Hella H4 European Code Housings. Lemme tell you one thing, these things are worth it if you want quality lighting. Less hotspots and even a cool cutoff line.Sooner or late I'll post a output pic.
Hey what's that? JDM Corner!
paired up makes great lighting. EDM + JDM woot.
Ooo a momo? sweeet.
And it's a quickrelease?
Last edited by Busted_Blue; 05-28-2005 at 11:21 PM.
Oh yea..what's that hiding in behind my front tires? Yup..Konis on max stifness on Tokico springs. Great ride IMO.
Even Asimo sports the Honda Hat.
Another Busted_Blue picture thread. Enjoy and comment!
Summer just started so perhaps next week Ill throw in a photoshoot or something, perhaps with jesse.
Last edited by Busted_Blue; 05-29-2005 at 12:11 AM.
holla at me sometime d... let's do some photoshoot.
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That looks really nice. I'm gonna pick up a pair of those Hella Euro housings for the regular beams on my 84. I wanted to go with the beam-projector style conversions but I don't know if anyone makes them for the smaller 165mm lamps that are used in the 84-85 Accords. I already have a cheap pair of those "diamond cut" conversion kits but they leak and look crappy. When I get the damn thing running again I'll probably go with two pairs of Hellas with Silvania Silver Stars, or do you think I should go with something more focused for the High-beam pair? I'm also thinking about the Hella dual driving light/fog housings for the bottom of my bumper.Originally Posted by Busted_Blue
Oh yea..what's that hiding in behind my front tires? Yup..Konis on max stifness on Tokico springs. Great ride IMO.
Even Asimo sports the Honda Hat.
Another Busted_Blue picture thread. Enjoy and comment!
Summer just started so perhaps next week Ill throw in a photoshoot or something, perhaps with jesse.
BTW I can't wait*to see your ride up close and personal when I get to the Bay Area!
Last edited by phrenology; 05-29-2005 at 06:24 AM.
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Looks great Busted Blue, bout time you got them Konis in. Them pics sure look good, should help out on nominations for Accord of the Month.
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I have a question about the steering wheel, is it uncomfortable having the wheel closer to you with out moving the seat further back, so you can keep proper distance from the pedals?
Rooz
That's my other "car" on the avatar, my Dash-8
Actually the boss kit I bought is actually the short version hub so it compensates for the quick release. The hub doesn't change the distance of the wheel too far back. maybe 1-2inches. The hub I got is a camlock style not a ball bearing so it is thinner also. Overall the wheel isn't close enough to me to make a significant difference in driver position.
Actually they do make a version in 165mm. Here is the link.
http://www.rallylights.com/hella/165mm_lo.asp
Be sure to get the ECE version as this follows european headlight code. It is better than dot standards in terms if light efficiency.
Be prepared to pay the price. Hella housings are not cheap but hey, they actually have research and design. They actually made the housing reflectors actually direct light where they want it to be.
There are four basic differences between a Vision Plus (DOT Approved) and a Hella Euro Conversion.
First is in the lighting pattern. For us in the US the regulations date from the 50's. The US DOT mandates a dispersed pattern that puts a percentage of the light output UP and to both sides of the road so that overhead or roadside signs, which may not have other lighting or reflective characteristics, are lit for you.
The European standard allows all the light to go on the road - they have a law that any overhead or roadside sign has to have it's own, independent lighting or must be highly reflective. So not only is there more light on the road with your low-beams, the high-beams are more precise as well. There is also a triangle of light on the right side to light up roadside signs. Lamps sold in places where they drive on the left side of the road, like England and Japan, have that triangle on the left side.
The effect is that the Euro lights actually put more light on the road for you to drive with, and offend oncoming traffic MUCH LESS because of the sharp cutoff in the lighting pattern. And all of this with the same wattage lamps as in the US.
That's on low beam. Because of the low-beam requirements and the way that screws up the lens and reflector design, it's impossible to get a good high beam. Although the Vision Plus is substantially better than your typical off-the-shelf sealed beam, it's performance falls short of the Hella Euro Conversion.
The second difference is that DOT also required that the lamp have the three Aiming Lugs on the face of the lens. This requirement was dropped in the 2000 DOT Standard when visual aiming was approved. The Vision Plus lamps still have the Aiming Lugs, E-code lamps do not.
