apalileo : 1993 Accord DX

[Jarrett]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading that. You've made a really awesome car by just doing small, tasteful upgrades over the life of it. It looks very clean and simple, like Honda should have offered it from the factory.

The only bad part about reading threads like this is that so much activity is condensed into one post. Then when we come back to check things out again in the future, progress isn't made at the same rate. My own thread is guilty of that.

[apalileo]

UPDATE: July 25, 2017 - CD5 Side Skirts. Post 153

Here's my CB7 as it sits currently!

Rosewood Brown Metallic
Stock F22A1 5-Speed
335,000 Miles as of May 2017



Modifications

Exterior:
-JDM One Piece Headlights (Blacked Out)
-Morimoto Mini D2S Projectors with X-Lenses
-55W 5000K Innovited D2S HID Kit
-G-Square Style Front Grille
-Spectre Hood Locks
-92-93 "Si-T Style" DIY Front Bumper Lights
-94-95 Accord Front Lip
-94-97 Accord Side Skirts
-94-97 Accord Front Mud Flaps
-Spoon Style Side Mirrors on CB7 M3 Style Mirror Mounting Plates w/ Custom Cut Mirror Glass
-JDM Honda Access Visors
-SunTek Carbon 55 Window Tint
-93 Accord EX Rosewood Brown Metallic Door Handles
-Antenna Delete (Trunk Plug)
-92-93 Red/Clear Tail Lights

Interior:
-Complete Burgundy to Gray 92-93 Accord DX Interior Swap
-05-06 RSX Front Cloth Seats
-94-97 Accord Head Unit
-Nardi Personal Blitz 330mm Steering Wheel
-Nardi Personal Hub
-Modified 92-96 Prelude Gear Shift Lever
-92-96 Prelude Gear Shift Base Plate
-Shayspec Solid Aluminum Shifter Assembly Mounts
-Cheddas Delrin Shift Cable Linkage Bushings
-Black Delrin Round Shift Knob
-Generic Black PVC "Leather" Shift Boot
-92-96 Prelude E-Brake Handle Modded over OEM Handle
-90-93 Accord Wagon Trunk Organizer

Engine:
-Remanufactured Engine Installed @ 280K Miles
-DIY Grounding Kit
-96-00 Civic Russell Stainless Steel Braided Fuel Line
-Energy Suspension Front Engine Mount Inserts
-Sebring Muffler (For 87-91 Prelude)
-K&N Drop-In Filter

Suspension:
-Ground-Control Coilovers - 600 lbs/in Front | 300 lbs/in Rear
-Hypercoils helper springs - 4" Front | 6" Rear
-Eibach 2.5" ID Spring Spacer
-Koni Sport Struts
-FatFourCustoms Extended Front Top Hats
-94-97 Accord Tanabe Sustec Front Upper Strut Bar
-SPC Adjustable Front Upper Ball Joint (+1.5° to +3.0&#176
-Complete Power Steering System Delete
-Manual Steering Rack Conversion (Piston Delete)
-Spoon Sports Rigid Collars
-eBay Rear Upper Strut Bar
-SPC Adjustable Rear Upper Control Arms (+1.5° to +3.0&#176
-92-93 Accord EX Rear Subframe
-60A Urethane Reinforced Rear Trailing Arm Bushings
-90-93 Accord Wagon Rear Lower Control Arms (Cast Iron)
-Prothane Rear Lower Control Arm Bushings
-Prothane Rear Lower Strut Bushings (Front Anchor Bushings)
-Progress Technology Rear Sway Bar

Wheels, Tires & Brakes:
-Rota Slipstream 16x8 +40 Flat Black
-Aluminum Hub Centric Rings
-Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 225/50-16
-98-99 Acura 2.3CL Front Hubs & Bearings
-91-96 Acura NSX front calipers
-98-99 Acura 3.0CL front caliper brackets 25T
-Stoptech 98-99 Acura 3.0CL front slotted rotors
-Stoptech 98-99 Acura 3.0CL front street pads
-92-93 Accord EX rear disc conversion
-Stoptech 92-93 Accord EX rear slotted rotors
-Stoptech 92-93 Accord EX rear street pads
-Techna Fit stainless steel braided brake lines
-94-01 Acura Integra RS 40/40 proportioning valve
-Speed bleeders



I'm going to tell this one in rewind, so it ends in the beginning!

