One-off custom 3gee UPDATE pics

[ICEMAN707]

New updated pics March 2nd, 2005: ENJOY!

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[SteveDX89]

Wow! The custom body work is incredible. Mad props. :thumbup: Paint is good too. White is def. the best.

[Elijah]

Nice about time we see some paint on it. Props for all the work it was worth it.

[ICEMAN707]

yeah now i need to work on some custom fiberglass LED taillights and maybe even some projector headlights. but i kinda like the flipups - ever since i put new motors in them. it kinda gives it that exotic feel. i need to tint the glass dark to give it that wraparound window look since i painted the b-pillars black. next up is a new b20a engine. my rebuilt a20a doesn't make as much power as the car looks. after that, i'll work on the custom fiberglassed interior once i buy all the stereo equipment that i want. anyways, anyone know where i can find a JDM b20a 5spd in pretty good condition?

[SQ is the SQUAD]

looks great
but i just hate body kits

[acco-R-d]

its awsome man. it would look sweet if you pot 240 lights in it.

[accordrcr86]

Hey, where do you find more body kits than just the couple that are out, do 90-93 accord body kits fit or anyother kits fit a 3rd gen accord????

[NXRacer]

looks good! that 2 tone really looks good! Get it done and get some better pictures and you could be AOM! :D

[acco-R-d]

with modification yes. though the 4g is very different than the 3g appears 2 be. technically, any bodykit can be put on any car but it depends on the model, amount of time you want to spend, and how much bondo it take to make it fit

[Justin86]

It's about time and looks hot :D

[EricW]

Looks Great :rockon: :cool: , got any larger Pics and one of the back.

[accordrcr86]

I know it would take some work, but would it be fairly easy to put a early 90's accord kit on my 3gee???

[acco-R-d]

i dunno. i havent done it myself. some have said it was easy and some say impossible to do

[blazin3gen]

damn bro! that looks real good that body kit flows damn well together!

[frankie89]

real nice, props for all da work you put into the 3g.

[frankie89]

real nice, props for all da work you put into the 3g. :thumbup:
(my bad i double post sorry!!)

[RobT5580]

Damn, that looks pretty good and is definately original. You should go to Nopi this year i plan on going after saying this for the past 5 years or so.

[ICEMAN707]

Damn, that looks pretty good and is definately original. You should go to Nopi this year i plan on going after saying this for the past 5 years or so.

if there is a Nopi in FL i will attend. still got some work to do to the car till then. how's the progress on your engine? i wish i had your engine. i've always admired your work. know any good b20's laying around?

[Hash_man_Se_i]

Looks awesome... I love the paint scheme, it really looks good, and the body work looks even better now that it has some paint on it... Get some higher quality pics up asap!

[88accordhb]

wowza! love the custom work, looks like a demon from hell.

[RobT5580]

if there is a Nopi in FL i will attend. still got some work to do to the car till then. how's the progress on your engine? i wish i had your engine. i've always admired your work. know any good b20's laying around?

Nopi is up in Georgia so its not real far from you considering i would be coming from CT :) . The engine is coming along im putting the turbo back on this weekend and my tuner will be up the following sunday so you might hear my thoughts soon. Im pumped up about it but after the last tuning session im still worried about issues so i will have to find out the hard way.

As for b20a's to be honest i dont know of any and i want to pick up another complete swap myself. I could make another one with all my parts but my spare tranny has a problem so im a little worried at this point since the turbo wont be gentle on mine and they are hard to come by. I will keep you posted though as im hoping to work something out with a guy i know but not until summer at the earliest.

Nice work though! :thumbup:

[mykwikcoupe]

het rob. im yet to open my tranny but Ive been thinking about taking the gears out and having cnc'd gears put in maybe with a twist to handle more torque. Im sure itll be costly since cnc isnt cheap but it'd lighten the static load and help with revs. Lower torque from start though. Id do it know since the tranny on the ground and still in good enough shape to take parts to compare to. Just a thought.

I figure from there the only issue would be blocker rings and bushings to swap out when thge time comes and if you dont mash gears those last quite a while no matter how much power you make.

