Taffeta White 2012 Accord SE Sedan
Bought the car right before moving to Atlanta to start my first job out of college. Here she is sitting in the driveway.
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I kept the car stock for a year or two before even having the windows tinted. After that, and stumbling across DOOM's blog detailing his build, it was on. Got the windows tinted 20% all around, and the mod bug had bitten.
Right after having the windows tinted, I debadged the trunk as well.
- Before debadging.
- After debadging.
The first mod I jumped into was the Inspire mirrors. I loved the all body color look to them, as well as the signals. When I found a seller on eBay selling legitimate ones, I impulse bought them. I unboxed them and bolted them up that night with intentions of tackling the wiring in the future.
But it didn't take long for me to get them wired up.
Shortly after that, I plastidipped my window trim. It wasn't the best job, so it didn't last long (maybe a few weeks). I'd like to do this again with a vinyl or tape so it's glossy.
Then I decided to jump head first into a retrofit. I was having trouble at night so once I heard about TRS, I pulled the trigger. The halos didn't last very long (due to my fault) so they're no longer installed.
- Stock headlight setup.
- Halos during the day.
Converted all the interior bulbs and license plate bulbs to LEDs.
- LED on the left, factory bulb on the right.
After that I did some minor interior things. Went for the full woodgrain interior out of the Crosstour. It's a darker grain than the factory Accord woodgrain, and I think it looks great in the ivory interior. I also upgraded the doors' armrests from cloth to the OEM leather armrests. Also picked up a set of Aries 3D floorliners. I liked the aesthetic to them much better than the WeatherTechs. Finally, I installed the Crosstour leather shift knob. Pretty minor upgrade (and not pictured here) but it feels very nice while driving.
- Driver's door prior to leather armrest and woodgrain.
- Driver's door with leather and woodgrain.
- Driver's floorboard with stock mats.
- Driver's floorboard with Aries 3D mats.
- Dash pieces after Crosstour woodgrain.
Since I bought an SE model, I didn't have a lot of the interior insulation. I decided to buy all of it that I didn't have. It was relatively cheap, so why not, right? I don't have pictures of anything but the trunk, but there are also 2 pieces under each side of the dash, and a hood insulation piece as well.
- Trunk before insulation.
- Trunk after insulation.
I've unfortunately lost the pictures right after dropping the car, but not long after this I bought some coilovers from a member here (thanks i4indodarknight!). I also had picked up some WeatherTech window visors.
I rode around lowered for a bit, and impulsively bought some wheels. They are Manaray MS-6 Hyper R edition. Don't remember the specs exactly... something like 18x8 18x9 +32ish? While they're definitely cool wheels (I really liked the color), but with them being 17" faces stepped out to 18", they just looked WAY too small for the sedan's huge wheel wells.
Next came the facelift. Completely changed the front end. Upgraded to the V6 bumper and grabbed a pair of OEM fogs. Also grabbed a replica Modulo grille and had it color matched. Got some replica Modulo front splitters and to top it all off, the red Honda badges.
- Factory front end. Stock height.
- With V6 bumper, fogs, new grille, splitters, and red badge.
Soon I sold the Manarays, and the same day went and picked up some Varrstoen ES1 20x10 +35 all around. When I put these on I dropped the car another half an inch.
One of my favorite sedan mods was the Inspire trunk conversion with the all LED taillights and trunk lights. So naturally that was what I shot for next.
Upon the announcement of KTuner, I knew I had to get that. I was in on the preorder. To go along with the KTuner, I picked up some engine mods. I've got the K&N SRI, the "Mugen" oil cap, and a P2R throttle body spacer. Currently I'm just running the base tune KTuner supplies. You can also see in these shots where I had done the Big 3 Upgrade.
That's pretty much this at this point. Took the car in the mountains a few months back and ripped one of the front splitters off, so they're not installed for now. But they'll be back
Here's some of my favorite shots:
- One of my favorite shots to date.
Sold the Varrstoens and stepped up into some nicer wheels. Weds Kranze LXZ 20x10+32/+23. Already window shopping for some bigger lips for these bad boys.
Had some more pictures taken of the LXZs after putting the RL BBK on. Loving these wheels. Center caps are missing as I'm in the middle of refinishing them.
Finally got the lip kit on. Modulo fronts and sides, Mugen rear. Center caps are finished but not on yet... Need to do more lip polishing before Import Alliance Atlanta.
Some updated pics. This was before I had the exhaust put on. VIP Lot at the local Clouds and Cars monthly meet!
Purchased a Magnaflow Catback from a V6 coupe from another member here. It took a little modifying to get it on and looking right, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
Here's some other updated pictures from recent meets/shows:
Been quiet for a bit, because I've been working on bagging the car. It's finally done! We did a full false floor trunk setup using laminate flooring for the hardwood look. Loving the way it all came together. Unfortunately I do not have any good shots of the trunk quite yet, but as soon as I do I'll post them up!
And this last one is from SouthrnFresh 5 x Street Driven Tour at Atlanta Motor Speedway on 8/1.