ecr527

I tell you, I thought the Acura beak would eventually grow on me kinda like how Audi and VW got the big mouth grill, but it hasn't. You know it's pretty bad when even Acura never shows the front of their cars in their TV ads.

GiantsFan

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I want PICS!!!

bruce van

The phrase, "Lipstick on a pig" comes to mind.....

I8ABMR

I think the badges look nice. I dont see an issue with jazzing the cars up as long as the dealership doesnt make any misrepresentations to the consumers.

TF109B

go to the acura site and add the optional 19" wheels and body kit. They make the TL look respectable, not good, but respectable. Theres another website somewhere that you can order a special grille to change the 'beak' it looks sooooo much better. It's not even funny.

I8ABMR

I totally agree. I have seen the TL S with the aerokit and 20' and followed with my mouth wide open. The grilles they sell for the new TL have the same chrome mesh pattern as the CTS V. It looks amazing.

LexFather

Did you read the link, the first post or any response? It is a complete misrepresentation, Acura no longer uses "Type-S".

We had another dealer put Legend badges on the TL trying to sell it

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...cura-tl-3.html

iKenn

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god, i HATE that dealer.....

dunnojack

you're talking about this ghettofabulous crap?.... Leave this to the chrysler 300's.

kit cat

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double post.

kit cat

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meh, that all depends IMO.

Considering how cheap of a move this is by the dealership, I wouldn't be surprised if those are eBay crap rotors. unless they're project mu cross drilled or something, I'd MUCH RATHER have OEM.

TF109B

I'm talking about this grille right here-





now, tell me that doesn't look WAYY better!

whoster

why couldn't they design something like that in the first place?


And even if that grill looks better--there's really no excuse for the terrific mess out back.

STIG

It looks better, but that doesn't mean much. The previous gen TL was perfect car in a lot of ways. Acura screwed it up royally. I think it was humanly impossibly to screw it up that badly. May be alien helped them. who knows.

TRDFantasy

The problem is, you still have that ridiculous hump on the front fender that has no cohesion to any other styling elements on the car. It makes it look not only out-of-proportion, but also as if the car got into an accident.

Then of course, as already mentioned, is the mess that is the rear end. The front grille change also does not fix the hideous-looking lower front bumper intakes and foglight area.

The 4TL has a lot of styling problems, and the front grille is just the first of many problems.

The huge front and rear overhangs that make this look like a 1980's Cadillac cannot be fixed by a grille change.