... for those that have had your car modded for a few years now, when NO ONE knew what the fuck your car was, and if they did they had never seen a fixed up one? I remember never ever seeing another modded CL on the street until about a year and a half after i worked on mine. People use to come into our shop and trip out on seeing a slammed CL. Now these things are all over the place man. The uniqueness is totally gone


but they still are rare. But I probally see a new modded one each week.




what was the first fixed up first gen you ever saw? Mine was the one SCC did as a project, then MaxSpeed had some ugly burgandy one in it. First one I ever saw on the street was mine, and that stuck for a good year or so.

 

I remember way back when the car was new and everytime i went places (especially the gas station for some reason) everyone asked what kind of car it was and they assumed it was really expensive Now no one cares

 

yea, i use to get that all the time and that was in early 99 when the cars had already been out for 2 years

 

Yeah, I bought mine back in 1997, and lowered it in 1998. Now I feel like I'm driving an Accord (not that there's anything wrong with driving an accord).

 

even tho it feels like just another import i still look down on accords and teg's etc...our's just has a class thats not matchable with any other honda etc

 

I had never seen one fixed up. I bought the car new in 98 and had my first set of rims for it 3 months later. Then I started looking around for websites.

I remember a guy named Steve that had one done up a bit and cl-driver's CL. Peeps trying to make the clear corners. LOL!!!

I also remember the pic of your CL doing a brake stand!!

 

i'll admit, i bought the pro-kit and put it on the night I brought the car home





I remember CLdrivers car from back when he had that website. He had a sweet pic of my burnout! (as I see you just commented on )

man i wish i could get a hold of CLdriver to get that pic, i lost it during a format

 

people always use to ask me what kind a car i had or if it was "one of those imports"... now there are 3 hooked up CL's around me and thats at school in bumfuckville radford,va. mines still the fastest tho. :P

cl-drivers, ghanders, ross's and the girl with the gunmetal SSR shumachers car were the first hooked up CLs i had ever seen. i had ghanders prokit/C2's and ross's CL w/4" drop as screen savers back in 2000-01...those were the days.

 

good thing i live in toronto canada, no one has a modded cl...
well rearly seen,

i got people pulling me over, asking where i get my shit.
cops saying that its a tight ride, then giving me a ticket for them

but still unique..

but the first one that i saw was on the internet, he had a little page on his ride, and ton of pictures, white, lower, m3 mirrors, muffler, rims

i forgot that website, but that what make me modivated in suping the cl up.....

 

yea I was so sprung on that car she ended up moving out here and being my girlfriend.


Made for 2 hot 1st gens in one house till she decided to get an accord

 

yea that was CLdrivers car. He's the one w/ the SC'd 3.0 now


hot car, those m3 mirrors looked tits back in the day!

 

Anyone remember rogers CL site? it was the first forum i believe for the CL and they he up and disappeared. He had a red CL with chrome rims and color matched inserts on the seats

 

dont' remember it.

 

Yup, I remeber rogers site!! Mainly pics and the message board!!

 

I remember when the CL first came out. I said to myself, someday you'll own one of those. I drove RX7's back then. When my last RX7 was on it's last leg I bought my CL.

Then I found this site, it's you guys who have inspired me to do what little work I've done to my car. I like the newer CL's but it's the 1st Gen I fell in love with.

This seemed like as good a thread as any to say thanks!!

 

1st gen i saw hooked up? 94/95 accord
i used to see it rollin around my house back when i was still in high school...prolly around 95/96, my freshman year.

i just fell in love w/ it, the guy driving wasn't bad either, but seeing that made me buy a 94 accord for my first car...and hook it up...BUT then i totaled it and bought my CL about a month ago. The first thing i said to myself was " i am gonna leave the CL stock" but that didnt last long...i plan to have enough $$ saved up to have her lowered by july/august!!

my dad is prolly gonna have a fit because it will void the suspension warranty, BUT he isnt the one paying for the car, so he really doesnt have much say in it....hehehe

 

Man, i cant believe some people remember my little site acuracl.homepage.com. I dont really post any more i just read whats been going on with the first gens. I still have my '97 3.0 inza red cl and i cant believe all of the mods people have done like Ross, he use and also clboy (CiLver 3.0). Its good to see all of the cool things people have done with the first gens.

