Nice one can't wait to c how it looks
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Nice one can't wait to c how it looks
lol i had a thought about how it would look. chances are u wont even notice any changes. i showed my gf a mugen cu2 and compared it to my stock. and she was like "i dont see any difference, do u really need to spend money :\"
I still have not had a chance to try adjust my headlights yet,
Hope i have time tonight.
HAHA, yea. girls are like that. i was like. look. my cars lower! looks nicer now.
She says" looks the same, how much did you pay for making it lower?"
lol u didnt measure the drop when u adjusted the coils?
is it lowered more than using springs alone?
I measure by fingers:)
ahahahaha
when i just went off what was stock height. then lowered all corners accordingly.
when i first had it on. it was on teins recommended settings. and that was wayyy too low for daily ( im soft)
that had a little bit of the tyre hiding under the guard on all corners.
so now i raised it abit. 10mm. so thats an extra finger gap :)
fingers the way to measure:)
im not sure about using sprins alone. coz i never had just springs.
Alright. a big thanks to yungquan!!
I did raise the headlight beam.
Anti clockwise with a 5mm socket
Sorry i couldnt tell you how many rotation. but just aim it to a wall and see how much higher it goes.
argh stupid tnt
the gate was locked and it was "signature required" delivery, so tnt dropped off a card, but they never thought to ring the doorbell -_-
now i have to wait till friday or collect it at the depot as long as they dont close early
so lame
gl, 1 day to go furythree
whew they close at 8:30 i can makeeeee itttt! even tho i wont be getting it installed till monday, still just want it on hand lol. test fit
sigh theres a crack on the corner of the lip...the lip was just wrapped in plastic but not boxed. i cud tell its been slightly distorted due to twisting. the twisting obviously took a toll on one of the corners and it seems pretty bent out of shape
sigh
dont have time to test fit but will do it soon
That sucks. Hope it can be fixed.
Your not having much luck with kits r u.
lol no luck with this car in general
autopinging
scrape on the second week
door ding every second month
delayed deliveries
missing items
broken parts
i could go on...
visit this website they have better units for CU2 www.navion.net.au
The navion looks pretty good. How much are they
found this HFP coilovers for the CU2 on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ACCORD-08-EUR...ht_2466wt_1139
any thoughts?
good price mate, new set is about $1500.
my only concern is that we never know whether its really done 4000km or 40000km?
and i m not 100$ sure, but i thought the modulo kit is usually in white colour, where as the 'mugen' one is the black ones. have a look around.
mugen :
http://www.jdmconcept.com.au/index.p...vid=27&cid=215
modulo :
http://www.jdmconcept.com.au/index.p...vid=27&cid=173
Hey, this is actually my auction on Ebay. I added new pics today.
To answer a few questions... it really has only done that few kms. I can provide a professional installation receipt showing the date of install (aug '10). It is not Modulo brand or Mugen but rather HFP. In Aus and SE Asia for instance, they call some honda accessory parts Modulo (see website), although Honda aus never brought the suspension kit here. It is simply a difference in branding name used in difference markets. In the US market, HFP is the brand, and in Asian markets its Modulo. This kit is from the US.
See this post for intance about branding http://www.uaeboost.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8242. Thats not to say the setup is identical. Honda don't release spring rates so i cant say for sure. It is a bit stiffer than stock though. I can't say if Modulo is as I've never tried it . There could be slight variations in tuning, but the quality of the parts is exactly the same. Any other questions at all feel free to PM me.
That's good Rudy with all those extra info
I have been thinking about getting coilovers myself, hence bit more info like that sure helps.
But can you tell me then, where do you source the HFP coilovers? were they from suspension city? was it a competitive price?
cheers, good luck with your listing
Thanks:) Only the installation was done at Suspension City. They cannot get Honda accessories. They only deal in aftermarket, such as King and Eibach springs, Koni etc. I have relatives in Canada and I got them to buy this from a dealer last year and send it over :)
fffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu....and i thought i had it bad with mine...few dings on my rear bumper + gutter rash (mum isn't gonna touch my car anymore lol)
i lol'd
yeah they do hey! I'm wondering the same thing. They look pretty sweet!
