Hondamonster build thread

[Hondamonster]

Ok, so I bought my '89 lx sedan off nskforlife a couple years ago just cause he's a buddy of mine and needed to get rid of the car. tranny died on him and he didn't have time or space to fix, too many cars, needed cash, yadda yadda... offered it to me for a couple hundred bucks so i picked it up and tossed in a pullapart tranny. i planned to just sell it but it turned out to be a great car, so i decided to keep it for a daily driver since my prelude likes to break down once in a while.

*** side note, I'm a long-time member of preludepower and currently own a 90 prelude si, (august '08 potm!!) so if interested in that check it out here- http://www.preludepower.com/forums/showthread.php?t=273831 ***

anyway, so i drove the accord everywhere. here's a few random pics i took of it, in chronological order.
just after getting it running-
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/lude193-1.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/3gee-1.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0516081914-1.jpg
then threw on my crx si wheels just for giggles
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0702081434-1.jpg
then, uh... canoe trip. lol
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0703081707-1.jpg
then suspension and brakes
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0624091532.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0708091656.jpg
new stance! :]
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0624091636.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0703091457a.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0703091457.jpg

[Hondamonster]

got the interior almost perfect on it just cause they're so common in the junk yard that i could always find parts for it. did the normal maintenance stuff... brakes, timing belt, etc. just an all around great reliable car. then a couple months ago i decided to throw on the drop springs mitch gave me with the car. lowered it a couple inches, no alignment, a little camber, bald tires (wich got worse with the camber/alignment issue) and a rainy day... and i slid into a ditch with a wicked embankment and kinda rolled it up on its side.
more pics-
here's the corner
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801090901-1.jpg
and the ditch on the other side
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801090902a-1.jpg
which resulted in the following-
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801090925-1.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801090919b-1.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801090919a-1.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801090918a-1.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801090918-1.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801090946-1.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801091008a-1.jpg

[Hondamonster]

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801091006-1.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801091039-1.jpg

basically shoved the rad support up into the motor and pinched the radiator and stuff. just basic bent up nonsense. so my girlfriend's dad (who drug me out of the ditch in the first place) helped me with the one thing i can't fix... frame damage. using, of course, his frame damage fixing machine...
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0808091601-1.jpg
which got it somewhat straight
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0808091610-1.jpg

then i spent a couple hours re-aligning the hood, headlights, bumper, bumper support, and fenders. no pics of that yet... and punched out the quarter panel
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801091107-1.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0801091107a-1.jpg

at this point i was just gonna sell it, but i've had a change of heart and mind. i'll be selling the prelude and i'm keeping this till the wheels fall off. and in the meantime, i'm gonna patch it up and give it a little flavor while i drive it this winter. so look for updates as i finish stuff! i love ideas and criticism, and with my plan for the car, i'm expecting a few haters. but its cool. i don't really care, i'm just going to do what i like and rock it out. stay posted!

[A18A]

lol i had a digger help me straighten out my one too :)

[ghettogeddy]

paint the trim satin black and the grill and eyelids to match some tint and aether a set of rims or some chrome trim rings and your set lol

[Hondamonster]

lol i had a digger help me straighten out my one too :)
haha its pretty effective! and i love your car

paint the trim satin black and the grill and eyelids to match some tint and aether a set of rims or some chrome trim rings and your set lol
wayyy ahead of ya ;) you'll see whats in store. and the windows are already tinted

[Hondamonster]

got all my supplies together. might get to work on it tomorrow or tuesday. i'll have pics up soon.

[Pico]

good job on straightening out the front end, cant wait to see whats up next

[Dr_Snooz]

LOL! I love the frame fix! Major bummer about the wreck though.

[Hondamonster]

yeah wrecking it really made me sad. at first i was just like "well at least it wasn't my prelude..." but then it sunk in that i had just messed up my one reliable car. and it's such a good little car that has never really gave me any problems... but i'll get it back up and at em!


forewarning-
it will indefinitely look really crazy. i mean really. crazy. but i've got a vision and i'm just gonna go with it.

[b20a86lude]

im sorry man im a big fan of u on pp.com . im sorry u havn prob with ur lude
but when i saw u use the digger as body puller that is straight ass ghettto .
to the point i cnt stop laughing. but very creative. . . not disrespectin u at all but that shit is hilarious:eek:

[Hondamonster]

im sorry man im a big fan of u on pp.com . im sorry u havn prob with ur lude
but when i saw u use the digger as body puller that is straight ass ghettto .
to the point i cnt stop laughing. but very creative. . . not disrespectin u at all but that shit is hilarious:eek:

haha yeah i know but it beats the heck out of a tow truck dragging me out so insurance could total and crush it...

been getting work done!
here's what i had completed after the wreck as far as straightening the front body panels out. pretty close to straight
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091344.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091344a.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091344b.jpg
got the rear quarter a little straighter with a dolly. just gonna be lazy and bondo that up. and the bumper can stay like it is. doesn't really bother me too much. it will probably just add to the theme i'm gonna go with anyways
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091347.jpg
here's a bay shot. i pride myself in keeping it pretty clean, and the a/c and p/s have been deleted, as they didn't function anyway and were just dead weight and parasitic drag.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091349.jpg

[Hondamonster]

thanks to my recent frame modifications, the factory radiator fans didn't quite clear anymore and i had to leave them out when i put in the new (old) radiator. just a good excuse to pull them and throw in a slim fan! adds to the tucked effect i'm going for.
just wired it to push and put it where the condenser used to be
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091515.jpg
now the bay is even roomier
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091515a.jpg
then here you can kinda see where i painted over the places where the bucket scratched up the metal while bending it back. there was a little surface rust forming so i just sealed it up
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091536.jpg

[Hondamonster]

now on to the body work! i find that old school hondas always look better emblemless, so started on fixing that up
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091649.jpg
i decided this looked like a smurf or something. totally picture worthy
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091709.jpg
glassed up the front holes. i've found that fiberglass is much better than bondo for filling holes. and i don't have a welder so that's not really an option for me either.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091742.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091743.jpg
a little primer to protect it overnight
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091832.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0914091832a.jpg

[Hondamonster]

did a little glazing after sanding down the fiberglass to get it all good and smooth
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0915091227.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0915091241.jpg
then primed again and sprayed an enamel to seal up the primer. (its rainy in tennessee right now. moisture is bad for bodywork)
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0915091429.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0915091429a.jpg
then here's a little preview of my wheel choice... i wasn't gonna post it but they came out great and i'm excited so f it.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0915091319.jpg
bmw e30 wheels. 14 inch +35 offset and i have some 185/75r14's to go on them. super tall tire. should fill the fenders nicely, and i'm gonna drop the car a bit more. these things have plenty of fender room and suspension travel.

[Hondamonster]

final result on the wheels :)
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0918091451.jpg
there's a few raindrops on it cause i took it out of the garage to get a pic in full lighting.

[MessyHonda]

white rims would look nice on a tan car

[Hondamonster]

thats what i'm hoping, but its not exactly going to be all tan...

[Hondamonster]

ok finally got some time to work on it a little more. it has been under a tree for the last few weeks cause i just haven't had time to fool with it at all. got a little dirty with all that rain we've had...
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0929091411.jpg

anyway that quarter i squished needed some attention, and i'm not about to go cut parts off a car in the junkyard, so time for a redneck body solution.... that's right, folks, its BONDO time!!! haha.
did a little wire wheelin
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0929091433.jpg
and bondo
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0929091512.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0929091530.jpg
and then i'm not sure if there's an official name for this, but i doodle all over the low spots and creases so i know where to add and stuff. works for me.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0930091658.jpg
more to come soon.

