What's up guys. So, i bought this car back in September after made my job switch to Acura. i traded in my 2007 Accord EX-L. It's a 2009 Acura TSX Base auto, bought with 52,000 miles. I got it for $14,300 since it had some misc dings and scratches. I got it for my daily driver and it remained stock for all of a couple weeks, then i got the itch to do more. This thread probably won't move too quickly as it's my daily and i don't have any big plans with it really.
so it started with the front grille. i wanted to plastidip it for now to make sure i'd like it before i painted it. eventually i'll do the mugen grille so this will be a good temporary fix.
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here is a full shot of it in the light and also can see the yellow PIAA DRL/High beams i added in.
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added in some VLED reverse lights. these are super bright. also added in the full interior light kit and license plate lights, but you don't need to see those lol
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threw on some 20% tint all the way around
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bought the SE OEM dead rest pedal. i'll do the other 2 pedals eventually, i just don't want to spend $200 for the gas pedal since it's bought as a full assembly.
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hard to see exactly but i deleted the intake resonators behind the bumper. i love the tone it gives off now.
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got bored one day and bought some paint and wanted to spice up the strut tower bar since there aren't any nice aftermarket ones out there.
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installed some OEM painted mud guards since it's the daily.
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debadged the trunk and painted the lower reflectors black
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wet sanded buffed and polished some of the bad spots on the car
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i depinned the wire for the accessory lights in the blinker so it only comes on with the blinker now. looks so much better!
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i got the itch for more, so i purchased some Tein S-tech lowering springs (since it's daily driven coilovers aren't needed)
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and you can't keep stock wheels once you're lowered. so i got a fantastic deal on a set of 19x8 +45 Formula Silver Volk CE28's with 225/35 Toyo Proxes tires with around 3000 miles on them. and then i had a set of Work lug nuts laying around at home so i tossed them on. 1 of the wheels had a tiny bend in the lip, so our wheel repair guy at work charged me $100 to fix the lip. perfect!
lip before
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and after
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and i hated how dirty they were so i grabbed a magic eraser and did work!
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and after
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and the final product! super happy
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so that's it for now. not much will be changing, but i'll post up when i can.
so it started with the front grille. i wanted to plastidip it for now to make sure i'd like it before i painted it. eventually i'll do the mugen grille so this will be a good temporary fix.
before
after
here is a full shot of it in the light and also can see the yellow PIAA DRL/High beams i added in.
added in some VLED reverse lights. these are super bright. also added in the full interior light kit and license plate lights, but you don't need to see those lol
threw on some 20% tint all the way around
bought the SE OEM dead rest pedal. i'll do the other 2 pedals eventually, i just don't want to spend $200 for the gas pedal since it's bought as a full assembly.
hard to see exactly but i deleted the intake resonators behind the bumper. i love the tone it gives off now.
got bored one day and bought some paint and wanted to spice up the strut tower bar since there aren't any nice aftermarket ones out there.
installed some OEM painted mud guards since it's the daily.
debadged the trunk and painted the lower reflectors black
wet sanded buffed and polished some of the bad spots on the car
i depinned the wire for the accessory lights in the blinker so it only comes on with the blinker now. looks so much better!
i got the itch for more, so i purchased some Tein S-tech lowering springs (since it's daily driven coilovers aren't needed)
and you can't keep stock wheels once you're lowered. so i got a fantastic deal on a set of 19x8 +45 Formula Silver Volk CE28's with 225/35 Toyo Proxes tires with around 3000 miles on them. and then i had a set of Work lug nuts laying around at home so i tossed them on. 1 of the wheels had a tiny bend in the lip, so our wheel repair guy at work charged me $100 to fix the lip. perfect!
lip before
and after
and i hated how dirty they were so i grabbed a magic eraser and did work!
before
and after
and the final product! super happy
so that's it for now. not much will be changing, but i'll post up when i can.