Rest of my pics with altezzas!

[ryansaccord]

ok these are the rest of my pics that i have taken, some of them are my interior too, or the start of my interior. Cardinal and tan tweed. All i have left to do for my interior is 3 door panels and my seats. Tell me what you guys think.rest of pics (http://photojo.com/galleries/SharedAlbumPage.asp?album_id=7115)

[blazin3gen]

wow! http://photojo.com/appservices/ImageCropper.asp?photo_id=215319&size=450&crop=0

what car is that altezza from?

damn man i jealous looks good man!

[1989 DX R]

Wow, that's a really clean job. Finish the interior and you'll have a pimpin 3Gee. Seriously, good job :)

[Vega88lxi]

Hot car. Flashy, but not too flashy, I like it.

The only thing I would change would be the wheels.

[Coitis1]

damn, thats nice. i love the way those altezza's look. congrats on the great job.

[RobT5580]

I like the paint and its original and has custom door panels kinda weird without the armrest though. nice work.

[ryansaccord]

thanks, the altezzas are from 92-93 accord and i thought i would take everything off the door panel, i also took the handles off of the head board.

[89AccordLvr]

did you paint the interior yourself and where you get those nice inside door panels?

[Nospeed]

damn dude...nice car! you live in dayton? my mom lives in carlton! i go up there every-so-often, maybe we should hook up...

[meohmy01]

how difficult was it to mold those in? do yo uthing the center tail lights would be doable as well?

[ryansaccord]

no i didnt paint the interior, i used tweed. I did everything thats done to my car myself. But i used tweed for the interior, and about the talights, yeah i think that the inner ones for the trunk would be easier than the corner ones. So yeah its doable. And no speed, i was planning on going to that oregon meet soon, it was suppose to be on march 22nd or something. Hopefully by then i will have my air bags.

[meohmy01]

what was involoved with doing the outer lenses?

[ryansaccord]

i had to cut out the stock bracket for the original one, then i had to make a new bracket, weld it in place to where the tailight fit in right, then i had to fiberglass the gap that was on the rear panel. And i had to modify the light itself quite a bit. So that it fit right. It wasnt really that hard.

[scandalcat1]

That looks very cool. The paint job is clean and I noticed that you removed the side door guards. Betterhope no jealous freaks try to "Accidentally" open a door on it or something like that. NE wayz, welcome aboard.

[Neuspeed007]

shit man thats a great job u did there. Alot of devotion to go for altezzas when hey dont even make them for the car. I like ur rie, maybe someday there will be a idaho oregon meet. thad e cool. Later bro keep in touch with the board

nick-

[89AccordLvr]

whats tweed? and how much better is it compared to krylon and other interior paints

[89accordboi]

im lovin it, i dont think i like the style of the shaved trunk, im not a fan of that, but excellent looking interior, finally someone who knows how to coordinate colors... rather then making blue and green interior

[pimp86LX]

nice car, lose the crap-tezzas and fart-can and it would kick ass

[Neuspeed87lx]

excellent looking car ..... great job on everything .... one of the nicest lookin 3g's i have ever seen

[Coroncho80]

Danm! sweet ass car man. Just get rid of those seats and you will be in business :D


PS. and get a short shifter.

[ryansaccord]

yeah i still need to tweed the seats, thats one of the only things left i have in the interior. oh and for 89accordlvr, tweed is a material, its not a paint. And i think it is better than painting the interior, imo anyways

[89AccordLXI666]

Damn Your car is bad azz bro.. sweet azz job bro!! :-) What Kinda altezza's are those from? Looks great man... keep it up. :-)

[iloveJDMblackrims69]

O MY GAD TIGHT ASS CAR!!!! I LOVE THE BACK....AND COLOR

[si accord]

thats seriously one of the nicest lookin 3geez i've ever seen, you did a really good job painting it too, nice work


...opie

[crwa]

Hey Ryan come up to Tigard one day and well go out rollin, and take some pictures.

[ryansaccord]

yeah thanks, ill come up soon. probably when there is that oregon meet.

[jigga225]

damn du that is hella nice.
made me zoom in dood.
sheet I gotta give u mad props and the shaved trunk is nice and clean.
hell yeah

[AccordEpicenter]

I like it... where did u get the tweed for the int?

[anchovies]

Nice..props on the work.

[Blue Impact]

Originally posted by scandalcat1
NE wayz, welcome aboard.

hahahaha...he's been a member for longer than you have. :D


:bow: Ryan

You're the first I've seen to have altezzas on a 3G Accord. Even though I'm not an altezza person, I still give you props for it. Nice job and clean car you got.

[skaterjunky8]

Eh, need to lose the altezzas, The interior is the only thing that I think is decent on the car, other then the paint :(

[Project-LXi]

That is a badass looking car. Are you going to put a spoiler on it at all? I think it would go good with the shaved trunk.

Anyway, damn good job!

[Mike89Accordcom]

I've always been against altezza lights, but other than that nice car. I can always appreciate nice custom work.

[markmdz89hatch]

WHERE THE HELL IS CHRIS?!?!? Hey Pearl, I'm dying to hear your reaction to this car.

Ryan, I think it's great. It's about time we see some more full-custom work. I'm gonna have to agree with Mike on this one though, I just think the altezzas look out of place on that ass. But I think that just a stock 4G light would also look funny. Maybe another style of aftermarket light would be more to my liking. Either way, it's your car, so it's what you like. Overall, one of the best here.

[89accord_lxi_coupe]

man, that's a sweet ass ride. i personally like the tails, though maybe other clears would look good too. great paint, love the interior, got the ghost shapes in the interior, sweet. that is in my top favs for 3g's. good job man.

-Nolan

[chronicsinners]

clean, not my style but clean none the less

[pearldrop]

I think that car is awesome.

I don't think the cardinal red goes with the exterior paint, it would look better all one color in the interior, but that is an awesome job laying the tweed on the dash and door panels. Getting it down in that dash pocket is not easy work.
Like I told you before I think you should have reshaped the trunk a little at the bottom corners so it came straight down instead of the zig zag it has but that really isn't bad, just something I would have done if it were my car. It is really easy to analyze somebody elses car so don't take it the wrong way.
Overall I think this car is almost perfect. Are you going to the Magical Minis show on June 28? I should be there. (I almost hope you aren't because we will be in the same class).

[ryansaccord]

yeah thanks a lot you guys, its really reassuring when you get replies like these. But yeah pearl, i was thinking that after i painted it, that i should have just made it straight down, actually it would have been easier. But i dont know about the show, i really wanted to show it, that was my plan, but im not finished with it yet. But i plan on showing it, hopefully really soon. But when i do finish it then i am going to show it for sure. and i tried matching the cardinal tweed with my color. It was as close as i could find to my paint color. But thanks anyways guys. really appreciat the replys

[jigga89SEi]

First I would like to say awesome car. I love the interior. I'm getting ready to start on mine today. Are you doing the seats yourself? hand stitch or sewing machine? Did you use a kit for the door? I really like those designs. Anyways get back to me if you could...........Also anyone else who did custom interior please get at me I'm looking for all the hints and tips I can get.

Thanx

[ryansaccord]

yeah, actually my girlfriends mom is doing the seats, shes going to use a sewing maching, and the door i did myself. I took all the stuff off of the panel and then cut out a new one without all the holes. I cut it out of masonite. Laminated on one side. But then fiberglassed the pod and used foam for the raised graphics.

[89AccordLvr]

hey ryan where can i find tweed to do my dash and how hard is it

[markmdz89hatch]

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/yourautotrim-store/index.html

it's the cheapest place on the internet that I've found for tweed.

[ryansaccord]

you can buy tweed i think at any upholstery shop. I think i paid like 13 dollars a yard. And i had to order 14 yards, but that wasnt enough, i ran out of tan for my seats, so i have to order more. but you also have to buy glue for it too. Good glue or else it will come up. The glue i bought is a contact cement. Its sprayable through a pot gun. It cost me about 15 dollars for a gallon. Its really not that hard, just the dash took me about 2 days to do. very very time consuming.

[89AccordLvr]

that site dont work

[markmdz89hatch]

I edited my post... ..check the link now.

[89AccordLvr]

yupp it works now thanx

[Mike's89AccordLX]

Hmm... I used to have a friend that did car interiors just haven't talked to him for awhile maybe I should hang out with him again and we could do my car with tweed. Maybe someone should do the interior of their car with Rayon :D j/k What other fabrics would be good for the interior? (cheaper but still nice)

[89AccordLvr]

hey ryan about how much yards of tweed did you use for the dash

[markmdz89hatch]

Mike, another cheap alternative that you "could" use would be duckcloth. That's what I did my dash insert with and it came out alright. It's the same idea as tweed, but a much lighter weight. It's also a little stiffer then tweed too, but it's workable. I would not suggest it for seats or floor, but for dash and door panels it would look ok and should hold up pretty well.

PS.. You can find that at any local fabric store. It is cheaper then tweed; probably around 5-8 bux a yd.

[Mike's89AccordLX]

You can buy tweed at just a regular fabric store?

[pearldrop]

If you go too cheap with the material, it won't last. That is a lot of work to be tearing off the dash and everywhere else after it fades in 3-6 months. I know that tweed at most upholstery shops runs $24-$26. I got mine from the same place that Mark did and it is excellent quality. $13 a yard is a steal for quality material.


And Ryan, I was planning on doing all tan/sand interior in my wagon but that red/sand combo looks great. I may have to steal that idea from you.

[ryansaccord]

yeah thats fine if you steal my idea, im sure that i have probably stolen a couple from you anyways, but yeah i got it for 13 dollars a yard because my cousin does it with all his cars and his truck. thats where i came up with my idea for tweed. but anyways, i got his discount because his dad use to work at the upholstery shop, so i got a good discount.

[89AccordLvr]

hey ryan look at ur pm and see if you can help me

[Neuspeed007]

Originally posted by pimp86LX
nice car, lose the crap-tezzas and fart-can and it would kick ass

:huh: what ---- are ----- you ------ talking ------ about!

[Swan]

ok... I'm gonna sound like the majority of the people in here for a few.........
WHOA THAT KICKS ARSE!!! I GOTTA DO THAT TO MY 3G!!!! HOW DID YOU DO ALL THAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
ok... I'm off it now...lol.........but seriously, it does look nice...I wouldn't have picked the colors, but its still nice...I do have one question... if I was gonna do tweed floors, would it be easy to clean? if it is, I'm getting the WHOLE interior in white...the only other color is gonna be blue..which will be stuff like around the edges of stuff, and "honda" written across the headrests and on the rear deck....i dunno...that's what I'm thinking at the moment...

[danronian]

Your car looks so nice! I just finished restoring a car after 4 years and I have a great appreciation for a quality job, and from here it looks great. Great job so far.

[ryansaccord]

thanks, if you were to tweed in white the floors, you would never be able to keep it clean if it were a daily driver. I was going to do my floor the red but i didnt want to deal with trying to clean it.