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Honda Accord Accessories
What accessories and/or modifications have you added to your Accord?
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Gonzo
Gonzo, your car is already wired for keyless entry but the sensor might be rather expensive from the dealer. An after market system might be an option. Check with your dealer to see how much the keyless entry controller is, they might have a kit. Hope this helps.
the first 2 are honda/acura exclusively:
http://www.ahmotor.com/
http://www.handa-accessories.com/
http://importparts.com/
plus the hparts.com mentioned above.
and always either do the installations yourself, or find an independent that you trust. dealers are WAAY too expensive.
i.e. they wanted to charge me $280+ to install my oem foglights, but i found someone to do them for a little under $100... and i installed my cold air intake myself.
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i'm also looking for the razo titanium plate/stainless mesh series pedals: RT2-27. only found them on 2 sites, one included the footrest, which i don't need at the moment, and the other hasn't responded for pricing.
Thanks.
http://windsrprk.home.mindspring.com/how-to.html#indiglo
and i've got statefarm in VA.. paying about $612/6 months. no accidents, one ticket (not speeding). really except for ABS, there aren't any discounts.. geico really screws you. when my 2 brothers (now way older) and i went off our dad's insurance, we all had perfect records, and geico STILL wanted to charge an arm and a leg above everyone else. guess they need the money for advertising to reel in the suckers.
scroll down to section K, and there's a listing:
Honda Accord (All) 98-01 $252.00
they're pretty helpful there too.
-Erik
Erik...i'll be sure to let you know how it turns out after i put it in and how hard it was..hopefully i can do it by the weekend!
$195
from http://www.autocarparts.com
The AEM Cold Air Intake cost me only $195 from AutoCarParts.com which is a good bit cheaper than the other site linked a few posts above.
The CAI will give you very nice gains from 3500RPM on up all the way up to redline. Under normal driving situations you don't even hear it and it's very quiet, but at moderate to heavy throttle and/or at high rpm's it gets much louder (although not *too* loud) and sounds very sporty and more like a V8 than a V6.
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** Denso Iridium Spark Plugs (IK16's) **
$80
from http://www.autocarparts.com
These plugs will increase the combustion efficency of your engine and give you better fuel mileage and more performance. A friend of mine has these and he dyno tested his car before and after the install. He gained 3HP peak, and 7lb-ft torque peak. But what's more significant is that he gained around 4-5HP and about 5-6 lb-ft torque throughout the ENTIRE RPM RANGE, so you'll get nice gains everywhere and not just on the top-end like with the CAI.
When I get mine installed I noticed very nice low-end gains and a little more power on the highway.
The plugs can be had for about $12/ea.
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OEM Half Nose Mask
from http://www.handaaccessories.com
I do a lot of highway driving so I got the OEM Half Nose Mask for my hood. It looks pretty nice, IMO. I forgot what the cost was but I think it was around $50.
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I also plan on putting in a Front Strut Tower Brace from either Neuspeed or Comptech, and possibly larger sized front and rear sway bars as well.
Later down the road I'm going to install Comptech Headers and the UNIChip ECU Enhancer.
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i was wondering if you've seen the neuspeed front strut tower bar anywhere online for around $80 shipped? i had it for $82 at carparts.com with an importhookup.com coupon, but they seem to be out of stock, though still searching.
also, for the plugs, are you saying that the denso ones are $80, and generic are $12/ea?
p.s. you can find that cai cheaper still at modacar.com ($189-i believe) but i was just looking to see a listing that included the '01's.
When I said $80 on the Denso Iridium plugs I meant for a set of 6 for a V6 engine. $12 would be for each one, and not for a set of 6. $80 is what I paid for the set of 6, but I've seen them advertised slightly cheaper at $12/ea.
Yep, I post on Honda Society as well - when SHO is down ;-)
I got my AEM CAI for $230.00 installed.
Cheapest price was at:
http://secure15.dellhost.com/~d30022975/emblems.htm
The rear ones are easy to install, the front ones took around 20 minutes - have to use a very small screwdriver (or an angled one), can't see the screws, so have to guide it by feeling around, etc! But - it can be done.
The replacement ones have pins and guides - but I had to snap them off, they were not correct for a 1999 Accord. Didn't matter anyway, since the emblem uses glue to hang on.
-Erik
I installed the indiglo gauges on my 98 lx accord. It took about 2 hrs to remove console, slip gauges and finding the wire to the parking lights. The link that ravyn posted was the same exact place I went to get going to do the install.
With tinted windows, I've had mine since I got the car 3 yrs ago and no problem/bubbling. Make sure you just go to a reputable place that uses good film. I think they used Llumar film on mine.
I hope this helps.
drv4fun: which kind did you get? normal or reverse?
Re: Formula1 tint. Heard good stuff about it. Make sure you get the highest grade film (I think its called premium, but I'm not sure). F1 has a lifetime warranty on them that it won't crack or bubble.
Install took me about 2hrs. I like them a lot. I think it dresses the console so much nicer! How do you like yours?
-Erik
Here's what to watch out for: Like DC said, disconnect the battery. Removing the gauge console can be a little hard. I think they glue some parts to the dash. Ease it out so you don't break anything. There's three set of wires you need to remove before you can pull the gauge console out. Don't remove the needles. Slip the gauges into place.
Find the parking lights wire by the fuse box (I used Alicia's pix to give me an idea where mine was). I wired everything, reconnected the battery to make sure everything was working. I disconnected it again, put everything back in place and I was done.
I hope that helps!!! Good luck...
Accord EX ( 2 weeks) and the car already has 2 chip marks on the hood from I guess road debry. The car was never prepped correctly and is going in next week for this. To tell you the truth I'm really pissed off about this and need to know where I can get a full nose mask at a good price. Thanks and any help would be appreciated.
ravyn Jun 6, 2001 10:35am
install an aftermarket 6x9 rear deck speakers. I
tried a JVC and Kenwood but their magnets touched
the spring rod that runs across the trunk of the
car. Has anybody have any luck in installing an
after market speakers? What kind of speakers were
they? How did you do it?
modacar.com had a pretty good price on it, and know of a guy in falls church with a mailorder business going who has some pretty good prices on things. got my bf's aem cai from him. lemme know if you want his email. his customer service is wonderful.