Update: A lil rice for "Rough Life"

[Bones]

I built a cold air intake for my 3g which leads to other things ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/Coldair_01.jpg

After I got it all installed, I realized i'd need to leave off the fog light cover for better air flow to the new filter location in the front bumper.

That got me worried about stuff entering through that wide open hole, so I got some aluminum mesh to keep stuff out of the bumper. After I got the fog light hole covered, I decided to cover the main grill area and relocate the liscense plate for better airflow to the radiator.

Here's the new look ...
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/Ricegrill_01.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/Ricegrill_02.jpg

The day after I got my home-made CAI done I got this one for cheap, so she's gonna get another update soon.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/AEMColdair_01.jpg

Earlier today, I also got a "2nd gen teg" spoiler like the one Ghettogeddy posted yesterday in this thread. http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62478

More updates will be posted soon.

[BITESIZE]

I like how the front bumper looks with the mesh. Nice job!

[mushroom_toy]

Hope that was sarcasm lol.

[BITESIZE]

Hope that was sarcasm lol.

I think it looks good, just get rid of the liscence plate now.

[Civic Accord Honda]

I like how the front bumper looks with the mesh. Nice job!

:werd: also the plate is where i used to have mine so thats cool lol

[Bones]

I wish I could get rid of the plate. Da staties get a bit touchie about those things tho ....

I thought about painting the plastic bars in the stock grill but it still wouldn't have matched the mesh protecting the cold air intake inside the fog light hole. Leaving a gaping hole on the passenger side of the bumper made it look incomplete, and like I mentioned in the first post, I wanted something to protect the cold air intake filter from incoming projectiles too.

I just covered the stock plastic bars with the mesh so it can be put back to stock if I ever decide to remove the mesh and cold air intake. I even still have the original air intake ducting (and OE shocks, OE LX-i wheels, headrests, center console, shift handle, ect) stashed in case I ever wanna go back to stock.

[Civic Accord Honda]

i just took my fog covers off and cut the black plastic bumper grill out

[Bones]

i just took my fog covers off and cut the black plastic bumper grill out

I thought about doing that too, but I decided to leave myself the option to go back to stock just in case.

Some folks may not like the way it looks, but then again my wife doesn't like the tinted windows, H&R springs, and the OEM moon roof shroud. If I aint gonna change the way it looks to suit her tastes, why would I do it for anyone else? Heheh

:cheers: I like it, and I'm proud of it, so I'm showin' it off a little bit. If other folks like it ... GREAT! If they dont like it ... oh well.

[Pico]

Looks good but IMO I would paint the mesh black

[Civic Accord Honda]

I thought about doing that too, but I decided to leave myself the option to go back to stock just in case.

Some folks may not like the way it looks, but then again my wife doesn't like the tinted windows, H&R springs, and the OEM moon roof shroud. If I aint gonna change the way it looks to suit her tastes, why would I do it for anyone else? Heheh

:cheers: I like it, and I'm proud of it, so I'm showin' it off a little bit. If other folks like it ... GREAT! If they dont like it ... oh well.
now thats the way to think!!!!
you sir are FTW :cheers::cheers:

[labeledsk8r]

intake looks good.. dunno if im feeling the mesh, i used to like it but dunno got played out, doesnt look bad though and it does what its ment to do and thats keep airflow up and rocks out


Looks good but IMO I would paint the mesh black

i have allways wonderd how that mesh would look painted black

[BITESIZE]

i have allways wonderd how that mesh would look painted black

Someone photoshop it

[MessyHonda]

yeah it does not look bad at all.

[Cheeseburger]

nice to see another laurel blue accord :D

[Bones]

nice to see another laurel blue accord :D

I just wish we could get touch up paint for this color without having to special order it. :P

[mushroom_toy]

One thing to consider would be putting the mesh in the background of the holes, or in other words behind them, then painting it black, and using a wider gap mesh. Looks 20xs better if youre going this route. Ive actually seen it on some Supras/Evos this way.

[import racer]

I built a cold air intake for my 3g which leads to other things ...

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/Coldair_01.jpg

After I got it all installed, I realized i'd need to leave off the fog light cover for better air flow to the new filter location in the front bumper.

