What'd you do to your accord today?

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<^ i'm also thinking about doing another retro .. or just getting another set of OEM headlights and leaving the corners chrome/clear instead of black .

Today .. i bought a couple things off ebay for my accord .
 

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<^ i'm also thinking about doing another retro .. or just getting another set of OEM headlights and leaving the corners chrome/clear instead of black .

Today .. i bought a couple things off ebay for my accord .

Just re-chrome your current ones. Chrome paint turns out pretty decent. It does not dry as great as proper chrome but its reflective enough.
 

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Replaced the original spark plug wires with denso wires. Cap and rotor on the way. The original wires looked and performed fine so not sure they even needed to be changed. If anyone wants them, shoot me a pm or they are going in the trash.
 

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Just re-chrome your current ones. Chrome paint turns out pretty decent. It does not dry as great as proper chrome but its reflective enough.

My lens aren't in the best shape inside and out .. Has little imperfections that niggle me when I look at it up close so I just want to do it again and take my sweet time doing it. Plus one of the headlights were not even genuine so I'd like to just get new ones and re-do it perfectly :)

Today ! : I did Sil2DrV6's DIY for the front doors. Definite improvement in the sound when opening and mainly closing. Sounds more .. 'solid'. Will post some pictures in your DIY thread soon, Richard :) will do the rear doors when I buy some more felt sheets.
While I was at it, I replaced the door speakers with my brothers oem 97 civic speakers which he took out when the car was still new. So it's not really an upgrade .. Just a replacement for now .
Reduced a lot of the boot rattle with some felt pads, caused by the sub .. obviously .. I pushed them in areas where metal was touching against metal and the plastic cover on the boot latch.

Happy with what I managed to complete today :lolrun:
 

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Today ! : I did Sil2DrV6's DIY for the front doors. Definite improvement in the sound when opening and mainly closing. Sounds more .. 'solid'. Will post some pictures in your DIY thread soon, Richard :) will do the rear doors when I buy some more felt sheets.
While I was at it, I replaced the door speakers with my brothers oem 97 civic speakers which he took out when the car was still new. So it's not really an upgrade .. Just a replacement for now .
Reduced a lot of the boot rattle with some felt pads, caused by the sub .. obviously .. I pushed them in areas where metal was touching against metal and the plastic cover on the boot latch.

Happy with what I managed to complete today :lolrun:
That's nice hear that.:) I'm glad that it contributed to your needs. Yeah, feel free to post some pics. Moa pix betta b/c picture is worth a thousand words. :thumbup:

Funny thing about sound deadening is that, once you eliminate the main noize, another noizes (which had been covered by the eliminated noize) start to stand out. You eliminate that, and you hear smaller ones behind. And it goes on.

I got to the point, where I was irritated about my key chain was hitting the key ignition fringe, so I decided to apply the tape on it...


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Received a K&N Drop-in filter, and swapped w/ my Bosch filter. Didn't expect how oily & smelly it was. As for the performance, Um.. Hard to tell. I mean, can somebody really feel the difference of +1 ~ +4hp? (I kind of felt like the car was running a little smooth like taking off from a gas station, right after when you fill it up.)


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Also,

One edition to my interior accessory:

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Yep, they're dry-freeze bumble bees. :rock:
 

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Filled up with 93 for $3.14/gal, total was $49.13 for 15.65 gallons. Thanks, Kroger Plus.

Also hit 155k miles. Motor and tranny have 61k though. :)

Funny thing about sound deadening is that, once you eliminate the main noize, another noizes (which had been covered by the eliminated noize) start to stand out. You eliminate that, and you hear smaller ones behind. And it goes on.

I always hear more noises in the winter. Which is another reason I hate this season.

And no you can’t feel a difference between 1 and 4 horses. Lol
 
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