while ive never been a real big fan of the sir interior...you pulled it off very nicely! looking good in there man.
and ive noticed how your have the hood black and the roof black. i didnt look to see it the hood is cf, which im thinking it is...but some cf eyebrows instead of the white ones imo would complete the look you seem to have on the outside. i think that would look hot
I've got some very big things brewing in an effort to try and get the car ready for the car show that's coming up in February here in El Paso. I have a set of OEM side skirts coming and plan on having those, my WWRS rear lip, JDM front bumper, OEM Lip and the front fenders all repainted. To finish the look, I am also having some HID's retrofitted into some Depo-style headlights.
I'm sure most of you have seen the bumper I have purchased with the rare JDM cornering lights, but now I want to install some JDM side markers. The good part is that wiring should be easy to get them to blink properly because I will no longer have my USDM side turn signals, so the wiring used for that can be easily spliced up towards the JDM side marker.
My only question is, has anyone ever run across any pictorials on how to do this? I'm sure I can figure it out, but I'd kinda like to not have to remove the fender if I can, but if it's the only way to run wires, then this is what I'll have to do. Also, if the paint shop needs to remove the fenders, then so be it, but I doubt they will want to fit these side markers by cutting into the fender if they don't have to.
If nobody else knows where to find this information, I'll be posting up some pictures when I get around to doing this.
Thanks for your help man, I found that pretty useful. I won't be alternating the lights blinking like that since I won't have a bumper side turn signal anymore, but I thought that was cool how he did that. I wish he would've included pictures of his friend cutting that fender... that part is gonna scare me until I make the first cut!
Nice build man, I'm planning on making a custom triple or quadruple dash gauge pod in the near future but mine is going to be fiberglass and color and texture matched to blend in with the dash material. I do like the cf one too though.
If you are worried about cutting you could always import some fenders from here since like JDM fenders they also have side indicators. Should work out to about US$50 plus shipping. Then again shipping could be expensive, plus the cost of repainting.
If you are worried about cutting you could always import some fenders from here since like JDM fenders they also have side indicators. Should work out to about US$50 plus shipping. Then again shipping could be expensive, plus the cost of repainting.
Do you know where to get some of those fenders cheaper than the ones on Ebay? The shipping is $150 and they are anywhere from $270 to $300 for the fenders and in both cases they look like they have dents in them.
The only reason I am considering cutting my own is because I already have them and they don't have dents on them. Painting isn't that big of a factor because I'm getting so much painted at once, it's probably more economical to have lots of little stuf painted all at once rather than sending things in one at a time.
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Nice build man, I'm planning on making a custom triple or quadruple dash gauge pod in the near future but mine is going to be fiberglass and color and texture matched to blend in with the dash material. I do like the cf one too though.
If I can ask, what kind of plan do you have for matching the texture of the dash material? Since I'm not digging my carbon fiber as much anymore, I might be looking to refinish this piece but have my reservations about how closely I could match the texture and color of the dash with another product. I don't think just paint would do it but I was thinking maybe you know something I don't. Hit me back if you have some experience on this.
Any Australian wrecker since they are a standard part. Also Australian Honda/Prelude/Car sites (preludeaustralia, ozhonda, boostcruising) where sometimes there is a car being parted or JDM halfcuts, etc. Seen those turning lights pop up before too and with the AUD being so low there could be some good deals, although things like JDM half red dash's wouldn't really work.
i would just take the car to a body shop and give them the dimensions you want for the jdm sidemarkers. they could do that sooo much cheaper than getting real jdm fenders. a body shop should be able to cut into the fender without any problem.
Chances are if you're reading this thread, you've also stumbled upon my other thread titled "Rare JDM Door Sills are mine!" This is the pictures from that thread where you can see how the interior is coming.
And in preparation for the car show at the end of February, the exterior is going to get slightly redone and made up. Fresh paint will go on the rear lip, front fenders (where JDM side markers will soon go) as well as to paint these three new additions to the body...
Then the exterior should pretty much be done. Brian is currently making me some TSX retrofits inside of Depo-style headlights (and yes, a different set of eyelids will go on them) and I'll have the JDM driving (fog) lights and the really hard to find cornering lights as well as the side markers to complete the front end's lighting arrangement. And yes, I'll be swapping the front lip from my current bumper, that needs a touch up with paint as well.
These pictures of the completed car won't be ready until right before the show because I am still currently trying to find a reputable paint shop to undertake this.
Stay tuned for the trunk project where my trunk gets a somewhat "track" setup with an ESP 4 point strut bar and gets repainted as well to make the battery relocation kit fit in visibly. This should should really be a nice addition to the whole "maybe someday I'll take this thing to an autocross" theme.
i mounted mine in the center and had no idea i could mount it where you did. That's pretty cool. Did you have your relocation tray welded to that? I used the spare tire bolt hole for a bold to mount on and then used some kind of concrete repair stuff (from a tube that looks like caulk) to seal it on the floor tightly. It's worked for months so I'm pretty sure it's strong enough.
Yea i had my co-worker at honda weld the factory battery tray to the trunk. I did this cause the folks at autocross were *****ing about how it wasn't "tied down by metal".
Just a quick update... Today I am home for the day and tomorrow I leave for about 6 weeks so I figured I would put on the ExplicitSpeed 4 Point Bar today, thinking it would be a really quick install. I was wrong because I lifted the car up too high and when that happened, the coilovers dropped below the holes and then I had to take off the rear wheels and use two smaller jacks to put under the brake rotors to slowly raise them back up and hold them in place to put the nuts back on. I went ahead and got some OEM shock nuts for the front and rear (actually, they're two separate part numbers from Honda). I was surprised by the amount of corrosion in the trunk here and there, but I will try to take care of this when I spray my trunk myself two months from now.
A quick side note before my pictures come about, I have a Taylor Battery Relocation kit that I've struggled to get right but I noticed that this battery tray is already corroded! It is about 6 months old and was covered with a rubberized type paint straight from the box but I was blown away that I'm going to have to replace it, it kinda makes me pissed off to tell you the truth.
But now on to the pictures...
Took out all the trunk carpet and bolts in the specified places...
Jacked up the center of the rear of the car...
Some new Honda shock-nuts...
Sizing up the ESP bar
Not sure if this is how it goes... but this is the only way I can think of I have the bar only attached to one of the coilover's bolts. Anybody have any advice on it?
Now all I have left to do is put the damn amp up on the back of the rear seat and get a new battery tray and weld it down.
Here's a little head's up on a little project I have in store for when I come back from California, I can't wait!
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