Traded my 2004 Euro for a 2007 Civic Sports

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01-08-2007, 01:10 PM
bigbuddha

Traded my 2004 Euro for a 2007 Civic Sports

MINI UPDATE with a few early picks .. better ones to come!!

It's finally done, i picked up my 2007 Civic Sports - Black Pearl.

all round body kit (honda factory) no spoiler though, i don't like spoilers.

plus all the usual stuff, moonroof, standard mags.

Also i got the BLUE ACCENT Interior lighting for the floor so it shows a nice blue glow along the floor at night time.

Pictures to come.

I wasn't actually expecting much ... wasn't even excited when I came to pick the civic up ... I loved my Artic Blue EURO had a kick arse sound system in it and it was a dream to drive plus it was the first car I'd ever bought so it had tremendous personal value to me.

HOWEVER, after seeing the black civic all shining and lit up at night time with the dark tint accentuating the blue interior floor lighting it i thought ..

DAMN THAT LOOKS pretty freakin good.

Pictures to come soon.

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01-08-2007, 02:19 PM
UNLS1

congrats mate, both fantastic cars!
i assume u had a euro standard?

Enjoy the sport, i got my mrs an bluish silver one she loves it too!
01-08-2007, 02:57 PM
bigbuddha

Quote:

Originally Posted by UNLS1

congrats mate, both fantastic cars!
i assume u had a euro standard?

Enjoy the sport, i got my mrs an bluish silver one she loves it too!

yeah just the standard, couldn't stretch the budget to get the luxury unfortunately.
01-08-2007, 03:08 PM
IAMVTEC

Good choice. Accord Euro and Civic is pretty much the same car, but 2007 > 2004.
01-08-2007, 04:45 PM
aaronng

Quote:

Originally Posted by IAMVTEC

Good choice. Accord Euro and Civic is pretty much the same car, but 2007 > 2004.

HAHHAHAHA!
01-08-2007, 07:08 PM
kn1ghtm4r3

i dunno id choose the euro over the civic. euros look focking hot when done up right, just check out the appearance thread ahahah. esp white ones ^^,
01-08-2007, 07:14 PM
Shimian

bigbuddah = FTW.

Congrats. Lots of poison on the market
01-08-2007, 08:21 PM
ginganggooly

Quote:

Originally Posted by IAMVTEC

Good choice. Accord Euro and Civic is pretty much the same car, but 2007 > 2004.

http://imatt.us/mt/archives/orly.JPG
01-08-2007, 08:35 PM
aaronng

Quote:

Originally Posted by kn1ghtm4r3

i dunno id choose the euro over the civic. euros look focking hot when done up right, just check out the appearance thread ahahah. esp white ones ^^,

Nah, the best car is the car that you are happiest with. He prefers the hot black civic (which has leather too!), so nothing wrong with changing from an Euro to the Civic. Also, the interior is almost the same size between both cars.
01-08-2007, 09:34 PM
Borg

The Civic is a nice ride, but Honda released a Limited Edition Euro today with sat nav, rear parking sensors and fogs for only $1K more than the base model.

The Euro doesn't have the grey leather trim or sunroof, but it does have the bigger donk - 140kW versus 114kW.
01-08-2007, 09:49 PM
industrie

Quote:

Originally Posted by aaronng

HAHHAHAHA!

:confused: thanks for pointing out the obvious
01-08-2007, 09:50 PM
Jaso

Its always gonna be a case of car costing x dollars with a certain trim level or a different car costing close to x dollars with a different trim level...
01-08-2007, 10:59 PM
bigbuddha

I've updated the original post with some pics now .. better ones to come later
01-08-2007, 11:01 PM
aaronng

Quote:

Originally Posted by Borg

The Civic is a nice ride, but Honda released a Limited Edition Euro today with sat nav, rear parking sensors and fogs for only $1K more than the base model.

The Euro doesn't have the grey leather trim or sunroof, but it does have the bigger donk - 140kW versus 114kW.

Yeah, the limited edition tourer is very very nice value. That sat nav is a 3k option on the Luxury.
02-08-2007, 05:58 AM
bigbuddha

The problem i had with buying the luxury Euro, it was my first option by the way was that the body shape is being replace within the next year or so ... i'll wait a couple of years to switch back to the euro after they work out the initial new model kinks as invariably there will be some ..
02-08-2007, 11:56 AM
denot

hey bigbuddha, can you post the ambience light? can you took it without using the flashlight so we can see how it actually looks?

ty mate...
02-08-2007, 01:45 PM
bigbuddha

Quote:

Originally Posted by denot

hey bigbuddha, can you post the ambience light? can you took it without using the flashlight so we can see how it actually looks?

ty mate...

Mate ... i tried and tried to get a pic of the blue accent lighting .. i turned off the auto flash ... turned off all the lights in the garage ... i could see the blue glow on the view screen of the digital camera but every time after the picture was taken, you could only see the smallest speck of blue light it was very wierd .. i tried like 20 times from different angles just wouldn't register in the final photo for some reason.