[Hondamonster]

here's another update. finished the 1/4 panel. yay glazing putty
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1001091148.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1001091307.jpg
and the new color isssss........





































satin olive drab army green
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1002091453.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1002091536.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1002091639.jpg
i'm thinking i'll keep it two tone for now. bumpers and everything below the moldings will stay champagneish and everything above will be flat green. here's a shot with a wheel propped up against it.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1002091457.jpg
i'm diggin it. more painting as time allows. and i should have the tires mounted on those wheels soon too. i'm really happy with how the shave came out. can't see the holes at all. the 1/4 panel isn't perfect at all but thats cause when i punched it back out from inside the trunk i went too far in a couple spots and it wouldn't push back in without caving the whole deal in again. so there were high spots to work around.. oh well

[gp02a0083]

the high spots from punching the panel out could have been dealt with a smaller ball pin hammer to lower the high spots. Good job marking out the panel for the low spots , helps a lot for novice/ beginner body work and also taking the tail lights out. you still have the option of fixing the 1/4 further, take flat black spray paint and spray the area for a guide coat and use a flat board sander/planer sander, the 3 geez's are easy b/c they lack many complex curves and have many straight lines, just remember to get the body line thats 1/2 way up the panel, best way to do that is to take tape and make a line down the door to the 1/4 and use that as a guide.

keep up the good work

[Hondamonster]

yeah i could have done better but i mean its not gonna be perfect again. i just decided to be lazy about it. its staying basically how it is. i'm not even replacing the bumpers at this point. i mean the imperfections in the quarter are not really noticable with the satin paint anyway, and i'm happy with the results especially considering that i only spent maybe an hour and a half total on it. and i do appreciate your thoughts on it. i see you're the resident body guy, so i'll take "keep up the good work" as a big compliment! :D hopefully it will quit raining sometime between now and thrusday so i can finish the paint.

[nskforlife]

lol glad to see you're doing good things with it man. i finally got time to check the thread out! Give me a ring sometime and we'll hang out. and for all those who are staying tuned to see this car's progress, itos gonna Be CraAaAZzZzY!~

[Hondamonster]

lol glad to see you're doing good things with it man. i finally got time to check the thread out! Give me a ring sometime and we'll hang out. and for all those who are staying tuned to see this car's progress, itos gonna Be CraAaAZzZzY!~

^^^ previous owner and one of my best friends. he's the one that gave me the sweet deal on the car in the first place. and yeah, it might be a little crazy. nothing too big though. and not crazy performance, just crazy lookin

[w261w261]

Wow. Good recovery from the shunt. Would probably have been easier to have tires with tread on them though.

[Rendon LX-i]

VERY nice work...loving the whole concept bro...great taste

[AccordB20A]

those crash damage pics remind me of my accident cept mine was way worce .

http://imagehost.wohdog.sytes.net/Honda-Accord-Photos/Woops/13.JPG

glad to see you fixed it up tho looking good!

[Hondamonster]

Wow. Good recovery from the shunt. Would probably have been easier to have tires with tread on them though.
haha yes indeed, but at least now i feel free to do whatever i want to the car. before, i was keeping it all factory looking because i was going to sell it.

VERY nice work...loving the whole concept bro...great taste
thanks man! i love your car too

those crash damage pics remind me of my accident cept mine was way worce .

http://imagehost.wohdog.sytes.net/Honda-Accord-Photos/Woops/13.JPG

glad to see you fixed it up tho looking good!
ouch... at least you made it out ok

but yeah the damage and points of impact look really similar on those

[Hondamonster]

MOAR PIKZ!!!
did the roof, hood, and headlight covers today. more tomorrow if i can dodge the rain
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1005091600.jpg
and my personal favorite touch thus far, robot-tank.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1005091729.jpg
its on the hood up by the windshield, driver's side.

[Rendon LX-i]

haha sweet

[Hondamonster]

oh and the roof came out even. it was drying in that pic... probably gonna get my tires mounted tomorrow.

[gp02a0083]

looks like megatron's head on a tank lol

[gp02a0083]

i see you're the resident body guy

i kinda gave myself that title, but i think i can back that up a little bit finally got my ASE certification sheet in the mail today :deal:

[Hondamonster]

haha congrats! i'll be the resident 3geez spraypaint man lol

got some more work done today before it started raining AGAIN. anyway, here goes

been doing it in sections just because i never have enough time to devote to the thing to get it all done. but i'm kinda liking the two-tone at the moment. driver's side doors and fender aren't done yet.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1006091256.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1006091321.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1006091324.jpg

more tomorrow?!

[86ccord]

nice work..that stencil art is cool shit! cant wait to see your new wheels and tires!

BUT! i beg to differ.. im the best 3geez resident painter.. fo sho! :D :D :D

[Hondamonster]

can i has resident 3geez rattle can guy?

[Nafs Asdf]

I think that title belongs to CAH...

[86ccord]

can i has resident 3geez rattle can guy?

oh i used a real paint booth, and paint guns..LOL

[Joay]

I think that title belongs to CAH...
YA RLY he'll love this... Normally I'm against Rat Stylz type stuff on cars that are actually kinda old but you're pulling it off pretty well. :thumbup:

[86ccord]

YA RLY he'll love this... Normally I'm against Rat Stylz type stuff on cars that are actually kinda old but you're pulling it off pretty well. :thumbup:

yup.. cah would def. love this paint job.. but im actually diggin the paint scheme..

[2ndGenGuy]

I hate to admit it, but I kinda like that color combination. Would still look better if it wasn't flat though. ;)

[Hondamonster]

yes! mild popularity!! i can't wait to get my tires mounted on the bottlecaps and fix my stance so that it sits proper. going to the tail of the dragon in the prelude on the 18th so i better finish the accord... cause i'll probably end up breaking the prelude and needing a car.

[Hondamonster]

well i got the tires mounted up! and finished the paint for the upper half of the car. gone through 4 cans so far. a couple spots need touch up and blending and i'm not gonna do the two tone on it. so i figure two more cans should wrap it up. maybe 3... anyways, here's a few randoms of my two happy hondas. the prelude was getting a tire rotation and some fresh mobil 1 before a road trip and running the tail of the dragon this coming weekend. gotta be in good shape! i'm selling it after i get back so i thought i'd snap a couple as a rememberance of the two together
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1011091616.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1011091616a.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1011091616b.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1011091617.jpg
finished driver's side
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1012091701.jpg
rolled the fenders. e30 wheels are like a +25 or +30 offset and i have baloons on them so considering that i'm gonna get it MOAR LOWER i had to roll the fenders.
bat
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1012091619.jpg
before
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1012091638.jpg
after
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1012091655.jpg
came out rather smooth considering my method... and now the tires won't rub when i slam it.
couple more..
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1010091552.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1010091434.jpg
more to come!

[Rendon LX-i]

you should put the wheels that are on the lude on the 3geez. i think it would look sex

[Hondamonster]

i would but they just go too well with the lude. adds value to it. and i'm not too sure about the green/gold on the accord. i have another wheel idea already anyways :)

[AccordEpicenter]

are you just gonna flat black the entire car or? anyway, looks like its coming along

[Hondamonster]

it's not black, its olive drab green. and yeah!

[Lil Mike]

bro that looks SICK i love it, cant wait to see it dumped

[Hondamonster]

thankya thankya

[Lil Mike]

i dont know everytime i look at it it keeps growing on me i just love it love it love it! really nice body work on the rear quarter.