That got me worried about stuff entering through that wide open hole, so I got some aluminum mesh to keep stuff out of the bumper. After I got the fog light hole covered, I decided to cover the main grill area and relocate the liscense plate for better airflow to the radiator.

Here's the new look ...
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/Ricegrill_01.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/Ricegrill_02.jpg

The day after I got my home-made CAI done I got this one for cheap, so she's gonna get another update soon.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/AEMColdair_01.jpg

Earlier today, I also got a "2nd gen teg" spoiler like the one Ghettogeddy posted yesterday in this thread. http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62478

More updates will be posted soon.
i like the mesh how do you have it attached.

[Blk87dx]

^^same?

[Bones]

The small piece of mesh covering the fog light hole is just a flat piece cut to fit tightly into the shape of the foglight hole, and secured by 2 small screws at the bottom. The hole is too cluttered up inside because there is mounting point for the bumper skin just inside the foglight hole, so I had to leave everything outside for that hole. (This is also why the main grill was attached in front of the stock grill as well. So things would have a matching apearance.)

The big piece is folded around the edges to make a flat tray with shallow sides. I then stuffed it into the main grill gap with the shallow edge pieces facing in toward the motor for a clean look, and there are 2 small bolts on each end to secure it into the bumper skin.

From the top edge it looks like this ... |_________________|

From the side edge it looks like this ... \___\ The top edge of the main grill sticks out farther that the bottom due to the shape of the bumper, and is slightly rounded side to side as well.

[Bones]

One thing to consider would be putting the mesh in the background of the holes, or in other words behind them, then painting it black, and using a wider gap mesh. Looks 20xs better if youre going this route. Ive actually seen it on some Supras/Evos this way.

Believe me ... I thought about all of that stuff before doing this.

Wider gap mesh = less projectile protection for the filter.

Black painted mesh = mostly invisible against the dark area behind the mesh = looks like a gaping hole where the fog light cover should be. I did consider getting the blue anodized stuff though.

Mesh mounted INSIDE the fog light hole would have required a mounting method inside the bumper, but ya cant get in there to remove/replace it unless ya remove the bumper first, but ya cant remove the bumper if ya cant get the turn signal out, and that requires getting into the foglight hole.

The bumper skin also has a mounting point at the top inside corner of the fog light hole as well, making it difficult to mount anything inside the fog light hole without looking completely mangled.

Mesh behind the main grill = not matching the mesh at the front of the fog light hole. Mismatched upgrades make me batty! (see below) hehehe

Cars with missing/damaged parts (ie. missing door handles, garbage bag windows, emergency spare tires used for daily driving, bumpers held on with duct tape, etc) just look like @ss to me so I preffer to avoid that look on my own ride. They dont inspect cars here in Ohio so you see some pretty ghetto stuff on the roads around here sometimes. (I saw a 4 door Cutlass the other day with only 3 doors on it! :wtf: )

[Civic Accord Honda]

Cars with missing/damaged parts (ie. missing door handles, garbage bag windows, emergency spare tires used for daily driving, bumpers held on with duct tape, etc) just look like @ss to me so I preffer to avoid that look on my own ride. They dont inspect cars here in Ohio so you see some pretty ghetto stuff on the roads around here sometimes.

DUDE YOU BASICY JUST SAID MY CAR LOOKS LIKE ASS =O o.O

[mushroom_toy]

Something like this painted black behind the accents of the bumper skin would look good. I just think the regular mesh looks like pure rice.
http://www.racemeshgrilles.com/images/RaceMesh%20Jeep%20SRT8%20aa%20crop.jpg

The mesh on ^ looks like rice to me too, but if it was painted black at least it would look 10x better.

[Bones]

DUDE YOU BASICY JUST SAID MY CAR LOOKS LIKE ASS =O o.O

If ya feel like your car fits that description, get to fixin'! Junkyards have cheap cheap parts.

In life stuff happens, like bumper bolts rust and break, and ya gotta fix it temporarily with duct tape, coat hangers, or whatever until ya get a chance to get it fixed properly, but some folks stick it back on with tape and intend to leave it like that. (waayyy too common around here! :P )

Unfortunately, until the bumper gets reattached properly .. the car will look like @ss. :(
It's just my opinion tho', and shouldn't mean j@ck$hit to anyone else unless they wanna share my opinion.

