Well folks, there you have it in the title. The TSX is my wife's and she's the owner. I'm more of the mechanic and "hey, this looks great!" guy. So, I picked this up from my sister since she needed to upgrade to a minivan for her kids so before she traded it in, I asked her to just sell it to me. I tried to convince her to give it to me as a sibling to sibling exchange, but she said no so we agreed to $2K. It's an 05 and at the time of picking it up, it had around 130-140K on it. Wife needed a new car since her VW Rabbit decided to take a dump right at 100K. Trans was starting to go so we sold it for cheap on CL and got this.
Right before I picked it up, she backed up the pick up truck into the front so it damaged the grille, and passenger headlight.
This was after we got it home. You can see the grille and headlight all jacked up.
So....with that happening, I ordered the OEM Honda grille, depo headlights, yellow fogs, coilovers, OEM Window Visors, and A-spec front lip.
This is after installing the above mentioned. Also had 15mm spacers on all 4. (my accord coupe next to it)
So few weeks down the line, I order new tires (Continental DWS's 235/45) for my TL-S wheels and threw them on the car. (They are her favorite wheels; OEM atleast) and found a shop with a low enough rack for an alignment. A TruHart rear camber kit was also installed. Height was right on top of the tire.
Don't have any pictures of what I ordered between the times but I ordered and received the A-spec rear lip and sides. Also got the windows tinted 20% all around. The TL-S wheels have the OEM Honda center caps (color isn't perfect though) and I got the rear H emblem for a can of monster and the rear euro-R emblem for free. lol
Ordered a bug deflector. Here she is with my POS civic. haha
Put on a UR front strut bar. Apparently, this was the V2 and was angled. It fits perfectly and still utilizes the OEM strut bar, but the spark plug cover has to be removed.
Then the wife changed her mind. She wanted it to say Acura instead of honda. So....sold my honda grille for $100 and got an OEM Acura one. Also got the OEM TL-S center caps from a buddy. She also was tired of the clear/depo headlights and wanted to the orange reflector/turn signal. A buddy had a spare set and hooked me up.
And most recently, I installed new tips. She doesn't want an exhaust so figured, might as well look like she has one. lol Found these tips online and they looked great.
And lastly, the only rolling shot I have of it.
Mod Listing
Exterior
04-05 OEM Aspec Front Lip (removed)
04-05 OEM Aspec Side Skirts
04-05 OEM Aspec Rear Lip
06-08 OEM Bumper
06-08 OEM Grille
06-08 OEM Radiator Cover
06-08 OEM Euro-R Lip
04-08 OEM Window Visors
06-08 OEM TSX Inner Tails
06-08 OEM Euro-R Outer Tails
06-08 OEM Australian Clear Hood Visor (in storage)
06-08 EGR Hood Visor
OEM Hood and Bumper Bra (storage)
OEM Car Cover (in storage)
Headlight protectors (in storage)
EGR 04-05 Hood Visor (storage)
20% Tint All around
Morimoto full LED Fog Lights
Accord Sport Tips (storage)
4" Magnaflow tips
Blacked out chrome trim
Spoiler King Roof spoiler (removed)
Carbon Fiber Roof Spoiler (from Hungary)
Depo headlights (blue corners) w/ OEM Projectors
5500K OSRAM bulbs
Morimoto Amber bulbs
Aspec Emblem
Spoon Sports Blue Side Mirrors
Suspension/Wheels
Megan Racing EZ Coils (in storage and for sale)
Fortune Auto coilovers w/ Swift Springs
Wicked Tuning Rear Camber Kit
Moog Upper Control Arm
Moog Lower Control Arm
Moog Lower Ball Joints
UR Fender Braces
UR Rear H-Brace
UR Side Skirt Braces
UR Front Lower Control Arm Brace
UR Interior Floor Brace
Cusco lower bar
Neuspeed Strut Bar
OEM TL-S Rear Sway Bar w/ Moog Endlinks
RL Calipers
04-06 Base TL Wheels in gloss black wrapped in 235/45 Kumho All-seasons (Spare)
07-08 TL-S Waffle Wheels wrapped in 235/45 Michelin Super Sport (Summer)
Interior
Interior LED Swap (Morimoto Festoon Bulbs)
Pioneer Double din with OEM climate control (custom)
Flashing Third Brake Light Mod
Broadway 400mm rear view mirror
Strut King Pedal Cover
OEM Euro-R LHD Carbon fiber Trim (Center console, window trim pieces)
OEM Euro-R Recaro seats. Front and Rear
6K Footwell LEDs
06-08 OEM Steering wheel (storage)
06-08 OEM Cluster swap
Works Bell Hub
Works Bell Rapiflex Quick Release
Nardi Deep 330mm Steering Wheel (no SRS light and working horn)
Engine
Injen Cold Air Intake
Optima Red Top
Hybird Reservoir covers
Wrinkle Red Valve Cover
Samco Radiator Hose kit w/ matching clamps
PLM Header & test pipe
Hybrid Racing Spark Plug Cover
Hybrid Racing Radiator Cover
Hybrid Racing Oil Cap
Hybrid Racing Dipstick
Right before I picked it up, she backed up the pick up truck into the front so it damaged the grille, and passenger headlight.