[Civic Accord Honda]

that looks sick man very nice work1!!! and yeah im the resident spray painter... i rattle canned my 3gee so many times and different colors and schemes ive lost count :lol: :lol: (and back then they would flame people for spray paint!! :( )

[Hondamonster]

i dont know everytime i look at it it keeps growing on me i just love it love it love it! really nice body work on the rear quarter.
i appreciate it! and it's only gonna get better :)

that looks sick man very nice work1!!! and yeah im the resident spray painter... i rattle canned my 3gee so many times and different colors and schemes ive lost count :lol: :lol: (and back then they would flame people for spray paint!! :( )

cool cool. shoulda known coming to a new forum i couldn't just swipe a resident title lol. seems like a cool community on here though. small enough to where everybody knows everybody else.

[parkersnine]

dude, sweet hondas. I like the ragged look and the tank is a sweet touch. i think the bmw wheels look pretty cool and i was wondering what exactly you had to do to get them to fit. what are "baloons"?


"e30 wheels are like a +25 or +30 offset and i have baloons"-hondamonster

[dacantu]

dude, sweet hondas. I like the ragged look and the tank is a sweet touch. i think the bmw wheels look pretty cool and i was wondering what exactly you had to do to get them to fit. what are "baloons"?


"e30 wheels are like a +25 or +30 offset and i have baloons"-hondamonster


I think he means his wheels are really big in other words they're balloons.

[Hondamonster]

haha. my tires have a very tall aspect ratio = baloons. kinda like saying low pro tires are rubber bands, big sidewalls look like baloons. and thanks. as far as getting the wheels to fit, nothing had to be done. they're 4x100. but given my big tires and low stance, i rolled my rear fenders. actually got to drive the car around today and the fronts rub under cornering (i.e. body roll) so i'm gonna have to lose the inner fenders and roll the mounting points for them in the front fenders too, cause i'm going at least another inch down ;)

[bigluelok]

hondamonster i knew i saw your username on pp. and then i saw your avatar and knew it was you man i love your lude. the 3geez is nice too.

[Hondamonster]

yeah i remember your screen name too. mostly cause i could never figure out how to say it and mentally just started calling it "big blue oak." don't ask why.

[gp02a0083]

nice work..that stencil art is cool shit! cant wait to see your new wheels and tires!

BUT! i beg to differ.. im the best 3geez resident painter.. fo sho! :D :D :D

we shall see about the best resident painter ;) wait for updates next spring/summer


anyway , good work hondamonster breaking out the Louisville for the fender rolling, cheap, effective, and better than renting one of the rollers that potentially will mess the 1/4 up. ive been wondering myself of any bmw wheells would fit with a lower offset

[Hondamonster]

yeah all the old 325i's have 4x100 so the bbs wheels they had optionally should fit too. i still have the accord and everyting but the paint still isn't finished. been driving it every day. my prelude is for sale so i'm waiting to get it out of my driveway before i start spending any more money and working on something else

[gp02a0083]

driving a car while doing alot of bodywork and prep for paint is a real PITA, did it with my olds , worst thing ever to wet sand a big car like that in the winter. least we have smaller cars compared to that.

[Hondamonster]

true. but combined with the lower temps, its raining every day here in tn. that and between lab formals and papers and exams for school and working the rest of my time at autozone all while trying to juggle around family and a girlfriend, its tough to find the time. the prelude's for sale so maybe some funding soon.

[Hondamonster]

here's me. and my panda.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1107091649.jpg

painted the lower halves of the passenger side doors lol. ran out of daylight (daylight savings time ftl.) maybe doing the rest tomorrow if i can dodge the hurricane coming up from the gulf. and if the weather stays good, i'm slamming it tomorrow. driving the lude for a few days to tie this car up. i need a rear bumper too... and at pullapart they sit the cars on these stands made of wheels and of course the sit them on the rear bumpers of the cars, bending them beyond usable condition. gay.

[dacantu]

You actually have a panda bear lol too funny! probably gets chicks though haha. On a side note, what ethnicity are you Hondamonster? in your pic you look latin american

[Civic Accord Honda]

Panda ftw <3

[Hondamonster]

You actually have a panda bear lol too funny! probably gets chicks though haha. On a side note, what ethnicity are you Hondamonster? in your pic you look latin american
bahaha. nah i've got a chick. she actually gave me the panda. his name is optimus prime... i have an awesome woman!

and nah i'm just white. maybe a little dark white, but i'm white. my great grandfather on my mom's side was lebanese, but thats about as mixed as my blood gets in any one direction as far as i know.

Panda ftw <3
yessir! i'd let him drive more often, but being chinese, i kinda prefer not to. he isn't the best behind the wheel.

well anyways, got some more work done.

lower half of doors done
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1110091423a.jpg
faded trim ftl
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1110091453.jpg
so i decided to freshen that up too
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1110091423.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1110091450.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1110091453a.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1110091553.jpg

and my new thing... only the most baller type of guys go for white lettering
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1110091323.jpg

haha. i love this car. more to come as i find time! i just need a rear bumper to finish the paint.

[Hondamonster]

getting a bent rim replaced by a buddy who works at a shop. just had to buy and paint another wheel, which was kinda gay. but i'm getting the new one mounted and getting the rotations on all the tires corrected. stupid "tire man" hole-in-the-wall-redneck shop put a couple on backwards. deep treads on one side instead of one axle. next up is the stance... gotta buy a cut-off wheel...

[Hazwan]

I'm liking the color :thumbup:

[Hondamonster]

thank you sir! i just wish i could find a freakin bumper already! this gold beat up one is driving me crazy every time i look at it haha

[Hondamonster]

pinch fork mod done! liking the resources on this site haha
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1116091604.jpg
it was too dark to take pics after, but looks to be about 3/4 of an inch lower now. that, and its on a combo of bimmer wheels and a couple different kinds of steelies right now so i'm not sure about how much it actually changed. tomorrow i'm gonna finish everything up suspension wise then i'll schedule an alignment.
while checking my clearances, i decided to snap this pic...
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1116091528.jpg
unfortunately this is with the wheel actually sitting completely against the fender well. can't quite dump it on these wheels and tires. i was kinda leary about cutting springs up to get it lower anyway. oh wells.

[dacantu]

What does this pinchfork mod do? And all you did to lower the car was cut the springs? Looks like a nice drop, all you need now is some low pro tires to go on those wheels

[Rendon LX-i]

Btw im not a mod bro LOL. but ill get someone to take care of you.....your work looking great. Keep it up bro

[Hondamonster]

What does this pinchfork mod do? And all you did to lower the car was cut the springs? Looks like a nice drop, all you need now is some low pro tires to go on those wheels
no no it has lowering springs, i was just going to trim a coil or so out of the top of them to get it a little lower, but with as much as these tires rub due to their size, amplified by the lower than stock offset of the wheels, i can't really dump it without shaving tire over every minor bump. just leaving them how they are. the pinch fork thing gets the front to drop a bit more without cutting any springs and it allows you to retain shock travel so you don't bottom the shocks out internally when you hit a big bump.

Btw im not a mod bro LOL. but ill get someone to take care of you.....your work looking great. Keep it up bro
ah dang. well you should be. but yeah if you could tell whoever... just seems like i'm not getting much attention in here i guess... but maybe i'm just spoiled over at pp.com haha. i've got 30 something pages of people jabbering in my thread over there lol

[dacantu]

no no it has lowering springs, i was just going to trim a coil or so out of the top of them to get it a little lower, but with as much as these tires rub due to their size, amplified by the lower than stock offset of the wheels, i can't really dump it without shaving tire over every minor bump. just leaving them how they are. the pinch fork thing gets the front to drop a bit more without cutting any springs and it allows you to retain shock travel so you don't bottom the shocks out internally when you hit a big bump.

hmmm that pinch fork mod seems interesting... I might have to do this. i'll look it up in the suspension section. if i cant seem to find it i'll let you know so you can point me in the right direction.

