The friendly postman just dropped off my tradition JDM grill to my house ten minutes ago. First thing I have to say is why is it that every package I receive from Japan when I use EMS looks like its been drop kicked repeatedly? I was afraid there was going to be damage to the grill like on my first two sets of JDM headlights. But thankfully the grill was for the most part unharmed. Honestly when I took the grill out of the box I was pretty under whelmed. The grill in its fresh white unpainted state is pretty boring, yet the mesh it comes with is very nice. It has this cool diamond pattern, it comes silver.. But most JDM owners paint it black. So while muttering about the expense, I grumpily unwrapped the grill and went outside to my car; for a stock grill / new grill comparo. The tradition grill will fit perfectly and it has the exact same contour as the original grill. Its construction appears to be of higher quality material compared to the stock grill. And I placed the new grill over the old one for visual difference, and I was very satisfied with the new grill. Even though it is unpainted, when its painted it will be very glossy and color matched to the vehicle. I will decide about painting the mesh black or leaving it silver later. Takakaira.com is a great importer and I recommend them to everyone. They have good prices on all JDM goods for the Legend. I just don’t know if I am ever going to ship anything by EMS again. I plan on buying my JIC coilovers from them at the end of the summer. In conclusion it’s a nice grill but the cost is very high, but it will look nice on my car and on my mod list at shows in the future.
"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and those who buy by price alone are this man's lawful prey."-John Ruskin
"Being able to afford to buy a Legend and being able to afford a Legend are two different things. Realize that little, if anything post-purchase on a Legend is "cheap"." the GS
pierinimob: But i love the JIC's the turning is orgasmic, i wouldnt go back to stock ever
"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and those who buy by price alone are this man's lawful prey."-John Ruskin
"Being able to afford to buy a Legend and being able to afford a Legend are two different things. Realize that little, if anything post-purchase on a Legend is "cheap"." the GS
pierinimob: But i love the JIC's the turning is orgasmic, i wouldnt go back to stock ever
Man i want to paint my car black... really really black. And have the blacked out tradition grill, with my blacked out JDM headlights. and slap on some badass black wheels like these.
"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and those who buy by price alone are this man's lawful prey."-John Ruskin
"Being able to afford to buy a Legend and being able to afford a Legend are two different things. Realize that little, if anything post-purchase on a Legend is "cheap"." the GS
pierinimob: But i love the JIC's the turning is orgasmic, i wouldnt go back to stock ever
Nope most of traditions products are sedan only. I know... about the dreams part, I am currently working towards mine. I am closer to completing my master plan than I thought possible when I created it. I believe I am working towards an achievable goal. I am about 30 percent complete. I want black so bad, but the color change is expensive and my family keeps telling me that a black car in Texas is a bad idea. But they think spending money on the car in general is a bad idea! So what do they know right?
"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and those who buy by price alone are this man's lawful prey."-John Ruskin
"Being able to afford to buy a Legend and being able to afford a Legend are two different things. Realize that little, if anything post-purchase on a Legend is "cheap"." the GS
pierinimob: But i love the JIC's the turning is orgasmic, i wouldnt go back to stock ever
I hope to see it on the next meet. Take all the pictures of the parts you got and post that up. It's still hard for me to buy that you got all of the goodies and have no time to put it on.
haha its not that i dont have time, well it is for the remus. but the rest of the equipment i am waiting till i can afford a quality paint job with body work. Before i put on the headlights and the grill. Got2loveme9 you wound me, how about a little faith in my part hoarding ways lol :p . But to make you guys happy i will get my dads digital camera when he gets back from california. And i will take some good pictures!
"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and those who buy by price alone are this man's lawful prey."-John Ruskin
"Being able to afford to buy a Legend and being able to afford a Legend are two different things. Realize that little, if anything post-purchase on a Legend is "cheap"." the GS
pierinimob: But i love the JIC's the turning is orgasmic, i wouldnt go back to stock ever
man i love the JDM one piecers and the navi but thats about it , acura in the us is just known as being a nicer car then honda why does everyone want honda badges ???
thats cool thai i like the honda conversion on a legend. And speaking of lack of time, i just got a summer job. To pay for school and of course more car mods! So thai what else are you planning for the future? And i am going to need someone to host my images when i take them... so i can post them.
"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and those who buy by price alone are this man's lawful prey."-John Ruskin
"Being able to afford to buy a Legend and being able to afford a Legend are two different things. Realize that little, if anything post-purchase on a Legend is "cheap"." the GS
pierinimob: But i love the JIC's the turning is orgasmic, i wouldnt go back to stock ever
Originally posted by Roger man i love the JDM one piecers and the navi but thats about it , acura in the us is just known as being a nicer car then honda why does everyone want honda badges ???
You to have fallen into the trap thinking Acura is better than Honda.
There is no difference between the two....
People want Honda badges because that's what the vehicle is, a HONDA.
A USDM Acura Legend is no better than a JDM or EDM Honda Legend.
Originally posted by skate4volcom007 I think people would rather have Acura emblems over Honda. Which is more expensive? It is just like Toyota or Lexus.
i know acura is the same as honda , but to most people who dont know **** about cars might not even know that, and if they do they know acura is the higher end branch of honda. Plus i like the acura emblem alot better then an H emblem i see all the time on old civics and accords that i just dont want to be associated with.
Originally posted by dvp I want black so bad, but the color change is expensive and my family keeps telling me that a black car in Texas is a bad idea. But they think spending money on the car in general is a bad idea! So what do they know right? D.
Car mods are very much a guy thing. Most families cannot relate to the money we spend on these "unnecessary" ugrades. I recently spent $1,600 for a set of 18" wheels and tires for my RL and the wife tells me she likes the old/stock wheels better! I don't believe she really meant that, but she was trying to make HER point!
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