Greetings everyone, My name is Jake and I live in central Wisconsin. I have Had my 98 Honda accord sedan now for about a year. I purchased it from my mother a last year who was the original owner. To be honest I really didn't want it. I searched hi and low for a different vehicle and almost bought a murano. However the little voice in the back of my head kept saying its a Honda it will last forever and get great fuel mileage. So using my head I went with the Honda, even tho every fiber of my being wanted something different. I have previously owned 2 ford lightnings, a Mitsubishi evo, and even drove a 2005 dodge viper for a summer. I had a blast with them enjoyed auto x events and even a few lapping days. However with age comes wisdom, I knew I couldn't afford nicer cars and be able to move forward financially so I bought a house and my moms accord. With the previous cars I owned I was very familiar with internet forums, I never looked into an accord forum because to tell you the truth i never had much interest in it, just considered it a car that I settled with and i was going to drive it till it blows. Now with that being said, my 98 accord with 80k on it, is now in the shop getting spine surgery. It started leaking transmission fluid so i took it in thinking it was most likely the axle seals. I do work on my cars most of the time but seeing as it is 0 degrees here in Wisconsin I took it somewhere. Much to my disbelief my carriage bearings went out in my tranny and trashed all the internals. Just got the call a few days ago and the bill will come to $3100. Now that I am being forced into sticking so much money into this car I have decided to no longer just look at my grandma car with disgust but to make it my own. I started browsing around the web and boom got linked over to this website. Once I was here I kicked myself for not looking into this earlier. A lot of the members here have transformed there cars into very good looking cars. And I now wish to join. Currently I have a bone stock accord with a thule roof rack on it with a bike and snowboard attachment, im looking into a basket for it, I just keep running into large SUV baskets. Can anyone recommend a good roof basket for me? Also I would like to ditch my tan cloth interior and go with a tan leather interior. Other then searching a junk yard and ebay ive come up with a dead end. Can anyone recommend a aftermarket seat cover kit for these cars that fits well?
Future plans for the car now that i have decided to keep it would be,
pioneer double din with nav
roof basket
lowering kit
new wheels/ tires
headings with Hid
and i am really liking the lip kits available for these cars
not to mention all the other goodies ill find here on the forum that i never knew existed!
Future plans for the car now that i have decided to keep it would be,
pioneer double din with nav
roof basket
lowering kit
new wheels/ tires
headings with Hid
and i am really liking the lip kits available for these cars
not to mention all the other goodies ill find here on the forum that i never knew existed!
