What dreams are made of - Accord Wagon with a twist

[Imaeechew]

Sort of an update. Tires go on tomorrow, Discount Tire was swamped and I am patient.
Got my wire lugs so I am going to try and get the wiring done today.

I don't mean to sound like one of those ignorant idiots (I am when it comes to hydraulics), but will "dat shit hop homie?"

Not the way I am running it. I am only running 24v, that is enough to use one pump at a time. I will just be using it to lift and lower "Lay and Play" is the term I believe.
Which is part of the reason I went with Dice. Their products are designed more around comfort and less about hopping and dancing.

[Imaeechew]

Still waiting on my order from Dice, with the SEMA crunch happening at the owners other business it makes things run a little slower. I don't mind though, I am pretty patient and I also decided to change up the plumbing a little so that has me pretty occupied. Trying to keep things clean and tidy
I am in the process of building a rack for my accumulators, but after sleeping on it I decided i need to make some changes and lighten it up a little.

[OSSHWA]

Accord wagon on hyrdos? I like where this is going.

[Imaeechew]

A lot to type but not a lot to show lol. I will get some pics in a bit when I put some things back together.
There was a hang up with my order from Dice but all of it should have shipped yesterday. SEMA really messes with things
Accumulator rack has been redone and is in the painting stage
Wiring is 90% done, all that is left is to get the plumbing ran and route the wires for the dumps.
Plumbing has been figured out and planned but I am waiting on fittings to get going on it.
Pump rack is built and painted.
Installed my Pioneer touch screen(with a ebrake bypass)
Bought all of my new brake stuffs, new rotors and pads all around, nothing special, just stock replacement.
New exhaust goes on tomorrow morning. Old one is rusted and the car sounds like a "Honda". Just replacing the muffler and maybe add a decorative tip...I like quite cars, and my wagon isn't a racecar so it doesn't need to fart better.
Working on my switch panel, hopefully have that done before I go to work.
Tires are mounted and the wheels are ready to go.

I am currently just trying tie up all the little loose ends on this car right now and get as much done as I can with the parts I do have.
On with the pics though, cause reading isn't fun...Right?


Wheels are a little dirty, but who cares. They are just sitting there doing nothing


My Pioneer touchscreen. Just watching Star Wars while I test out the bypass. Ipod cable has been moved to the center console and out of my way and sight.


Switch panel. I decided to mount the switches in the location of the fold out change cup thing. It looks a little rough right now but it will be smoothed out before I texture and paint it to match.

This is all I have at the moment. More to come today I hope.

[Imaeechew]

Wow, it's been a few months, A lot has happened. We had a personal loss, wife's car threw a timing chain and did some damage so I had to let her use my daily and I have been driving the wagon while that gets fixed. I **** it, I have put a lot of miles on it in the last few months. Due to this I had to put the hydraulic install on hold. Threw in some cut coils and started driving it.



During this time I decided I didn't like the direction the hydro install was going so I made some changes...A lot of changes. Split the whammy setup to two separate pumps/tanks, moved them into the spare tire area and moved the batteries to the sides of the hatch. I did this because it keeps the plumbing clean and simple, and it allows me to still have a lot of usable room in the car, it is a wagon after all I also ordered new dumbs that are anodized black to match the pump hardware, just waiting on them to get here.



Since I have been driving it a lot I have started noticing some issues with the motor, it sounds like the beginning of a bad rod. With 248,000 miles on it I decided to put a new motor and transmission in it. I am not doing anything fancy, just replacing the stock F22b. I will be ordering them in about two weeks, it just depends on my busy work schedule.

[rice4life]

When you said you had a personal loss, I was thinking a family member or friend died

Then I heard it was just a car.


So glad to see everyone is still alive and kicking! Same with the honda build. I've always loved these wagons.

[Imaeechew]

I wrote that wrong, we did have a personal loss. Our dog of 11 years, he lost his battle with cancer. We rescued him from a kill shelter and he was a very important part of our life.

Her car issue was tragic too. New head, new water pump, alternator, cooling fan and timing chain cover. I have been working on it at a friends house but we haven't touched it in a few weeks.

