? Need to get the back window tint re-done, not dark enough for me. Anybody try Honest Car Clinic, I see their ads on kijiji all the time.
extreme tint or something like that. Those guys are on 97th street going south just past yellowhead on the left there. Did all my cars and never had problems.
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 02:57 PM
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Just installed my a spec kit yesterday.
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Jriddle8
Just installed my a spec kit yesterday.
looks good! get the acura decals and it'll be set
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 04:39 PM
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Yup. only problem with my kit is the rear. don't know if I installed it wrong. does yours line up with the top of the bumper?
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Jriddle8
Yup. only problem with my kit is the rear. don't know if I installed it wrong. does yours line up with the top of the bumper?

No, you're good. I thought it was like that too but every single Aspec kit I've seen installed, the rear is not supposed to align but it should be close enough like a inch off.
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 09:57 PM
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I've seen pics where that part is flush and some that are just like mine.
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Jriddle8
I've seen pics where that part is flush and some that are just like mine.
mine used to be flush than it slowly sagged down, just gotta live with it
yours seems really low tho?
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 10:48 PM
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Ye its low maybe half an inch. i dont know maybe its the hole that i made. Those dam holes are hard to find for the rear there was a dot marked with a line pretty sure that was the hole, since the rest were the same
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 10:55 PM
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ya alot of marks, for back up sensors and lip lol.
i actually never drilled my rear bumper, only the front haha
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 11:01 PM
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Haha is that so? 3m tape then eh
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 11:01 PM
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thats mine after two years, probably try to fix it this summer

lots and lots of 3M, i used the one it came with and half a roll all over the place haha
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 11:13 PM
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Haha right on. It looks fine with the gap but It sorta bugs me that it drags down like that.
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 11:35 PM
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anyone want my window visors? took them off last year cause they were going dull. I like the look without them now. so I am willing to sell if anyone is interested. Just gotta paint them black cause they have lost their shine in the years. msg me.
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 11:42 PM
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You can paint window visors black? o_0
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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Jriddle8
I've seen pics where that part is flush and some that are just like mine.
Pretty sure they should be flush. When looking at the back bumper straight ahead, you see the little raise in the bumper in the middle. The lip kit should go just over it
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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 06:20 PM
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Great to see a group for Edmonton Acura Owners. I just got a 2009 MDX but also have a 2001 1.7EL
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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by bkim79
Great to see a group for Edmonton Acura Owners. I just got a 2009 MDX but also have a 2001 1.7EL
Yeah its chill, the Edmonton thread seems to be the most active I think.

Anyone going to the 780tuners meet on May 3rd?
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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Jriddle8
You can paint window visors black? o_0

you can paint anything bro! lol
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Old Apr 22, 2014 | 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by riicky
anyone want my window visors? took them off last year cause they were going dull. I like the look without them now. so I am willing to sell if anyone is interested. Just gotta paint them black cause they have lost their shine in the years. msg me.
How much you want for the visors?
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Old Apr 22, 2014 | 02:20 PM
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and do you have the sunroof one as well?
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Old Apr 22, 2014 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by riicky
anyone want my window visors? took them off last year cause they were going dull. I like the look without them now. so I am willing to sell if anyone is interested. Just gotta paint them black cause they have lost their shine in the years. msg me.
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You can paint window visors black? o_0
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How much you want for the visors?

Yeah...I just now get that you're talking about the plastic visors that fit above the windows on the outside of the car. I thought you were talking about the sun-visors, leading me to question:
(a) how does the car look better without them;
(b) just how do they "lose their shine";
(c) who would paint them black; and
(d) who's buying new ones.
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Old Apr 22, 2014 | 07:52 PM
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(a) how does the car look better without them;
personal opinion really, personally i love them, OEM or nothing tho tbh, other ones look bad and doesnt flow that well

(b) just how do they "lose their shine";
probably just get scuffed up over time and start looking dull

(c) who would paint them black; and
i seen people paint them WDP or KBP to match the car paint, looks decent.
black would make them look new again

(d) who's buying new ones.
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Old Apr 22, 2014 | 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by you8myrice
(a) how does the car look better without them;
personal opinion really, personally i love them, OEM or nothing tho tbh, other ones look bad and doesnt flow that well

(b) just how do they "lose their shine";
probably just get scuffed up over time and start looking dull

(c) who would paint them black; and
i seen people paint them WDP or KBP to match the car paint, looks decent.
black would make them look new again

(d) who's buying new ones.
You missed what I was saying. I thought, initially, that he was talking about the sunvisors...you know, the thing with the vanity mirror built in.
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Old Apr 22, 2014 | 11:53 PM
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Spotted a 4G TL this evening on calgary trail, had some pretty white DRLs and fogs and what seems to be a magnaflow exhaust or something since it had mangaflow and a TL type S emblem on the side of the car. Any of you here?

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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by EdmTSX
Spotted a 4G TL this evening on calgary trail, had some pretty white DRLs and fogs and what seems to be a magnaflow exhaust or something since it had mangaflow and a TL type S emblem on the side of the car. Any of you here?

Nope, but interestingly, I saw that same car about a block away from that location...I must have just missed you.
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 04:21 AM
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haha yea he was going pretty fast and then passing me

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Nope, but interestingly, I saw that same car about a block away from that location...I must have just missed you.
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 11:40 AM
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@Jeff - Yeah don't see too many 4G's out there with exhausts, but on a good note my XLR8 exhaust arrived today
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 01:10 PM
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nice need to hear that in person! lol at the guy asking if the tips are round or oval on the 4G TL fb post

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@Jeff - Yeah don't see too many 4G's out there with exhausts, but on a good note my XLR8 exhaust arrived today
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 02:26 PM
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nice need to hear that in person! lol at the guy asking if the tips are round or oval on the 4G TL fb post
Yeah, I'm quite excited probably will be put on next week.
Yeah that guy was something, had troubling using google and didn't see the difference between round and oval...
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Old Apr 23, 2014 | 07:08 PM
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that 4G is on here, i remember him posting before
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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 03:28 PM
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XLR8 exhaust, going on next tuesday

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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 03:47 PM
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How much was that exhaust?
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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 03:49 PM
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How much was that exhaust?
$1125, not including shipping
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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 09:10 PM
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yea his name is ladhar
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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 09:29 PM
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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 10:02 PM
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oh man why black? I am so not a fan of black wheels. I bet they will look good but still, should have went silver
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