Sunday @ picopop's house.

[Pico]

Frantik, Stock89LXi, 89StockLXi & 84Accord came by today and hung out here at my place so we could do some work on Frantik's Accord. Installed his DC Header, Rear Vigor Sway Bar and Front ST Sway Bar
Stock89LXi and Frantik's legs under the car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1565.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1566.jpg
89StockLXi and Mrs. Picopop
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1567.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1568.jpg
Header Done
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1569.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1570.jpg
84Accord, Stock89LXi and Frantik
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1575.jpg

[Pico]

84Accord
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1571.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1574.jpg
89StockLXi and Stock89LXi
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1572.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1582.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1577.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1576.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1584.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1581.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1583.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/picopop/100_1579.jpg

[knarg]

looks like fun guys, wish i could have come by and helped out

hey 84accord, what type of seats did you install? and your paint looks great by the way.

oh and roger i dig your computer set-up out in the garage, that's great!

[2ndGenGuy]

Dude yeah the paint on your hatch looks killer. I really like that color combination.

2geez are invading. Next time I'm in the Bay Area, we gotta get the 2geez together.

Looks like a fun time! Always fun at Pico's house. 3geez Central.

[Pico]

looks like fun guys, wish i could have come by and helped out

hey 84accord, what type of seats did you install? and your paint looks great by the way.

oh and roger i dig your computer set-up out in the garage, that's great!

Thanks Jon, We were wondering if you we're gonna make it over.
I built the computer in the garage to use when I need to look things up when I'm working on the car, But my wife took it over and uses 95% of the time, she doesnt even touch her laptop anymore


Dude yeah the paint on your hatch looks killer. I really like that color combination.

2geez are invading. Next time I'm in the Bay Area, we gotta get the 2geez together.

Looks like a fun time! Always fun at Pico's house. 3geez Central.
Yeah Jon you need to come down again before the end of summer so we can have one big BBQ and photo shoot

[84Accord]

looks like fun guys, wish i could have come by and helped out

hey 84accord, what type of seats did you install? and your paint looks great by the way.

oh and roger i dig your computer set-up out in the garage, that's great!

thanks knarg
i actually just picked up the car from paint on saturday haha
i have these seats installed
http://www.racinglab.com/sparco-seat-steel.html
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d197/moneyg2007/accord%20carpet%20and%20stereo/IMG_3428.jpg

[Civic Accord Honda]

damn 84 that paint looks sick man!
and stock89lxi/89stocklxi your car looks like it just rolled off the factory floor!
and frantik congrats on getting the header in!

[russiankid]

I wish I could meet up with members and work on cars. Looks like fun.

Hey Pico did you get that jack at Harbor Freight by any chance? If so, how does it hold up?

[ghettogeddy]

man i wish i could have made it out my self lol would have loved to get my headers installed lol
but i havent even had a chance to go get my bolt off my spare tranny

[Pico]

frantik took more pics, gotta wait for him to post his pictures

[Pico]

I wish I could meet up with members and work on cars. Looks like fun.

Hey Pico did you get that jack at Harbor Freight by any chance? If so, how does it hold up?
I did and I've had it now for almost 7years, it's starting to develop a leak and the jack sinks every now and then, but after having it this long I'd say it has done it's job perfectly

man i wish i could have made it out my self lol would have loved to get my headers installed lol
but i havent even had a chance to go get my bolt off my spare tranny

Yup your next but if you had came we wouldnt of got the other stuff on frantiks ride done

[codyJDM]

Looks like fun, I wish I wasn't the only crazy guy with the old Accord in my area haha :)

[Civic Accord Honda]

hmm how much are thoughs jacks? mine is a crappy 20$ walmart one and now has a bad leak and wont even hold the car up long enough for me to put a jackstand under it :lol:

[Pico]

hmm how much are thoughs jacks? mine is a crappy 20$ walmart one and now has a bad leak and wont even hold the car up long enough for me to put a jackstand under it :lol:

I think I paid 60.00 for it back than the prices today at Harbor Freight are still about the same
This is the same one http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=34271

[2ndGenGuy]

I have that same Harbor Freight jack. Had it for 3 or 4 years now. The only problem with mine is that when you go to let the car down, you can't let it down easy. It just pretty much drops all at once...

[Civic Accord Honda]

I think I paid 60.00 for it back than the prices today at Harbor Freight are still about the same
This is the same one http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=34271
sweet i think there's a harbor freights in bakers next time im out there ill have to get it! sick of using a scissor jack haha

[2drSE-i]

Looking awesome guys. 84....my god thats a pretty 2g!