Great progress with the car though im really enjoying the color and cant wait to see what you do performance-wise. keep up the good work man!

[Civic Accord Honda]

Damn that looks fresh bro! slammed ftw!

[Hondamonster]

wish i could go that low, but the tires are too big

[Hondamonster]

nelson and beyonce spending some quality time together. this pic is rare cause that's my parent's driveway and neither car is taken apart at the time of the pic lol
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1124091513.jpg
and nelson alone in his normal spot
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1125091616.jpg

[Nafs Asdf]

Can't say I enjoy the color too much, but other than that it's looking real clean. :)

And mods do have a label under their user name...

[Hondamonster]

i've seen nothing anywhere taht says mod. at least not on any of the users that post often. name one and i'll just pm them

[Nafs Asdf]

i've seen nothing anywhere taht says mod. at least not on any of the users that post often. name one and i'll just pm them

Found a mod for you from earlier in this thread :D

Post #41 (http://www.3geez.com/forum/showpost.php?p=979079&postcount=41)

[Hondamonster]

reading is fundamental. i fail. but thanks :)

[dacantu]

hondamonster how do you like the pinchfork mod? do you feel a difference in ride? and could you by chance post a link to the thread? i tried looking for it a while back in the suspension section and in the search bar and found nada. thanks hondamonster.

btw your cars look great when theyre all pieced together :D

[Civic Accord Honda]

hondamonster how do you like the pinchfork mod? do you feel a difference in ride? and could you by chance post a link to the thread? i tried looking for it a while back in the suspension section and in the search bar and found nada. thanks hondamonster.

btw your cars look great when theyre all pieced together :D

It should be in the DIY / HOW TO section :wave:

[Hondamonster]

http://3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24453&highlight=pinch+fork+mod

there ya go

[Mellexx]

I'm jealous of your sexy lude :) and the accords really clean man :D

[charliekuney]

I jizzed in my pants:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0703091457.jpg

And then I vomited all over myself:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1002091453.jpg

Reason for the color choice?

[Mellexx]

I jizzed in my pants:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0703091457.jpg

And then I vomited all over myself:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1002091453.jpg

Reason for the color choice?

Agreed on that, I personally thought It looked better before :( but at least he didn't pointlessly spray it

[charliekuney]

True that. I think the only reason I don't like the new color is because it was originally Misty Beige/Seattle Silver, my favorite color for these cars.

[Mellexx]

Indeed, I was thinking about looking for mine in that color.

[Hazwan]

Indeed, I was thinking about looking for mine in that color.

Yes please do! And yeah those are one of my favorite color for 3g too (y)

[charliekuney]

Also look into Tuscany Taupe; it's pretty luxurious. It was available on the Legend, too.

[Hondamonster]

i sprayed it because...

1. i wrecked it, and i just wanted it mostly straight. it wasn't like i was just going to fix/prep/paint one quarter panel with new paint and leave everything else... which leads to...

2. can't afford a full paint job

3. too lazy to actually do a good job prepping the whole car. flat paint hides everything.

4. it cost me $250 bucks. i mean come on. any paint job would have cost me more. probably even if i did it myself.

5. i like standing out.




and it isn't done. but barf if you wish... pretty sure i already said i didn't care about other's opinions. just doing my thing with it and it will at the very least attract attention :)

[A18A]

really liking the wheels (Y)

[Hondamonster]

and unfortunately, i think i'll be selling them soon. the tires are too big and the offset is too high to really do what i want with the car. and i can't rightly say i'd ship to new zealand when i paid 40 bucks for the wheels haha. thank you though!

[charliekuney]

I don't consider it barf-colored; I knew it was some color in the scheme of camouflage.

[86kordsnatch]

how about new brunswick lol

[Hondamonster]

i didn't say you called it barf colored. you said "i vomited all over myself" = barf.

[dacantu]

I think it looks hawt! Even when it was all two-toned. Thats too bad about your wheels hopefully you find a buyer. Do you have any idea about which wheels youll go with?

[charliekuney]

Yeah, I definitely read your post too fast. :) I read it as "call it barf if you wish".

[Mellexx]

5. i like standing out.


I'm all about standing out :D It really doesn't look bad at all, I also liked the original color. But hey I understand that you couldn't afford a full paint job, I know it's going to take me a while to eventually change my paint.

[Hondamonster]

i mean i could have been like about 95% of the people out there and realized that the new radiator after the wreck was worth more than the whole car and just sold it to a junk yard, but i really love this thing so i didn't. i'm doing different stuff with it, but that doesn't mean i don't care about the car. i'm just having fun and expressing myself.


on a related note, i got a bunch of goodies at pullapart today ;)

and dacantu, yeah i know something at least temporary i'll be doing but i'll just do my normal 'not tell anybody what it is and just f'n do it and post up pics when done' type thing

[Mellexx]

i mean i could have been like about 95% of the people out there and realized that the new radiator after the wreck was worth more than the whole car and just sold it to a junk yard, but i really love this thing so i didn't. i'm doing different stuff with it, but that doesn't mean i don't care about the car. i'm just having fun and expressing myself.


on a related note, i got a bunch of goodies at pullapart today ;)

I like the sound of those goodies :D

[Hazwan]

I like the sound of those goodies :D

X2 and PICS!

[SZfiftyfour]

I think it looks awesome, but what happened to the robot tank? I was diggin it. Your next wheels going to be white as well? It looks damn good with the body color IMO.

[dacantu]

yes please show us the goodies from pull n save. We would like to see whats in store.

and yeah i cant wait to see your wheel choice you seem to have some good taste so i expect big things here

[Hondamonster]

I like the sound of those goodies :D
oh they're quite cool in my opinion :D

X2 and PICS!
soon brougham, soon

I think it looks awesome, but what happened to the robot tank? I was diggin it. Your next wheels going to be white as well? It looks damn good with the body color IMO.
robot tank is still there, you just can't see it at those angles.

yes please show us the goodies from pull n save. We would like to see whats in store.

and yeah i cant wait to see your wheel choice you seem to have some good taste so i expect big things here
i'll put up pics when everything's installed, but beware, these are not run-of-the-mill type things. they're kinda wild and like the rest of everything i do, different.

i'm glad this thread is in the pics section haha. nobody was checking it in the general section. replies give me motivation!

[dacantu]

Lol im the same way replies give me motiation too. So go commet my thread hondamonster. Lol. (just a little update on the lx-i)

[Hondamonster]

welllll it will be a bit before i can finish these projects up so i'm just gonna spoil the anticipation and and throw up some teasers.

bear in mind nothing is mounted, just mocked up.

2g lude trunk cargo rack
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1203091138.jpg

lip o' doom
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1203091136.jpg

love/hate feedback welcome! but everything will look better when permanently installed. and for the lip, i use 'permanently' as a loose term. it will inevitably rip off.

[Hondamonster]

installed the lip. its there till it ripps off, and i think its pretty sweet. just really really low...
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1204091414.jpg
and one on level ground and not my ghetto rock parking spot
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/1204091453.jpg
its about 2 inches off the ground :)

[dacantu]

i see youve given in to temptation annd cant wait to show off tthe new parts.

but man your car is always getting some new crazy addition to it! lol I think the lip is pretty cool but your right it probably will rip off sooner or later. I would clean it up nicely with some all purpose cleaner or something then take a industrial heat gun (blow-drier) to it to get all the "oxidation" off. plastic gets old man but with heat you can make it look like new. and after all that you should paint it black to match your door panel moldings.

ive gotta say not a fan of the trunk rack though hondamonster.

the car itself looks great. what is the redsticker on the fender?