Are the gears twisted aready or are they striaght cut?

[ICEMAN707]

remember these design drawings i made months back? do dreams come true or what? hehe.

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[Hash_man_Se_i]

Thats awesome... concept >> reality... must be wicked to see it pan out like that.

[ICEMAN707]

now if only i find that jdm b20a or will someone please make a b-series swap kit for us. my goal is to attend shows and get the attention of big name companies so maybe they'd make some cool aftermarket stuff for 3gees. they're the ones with the money to do all the research and development to make these products. we all know a one man gig is tough and difficult in terms of time, skills, stress, and money.

[dub88acc]

I like the whole two-tone concept. Very creative and original. Oh and if you can't make it to NOPI, I think HIN is in orlando this month. Maybe you should attend there, to get your name out. Tons of sponsors assist that show.

[Neuspeed87lx]

looks awesome man good work .... please leave the flip ups they look good ...i like the wheels you have on there .... but i think black wheels would look sick... nice work

[Not like a rock]

I haven't posted in like 6 months or something, but I can't let this go without saying



damn......

that's hot

[Cheeseburger]

that looks fraking hot man good job

[military mase]

ICEMAN the ride is coming along very good. As far as getting sponsors is so hard. I go to shows all the time the maid thing i need to get is sponsors for engine mods. HIN is coming to Charlotte, NC and i'm so pissed cuz i'm gona miss it BUT i know i'm going to NOPI for sure. Keep up the good work!

[bullard123]

Iceman where have you been bro?? Man your ride turned out real good. Is that hood carbon fiber?? One would look good with that white paint.

[ICEMAN707]

thanks for all the comments buds. i'll post newer & clearer pics soon!

[SQ is the SQUAD]

too bad its not a hatch

[ICEMAN707]

here's some high-res pics from early this morning. rained hard all night. the car is actually in white primer. spent a good amount of time with my spraygun at the paintbooth. i still have to figure out what to do about the rear bumper and LED taillights before the real paint goes on...


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here's how it was last summer. see if you spot the changes i've made:

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[snow_man_20]

wow, your car is hot.

[EricW]

We need to have a florida meet over that way somewhere because i want to see that in person. Are you going to shave the front door handels also or just leave them stock?

[danronian]

Even in primer that car is amazing!

[SteveDX89]

Wow, the high res shots are great. I'm gonna take a stab at the differences.

1. Shaved rear door handles
2. Flared/wide body over rear wheels
3. Flared/wide body over front wheels
4. No little vents in front of front door
5. Rear bumper comes up to right below the taillights
6. Side skirts in front of the front door is different
7. Added to the front bumper where the grill was so it's even with the eyebrows on the headlight covers

About all I can spot now. Car looks hot in either form. Great work.

[NXRacer]

also the kit is molded in the rear

[ICEMAN707]

We need to have a florida meet over that way somewhere because i want to see that in person. Are you going to shave the front door handels also or just leave them stock?

yep im going to shave the front door handles also. that's another minor thing i need to tackle before it's painted. i kept the door handles on there for now cus i'm waiting to get autoloc's shaved door kit but it's like $300 with only 2 solenoids. so i'm waiting to finish/spend other things with my money first before i invest in that cus i don't know if i would trust the ebay knockoffs. i'd rather be safe than sorry. plus the solenoids in the autoloc kit are stronger at 50lbs or 70lbs pulling force. i might go for the 50lbs kit. the 70lbs might be too much.

[ICEMAN707]

would be nice to make this car RWD. the engine i could think of would be the best candidate in terms of power to weight ratio would be rotary engine. maybe off a 3rd gen mazda rx7. it's small and compact enough to fit in the engine bay with room to spare and shouldn't weigh down on the front suspension. it would be alot of work, but man....

[89accord_lxi_coupe]

dude, i wish i had talked to you while i was down there. i would've loved to come by and seen it. will you be going red on the tails and painting the area around them on the back lid the same as the rest of the car? can't wait to see it finished.

