2007 Honda Element EX, only 87,043 miles at time of purchase:
2412091-12-revo by Paul Kemme, on Flickr
Bought this for my son for graduation (he'll pay for some of it). Tentatively named it "Larry" (short for Lawrencium - gotta be an element, right? - in honor of his grandfather).
ENGINE:
K24A8
TRANSMISSION:
Stock 5 speed automatic, all wheel drive.
SUSPENSION/WHEELS:
Stock,
- fairly new tires
- new pads and rotors at all four wheels
EXTERIOR:
Stock
- Atomic Blue Metallic
- Polished and restored headlights
INTERIOR:
Stock
- no tearing at the left side of the driver seat like a lot of them.
AUDIO/ELECTRONICS:
Stock AM/FM/CD, 270 Watt
Future Plans:
Engine: May install the candy blue valve cover I had done for my other Element in this one to match the exterior, then redo the one from this for the other.
Exterior: We talked about a silver pinstripe a little further up on this one.
First services were a 2x (so far) drain/refill of the transmission; the fluid that came out still looked pretty good (dark red, but certainly not as ugly as some honey colored ones I saw). Used Meguiar's Medium Restoration kit on the headlights. Ordered a large syringe to facilitate filling the differential. Installed aluminum hood release handle (plastic one was broken), replaced one backup bulb. The one common thread on many Elements is a fairly rusty rear bumper beam; again, this one isn't as bad as most I saw, but still more than I'd like to see. I will probably buy a new one, undercoat it, install it, then have the removed one stripped/derusted, powder coated, probably undercoated, then install it in the other Element.

Bought this for my son for graduation (he'll pay for some of it). Tentatively named it "Larry" (short for Lawrencium - gotta be an element, right? - in honor of his grandfather).
ENGINE:
K24A8
TRANSMISSION:
Stock 5 speed automatic, all wheel drive.
SUSPENSION/WHEELS:
Stock,
- fairly new tires
- new pads and rotors at all four wheels
EXTERIOR:
Stock
- Atomic Blue Metallic
- Polished and restored headlights
INTERIOR:
Stock
- no tearing at the left side of the driver seat like a lot of them.
AUDIO/ELECTRONICS:
Stock AM/FM/CD, 270 Watt
Future Plans:
Engine: May install the candy blue valve cover I had done for my other Element in this one to match the exterior, then redo the one from this for the other.
Exterior: We talked about a silver pinstripe a little further up on this one.
First services were a 2x (so far) drain/refill of the transmission; the fluid that came out still looked pretty good (dark red, but certainly not as ugly as some honey colored ones I saw). Used Meguiar's Medium Restoration kit on the headlights. Ordered a large syringe to facilitate filling the differential. Installed aluminum hood release handle (plastic one was broken), replaced one backup bulb. The one common thread on many Elements is a fairly rusty rear bumper beam; again, this one isn't as bad as most I saw, but still more than I'd like to see. I will probably buy a new one, undercoat it, install it, then have the removed one stripped/derusted, powder coated, probably undercoated, then install it in the other Element.
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