steelbluesleepR : 1990 Accord LX

[steelbluesleepR]

Engine
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Shaved, polished, and painted valve cover-For Sale
Polished distributer-For Sale
Polished coolant port
Bisimoto heat barrier intake manifold gasket-For Sale
h23 intake manifold with butterflies removed-For Sale
3" prelude short ram intake
Ebay header with DEI heat-wrap-Sold to MNdude07
Greddy Evo1 CD5 cat-back exhaust
Custom test-pipe
Ractive cone filter
Deleted cruise control
Deleted a/c
Battery relocated to the passenger side of the trunk
Replaced 10mm hardware with hex-cap screws and stainless washers

Suspension
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KYB GR-2 Struts
Sprint Extreme lowering springs (-2.5, -2.5)
Ebay Polished front strut bar
Street Heat cross-drilled front rotors (just on the driver side-long story)
Raybestos ceramic pads
Motegi MR-8's - 17"x7" Silver with a polished lip
205-40-17" Kuhmo Ecsta's

Exterior
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Stock B-49M Laurel Blue Metallic
Black 92-93 sedan trunk conversion
92-93 sedan OEM taillights
DIY 1-piece grill
DIY fiberglass eyelids-For Sale
Shaved antenna
Shaved rear emblems
Ebay clear corners
Ebay clear bumper indicators
Farenheit xenon cool-blue low and high beam bulbs
White LED rear license plate lights (led windshield squirters)
30% tint all around
5th gen accord lip with custom crack performed by a fox
cb7t and club decals

Interior:
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DIY shortshifter (lowered bucket, cut shaft, shortening bracket)

DIY black door panels with blue ultrasuede inserts
DIY black ultrasuede pillar-covers and headliner
DIY black/blue ultrasuede shift boot (thanks mom)
DIY volt-guage-pod smoothed into steering column cover
DIY Blue LED's under the dash and in the vents
DIY switch panel for the lights
DIY Dyed black interior trim pieces
Shaved rear-view mirror and visors
Polished seat handles
Polished coin tray and ashtray
Body-color matched dash trim
Blue 92 Integra headrests
White integra clock
Pilot shift knob


ICE
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JVC CD MP3/WMA head unit
Cerwin Vega HED-1502A components
Kenwood 505w amp
2 JL 12W0's
DIY body-color mirror trim panel tweeter pods
DIY fiberglass-faced sub box and false trunk floor
Dual 6-1/2" rear speakers


In Progress
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Full wire tuck
Shaved engine bay
H22 swap
Looped power steering
Deleted vacuum black box
Relocated fuse box

Future plans

Engine:
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polish more parts
Explicit Speed H22 alternator relocation
Bisimoto Stage 2 cams
Greddy or Bisimoto header

Suspension
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Cusco CD5 strut bar
DIY rear x-brace
Rear lower tie bar
All-prelude 5-lug swap
Cross-drilled prelude rotors
F&F type-2 coilovers

Exterior
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JDM 1-piece headlights
DIY integrated grill/eyelids
DIY shaved carbon trunk (keep taillights, relocate license plate)
VIS carbon hood (1/2 painted)
Hand-made custom body kit
Shave door handles
Shave door moulding
Body work
Re-paint B-49M Laurel BlueMetallic

Interior/ICE
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4x12" or 2x15" subs (brand TBD
Fiberglass door pods
Black leather covered fiberglass dash
5.1 setup with a total of 4 component sets and 1 mid-bass set
Black leather seats with blue stitching and blue ultrasuede inserts
DIY blue dash LED's
More/better blue interior lights (better lighing under seats and dash, etc.
TAS Auto Black carpet
Fiberglass Rear Deck
8"touchscreen fed from an in-car ATX computer with 5.1 sound card, GPS, and a few other goodies.
15" screen in passenger side of dash (already have the screen)
Nardi wood/polished steering wheel/NRG quick-release

my car when i got her in august of 05


how she sits now




how she was in various stages up to now:

[TypeG]

you're going to need more pics of your engine because i like to see polished metal. later.

[steelbluesleepR]

i know you do, typeG, you inspired the work in my engine bay and i have learned a lot from your DIY's. however, being in college, i dont have any time to polish anything except on breaks, and then i see my girlfriend back home! looks like i have to wait until at least christmas to do anything. when i do, though that valve cover and a few other things will SHINE.
on a related note, how do you sand large surfaces? i have used the dremel sanding method on parts of the valve cover, but that takes forever. right now i am hand sanding everything, and would like some arm stregnth left afterwards.

[TypeG]

i usually use an orbital sander where ever i can. that kind of sander is the easiest way to see if you have sanded away all the pits and uneven surfaces.
i wouldn't go any courser than 320g. then just work your way up from there. later.

[steelbluesleepR]

thanks, ill ask for one christmas (no income). i need to get an orbital buffer too, my exterior is looking kinda faded is some spots.

[oneoffaccord]

its alright. whats so sleepr about it?

[steelbluesleepR]

its not, i just thought the name was cool
:edit: i also sleep a lot too

[HondaGuy1212]

sweet ride I like all of the diy's good job

[CBAccordA4]

Nice, I like the baggy ass shift boot.

[Night Wolf]

damn thats a big hole

[steelbluesleepR]

forgot my brake setup: Street Heat cross drilled rotors and Raybestos ceramic pads.
i was having a huge problem with fade on the way home from work (20 miles of curvy, hilly country roads at 70-80 mph will kill stock brakes (and did in 10k miles) so i got these and i have never felt them fade (still have the stock drums though, need to change that!).

[steelbluesleepR]

i just took some pics tonight, so here ya go. not really anything now, but (hopefully) better photography.

[sleepycb7]

good start. i like the diy stuff.

[quakerjoe]

when you going to post those pics that we took last night man? from what i can remember those were some hot fotos of ze cb's

[Mr_Doitagain]

Nice Pics...... Keep'em going man.... looks like your in good shape...

[cb7pr]

bro, i have a clean set of those same hubcaps...lmk if you want them...anyhow, good start....keep it going...

[accordtypeR]

Originally Posted by HondaGuy1212

sweet ride I like all of the diy's good job

X2 bro...good luck on future mods...

[pig pen]

looks like a solid ride!

[steelbluesleepR]

thanks guys, i do what i can.

joe, i have the pics and they look pretty good, but i dont have a fast enough connection anywhere to upload pics right now. they might be up monday, but the 7th or 8th at the absolute latest, thats when i get back to school and back to the sweet fiber optic connetion.

cb7pr, no thanks man, when i get the new pics up, youll see how good it looks on bare steelies, im just trying to find some 2" electrical knock-out caps like in the DIY section for the hub-holes.

Stay tuned, i am in the process of building a fiberglass sub box, while still retaining (some) trunk space, as you read this.

[steelbluesleepR]

i hit a light pole saturday night, so fixing that comes at higher priority over modding it right now.
heres the link to my thread about it. i dont feel like going over it again.
link