I have a Canon ixus70 if anyone knows a setting i could use that'd be much appreciated.
02-08-2007, 01:54 PM
leeepa

Yeah I would really like to see the accent lighting also. Have you got the camera set to AUTO mode buddha? Could imagine it being a hard photo to take though...
02-08-2007, 03:25 PM
denot

Maybe you can change it to "night", "low light", "indoor" or "slow sincronize flash"
02-08-2007, 04:17 PM
NeoNode

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigbuddha

Mate ... i tried and tried to get a pic of the blue accent lighting .. i turned off the auto flash ... turned off all the lights in the garage ... i could see the blue glow on the view screen of the digital camera but every time after the picture was taken, you could only see the smallest speck of blue light it was very wierd .. i tried like 20 times from different angles just wouldn't register in the final photo for some reason.

I have a Canon ixus70 if anyone knows a setting i could use that'd be much appreciated.

Trick is to use a slow shutter speed, but not to long as you would overexpose the lighting.
Don't use flash, defeats the purpose of showing off the accent lighting, don't use other modes for night time use either, they are not designed for what you're trying to achieve.
You need to go into full manual control to do what I described though, that's if your camera has such an option.

Low ISO + slow shutter + tripod = results
02-08-2007, 04:59 PM
bigbuddha

Ok. i'll try all those suggestions ...
02-08-2007, 05:03 PM
denot

gl buddy!
02-08-2007, 06:38 PM
leeepa

How much does the accent lighting cost? Is there somewhere you can go to look at the pricing of all Aus Honda's accessories?
02-08-2007, 06:41 PM
Shimian

When i got the light, it was about $300 including installation
02-08-2007, 10:58 PM
IAMVTEC

To be honest the accent lighting is a bit of waste of money.

If you dont mind cords hanging out you can get same or equal effect from a supercheapauto led light.
03-08-2007, 08:00 AM
Shimian

Quote:

Originally Posted by IAMVTEC

To be honest the accent lighting is a bit of waste of money.

If you dont mind cords hanging out you can get same or equal effect from a supercheapauto led light.

Well, at the time of purchase i had a look around supercheap and the barn. 3 sets of leds would have set me back about $100. Then to wire it up at that time, got a few quotes about $100. About $100 more so i went with OEM. Didnt really mind then as it was a gift from my uncle for getting a new car :p
03-08-2007, 04:16 PM
denot

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shimian

Well, at the time of purchase i had a look around supercheap and the barn. 3 sets of leds would have set me back about $100. Then to wire it up at that time, got a few quotes about $100. About $100 more so i went with OEM. Didnt really mind then as it was a gift from my uncle for getting a new car :p

nice :thumbsup:
03-08-2007, 05:17 PM
UNLS1

i made my mrs get the accent lighting! she loves it, i reckon it looks cool too.
You could do it urself but its not the same, stuffing around ect but then again im lazy!
even the nice lil button u get aswell from the oem.
03-08-2007, 05:34 PM
bigbuddha

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shimian

When i got the light, it was about $300 including installation

Shimian, I noticed in your avatar that you seemed to have a factory bracket for that very nice little navi/HU screen there, can i ask where u got it from

I know the guys in the states have the bracket but it's for those darn left hand drives only.
03-08-2007, 05:45 PM
santa3563

You can order the bracket from Singapore and it does'nt cost that much,but you have to happen to be there i supposed..
03-08-2007, 06:25 PM
Shimian

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigbuddha

Shimian, I noticed in your avatar that you seemed to have a factory bracket for that very nice little navi/HU screen there, can i ask where u got it from

I know the guys in the states have the bracket but it's for those darn left hand drives only.

Not my HU. I wish thou. Looking to get my hands on the dash kit.

Quote:

Originally Posted by UNLS1

i made my mrs get the accent lighting! she loves it, i reckon it looks cool too.
You could do it urself but its not the same, stuffing around ect but then again im lazy!
even the nice lil button u get aswell from the oem.

Will be getting my mugen pedals soon. Accent lighting is going to bounce off it and shine :P
04-08-2007, 12:31 AM
kobyyu

Do you mind telling us how much your civic sports is?

Is it manual or auto?
04-08-2007, 08:24 AM
Shimian

Quote:

Originally Posted by kobyyu

Do you mind telling us how much your civic sports is?

Is it manual or auto?

Mine? I drive an auto. I bought mine for about $38k with a stack of accessories e.g. full body kit
04-08-2007, 10:53 AM
yfin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shimian

I bought mine for about $38k with a stack of accessories e.g. full body kit

If you had the chance to buy again would you stretch to the CTR?
04-08-2007, 02:47 PM
Shimian

Quote:

Originally Posted by yfin

If you had the chance to buy again would you stretch to the CTR?

Not CTR. I like the interior but outside looks a bit toyish. The only thing i regret is buying OEM full body kit. Even thou i got it for about $2k at the time, i would be happy to spend $3.5k for the oiginal mugen kit