Project: Haters Gon Hate

[Jake]

Bit the bullet and did the extended studs myself.

Good on ya for doing it yourself!

To remedy the clearance issue in the front I used a hole saw to drill holes in each shock tower to create more room for my camber kit to travel. Pictures will come soon of this so you guys can laugh your asses off. I know I did while doing it. Lowered the front another 1/4 inch but still have to much wheel gap for my liking so hopefully another day this week or next I will lower it some more. The rear will also go down another 1/4 inch probably.

In for pix... how low is this versus stock? Any idea how the shock towers will hold up with the new (or extended?) holes? I would have to think people do this somewhat frequently.

maybe delve into a wire tuck if I can find someone who wants to teach me.

Talk to Jon Combs... he did one on his 240 I think.

[JPolen01]

The camber kit I got turned out to be shit. The stock ball joint is flat on top while this one has a bolt that sticks up through the nut. Loosen the nut and you can slide the bolt back and forth to adjust camber. Crappy design is crappy. If the weather holds out today I will try and get some pictures with my phone. I drilled the holes with Adam Zisa and he also asked about the strength of the shock towers. I don't think it wil really affect it. I have seen one integra completely cut out the tower (looked like shit).

[Mike]

i had a skunk2 camber kit (justin has it now) with a similar design. stock shit had more clearance.

[JPolen01]

i had a skunk2 camber kit (justin has it now) with a similar design. stock shit had more clearance.

Good to know. I was looking into that one because the boots are failing on mine.

[premiershine9]

John- Found your build thread just now- Lemme know when you are looking to do the shoot- I will help you out on the paint correction..... I'll give ya a good lesson on correction and polishing, pads, compounds, polishes etc.
Keep it going!

PS- Let me know if you need my garage again, more than welcome to use it

[JPolen01]

John- Found your build thread just now- Lemme know when you are looking to do the shoot- I will help you out on the paint correction..... I'll give ya a good lesson on correction and polishing, pads, compounds, polishes etc.
Keep it going!

PS- Let me know if you need my garage again, more than welcome to use it

Is your garage heated? Doubt it, but thought I would ask. I need to paint my lip....

[JPolen01]

Back from the dead. Little teaser photo until I have time to post up the rest and do a little write up. Different set of wheels since original plans. 17x8.25 +25 XXR 527s. I got them because they were cheap, not sure how much I like them anymore but fuck it. I don't want to put any more money into this thing.
Front. Will probably go lower next week before the show.

Rear

More pictures and words later haters. Oh and flame suit on :thumbup:

[Jake]

I actually don't hate this. Those wheels look good from the pix you posted.


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[JPolen01]

Alright, so where do I begin? The original wheels I had were 17x8.5 +20. When I test fit them, I realized I needed extended studs to run them safely. They also poked more than I liked at the time. I ended up selling them and only losing about $200 so it wasn't that bad. Chalk that one up to the learning curve. Decided I didn't want to drop another $1k so I decided to go with the XXR 527s in 18x8.25 +20 to have less poke and more flush. Now I wish I had the old wheels again Lincoln and I did the extended studs over 2 days learning as we went. I had the fenders rolled previously so once the studs were installed the wheels went right on. Well my ball joints went out (possibly because they were ebay, but that's besides the point).

Finally got around last weekend to replacing them with Eibach ball joints. I had been waiting to lower it more until I did the ball joints so I also tackled that. Lowered the front another 1/2 inch. I'm not really sure how much of a drop I currently have, but I can stick my phone between the fender and tire and it stays so it's fairly low :dunno: I finally got around to adjusting the rear for moar low today. Lowered it a total of another 3/4 inches on top of whatever I did last summer. Again, I don't really know the full drop. The rear is tucking tire and I absolutely love it. Come next week, I think I am going to lower the front another 1/4 inch for the show :lol:

I'd like to finish up correcting some of the panels that really need help, but for now it is just going to get a good wash and a proper shoot. Maybe someone can shoot some pictures at the show or sometime after? I'll also have a friend from home shoot a few pictures tomorrow hopefully. Garrett took a few pictures today in the pheasant run parking lot so I'll go ahead and post them. Sorry for the lack of editing and side shots.

[SlimKlim]

Are you trying to post those pics using the Gmail URL? I can't see them.

Download the photos and upload them to http://www.imgur.com definitely the fastest/easiest image host.

[JPolen01]

Are you trying to post those pics using the Gmail URL? I can't see them.

Download the photos and upload them to http://http://www.imgur.com definitely the fastest/easiest image host.

Fuck they were working last night. I'll move them to my photobucket later today. Thanks for the heads up.

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[SlimKlim]

Are you trying to post those pics using the Gmail URL? I can't see them.

Download the photos and upload them to http://http://www.imgur.com definitely the fastest/easiest image host.

Fuck they were working last night. I'll move them to my photobucket later today. Thanks for the heads up.

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Try imgur just once, it'll blow your face off. All you do is drag and drop the pictures you want, click upload, and you're done. Photobucket sucks the big one.

[JPolen01]

Pictures are fixed

[Mike]

I wouldn't do it, but doesn't look bad at all.

How does it looks without the centercaps? I had similar wheels at one point and they looked much better without them.

[JPolen01]

I wouldn't do it, but doesn't look bad at all.

How does it looks without the centercaps? I had similar wheels at one point and they looked much better without them.

Haven't tried it without the caps. I might try it out but my axel nuts aren't the best looking. Might give it a shot next week though if I lower the front moar.

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[Jake]

You know, for an automatic Accord LX, it looks pretty good. Props, Jon. :thumbup:

[Mike]

I wouldn't do it, but doesn't look bad at all.

How does it looks without the centercaps? I had similar wheels at one point and they looked much better without them.

Haven't tried it without the caps. I might try it out but my axel nuts aren't the best looking. Might give it a shot next week though if I lower the front moar.

paint 'em! or get new ones... they're dirty cheap.

[V1GiLaNtE]

You know, for an automatic Accord LX, it looks pretty good. Props, Jon. :thumbup:

I'm with Jake on this one Jon..Hondar looks phresh.. I think the green and gold is a nice look.. Car looks clean and not fanboiJDMherrafrushmadtitedoperidebrah.

How's the ride?

EDIT: On a second glance..thanks for not doing an asshat job on the fender rolling..looks really good..

[JPolen01]

You know, for an automatic Accord LX, it looks pretty good. Props, Jon. :thumbup:

How's the ride?

EDIT: On a second glance..thanks for not doing an asshat job on the fender rolling..looks really good..

The ride is great now that I replaced the ball joints. Drove from jmu to Maryland this past week and couldn't have been happier. Function and Form is a great company and I would recommend their coilovers to anyone. They make 3 levels and I have the second one, type 2s, with adjustable height and dampening. I don't know what the spring rates are because they are straight out of the box nothing custom. The car rides like butter now. On my entire trip I only hit one bump around Tysons go figure that made the car bounce.

Thanks for the compliments on the fenders. I thought about doing them myself but decided against it for the obvious reasons. IAG in Maryland did the job perfectly. No cracked paint or bacon fenders here.
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