I talked to the dealers and they told me that it would cost 2200 with installation. do you know anybody who has installed aftermarked navigation for CU2 the navion guyz have the following unit.
http://www.navion.net.au/images/broc...ord%20Euro.pdf
Just added some pics of test fitting ofthe rear lip
it sags a bit so u cant see the reflector. even after i propped it up, it still needs to go up a bit higher. will see what the mechanic says this week
also note the crack. luckily it wasnt in some awkward place. ive taped it together from flexing outwards anymore. luckily its on the underside and shudnt matter too much after install.
and i test fitted the side skirts again. after removing the double sided tape, the thickness of the top edge was enough to slot into the gap under thedoor. still dont mind slicing that edge off completely tho
will look nice with paint.
love the rear lip, but contemplating whether shud wrap the bottom edge that juts out between the exhaust tips with carbon fibre vynl or not. because i remember the normal mugen lip is one whole paint piece, but one of the special mugen versions (the red one) had that piece in carbon fibre. black on grey would be a nice contrast. but its going to be a pain wrapping it so may just paint the whole thing first then wrap over it if i decide to later
what are your views about installing aftermarket navigation unit in CU2 on this website www.navion.net.au
hey i remember reading a year or so back, that it was illegal to lower your car past a certain amount? anyone know anything about that?
Are you talking about this article?
http://forum.liberty.asn.au/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5813
Not sure if it ever went into effect or not... you have to contact RTA.
Defcon's back for more. And it looks more amazing than ever.
holy shit that type s rear suits ur exhaust so well.
how did the fitament work out? did u need to resort to any 3m double sided tape?
i dont get what ur doing with the front tho? looks customs, did u ditch the type S lip?
also Paul emailed me saying he was able to source a replica mugen grille. i know he had one already, but this new one is an EXACT replica in FULL CARBON FIBRE. not wrapped, not cheap black plasticy edge (which replaces our nice white one). but looks pretty identical to the original (like youngster's and sanyuh's). but more pricier than the previous one obviously. (i cant remember the old price, direct from manfacturer was about $60 so i think paul was selling for like $100) new one is $140 + shipping + profit margin im assuming. but alot better build quality and include emblem.
*wipes drool* gotta stop spending and start installing
thanks
front still has some gap. it should be elimnated with some double sided tape
rear is fine. i overcut the exhaust tips so theres some gaps. im not too happy about the exhaust tips fitting perfectly like i had on the OEM bumper. i will need to add double sided tape
im doing my version combining the mugen half bumper and mugen full bumper. also added some of my own details to it. yea its definitely custom like my other work.
im keeping the type s rear permanently because i like that look. the front i might switch off an on. for sure ill be putting the custom half bumper when i go to meets while the type s front lip will be daily driven.
how are u mounting the front lips/bumper so that u can easily remove them like that? have u got a pic of the mugen one? i saw ur other thread with a bumper cut up, but i thought that was from a different model honda, not a mugen replica?
lol at least its underside. Cover it up with lip kit!
what other car u after
im plannin to keep mine till it depreciates down to nothing. since i started work, theres very little time to "enjoy" my car, so i definitely get 5+ years out of it. in the meantime, make it look nice so i can live with it for that long period
house first, then r35 later :P
Haha it's the underside but if you look at it you can still sorta see it from a specific angle. Yeah I dunno I've been planning to get the lip kit for quite some time now...still considering as I haven't tinted my car yet + spent quite a lot lately =_=...
I'm looking at the Cooper S or......and when I win the lottery - 135i or M3 =P...Drove the Cooper S whilst I was down in Sydney for holidays and instantly fell in love with it haha. The drive was also amazing, packs so much power for such a small car =D. But I'll see...I'm already struggling with decision making as it is loooool...if only money wasn't an issue D=.
