khal.lawson : 1992 Accord EX

[khal.lawson]

I've been out of the loop for a while, but I'm really glad to be back in another CB7 and becoming an active participant in the CB7tuner community again.

In 2009 I ended up totaling my old sedan. Those were days where I was pretty immature quite honestly. I didn't do regular maintenance as I should have, I struggled with homelessness, trying to maintain grades in order to graduate, losing my track scholarship, losing a ton of friends, etc... I had a lot of fundamental lessons to learn, in short. Most importantly some work-ethic.

So, here we are nowadays. Two S14 240sx's, one degree, and a new home later I found myself biting the bullet on another CB7, here she is:

Information

Engine/Transmission
- F22A1 with 55k - Rebuilt 4 years ago
- MSD Ignition Blaster Coil
- DC Headers
- 5-Speed

Exterior
- OEM Arcadia Green (Resprayed)

Interior
- Momo corso steering wheel
- Momo woodgrain shiftknob
- Re-upholstered leather seats

Suspension
- KYB GR2 Shocks + Adjustable lowering springs
- SPC adjustable ball joints
- Front: '95 Odyssey knuckles, hubs, rotors, brake calipers
- Rear: 2001 BB6 hubs, 2001 Integra Type-R rotors

Wheels
- 2007-2008 Acura TL Wheels (17x8 +45 offset)

Audio
- Alpine Headunit

Future Plans

In General
- Study CB7 service manual & owner's manual
- Cleanliness in general, much more cleanliness.

Engine (Bay)
- Clean up wiring
- New fuel filter
- Replace battery
- New battery tray or move battery to the trunk
- Polish or respray strut bar
- NGK Wires
- Polish and clean as much as possible
- Examine rack & pinion
- Replace power-steering components
- Replace headers, front pipe, flex pipe, catalytic converter, and back.

Electrical
- Restoring cruise control
- LED interior lighting

Exterior
- Secure amber signals and turn signals for options
- Restore turn signal lamps
- Remove overspray and polish side molding

Interior
- Find alternate use for dash clock (won't hold correct time)
- Refurbish shift knob
- Refurbish steering wheel
- Amber or pure white 74 bulbs for cluster (not sure about LED's just yet yet)
- New shift boot
- Soundproofing in the trunk area

... This is what I have for now, I'll be filling in with more information and pictures. Thanks for taking a look!

[SPLCB7]

Looks like a nice restart..

[DanCan]

Welcome back! Clean Coupe...looks like a nice starting base.

Keep Up The Good Work

[F22Chris]

Bite the bullet? I'd eat the damn clip for a chassis that dent-less.

[sonikaccord]

Another Atl person!! Welcome back!

[XCRN]

Those wheels are absolutely perfect on that car. If I still had my green coupe I was going to get those.

[Chrisnick]

Love it. Beautiful car. Good to hear about how well you're doing after everything you've been through.

[Fleetw00d]

I love the TL wheels as well. I've got cruise control parts (actuator and cable at least) if you need them.

[khal.lawson]

Looks like a nice restart..

Agreed good sir, agreed.

Welcome back! Clean Coupe...looks like a nice starting base.

Keep Up The Good Work

Thanks man, the work is just beginning, as soon as I make the time this weekend and next week.

Bite the bullet? I'd eat the damn clip for a chassis that dent-less.

Yeah, I put my 240 up for sale as soon as I saw the posting. Had to have it, had to.

Another Atl person!! Welcome back!

Much love! Hope to see you around.

Those wheels are absolutely perfect on that car. If I still had my green coupe I was going to get those.

Agreed. I'm leaving them on for a while, I'm sourcing the one missing center cap now.

Love it. Beautiful car. Good to hear about how well you're doing after everything you've been through.

Thanks man!

I love the TL wheels as well. I've got cruise control parts (actuator and cable at least) if you need them.

Yeah? I haven't posted up any engine bay pics as of yet, but believe it or not everything is still there. I have a hunch that because the SRS stuff isn't present that may be all that I need. I'm pulling it from a JY this weekend and I'll keep you posted on how that goes.



Again, more info and pics coming soon!

[khal.lawson]

Update

So, I've spent the past couple teaching myself how to drive a 5-speed. This is my first manual vehicle, ever, so I thought it would be a good time to learn.

I'm pretty comfortable in any situation driving now, as I kind of had to be because I live at the bottom of a huge hill, haha.

I managed to pull it into the garage (and back out the next day with no issues) and got to work examining a few things and putting together a plan of action.



Now, my garage is pretty terrible at the moment, and it's justified a bit because I've basically had to completely remodel this house as I soon as I moved in from the ground up, so much of the storage space has been in the garage. Now there's a clean CB in there to push the progress for making the garage a sound workspace.



More information on the HID's and how they're set up in future posts. Right now they work great, so I'm not pressed too much to start pulling things apart until it's time to clean up the bay.



The first aesthetic fix I made was respraying the windshield wipers (while replacing the blades). It may seem like a very minuscule change but trust, it really is the simple things that make a look come together. Plus, it took 15 minutes. Unscrew, sand, primer, respray, put back on.






I don't have any "after" pictures at the moment, but I'll upload a few in a couple of days.

Next up was examining the cluster fck that is the engine bay. Man, oh man:








The paint on the VC was poorly painted, so much so that it peeled off with little effort. I pulled off the VC and resprayed it wrinkle black. Pics later, of course.

Pretty much everything is there, nothing too big to worry about. The goal will be to clean up the wiring a bit, a light tuck.

I also took the time to change the oil, oil filter, and spark plugs.

I haven't shown much of the interior, but I found myself a bit iffy on the steering wheel:





Here's what it looks like, which I'm not much of a fan of to be honest. I'd like a full wood-grain wheel at some point, but in order to make it look a bit more favorable, imo, I took off the grey piece on the front and cleaned it up a bit:




Any tips on how to further restore brushed aluminum? I took a wire brush to it and it made a small difference.



So for later,

Interior pics and cleanup, after pics of windshield wipers, and HID information. Thanks for looking, any feedback or suggestions are appreciated!

[F22Chris]

Looks good so far man. Let me know if you need help with stuff. Where in Atlanta are you?

[khal.lawson]

Looks good so far man. Let me know if you need help with stuff. Where in Atlanta are you?

For sure man, will do. I stay right next to Gresham Park in East Atlanta. I'll shoot you a pm.

[F22Chris]

I don't have a phone atm, Verizon screwed me for like 1700 bucks. Talk to me in ATLiens or accept PM's and we can figure something out.

[excalibur02]

Your coupe looks so clean I like the progess!

[sonikaccord]

I don't have a phone atm, Verizon screwed me for like 1700 bucks. Talk to me in ATLiens or accept PM's and we can figure something out.

Bullshit! I wouldn't pay that.