hond-r

Hi all...New to the site from the U.K...
I run a company in the U.K called "Hond-R"....honda performance parts and accessory, engine conversion specialists...
Have had my CL9 for around 1 1/2 years or maybe less..Don't have any up to date pictures but here are a few i found on my photobucket and my spec list:
1.)New Headlights under warranty
2.)6000k H.I.D Conversion
3.)DC Sports Header
4.)AEM Short Ram Intake
5.)Skunk2 10th Anniversary Gear Knob
6.)Tein Flex Coilovers
7.)Tein Pillowball Top Mounts
8.)Tein EDFC
9.)RONJON Legend Liquid Graphite 19"x8" Wheels with falken fk452 225/35/19 tyres
10.)Personalised Number Plate
11.)Fujitsubo Legalis R Exhaust System
12.)T1R De-cat
13.)Secondary O2 Simulator
14.)Comptech Short Shifter
15.)Strutking Shifter Box Bushings
16.)Mugen Wind Deflectors
17.)Honda "duckbill" Rear Spoiler
18.)Ignalls ETD
19.)J's Racing Front Strut Brace
20.)Connects2 Changer Box
21.)Sony MP3/CD Changer
22.)Vibe 12" CBR Powered Sub (hi-to-low converter)
23.)Vibe Full Range Rear Speakers
24.)ACT Streetlite Flywheel (k20)
25.)Clutchmasters FX300 Kevlar Clutch (k20)
26.)CT-Engineering 22mm Rear Anti Roll Bar
27.)Corsport Billet Ally Shifter Cable Bushings
28.)Quaife ATB Differential
28.)Colour coded Rocker Cover
29.)Skunk2 Oil Cap
there's more but can't remember....345mm front wilwood 4pots and 312mm rear big disc kit to be fitted in a couple of weeks....now need some power!!!

kowloonsniperhk

that's a nice ride you got there.

s001y

Good to see your mods. My thread is Red JDM Euro R and we could cross share some ideas...

godfather2

nicely done cl9!

where in uk are you located?

s001y

Are u stalking me?

OK, I also like to know which part of the UK this dude is lcoated. Many many moons ago, I studied there.....

rx280

Love the OEM duckbill spoiler. That it’s not available through Acura dealers here in the U.S. has been annoying me for five years. As far as I’m concerned, it’s preferable to all of the alternatives.

hond-r

thanks for the comments. i can try and get some part numbers for the "duckbills" and they all come factory pre painted or we could send them out of there was enough interest??? anyone interested let me know. i will get some interior shots up just as soon as i have fitted front seats

MMsTSX

you don't need a local dealer to order it through.
we can get it just fine here, just not directly through Honda.
that's what places like heeltoe automotive are for.

anyway, very clean car.
interesting to see Ron Jon rims over there in the UK.

Audioserf

Nice looking ride, those Legends look massive!

hond-r

yeah they do look huge in some angles....maybe i'm used to them now though and getting bored so may have them done a matt bronze or gunmetal as i am de-chroming the car when funds permit...also may get a set of 17's or 18's with some bigger tyres to try and kerb some of the wheel hop 19's create....want to go wider....17 or 18 x 8.5 with some 235 tyres maybe...

Audioserf

Those would be hot in bronze, you'd be a trendsetter - nobody's done that to Legends before that I'm aware of.

I'm surprised 19's create wheel-hop, however. By nature the 19's weigh more than 17's or 18's would (esp. with the Legend - RonJons are pretty but they're all heavy bastards). A heavier wheel should be harder to break loose from the pavement. I don't get it.

s001y

Great to read that your thoughts on right tyre sizes for right size rims.... The wheel spin u get is due to the iVTEC FWD syndrome...235 tyres helps, just take care of the offset issue and fender .