Man I dunno if I can afford paying off a house at the moment! House pricings are just ridiculous =\...Maybe if I was getting paid $100/hr working full time then I'll consider investing in a house =P hahaha
cooper S is a chicks car....dont get it.
also getting my springs installed wednesday.
and my insurance just expired today. havent renewed it yet cause i dont need the car anymore except for weekends (new job is 12 mins away from home via bus lol)
i just spent all night looking at policies to buy. i can lie and buy bingle.com for $660 (using uncle's name, and no mods) or i can list new mods (bodykit + suspension) and pay $960 (still using uncle's name) but then i figured if im going to lie about the driver, really, im only covered on theft and vandalism (unless they allow u to claim for under 25 yrs old even if u didnt list them as a driver, cause it could have been a one time thing) so really, no point in listing mods right?
gargh, installing mods just opened a whole new can worms for me...cant decide which route to go. St george's insurance actually lets u state the value of the mods you have, i put $1000 as the mod's value to replace (cause if i have an accident, i dont mind reverting back to stock anyway, if its third party, then they will replace it for me anyway) and they only charged me $15 extra premium.
but really, the different between fessing up about mods or not is like $350 premium
and it really comes down to whether a) they void claims if u dont tell them, b) cause i dont want the mods to contribute to value of car anyway, so dont wanna pay margin for it
Lol i know it's a chick's car but fk me it's a fun car to drive - takes corners so damn quick! besides if i was to get it i wouldn't pay for all of it coz my mum n sister will need to use it too lol...
speaking of insurance...mine came the other day...$630 under my dad's name lol =_=...it was $550 last time!...bastards are making money from the floods =\
got the edfc kit for teins ss damper kit for my cu2...
question is where would be the best place to locate the edfc control unit itself while blending it the best way possible with the dash itself...
http://image.nengun.com/catalogue/35..._strut_kit.jpg
lol in that case, if itll come cheap then get it! lol
how are u getting $630??? who are u with? what happens if u get into an accident? unless u negotiate with the other party to not call the cops and to arrange to claim it under ur dads name, then ur excess is gunna be like 1.4k
will you (or any of you guys here) claim any of the mods you have on ur insurance? i dont really want to pay for having mods that i wont bother replacing if i crash. and if i think that i shudnt report having mods thinking i wont crash....well why buy insurance at all in the first place you know lol
Yesterday (night, sorry for the dark pics)
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about 2-3 finger (fingers stacked side by side) height in the gaps
note the height difference between the sideview mirrors of my car and my mums
And then...
Today! :D
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cant even fit one finger in that gap! (it looks like theres a space, but the tyres are tapered at the edges, so when u go stick ur finger inside, the tyre is actually inside the wheel arches)
(will post before and after comparison of back once i have pics taken from same angle. the only one i have atm is one with the mugen rear lip...which blocks the view of wheels completely before springs lol!)
Tein SS tech - $305usd shipped
install: 4 hours labour - $280 (incl wheel alignment - will have to go back after a few hundred kms for springs to settle in)
atm there seems to be one positive and one negative camber wheel on each side of the back wheels :S
Left http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/6...g0190pr.th.jpg and right http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7...g0191dg.th.jpg
the moment i got in the car, i was like "Whaooo! i can Pheeell eet! its lower!"
i wasnt after the whole crazy slammed look. just wanted to close the gap between the wheel arches, which made the car look fugly. The teins went beyond my expectations!
i used to be able to see the black springs from under or side on from the car. But cant anymore lol. for once i wanted to show off the green coloured springs lol at the irony.
I can only see it this way
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3898/weeetein.th.jpg
still need to adjust the headlights later.
Hmm very rich topic compliments to all! :) Btw, anyone have an accord 2010 with sportpack? I've ordered it but i dunno how sportpack will look ^_^;;
Chooo
Welcome to the DUMPED euro crew fury. Looks much more nicer than mine only because your tyres are a lower profile due to the luxury wheels. I have the base model euro which means I have the smaller standard 17 inch wheels. But gotta love the tein s techs. Like Andrew (nester jester) said to me earlier in the thread when I dumped my euro. "makes you think: how the hell was I driving around without em?!" very good photos fury. Looking forward to more mods hehe.
hehe thanks mate!
yeh youre exactly right! even tho i felt every single bump on the way home today. the feeling and handlin, made me wonder why i didnt do it sooner.
even my gf, the most cynical car person who i was expecting to say "what did u spend $600 on? i dont see any difference" said "wow it looks cool, like a coupe...which i like!"