[Pico]

I'm loving the way your car is turning out.
Keep up the great work

[Pico]

I forgot to ask you on what type of primer did you use on the car. I'm really starting to think that I may do the same to my 88.

[Hondamonster]

i see youve given in to temptation annd cant wait to show off tthe new parts.

but man your car is always getting some new crazy addition to it! lol I think the lip is pretty cool but your right it probably will rip off sooner or later. I would clean it up nicely with some all purpose cleaner or something then take a industrial heat gun (blow-drier) to it to get all the "oxidation" off. plastic gets old man but with heat you can make it look like new. and after all that you should paint it black to match your door panel moldings.

ive gotta say not a fan of the trunk rack though hondamonster.

the car itself looks great. what is the redsticker on the fender?
thanks for the input. the lip is actually just really dirty. didn't even clean it up from the j/y so its got a bunch of crud on it. i thought about painting it, but it will just get all messed up. this thing bottoms out pretty often so even a good paint job will get scratched, chipped, and peel off from how much it flexes. i think i'll just leave it. i'll change it out sometime anyway. once i find a lip that isn't gonna drag on everything, i'll make it look nice like the moldings. the red sticker is a cherry bomb. new exhaust coming sooooonnnn.... ;)

I'm loving the way your car is turning out.
Keep up the great work
thanks! i love both of yours

I forgot to ask you on what type of primer did you use on the car. I'm really starting to think that I may do the same to my 88.
noooooooooo don't mess up that pretty paint! but its rustoleum camo paint, not exactly primer, though i think i could use it as a primer if i decide to paint it at some point, but for now its staying like it is

[LewZur]

I think the 2g lude rack is sick on there cant wait to see it mounted for real :cheers:

[Hondamonster]

I think the 2g lude rack is sick on there cant wait to see it mounted for real :cheers:

thank ya, thank ya!

picked up a nasty big bolt in one of my tires mounted on the bottlecaps, so i might have to loose these wheels sooner than i hoped :(

[dacantu]

picked up a nasty big bolt in one of my tires mounted on the bottlecaps, so i might have to loose these wheels sooner than i hoped :(

damn that sucks man! the white wheels looked way to nice on the car.

and are you doing a full exhaust?

[Mellexx]

picked up a nasty big bolt in one of my tires mounted on the bottlecaps, so i might have to loose these wheels sooner than i hoped :(

Ouch, that sucks big time man :(

[Hondamonster]

damn that sucks man! the white wheels looked way to nice on the car.

and are you doing a full exhaust?
thanks, and no not a full exhaust, just a muffler. quiet but kinda nice sounding. thought about side piping it haha. i'm thinking a full exhaust would be totally pointless. not enough of a power gain to shake a stick at, and all it does is make the car sound annoying. been through all that with the prelude already. stock exhaust ftw.

Ouch, that sucks big time man :(
i know! had one of my steelies on it just for temporary and its raining like crazy here. the 15'' steelie is actually smaller in overall diameter than the 14'' bottlecaps just because the tires on the white ones are so dang tall, and plus the tire on the steelie is totally bald... so my poor 3gee was hydroplaning really really bad. i was practically driving at a 5 degree angle while going straight.

[Mellexx]

Haha bald tires and hydroplaning ftl, glad she made it out okay though. That would've sucked to see it in an accident after that.

[Hondamonster]

no kidding.



so i've already come up with a new look after i decide i've played out the camo green. and my gf's dad has a shop and he's putting in a paint booth! woot. so i think i'll go for something somewhat nice with a little clearcoat on it and such.

[dacantu]

Hhhhhhhhwattttttt!? Dude I love the green. thats too bad.

[Hondamonster]

i mean not anytime soon or anything. green stays for now due to funding, time, and laziness.

[Mellexx]

no kidding.



so i've already come up with a new look after i decide i've played out the camo green. and my gf's dad has a shop and he's putting in a paint booth! woot. so i think i'll go for something somewhat nice with a little clearcoat on it and such.

Nice man I look forward to seeing it, what color are you thinking about?

[LewZur]

Nice man I look forward to seeing it, what color are you thinking about?

What he said

[Hondamonster]

mehhhh you'll just have to wait around to find out. get more excited about my next wheel choice. it involves chrome...

[dacantu]

mehhhh you'll just have to wait around to find out. get more excited about my next wheel choice. it involves chrome...

Does it involve American Racing Brand/Mag style wheels? :D lol

[Hondamonster]

maybe one day, if the lip and the offset was right. you know i'd totally rock them.

[Mellexx]

mehhhh you'll just have to wait around to find out. get more excited about my next wheel choice. it involves chrome...

aha noo waiting D: haha can't wait to see it man :D

[dacantu]

maybe one day, if the lip and the offset was right. you know i'd totally rock them.

Lol well just wondering u know... Since i saw in another thread that you were inquiring about them. That kinda wheel really makes our cars look alot like the AE86 too

[Hondamonster]

if i could find them on the cheap i'd run em.

[Hondamonster]

sold the bmw wheels today. and bought more spraypaint :D

[nskforlife]

sold the bmw wheels today. and bought more spraypaint :D

this kid dont joke with spray paint :)

[Nio]

Wow This build is giving me some great ideas.

:D I love it....

Now I just need to stop being so lazy.

[Civic Accord Honda]

i like the trunk rack looks sick, that lip is pretty gangsta too

[Hondamonster]

HELLOOOOO 3geez!

life got busy. and it got cold. cold = f working on the car, cause its cold. that and school, work, girlfriend and such. but i started messing with it again. updates:

front lip was removed. kept tearing my bumper off at the corners when i'd back out of driveways or just drive... in general. plus it scraped too much. hunting for another sooner or later.

wheels are done. you guys are gonna trip ;)

and there's a few more stencil type things strewn around on the exterior. woot.

painting the back bumper (finally) ((hopefully)) tomorrow. weather has been nice!


i'd say flame suit engaged, but when you expect criticism and don't care what people think, you become fireproof. so i'm more than prepared.

pics tomorrow??

[dacantu]

I cant wait!

check out my thread too man! way too many updates since you were last on!

[Nio]

HELLOOOOO 3geez!

life got busy. and it got cold. cold = f working on the car, cause its cold. that and school, work, girlfriend and such. but i started messing with it again. updates:

front lip was removed. kept tearing my bumper off at the corners when i'd back out of driveways or just drive... in general. plus it scraped too much. hunting for another sooner or later.

wheels are done. you guys are gonna trip ;)

and there's a few more stencil type things strewn around on the exterior. woot.

painting the back bumper (finally) ((hopefully)) tomorrow. weather has been nice!


i'd say flame suit engaged, but when you expect criticism and don't care what people think, you become fireproof. so i'm more than prepared.

pics tomorrow??

YEA! for pictures. Words are great. But pictures are just so much better. :D

[Mellexx]

YES! pics, Can't wait to see it :D

[Hondamonster]

ok you guys. blew the front right wheel bearing so i haven't been driving it. got some cool winter cellphone pics but they give away too much so i'm not putting them up yet. i got some new stuff, some new paint, some stuff on order, and hopefully i'll have a bunch of photos by the end of next week. like photoshoot quality. hang in there, i'm still around!

[Mellexx]

Haha teasing us I see :p Can't wait to see the new stuff though! :D

[dacantu]

glad to hear youre doing good man. we need to see this pictures soon otherwise you fail! lol

[Hondamonster]

oh i fail anyways, but i accept it so its cool. and lets call that shoot the end of next week lol. had a BALLER junk yard run yesterday! got a new spindle with a good bearing, front lip, and a few other cool stuffffsss... waiting on the ups man and then i'm gonna be golden!