[DSMRacing]

That is too sexy! You are one lucky mofo to have this car! What is your Cardomain page? Post more pics, I can't get enough of your Accord!:bow::bow:

[ICEMAN707]

my cardomain is http://www.cardomain.com/id/iceman707

[Ace]

Sweet ride man I love the body kit

[Mattphi]

fuckin gorgeous

[myaccord7]

wow looks great but you need to paint the a pillar and the tops of the doors black also. but besides that, wowowowowwo.

zach

[Magny]

damn dude, u are hella further along than i am, im plannin just about the same thing u got goin on, just different color scheme and a few others here and there. Sweet ride tho, u will definately make AOM tho, just gotta wait it out.

[military mase]

RWD!!!???? I had been thinking the same thing for a while now. Especially for the hatchies on the board cuz they are so close resemblance to the AE86. That would be so exciting to see a 3g drifting.

[ICEMAN707]

RWD!!!???? I had been thinking the same thing for a while now. Especially for the hatchies on the board cuz they are so close resemblance to the AE86. That would be so exciting to see a 3g drifting.

yeah, use a honda CRV rear end. have a long solid mounted driveshaft run down the tunnel under the car with the pivot point near the rear differential. kinda like this \____/ . reroute the exhaust pipe. have a custom mazda/honda hybrid driveshaft made. the rotaries are small, especially the 1st gen rx7's. im sure it can fit under the car without major cutting, maybe some. unlike putting in a small block v8. maybe even the inline 4 from the A86 would fit. i dunno, just a crazy idea i've had.

[Low Tek]

fuckin gorgeous

took the words right outta my mouth!! total mad props

[Hash_man_Se_i]

Screw RWD... make your life a bit easier, and just go 4wd :D.... CR-Vtec engine... with crv trannie, and giver'. I would think it would be a lot easier to mount that in your engine bay then a rotarie.

[ICEMAN707]

Screw RWD... make your life a bit easier, and just go 4wd :D.... CR-Vtec engine... with crv trannie, and giver'. I would think it would be a lot easier to mount that in your engine bay then a rotarie.

i dunno, i think dealing with just one big driveshaft would be less of a headache than dealing with 2 cv axles. that's the hard thing about FWD. but i agree with you, if i had the chance i would go CRVtec w/ FWD first then tackle the 4WD later.

[88accordhb]

RWD!!!???? I had been thinking the same thing for a while now. Especially for the hatchies on the board cuz they are so close resemblance to the AE86. That would be so exciting to see a 3g drifting.
if i had a quarter for everytime i heard that, i would have like............3 or 4 dollars now.


at the meet the other day, i heard some kids say "let's go check out that sick corolla". then they went to my car and was like wtf. :Owned2:

[jigga225]

say man, your car is tight man... I dunno if I would black the windows or not... on second thought, yeah black em out. but..

but i agree with you, if i had the chance i would go CRVtec w/ FWD first then tackle the 4WD later.
now LOOK man i said the car was tight but damn yall goin over the edge

[SteveDX89]

i dunno, i think dealing with just one big driveshaft would be less of a headache than dealing with 2 cv axles. that's the hard thing about FWD. but i agree with you, if i had the chance i would go CRVtec w/ FWD first then tackle the 4WD later.

If you use a CRV rear differential for rear or 4 wheel drive, there are 2 axles in the back too. The CRV has independent rear suspension, therefore 2 axles. So if you do RWD, you have 2 axles to deal with anyway. If you do 4WD, you have 4. I dunno how time you've spent under your car but unless you use a fuel cell in the trunk, you aren't fitting a rear differential in there.

[ICEMAN707]

the rear axles aren't a problem because there's no engine there. the front has the engine so you might have to hack the axles or figure out other honda axles that would fit the 3gee hub lengthwise. and yes, it's obvious you can't just bolt on a CRV differential back there, it's a totally different car. you have to take out the gas tank use a fuel cell like you said and hack up the flooring in the back and reweld a housing for the whole CRV rear axle assembly. i was thinking of this toyota paseo i saw that got converted to RWD with a toyota mini truck engine and rear axle assembly.

