Ghost Ryder
Well-Known Member
Well she gone guys. After six years, she is no longer mine. Due to the hail damage that rolled through my area about a month ago, it was a "total loss" to the insurance. I had put so much time and money into that car- I really wanted to keep it and fix it. But my logical side prevailed. Some one looking at it made me a offer that was only going to come along once. So I reluctantly took it. Put with the insurance money, and set out on a month long endevour to find a car that could even get come close to what I had made for myself. Some fourty-two days later, me and my bud made a two hour trip up past Indianapolis, In to come home with this: 2003, Acura CL Type S. Manual
Although ironically it has all the amenities that I wanted to incorporate into my AV6, itz still not six years of hard work, parts sourcing, fabricating, and not to mention the personal things I went through when my car was my retreat from it all.....
I can be quoted from this very site as saying" It's just a car". But really it was alot of memories that rolled off with the person that bought it. And i hope tha they can have as many fond memories with her as me and my family did.
Ghost Ryder:1999 Accord, Ex, Coupe.
V6
Auto trans, slush box
Enigne
J30A1, n/a
Cold air intake pipe with carbon can resevoir inline.
Pulling from an aluminum box fab'd from sheet metal aluminum.(Servicable for getting to air filter.) Has also been Thermal wrapped.
G3 Kevlar Thermal plenum spacer, one-off
T.B.I. Coolant bypass
OBX Throttle Body Spacer
MSD coil.
NGK wires/ plugs
Silicone OBX Radiator hoses
Exhaust
Stainless headers with thermal wrapped and heat treatment spray
Dual Magnaflow mufflers (Same series sold in the bolt on set)
Magnaflow resinator under center console area
Deleted o.e. resonator under rear seat
Used o.e. pipe
Suspension/ Drive train
H&R Springs
KYB, G2R shocks
OBX 21mm rear sway bar
17" XXR 962 Series rims
Continental, Extreme Contact DWS (225/45/ZR17)
Body/Exterior
White/red, DEPO Tail lights, o.e. center sash
L.E.D. rear stop/tail "bulbs"
L.E.D. License plate light upgrade
Fabricated L.E.D.'s into o.e. mirrors
6000k H.I.D.'S
03' Civic fog light conversion (clear lenses, 3k H.I.D.=Yellow illumination)
Front delete grill, painted to match body
Put a littl more black on the front lower grill area (bumper black)
Rear CF roof spoiler
HFP Emblems (I have my own reasons for these...)
Interior
O.E. leather
Dyed carpet to black
Re-upholstered center arm rest, door panels, and rear interior quarters
O.E. wood grain center console and door switch panels
Added "Handa.com" radio bezel wood grain section
Alpine touch screen
Stainless shifter bezel
Chrome/ leather auto shifter handle
Gauge bezel; white, chrome trim
Chrome accented dash
CF "A" pillars
CF guage cluster trim
Courtesy lights (over head, and doors) L.E.D. upgrade
L.E.D. trunk light upgrade (Best $20 I ever spent for simplifying convience)
Added L.E.D. courtesy light to din area under radio (should have been there from factory..)
Current Projects:
Sequntial turn signals.....explain later.
Future Plans
A wood grain steering wheel conversion is hopefully going to happen. Maybe a cf rear window deck lid. New leather of course, no idea what color scheme though.
Im going to try a new color scheme with the head lamp housings also. But of course, all in due time.
Hope you guys liked! Thanks for looking!
Although ironically it has all the amenities that I wanted to incorporate into my AV6, itz still not six years of hard work, parts sourcing, fabricating, and not to mention the personal things I went through when my car was my retreat from it all.....
I can be quoted from this very site as saying" It's just a car". But really it was alot of memories that rolled off with the person that bought it. And i hope tha they can have as many fond memories with her as me and my family did.
Ghost Ryder:1999 Accord, Ex, Coupe.
V6
Auto trans, slush box
Enigne
J30A1, n/a
Cold air intake pipe with carbon can resevoir inline.
Pulling from an aluminum box fab'd from sheet metal aluminum.(Servicable for getting to air filter.) Has also been Thermal wrapped.
G3 Kevlar Thermal plenum spacer, one-off
T.B.I. Coolant bypass
OBX Throttle Body Spacer
MSD coil.
NGK wires/ plugs
Silicone OBX Radiator hoses
Exhaust
Stainless headers with thermal wrapped and heat treatment spray
Dual Magnaflow mufflers (Same series sold in the bolt on set)
Magnaflow resinator under center console area
Deleted o.e. resonator under rear seat
Used o.e. pipe
Suspension/ Drive train
H&R Springs
KYB, G2R shocks
OBX 21mm rear sway bar
17" XXR 962 Series rims
Continental, Extreme Contact DWS (225/45/ZR17)
Body/Exterior
White/red, DEPO Tail lights, o.e. center sash
L.E.D. rear stop/tail "bulbs"
L.E.D. License plate light upgrade
Fabricated L.E.D.'s into o.e. mirrors
6000k H.I.D.'S
03' Civic fog light conversion (clear lenses, 3k H.I.D.=Yellow illumination)
Front delete grill, painted to match body
Put a littl more black on the front lower grill area (bumper black)
Rear CF roof spoiler
HFP Emblems (I have my own reasons for these...)
Interior
O.E. leather
Dyed carpet to black
Re-upholstered center arm rest, door panels, and rear interior quarters
O.E. wood grain center console and door switch panels
Added "Handa.com" radio bezel wood grain section
Alpine touch screen
Stainless shifter bezel
Chrome/ leather auto shifter handle
Gauge bezel; white, chrome trim
Chrome accented dash
CF "A" pillars
CF guage cluster trim
Courtesy lights (over head, and doors) L.E.D. upgrade
L.E.D. trunk light upgrade (Best $20 I ever spent for simplifying convience)
Added L.E.D. courtesy light to din area under radio (should have been there from factory..)
Current Projects:
Sequntial turn signals.....explain later.
Future Plans
A wood grain steering wheel conversion is hopefully going to happen. Maybe a cf rear window deck lid. New leather of course, no idea what color scheme though.
Im going to try a new color scheme with the head lamp housings also. But of course, all in due time.
Hope you guys liked! Thanks for looking!
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