[Hazwan]

Picsssssssss!!!

[2ndGenGuy]

Pics!!!!

[Mellexx]

Pics!!!!
Agreed! Post them after you've taken them or I will do this!:deadhorse:

[Hazwan]

Agreed! Post them after you taken them or I will do this!:deadhorse:

http://www.3geez.com/forum/customavatars/avatar12053_2.gif

[Hondamonster]

my lowering springs are for sale ;) check my first post for the ride height. they're red and in great shape. 45 shipped? beats the ebay price for the same things

[Pico]

What Brand are they?
I didnt see a manuf. on your first post

[Hondamonster]

What Brand are they?
I didnt see a manuf. on your first post

no clue. they came with the car uninstalled and i just threw them on for a while. maybe 2 or 3k miles. they ride really smooth. hardly stiffer than stock, maybe 1.5 or 2 inches lower. they handle nice too. nothing extreme or bouncy.

[Hondamonster]

as promised... teasers. photoshoot soon though

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0309001333.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0309001333a.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0309001334.jpg

[2drSE-i]

Always wondered what while walls would look like on a 3g



lol

[Hazwan]

ew

[Mellexx]

ehh not a fan of those new rims and tires

[Harrison_Bergeron]

Can you elaborate on the problems with the E30 wheels? There are two different styles on Craigslist for cheap that I thought would look great on a 3g, but after reading around I thought they wouldn't fit a 3g, but yours looked good. How was handling affected by the different offset? Any problems making u-turns with the increased scrub?

---

I like the new wheels with the new stance, especially with the OD, but the cheap white walls need to go ASAP. Ditch the tire paint and you've got a winning combo.

[Hondamonster]

Can you elaborate on the problems with the E30 wheels? There are two different styles on Craigslist for cheap that I thought would look great on a 3g, but after reading around I thought they wouldn't fit a 3g, but yours looked good. How was handling affected by the different offset? Any problems making u-turns with the increased scrub?

---

I like the new wheels with the new stance, especially with the OD, but the cheap white walls need to go ASAP. Ditch the tire paint and you've got a winning combo.

they weren't really that bad but i wanted to go real low and they rubbed a bunch of points in the fender. handling wasn't affected that i could tell at all. and yeah at full lock the tires rubbed the front and back of the fender wells. nothing major, but not good to dump the car on.

[dacantu]

hondamonster go on ebay and search for a white wall tire decal kinda thing. I know they make it and they sell for like 10 to 15 bucks. I cant remember what theyre called though.

I like the idea youre going for definitely but I think there is room for improvement with minor details.

[Rendon LX-i]

whoa. thats a whole different look. I see the white wall sence coming in thou.

[Mellexx]

Alright that new wheel and tire combo is growing on me :slap: even though I still think a normal tire would look better. New stance is great though :thumbup:

[Hondamonster]

i know they peeled guys. they're ultra bald and i just wanted to see what they'd look like. ideally, i want some black tire between the beauty ring and the white wall, and some black tire on the outside of the white too. but that would have required tape and time, and again, they're bald old tires. but thanks for the comments!

[Hondamonster]

MOARRR

old ones before the slam and in the snow
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0130001259.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0130001309-1.jpg

new setup
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0306001657.jpg

old setup
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0308001105.jpg

gettin lower
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0309001308.jpg

at the shop, doin work
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0310002050.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0310002050b.jpg

[Mellexx]

Haha I'll admit it's grown on me, not bad man :thumbup:

[Hondamonster]

thanks!

i'm not even done. sooo much more to come!

and i'm bound and determined to be the lowest static dropped, daily driven 3g on this site. goin lower and cutting out my upper fender well frame so the upper ball joint can come up into the engine bay and stop bottoming out.

F tires.

[Hazwan]

Haha I'll admit it's grown on me, not bad man :thumbup:

Same here but it would look 1000x better if the whites are all even.

[-DWM-]

That's different. I like it!

[dacantu]

and i'm bound and determined to be the lowest static dropped, daily driven 3g on this site


haha I love how youre not determined to be the fastest but the lowest! At this point I have a feeling Im one of the lowest but I hate it aleady man. I bottom out everywhere! I couldnt even get my car on a tow dolly the other day. Im going back to stock ride height.

[Hondamonster]

haha I love how youre not determined to be the fastest but the lowest! At this point I have a feeling Im one of the lowest but I hate it aleady man. I bottom out everywhere! I couldnt even get my car on a tow dolly the other day. Im going back to stock ride height.

but dude your car looks sooooooo gooooood. don't do stock... just cut whatever you're bottoming out on ;)

[dacantu]

Haha no man i have to go back to stock, Im passing the coupe on to my sister and buying a white hatch hopefully soon. Im going to use the stock suspension from the hatch and throw it on the coupe.

I'll be getting K-sports for the future hatch. I have certain plans with it that I wont have to worry sooooo much about bottoming out everywhere. Im going to love the dumpedness

[Hondamonster]

Haha no man i have to go back to stock, Im passing the coupe on to my sister and buying a white hatch hopefully soon. Im going to use the stock suspension from the hatch and throw it on the coupe.

I'll be getting K-sports for the future hatch. I have certain plans with it that I wont have to worry sooooo much about bottoming out everywhere. Im going to love the dumpedness

well as long as its to accomplish a goal i guess i'll allow it.

[Hondamonster]

its goin loooowwwwweeeerrrr :) :) :)

and on a road trip to the spring import alliance meet in atlanta april 11th. survival kit will include:

1 gallon antifreeze
1 tube of quicksteel
zipties
4 quarts oil

and possibly an oil pan... for when i put a hole in mine.

[Mellexx]

How much lower are you going?

[Hondamonster]

all the way. i'll probably have to cut my mud flaps, because they're already under an inch away from touching the ground just on level pavement.

and in local news, my flex pipe looks like a 15 year old kitty pole in a senile old lady's house. its half torn out, and i drove home with my exhaust hanging at an angle and dragging the ground last night. its going to the exhaust doctor tomorrow to get fixed and tucked up higher so i can get a little closer to terra firma. and finally installing that cherry bomb glass pack... as my sole muffler...

i <3 this car.

the other day at a traffic light i noticed a 50's chevy pickup, flat black, lowered, and rolling on some cragar knock-off wheels pull up next to me. the guy (a dude in his 50's or 60's) stopped short just to sit parallel to my car, stare at it, and blatantly shake his head. i looked over and smiled then he pulled forward the rest of the way. if you have haters, you're doing something right! but so far the general consensus is that its pretty badass. i'm just having fun and making the most of it!

[dacantu]

You need to upload new pics!

[Mellexx]

You need to upload new pics!

word!

[Edison Carasio]

Go back to the old wheels with no white walls. :( It looked alot better IMO. Those old wheels were EXACTLY what I was looking for on mine :( What car did they come from?

[Hondamonster]

You need to upload new pics!

word!
i'm about to deliver!