Third, the lamp must have DOT molded into the face to confirm that it meets DOT. E-code lamps have E1 molded into the lens.
Fourth, the lamp must not have more than 60 watts on high beam and 55 watts on low beam. The Vision Plus comes with a 60/55w H4/HB2 bulb in it in order to meet the DOT standard. The E-code lamps have no bulb because there are many variations in wattage and color available. It is not recommended to put a higher wattage bulb in a Vision Plus because the light pattern could dazzle oncoming traffic.
If you can upgrade to the Hella Euro conversions, then this is the least expensive, easiest and most beneficial upgrade you can make to your forward lighting.
what the?!?! derek got stuff thats not OEM? I though you were all out oem whore? That steering wheel is really nice.
Kevin
lol help me find a Honda horn button and I'll buy it.
OE stuff can only go soo far yanno. I was looking into a 350mm wheel since our wheels are a tad bigger it takes more effort in terms of making turns. I like the size of my wheel and combined with those Konis, it has made me alot faster on my favorite backroad. Now..for brakes...since I'm getting faster...
your car is on it's way to stardom rek.
3geez for life.
hey derek did you manage to wire up the horn button? i never bothered with mine. sometimes scary with all these crazy drivers on the road having no horn. how did you do yours?...if you did it that is.
I didn't bother with fixing the horn button yet. The hub I got is universal with Civics and integras of our years and the hub isn't exactly cruise control friendly. I left the stock cruise control spinner on it. You know the one with the 3 prongs. I'm trying to figure out a way for the hub to spin with that "spinner" (lack of a better word) and keep the horn wire from breaking off. I manage to get the horn to work with the top prong but the spinner refuses to sping with the hub and the horn wire breaks off and everytime I turn, the horn will go off. Somehow I got to get the hub to move simultaneously with the spinner in order for my horn to work perfectly. I'm thinking of somehow making rods to hold them together the top of the hub where you mount the steering wheel to the bottom where it mounts to the spinner and allow them to sping together. Once I figure that out, I will be able to have a horn again.
now get some sparco buckets.
3geez for life.
looks wicked... those hella housings look really nice too, i never get tired of seeing your car its awesome
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Nice upgrades man, I'm liking it. Job well done. Keeping the 3gee clean as always.
That's got to be the cleanest living DX I've ever seen.
-Strugglebucket
Wow, that's absolutely amazing-that car does not look like it's 20 years old!
-redaztec
DAYUM!
-2ndGenGuy
...it looks like it came out straight from japan.
-MessyHonda
now, I think you may have to be nominated for AOM next month if you don't win it this month.
No competition now. It's basically B series vs B-odykit. =P
I guess no AOM for me this month.
I never get tired of posting it.
want to find me rails?
Last edited by Busted_Blue; 05-29-2005 at 05:37 PM.
you've got to take me on this "favourite back road" of yours sometime D... i've been driving my car around corners way fast now with the konis. even still, i'm sure i'm not pushing the car to its potential. teach me, teach me!
Chris
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Sparco makes them, i found the part numbers on the cardomain store... i had the links somewhere.want to find me rails?
And IMO, your car IS AOM ... lol... yes steves car is awesome too, but i donmt know what it is, your car is so clean.
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Do you mean taking your car there or my car? I think its best I take you for a spin once first..before you ever trying it. don't want you falling off a cliff now do we?
as for those sparcos, I don't think sparco makes them anymore..
Last edited by Busted_Blue; 05-30-2005 at 02:24 AM.
yass yass, teach me teach me!!
Chris
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so where did u get the wheel?
derek, did you guys get sway bars and rear strut bars? those help alot too. i have a floor bar, rear strut bar, front strut bar, and addco anti sway bars. handles like a go cart!
i have s/t sway bars and front strut bar. I probably will get a rear strut bar. The whole floor bar I'm not so sure on.
How did you get the addco to fit on a rear disc brake?!
as for the wheel jigga, its a momo tuner wheel with a momo f1 concept horn.
Last edited by Busted_Blue; 05-30-2005 at 10:59 AM.
Sorry forgot about that, I sold my rear addcos on eBay for $115 and got a rear suspension techniques one when I did the rear disc brake swap.How did you get the addco to fit on a rear disc brake?!
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