haha, still clueless, but i got a reaction out of her for once, which is good. waiting on mechanics to book in a time for bodykit
in another bit of good news. i didnt buy my insurance which was due on monday this week. $920 stock car
i went to get another quote just now for car + spoiler + fullbodykit + suspension mods - $918 LOL , same insurance company (GIO) wtfness. bought it straight away! next time not renewing my insurance, but waiting a week and requoting lol
Ohhh tempting haha, see how I go with spending moneyss....Have a shxx load of bills this pay over these 2 months plus still gotta get my CU2 tinted. Btw how you been albii? How are the cars?? :D
Haha, I'm with AAMI, funny thing though. I called them up yesterday -> using my PROas convincing skills (no not really) I got them to drop it down to $570 or $580 (I forgot lol) :D. But my excess went up to $650 (Under 22yrs) plus I think the $500 (usual) on top of that. So $1150 all up if I crashed into someone lol :D
Aww mate looks sick! Sorta makes me want to do the same zzz...Ah sooo many mods I wanna do, just no time and money to do them =(...And talk about high roller with zee Lexus (LS?) in the garage too lol.
Bastards insurance company always try to chew away your moneyzzz :P
looks kool............how much is the kit including the suspension itself?
Thinking about it though - I think these kits are used for highly tuned race cars where they can give immediate feedback for ontrack suspension setup/tunning.
On the streets...........softest to hardest wouldn't be that wide enough a gap would it?
The kit with suspension shipped was just under $1600. Even the suppliers at Fulcrum could not believe it.
Anyway, got a really good installer to put it on. But the motor that came with the kit for the rear coilovers were a problem. Some minor mod need to be done to get it to fit and work without it banging on the rear seat frame underside of parcel shelf.
But was worth it. Had it corner weighed, balanced and alligned and the works. Apart from installing the coilovers the edfc kit was the hardest to install and took the longest. Would need a really good installer to install it.
Soft is just a tiny bit harder than factory but without the rolling of the car. I like hardest but would not use for too long. So far it has not settled yet and will bring the car back for a free tune and check in 3 months or 5000kms time.
ohw what???? let me get this stragiht, u added ur name to the policy and told them ur under 25 and they were able to offer you a PREMIUM of under $600?!!?! and the excess was only $650? HOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW my excess is $700 and im no where near that cheap
btw anyone know how long i gotta drive the car before the springs settle in and i go in for realignment?
u mean theres the normal excess + the under age excess right? i know thats normal cause i have that clause as well. but my premiumum is no where near as that cheap!
Yeah thanks been busy but good. Cars are running excellent...Now looking to pick up a vespa gt200 for the daily short commute to work.
Not 100% sure if it's in my head or not but I'm had a few occasions now where I have felt abit more engine kick back when in a low gears from quickly coming off the accel pedal.
Cars got 25Kkm on it now.
I was thinking of filling up the engine mounts with a fairly firm compound in the next month to give the front wheels abit quicker response in power delivery. Having said this I have no idea if it's at all possible as I haven't even looked at the mount design.
something like below. had a friend do this on his EM1 and it was fantastic.
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man after lowering the car ive been noticing a "clunk" noise as i drive out my gate
i have this stopper that sits upright about 20cm or more off the ground, so when the auto gates close, it will be stopped by the stopper. i parked my car over it today, and realised that theres this cylindrical tank thing near the front half of the car, that resembles a muffler or something. its in between the front wheels and mounted slightly offcentre towards the driver side.
i think this has been wacking the top edge of the solid steel 2cm thick plate/stopper as i drive out (the driveway dips downwards, so it reduces the gap between the car and the ground.
the only way to avoid it it seems is for me to drive dangerously close to the right side of the driveway (since its off centre and the plate is dead centre) thereby avoiding each other.
but ive already "clunk"ed it 3 times. its a very quick gentle flicking noise. scared that i may have damaged it :S tho nothing seems to be wrong atm
also, it could be the arm that connects the wheels to the steering/suspension thats hitting it (cause its a flicking noise) because thats also dangerously close.
i would think that if it was the cylindrical thing, it wud be more that just a quick noise, but more of a scraping noise. esp since its long and is about 40cm long.
anyway. totally paranoid about driving out my driveway now lol
how much lower than standard is it? I already find the std lux height is scraping on driveways as it is.
My name was already on the policy, my premium is $590 and excess is $500 + $650 for being under 22 so $1150 TOTAL Excess if I'm at fault.