Go back to the old wheels with no white walls. :( It looked alot better IMO. Those old wheels were EXACTLY what I was looking for on mine :( What car did they come from?
e30 bmw. they're known commonly as bottlecaps


whelp, went to the exhaust shop today to get everything patched up. good grief there was some carnage under there. lots of scraped and dented junk. moral of the story- now its all tucked up higher and i have a cherry bomb to match the stickers. wordddddddd.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0331001123a.jpg
flex pipe was pretty haggered. the guy goes "i think its touched the ground a time or two" lol.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0331000942b.jpg
more exhaust
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0331000942.jpg
subframe
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0331000942a.jpg

overall, it didn't look too bad except for the exhaust, so i'm goin lower for sure. just have to find the time of day. and the cherry bomb on the stock piping sounds great!

side note- saw this dude on the interstate and we drove next to each other for a while staring at each other's cars. it was pretty sweet. i would love to know what the surrounding traffic thought of us hahaha

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0313001740.jpg

[Nio]

Very nice. :D personally I just don't like the look of CBs...

also thats pretty epic driving next to random person with same wheels. :P

[Tdurr]

wtf ive never seen this thread.. pm me ur # so when ur at IA in ATL me and luke can meet you! haha. ill be there wit my car club :D

[2drSE-i]

LOL that flexpipe was owned... Subframe isn't too crazy though. I'm only lowered an inch and smack mine about once a week.

[Hondamonster]

Very nice. :D personally I just don't like the look of CBs...

also thats pretty epic driving next to random person with same wheels. :P
yeah thats what i was thinking! the cars were the same style and everything. i call them "hoodrats" like rat rod and hood wagon.

wtf ive never seen this thread.. pm me ur # so when ur at IA in ATL me and luke can meet you! haha. ill be there wit my car club :D
sweet man! see you there

LOL that flexpipe was owned... Subframe isn't too crazy though. I'm only lowered an inch and smack mine about once a week.

i drive pretty carefully. but there were a couple broken hangers so i couldn't avoid hanging the flex pipe up on stuff. all better now. but my hood latch broke and the front bumper is still off cause it... well it didn't make it onto the rack.

but all will be fixed!

[Mellexx]

LOL that flexpipe was owned... Subframe isn't too crazy though.

:lol: it was :p Need vids of the cherry bomb!

[Tdurr]

my hood latch broke inside my car, so now i gotta pull the cable with my fingers. it hurts like a bitch haha. gonna get hood pins oneday

[Hondamonster]

my hood latch popped out at the actual assembly under the hood. nothing to pull! gonna hook it up with a handle or something :]

[Tdurr]

that blows

[SZfiftyfour]

Im loving this car more and more. cant wait to see it with true whitewalls.

[Hondamonster]

real won't happen. those bastards are 150+ a tire. i just about spent that on the car lol

[SZfiftyfour]

Damn

[Hondamonster]

ia this sunday! so hype.

[Tdurr]

oh snap! im pumped too!

[blazin3gen]

bro your ride looks so sweet DUMPED!

[Hondamonster]

oh snap! im pumped too!
sweeeet! see you there

bro your ride looks so sweet DUMPED!

much appreciated! once i get a minute i'm gonna go ahead and take it down all the way and snap some teasers for you guys. stephen, my photographer friend, is really itching to shoot the car and the weather has been great for it and he has some really cool locaitons up his sleeve but i keep telling him i wanna get it down first lol

[A18A]

hahaha thats so random seeing another car with red wheels & white wall tyres. coincidence much? your car makes me want to pull the shocks out of mine and drive around like that lol

[Tdurr]

ARG i need to put my SI's on the car...

[mushroom_toy]

Ill be at IA as well...raggin on Tim. Haha. :) Get Tims # and well try to save you a spot or something so you can park by us. Itll be good to meet another board member.

[gtmst3]

i have a cherry bomb on my car too i like it but it sounds kinda like an exhaust leak kinda

[Hondamonster]

hahaha thats so random seeing another car with red wheels & white wall tyres. coincidence much? your car makes me want to pull the shocks out of mine and drive around like that lol
haha i have shocks... but funny story about those...

ARG i need to put my SI's on the car...
whats wrong with the ones in your sig? they look much more baller than si's

Ill be at IA as well...raggin on Tim. Haha. :) Get Tims # and well try to save you a spot or something so you can park by us. Itll be good to meet another board member.
word dude i'll see ya there.

i have a cherry bomb on my car too i like it but it sounds kinda like an exhaust leak kinda

well i have a buttload of actual exhaust leaks from dragging holes in it and such so i can't tell. its just mellow, low, and quietish. no raspy ricey nonsense. and it fits the car nicely.


so my front shocks, at some point between yesterday and tonight, completely blew out. it felt like they had come out of the top hats (if you've ever lowered a honda and forgot the tapered washer on the shock rod) but they're still mounted. just totally blown. so gotta get and install those before sunday morning... and finish a customer's mazda timing belt... and fix an oil leak on another customer's camry... and autozone... and school...

holy balls.

oh and my tags are expired. got pulled over for that tonight haha.

[mushroom_toy]

^I got two good civic struts if you want em. Ill bring em to the meet if you think you can use em. They fit and they arent blown. :)

[Hondamonster]

already ordered new ones. i'm not driving 4+ hours like this. its bouncing SOOOOOOOOOOO bad now. like it went downhill really really fast. but good news- new shocks means i can go lower! woot!

[mushroom_toy]

already ordered new ones. i'm not driving 4+ hours like this. its bouncing SOOOOOOOOOOO bad now. like it went downhill really really fast. but good news- new shocks means i can go lower! woot!

Bad news is unless your tophats are extended youll blow the new ones fast. Trust me. And ill bring the other ones anyway if you think you might use em. I probably never will.

[Hondamonster]

haha i know. well up to you man. these new ones have a warrantee ;)

[mushroom_toy]

Just extend your tophats man, itll only cost you about 15 bucks, and youll feel a big improvement in the front end, and you wont blow your struts.

[Hondamonster]

i know i need to, but it won't be done by the meet, so i might have to replace them anyway. i'll just leave the bump stops in and hope they hold up for 9 hours of highway driving around atlanta.

[mushroom_toy]

i know i need to, but it won't be done by the meet, so i might have to replace them anyway. i'll just leave the bump stops in and hope they hold up for 9 hours of highway driving around atlanta.

Just dont run over the grates. If you see a metal grate and hit it, it will not only fuck your strut up but itll probably blow your tire too. Just like the 350z commercial lol. Seriously. XD

[Tdurr]

ive run over the grates, its not that bad. its the holes that are missing the grates u need to watch out for hahahah

and i traded the wheels in my sig a LOOONNNGGGG time ago. that pic is from when the car was still na.

[Hondamonster]

Just dont run over the grates. If you see a metal grate and hit it, it will not only fuck your strut up but itll probably blow your tire too. Just like the 350z commercial lol. Seriously. XD
i'm unaware of these grates... they at the parking garage or something?

ive run over the grates, its not that bad. its the holes that are missing the grates u need to watch out for hahahah

and i traded the wheels in my sig a LOOONNNGGGG time ago. that pic is from when the car was still na.

ah cool. guess i don't keep up around here lol

[2drSE-i]

Just dont run over the grates. If you see a metal grate and hit it, it will not only fuck your strut up but itll probably blow your tire too. Just like the 350z commercial lol. Seriously. XD

OH NO! Your tires all flat and junk! Did i do that? Oh let me call someone! Oh wait, I don't have a phone....you know, cuz im a pothole?

[Tdurr]

i'm unaware of these grates... they at the parking garage or something?


ah cool. guess i don't keep up around here lol

eh hes talkin about ones under bridges on the interstates on the far left lane. I never noticed them till he spoke of them. I guess cuz i drive in the middle of the lane i never had a problem hahahaha

[mushroom_toy]

eh hes talkin about ones under bridges on the interstates on the far left lane. I never noticed them till he spoke of them. I guess cuz i drive in the middle of the lane i never had a problem hahahaha

Actually Im not Tim :). Im talking about the grates (BIG ASS STEEL PLATES SOMETIMES AS LONG AS A CAR) that the city of Atlanta loves to put over potholes and manhole instead of just fixing the problem. They eventually get around to it. Ive seen and heard of many people getting blowouts/bent rims, and totaling the car cause they hit so hard the airbags blow and the windshield busts. Just swerve around em if you come up to one, because hitting it is NOT what you want to do lol.