July 25, 2017 - CD5 Side Skirts. Post 153
July 09, 2017 - RSX Seats. Post 144
June 27, 2017 - Visors! Post 137
May 07, 2017 - Suspension Finally Complete! Post 112
April 21, 2016 - Brake Upgrade. Post 89.
March 2, 2016 - Red/Clear Tail Lights. Post 67.
February 2016 - Coilovers! Post 48.
February 2016 - Power Steering Delete: post 42.
February 2016 - Russell stainless steel braided AN fuel line: post 33.
January 2016 - Nardi Personal Blitz steering wheel and shifter modification: post 31.
January 2016 - Shifter Upgrade: post 22.
September 2015 - Repair & Maintenance: post 18.
September 2015 - Discovered there's a max image per post. Minor aesthetic repairs: post 14.



August 2015 - Installed Energy Suspension Master Bushing Kit, Front Engine Mount Inserts, SPC Adjustable Upper Ball Joints, new axles and rear shims for camber adjustment. Got the arms from the yard and had a truck suspension shop push all the old bushings out.






July 2015 - Found someone selling a hard to find set of black Rota Slipstreams in 16x8 with +40 offset. Had to cop them! Did the conduit cap mod for the center cap with satin black Rustoleum paint! I was running Kumho Ecsta AST's at the time on the previous wheels.






October 2014 - Blacked out the headlights when I installed a Morimoto Mini D2S kit. Also installed a G-Square style front grille. Lost those photos.



February 2014 - Picked up a set of Motoring Exponents 16x75 +35 wheels (Borbet Type-C replicas). They were white, but I had them stripped and refinished in the OEM style silver.

They were on Achilles 2233's, which were decent tires, but had a hell of a time balancing.










November 2013 - Oil pump seized and made a mess of everything. Found a local shop that would rebuild and install another F22A for me. Drove it up leaking oil everywhere. May as well since I was having it swapped out.












October 2013 - Someone stole my battery. Fortunately that's all. Installed Spectre hood locks.








September 2013 - Found a guy selling a Sebring axle back for a Prelude. Had it custom welded to the stock piping.







Also dented a wheel that month, had to ride on a donut.




May 2012 - Big overhaul! 11" ROH conversion, rear disc brake conversion and Koni STR-T struts.













Also made a Prelude hand brake work (not knowing the Vigor one worked).










Random Shots:






July 2011 - One piece JDM headlights and DIY Spoon Style mirrors. Mounted the mirrors using base plates for M3 Style mirrors. Cut mirror glass from larger SUV mirror glass replacements.












June 2011 - Found a 1993 Accord in the same Rosewood Brown Metallic at the yard. Picked the driver's side doors and all of the door handles off of it.




March 2011 - Picked up a 1994 Accord head unit and four Kenwood 5.6 coaxial speakers at the yard. Using my iTrip with an old school iPod for my music.




February 2011 - Found some ASA EM9 16x7 +35 wheels with Falken Ziex ZE-502's.








October 2010 - Used Eibach Sportline Springs.








September 2010 - Dug up my old Tanabe Sustec front upper strut bar that I had from my 97 Accord back in the day.






August 2010 - 94-95 Accord front lip.



Complete Gray DX interior from a part out.




















July 2010 (The Beginning) - Picked up this CB7 with 241,000 on the clock, a blown head gasket and no head unit or speakers. Mean little sideswipe action on the drivers side doors, too.



Pulled the head, did a lot of clean up, put in the new gasket and got it back on the road.






And that's that.