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**RareSpirits** · 02-07-2011, 01:48 PM

So I swung by the shop to day, to drop off some motivation for the gentlemen. I snapped some pics too, car's looking lovely! They also told me a Hawt Chick would be dropping off her DC2 to get sprayed in the knick of time for Eibach as well. Big ups P&P AUTO Fontana! ask for Gary Shamless plug! Be sure to say you know Joel

w/out further aduuueeee!

Here's some snippets until I can accomplish some updates. Front end is off for a reason.

so I stayed up kinda late last night, worried I misplaced a few things, but I found them

My OEM bumper grill & Inspire Fog lights a small preview of what's to come. ( more details on the bumper & fogs last pg. )

More accord bling arrived today! *hint*hint*

So thanks to Josh on V6P, we now have fancy HIDs for our inspire lights, a complete plug n play system for turn signals. Using the Infiniti m45 ballast, ignitor etc etc with conversion harness, & 8k d2s bulbs - there's more but I forget

since I lack parts to complete the task in time for Sundays' event, I decided to try something fresh for me. Polishing the calipers. W/ all the effort I put into this one, I've decided heck, let the pros do it. LOL

Yester-year

Present

finishing up the 1st side today.

more caliper prep

**RareSpirits** · 02-07-2011, 01:51 PM

I had to get mama an upgrade! just 1 more piece to the puzzle OH BOY!

we once were going to use these rims but as you can see.....SOLD um!

update...nothing fancy. I had to get mama's intake pipe fixed. I think it's time for a new coating-filter - pre-filter or bypass valve. The pre-filter is just water repellent not water proof, so I may go w/ the bypass valve.

life, & bills etc have prolonged this debut of our accord, however disappointing it may be. 1st off it's nothing huge - because we don't have rims to "status", second I may have to find a new lip kit, or front lip if the 05 Mugen rep doesn't work out. On top of that if I get it to work, our car sits toooooooo low to even make it in our driveway ( drive way example ___/ ) and that means I'll have to buy some new coilovers before I put the kit back on, so it may just return to stock for now. We are just happy we will be able to drive it again. The dumb part about it is, the car drives LOL but we just don't drive it. Just tooo picky, I don't like seeing a full painted car w/ a black bumper, or fully kitted up on stock rims so shame on me, and stupid me for causing myself hardship - win some, loose some.

....and I want to thank Ion/Jon because w/ out him these teasers would not be possible, so afford-ably! Asian Accord front bumper and grill

YES THEY HAVE ARRIVED! I'm so happy, now I can continue w/ my day.... sneak peek time!

as promised ............18x9.5 +27 nt03 +m

**RareSpirits** · 02-07-2011, 01:52 PM

10/27/10

so I took some time out today to finish up the harnesses........... shot a quick vid for you guys too, hehe ( had to edit opening narration vid too long to send via Iphone )

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Harness pics

**RareSpirits** · 02-07-2011, 07:28 PM

I've been doing a lot of little this to the Accord to have it ready. Wife wants it for her wedding day. Since the headlights were installed I bought replacement hood shocks, and yesterday a fog light harness kit.

W/ this fog kit I had to do a ton of work, especially since I wanted to wire up a HID kit on the switch. I was helped by another v6p member and I will cut & paste what I did here.

The Diagram I was instructed to use

Originally posted by nickkxo

FOGLIGHT HARNESS
Ok so on your foglight harness there should be 4 wires; Red, Blue, Green, and Black

Red: Should be the ones that run to your foglights(if you take off the black loom, you'll see this)

Blue: This wire is the one that powers your foglights, I cut off the end of that wire and attached one of these:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m117/itzbradx/Crimpterminal1.jpg

And then I connected that to the positive on the battery...This is how "coolblue07" told me I could do it...you can do my method or tap into the fuse box

Green: I drilled a hole right into the firewall, right where the gas pedal is, extend this wire and ran it into the the hole so I can splice it to the other green wire on the Switch Harness...also I used sealant to seal the wire to the hole

Black: This is the ground wire, connect it according to the HandAaccessorie Instruction...which is connecting it to the hood latch.