 

HAHA!! Yeah, that was me!! Hey, it's good to hear from ya!!

 

1st moded CL i saw was back in 98 in Vancouver.. this guy had a silver one.. slammed... some custom bodykit and a big whaletail spoiler... kinda crazy.. but it was def cool!

and yeah... i remember we were all looking for clear corners before it came out... i met juniorbean from some other forum back in 2000... he told me how he was planning to get custom clear corners made and stuff... i almost did it too but then i found these clear corners in LA right before thanksgiving.. so I told juniorbean and then I drove down during the thanksgiving weekend and got them!!

hg

 

Wow, i feel like a freggin bandwagon fan compared to all you hardcore owners! I got mine in March last year and dumped tons of money into it with you guys telling me the we can fit 94-97 accord parts on our car. I WISH I NEVER FOUND OUT, AND I COULD HAVE SAVED SOME DAMN MONEY BY NOW! But, i am more than happy with my CL, and some major changes are hitting her late next week, BE ON THE LOOK OUT
BTW, i def have the most hooked up CL in RI, most are only tint/clears around here, but a few have rims. Gotta say though, you do see more and more with time, but it will never be the accord that you can see in every row at a supermarket.

 

saw 3 fixed up first gens on the way to work this morning


they are invading. One of my buddies said he saw some guy w/ the same exact set up as me the other day

 

Don't worry peeps.. we 1st gens.. will NEVER and I repeat NEVER be like accords... Just consider this the accord is one of America's top10 seller and has top5 stolen rate!! We 1st gen CL quite frankly didn't sold too well... therefore we will always be the unique ones.. not to mention that the #s of 1st gen are decreasing since itz not in production...

1 more thing.. we are a little safer than accords... Most ppl even mechanics that i talk to do not know under all that classy body lies the reliable accord design...

 

Hey man you're site got me hooked on modding (light as my mods may be). I was so disappointed when it just disappeared, what happened i loved that place although i didnt post much (think my name was just my name, Patrick). What have you done to your car since then?

Oh Scott, you were def. on the site as CLPower, i remember seeing your car doing the burnout and stuff and you posted a decent amount

 

i miss that pic

and I think i remember that site.

 

the 1st molded Cl I saw was in the LowRider Euro, it was silver one with a buddy club molded on,

but the 1st time I noticed a CL was in Janet Jackson video and thats where i desided that a 1st Gen CL would be my next car, and 1 1/2 later I had it

 

The site went down because homepage.com went bust. I didnt even know, when i went to login the site was no where to be found. I was going to do a full blown site, but with school and working, I wa to busy. I wish i had backed-up all of the pictures. Anyway, its good to see that we are still doing some unique and cool stuff to our cars. I finish paying for my cl about 2.5 year ago and i was going to trade it in, but discided to keep it. It not worth the trade in, so i am going to finish what i started hopefully by next year. Here is what i have done and still have on my 97 (70,000mi) 3.0 CL.

-Piaa superwhites and superwhite wedge bulbs.
-WingsWest type-r airdam.
-Red painted engine covers.
-DC sport Struit Tower Bar.
-Weapon-r carbon fiber intake w/ K&N filter
-Denso IK16
-Comptech polished oil cap.
-Clear marker lights with superblues.
-Custom seats with real leather red inserts.
-M3 Mirrors (removed)
-KYB shocks.
-Eibach pro-kits.
-Chrome MOMO sports 17x7.5
-Yokohama A520 215.45ZR.17.
-All around PowerStop crossdrill rotors.
-Metal Master Brake pads.
-Comptech SS Brake Lines.

And the full blown tune up i just did new waterpump & timing belt, wires, fuel filter, rotor &cap. Hopefully i will get a custom paint job done and a navi setup speaker setup. Sorry for the long post.

 

what about the good ole days when we had to rely on teg clear corners ... i think i was one of the first few people who actually bought "CL" corners

MaCe

 

I have been seing them for the past few years in ATL