This was after we got it home. You can see the grille and headlight all jacked up.
So....with that happening, I ordered the OEM Honda grille, depo headlights, yellow fogs, coilovers, OEM Window Visors, and A-spec front lip.
This is after installing the above mentioned. Also had 15mm spacers on all 4. (my accord coupe next to it)
So few weeks down the line, I order new tires (Continental DWS's 235/45) for my TL-S wheels and threw them on the car. (They are her favorite wheels; OEM atleast) and found a shop with a low enough rack for an alignment. A TruHart rear camber kit was also installed. Height was right on top of the tire.
Don't have any pictures of what I ordered between the times but I ordered and received the A-spec rear lip and sides. Also got the windows tinted 20% all around. The TL-S wheels have the OEM Honda center caps (color isn't perfect though) and I got the rear H emblem for a can of monster and the rear euro-R emblem for free. lol
Ordered a bug deflector. Here she is with my POS civic. haha
Put on a UR front strut bar. Apparently, this was the V2 and was angled. It fits perfectly and still utilizes the OEM strut bar, but the spark plug cover has to be removed.
Then the wife changed her mind. She wanted it to say Acura instead of honda. So....sold my honda grille for $100 and got an OEM Acura one. Also got the OEM TL-S center caps from a buddy. She also was tired of the clear/depo headlights and wanted to the orange reflector/turn signal. A buddy had a spare set and hooked me up.
And most recently, I installed new tips. She doesn't want an exhaust so figured, might as well look like she has one. lol Found these tips online and they looked great.
And lastly, the only rolling shot I have of it.
Mod Listing
Exterior
04-05 OEM Aspec Front Lip (removed)
04-05 OEM Aspec Side Skirts
04-05 OEM Aspec Rear Lip
06-08 OEM Bumper
06-08 OEM Grille
06-08 OEM Radiator Cover
06-08 OEM Euro-R Lip
04-08 OEM Window Visors
06-08 OEM TSX Inner Tails
06-08 OEM Euro-R Outer Tails
06-08 OEM Australian Clear Hood Visor (in storage)
06-08 EGR Hood Visor
OEM Hood and Bumper Bra (storage)
OEM Car Cover (in storage)
Headlight protectors (in storage)
EGR 04-05 Hood Visor (storage)
20% Tint All around
Morimoto full LED Fog Lights
Accord Sport Tips (storage)
4" Magnaflow tips
Blacked out chrome trim
Spoiler King Roof spoiler (removed)
Carbon Fiber Roof Spoiler (from Hungary)
Depo headlights (blue corners) w/ OEM Projectors
5500K OSRAM bulbs
Morimoto Amber bulbs
Aspec Emblem
Spoon Sports Blue Side Mirrors
Suspension/Wheels
Megan Racing EZ Coils (in storage and for sale)
Fortune Auto coilovers w/ Swift Springs
Wicked Tuning Rear Camber Kit
Moog Upper Control Arm
Moog Lower Control Arm
Moog Lower Ball Joints
UR Fender Braces
UR Rear H-Brace
UR Side Skirt Braces
UR Front Lower Control Arm Brace
UR Interior Floor Brace
Cusco lower bar
Neuspeed Strut Bar
OEM TL-S Rear Sway Bar w/ Moog Endlinks
RL Calipers
04-06 Base TL Wheels in gloss black wrapped in 235/45 Kumho All-seasons (Spare)
07-08 TL-S Waffle Wheels wrapped in 235/45 Michelin Super Sport (Summer)
Interior
Interior LED Swap (Morimoto Festoon Bulbs)
Pioneer Double din with OEM climate control (custom)
Flashing Third Brake Light Mod
Broadway 400mm rear view mirror
Strut King Pedal Cover
OEM Euro-R LHD Carbon fiber Trim (Center console, window trim pieces)
OEM Euro-R Recaro seats. Front and Rear
6K Footwell LEDs
06-08 OEM Steering wheel (storage)
06-08 OEM Cluster swap
Works Bell Hub
Works Bell Rapiflex Quick Release
Nardi Deep 330mm Steering Wheel (no SRS light and working horn)
Engine
Injen Cold Air Intake
Optima Red Top
Hybird Reservoir covers
Wrinkle Red Valve Cover
Samco Radiator Hose kit w/ matching clamps
PLM Header & test pipe
Hybrid Racing Spark Plug Cover
Hybrid Racing Radiator Cover
Hybrid Racing Oil Cap
Hybrid Racing Dipstick