you8myrice

most of you probably remember my girlfriend taking off in my car in last years meet, well good thing she wasnt driving mine today.
here's her car today...

dctls08

Damn, what happened?

Also, are we still planning to do the meet on the 29th?

riicky

what which auction was that?? I would have bought it!!

ArenHam

@07NPB-S - yeah what Sejanus said, other then noise a full good quality catback exhaust system can really free up those exhaust gases. The XLR8 quads I have on is pretty much a straight pipe, no resonators.

My old 3G I was lowered 2 inches and I was fine, of course drive carefully but you shouldn't have any issues.

@Tai - damn, well from what I can see doesn't look too bad. Just the front bumper, hood, passenger headlight and fender and maybe the rad support?

@dctls08 - Yes lets still aim for the 29th, I'll be on vacation the week after lol

polishacura

New to this page, but ive been a acura tl owner for a year now. My name is Cyprian and i guess i represent the northside haha. My tl is an 06, ive got exhaust done and also cold air intake, windows tinted, hoping to get rims and coilovers this summer though.

myron

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welcome, there is a few of us North Siders on here actually

ArenHam

@polishacura - welcome, please don't tell me your car is a white base TL with quad exhaust tops that don't fit the base rear bumper. I was driving on the henday and literally the ugliest beat up white TL I have ever seen tried to race me.

Anyways guys don't forget this Sunday at 4pm is the car meet. For those that don't know the Tim Hortons just off whyte near United Cycle.

07NBP-S

Not going to ship them so if anyone needs any rotors/brakes or brake lines.
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-other-auto-pa...ines/605823266

Is anyone with an aftermarket exhaust going to the meet? Would love to hear it in person lol

dctls08

I am, lol, just had it broken in too, sounds great.

sockpuppet

I just got my car back from the mechanic, after having both fogs (housings) and my passenger side headlight (also housing) replaced. My mechanic chose not to replace my driver's side HID bulb...seems it was too much of a PITA. He claimed the old bulb was fine, and colour was the same. He's wrong.

Any suggestion on who to take the car to for something like this? The sevice manual says the wheel and inner fender have to come off to change the bulbs. It's been suggested to me to go to a "retrofitter"...I have no idea what that is.

riicky

when is the meet??/

myron

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you're mechanic sounds like an idiot.

ArenHam

Sunday 4pm at Tim Hortons, United Cycle.

Hopefully meet there for a bit, and go for a cruise? Hawrelak Park anyone?

dctls08

Sounds good, maybe get some pics as well? I need to leave around 6 so was wondering how long everything would take.

TJ Zooker

Do it yourself, really easy. I would replace both bulbs with new ones. Get them from thretrofitsource.com. Pop the black clips in your wheel well and peel back the plastic. You'll be able to the the fog housing no problem. Then just hook up the new bulbs. Pretty sure there's some diy on this forum.

TJ Zooker

On another note do any of you guys have a recommendation on a good detailing shop in town? Especially for a black vehicle. The old girl needs a polish and wax job. Thanks

myron

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personally I wouldn't go to a shop. They charge you 100$/hour and it takes a long time to detail a car properly. I have a friend that does it, he did my FX, he did many many other cars, mostly black (M3, M6, Lexus GS, Escalade, Jetta....)

This is all his work, take a look at his threads, he posts a few pics of it:

http://forums.780tuners.com/forumdis...Auto-Detailing

also on instagram @goranautodetailing

his number is 780-217-8762, shoot him a text or call him and tell him that Miran gave you his number.

sockpuppet

I thought of that, but according to this link, it won't happen without taking the wheel off.

myron

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what is so hard about taking the wheel off? I mean, jack up the car, take off 5 nuts, repeat on the other side. Takes maybe 30 min all together

TJ Zooker

Thanks Myron!

Sockpuppet - did mine with the wheel on, even swaped out a busted fog light housing. As long as you don't have tree trunks for arms you should be ok. Just crank the wheel outta the way. Or like Myron said just jack it up and take the wheel off. An impact gun is your friend

sockpuppet

It's certainly do-able, but I'd need to get my hands on a torque wrench, as I understand Hondas are very finicky that way...and I really don't wish to buy a torque wrench for the one time I'll use it. Ultimately, however, I think that's what I'm going to have to do.

I think we're talking about different things, here. The fogs are fine. What I need to replace is the HID (low beam).

TJ Zooker

My bad, but I was also able to change them out without removing my wheel. That was a little tighter but still doable. Don't be afraid to reef on the plastic wheel liner. It has lots of give.

FreshmanProfessor

Hey! I'm new to the site and have a black 2013 ILX Dynamic. I see a lot of TLs around, but have spotted a few black ILXs… will likely be pretty active on the site and interested in meets. Just waiting to get past the probation stage so i can post some pics, etc.

07NBP-S

If the weather permits ill come drop by for the meet. Suppose to rain pretty hard that day.

ArenHam

Yeah I checked the weather supposed to be 2-4mm of rain but lets hope its very brief, but worst comes to worst we'll have to reschedule to next sunday maybe?

you8myrice

next would work better for me!
i wont be free this sunday

Jriddle8

I can vouch for gorans detailing. and yea postpone the meet for a later date. Some of us are going out of town this weekend

myron

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you know Goran as well?

EdmTSX

Actually a fellow TL member, Vinsanity does a very good job detailing as well, hit him up

https://acurazine.com/forums/members/v%7Cnsan%7Cty-285491/

myron

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Vince is in Brazil doing internship so he won't be detailing anything this year

myron

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torque wrench? Nah man, just tighten with a wrench Acura gave you. I never had one, nor needed one for that (bolting up spacers included). If they designed a car that you only need a torque wrench for changing tires, they would put one in your trunk. People are way over thinking the smallest things. I am a mechanical engineer, trust me haha

EdmTSX

dang didnt know that haha,

Sejanus

So, did you guys end up going to the meet or has it been rescheduled for this next Sunday?

Jriddle8

Im in for sunday.

Does anyone know what i would do to fix my rims ( my waffles)? They have bad curb damage from previous owner. I can take pics if needed. I want to fully restore them and make them look like new. I think it would be cheaper to restore my rims than buy some new rims altogether.

EdmTSX

If my car is fixed this saturday I can come lol

ArenHam

@Sejanus - Yeah hopefully we can do it this sunday, same time 4pm at Timmies.

Silence*

Been a while lol. My RSX is parked/dead so in the meantime Im picking up this sleeper tonight;



4.2L supercharged Stroker, ported heads, cams, straight piped and a few other goodies. Should be fun! :weeeeeeeeee:

edmua6

i am down to bring out my mini-van next sunday..

sockpuppet

I'll be in Radium on Sunday...too bad, as I haven't seen your cars in a while. Have a good meet.

riicky

I might drop by if I don't go riding this weekend.