Acura TL Build Thread

[redhavocxj]

This is going to be a thread for anyone who is interested to see the progress of my Acura, as well as something to look back upon for myself.

[Jake]

Do it! I'm going to move it to the Member's Projects subforum though

[.RJ]

Go on, then.

[WRXtranceformed]

I miss my TL-S. Following!

[ScottyB]

this place needs moar Honda, proceed sir

[Steve85]

I miss my TL-S.  Following!

Concur! (although ours wasn't an S)

[Senor_Taylor]

Love this thread so far. A lot of progress. This car has character.

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[JPolen01]

Love this thread so far. A lot of progress. This car has character.

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Must have taken notes on how to create the proper thread from Scott.

[WRXtranceformed]

This isn't gonna be like that kid who posts up about buying an M3 and Lotus and then doesn't reply for like a year is it

[Senor_Taylor]

Has anyone mentioned how he has like a 1000 hp Corvette now and hasn't posted it?

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[redhavocxj]

No, I'm going to keep it active. I just need to scavenge up some beginning pics, I lost some from my old phone. Hopefully Facebook has some.

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Here's a pic from when I first bought it and drove it down to VB.

   

Found some much better stock pics.

   

   

Factory Enkei wheels got painted with Rustoleum gloss black enamel.

   

Next, I baked and painted the interior chrome of my headlight housings, and removed the hideous amber reflectors.


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Factory red taillights were swapped out for some clear lens, smoked reflector, black interior headlights.

   


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And, my most recent mod, a knockoff double din stereo I got for free. I have Harmony Audio speakers to go in all around, and already have two Kicker Comp R's in the trunk (12").

   

[redhavocxj]

No new mods recently besides double DIN, but this weekend I plan to cut apart my OEM red tails and mod them. I will make sure to post progress pics.

[redhavocxj]

I ended up leaving JMU and forgot about this forum, but this car has been sold, Deeply miss it and want another some day, but I did update some things on my time away.

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Reopened headlights and added switchback  70mm halos and LED strips.

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Also, to Senor Taylor's dismay, I added the HIC roof spoiler to the car.

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Almost forgot about the black housing/clear lens side markers I purchased to match the tail lights and headlights. Also, my homebrew CAI of which I have no pictures of, but was basically an intake resonator delete with a short piece of tubing ran to the bumper grille on the driver side.