TurboAccord99
Active Member
That looks great! It’s giving me motivation to clean up my car that was recently unearthed from my garage.
Richard's '03 CL-S 6MT
- Thread starter Sil2DrV6
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It's hard to start sometimes, but it gets hard to stop, once you start going, right?
Decided to renew the 22 year old shifter cable. The cable on the car isn't falling apart or anything right now, but the shifter jerks sometimes when it's shifting to the 4th gear. Was planning on simply getting a new factory cable, but it became discontinued and hard to come by. Then, the one made by Hybrid Racing caught my attention. Their cables seemed to be more performance and sports orientated than the stock ones. The one for the CL had many positive reviews, and the quality of the parts seemed to be exceeding the oem's, so I went on and got one for my X'mas gift lol. Found a nice deal on BF after TG day last year with Heel Toe Performance, but the parts became back-ordered by the production delay lol. I have yet to receive the cable, but it's totally okay with me, since I'm not in rush. I'll probably be getting their short shifter assembly in the future, too, so I can totally wait n take some time to put them on together at once, when the time comes.
Also, I recently discovered a funny design flaw on the interior of this model lol. The driver's seat has the quick-release reclining lever located on the side of the back cushion -- for a rear passenger to get in / out quickly. My Accord coupe's lever is a tiny little piece of hook, but this CL's is like a bear knuckle. And, this thing actually hits the rear passenger's arm rest, when reclined with the max setting lol. One day, I was taking a nap in the car, and later on, I saw a little dent on the arm rest lol. Maxed out the back seat again, and the lever met the dent perfectly lol. I wonder if it's just my CL tho, because the driver's seat floor below is somehow "crushed" by the previous owner(s) lol.
Oh, I also had a chance to remove the haze on the headlight lenses recently, too. I heard some life hack stuff with WD-40, tooth pastes, or bug sprays being effective, but I didn't try any of those lol. I simply used the car stuff by Maguire's with my electric orbiter. Sry, no pic this time, but I swear they're crystal clear now!
Thanks for checking, and I hope this year will be a good one for y'all!
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puzzlemaster94
6GA Connoisseur
Havent seen an update from you on IG, figured I'd check in. Looks like its still going well.
Hey, thanks for checking. Yea, I've been only posting stories and highlighting them these days on IG haha. This car has been very super reliable, useful, and comfortable lately, compared to 4 years ago from day one. My Accord can still run (shift lol) okay, so it's taking forever to get the swap done lol. Can't appreciate you enough for your help to get this car running strong now! Happy belated new year btw lol.
Finally received Hybrid Racing Shift Cables that I ordered in November last year lol. These were back-ordered by the manufacture, so that's why it took forever. I haven't had a chance to open up the box to take a look at them yet, but I'll probably not get them installed right away. It's because I will most likely get their short shifter as well, and throw them out all together at one point. Wow, what an update over here lol.
Had a chance to stop by and say hello to my local window filming shop. I was able to remove all of the side windows' previously, but I just couldn't be confident enough to remove the rear's w/o messing up the defroster, which is working perfectly fine. He told me the film has deteriorated so much that it's gonna be very flaky, and i'll most likely mess up the defroster lines with the razor blade eventually. it's a little annoying sometimes, when I can't figure out who's really behind me, but I'd prolly leave it as is.
I totally forgot abt the new oem BF reservoir cap that I bought a few months ago lol. So it's on now!
Also had a chance to remove some rusts on a couple of those engine wire harness brackets that I'll be swapping over into my Accord. My original plan was to simply just replace those pieces, but this will do for now.
Thanks for checking!
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