BTW, anyone ever tried this out? http://unorthodoxracing.com/cgi-bin/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=URI&Product_Code=060610800

Also, will anyone living in or near the Phoenix, Arizona area please call Hasport to make a swap kit for 3geez? Tell them we would do a group buy. I bet there's alot of members in here that would be interested.


HASport Performance
2849 South 44th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85040

602.470.0065
602.470.0516 FAX

[ICEMAN707]

...will anyone living in or near the Phoenix, Arizona area please call Hasport to make a swap kit for 3geez? Tell them we would do a group buy. I bet there's alot of members in here that would be interested.


HASport Performance
2849 South 44th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85040

602.470.0065
602.470.0516 FAX

come on, anyone??

[unc25]

Doesnt someone make a b series swap for the accord....? Did they stop making it? I havent been on in a while so I might have missed it.

steve has the B16 motor as well as several other guys floating around.

[sporkHSP]

that shit is awesome... im almost scared (but really excited) to start a project like that now. You have an estimate as to money and man hours that have gone into that so far?

[ICEMAN707]

Doesnt someone make a b series swap for the accord....? Did they stop making it? I havent been on in a while so I might have missed it.

steve has the B16 motor as well as several other guys floating around.

Yeah Placeracing used to make them and now they went bankrupt. IMO they were way too overpriced. Just cus they were the only ones that made them for the 3gee. I'd rather have Hasport billet aluminum mounts anyways. All it takes is for someone in Phoenix AZ to make it to their shop and have them fabricate a prototype on their car. From there, Hasport can make production copies. But they need a car first and a B engine. I'm sure Hasport will make the mounts free for the person who lets them use their car as a guinea pig.


that shit is awesome... im almost scared (but really excited) to start a project like that now. You have an estimate as to money and man hours that have gone into that so far?

LOL I have no idea. I just work on the car as days go by. But I'm sure a shop would charge around $5000 for a job like this. It's better to work on it yourself. Do it little by little. You won't notice how much you really spent on it. It just takes lots of patience and imagination.

[SteveDX89]

Yeah Placeracing used to make them and now they went bankrupt. IMO they were way too overpriced. Just cus they were the only ones that made them for the 3gee. I'd rather have Hasport billet aluminum mounts anyways. All it takes is for someone in Phoenix AZ to make it to their shop and have them fabricate a prototype on their car. From there, Hasport can make production copies. But they need a car first and a B engine. I'm sure Hasport will make the mounts free for the person who lets them use their car as a guinea pig.


No, they won't. Another member already contacted them about this. They told him there is not a big enough market for the mounts. Face it, you will need custom mounts.

[ICEMAN707]

No, they won't. Another member already contacted them about this. They told him there is not a big enough market for the mounts. Face it, you will need custom mounts.

well, it doesn't have to be for production, just for a group buy. i mean we got thousands of members on here that would definitely be interested. and since you'd be going to a machine shop to have mounts custom made anyways, why not by them? since that's what they do best. anyways, i guess we can just pray ray fong comes through with his custom mounts. steve, did you by any chance take out your motor yet like you said you would? if so, would you mind taking measurements and make schematics of those PR mounts?

[SteveDX89]

well, it doesn't have to be for production, just for a group buy. i mean we got thousands of members on here that would definitely be interested. and since you'd be going to a machine shop to have mounts custom made anyways, why not by them? since that's what they do best. anyways, i guess we can just pray ray fong comes through with his custom mounts. steve, did you by any chance take out your motor yet like you said you would? if so, would you mind taking measurements and make schematics of those PR mounts?

There are not thousands of members that would be interested. PRI mounts were available for 3-5 years and they probably sold 15 kits.

I didn't pull my motor. There wasn't enough interest in the mounts for me to do all that.

[geesnow]

Man, its SWEET! VERY custom. Good work!

[ICEMAN707]

just adding a top view:

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[carotman]

I like how the bumper acts as a gront hood grille.

[Forgar_88]

Sweet kit man! thats one of the few that I think flows well with the lines of the car. Most of the kits you see on the more angled cars are those black widow/ rounded swooping ones. I like the sharp angled kits better and wanna eventually get one on mine :rockon: