you guys all make me jelly with your TL's....

 

Don't be jealous, Its a pain. Driving slow everywhere and still scraping

 

Nah, I gave them back to Justin. The type S wheels were damaged from a shady shop last winter when I was trying to get winter tires swapped over onto them, thus peeling paint and the winter didnt help either. If you are going to refinish your wheels, I highly recommend powdercoat over paint for durability reasons, which is what I will be doing when I refinish them again. Granted if I can get away with no bondo on the wheels from last time.

Ha, Im not gunna lie, I miss my TSX alot from time to time. I love the K series engines.

Lol, You just gotta take things at bigger angles, but the dips on our roads suck. my 240sx is just as low, if not lower than your TL. =)

 

Angles arnt really the problems, the roads around my house are wavy from the weight of trucks, Scrap fest

 

Oh hmm. Isn't getting wheels powdercoated quite a bit more expensive than a refinish from a shop? In that case, I might just leave my wheels as is and dedicate that money to a new set of wheels instead.

 

Paint costed me pennies as I have all the materials needed to do it and a painter that does all my work for me. Powdercoating usually costs around 130-150 per wheel, thats including sandblasting.

 

finally debaged and roof spoiler thanks to Mitchell.

 

@Sanjay - Looks good man!

 

Saw a KBP Type S w/ yellow fogs downtown on the weekend and a KBP Type S w/ Greddy exhaust on Calgary Trail yesterday haha..not sure who they belong to tho

 

@sanjay...did u have the roof spoiler today when u came to pick the wheels? Didnt even fuking notice it!!! haha guess my mind was else where...lol

 

Yikes I rather get a different set of wheels powdercoated than the TL-S ones for that kind of cost.

Nice looking roof spoiler! Did you use extra mounting tape along with the strip already in the middle? I gotta put mine on when I get back from vacation. Debadge definitely makes it look better

The KBP with a greddy exhaust belongs to an azn guy that lives on the north side. For the one with yellow fogs, did it have the type-s a-spec kit on the front? If so, it's very possible it's the same car with the greddy exhaust.

 

Thanks dude

Nah I picked it up after I met up with you.

It didnt have a strip in the middle, it had two strips of tape at the top and bottom, heated the window up with a heat gun, same with the tape, it seated really nicely, tried ripping it off an hour later, wasnt happening = good.

 

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They're still missing the lip at the bottom of my front bumper. apparently it's discontinued and doesn't come in my color, so the body shop had to put in a request to get it manufactered and then he's gonna paint it after he receives it. but other than that...looks like i'll be driving this to the ground (again...lol)

 

2jnguyen - awesome job at fixing that all up! The front lip shouldn't be discontinued. A lot of vendors sell a-spec front lips, theres a vendor on here who gets deals through curry acura out of the states for a decent price.

 

And it looks like auto obsessed has finally open!

 

the body shop got it on order for me. i guess it's gonna take a couple month's lead time, but they were stressing the fact that the car would be a write off until the part came in so they decreased the lead time to next month possibly.

i bought a wax kit and some polish plus a bunch of vinyl/leather cleaners. gonna spend this weekend touching it all up.

 

Nice job man, glad to see you fixed her up. She actually looks better then before!

 

thanks man! when i went to pick it up on monday it looked alotttt shinier than before too. i was like "did you guys wax/polish this?" the guy just looked at me and went "no...that's just our soap" lol

 

What products did you purchase if you don't mind me asking?

I replied to your question about detailing, not sure if you saw it a while back on this thread.

 

oh i totally missed it. sorry dude, ya i was gonna wax my dad's car but since i got my car back instead of writing it off i'm gonna use my vehicle as a guinea pig =p

but i picked up the autoglym wax kit, and i bought the mother's clay bar kit along with some microfibre towels. don't think i should be using machinery just yet. scared to melt the pain and cause more bad than good.

As for the color correction thing, as you can see, my car's white so i don't think i would need to correct anything. Well at least i don't think so anyways, i'm probably wrong. haha

 

Nice the AG HD wax has gotten pretty good reviews but requires reapplication relatively frequently since the durability isn't quite there. You'll know the wax is gone when water doesn't bead on the paint surface anymore. That wax apparently lasts around 3-6 weeks depending on conditions.

Every color of paint can benefit from a paint correction. It not only removes swirl marks and scratches, it also removes oxidation and improves the clarity of paint. Here are some shots of an evo I worked on last summer:

50/50 of passenger door


50/50 of trunk lid


Before shot of hood


After shot of hood

 

that looks awesome man!

i'll be working on the car tomorrow. today's kinda gloomy. i'll be posting progress pics when i do them tomorrow. pretty stoked to get this car looking fresh!!

 

hey guys when you guys installed your aftermarket jpipe did any of you have a rasp after the installed!??!

 

check it out accord light and type s lower grills

and yes the hids are coming

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65898473@N04/7323674654/http://www.flickr.com/photos/65898473@N04/7323674654/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/65898473@N04/, on Flickr

 

jbond - digging those new fogs! . level of difficulty installing those fogs??

 

jbond - liking the look! keep it up!

 

just alot of cutting fitting repeat lol not difficult so much as time consuming

 

my buddy said it would be 225 to paint that lip kit, pretty cheap.

 

Looks good jbond and jnguyen!

Anyone wanna lend me their radar detector this coming weekend? I'm heading down to Calgary and I don't want to get hassled by cops again

 

Anyone else going to Driven? I'll be in cowtown too for the weekend to blow off some steam.

 

I'll be there Aaron!

 

http://alberta.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehi...AdIdZ377574121

asking too much $ and not the fastest TL but it would be nice if someone picked it up for cheaper than asking price

 

^waaaaay too much. He probably thinks he can sell it that high because of the front mount.

 

225 to paint a lip kit? Where can I get that done? I was going to go down to Driven but my friends are working this weekend so no for me.

 

I am not sure where he's gonna do it. he's waiting for iMitchell to take of his coils to get those too. he's got some plans for the summer

 

I'm looking for a place to get my lip kit painted and installed..anyone have any suggestions? Don't trust myself enough to do a good enough job haha

 

you could always go to the spot i brought my car in to get fixed. don't know if they're gonna charge you a fuckload or not though. but quality of work is top notch there. "reflections autobody"

 

^+1 for reflections autobody. My coworker got into an accident and their work is amazing. Fast turnover too.

 

whats up guys? any of guys would be down for a Calgary/Edmonton meet at sylvan lake? No date has been fixed yet, i am just trying to see how people would actually come out.

 

That be pretty dope actually, see how that turns out. I'd be down.