Some of you may have seen this thread I made a couple of weeks ago. But if you didn't, my dad's LS400 was for sale, fast forward a bit and it sold. So obviously my dad was then without a car, now this is the 21st century and let's be honest, if you don't have a car, you're bollocksed. So the search was on, criteria was a sensible family car, under 2.0 and not silly money to buy and run (A lot like the Alfa he had before, but then sold, hmm...). Anyway a couple of days later he comes home with this




A 2001 Honda Accord 1.8i VTEC 'Sport' with 11 Months MOT for a very fair £750. Good buy I say, but as we all know some things are always too good to be true, and before we knew it, VTEC kicked in just a little bit too hard...



That is of course the car just after being towed home by a friend. The real story is that my dad actually bought the car with a slipping clutch, hence the decent price (Was originally up for £900). He thought he'd get at least a few more days out of it but it decided to f**k itself up on the way home, cue 6,000rpm and no movement. Still, one of them things. So now that's been replaced and it's all very good stuff.

We ordered a little something though...



Even though it looks like one it really isn't a dildo, or a vibrator for that matter. It is of course an über JDM tight dori dori dorifto sideways S14 AE86 Type-R 2JZ GT-R gear knob. Which means my dad now gets an extra 50bhp and he can drift his FWD car. So we fitted it, as you do.




The difference is immense, we beat a gay white and black Toyota with some stupid Japanese writing on it in a drift battle on the way home.

There's a list of jobs that need doing though, tidying it up mainly, you might be able to see the damage to the bumpers in the photos, the previous owner didn't really look after it too much tbh, so we'll get the outside tidied up, some new bumpers may be on the cards. Also, the interior is f**kING DISGUSTING, f**king smells of all sorts of nasty s**t and the seats have some weird stains. So the seats will be replaced ASAFP, my dad wants either the Recaro seats from the Type-R or the leather seats from the Executive trim level. But if I'm sly enough I may be able to get him to look aftermarket (If anyone's selling cheap Bride seats let me know). We may add some nice JDM influenced modifications too. Nothing too OTT, maybe some wind deflectors, a new steering wheel and some minor stickerage. The F18B2 engine isn't bad, not too sure if it's very tuneable, but tbh my dad's not too fussed about getting his hands dirty under the bonnet anyway, he would like some new wheels however and he did seem to like the idea of lowering springs, but we'll have to see how that pans out.

Anyway I've written WAY too much now

where can i get me one of those there gear sticks and how much is gunna have to come out my pocket?
shame about the car though, got a little project now

Just search on eBay for "JDM Drift Knob", I think it cost us something like £30 with postage and stuff. And it's cool I think, many a time my dad's said "We'll get a project going", but there was never anything that could realistically be done until now

SWEET.
s**t's got potential.
Do it ASAMFPN.

Woah I bet you did great down mt akina with that knob. You should get some tyte bbs lms nig.

RESPONSE

Thank you Alex

I did some quick measurements with my (dad's) trusty tape measure. For this car to be reasonably 'flush' yet practical we should aim to lower it 50mm on some 9 inch wide wheels. My dad likes Rota Grids (Fake Volk TE37s basically, we can't afford real ones). Rota sell them in 15x7 and 15x8 sizes. The standard wheels are 16x8, so we could put on some small spacers to get it sitting pretty.

the knob <3

does it lights up?

That knob is generic played out model.And wtf 2 ol schoolers are back?

shut up uiui

that knob is better than ur whole existance

cheers, id love to get a project going but my dads not really into it and neithers my step dad, so i got to go solo and i have no money to get one started... sucks

Nah it doesn't light up Andrew, not that I know of anyway

Uiui, I am sorry that I'm not as JDM tight as you are, I'll try harder in future

@the stigster; Yeah I'm pretty lucky that my dad appreciates nice cars, that said everything has potential so if you can convince them to let you work on it

And ur point is?Im just sayin that I saw that knob many times.So why be mad And Ben what are u sayin?What are u trying to say for me?Did I hurt you?Well sorry for that.

I was being sarcastic, dunno if you meant to or not but you came across pretty rude

Me rude?Why?Oh lets forget about this shall we?What about ur ex supercheap car?Lexus something?Its sold or still selling?

Alright then. It sold last week to some Romanian guys, won't be seeing it again now lol

I'm not going to lie, that shift knob is retarded, especially in a Honda.

Why?

Its a giant pink shift knob inside of a honda... need I say more?

It's called "Having a laugh with a cheap car". I don't see what's wrong with Hondas anyway

nothing is wrong with Honda's. Its just usually that's something you do to a drift or VIP car... and even then I think its stupid.

Dude, it's a gearknob, there's more important things to worry about on a car

I've never seen a Euro Accord before, but I like it haha it looks pretty cool. The tails remind me of Chaser. <33

it's his car, u can't stop him

umad? Just stating my opinion. I found this after a quick search. Its cheaper and looks loads better

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JDM-Honda-EG4-EG...d#ht_1713wt_952

BAHAHAHAHA I just saw this.

Edit - Uh oh pointless.

Is there any more motor work that you know of that needs to be done on the car?