Pico, it is my dream to have a computer in my garage lmao. that way i dont hav eto run inside when i gotta look something up on 3geez :-)

my jack was 20 bucks from pep boys 2 years ago, holding up fine. BARELY gets under the car though lmao

[frantik]

w00t good to get out and put some car parts on :D thanks a lot for all your help guys :rockon: here's some pics i took. the light wasn't so good for the group pics but whatever :)

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2226/p1010041lu3.jpg

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4922/p1010040sk8.jpg

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8827/p1010032fd4.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/3346/p1010034pl8.jpg

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/739/p1010035ua5.jpg

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8906/p1010047er2.jpg

[84Accord]

i really like that last pic.

and thank you 2drSE-i :D

[frantik]

and some more pics of installation and whatnot

my car is flying

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1438/p1010031iv4.jpg

pico, 84accord and stock89 helping with my rear vigor sway bar
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2918/p1010023ab0.jpg

front st sway bar & downpipe
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/645/p1010027te5.jpg

header, new wire clips and new valve cover ground wire
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5262/p1010020tt1.jpg

stock vs dc downpipe. the stock header & downpipe weigh a freaking TON too btw

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/9749/p1010014gd0.jpg

[Civic Accord Honda]

sweet!
now u need a cat back a better looking muffler

[frantik]

now i need $$$ first

[knarg]

Thanks Jon, We were wondering if you we're gonna make it over.
I built the computer in the garage to use when I need to look things up when I'm working on the car, But my wife took it over and uses 95% of the time, she doesnt even touch her laptop anymore


Yeah Jon you need to come down again before the end of summer so we can have one big BBQ and photo shoot

yeah i was really hoping on coming down, but i'm tight on cash since i'm moving into a new apartment at university and also flying to washington in a few weeks, hopefully.

i'm hoping we can all get together again before summer is over for me in late august.

[knarg]

thanks knarg
i actually just picked up the car from paint on saturday haha
i have these seats installed
http://www.racinglab.com/sparco-seat-steel.html
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d197/moneyg2007/accord%20carpet%20and%20stereo/IMG_3428.jpg

neat, i'm going with the sparco fixed back sprint-5 seats in my car. i suspected those were sparcos. looks good.

[knarg]

I have that same Harbor Freight jack. Had it for 3 or 4 years now. The only problem with mine is that when you go to let the car down, you can't let it down easy. It just pretty much drops all at once...

i also have that jack and it's been fine.

i can let the car down slowly if i very slowly twist the handle, never had a problem with it dropping

[AccordB20A]

cool stuff guys.

[A18A]

kewl

[ghettogeddy]

ya as ssona s that stimulus check shows im gona reg the hatch and have it smogged again
then we can do the fun stuff lol

[carotman]

Nice meet!

I can't remember when was the last time I had a meeting like this.

I really got to do something!

[87roach]

Awesome meet guys, thats great you guys got together. Nice up on the mods there frantik, everyones cars are looking tight! 84 new paint is hot, once you get that thing dropped it will be soooo wicked.

[micky]

que buenas pics
great guys
i like the headers

[Cheeseburger]

looking good guys!

[86ccord]

looks good guys! keep it up!

[2ndGenGuy]

i also have that jack and it's been fine.

i can let the car down slowly if i very slowly twist the handle, never had a problem with it dropping

Yeah it's not that it literally drops, it just comes down really fast. You can get it to come down slowly, but you have to twist is oh-so-carefully, it kinda gets sticky. My Mac jack I have now (have them both now) has the one pump to load which rocks, but also it's not as sensitive or sticky when you're letting the car down.

[Toneloc5145]

Nice, looks like a good meet. You guys got farther than me with the header. I could not, for the life of me, get the damn cat bolts to budge, and this is after using PB blaster, WD 40, vice grips, a breaker bar, running the car and then repeating the process. I'm gonna have to take it in and get it done by a shop.

That is one beautiful 2g if i must say. Also, its unbelievable how clean that stock 89 lxi is. Hope you enjoy your new mods Frantik.