SWITCH HARNESS

Your switch harness should have 5 wires; Red w/ black stripe, Green, Red, Red w/ black stripe, and Black...in that order

The 2 Red wires w/ black stripes should be connected together(again if you take off the wire cover you'll see this)

Green: Will be connected to the other green wire that ran thru the firewall

The Third wire...which is the plain red wire is not used just leave it alone i guess

Black: This is the ground and I connected it to the ground from my sunroof switch

- pics of the aftermarket harness

My HID kit

unplugged & separated

Sooooooooooooo.... after conversating w/ Nick for a short while on AIM, I was able to accomplish my switch install. Nick is a helpful man of great patience. LOL! Thanks Nick. I also Had to watch a few youtubes in between. My Accord knowledge is not extensive.

I chose to use the cig lighter for my 12v ( as well, thanks Nick ). These helped me to get there - For us auto guys, "not an ashtray" has to be pried up using a small screw driver, like mini small. Then I used My plastic pry tools to free up the console.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xm8b4WXCmQ&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - ViewDo: How To Install an iPod in an Accord[/ame]

http://www.beaufordbuddy.com/ipod_install_1.htm

I spent alot of time prepping my course of action, extending wires, soldering, modifying etc etc.... not all necessary but I chose to.

5 Wire Green Switch - Colors in order ( I do not know why it mattered but it works, so therefore it does )
- Black
- Red/Black ( de-pin from connector )
- Red
- Green
- Red/Black ( splice removed R/B into this R/B )

After you de-pin the connector it should look like

* If your harness is like mine - The red/blk farthest from the black is spliced into the R/B you de-pinned first. I just cut it off and re-pinned it where the 2nd R/B was. *

I used some extra pins I had, to make a male female connector for my in car harness. Why? JIC I ever need to R&R any component. I will do the same for my green wire that is to be connected later to fog harness.

(9/13/2010).................until tomorrow that's all I got documented. GNYT!

Here's the switch after you have repinned it as mentioned earlier.

Now it's a 4 - wire
- Black
- Red ( solid )
- Green
- Red / Black

So I got all down and dirty for a short spell today, finishing up just the fogs harness and testing it. nothing hardwired yet besides the ground @ sunroof, batt + w/ butt connector and the 12V+ into accessory outlet.

( routing 12v )

then I decided to loom it and re-route it, along oem lines - hardly noticeable too

For the Green wire I extended it through the a/c heater blower line hole. I pulled the rubber grommet w/ needle nose pliers, and fed the extended green through it and past the firewall inside the cabin.

testing @ K.O.E.O ( key on engine off )

* Now I need to figure out how to make my HID kit work w/ my fogs. It has 3 connectors, and Especially since it's not H11. I will de-pin that harness as well for testing.

HID

Fog ( x2 connectors on pic'd )

Back w/ good news....HID Fogs are a go! Time to button up the project and complete install of HID kit, fogs and bumper won't be installed til thur/fri. The tough part is over

so I took this loose connector ( your kit may vary, this one I had laying around ) of my HID kit & plugged in my de-pinned fog light connector for testing. ( USE THE CONNECTOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE when wiring permanently or only one side will illuminate. )

Switch off - HID off

Switch on HID on

video of operation

BIG THANKS TO NICK! :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

Yes sir, switch works buy doesn't fit my console, going to see if Honda has one tomorrow, if not I will return this switch. My fogs are H11. My hid plug to the fog harness was not. So it's H11-ish now haha. Actually, my old h11 harness plugs right in so I just pinned it to the new harness, and I tested it all already. I'll post pics in about 5min.

My old H11

vs new

just re-pinned

Final install on car, I think it's pretty clean.

Final on car test - then buttoned it all back up inside

What a busy day today. Just 2 days until the wedding. I was so preoccupied I barely remembered to pick up the switch from Honda. I made it in, just before they closed!

