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Old 02-13-2009, 01:10 PM
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As the weather is getting nice so does our cars

I dont usual post pictures of my car because I dont like to show but today was a nice day and i snapped some pictures. Also I just got my double din navi installed and its the worlds cleanest install. Also did alittle work in the trunk. Enjoy and please comment. And yes a drop is coming on my car.

If anyone has a front lip forsale,black housing headlights or lowering springs please msg me in the GTA please.Thanks.







































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Nice lookin navi, which model eclipse is it? Can't wait to see with a drop, you can blackhouse your headlights yourself
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Man I love that NAVI set up, i feel bad for you guys in the north that have to deal w/ the snow and stuff. Down here you can wash/detail every weekend of the year. Like black said, dont waste your money on headlights, do them yourself, you can do them in an afternoon! Just use the search feature and type in Black Housing DIY
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Or just look in our diy/faq forum
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Originally Posted by combat mediC
Down here you can wash/detail every weekend of the year.
... except for the weekends it gets down in the 30's lol

love the navi, blackhousing would look good on your car
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Thanks for the compliment's! The only reason I want to buy black housing headlights is because I want to be able to keep all the OEM parts. Thanks again guys!
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Try reading/searching

https://acurazine.com/forums/1g-cl-diy-faq-74/black-housing-headlights-w-front-bumper-removal-470662/
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clean. i like the DRL's.
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Look good. Props on the navi install. Yours came out really good.
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i dunno bout world's cleanest install, but it looks good. And you car looks so damn clean, especially for an Ontario car.
as far as lowering your car, are you just looking at springs? or would you buy some coilovers?
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wait do CL's in Canada come stock with DRL's?
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is the double din navi 6.5 or 7 inches?
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Originally Posted by 972xghost
wait do CL's in Canada come stock with DRL's?
^ mine has em too
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Originally Posted by 972xghost
wait do CL's in Canada come stock with DRL's?
c'mon mr honda, you should know this
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i forget sometimes. give me a break. lol
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Wish the weather was nice here, snowed over an inch already today
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damn nice. im thinking snow if officially over for the NY metropolitan area.
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weather is nice my ass. i shoveled my driveway twice last night and bracing for another 15 cm over the next 2 days. Car looks good though
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It Just stoped raining here and it was a sunny day so i washed the whip...............


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lookin good man
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not feelin the rims. without the chrome lip, all black rims make a white car look dirty, IMO
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I hate the snow weather just for the sake of my car. The salt and the dirt is irritating. I clean the car and 2 seconds after its full of salt I can't wait for summer.
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Originally Posted by TMO
I hate the snow weather just for the sake of my car. The salt and the dirt is irritating. I clean the car and 2 seconds after its full of salt I can't wait for summer.
i agree 110%
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Originally Posted by TMO
I hate the snow weather just for the sake of my car. The salt and the dirt is irritating. I clean the car and 2 seconds after its full of salt I can't wait for summer.
Now that it's been warming up the snow along the sides of the roads is constantly melting and covering the road surfaces with muddy water so it's nearly impossible to keep your car clean
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bro u gotta drop that car, its hurting my eyes ... lol.

that is a clean install, how is the navi working ?
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Haha OK update! Picked up my Tein Stech's last night and going to get my windows tinted.Wanting to get rims really bad...17" Gunmetal with chrome lip is what im after! Anyways,im going to post pics after my brother drops her for me!
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Swapping out the rear springs can be a bitch.

Good luck, can't wait to see the pics.
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The rears are way worse than the fronts
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Just some random shots before I lower her.

Also next mod is TINT and Fogs! WOOOO im getting anxious!
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looks sick. you should crack open the headlights and blackbouse. and being as your JDM, haha you should amber the upper corner. it would really make your HID kit look a lot better.
heres a pic of mine as example



what are u gonna lower her on?
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Hey , thanks man...Im lowering her on tein S-tech's.

Im going to end up getting a extra pair of headlights and doing the black housing with the amber corners just like yours! Yours look awsome...for the time being I got amber bulbs and put them in so when there on at night it glows like I do have amber corners..

I bought this car just for a Daily Driver because I have a GTI VR6 but slowly im losing interest on my GTI and really liking my Acura LOL
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you dont need to pick up an extra pair. you can get it done in a day. dont waste the money on extra headlights unless your going to retro, or want to keep oems as backup.
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I want my set for back up because there reallly clear and mint.

Im trying to keep all my OEM parts for when I go and sell it.Im way to lazy to do them myself..i rather buy a set used or something lol
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i wanted to pick up an extra set to retro. i still might. i would retro the new ones, then retro the old ones with a non HID projector and just sell it with a plug and play kit.
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That would be crazy! Im not the biggest fan of Retro,I think riced out civics reuined it for me... I like clean OEM+.Thats why I love volkswagens, they can be done up with all OEM parts
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Update..Not dropped yet though LOL

My dad parks his 2006 Honda Accord SE in the garage all the time and I park in the driveway.As a family we went out for dinner tonight and I booked home and got the garage.lol He wasnt so thrilled. It was a nice night so i decided I migth as well use my time wisely since I have the car in the garage.

Before I painted the covers

Before

Before

Then started to prime

Then painted them lol


Painted this too

Then installed it..dont no why the primer came through.
The installed it, dont no why the primer came through again.

The motor cover was painted today...didnt prime it.

Then took off my mud flaps LOL

Waxed my hood

Waxed my hood

Waxed it alittle more lol

Smooth as a babys ass? LOL

And then I clearcoated my center caps

With this i clear coated

My center caps

My rims with the cap

Did my dads too

And then my door light...i painted it yellow with this...it came out cool!

My navi.

My dash...

Thats all for now lol
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I will be re doing the covers soon.YUCK I NO!
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dam that is sick lol but i was just wondering how bright is your hid's cuz i just got some 7000k xenons.... so iono if that is even good i just got it cuz my friend claimed that his dad used to have it and it was pretty cool. but if the Hid things are better then i would get it but still lol just wondering how much Kelvins are ur bulbs. Thanks
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My HID kit is 8K which is perfect everyone says...
Its a blue white...exaclty like BMW's.
I used to run those blue bulbs also known as XENONS, but they burned out pretty quick in my experience. Ive had my HID's installed since winter, and there awsome...If I were you , id run HID's. My kit is made in germany, I got them from a shop that I get all my volkswagen stuff from.


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