Rush12049's 2001 Accord EX-L V6 Sedan (56K)

[Rush12049]

Well, here my '01 Accord. I will be getting it back tomorrow after 3 long weeks of it getting painted. Super excited.

Mileage: 119,319

Exterior:
New Nighthawk Black Pearl paint
OEM black-housed headlights
Nokya Yellow 2500K high beams

Interior:
Alpine CDE-134 HD

Suspension:
Eibach 23mm Rear Sway Bar
Acura TL Strut Bar
Neuspeed Strut bar
Ultra Racing Chassis Brace
XLR8 ISC N1 Coilovers

Engine:
Removed intake resonator
Unorthodox Racing lightweight stock size crank pulley

Future Mods:
20% Tint

Before the paint job:

After Paint Job:

After Coilover Install:

 

[ey361995]

Hows the tranny? I gotta v6 form 1998 with 120k miles, just wondering if everthing is still movin right along How much did you pay if you dont mind me asking

 

[Rush12049]

Hows the tranny? I gotta v6 form 1998 with 120k miles, just wondering if everthing is still movin right along How much did you pay if you dont mind me asking

Everything still seems smooth as butter. Haven't noticed any slipping. It's still a great car. Also, I'm still paying it off to my parents (first owners), but the final price was $4,000.

 

[SykVSyx]

You know, I find it pretty pathetic that these cars have such issues with the paint.

I understand that they are late 90's/early 2000 vehicles, but really, Honda, you couldn't do better with the paint......

 

[Rush12049]

You know, I find it pretty pathetic that these cars have such issues with the paint.

I understand that they are late 90's/early 2000 vehicles, but really, Honda, you couldn't do better with the paint......

It really is bad. And its even worse that Honda of America never issued a formal recall for the Accords, like they did with the 03-05 Odyssey's, and 06-07 Civics. Honda loves to cheap out and use less clearcoat then it should, which ends up biting them in the rear later on down the road.

Well, I got my car back, it looks fantastic. Although I'm going to remove the Anzo headlights, and clean up the the OEM's and put them back on. Fitmit issues with the Anzo's is bugging me a lot.

 

[SykVSyx]

Glad to hear the respray turned out well.

In for pics.

 

[ey361995]

That is good to hear, shame about the paint. My black one was resprayed by Macco...never again...im glad my current one (white) has great paint. The brighter colors seem to have better paint durability. 4k is pretty good considering the mileage, i payed 5,500 cash for mine

 

[Ccrew95]

You know, I find it pretty pathetic that these cars have such issues with the paint.

I understand that they are late 90's/early 2000 vehicles, but really, Honda, you couldn't do better with the paint......

Same here. My car's paint was pretty pathetic when I bought her too. Glad yours came out well.

 

[Pizzaman]

in for fresh paint pics

my TW isnt much better, no peeling like yours but oxidized to hell and back!

 

[DaveNole]

Don't feel bad same thing here...oxidation out the wazooo I'm doing all work before i paint.