Speakin' of cheap cheap parts ...

I got this Vigor sway bar for my car for just $15

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/Vigor%20Bar/VigorSwayBar.jpg

I got a 2G teg wing for my car for just $20
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/2GTegWing.jpg

I also got a Prelude steering wheel for just a couple bucks as well
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/PreludeWheel.jpg

[mushroom_toy]

You got ripped lol.jk....i only paid $11.32 for my vigor bar. XD

[Bones]

You got ripped lol.jk....i only paid $11.32 for my vigor bar. XD


Doh!!

I just hope I got it from the right year of Vigor. I got this from a 92 4 door and it looks like the same shape / bends and my stock LXi bar. Gonna try to put it on tomorrow along with the 'lude wheel.

[MessyHonda]

sweet find on the parts. the lude wheel is a tricky one...just make sure you have a belt sander. i cut around 1/4th to half and inch from the back and took like 20 mins with a belt sander trying to get it to clear the stock black backing.

virgor bar looks great...i sure hope my 4th gen bar fits with out a prob

[mushroom_toy]

^yeah itll work. Youll prob have to shave down the 3gee bushings and use em with the bar though. And if you use the endlinks, then the bushing will require some coaxing to get them into place. prob. I wrote a diy here: http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?p=813180#post813180

[MessyHonda]

^yeah itll work. Youll prob have to shave down the 3gee bushings and use em with the bar though. And if you use the endlinks, then the bushing will require some coaxing to get them into place. prob. I wrote a diy here: http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?p=813180#post813180





thanks for the help mushroom but i have an aftermarket 4th gen bar. when i was looking at cb7 tuner they also do the vigor rear bar swap...so i just hope mine doesnt hit anything.

[mushroom_toy]

thanks for the help mushroom but i have an aftermarket 4th gen bar. when i was looking at cb7 tuner they also do the vigor rear bar swap...so i just hope mine doesnt hit anything.

I was talking to Bones lol, you just posted faster than I did....so the ^ went to you . XD

[MessyHonda]

I was talking to Bones lol, you just posted faster than I did....so the ^ went to you . XD



lol i guess i am on the high speed.......high speed internet that is...


:cheers:

[mushroom_toy]

I am too.

[Bones]

I'm on a high speed connection too .. I'm just a slow typer and multi-tasking as well :D

I saw your "How to" but didn't understand why you had to use a shaved 3g bushing. Is the bushing and bracket on the Vigor bar too big to mount up in place of the original 3g bushing and bracket on the rear crossmember?

I got the end links (same as the ones you used) and the bushings with the brackets with the Vigor bar.

[Civic Accord Honda]

ooo i love the wing :D

[Bones]

ooo i love the wing :D

I cant wait to put it on myself. I been sportin' this old black aftermarket wing for too long, and it's never looked quite right to me. Too much curve on it so it doesn't really fit the shape of the trunk like the new 2G teg wing does. I been lookin' for anything even remotely resembling a factory 3G wing since I bought the car, and it's taken this long to find one.

I was at the yard lookin' for a decent laurel blue trunk lid to mount the new wing on when I found the Vigor bar and the other stuff. The mounting holes in the trunk lid with the aftermarket wing aint gonna match up with the new wing. Unfortunately, I didn't find a laurel blue lid I wanted.
:violin:

[Bones]

I also found this other stuff at the yard but didn't have a use for any of it.

3G luggage rack
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/3GLuggageRack.jpg

All Wheel Steering Prelude (I snagged da steering wheel outa this monkey)
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/AWSPreludeSide.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/AWSPreludeRearEnd.jpg
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/AWSPreludeEngine.jpg

Hehehe ... I bet them dudes over at Preludepower would love to get their hands on dat Prelude carcass!

[mushroom_toy]

^Yeah I had to used shaved bushings, because the vigor one are too big to fit unless you get the vigor bushing brackets, then you can bolt all of it up. I didnt get the brackets though, and only had the bushings like you and had to shave em down.

