CzEcHy - 1989 Accord LXi

[CzEcHy]

Here is a teaser picture of my "new" Accord.

As it sits,

-321,xxx miles
-5 speed
-Short ram intake
-Full 2.25 mandrel bend (except under rear control arm its crush bend), catback exhaust.
-30% F, 15% R tint
-15 inch 1997 Special Edition Miata rims w/ Kuhmo Ecsta tires (50$ for all 4 with the tires!)
FYI, I had to dremel the rims center bore to make em fit the Accord hub, not fun.

-Autopal H4 housings with DDM HID kit, 55w ultra white (amazing light cover)
-Optronics fog lights painted yellow
-Integra front lip, painted flat black (matches car trim great)

Future plans..
-Header
-Install resonated test pipe I have
-Take head from my other Accord and have to rebuilt with cam, springs, etc..
-Lower the car to fill fender gap

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/czechy/IMG_20120629_160401.jpg

[2oodoor]

Sweet

[obdriver6]

Looks nice but we need more pics! lol

[Dr_Snooz]

Very sexy. At least the 1/8 of it that I can see.

[CzEcHy]

Oh hello, I need to rewax the car..

Painted front grill, carbon fiber eyelids, carbon fiber door panel things on the outside.. etc

Fyi, carbon fiber wrap with texture = many compliments from people.


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/czechy/storage/IMG_20120801_154403.jpg

[MessyHonda]

That is sex! I mean sexy ;)

[Tdurr]

Those wheels are chrome dipped?

But more & better pics for sure!! Im lovin this

[CzEcHy]

I'm thinking chrome dipped, they were stock wheels from a 97 miata.

They weight like 20 pounds with tires each, things can be lifted with two fingers with ease, its great.


Ill take some more pictures with my actual camera soon, black requires a lot of washing to keep dust off.. sucks when I want to take pictures.


Thanks for the comments tho

[obdriver6]

Looks sexy with those yellow fog lights and black will always be a PITA to maintain clean!

[CzEcHy]

Short throw shifter and a 2.25 inch drop coming in a few weeks.

Sprint springs with tokicos, heard a lot of good things about the pair from many generations of hondas.

[Vanilla Sky]

Those wheels are some of the lightest OEM wheels you can buy. They're lighter than most light aftermarket wheels. Mazda was trying to keep unsprung weight down, so they used very light wheels, and it really made a difference on the Miata.

The car looks really clean. Keep a bottle of Meguiars Quick Wax or similar in the car to wipe dust away when you want to take pictures. That's what I did when I had my black Nissan Hardbody.

[CzEcHy]

Lowered.



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[Stealth]

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[obdriver6]

How does it feel?

[CzEcHy]

Honestly?

Close to stock in comfort.

Yet excellent handling and minor body roll.

Speed bumps suck due to clearance but I don't scrape or bounce.

[2oodoor]

Honestly?

Close to stock in comfort.


Yet excellent handling and minor body roll.

Speed bumps suck due to clearance but I don't scrape or bounce.
why does that not sound very convincing (") Looks great though. Have you had it aligned? Having done this myself recently, I highly recommend a good frame shop style alignment, IT ROCKS It made such a difference and feels nice other than my power steering hose failed right at the same time which is probably a good thing for now cuz I want to push the limits of the car now and there are radar cops literaly everywhere here now.
I say frame shop because usually those are old school pit type racks you don't drive up on (scrapeing) and the guys check more than just toe.

[Vanilla Sky]

Well, the typical "set the toe and go" alignment is the norm everywhere now unless you ask for it. In addition, if your car is too low to get it on an alignment rack, then you should probably reconsider the drop because you're going to have some unintended ill handling. At the minimum, you're going to want to adjust the sway bar end links size so that the sway bar doesn't bind, and possibly look into either dropping the steering rack or flipping the tie rod ends over so they bolt to the other side. Those are the 2 things that are easy to fix. Your camber gain is going to be higher than a stock or stock-ish car, which can lead to more tire wear.

I'm all for lowering cars, these especially, but don't make it extremely low.

[CzEcHy]

Lets say this. Even my wife and friends didn't notice anything different from stock to lowered during drives. Except the fact its lower. And I didnt notice a difference either.

I kknow my car, its my DD and its all highway and freeway.

Sprint springs are softer than other springs don't forget. The ride is going to be more comfortable than most other springs.

Also, had my aliggnment done twice, caster and toe. Don't have prelude arms yet so mber couldn't be set.a My camber isn't far from in spec and my tires are wearing even in the front.

[CzEcHy]

http://i.imgur.com/IxwEIMg.jpg




And this is it now. All mods I listed to do, I did lol. (Minus the OEM rain guards, and minor other things)

[CzEcHy]

Most recent picture.


http://i.imgur.com/lkc51kH.jpg

[jazdrumz]

How did you lower it, man?

[rushell]

nice i live in augusta ga but im from lake wales fla