Here She Is!

[Hans]

Here's my accord. I got the paint job about a year ago.:birthday:

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/?action=view&current=P5090375S.jpg

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/?action=view&current=P5090380S.jpg

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/?action=view&current=P5090379S.jpg

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/?action=view&current=P5090377S.jpg

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/?action=view&current=P5090376.jpg

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/?action=view&current=P5090378S.jpg

[Chef Boyardee]

That cars begging to be modded further.

[88Accord-DX]

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Nice hatch.

[IMG]http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090375S.jpg

[Pico]

That cars begging to be modded further.
Yup She's screaming to be lowered
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090378S.jpg

[Chef Boyardee]

Yup She's screaming to be lowered


Don't forget rims. I'm going to venture a guess and say the engines stock?

[Civic Accord Honda]

Here's my accord. I got the paint job about a year ago.:birthday:
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090376.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090378S.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090377S.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090379S.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090380S.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090382.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090383.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090375S.jpg

[Civic Accord Honda]

and BTW it is very sexy

[frantik]

pico beat me to it :D

:thumbup:

[Hans]

I have a short list of mods that I want to get in the near future. I know ebay sucks.

Air Intake:
BOMZ $20.00
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/SR_BL9093Accord.jpg

Short Throw Shifter:
Pacesetter $75.39 $18.00 shipping
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/LPacestrShifter.jpg
High Flow Cat:
Speedneedz $8.95 $20.00 shipping
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/HCHA90.jpg

[Chef Boyardee]

I have a short list of mods that I want to get in the near future. I know ebay sucks.
Air Intake:
BOMZ $20.00
http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/?action=view&current=SR_BL9093Accord.jpg[ /img]
Short Throw Shifter:
Pacesetter $75.39 $18.00 shipping
[IMG]http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/?action=view&current=LPacestrShifter.jpg
High Flow Cat:
Speedneedz $8.95 $20.00 shipping
http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/?action=view&current=HCHA90.jpg
I hope these pics show up.

Bunch of red x's.

[Hans]

For some resaon I insert the pic, but it won't show up. Yeah the engine is stock, but I want to get some mods going soon.

[Chef Boyardee]

For some resaon I insert the pic, but it won't show up. Yeah the engine is stock, but I want to get some mods going soon.

What have you got in mind?

[Hans]

Well I'd like to get the intake, shifter, and cat that I mentioned above, but right now I just have a muffler and I want to upgrade the rest of the exhaust system.

[86AccordLxi]

That looks like a test pipe, not a high flow cat. The price suggests that it is a test pipe, as well.

Alex

[Hans]

That looks like a test pipe, not a high flow cat. The price suggests that it is a test pipe, as well.

Alex

I figured that's what it really was. We have emmsions and I actually just renewed my tags today. I was thinking that I get the pipe and whenever I get my emissions checked I just put the cat back on.

[86AccordLxi]

Meh, not worth it. Plus, no point to pollute that much more.

Alex

[Chef Boyardee]

Meh, not worth it. Plus, no point to pollute that much more.

Alex

The gains probably aren't enough to really merit not running a cat anyway.

[Hans]

How much hp might a full manifold and back system get?

[Chef Boyardee]

How much hp might a full manifold and back system get?

Nothing crazy. All by itself maybe like, 5-10 horsepower if you're lucky. With head work, a cam, intake, and all that jazz most 4 cylinders will realistically make more, depending on the aggressiveness of the other modifications to go along with it.

[MessyHonda]

How much hp might a full manifold and back system get?


i have a full new exhuast with a new 2.25 inch magnaflow cat. i felt that the engine likes to breath after 5000 RPM.....it also sounds nice....a bit rice for me but after the cat is nice and warm it quiets down.

[Chef Boyardee]

i have a full new exhuast with a new 2.25 inch magnaflow cat. i felt that the engine likes to breath after 5000 RPM.....it also sounds nice....a bit rice for me but after the cat is nice and warm it quiets down.

Yeah you'll notice a bit up high, and the sound of a good exhaust doesn't hurt either.

[Hans]

The exhaust will come in time when I get money. The near future holds def the intake and the shifter. My brother's '07 lancer has the shortest shifter that I have ever personally driven with; it was crazy!

[Chef Boyardee]

Is it one of the base front wheel drive Lancers?

[Hans]

I don't know what trim level it is, but when he got it had the tuner tail lights nice wheels, short shifter. MIVEC helps a lot!!

[Chef Boyardee]

Single overhead cam 16 valve? 2.0?

[Hans]

DOHC 16 valve and either 2.0 or 2.2 I can't remember. It's faster than hell! And I was told that it has the same gear box as an evo.

[MessyHonda]

lol....15 sec car is not that fast any more....

[Chef Boyardee]

lol....15 sec car is not that fast any more....

Hahaha, couldn't agree more. But 152 horsepower in the Lancer is still > than the 3gee

[Hans]

I guess compared to our cars it's damn quick. If the A20A3 had 3 valve timing stages (not to mention 16 valves) it'd be a lot faster.

