EdmTSX

Welcome Silence!

EdmTSX

Nah I don't need, I'm running my old replicas with blizzaks right now..just wondering if you rub cause your tire size was 2345 haha.

edmua6

Oh no. Haha. I can use 25mm spacers at the front and 35mm at the back and not rub at all

v|nsan|ty

Welcome Silence! I believe I saw your ride at the second honda meet.

@Arthur - Lol dude you have too much money to blow. Get some a-spec wheels for a winter setup. I'm quite certain I'll be getting a set of HT-spec type I coils off of this group buy : https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-tires-wheels-suspension-97/group-buy-ht-spec-version-2-0-coilover-damper-kit-tsx-tl-accord-group-buy-841616/

Just waiting to hear back from them if it can fit in a suitcase since I have family coming to visit from the states. Grab a set of these coils too!

edmua6

^haha. Acurazine is making me buy these things. Lool

Silence*

Thanks for the welcome guys! And yes, I was at the 2nd Honda/Acura meet as well as many other 780 UC meets last year. Hopefully this year I'll have some mods done!

PO_TSX19

Welcome to the forum, Silence.

Also, whoever was drivng a 3rd Gen TL on the south side, i believe 50th street heading south at around 9:40 or so. Sick Ride !!! Sorry for not waving Hi. Yea my TSX needs a bath but dont gots time to clean.

v|nsan|ty

So I decided to continue on my interior di-noc wrapping. Tonight's task was wrapping the steering wheel. I would say wrapping this piece is almost as hard as the map area. The curves are so annoying to deal with. Sorry in advance for the craptacular photos.

Taken the steering wheel apart and exposed in all it's glory



The victims of CF wrap



End result

HeatbagTL

your interior looks SICK.. so jealous now..

myron

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Vince, I was in front of your house last night, dropping my buddy off at your neighbours house across the street and I saw the light in your garage. I thought to myself, he's probably wrapping something in CF hahahahaha

edmua6

Amazing work vince!

v|nsan|ty

Lmao good call Myron. I need to take advantage of this warm weather and get the stuff I was planning on doing before it gets too cold.

Thanks for the compliments guys!

Silence*

I'm liking that carbon fiber wrap! If I didn't like the wood grain trim, I'd wrap a few things in my car...

Oh and does anyone know a good shop I could bring my car to get a front axle replaced? I already have the part, just need it installed, preferably on the south side other then Southview Acura?

riicky

man this place is quite for days and the day you dont check in you gotta read 2003494853 posts!! lol..
anyways welcome silence...hmm by axle you mean CV shaft?

EdmTSX

@ silence, try calling Wheelsplus. Not sure if they do axle work but it's worth a try..there is another place but I can't remember the name. I will let you know!

www.wheels-plus.com/

EdmTSX

Found the other place, Wilson's Auto Tech. They are Honda/Acura specialist as well. I haven't been there but my friend goes there all the time and said they do amazing jobs. http://www.wilsonsautotech.com/

edmua6

Has anyone changed their front sway bar?

myron

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not on here I don't think, but I read about it a lot as I wanted to get the type s one and it was a pain in the ass from what I read. Not a simple DIY because of the things that need to be taken off/dropped to get to it. Or pay a shop to do it but that's $

myron

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I heard good things about them as well, even got the lowest quote from them for a timing belt and water pump replacement out of all the places I called. Their honda guy is a tech at an Acura dealership as well, or so they say.

edmua6

Yea. I just got my Progress rear sway bar and I've been thinking of buying the TL-S front sway bar so I can put the rear sway bar on stiff setting. From what I've read, you have to remove the sub-frame. That is a delicate part of the car and I don't want to fuck with it. haha. I guess I'll just put the rsb on soft setting.

myron

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I didn't have a front one and I ran the RSB on stiff and it was fuuuuun. Car drove like a go-kart

edmua6

But you had a thicker fsb tho! Haha.

v|nsan|ty

Yeah you could check out Wilson's Auto Tech Silence. I'm planning to get my timing belt changed there along with a few other things, got quoted over $1000

Lol Arthur you already know you'll get the type-s fsb. If not, do an 07-08 conversion of your front end

EdmTSX

Does the Progress RSB actually make a difference?

v|nsan|ty

^ No, that's why Arthur should sell me his lulz.

edmua6

^Lol. Are you looking for one? One guy is selling his for 80+ shipping. The guy posted it for sale a couple days after I ordered mine. I bought mine brand new for 230$ (customs and taxes included). As for the fsb or 07-08 front end. I'm actually considering the 07-08 front end conversion. But I'm afraid it's going to cost me close to a grand and I don't know if it's worth it.

And EdmTSX, a bit thicker rear sway bars will give your car more agility.

myron

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Arthur I suggest you get some end links too because the stock ones are gonna get destroyed when you try and take them off. Trust me, I had to have mine replaced, and then I had to replace the aftermarket ones again. I was too hard at cornering and end links couldn't take it after a year and just gave out.

And yea, RSB makes a big difference. It was one of my favorite mods actually.

edmua6

I just bought oem endlinks from ack. 35$ shipped compared to 100$ here. Stealerships. I can't wait to install them. Did you remove the rear wheels?

myron

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you got OEM ones? OEM ones have a really dumb design to them, you'll see when you try and install them. And yea, whole rear end has to be up in the air and wheels have to be off

edmua6

Yes, OEM. Stupid design? Is that good or bad?

v|nsan|ty

Where is this $80 RSB you speak of Arthur? The only recent one I found was being sold by one of the moderators that got sold that same day.


Here is my final project for interior CF wrapping. I doubt I'll be wrapping anything else for the interior and will wait until spring for my exterior mods. Again, pictures could be much better but you get the idea.

Driver side


Rear driver side


Same thing was done to the passenger side.

myron

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I doubt you will bve able to take it off without cutting it off and it's tricky. I would take it to the shop to get it installed. I had to do it in my garage and I wish I didn't. Twice haha

edmua6

Vince, want to trade interiors?

Myron, I have the oppurtunity to buy a tl-s headlight diffuser. Help me blakout my headlights this summer?

v|nsan|ty

Haha I'll pass, I really like my interior the way it is. You getting coilovers Arthur?

myron

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sure thing man get it and we can do it one day

edmua6

Vince, I don't know about the coils. Im thinking of giving it one more year to maximize the life of my shocks. I'm still in 80k so yea.

Myron, thanks man! Some guy is selling it for 150. Good deal?

myron

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150 for type s signal lenses? I don't know that's up to you.

edmua6

^How much did you pay for yours? He is also selling some ZKW lenses for 50$. How much did you pay for yours?

myron

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I didn't have type s diffusers. 50$ is a good price for zkw-r lenses. That's what I paid for mine + shipping.

edmua6

I don't know about the 150 + shipping for diffuser. I could use the money to pay a shop to do my front sway bar.