I was able to successfully wire up the OEM switch to ebay fogs using this thread as a guideline. My install was slightly different since I had a bonus in my favor.

http://www.driveaccord.net/forums/showthread.php?p=613511

Here's what I did. Since I had 2/3 previous ebay fog kits, I somehow ended up w/ one spare dash harness ( I never throw away wiring - Smart me ). One of my old kits had the perfect connector for the oem switch, so I knew my task of making it plug-play would be simplified.

I snipped the old green connector off, leaving a pigtail. Leaving me w/ access to the wires I needed.

My old kit connector, de-pinned & wiring removed.

Pins crimped & soldered to ebay harness
-Trial

final pin & connect ( I ran out of heat shrink so I used e-tape on my soldered zone )

Yea! alas!

SO TO MAKE THIS WORK - basic on/off

**RareSpirits** · 02-07-2011, 07:31 PM

did this on our wedding day.....and I had to get the car ready for the Bride - Her exit Mobile!

I had the Front Bumper, Grille, & Fogs installed w/ helps of BAZAN AutoBody In POMONA! (909) 469- 0113 ask for AUDI if you need anything!

Then I went and got the rims & tires mounted - No Pics on caryet because I need to add mad camber up front.Here was a rush job, time wise - what I originally wanted done to the wheels could not be done in time for the wedding...........so here is our temp color

GOLD CHROME!

....well maybe just a teaser! Finished up @ 2:30 sep 18th had to drive home, add the grill H, Hood chrome trim & shower for the wedding @ 3:30 ( yes I was late LOL )

Garage Teases...........

**RareSpirits** · 02-07-2011, 07:36 PM

Mamas Grocery bags of items, nothing major but this is my mod blog blog blog blog blog - few more to come, SPO!

..........last night I was bored, and I had some goodies on standby ( THANKS to YOSON Racing for their beauty washers kit! :bang: ) I decided to spruce up the dull bay a bit more. Not done just a few spots so far.

Also also took the liberty to fancy up my OEM Hood Dampers
From This

To this

and intake pipe

......

Long day today! Did a lot of work for a friend, picked up the new susp. and shipped out the old.

Here's the updated ride height..........Now on Megan Streets SOOOOO LOVELY!

Function vs Megan

30clicks son!

Couple teasers I guess

10/8/10
These beauties arrived yesterday! Paul's ( NVA-AV6 ) RL caliper Brackets

Nothing majorly new, just picked up my left fender liner from honda. Looks like I lost the OG somewhere in my garage hahahaa.

well I had an appt. w/ BAZAN to adjust my lip kit, and install the front lip. Sad to say they were full. Looks like I'll be at the meet tomorrow w/ a saggy ass. :cry: and a front lip just sent on the bumper, not even mounted down, who knows maybe not.

I took the liberty of trimming the front lip to fit my asian bumper, it fits ehh, gaps here and there. Really bites. I'm going to at least find an oem lip for daily usage.

This was my guesstimated trim line

True - trim line

mock up

10/10/10 nastie garage meet

Shots from the meet I found

**RareSpirits** · 02-07-2011, 07:38 PM

10/27 chronicles meet

So my jack broke and I have yet to test my bbk or buy another jack.

These were pics from the chronicles meet I saved. Thanks to all the photographers.

Well Here's some updates on this car......nothing grand just some maintenance

123k and still running flawless thank God!

old tensioner

new tensioner

w/belt

old mounts - only the rear was good LOL

New mounts

I also moved some appearance pics to this thread.

Played with a few images. Learning some self taught chopping - on the fly no tutorials.

Deleted lic plate from front window

Moved tree further into the background by completing the silver car to increase effect

no edits

**410CrewDubber** · 02-07-2011, 08:56 PM

came a long way but damn thats one sexy accord

**RareSpirits** · 02-07-2011, 11:49 PM

Still has plenty more to go, just in due time. Thanks 410.

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