[Chef Boyardee]

I guess compared to our cars it's damn quick. If the A20A3 had 3 valve timing stages (not to mention 16 valves) it'd be a lot faster.

Having aftermarket support wouldn't hurt either.

[2ndGenGuy]

Man that black looks slick. Was that a factory option on the hatches? I don't recall seeing them that color. Good work getting it looking tight. That will be the biggest head-turner on an older car.

[Cheeseburger]

looking good!

[Hans]

Man that black looks slick. Was that a factory option on the hatches? I don't recall seeing them that color. Good work getting it looking tight. That will be the biggest head-turner on an older car.

I don't think black was a factory option. I originally had the grey crappy paint job, but then I went to Macco and dropped $1500. Thanks for all the feedback guys:)

My car domain has my old paint job on page 3.

[speedpenguin]

That is one clean hatch!

[MessyHonda]

i think that honda did come out with a black 89 lx-i hatch but thoes are rare since it was the last year for an accord hatch

[87lxiaccord]

lol I remember talking to you on car domain like a year ago. Welcome to the site man. oh yeah my account is ridehondas if you don't remember

[Estimated Prophet]

Great looking hatch! Makes me want to paint mine black. Also if you do any heavy modding I recommend at least some H rated tires. You'll be squealing those S's like crazy.

[jschatte]

haha maybe for starts you should put the tires on the right way

looks really good though, and it looks like you got some good plans for it

[Legend_master]

Nice, Nice, Nice looking hatch. Just get a better looking muffler and no white walled tires. Also :werd: to the car begging to be lowered.

[LX-incredible]

Nice and clean hatch.:thumbup: Not a fan of the neon.:rice: Though it wouldn't be as bad if you put it under the dash and hardwired it in.

[Hans]

lol I remember talking to you on car domain like a year ago. Welcome to the site man. oh yeah my account is ridehondas if you don't remember
Oh yeah now I remember, thanks.


Great looking hatch! Makes me want to paint mine black. Also if you do any heavy modding I recommend at least some H rated tires. You'll be squealing those S's like crazy.
Yeah the tires sqeal like a stuck pig. When I get farther into modding I'll upgrade the tires and probably the wheels.


haha maybe for starts you should put the tires on the right way
looks really good though, and it looks like you got some good plans for it
Haha yeah I know what you mean. I got those tires a year ago and had them put the white walls out cause thats the way that the tires were facing when I got the car from my grandmother. At least it draws a little attention away from the fact that they are 13'' rims. lol

[oldschool3g]

wow nice looking black hatch...looks alot how mine use to look...mine still has the original black factory paint...but not as shinny as yours:)

[Reptile]

Where did you find that wonder car and how much did you pay for it!

[Hans]

Where did you find that wonder car and how much did you pay for it!

I inherited it from my grandmother when I was about 14. When I first saw it I was like wtf, but since then I have come to love it. It sat for a couple of years and was driven every now and then, but when I got my liscense I started driving it all the time.

[coope]

feeling the paint i wish my paint was like that but hate the muffuler its a nice car tho

[Hans]

feeling the paint i wish my paint was like that but hate the muffuler its a nice car tho
Thanks. It's hit and miss with the muffler.:)

[Catalyst]

Man I love black hatches. Your car is beautiful! I'm not so sure about the neons and the muffler though. But overall your car is really clean!

[Hans]

Man I love black hatches. Your car is beautiful! I'm not so sure about the neons and the muffler though. But overall your car is really clean!
Thank you. If someone ever dents my car they will pay with either blood, credit, or cash! Sorry it happened to you. Here are some old interior pics. I don't like the way I did the speakers that much anymore, but it was the best way that I could think of to do them at the time (3yrs ago.)
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/828323_36_full.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/828323_37_full.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/828323_49_full.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/828323_50_full.jpg

[MessyHonda]

nice interior. im not diging the speaker holes....but the gray is one fine color.

[Hans]

nice interior. im not diging the speaker holes....but the gray is one fine color.
Yeah I don't like the holes either. I'm planning on getting new speakers and some j/y speaker covers to give it a clean look with good sound. I just don't really like the cloth on the covers. The cloth will be coming off of the new covers.

[MessyHonda]

Yeah I don't like the holes either. I'm planning on getting new speakers and some j/y speaker covers to give it a clean look with good sound. I just don't really like the cloth on the covers. The cloth will be coming off of the new covers.


yeah i like the way pico did his by taking off the cloth.

[Civic Accord Honda]

yeah i like the way pico did his by taking off the cloth.
thats what i did ;)

[AccordB20A]

i like leaving the speakers stock aye. wish my car didnt have shit over its interior.. i might clean all the rubbish out of my car to get it to look clean like that one^^^^

[Hans]

i like leaving the speakers stock aye. wish my car didnt have shit over its interior.. i might clean all the rubbish out of my car to get it to look clean like that one^^^^
The stock look will be in the works shortly. It can def be hard to keep clean sometimes when you don't have time. I want some polk db650's :)

[A20A1]

Well I'd like to get the intake, shifter, and cat that I mentioned above, but right now I just have a muffler and I want to upgrade the rest of the exhaust system.

