So um, Hi my names Charles and I'm new to the whole forum thing. I've never joined a forum to learn things before but I know this is the best way to learn and see all the different ideas and work that could be done on the 1st Gen TL. My first car and the only car i could picture myself ever owning is a 98 3.2 TL that I've had since i was a freshman in high school about 6 years ago. I've always wanted to get into doing more with my TL looking into VIP ideas and strongly like the Honda Inspire look a bit more then the Acura TL Emblems but I waited too long and came to a hiatus when my transmission broke down on the highway in 2011. Even during the 2 years of my car being broke down I never thought about replacing my TL instead I saved up until I could afford to buy a new transmission. I recently got my car running again last November in 2013 and besides scratches and my rear struts being completely crap and destroyed from swerving on the highway when it happened but besides that my car seems to be running greatly. I've been really wanting to use this come back to get motivated into going through with doing more with my TL but have little experience working on cars. After coming across this forum and seeing and reading all the great work people have done to their 1st Gens and seeing people that like the 1st Gen TL as much as I believe myself to. I figured joining this forum would teach me a few things and help me find out where or even how to start on these ideas. I live in a town of car fanatics and working on your car and such is a common thing. A lot of my friends have built or are still working on their cars so I learn things here and there but I still don't know a whole lot about cars but i know enough to not sound completely lost in a conversation about my own car. So I joined this forum cause I feel like I could learn a lot and stay interested in these threads especially since they're about 1st Gen TL's and such. Here are a couple of pictures of my 98 3.2 TL from about a week ago after going on a cruise with a few friends of mine after a car gathering the locals in my town had. The last 2 photos aren't the that great for my car but it shows the front and rear view pretty nicely. Ignore my ignorant friend flipping off the camera and my horrible MS Paint job to cover their faces and license plates. Sorry for my awkwardly long story/introduction paragraph. So here are some pics of my car and a few of my friends cars
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Also it would be nice to here any opinions on which direction you'd take with my TL i think it's between the VIP look with black oem headlamps(don't remember the full name of the headlamps) or lowered with the Honda Inspire look and emblems with a small lip kit..sorry if those aren't very good descriptions on the looks that i'm thinking i'm still trying to learn all the different styles. But opinions pls. i'll catch onto the lingo soon
Also it would be nice to here any opinions on which direction you'd take with my TL i think it's between the VIP look with black oem headlamps(don't remember the full name of the headlamps) or lowered with the Honda Inspire look and emblems with a small lip kit..sorry if those aren't very good descriptions on the looks that i'm thinking i'm still trying to learn all the different styles. But opinions pls. i'll catch onto the lingo soon
