Replacing Headlights on a 2003 Acura TL

Posted in Cars on January 25th, 2009 by Ryan

Replacing the headlights is actually kinda tough. I found great instructions with pictures here, then made a post about the difference between my car and the type-s. I believe the change is also due to the fact some people remove the part that’s in my way completely for better engine sound.

These instructions are for replacing the lowbeam xenon HID headlights, not the highbeam/daytime halogen lights.

Drivers side:

Passenger side only:

‘03 Acura TL Xenon Headlights, Keyless Entry – DIY FOOL!

Posted in Cars, Tips on January 14th, 2009 by Ryan
  • I spent $150 for keyless entry when you can buy them online with instructions for only $35 USD.
  • I was offered $200 to replace each Xenon HID headlight and passed. Lucky I did because I found a pair of Philips lights online for $88 USD.
  • Probably a whole number of other things that are way over priced, yet easy to do it yourself.

Look it up before getting stuff from the dealer. This is obvious for some people, of course… but it might help others.

Disable Auto playing the next podcast on iPod’s

Posted in Tips on January 9th, 2009 by Ryan

The new iPod’s play podcasts continuously, so if you decide to go to sleep with an hour-long podcast going and fall asleep, you’ll wake up with a whole bunch more podcasts marked as played that you never actually listened to.

The solution:
Go to the main menu, then change the Shuffle setting from “Off” to something else. I picked “Albums”. This stopped my podcasts from playing over and over again.