[Bones]

^Yeah I had to used shaved bushings, because the vigor one are too big to fit unless you get the vigor bushing brackets, then you can bolt all of it up. I didnt get the brackets though, and only had the bushings like you and had to shave em down.

Just to be clear ... I got the bar, the end links, the rubber bushings and the metal strappy thing that bolts the rubber bushing to the crossmember. Is that metal strappy thing the piece you're talking about when you say "brackets" or do you mean the piece that the metal strappy thing was bolted to on the crossmember?

[Civic Accord Honda]

mmm how much they want for this
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/3GLuggageRack.jpg

[Bones]

mmm how much they want for this
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p248/666Bones666/3GLuggageRack.jpg

Not sure. They charged me $20 for the wing, so they would probably charge a similar amount for this as well. If I had the cash I would got it too just because it's a rare piece that doesn't deserve to go to the crusher.
:violin:

I didn't figure there would be any interest in this thing except as a curiosity piece since it's kinda useless. If ya put anything on it, you woudn't be able to see out the rear window.

[Civic Accord Honda]

i bet that car has the RARE black interior too

[Bones]

i bet that car has the RARE black interior too

I think you'd lose that bet. Black dash and upper door panels, with tan seats and carpet if I remember correctly.

[forrest89sei]

I think you'd lose that bet. Black dash and upper door panels, with tan seats and carpet if I remember correctly.



No Both Red DX Hatches and Coupes had a interior like this:

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7650/1988hondaaccordusdmbrochure8mediumgb8.jpg

[Bones]

I'll check it again when I go back tomorrow.

I WISH I had a 2 door coupe. I woulda had a dark gray SEi interior long ago. Almost every time I find an SEi it's a 2 door with the dark gray interior. The front seats are always shredded though.

[mushroom_toy]

Just to be clear ... I got the bar, the end links, the rubber bushings and the metal strappy thing that bolts the rubber bushing to the crossmember. Is that metal strappy thing the piece you're talking about when you say "brackets" or do you mean the piece that the metal strappy thing was bolted to on the crossmember?


The brackets are the pieces "the metal strappy thing" connected too. The 3gees are smaller, hence I couldnt use the bushings.

[MessyHonda]

i bet that car has the RARE black interior too



yeah if the car is not fuel injected it has the all black interior.

[Bones]

The brackets are the pieces "the metal strappy thing" connected too. The 3gees are smaller, hence I couldnt use the bushings.

I gotta go back today for a Cavalier tail light, so I'll grab those brackets while I'm there. Thanks for the heads up on that. :cheers:

[Bones]

It has a black interior!

All black dashboard (top and bottom), black center console, black e-brake, black seats (ruined unfortunately), black carpet, black seat belts, and black door panels. Headliner and pillar covers were dove gray.

Glass all over the place, torn and worn driver seat, back seat bent outa shape by dorks looking for spare change.

Center console looks just like the one in the pic too. No armrest and no connection to the dashboard.

[M3Galaxie]

How eactly did you mount you license plate Bones?

[LX-incredible]

back seat bent outa shape by dorks looking for spare change. I always wondered why all the seats at the yards were like that. Thought it was idiots looking for fuel pump access.

[Bones]

How eactly did you mount you license plate Bones?

Lo-tek method ... I put 2 holes through the edge of the bumper lip spaced the same as the liscense plate bolt holes, then ran a couple bolts through. I put a couple extra nuts on the bolts to hold the plate away from the surface of the bumper but nothin' fancier than that.


I always wondered why all the seats at the yards were like that. Thought it was idiots looking for fuel pump access.

Nope ... idiots looking for pocket change but too apathetic to take it out the right way. Even the dumbest idiot woulda figured out the fuel pump access aint under there after a few dozen seats got bent up.

[Bones]

I got a new (to my car) laurel blue trunk installed today in preparation for the new wing once it's been sanded and painted. The mounting holes for the old spoiler just dont match up to the new one.

I also picked up the Vigor sway bar brackets but they're gonna need some minor modding before they can be installed.

I'm hoping to get the sway bar installed this weekend and the new wing done by next weekend.

More pics coming soon.