steelbluesleepR : 1990 Accord LX

[steelbluesleepR]

fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr

All mods are currently in progress, car has been off the road for 4 years.
Engine
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Shaved bay, smoothed firewall
Bisimoto heat barrier intake manifold gasket
h23 intake manifold with butterflies removed
Bisimoto stainless header (soon)
Greddy Evo1 CD5 cat-back exhaust
Custom test-pipe
Deleted cruise control
Deleted power steering
deleted charcoal canister
deleted MAF box
Deleted a/c
Battery relocated to the passenger side of the trunk
Tucked brake lines
Custom engine harness with firewall quick disconnect
Relocated fusebox


Suspension
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KYB GR-2 Struts
Sprint Blue lowering springs (-2.5, -2.5)
Neuspeed Polished front strut bar
5-lug swap, v6 accord front, prelude rear hubs
Megan Racing rear lower control arms
Energy master urethane bushing kit
2nd gen eclipse O-Z wheels, painted white

Exterior
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Stock B-49M Laurel Blue Metallic
92-93 sedan trunk conversion
92-93 sedan OEM taillights
DIY 1-piece grill
DIY fiberglass eyelids
Shaved antenna
Shaved rear emblems
Ebay clear corners
Ebay clear bumper indicators
Farenheit xenon cool-blue low and high beam bulbs
30% tint all around
Legend coupe lip
cb7t and club decals

Interior:
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DIY shortshifter (lowered bucket, cut shaft, shortening bracket)
OE black leather door panel conversion
OE black plastics
OE black leather armrest
92/93 SE airbag dash
DIY black ultrasuede pillar-covers and headliner
DIY black/blue ultrasuede shift boot (thanks mom)
DIY volt-guage-pod smoothed into steering column cover
Body-color matched dash trim
Personal boat steering wheel
NRG quick-disconnect
Blue 92 Integra headrests
White integra clock
Pilot shift knob


ICE
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JVC CD MP3/WMA head unit
Cerwin Vega HED-1502A components
Kenwood 505w amp
2 JL 12W0's
DIY body-color mirror trim panel tweeter pods
DIY fiberglass-faced sub box and false trunk floor
Dual 6-1/2" rear speakers


In Progress
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Full wire tuck
Shaved engine bay
H22 swap
Looped power steering
Deleted vacuum black box
Relocated fuse box


When I first got it in my junior year of high school from an old, awesome woman who was the first owner (this is after a few small mods):
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr

the summer after my senior year of high school, it started burning a LOT of oil, and eventually one of the rods decided it liked it better outside the motor:
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr

dropped in a remanufactured motor, got the windows tinted, then found some altezzas in a junkyard and tinted them red. I really liked this at the time (still kinda do, and they almost look like old audi quattro taillights)
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr

slowly worked more on the motor
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr

lowered it on junkyard-sourced KYB GR-2's and sprint blues, then bought some 10th anniversary accord 6-spokes and hand-polished them
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr

then I added a 5th gen accord lip, made some fiberglass eyelids and a custom grill, and picked up some Motegi MR-8's. this was taken at one of the Show-Me Showdown carshows at the ducks stadium.
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr

And I built a fiberglass-faced sub box for my trunk:
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr


eventually the red tint started to fade and chip away, and my friend wanted the altezzas, so I traded him trunks, upgrading to the 92-93 sedan trunk.
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr

the car was looking great at this point, but ever since that replacement motor, things hadnt been right. i went through two or three cracked intake manifolds, massive overheating, a broken IM stud, etc, so i decided to swap it out and try to find an H22 originally. unfortunately, the H i picked up had a cracked block and a broken connecting rod, so i swapped plans back to the f-series motor. in the process i decided to clean the bay up a little bit. that little bit escalated quite quickly. My goal eventually became to create the cleanest accord bay in the world. It sounds a bit nuts, but even 8 years later, that will still be the case. This is where the progress mostly died. I got another vehicle, went back to college, then eventually started my adult life. For a while, I'd go back home and work on it, eventually getting the bay painted, but then life happened. It's currently sitting in a storage unit near my mom's house, 200 miles from where I currently live.
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr
fixing photobucket's fuckup by Jayson Carey, on Flickr

[TypeG]

you're going to need more pics of your engine because i like to see polished metal. later.

[steelbluesleepR]

i know you do, typeG, you inspired the work in my engine bay and i have learned a lot from your DIY's. however, being in college, i dont have any time to polish anything except on breaks, and then i see my girlfriend back home! looks like i have to wait until at least christmas to do anything. when i do, though that valve cover and a few other things will SHINE.
on a related note, how do you sand large surfaces? i have used the dremel sanding method on parts of the valve cover, but that takes forever. right now i am hand sanding everything, and would like some arm stregnth left afterwards.

[TypeG]

i usually use an orbital sander where ever i can. that kind of sander is the easiest way to see if you have sanded away all the pits and uneven surfaces.
i wouldn't go any courser than 320g. then just work your way up from there. later.

[steelbluesleepR]

thanks, ill ask for one christmas (no income). i need to get an orbital buffer too, my exterior is looking kinda faded is some spots.

[oneoffaccord]

its alright. whats so sleepr about it?

[steelbluesleepR]

its not, i just thought the name was cool
:edit: i also sleep a lot too

[HondaGuy1212]

sweet ride I like all of the diy's good job

[CBAccordA4]

Nice, I like the baggy ass shift boot.

[Night Wolf]

damn thats a big hole

[steelbluesleepR]

forgot my brake setup: Street Heat cross drilled rotors and Raybestos ceramic pads.
i was having a huge problem with fade on the way home from work (20 miles of curvy, hilly country roads at 70-80 mph will kill stock brakes (and did in 10k miles) so i got these and i have never felt them fade (still have the stock drums though, need to change that!).

[steelbluesleepR]

i just took some pics tonight, so here ya go. not really anything now, but (hopefully) better photography.

[sleepycb7]

good start. i like the diy stuff.

[quakerjoe]

when you going to post those pics that we took last night man? from what i can remember those were some hot fotos of ze cb's

[Mr_Doitagain]

Nice Pics...... Keep'em going man.... looks like your in good shape...