rx280

Sure, it’s been available through Mr. Heeltoe for a few years now. I’m sure many fans of the duckbill lip spoiler shared my excitement when he made the announcement. The excitement was fleeting, though – it only lasted until he got to the price. If I’m recalling correctly, he said he’d have to charge around $675. (Don’t recall whether that included shipping; it probably did.) I suspect that not many people have ordered it through him; it just seems like too much to spend for what you’d be getting. Before Mr. Heeltoe made his announcement, I briefly considered having a spoiler shipped to me by a Honda dealership in London, but again, I couldn’t justify the cost. (Don’t remember what it was, just that it was too high for me.)
If the spoiler was available through Acura dealers, I’d have one, and I’m sure many other A’zine members would have made the purchase, too. The lip spoiler for the 2004-08 TL – pretty much the same as the one available in Europe for the Accord (TSX), just not the right length – is available from hondaacuraworld and handa accessories for about $320. Not cheap, especially when you consider that you can get the M3 knockoffs on eBay for less than $100, but it’s a price I could palate.
I remain baffled why Honda (Acura) has never seen fit to make the lip spoiler available to us in the U.S. It’s not as though the OEM body kit hasn’t sold respectably. And seeing a lip spoiler on a TL certainly isn't uncommon.

hond-r

for those who wanted to know i am from Oxford....about an hours drive from london....

as far as the ducktail spolier goes, i think i paid about £180 inc vat painted and it even came with an uprated trunk torsion bar so help lift the trunk with the extra weight of the spoiler lol.....i never fitted my one as it opened just fine. i'm wondering if i can have a chat to honda uk and see about exporting a few over to you...may need 5 people or so to make this worthwhile but i can only but ask and see what levels of discount they will do....p.m me if interested and i'll probably start of mini group buy as a couple of members of another tsx forum are also interested....

MMsTSX

^ I'll buy all 5 or 10 or whatever myself.
that will satisfy that group buy you would need.
then you wouldn't have to worry about who is on board and if they're really
going to send money or if they are just saying so, and where it all will need
to be shipped and all of that.

group buys are notorious around here for a bunch of people signing up but
little to no people actually paying for the parts, the rest just back out or disapper.
send them all to me, and I'll handle the shipping and distribution once they get
to the US. otherwise I fear it would not go well.

and if people want direct shipping and purchases, just have them sign up in addition
to me. I wouldn't mind sitting on them for a while as people slowy decide they want them.

just an idea.

hond-r

sorry its taken so long on the group buy but trying to reduce price from honda uk....on a better note i have done a few more bits to the accord:
345mm 4 pot wilwood front kit
313mm rear kit
mugen assist meter gauges
T1R voltage stabiliser and 4gauge earthing kit. will get pics up as soon as possible

hond-r

right...here goes:

rear disc conversion:

stock setup:


the kit:


the difference in size between the two:


fitted:





the front setup:

stock setup:


uprated 345mmx30mm 4 piston:



fitted:




the mugen gauges:




the voltage stabiliser and custom earthing kit:

godfather2

now you mean business!

hond-r

haha...i like to think so...or try to! now onto the next mods whatever they may be....tough decision between some re trimmed front recaro's on bride rails or facelift front and rear with mugen style nextmod lips...tough decision! also on the wheel front...rota uk have a set of 18x8 et48 rota p1 in matte bronze on deal for me....too many choices and then have to figure out tyre sizes!!!!

TSX408

Damn, still keeping if very fresh.

s001y

Hond-r,

May i ask you rear disc swap, anything else to change our simply a disc swap from stock to 313mm? Any adjustments to the rear stock brake calliper? Where & how much these discs cost a pair? Thanks...

hond-r

Well i had to modify the brackets slightly for the euro accord but its a direct fit as far as i'm aware for the tsx. no modification needed apart from loosening off the e brake cables under your arm rest, fitting the kit, and then re adjusting to suit the new setup. they were $250 or so.

s001y

Thanks. Was wondering what u meant with "brackets slightly" and care to elaborate if this can be DIY or just a relocation of the hole or fit? U meane US$250 or 250 sqid? Where can i get a set? Thanks dude, nice mods coming along.....If I am back in the UK, I should drop by your shop in oxford....

Flookiez

the mugen gauges look sick man!!!

pip086

just wonderin were you got the windflectors?are they real mugen and how much they cost....thanks