Honda Tuning

[eulogy_1981]

when i saw that car in a mag i thought it was awsome but when i saw it in person i was turned off because it was auto. not to say that automatics arent cool or cant be fast. just the fact that this build looked like a track car with it's cage and all race parts.

[Jonas]

joeys car was sick for that feature, and it was barely half done by that time. he did a lot more. that car was awesome. shame he moved on.

but yeah, the accord isnt as popular as the civic and the teg. people generally dont put as much time, effort, and money into an accord as they do those cars though i think the accord is a better car overall. face it. we have old cars. they arent magazine material unless they are absolutely flawless like joeys car... and you live in an area where the magazines go and know people (if anyone doesnt know joey writes for honda tuning now) submit photos, call the magazines, see what you can do. but honestly there arent many cars on this forum that are worthy of a magazine feature. the only two i can really think of right now are from europe.

[Jonas]

when i saw that car in a mag i thought it was awsome but when i saw it in person i was turned off because it was auto. not to say that automatics arent cool or cant be fast. just the fact that this build looked like a track car with it's cage and all race parts.

automatics can be plenty fast. anyone who says an auto cant be fast is as bad as someone that says an accord cant be fast. plus, he swapped to manual anyway.

[1990accordex-r]

Stickydiljoes car is the most hideous accord ever.






jkjk. I think I saw a picture of his car in some dudes locker @ my school.

[eulogy_1981]

automatics can be plenty fast. anyone who says an auto cant be fast is as bad as someone that says an accord cant be fast. plus, he swapped to manual anyway.

if you would have read my post correctly i said that i was turned off to the car as in me personally. i never said automatics are slow. just the amount of money that went into race parts. for example people who buy 100dollar jordans a whole basketball outfit and never use it. but floss it like they playharcore ball. I give the dude props for the time and effort.

[Jonas]

i wasnt saying that you said it was slow. merely continuing the thought that it can most certainly be fast. the kiddies like to read anti-auto stuff and assume that automatics are worthless.

he did convert it to manual i believe.

regardless it was a show car. i dont think he ever raced it. its one of those things where as long as its shiny and has a ton of parts on it its a winner. magazine cover, i guess that proves it!

[oneoffaccord]

joeys car was sick for that feature, and it was barely half done by that time. he did a lot more. that car was awesome. shame he moved on.

but yeah, the accord isnt as popular as the civic and the teg. people generally dont put as much time, effort, and money into an accord as they do those cars though i think the accord is a better car overall. face it. we have old cars. they arent magazine material unless they are absolutely flawless like joeys car... and you live in an area where the magazines go and know people (if anyone doesnt know joey writes for honda tuning now) submit photos, call the magazines, see what you can do. but honestly there arent many cars on this forum that are worthy of a magazine feature. the only two i can really think of right now are from europe.

you are 100% correct. our cars may be old but then again why where there 2 civic hatchs and a crx in the last 4 months..old has nothing to do with it. it all comes down to how you build a car. you dont have to spend alot but its key areas like the engine bay, exterior and interior to be noticed. 75% of cars on here dont have nothing of that at all. thats why you dont see our cars in magazines. i believe that someone a few posts up said that you have to have jdm this, jdm that and mugen wheels to make it in the magazine..yes and no. that last crx build by chase had a few jdm parts but thats not why he made it in the magazine. it was his shit was clean and very detailed. find another accord with that and let me know.

[JoeyBoy_cb7]

Sticky's ol green cb was fast. of course stand still sprints could have been better, but freeway runs from 65-100 mph could rival many others. it was not converted to stick- 'stlmtk' licence plate, i dunno if sticky had plans to convert, I know others wanted to tho.

[eulogy_1981]

i wasnt saying that you said it was slow. merely continuing the thought that it can most certainly be fast. the kiddies like to read anti-auto stuff and assume that automatics are worthless.

he did convert it to manual i believe.

regardless it was a show car. i dont think he ever raced it. its one of those things where as long as its shiny and has a ton of parts on it its a winner. magazine cover, i guess that proves it!

i did not know he coverted to 5speed

[The G-Man]

i did not know he coverted to 5speed

He did not. Jonas is just an utter dumbass.

[Jonas]

i swear i saw him post something about "when it was still automatic" before. i guess not.

[gloryaccordy]

look heres the main problem or reason why. yes accords arent that popular more cd5 then a cb. but too me civics/integra builds are alot more detail oriented than accords. parts are alot easier to get and swap from civic to integra and vice versa. im not going to diss on accords (more CB) chassis but non of the cars come out hard like civic/integras. thats where the problem is. yes you can put a h22, lower it, put some nice wheels and so on but simple things like that will not get you into a magazine. in order to play you have to pay.

Man some of the cover cars I've seen on the covers on HT have had no more work put into them than my car (wheels, swap, suspension)... it just so happened they were Civics owned by popular people on the west coast.

[tonylx87]

Honda Tuning actually had a subscriber write it and ask why accords and preludes are rarely seen in honda tuning and that he is sick of seeing civics , and they replied back by saying that civic guys have the whole well rounded thing down as oposed to accord and prelude owners havent picked up and issue since

[Jonas]

yeah thats kinda crap. its not that there arent nice well rounded accords. its just that civics and tegs are more commonly modified. people assume that if you are going to mod a honda it should be a civic or a teg. accords are boring family cars. to me that makes them much more fun.

im actually surprised more people dont really mod preludes. i see fewer well modified preludes than i do accords. out of all the hondas that people mod the prelude is the most sport oriented. the prelude is sportier than the integra at least in its intended market. the integra wasnt really made to be a sports car.

[gloryaccordy]

yeah thats kinda crap. its not that there arent nice well rounded accords. its just that civics and tegs are more commonly modified. people assume that if you are going to mod a honda it should be a civic or a teg. accords are boring family cars. to me that makes them much more fun.

im actually surprised more people dont really mod preludes. i see fewer well modified preludes than i do accords. out of all the hondas that people mod the prelude is the most sport oriented. the prelude is sportier than the integra at least in its intended market. the integra wasnt really made to be a sports car.

Yea the Lude gets the least love, though for what its worth the ones done by peeps here are all very good

I think Preludes are my fav Hondas... the 4th and 5th gens. The 4th gens are just phenomenal cars, great handling etc though they are gettin a little old. The 5th gens have that awesome interior, guaranteed VTAK and kinda timeless design (except for the nose)...

HT is freakin biased anyway, aside from the fact that they only do Civs/Tegs they also only do west coast stories. Lame as hell

I do remember them havin an issue w/weird azz cars like 2nd gen LEgends and stuff. And they did have that purple Lude on the cover once. But ugh eghth