CL Make Over
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CL Make Over
so I went to the body shop to check out the progress this is what i got so far the first picture is of what my old bumper looked like after a semi trucks tire exploded on the freeway and hit my bumper at 70 mph........ so i got the new bumpers with the RJ Aero kit
Last edited by termo001; 04-02-2012 at 06:06 PM.
#2
Weird
Something bad turned into something good?
That is going to look stellar when it is finished. The RJ aerokit is the only tasteful lip and skirt kit that I have ever noticed for our cars.
That is going to look stellar when it is finished. The RJ aerokit is the only tasteful lip and skirt kit that I have ever noticed for our cars.
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@ acuraspook haha yeah i guess your right it was bad at first but its turned out all right just a lil expensive but hopefully worth it, thanks i agree with you on the lip kit i also like the TL front lip but if i hit another semi trucks tire ill just replace it with one of those
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So scary seeing a CL like that
Yeah the TL lip kit looks nice when finished, yet I have heard that it is a lot of work with the modification.
I love the RJ kit too, but for me that too much $$ to just buy when there is still performance to be had. Your situation obvious dictated different circumstances to you....
I think that kit will be like a finisher on my CL, the final touch before I just relax and drive her...
Yeah the TL lip kit looks nice when finished, yet I have heard that it is a lot of work with the modification.
I love the RJ kit too, but for me that too much $$ to just buy when there is still performance to be had. Your situation obvious dictated different circumstances to you....
I think that kit will be like a finisher on my CL, the final touch before I just relax and drive her...
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yeah i understand im gonna have to baby the car make sure the front lip dont get messed up .....yeah i wanna add performance to the car but im gonna wait till the transmition goes to replace it and idk know what to do with the engine i bought the car from the dealer in 03 brand new and it now has 140,000miles on it all original
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@AutsinTaper thanks the body shop has had a hard time fitting the kit its so warped in some spots and they tried baking it and re shaping it with a heat gun and the passenger side side skirt wont return to its original form but i told them if worse come to worse to use a screw to keep it in place besides that the front fit all most perfect except there is like a quarter inch space where the wheel wells go to on the bumper on both sides ill keep you guys posted
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@krazykrnboi wow really? what is it used for? the body shop told me the are gonna just attach the side skirts to the old ones and mold it to car so there is no line
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Wide Body 3.2 CL-S
you attach the side skirt to the orginal, but later on it will sorta warp at the bottom. the s type brackets keep the bottom of the side skirt from warping... which will cause your molded side skirt to crack at the mold. trust me... use the s brackets. i can post pictures of it wensday if you need.
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termo001 (04-02-2012)
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@krazykrnboi ok thanks alot how will i go about getting some of these brackets im gonn have to tell the shop to stop asap
pictures would be great! please post if you can
pictures would be great! please post if you can
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Wide Body 3.2 CL-S
you just make it urself. i just got one inch wide steel rods and bent it to shape. the rectangular shaped ones... sold at home depot for like a 5ft rod at like 15$ or something
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Whats up with RDX owners?
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Looks good so far.
But I have to ask, is that CL in your avatar yours?
But I have to ask, is that CL in your avatar yours?
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@CL-S progression 01 thank you very much buddy i think so people allways seem to think its an exoctic car since they dont know what kind of car it is and it my daily driver so at the gas station people allways ask me what kind of car is that lol i cant wait till its out of the shop
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I meant to say earlier that you should definitely get your flame suit on. A lot of members here aren't going to agree with that look.
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@civicdrivr thanks buddy its ok you cant tell i have those doors you know unless i choose to open them up that way they still open like a regular door if i want which usually i do to get in and out of the car i only open them up if i wanna show off
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^ you'd be surprised.. when i went to Cayuga dragway at the line the announcer quote said "here we got a dodge ram 2500 hemi on slicks vs what appears to be .... a silver acura?" LOL u shoulda heard the tone, he was clueless... if i didn't have the A symbol on the back it would have been a complete mystery. so i can attest to the fact many people don't even have the slightest clue what this car is or when it was made..
people still come up to me and asked when it was made and when i say 2001 they dunno how to reply.
last person who asked me has owned 4-5 honda's acura's including the TL of our generation and he even didn't expect it to be as old as it was. and was complimenting the looks of it.
this car IMHO is timeless and suits the needs of an overall car to the NINES
people still come up to me and asked when it was made and when i say 2001 they dunno how to reply.
last person who asked me has owned 4-5 honda's acura's including the TL of our generation and he even didn't expect it to be as old as it was. and was complimenting the looks of it.
this car IMHO is timeless and suits the needs of an overall car to the NINES
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^ you'd be surprised.. when i went to Cayuga dragway at the line the announcer quote said "here we got a dodge ram 2500 hemi on slicks vs what appears to be .... a silver acura?" LOL u shoulda heard the tone, he was clueless... if i didn't have the A symbol on the back it would have been a complete mystery. so i can attest to the fact many people don't even have the slightest clue what this car is or when it was made..
people still come up to me and asked when it was made and when i say 2001 they dunno how to reply.
last person who asked me has owned 4-5 honda's acura's including the TL of our generation and he even didn't expect it to be as old as it was. and was complimenting the looks of it.
this car IMHO is timeless and suits the needs of an overall car to the NINES
people still come up to me and asked when it was made and when i say 2001 they dunno how to reply.
last person who asked me has owned 4-5 honda's acura's including the TL of our generation and he even didn't expect it to be as old as it was. and was complimenting the looks of it.
this car IMHO is timeless and suits the needs of an overall car to the NINES
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@p.diddy yeah usually people dont know what it is and ask if the doors came that way and try guessing what kind of car haha its obvious they dont know
@SimonCL-S6 yeah i know not everyone is gonna like the doors and i only say what other people have told me why would a lie about that you know
@SimonCL-S6 yeah i know not everyone is gonna like the doors and i only say what other people have told me why would a lie about that you know
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You could put a plate of bull penis' in front of someone and they might think its sausage, but they sure as hell aren't going to mistake it for a rib eye
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@ParaSurfer1979 yeah i think beacause in that era is when the those movies where coming out ...back when i first put the doors on i remember lambo doors where the new cool thing that just came out around 2005