But that knob doesn't have the humour aspect of the dildo knob. For the record the standard knob is very similar to that, just with black writing

*sadface* y u change nice knob to stoopid 1. I don't like when people do stupid stuff to a nice car just to be funny or follow a trend. I saw some guy at a car show hit his S13 with a hammar and etch words into the paint to make it look like a missile drifter. Pisses me off.

lol wat. You can't compare changing a gearknob to hammering bodywork

Oh well

Here's a photo I forgot to put up



Blue magic tree swag. Also just saw Brandon's edit, no there's none that we know of, it seems to run well enough, if something breaks it'll just get fixed, provided it isn't terminal, because that s**t would ruin my day

I just ask that you please change it back eventually after you've had your laugh. I really hate those shift knobs. lol

Ah that's pretty cool bud. Looks like a fun car to drive.

And duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude I like the shift knob. It makes you really jdm h0m13.

Okay, here's a list of modifications me and my dad discussed and that we'd like to do. In no particular order

- New headunit with iPod compatibility
- New speakers
- Subwoofer, nothing OTT, just something that give us some moderate bass and doesn't take up too much room or looks s**t
- New numberplates in different sizes
- Remove the 'Accord' and 'Sport' badges
- New wheels/tyres
- Lowering
- Laguna splitter, or an OEM front bumper with foglights and a lip, if such exists
- Wind deflectors
- Minor stickerage
- Spinners
- New exhaust, something that makes a nicer noise but isn't tacky or anything, nothing to in your face
- Paint cam cover, not sure what colour, not red though, don't want anyone to think we're trying to make it like a Type-R, because it isn't, performance wise anyway
- New seats, either the Type-R Recaros, Executive leather seats or maybe aftermarket ones
- New steering wheel, something swag like Nardi if my dad's feeling to splash out a bit
- Shark fin aerial
- Godfather or dixie horn

Along with repairing all the damage, there's some stuff that needs sorting, interior light isn't working for instance

This is what we want to do anyway, of course it's all down to money really

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9P8FzF6d5s

dey don't stop

Very cool, the power of dreams...

i thought the same :U

nice car,would be cool an serious project on it

Nice! I'm back.. just to comment on this. Love these accords, I believe the 2.2 typeV model has some of the bodyparts you're looking for.. (e.g. bumpers?) and I wouldn't put a nardi on it dude.. just cause it has a drivers airbag and its a daily, keep it safe.

To all you's bitchin' about the gearknob, it's not your car, you've stated your opinion, Bne likes it, it's just for a laugh, lets all chill eh?

Shafz.

Did I mention you should ditch the shift knob?

add a led under it, chicks dig it

really cool, ben. get the Rota Grid Drift just cause they look better (if you do go with the grids



PLEASE for the love of god, use a space after a '?'

curtis is cool guy :F

Curtis, I've already got links sorted for most of the stuff That being said I appreciate the info. Think we'll be saving up for lowering and wheels next, found these springs, this was after I saw an advert in a magazine, I'll be searching properly for a good compromise between quality and value tomorrow, 35mm drop is enough. As far as wheels go, we'll be after 17" wheels, 9" inch wide on the rear and 8.5" up front, the fitment is 4x114.3 so if anyone knows any sweet wheels that aren't ridiculously expensive let us know, we'll have plenty of time before we can actually afford both (That said I'll be in a job soon, hopefully, so that'll speed things up a little bit). As far as modifications we'll go from the most expensive to the cheapest, so after lowering and wheels we'll fix the bodywork, then probably ICE, after that it'll just be smaller things like the splitter, aerial and all of that


That said some modifications are incredibly cheap so we might do the properly cheap ones now and get 'em out the way, like the debadging, we did that earlier, removed the rear Accord and Sport badge, still got some of that s**t left from the Sport badge though. Might see about getting the camshaft cover painted also

I'm gonna check out some Honda forums and such, hopefully I can pick the brains of other Honda owners and see what's what. It'd be cool if we could get this car on display at Japfest next year


Edit: Dat front bumper/fog light assembly/door mirrors/grille

http://www.racinglab.com/rota-p45f-009.html

no need to thank me

http://www.wheeldude.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=335_336_396

These guys usually have really good prices. Not sure if they do international shipping though.

Also, your talking about lowering your car and super wide wheels but have not mentioned anything about offset. You sure these are going to fit properly?

Psh who needs wheels that fit properly these days.

Well if you don't want your fender to shred your tire like a cheese grater or end up with wheels that don't fit cuz they are hitting the inside of your fender... then you should look into it. Your safest bet would be to find a pic of an accord that's lowered as much as you will be with wheels that you think fit perfect and then find out the wheel specs and if any extra modification was needed. If you can't find any information, I can help you out if you measure some clearances of the stock wheels for me. I can let you know what will fit, what will poke, and so on. I measured mine out and I think I did a pretty good job of getting them flush:

I do believe we'll be buying a brand new set specifically in Honda Accord fitment, so I presume the offset will be right, otherwise heads will roll

Wait, so your telling me that wheel shops recommend 9" wide wheels for your car O_o That barely fits my car.

i've seen people comfortably fit 11's under a golf before. older cars tend to have a bit more clearance than is absolutely necessary