crazymikey : 1990 Accord LX

[crazymikey]

Wow, this sucks having to make an MRT all over again.

December 9, 2011: Sold '91 SE for $2500 because I was unemployed and broke. Needed money to pay bills.

Later that night, I purchased this 1990 LX base model coupe to replace it.


Purchase price: $1400 CDN
Date of acquisition: December 9, 2011, 10pm MST

1990 LX (US DX) coupe
White BBB
Maroon cloth interior
173 000 original KM
F22A1
5 speed
No power options

Absolutely bone stock and unmolested.


Taking delivery:







Immediately installed amber corners and drove to car wash




I'm just going to skip all the "progress pics" and jump to where I am right now since the site was down.

Mods:
-Generic ebay Short Ram Intake
-Yellow 7mm KEM plug wires from an EG Civic
-Exhaust manifold heat shield painted black
-Reflex wipers
-Colour matched bumpers, handles & mirrors from EX-R coupe
-Amber corners
-Blackhoused headlights
-Inner red clear tails/outer OEM red/amber
-VW Jetta MK2 flushmount spoiler
-Legend front lip
-CD5 rear lip
-15" JDM ITR rims with 195/55/15 Bridgestone Blizzak tires
-1/8" chrome trim on side moldings
-Oval chrome tip on OEM muffler
-CD5 "Accord" trunk emblem
-Shaved "LX" emblem
-Black SE dash
-Black SE carpet
-Black SE rear shelf
-Black SE trunk panels & carpet
-Tan SE coupe leather seats & seatbelts
-BA4 Prelude steering wheel
-Door panels, centre console, kick panels, door sills painted Semi Gloss Black with SEM interior paint
-Door inserts recovered with black tweed and chrome trim surround
-Pioneer headunit
-JL Audio 6.5" front speakers
-JL Audio 3-way 6x9 rear speakers in tan SE speaker pods
-Ford Taurus double din Coin Tray/cup holder
-Chrome/faux CF hand brake handle cover with black leather shift boot modified to fit as hand brake boot
-EG Civic black window cranks

















That's it for now!

[cfmurray]

This time make sure you copy and paste all of your work into notepad. So if this ever happens again you will have all it to just copy, and paste into a new thread

['93CB7Ex]

dude those tailights look sick. never seen that before using red/clears on the inner only.

[crazymikey]

dude those tailights look sick. never seen that before using red/clears on the inner only.

Yeah, they're different. They remind me of a 90s BMW 5 series.

[c91bse7]

Nice progress your muffler looks like my old one.

[Nurega]

Sad to see your SE go, but it looks like you have found a great replacement. You finally have a manual transmission!

Good luck on the financial/job situation. Its been a rough year for all of us.

[crazymikey]

Thanks! BTW, I am working now, as a detailer at the Mitsubishi dealership. Things are on the up again.

[slammed91cb7]

looking good man

[Wickit]

Good to hear you have some income! She's so clean too!

[keepinitclean]

Ohhhh Yeaaaaa!

[kouzie]

I still vote for panda

[crazymikey]

No Panda for you!!

I need a drop so bad. The 4x4 status is killing me. As are the nose bleeds.

[crazymikey]

Decided to do something a little different with the handbrake.

For one, I was too lazy to pull it out and paint it.

I bought a handbrake cover and a shift boot. Before you scream "rice" on the handbrake cover...the chrome matches my door panels and shift knob trim, and the "carbon fibre" works with my black tweed door inserts.








Also bought a set of 4 nice black carpet mats, since I only had a pair of really crappy beat up rubber ones for the front.

I tried some spray glue for the carpet on the sill where the gap is, but it didn't work at all. I think I need to velcro it down.

You can see on my driver side window crank, the paint is already peeling off from use.

[Daheavyking]

Nice coupe mikey!!!

[crazymikey]

Thank you. While I feel the exterior isn't much to look at right now, I have put some extremely hard work into redoing the interior.