Sounds good.
http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=352

I Like the black paint.

[Hans]

A20A1
Thanks that helped me sort a few things out.

What I gather from reading the exhaust articles is that I don't want the piping to be too small nor too large and that the high flow cat is a great improvement over stock, but just a little more restrictive than a test pipe.
When I eventually get a full exhaust system done I'll go with 2.25'' piping (I'm planning on making over 160hp in the years to come so this is planning ahead) and getting a Magnaflow cat for $56. I'm assuming that this cat will allow me to pass emissions right?
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/mpe-94105_w.jpg
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=MPE%2D94105CA&N=700+400636+314779+4294891681+4294788248+115&autoview=sku

[MessyHonda]

yup that is the cat i used.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v650/Messybone/LX-i/DSCF2727Medium.jpg

sounds ok... a bit loud but at least i know it flows right

[Hans]

Okay thanks. Hopefully it won't take long to get the exhaust but realistically it could take a long while. I can also re-use my current muffler cause it's got a 2.25" inlet which will save me money. :)
Stacks in my pockets FTW! lol

[speedpenguin]

I remember a mention of a dyno test that found a 1HP gain in favor of a cat. It was on a WRX. A high-flow cat is really only going to be a negligible difference either way.

[Estimated Prophet]

I remember a mention of a dyno test that found a 1HP gain in favor of a cat. It was on a WRX. A high-flow cat is really only going to be a negligible difference either way.

Bear in mind the stock WRX cat is going to be designed to have high flow from the factory. This isn't at all uncommon on performance cars. We're replacing cats from late 80s economy cars.

[speedpenguin]

I'm talking about the difference in running one and not running one, not the difference between an old unit and a hagh-flow unit.

[Hans]

Well I have emissions here so I have to run a cat. :)

[BITESIZE]

Those hubcaps are fugly. Beautiful car!!

[Catalyst]

Those hubcaps are fugly. Beautiful car!!
I agree with Bitesize on the fact that the honda hubcaps, are not very attractive. If you are on a budget, and looking for a better-looking cheap alternative, if you like the look you can just remove the hubcaps, and give the stock wheels a nice coat of black paint. All you have to do is clean up your wheels real good, get about 2 cans of duplicolor black paint, take your wheels off, and paint them. It will also give you an excuse to rotate your tires while your at it. :) Here is what the black steelies painted looks like, I used to run my car that way.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/Supra1evan/my%20car/000_0802-2SMALL.jpg

[Estimated Prophet]

I agree with Bitesize on the fact that the honda hubcaps, are not very attractive. If you are on a budget, and looking for a better-looking cheap alternative, if you like the look you can just remove the hubcaps, and give the stock wheels a nice coat of black paint. All you have to do is clean up your wheels real good, get about 2 cans of duplicolor black paint, take your wheels off, and paint them. It will also give you an excuse to rotate your tires while your at it. :) Here is what the black steelies painted looks like, I used to run my car that way.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/Supra1evan/my%20car/000_0802-2SMALL.jpg

Got that picture in color? I like the idea and I've thought about it but it's hard to contrast the black wheels with all the other black in the picture.

[Hans]

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/Hans_1988/P5090380Swheels3S.jpg
I have actually tried running without the hub caps before, but I wasn't really satisfied with it and I got a lot of negative feed back. I did a quick photoshop of your wheels on my car. I'm still not really thinkin that's what I want to do right now.

[Catalyst]

Here are a few more pics in color.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/Supra1evan/my%20car/000_0802.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/Supra1evan/my%20car/honda22.jpg

[Hans]

I'll consider it some more. It looks really different on your car than it does on mine. The last time that I had the caps off I wasn't able to get a lot of rust off of the wheels so I think that killed the look. It might try gloss black paint sometime in a couple of weeks. What did you use to clean the wheels? I tried brake cleaner, but there was still quite a bit left on there.

[russiankid]

I'll consider it some more. It looks really different on your car than it does on mine. The last time that I had the caps off I wasn't able to get a lot of rust off of the wheels so I think that killed the look. It might try gloss black paint sometime in a couple of weeks. What did you use to clean the wheels? I tried brake cleaner, but there was still quite a bit left on there.
Paint them satin black. That is what my brother painted mine, when the car was his of course.

[speedpenguin]

Shit, I just run the steelies. Of course, I don't have rust on my wheels.

[Hans]

I used the wrong choice of words. I don't think that it's rust, it's just stuck on brake dust.

[Catalyst]

I used the wrong choice of words. I don't think that it's rust, it's just stuck on brake dust.

Thats ok. Mine still had some junk on them I couldn't get off, but I wasn't planning on keeping those wheels on for more than a year. If you plan to switch wheels in the future, it doesn't really matter that these turn out perfect. Just paint over the stuff you can't get off. If you can't get it off yourself, it probably wont just fall off and cause chips in the paint. If its stuck on, its stuck on, so if you only plan on using the wheels for a year or so, go for it. :) They don't have to be perfect, they are steelies.