Today is the 5th year anniversary of the day I picked up my ack. I bought it May 10th of 2003. I was actually looking at a prelude on a Toyota dealer lot and found the CL. My buddy that I had gotten into car modding with had just passed away a few months before that when he wrecked into a tree screwing around in his black Type R and died on impact. I bought the CL thinking of him and wanting to honor him with my show aspirations, also I wanted a v6 so the 3.0 suited me well. He had built his for track, and I decided to dedicate my work to him. I joined this site in april of 2003 and saw a lot of old schoolers that inspired me. It took me several years to mold my plans and ideas into something concrete especially due to the minimal aftermarket for V6 accords and acks. But the custom aspect appealed to me as well, since I didn't wanna build a fast and furious civic, and he and I actually were more into muscle. He and I had big plans for my Trans Am which was lost the summer b4 he was, and I leaned toward the luxury/tuner side. Here's a link to his car, he had lots of engine work done, but just wanted to do a little tribute and since I can't believe I've owned the car for 5 years today just felt appropriate. Jody, my continuing modding and dedication were truly inspired by you.





http://www.steelcitysfinest.com/blackintegra.htm

Good old stock days




2005
Amateur bumper paint repair


Starting small










2006











2007

















2008 - Whole lot more coming

 

damn 5 years..im on my 4th

good stuff

 

sorry to hear that, sounds like he'll be missed. was a nice lookin' type r

 

Yeah, him and I used to talk cars in high school everyday. He passed the fall of 2002 i believe it was, I def think about him when I play with the ack though

 

Damn, your CL means alot more to you than most members'. Here's to another 5 years

 

nice time line chris im not sure where I'm at with my car but I think im around 5-6 years of ownage as well

 

nifty pics lookin good

 

def nice timeline chris. to your boy, i'm sure he'd be proud to see the CL as a reincarnation of you guy's memories. Whats next for the Ack?

 

Chris, I'm sure your buddy would be proud. Your car is a perfect tribute. Thanks for all the support and advice you've provided me and everyone else here.

Here's to another 5!

 

only 50% of the mods you've shown are on the car.

c'mon stop procrastinating, lets see that bitch painted up and interior done up

 

Um just showing a progress timeline man, I got more mods to put on than I have time to install, but I'm coming along man. Progress is starting up again, I go in spurts, just waiting to win the stanley cup so I can shave my playoff beard and get back to workin on my car

 

props to you black, the car is is gonna be rockin.

But for me this marks a 3 year anniversary since my father was taken away from me(famaliy) for ever.

 

Which suspension was this?

And, we'll see about your Penguins winning the cup.

 

omni sports, and the pens > *

 

good stuff man, and real sorry to hear about your buddy...I'm sure he'd be proud to see you still modding her and keeping her going strong

Man, I can't believe I haven't even had the cl for a year and I already feel like I've had it forever. It's one of those cars that just grows on ya.

 

Nice timeline Chris! Can't wait for the rest of it to be put on!

 

Hey man

I can definitely relate. After one of my bro's passed away in a car accident, me and my other bro stopped the car thing and were really out of it. Custom automobiles is and always will be our passion in life though, so I decided to keep things moving and get back into it, and dedicate all of the cars we build from now on to our lost bro.

Here's a pic of my CL


Keep up the great work and can't wait to see the other pics. Keep modding too, it's a great and positive way to keep our lost ones alive...

-Anand

 

nice timeline chris. your friend would be proud of you and your accomplishments.


maybe next week he will start a thread and how he got to 26,000 post in 3 years. not including the one on his other sn. lol

 

Thanks ryan, and thanks all for the responses, can't believe it's been 5 years already, I would be so much farther along had I not chased random dreams like 5 lug conversion, chrome rims, fake CF and so many other stupid roads that I went down and wasted money on, but you live and learn. This timeline was to show what I've done in 5 years, it's not about the parts I haven't put on yet, that's why I keep putting stuff on the car, to show new progress

 

That's one nice lookin' Teg. My brother had a type-R.

Your CL has been a big inspiration to mine, especially since it's a '97 CL3.0.

 

i bought my car in 2001 around this time. so its been like 7 years for me. i always say imma sell my car so i can get one that i dont have to mod but lets face it...any car you get youll have to mod unless your just one of those types of people that dont.

chris sorry about your hommie bro. he's probably up in heaven lookin down at you and thinkin (dude your car is SICK!!)

 

Wow! Nice timeline/pics. Today is my 5th month anniversary with my ack but have been set back from moding because all the power crap that has been going out on it.. I actualy have been up to a lot of the cheaper mods. (blackhousing, intake, repainting stuff that needed it, and a hand-me-down GPS system) I need to upload the pics!

 

Hopefully he helps me get some shit done this sumer

 

I should be around so get at me if you need some help.

 

I need tons of help, come on over foo

 

Let me know some days bro, im currently in NC right now.

 

I just got back from NC Friday night

 

Bump, just hit the 6 year mark on the CL 2 weeks ago, switchfootz timeline made me think about this thread

I have pics of the teg at home, looks like the site that i linked went down

 

Nice work Chris. I'm jealous of the headlight conversion.

 

Aw you and switchfoot make the same cute threads

Looks good... as always!

 

such an awesome car. keep on rockin it!

 

i am in the process of making mine as well....just trying to figure out what i did first...haha

 

Glad this got revived, I hadn't seen the timeline yet, very nice. Why did you get rid of your fogs? just wonderin

 

Chris tell us more of your secrets please

I know you have the good pictures hidden somewhere, we've seen these before. Don't be shy now!

 

yeah...he likes to hide shit

 

damn 6 years...congrats...im hittin 4 on mine...

 

i have yet to hit a year lol. congrats, but the big question is... are you driving her yet?

 

Not yet, twitching to drive her, working on a couple things, haven't hooked all the engine wires back up or put the interior back in yet... Outside is getting buffed also, something else in the works also

 

damn Chris, always doing something to her..wish i had a second car then i don't have to put the miles on my CL and just do tons of projects

share some more photos, we know you got some more!!

 

I remember your friend with the Type R. Met him at a ITR dyno meet at Speed Nation when it used to be in McDonald. It's a terrible thing. I think his girlfriend was with him when he had the accident.

Your car has come a long way. I love the picture with the city in the background.