My CL9 BUILD: Carly (Pge 10 NEW RIMS WOO)

**MingZai** · 12-07-2011 07:02 PM

Hey guys, I decided to start a thread to show a before and after progress of my 2004 Honda Accord Euro Luxury. After lots of thought and talk I've decided to go down the path of modding my Euro. Here is a list of mods I am going to go through 100% before other mods are put down.
EXTERIOR:
Mugen Front Bumper (Not Lip)
Luckystar Rear Bumper(Not Lip)
Mugen Side Lip Kit / Luckystar Side Lip Kit(depending which flows better)
OEM Honda Accord Euro Spoiler (O4)
Rims

PERFORMANCE:
Injen CAI
Weapon R Header / TODA / J's Racing (Deciding)
Hi Flow Cat (Depending on which header I get)
Weapon R Test Pipe / TODA Test Pipe / J's Racing (All depending on which Header I get)
Skunk 2 Cat Back

HANDLING
Whiteline Sway Bar
Camber Kits
Buddy Club N+ Coilovers

More Mods will be done once this list is finished!

My car is complete stock atm and I am attempting to do 1 of these mods once every month.

STOCK

ALSO btw:
Most of these mods, I will attempt to DIY apart from the paint and panel beating. Feel free to comment or give out your opinion on the list I've compiled unless your going to say the Luckystar Rear is ricey

**MingZai** · 12-07-2011 07:32 PM

Sorry if this counts as double posting!
INJEN CAI INSTALL

My Injen CAI has finally arrived from the states! Time to install

Removal of the Radiator to remove front bumper (after breaking a few clips lol)

Removed the Air Intake Duct and the Air Intake Box.

Battery removed along with the tray and loosened the front bumper to remove the Air Resonator Box.

Had to remove the freaking wheel because I couldn't access the last screw holding the Air Resonator Box.

The really freaking annoying screw.

Finally both the Air Resonator Box and Air Resonator Tube are removed...

Engine Bay with the Stock OEM Air Intake removed.

Installed after 2 days of hard work!
A before and after video will be uploaded soon.

**antony** · 12-07-2011 07:38 PM

Nice looking Euro before any mods...

**MingZai** · 12-07-2011 07:42 PM

Thanks ! sadly some idiot reversed into my front so, some scars left behind and haven't had time to claim insurance.

**Fredoops** · 13-07-2011 08:51 AM

Lol nice one, DIY, I'm not sure y you have a hammer there but hey :-p

You might wanna add brake rotors to your mod list, eBay TSX rotors are good enough, I'm using it.
- also you might wanna have a look at Progress RSB, iirc it's cheaper than Whiteline and it's adjustable.
- and front strut bar! I got a el-cheapo eBay one lol and it look shiny and I swear I can tell the difference when turning ( and it make engine bay look pretty)
- also get WP-R header lol it's 1/2 the price of TOda and come with teat pipe to weld cat on lol.

And rims before body kit, otherwise they'll look lame with the stocky 16's!

**Phorist** · 13-07-2011 10:03 PM

nice start, looking forward to seeing your car over the coming months

**MingZai** · 13-07-2011 11:05 PM

Yeah thanks guy's !!
@Fredoops:
Haha the hammer was to pry the Air Resonator Tube off the Air Resonator Box because I was too lazy to use my own strength

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Ohhh I shall look into that! Thanks for the tip. I heard good things about the Whiteline and they arn't too expensive. What brand is progress country wise?
Hmmmm does the TODA have much better gains?????
Yes shall look into the rims soon

as the exhaust should come in 2-3 weeks just in time for my monthly target!

@Phorist:
Thanks man

**Fredoops** · 14-07-2011 09:54 AM

Progress from US... But probably made in China like everything else.

TOda wil give you more gains but it cost 2x or 3x as much... And it won't produce 2x or 3G as much power, besides most of the gain would be from the hiflow cat.

Ps I got some HKS grounding wires and a voltage stabliZer in the ar as well to make it all pretty lol!

**MingZai** · 14-07-2011 07:44 PM

Hmmm I might be able to get a Toda Header for $1000.... or maybe even a bit cheaper if I'm lucky...
I shall decide a bit later as that's a bit later down the track since my exhaust hasn't even been fitted yet.
Whats the HKS grounding wires and voltage stabilizer???? Ar??? don't know what that means LOL
Let's get this Hondata chip working

**Fredoops** · 14-07-2011 08:05 PM

Ar = there. iPhone fail..

I found the existing grounding wires in the car are all frayed, so I added the grounding wires to ensure the electronics are working top notch. Im planning to put a T1R lightened pulley in there (it's purple, same colour as my grounding wires) when my pulley belt dies, since the t1r pulley is k20 size (ie, 2-3mm smaller in diameter compared to the k24 pulley) i've put in voltage stablizers to counter act the possible miniscure underiving of the electrics.

Rmember the cost of the WP-R header includes a test pipe which you can weld the hi-flow cat to, not sure if the Toda come wih the same.

Anyway, here's what I planned to do to my automatic cl9 before I run outta money paying for some 'bills':

Exterior:
1. Lighter weight 17inch rims (less than 9kg each, which is weight of the stock 16 inch, remember, each kg saved on the rims/nuts = 5-10kg save on the body)
2. Mesh grill (a eBay seller sells it cheap, like 50 bucks, unpainted, from Japan)
3. Black rubber/plastic splitters (like what you see on then WRX STi/EVO, the black stuff below the bumper)

Engine/Exhaust
1. CT-E icebox, same gain as injen, less pretty, but I need to flood proof my shit :-P
2. Hytech-replica PLM headers.
3. Custom Cat/test pipe (PLM headers are LOOoNG and substantial, so to fit a CAT, the catback had to be cut back)
4. 06+ post facelift exhaust/catback... They are much larger than the 03-05 euro exhaust, in fact the pipe is the same size as comptech catbacks, except not shiny.
5. T1R light weight pulley (5-8hp right there).
6. Grounding wire and voltage stabilizer

Handling (factory suspension, I'm not lowering)
1. eBay front strut bar tower bar
2. Progress RSB
3. Front bottom strut bar
4. Slotted/Cross drilled brake rotors ($270 for them front and rear to my door)
5. Ceramic brake pads all around (hawk brand I was looking at)

Damn the bills.

**white_ep3_civic** · 14-07-2011 09:18 PM

Since the euro is a heavy car I found that alot of braves will be needed if you want to make it handle nice. A front strut will make the biggest difference when turning into a corner. The whiteline rear sway doesn't make enough of a difference for the money.

**Fredoops** · 14-07-2011 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by white_ep3_civic

Since the euro is a heavy car I found that alot of braves will be needed if you want to make it handle nice. A front strut will make the biggest difference when turning into a corner. The whiteline rear sway doesn't make enough of a difference for the money.

well Chasis stiffening IMO is a must since the Euro is rather... "soft".
Then it's the matter of taking the weight out of the front end.

I'd personally get Progress because: A) it's adjustable B) its 22mm instead 18mm in the Whiteline C) review here says this a better design C) it's like $200 bucks shipped to your door those days THANK YOU HIGH AUSSIE DOLLAR