^ Exactly :)
Yeahhh :D
Good to hear mate! Vespa GT200 ay pretty sweet! Scooters are soooooooo good on fuel lol
I know that exact feeling...my driveway is pretty poorly landscaped...a bit like:
_/ (but obviously less steeper) lol...it doesn't loot steep at all but it's coz there's a "dip" in the driveway which my euro's front lip has hit a few times...most of the times is the rubber under the front. Euro's aren't "that" lower, it's coz it's such a long car which means there's a higher chance of scrapping the front. I'm assuming that's the case coz my Jazz's bumper is the "same height" but has no problems down the driveway haha.
anyways all, I went for a mini photoshoot last Sunday...got some average photos but less of my car coz I was the photographer haha. Will go back to the same place next time with my mates to get a better shoot (I was sharing a tripod with a mate coz I forgot mine - NOOB =[ - Oh and yes my car's windscreen was 'meant' to be clean but I also noobed that too haha)
Here's one of the shots:
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/500...ngeresized.jpg
What ya think? Haha
your car looks dumped tony!! very nice! love how your cars at the front, shows the CU2's dominance haha.
getting my car back from the panel beaters tomorrow, hopefully their paintjob is as good as OEM honda's :[ sigh.. i really wish those idiots that keyed my car got ran over by a CU2 due to karma biting their ass.
Haha I wish it was >_>...Thanks!! well it's only at front coz we were originally taking photos of the EG and DC5R...I wasn't sure if my car would fit between the 2 poles (it's a closed off board walk thing and we took one of the poles out haha) :P...so I eventually tried and it just fit! :)
finally got them mounted.
still needs a car wash.
5x120 conversion to 5x114.3
VMR VB3 19x9.5 all around 245/35/19
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i think the CU2 would look hot with the Ti Carbon Fibre tips:
http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/attach...9&d=1294451243
http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/attach...0&d=1294451243
Anyone?
Wow. How much
someone have a guess first! the logo is there :)
ok, these Carbon Fibre Titanium tips are made by Akrapovic.
It weighs something like 350 grams each using a kitchen scale :p
now you got me really intrigued.. how much are they? looks like they are just clipped on/ screwed on type?
my god defcon...make me too embarrassed to ever post pics of my euro anymore lol
http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheel...rblk_ci3_l.jpg
this is a good deal for CU2 upgrade, someone should grap this deal at 5 seconds before ending, if no one else bids 10 seconds before it ends:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Item number: 230587541183
Item location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Posts to: Australia
but good quality rubber will cost more than the wheels starting bid of $1k
the tail pipe set can be purchased separately, price is here:
http://www.evlmotorsports.com.au/akr...lip-on-system/
i bought the whole lot for my other car :)
I'm running 20's upgraded hid to 6500k to both head lights and fog lights, upgraded stereo to Alpine type x in front alpine reference in rear, 12inch orion in boot, 2 A600 PPI and 1 A200 PPI and an AudioControl DQL8 for now.
Oh and also Ambulance tint all round.
OH MAN
i just tried adjusting my headlights by turning that yellow little knob
firstly: its freaken hard to reach! you have to move the coolant tank to get to the driver side one. and the other one is blocked off by the battery and i cbfed unscrewing the battery in case i mess things up
secondly; its freaken hard to turn! its like glued on or something
i dont have one of those hexagonal holed wrenches so i had to try and use 3 different types of pliers and man it was a bitch to turn
thirdly, it wudnt turn! even when i finally got a grip on the thing, i heard squealing and looking at the orientation of the the edges, i noticed it did move. but the headlights didnt move at all!
how did u guys manage to adjust yours?
I just used a socket set with the long reach. Turned pretty easy.
got a photo? the knob is really small
also i wont get electricuted if i dont disconnect the battery right?
and someone said you turn it anti clockwise. is that anticlockwise when standing facing the car, or anticlockwise as if u were in the drivers seat
no wonder they look so nice that i dont wanna change them lol
Hey. Yeps. If u look at my post. Its a few pages back on this thread. I have taken pics of the knob.
It's fine to turn. Do not disconnect the bat or u can turn the headlights on to aim.
If ur in the Lanecove area anytime soon I can do it for u if you want.
the yellow orangy thingo. its very tiny!
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