[Tdurr]

oh those. ive ran over some in fayco. you think you have fucked something up when you hit them. but look out for those. there really arnt too many of them for the most part. esp if u just going to the congress center for IA.

[A18A]

geez, sounds like just hitting pot holes is a safer option

[Tdurr]

as long as u arnt going over 40ish then they arnt that bad. its just a a inch an a half steel plate

[Hondamonster]

inch and a half of suspension travel sits my upper balljoints in my fender frame and lays the strut on bumpstop. i don't like the idea of the grates! but i've seen those things before. not cool at all.

and lol @ 2dr-sei. i love that commercial

[lx-i coupe]

i love geico's ads. my favorite one is "will geico save you 15% or more on your insurance? will a 10lb bag of flour make a relly big biscuit?"

[e30pwr]

tehehehehehe, hope you got home safe man

[mushroom_toy]

^Ditto was good meeting you. You definitely gotta come to the meet. and clear that paint!! If you want to extend your tophats and such...well do it at the meet if you want. :)

[Hondamonster]

yeah i made it home no problems. 430 miles out of that tank of gas!

[Hondamonster]

mo' fo' yo' viewin' pleasuhhhh.....

ok, so low on this car has limits i'm discovering. first off, constant bouncing because my strut is well beyond its range of motion. bottomed out without bumpstops at all. (top hat mod in near future)
but the big problem with ride quality was my upper balljoints bottoming out in the fender wells. sooooo....
pics will explain

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0416001354.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0416001422.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0416001614.jpg

then some seam sealer and body glaze
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0416001601.jpg

some sanding...
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0416001614.jpg

some primer...
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0416001616.jpg

this is where my uca sits on level ground
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0416001646.jpg
and i still have a bit of travel before the shock bottoms out completely. like i said, top hat mod soon. also doing prelude uca's and altering those so that the balljoint isn't binding at such a severe angle. then the only thing keeping me up will be the tires physically sitting on the fender wells, but the new wheel and tire setup should take care of that ;)

[Hondamonster]

tire on fender action. had to roll them so i could turn the wheel. getting into parking spaces became a 5 point turn... no fun.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0413001847.jpg

and you'll notice that tire isn't white... yeah about those... got back from atlanta (barely) on these
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0413001548.jpg

separated a belt about 80 miles from home and kept driving. carefully. mont eagle mountain on that sucker was un-nerving.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0413001518.jpg

so i grabbed some e30 steelies from the barn with decent tires on them and painted em tan. and yeah, i washed off the chalk. new look
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0413001704.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0415001744a.jpg

but washing off the chalk just means i have a clean slate to work with!
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0413002055.jpg

thought this was pretty hilarious... get it?
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/0413002028.jpg
lol

[A18A]

pics of the whole car with it slammed like that lol

[Tdurr]

ur crazy man! and i like the ice cream paintjob drawing haha

[Civic Accord Honda]

Moar lower

[blazin3gen]

i fcken love your car bro!

[Hondamonster]

pics of the whole car with it slammed like that lol
? there's several... and check my other thread too posted by e30pwr

ur crazy man! and i like the ice cream paintjob drawing haha
thank you thank you

Moar lower
on the way! but like i said, gotta find some top hats and uca's

i fcken love your car bro!

thanks dudde!

[2drSE-i]

Yeah buddy
Rolling like a big shot
honda dropped off like UPS stop
Fresh chalk job [check]
Fresh whitewall [check]
Is the outside wear in the tire wide? [yes]
Are the rims big [nope]
Do it ride good [nope]
Teeth hurt bad like you just ate rock food



Yeah the last line was bad, but ive got nothin..

[Hondamonster]

"just ate rock food"

HAHAHAHAHA crackin me up with that one

[e30pwr]

priceless. i like how it shall continually be updated with new "paint"!!!

[Hondamonster]

oh yeah. definately gonna keep painting and chalking stuff.

[Tdurr]

gotta take a pic of all ur faves drawings then recreate them in one big ass chalk overhual on the car!

[Hondamonster]

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized950501001606a.jpg

sitting in a puddle, down for a bit. ( i live in tennessee and we're getting flooded hardcore.) as low as the car is, i wouldn't be suprised if water got into the interior. back yard got a bit deep. haven't waded back there to look at it yet though

[2ndGenGuy]

Damn dude that sucks. I know how much you hate to go look at it after it's been sitting in the water for so long. Happened to my car a couple years ago. Flooded my floors, and somehow killed my power window switches, probably just from the moisture. Gotta take care of it quick though before it starts molding!

[Civic Accord Honda]

honda boat ftw

[A18A]

might have been a good idea to just have parked it in a higher spot :P

[2drSE-i]

might have been a good idea to just have parked it in a higher spot :P

Hindsight is 20/20 as we say lol.

[Hondamonster]

i was at work in murfreesboro when my dad sent me that picture. and it was stuck anyway so there was nothing i could do. hopefully it isn't too messed up. my prelude has a water leak somewhere and smells like a trash can inside now. freakin sucks.

[Tdurr]

that blows man..

[Civic Accord Honda]

i was at work in murfreesboro when my dad sent me that picture. and it was stuck anyway so there was nothing i could do. hopefully it isn't too messed up. my prelude has a water leak somewhere and smells like a trash can inside now. freakin sucks.

water leak FTL
my trunk floods out, and my door leaks like mad!! went to the car wash today and i think the interior got wetter then the exterior!

[Hondamonster]

yeah but it could be a lot worse. a block away, people had to evacuate their houses.

[Hondamonster]

finally got it out today. it definately took on water. had about an inch of standing water in all the floorboards. and ants. ? but i'm gonna shop vac the water out and go get some top hats tomorrow at pullapart. maybe a couple other things here and there. lights and such. andddddd i've decided on my new shoes ;) you guys are either gonna geek and love it or think it looks retarded. but that seems to be the general theme of the car anyways, so whatever lol

[Civic Accord Honda]

get them new rims on!! need pics nao

[Hondamonster]

do want, but not owns yet.

[Mellexx]

Haha good to hear the car didn't take on too much water I saw some pics one of my dads friends shot down there and it was pretty bad. But looking forward to seeing the new shoes

[Hondamonster]

I'll let the pictures tell the story in this one, but you guys should enjoy :] credit to Stephen Harris, a good friend of mine who is an up-coming photographer.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955541358384_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955544691717_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955548025050_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955551358383_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955558025049_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955561358382_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955564691715_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955574691714_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955578025047_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955584691713_1000003181534.jpg

[Hondamonster]

and my personal favorite as the winner of the day...



http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/28574_119955571358381_1000003181534.jpg

EPIC.



more of his work from IA a while back

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/24585_113245885362683_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/24585_113245882029350_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/24585_113245895362682_1000003181534.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/hondahutch/24585_113245888696016_1000003181534.jpg

had a lot of fun and again a big thanks to stephen for waiting around in the sun and heat while i zip tied the car back together lol

[speedpenguin]

Your car is so distinctive. I think it's awesome.

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[Hondamonster]

thank you! i won't disappoint

[Mellexx]

Lovin the pics man

[Civic Accord Honda]

lookin good man!!

[blazin3gen]

i luv this car!

[Hondamonster]

thanks fellas :)

[JonnyD]

very kick ass ride! I love the "ratrod" style!

[Hondamonster]

yeah i'm missin my whitewalls.... blew the belts in those poor bald tires and i'm not gonna paint these new (old) ones.

[RAZR]

that is such a cool car great job.