[frantik]

to get the cat bolts we used pb blaster then 84 accord put his foot against the downpipe and I pushed the ratchet with my foot while doing a pushup underneath the car lol

i'm enjoying the sway bars but i think the sensors are switched on the header cause it's kinda funky as described in this thread: http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38375&highlight=header+3500.. above 3500rpm the header pwns but below 3500 it bogs like a mofo

the sway bars are tight though now the freeway is like a playground i never have to slow down for turns lol

[Toneloc5145]

to get the cat bolts we used pb blaster then 84 accord put his foot against the downpipe and I pushed the ratchet with my foot while doing a pushup underneath the car lol

i'm enjoying the sway bars but i think the sensors are switched on the header cause it's kinda funky as described in this thread: http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38375&highlight=header+3500.. above 3500rpm the header pwns but below 3500 it bogs like a mofo

the sway bars are tight though now the freeway is like a playground i never have to slow down for turns lol

See that's some good teamwork right there lol. I tried kicking it myself, and it seems like I need somebody to hold the pipe like you had, since my flex pipe allows so much movement.

My dad wants nothing to do with the header since he thinks I'm going to strip a bolt, etc. He's thinking back to the old times when he put headers on his old mustangs and capri's.

[ghettogeddy]

Nice, looks like a good meet. You guys got farther than me with the header. I could not, for the life of me, get the damn cat bolts to budge, and this is after using PB blaster, WD 40, vice grips, a breaker bar, running the car and then repeating the process. I'm gonna have to take it in and get it done by a shop.

That is one beautiful 2g if i must say. Also, its unbelievable how clean that stock 89 lxi is. Hope you enjoy your new mods Frantik.

http://www.kanolabs.com/google/


thats the stuff i use and ive never had it not work lol

[frantik]

it seems like I need somebody to hold the pipe like you had, since my flex pipe allows so much movement.

yeah the flex pipe and the fact the cat back is on hangers :D u definitely need someone else to hold it in place

[Stock89LXi]

my car is flying



LOL You shoulda seen his big grin whipping around the corners!
And he's getting more hp and better mpg I'll bet (well, maybe after his enthusiasm with this new stuff settles down a bit...).

And everyone else's pics are way better than mine, but I thought I'd post 'em anyway.
84accord -- his paint job is to die for!! And nice front nicely matching emblem, too!
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk230/Stock89LXi/a005.jpg
Picopop 84accord Stock89LXi/89StockLXi Frantik
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk230/Stock89LXi/a006.jpg
Same 4, diff view
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk230/Stock89LXi/a008.jpg
Stock89LXi/89StockLXi Frantik
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk230/Stock89LXi/a010.jpg
84accord Stock89LXi/89StockLXi
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk230/Stock89LXi/a011.jpg
Picopop 84accord
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk230/Stock89LXi/a012.jpg
A fun time was had by all.

[Bones]

Looks like a fun meet! Makes me wish I lived on the west coast.

All 4 of them rides are way nice!

[Toneloc5145]

http://www.kanolabs.com/google/


thats the stuff i use and ive never had it not work lol

Thanks man. I'm going to give that a try before I spend more money than i have too. I was debating just buying a new cat and cutting that bolt off, since I know I can get the bolts off the other side.

$180 was the quote I got from two different exhaust shops. And that not including the extra labor if a bolt snaps or something.

[Pico]

Thanks man. I'm going to give that a try before I spend more money than i have too. I was debating just buying a new cat and cutting that bolt off, since I know I can get the bolts off the other side.

$180 was the quote I got from two different exhaust shops. And that not including the extra labor if a bolt snaps or something.

if you get a new cat dont forget to get bolts, since the aftermaket one I've seen dont have the bolts welded to them like the OEM one

[Civic Accord Honda]

this is how i got my cat off
unhooked all hangers
unbolted down pipe from mani
pulled the whole exhuast out from under the car
had my step dad stand on the pip and i used a breaker bar and stood on the breaker bar and it worked great

on my old exhuast system that was really badly rusted i just sawed all the bolts off

[forrest89sei]

Nice :D

[frantik]

And everyone else's pics are way better than mine, but I thought I'd post 'em anyway.

i like this one.. it just needed some color correction :) i color correct most of mine unless under direct sunlight

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7266/untitled1hg8.jpg

some other pics i took
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/3690/p1010046qo5.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/8980/p1010045xv1.jpg

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1331/p1010042cy2.jpg

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8868/p1010043ng6.jpg

[Lil Mike]

danm that 2gee is hawt. everything looks good. i really like the color on the valve cover.

