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**aero** · 09-02-2003, 11:49 PM

Well, for the interior, most will say to not paint it. I am changing mine from the burgundy to a dark grey. I found as many panels out of a grey 4th gen @ a junkyard, and now I am getting vinyl to recover the door panels. in total, the vinyl for the doors and dash will have cost me around $40. Which I think is not much of a jump from spray paint to the real deal. As far as puttin the vinyl in, ive never done it before, but im sure it wont be hard.

So you said you have 800 to spend? I would spend it on a drop...most noticeable and best thing you can do to it right now.

**potfiend** · 09-03-2003, 10:02 AM

unfourtunately, as I've said many times, this is my wife's car. Since the driveway to her parents house is so bad you need a 4x4 to get through it after a storm, she doesn't want it dropped an inch. I wish I could afford some adjustable coil overs but that's simply not in the budget.

I'm a little confused though, I know painting the dash and carpet and everything is a pain in the ass but I thought everyone said it worked out pretty good. As a general rule, I'm gonna have to change everything myself rather than purchasing stuff from junkyards because I never have time to go hunting for the parts.

I was originally planning on getting some 17's and some nice rubber, but I'm just gonna try to get some good rubber for the stock rims. The tire's, I'm guessing is gonna cost around $450. I don't want the interior to cost more than $150 total. Since I don't have any headers yet, I'd like to be able to pick up some but I'm gonna probably have to wait around for a steal on ebay.

All in all, I'm hoping to have an i/h/e setup, a pretty good looking interior, and some half way decent rubber on my stock wheels.

Any help you guys can give is much appreciated.

**uncle_el** · 09-03-2003, 07:55 PM

i wouldn't waste my money on padded seat covers. i find the oem seats to be comfortable and attractive. i think padded seat covers will take away from the seats themselves.

haven't heard of seat covers for anything but couches. if it is out there, i doubt it will look good.

as far as painting panels and carpets... i have heard/seen (only in pics) that it will look just fine. the comfort level is a different thing. not that either our panels or our carpet is all that soft to begin with, but i have heard that the paint makes the material quite stiff.

you can buy interior carpet for $125 for the cb7: http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...=&threadid=503

not sure how to go about painting the heat shield or valve cover, but my understanding would be that you would need a heat resistant paint.

as far as getting good rubber/tires for the stock wheels, you can get pretty good tires for much larger wheels for $450. so you should be able to get great tires for $450. you really should be able to get pretty good tires for significantly less than that.

**potfiend** · 09-03-2003, 10:23 PM

Well it's not all that big of a deal anymore. I've always been a gunnut at heart and a deal came across today that I couldn't pass up. That takes my budget down to $300. I figure the best way I could spend that is to get some headers. I looked it up once but I should be able to get some headers for about $300, right.

I'm thinking about taking off my crimp-bent exhaust, cutting out the corners and welding in some universal mandral bent piping. That and advancing my timing a little bit (I wanna try it out for myself) along with my intake and exhaust will be about the only performance upgrades that I'll be able to afford for a while.

Thanks everybody

**uncle_el** · 09-06-2003, 09:06 AM

a brand new header from a company like dc sports would run you about $300... so i would like to think you could get one for significantly less from ebay or somewhere else.

i have no idea about welding or anything, so i'm not sure if your idea would be feasible or not.

**potfiend** · 09-06-2003, 06:15 PM

I found a set of MotoraZ lightweight chrome race headers for $125. With shipping and everything it came out to $162. It's already bought and paid for so it's too late to cry about it if it's a piece of crap.

I'm still interested in welding in mandral bent corners. I was getting some work done the other day and I looked at the exhaust while it was up on the lift. It doesn't seem like it'd be a problem. The only thing that worries me is that the exhaust piping is aluminum if I'm not mistaken. I know that welding aluminum with the type of welder that uses rods is hard as shit, nearly impossible. However my dad is building a trike as a hobby and so now he has a mig welder.