[BShort]

An oldschool method to get slammed I love it.

Clean accord wagon man I've always wanted one of those. Can't wait to see the build start back up and hopefully you'll be hittin' switches in no time.

[Imaeechew]

An oldschool method to get slammed

This setup is a new twist to an old school method I am also trying to add some other subtle old school/lowrider tidbits here and there. I want to have the motors and tanks to the hydraulics engraved and re-chromed, panel graphics on the roof, little things like that to pay homage to lowriders which is where I got my beginnings in the custom world many many years ago.

Alright on tho the good stuff. I have been busting my ass this whole week to get this done.


This pic was taken right after I finished the hardlines,


And the final product. Hardlines polished(half assed) wired, and ready to go. As soon as I am done typing this I am going to go install new outer tie rods, install the threaded cylinders, fill the system and test it out.
Hopefully I can get some pics and video on here this weekend.

[Scape-Zs]

In for this! Keep up the good work. sorry for your loss, man.

[Imaeechew]

Here she sits. Nothing has been adjusted, inner fenders are still in. Now to give her a bath.

[Imaeechew]

I am really bad about updating this, I tend to just look over a few threads and bounce. A lot has been going on, sorry in advance for the long update.

I have been driving the wagon almost everyday since I got the hydraulics finished, I have only had a few issues and one of them was caused by me...but more on that later. I also decided to change my half shafts and replace all of my steering components except the rack, sorry no pics of that excitement.
I am loving the way it looks, rides and performs. No leaks!!!

Sitting pretty on the 18's



Now let me talk a little about the issues I came across, one of which is my own doing.
Issue 1: I had been driving her about a week when I noticed a large pool of hydraulic fluid sitting in my spare tire area...Effin pump head was faulty and the casting broke around the seal causing a huge leak over night.
For those that don't know, your pump head seal keeps all the fluid from leaking out of the tank through the block(black anodized part in the center)...Anyway So I got a hold of Dice and they sent me a new pump head and seal. Haven't had an issue since.

Installing the new pump head


Issue 2: This one was all me. Went to drive it one day and couldn't raise the rear all the way, said screw it and drove my daily, got home that night and found a small puddle under the rear cylinder.
Long story short, I found out I had been using the wrong hydraulic fluid. The fluid I used was designed to be used with tractors and heavy equipment, it contains detergents that fight rust and oxidation but eat through the material my cylinder seals are made from. So I ordered a new seal kit for all 4 cylinders and tracked down the correct oil. I got my seals Monday so today's mission is to dismantle, drain and flush my system and replace all the seals.

But wait, there's more.
The poor girl is sitting on 250k miles, bleeds all over my garage floor, transmission is starting to slip. So I am dropping a new engine and transmission in her. Nothing special, just a super low mile F22 and auto trans replacement. The stock performance is enough for me and I am just looking to do a simple straight forward swap that breathes more life into her, I will look into an H22 swap later down the road.
I had purchased a JDM engine and transmission online from a company that will remain nameless, they seem like a good company but their service towards me was irritating.
First I had to chase them over the phone to place the order, then 2 weeks after the engine was supposed to arrive at the shop I had to chase them on the phone AGAIN to find out they never shipped it because it didn't pass a compression test...Maybe test it before you advertise and sell it??? With no e.t.a on when they would get another one I found a new source.
And that is where I am right now. I have just been waiting to redo my hydraulics before taking the car back to the shop to get the engine/trans dropped in. Sorry for the long winded update.

[Imaeechew]

Wow, tuff room. I guess I should just spray paint some random stuff and polish my brake clips more often

[OrangeBlue]

People tend to point out the bad rather than the good...
I don't see someone complaining.., which mean you're doing good!

The car is a quite unspectacular, maybe you need some more action...
Maybe something to set it of?

Anyway, is the front hitting the body, would look great if you could tuck the
front like the rear...

[Asshole Bicycle]

I'd like to see it with different wheels. I love that generation of Accord, and I think the use of hydraulics is different and cool.