[84Accord]

to get the cat bolts we used pb blaster then 84 accord put his foot against the downpipe and I pushed the ratchet with my foot while doing a pushup underneath the car lol

i'm enjoying the sway bars but i think the sensors are switched on the header cause it's kinda funky as described in this thread: http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38375&highlight=header+3500.. above 3500rpm the header pwns but below 3500 it bogs like a mofo

the sway bars are tight though now the freeway is like a playground i never have to slow down for turns lol

i just saw this reply. but the header sensors are color coded. green to green and white to white. so they are plugged in correctly (or so i think so)

[frantik]

well the engine light comes on after 10-20 minutes of driving and throws the ECU code 01 which is main O2 sensor. I unplugged the sensor and the car seems to run fine now so hopefully i just need to replace it cause pico said it could be running rich without the sensor

i was thinking maybe the sensors were screwed into the wrong places but i think replacing the sensor should be done first. are the two sensors identical? they have different numbers on the plugs so i would guess not but can they be plugged into the opposite plugs instead of unscrewing them? I was going to try and swap them but the engine was too hot and i burned myself too many times trying to get the green one to want to keep trying lol. luckily it seems totally fine without the white one connected

[forrest89sei]

well the engine light comes on after 10-20 minutes of driving and throws the ECU code 01 which is main O2 sensor. I unplugged the sensor and the car seems to run fine now so hopefully i just need to replace it cause pico said it could be running rich without the sensor

i was thinking maybe the sensors were screwed into the wrong places but i think replacing the sensor should be done first. are the two sensors identical? they have different numbers on the plugs so i would guess not but can they be plugged into the opposite plugs instead of unscrewing them? I was going to try and swap them but the engine was too hot and i burned myself too many times trying to get the green one to want to keep trying lol. luckily it seems totally fine without the white one connected

The Sensors them self's are the same, the plugs are different so you can't mix them up

[ghettogeddy]

ya for my 87 only having 1 o2 lol

[guaynabo89]

Nice pictures.

Its good to see people getting together for meets.

[Civic Accord Honda]

well the engine light comes on after 10-20 minutes of driving and throws the ECU code 01 which is main O2 sensor. I unplugged the sensor and the car seems to run fine now so hopefully i just need to replace it cause pico said it could be running rich without the sensor

i was thinking maybe the sensors were screwed into the wrong places but i think replacing the sensor should be done first. are the two sensors identical? they have different numbers on the plugs so i would guess not but can they be plugged into the opposite plugs instead of unscrewing them? I was going to try and swap them but the engine was too hot and i burned myself too many times trying to get the green one to want to keep trying lol. luckily it seems totally fine without the white one connected
i got bousch premium 02 sensors from autozone was like $50 for both
and yes running without them is bad it makes your exhuast look like this
X_X
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff103/Dark_Accord/1988-Honda-Accord-LX-i/resurrected/catback/exhust-window-mera-grandmas004.jpg

[frantik]

we just used the sensors which came with the header.. i still have my old header so i can use the sensors off of it which were working

and yeah i dont plan on running without the sensors for long only until i can go back to picos and fix it

[mushroom_toy]

damn man maybe i should have bought that header :)

[frantik]

nooooo u shouldn't have :D lol

without the messed up sensor the car is tight my friends are even more scared to ride with me :kekeke:

[frantik]

oh man im gonna get in trouble with my new mods lol i was jammin on the freeway and look down and im doing 110 :omg: the car likes to go at least 90 in 5th lol.. need to put on the cam gear and move the torque down a bit so i can cruise at lower speeds and still have power in 5th.

it was good that we upgraded the suspension at the same time cause they really compliment each other.. i can go faster and the car handles better at higher speeds so i can appreciate them both.

sway bars are great too they really kill a lot of the harsh ride i used to get and make the car handle so much better. when i change lanes quickly the car just moves over without dipping even the slightest. i was keeping up with a mercedes sports car last night it was tight

[2ndGenGuy]

yeah i was really hoping on coming down, but i'm tight on cash since i'm moving into a new apartment at university and also flying to washington in a few weeks, hopefully.

i'm hoping we can all get together again before summer is over for me in late august.

You flying up here? Where abouts in Washington? I'm sure you'll be busy while you're up here, but if you're in the Seattle area if you're bored, feel free to give me a call.

[knarg]

You flying up here? Where abouts in Washington? I'm sure you'll be busy while you're up here, but if you're in the Seattle area if you're bored, feel free to give me a call.

yeah i was actually going to shoot you an email about it soon, but i'm still not sure exactly when i'm coming, but it will be around the 14th, through to the 19th or so. i'll be staying near UW in Seattle. i figured that you may be too far away to meet with over in Olympia, but we can figure something out if you want to drive out to the city (of course i'll have no car x_x)

[MessyHonda]

too bad i missed it