I want to get those mandral bent corners put on and I don't wanna have to pay someone to do it for me. I know how to weld using rods but I've never used a mig welder before. I would assume it's no harder than using rods, probably easier. If so and if I can weld my exhaust piping with a mig welder then I'd probably have no problem doing it.

Any help or info is greatly appreciated.

**Kabuki** · 09-07-2003, 03:12 AM

Originally posted by potfiend
I'm still interested in welding in mandral bent corners. I was getting some work done the other day and I looked at the exhaust while it was up on the lift. It doesn't seem like it'd be a problem. The only thing that worries me is that the exhaust piping is aluminum if I'm not mistaken. I know that welding aluminum with the type of welder that uses rods is hard as shit, nearly impossible. However my dad is building a trike as a hobby and so now he has a mig welder.

I want to get those mandral bent corners put on and I don't wanna have to pay someone to do it for me. I know how to weld using rods but I've never used a mig welder before. I would assume it's no harder than using rods, probably easier. If so and if I can weld my exhaust piping with a mig welder then I'd probably have no problem doing it.

Any help or info is greatly appreciated.

Unless you've put on an exotic exhaust system, no the stock system is steel. Some aftermarket stuff is Aluminized steel, and some stainless, but I haven't heard of anybody doing all aluminum.

**HondaFan81** · 09-16-2003, 02:41 PM

I've heard and seen a guy use a Plastikote heat resistant brand of paint (maybe specialized for interior, not sure bout that) for highlighting his interior and he actually took out all the pieces ,etc and did a really nice job. Doesn't look like someone took fingernail polish to your shit like some jobs I've seen.

Also, you didn't mention what trim is your Accord (ie. LX/DX, EX, SE??) If it is an LX/DX, just go to a junkyard and buy a header (4-2-1) from an EX or SE in good condition (adds like 5 hp). If it has some surface corrosion, sandblast the bitch and paint is with ceramic coating if you'd like. Also, if you have an LX/DX or 90-91 EX you could get an intake manifold from a 92-93 EX or 91-93 SE cuz it's the specialized one (adds like 10 hp). Then, advance ur timing, etc and remember to reset ur ECU.

Since ur gonna spend "time" on these jobs anyways or any combo thereof....try out that $125 carpeting for interior & do a nice combo with the interior paint job u might do, and just work on it when you do have time. Just a question of ... do ya or do you not want to do it?!?!

**potfiend** · 09-16-2003, 03:14 PM

Okay a lot of things have changed since this post started. First of all, I have already purchased a MotoraZ chrome 4-2-1 headers. Changing the interior color has become last priority. However, I have a 91 LX. Your claim of taking the intake manifold out of another car and putting it into mine will add 10hp. If that's even close to right then I'm definitly interested. How much money are we talking about here? How hard is it to find? How hard is it to put on? All the typical shit. If this is legit, thanks for the tip.

**HondaFan81** · 09-16-2003, 03:44 PM

check out this post.... it explains everything then you'll know the differences between the F22a1, a4, a6 engines.

It's under performance tech...in the general section

What Type of engine to i have. (F22a1, F22a4,f22a3?)?

**HondaFan81** · 09-16-2003, 03:47 PM

i'm dumb.... just click here...easier

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...=&threadid=484

**potfiend** · 09-16-2003, 04:29 PM

That pretty much cleared up all my questions except one, the COST!! How much does something like this cost. Since the intake alone will only free up about 5hp, it's not going to be something I'm gonna dump tons of money into. So once again, how much will an intake manifold off a a6 engine cost? Thanks guys.

**HondaFan81** · 09-16-2003, 04:29 PM

call up some junkyards... or look at www.car-part.com

**potfiend** · 09-16-2003, 04:50 PM

alright, they're saying $50, that's doable. How hard is it to put one of these things on? Are there any gaskets or seals that I'll need to worry about. Are the bolts gonna be a bitch (i.e. are they likely to break off)? again, thanks guys.

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