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Today I was in the San Marcos area at the mall there and I saw my first Acura EL. It was damn beautiful. I had to turn around and take a second look at it, because as I was driving up I noticed a car that looked so much like a civic but it was sporting acura rims and the headlights were a little different from the Civic headlights. Holy Jesus! This car was just amazing.
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Today I was in the San Marcos area at the mall there and I saw my first Acura EL. It was damn beautiful. I had to turn around and take a second look at it, because as I was driving up I noticed a car that looked so much like a civic but it was sporting acura rims and the headlights were a little different from the Civic headlights. Holy Jesus! This car was just amazing.
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Rep Power: 0 I know that the they are supposed to be a "luxury" civic, I just like the way that she looked. Just thought I would inform the peeps of SoCal that there is a nice EL rolling around.
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Originally Posted by NightRider02
those EL's are dumb as hell. theyre the EXACT same thing as a civic sedan. go figure its a canadian car
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Rep Power: 273 well, vic sedans were not offered with the EX engine by honda b4, thats why the EL came out, and some people dont want to spend that much money for something like a accord but have the same features.
Its not dumb, you just need to think about some people's money situations and their style for tastes.
just a little FYI on the dumb canadian comment, US and CAN share almost 100% of the same cars, models and ect. Its smart to have a car like this in canada because then you can take EL parts ( trunk popper, leather seats ) and just drop them in a vic PnP.
Its not dumb, you just need to think about some people's money situations and their style for tastes.
just a little FYI on the dumb canadian comment, US and CAN share almost 100% of the same cars, models and ect. Its smart to have a car like this in canada because then you can take EL parts ( trunk popper, leather seats ) and just drop them in a vic PnP.
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Originally Posted by NightRider02
those EL's are dumb as hell. theyre the EXACT same thing as a civic sedan. go figure its a canadian car
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Rep Power: 324 The fact that they've got leather and a ton of other things standard is awesome. Honda should offer an American version.
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Originally Posted by CivicsRdBest
The fact that they've got leather and a ton of other things standard is awesome. Honda should offer an American version.
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Rep Power: 0 I think the EL looks a little better than the Civic. It's subtle but the headlights on the EL are slightly different than the Civic...looks a bit more aggressive.
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Rep Power: 0 all i was saying is that you can pay 19k for a civic sedan, or you can pay 23k on an el which is basically the exact same thing. only difference is youre paying 4k extra for that acura emblem
chill dude, learn to take a joke...no need to act like a hard ***.
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your a fuking moron. STFU if all you want to do is **** canadians off. me and telly will hunt you down and beat your ***.
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Originally Posted by NightRider02
all i was saying is that you can pay 19k for a civic sedan, or you can pay 23k on an el which is basically the exact same thing. only difference is youre paying 4k extra for that acura emblem
chill dude, learn to take a joke...no need to act like a hard ***.
chill dude, learn to take a joke...no need to act like a hard ***.
What is an Acura EL anyway
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ppssshhh, trying to put down canadians !
Oh and telly, ive seen ur ride on the street, looking nice bro !
I was thinking of doing a El front conversion but i'm seeing it might be tons of problems
ppssshhh, trying to put down canadians !
Oh and telly, ive seen ur ride on the street, looking nice bro !
I was thinking of doing a El front conversion but i'm seeing it might be tons of problems
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Originally Posted by NightRider02
all i was saying is that you can pay 19k for a civic sedan, or you can pay 23k on an el which is basically the exact same thing. only difference is youre paying 4k extra for that acura emblem
chill dude, learn to take a joke...no need to act like a hard ***.
chill dude, learn to take a joke...no need to act like a hard ***.
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Rep Power: 0 What is the price difference in Canada between the EL and the Canadian RSX base model <the one w/ 15" steelies, no sunroof, no leather etc>? Interesting that Canada has two Acura models we don't get in the states...
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Originally Posted by AlienX
^ all of above
ppssshhh, trying to put down canadians !
Oh and telly, ive seen ur ride on the street, looking nice bro !
I was thinking of doing a El front conversion but i'm seeing it might be tons of problems
ppssshhh, trying to put down canadians !
Oh and telly, ive seen ur ride on the street, looking nice bro !
I was thinking of doing a El front conversion but i'm seeing it might be tons of problems
To do an EL conversion isn't hard at all, just a little pricy unless you can find a rear-totalled EL in the junker. You need:
- EL fenders
- EL headlights
- EL front bumper cover and reinforcement
- EL bumper lights
- EL grille
Mounting points and even bulb sizes are the same for the headlights. For the bumper lights you'd have to extend the wiring so you can run the harnesses into the bumper lights. Otherwise pretty straightforward.
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Originally Posted by NightRider02
all i was saying is that you can pay 19k for a civic sedan, or you can pay 23k on an el which is basically the exact same thing. only difference is youre paying 4k extra for that acura emblem
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Originally Posted by jericho73
What is the price difference in Canada between the EL and the Canadian RSX base model <the one w/ 15" steelies, no sunroof, no leather etc>? Interesting that Canada has two Acura models we don't get in the states...
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Rep Power: 0 I was at Wasaga Beach last year...and I saw Civic with an EL front end...and honestly it has to be the nicest body mod you can do to a 7th gen...
the pointed front end goes so well with the rest of the sharp lines u find on the civic...I thought it looked amazing...if I ever have the bad luck of getting into an accident and fuking up my front end...Im doing the conversion...
oh and TELLY
"LOL no I can pay 19K for a Civic sedan or 23K for an Acura EL. You can't." That was great! lol
the pointed front end goes so well with the rest of the sharp lines u find on the civic...I thought it looked amazing...if I ever have the bad luck of getting into an accident and fuking up my front end...Im doing the conversion...
oh and TELLY
"LOL no I can pay 19K for a Civic sedan or 23K for an Acura EL. You can't." That was great! lol
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Rep Power: 345 WHAT! Someone did a 1.7 front end swap?!?!? You're kidding, I would have thought someone would have told me about it last year! What colour?!?! Ontario plates?!?!? Come on man, give me details, I gotta see it!
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Rep Power: 345 Hot. That's all you would need to know. It would be even hotter with an 04EL front end (fogs and bigmouth lower grille) to match that 04 rear bumper.
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Rep Power: 345 You'd need the full front end. I posted a list of parts required in my article in the EL section, as well as higher up in this thread.