Well, I suppose I've modified my car a lot and it's an ongoing project I might as well knock up a quick thread in the 'Modification Projects' section.
This won't be massive on external mods and details etc, as the plan was always to keep the car looking totally standard. It's my daily driver and primarily used for commuting (I have a fun car that's meant to be the one I play with - it just never turns out that way), so any mods beyond keeping it serviceable are just because I can't leave any car I own alone... that said I can't seem to keep things concise, so it'll probably be longer than I thought by the time I'm done (if I ever am...).
As most of the work is already done, this is more of a look back at what's already finished and then tracking the final bits of getting the Hybrid in and mapped (famous last words).
A long time ago in an area of the South West Far, Far Away...
... what started as a boggo Accord 2.2 CTDi EX saloon, bought in Mar 2011 was first tweaked with Accord Type-R front Calipers, adjustable rear camber arms and lots of other electronic stuff I wired in (i-Pod connectivity, Rear View Camera and a Dash Cam amongst other things). More recently I also had to shell out when a tree branch fell on the roof and dented it badly:
Although the cost was also bumped up because I had both bumpers and the bonnet done at the same time (having put over 100K on it in less than 3 years it was a bit battered). I also had the alloys refurbed in shadow chrome, from originally being diamond-cut, as it still looks great, but isn't as fragile:
(looks great in direct sunlight - that was a dark day).
The main tweak, though, was to get it mapped as soon as I'd upgraded the brakes. A Stage 1 map (started with Elite S1, then Celtic S1, then back to Elite S1) quickly turned into an EGR-off map (one of the first Accords to get it - I was a test-mule for Faddy at the time !) and then, in a roundabout way it ended up as a Premier Stage 2 EGR off map (~183 bhp):
Just a quick plug - throughout my Accord ownership, Fahad has been constantly in the background, be it advice on maps, assistance on sorting out the same, plus other issues and events - a really top bloke in all respects!
Having the software and Galletto OBD tool to install and remove Maps didn't help, as I was always tinkering. All of this necessitated installing a Honda 325 clutch when my original one went west and that was pretty much as far as I thought I could take it...
This won't be massive on external mods and details etc, as the plan was always to keep the car looking totally standard. It's my daily driver and primarily used for commuting (I have a fun car that's meant to be the one I play with - it just never turns out that way), so any mods beyond keeping it serviceable are just because I can't leave any car I own alone... that said I can't seem to keep things concise, so it'll probably be longer than I thought by the time I'm done (if I ever am...).
As most of the work is already done, this is more of a look back at what's already finished and then tracking the final bits of getting the Hybrid in and mapped (famous last words).
A long time ago in an area of the South West Far, Far Away...
... what started as a boggo Accord 2.2 CTDi EX saloon, bought in Mar 2011 was first tweaked with Accord Type-R front Calipers, adjustable rear camber arms and lots of other electronic stuff I wired in (i-Pod connectivity, Rear View Camera and a Dash Cam amongst other things). More recently I also had to shell out when a tree branch fell on the roof and dented it badly:
Although the cost was also bumped up because I had both bumpers and the bonnet done at the same time (having put over 100K on it in less than 3 years it was a bit battered). I also had the alloys refurbed in shadow chrome, from originally being diamond-cut, as it still looks great, but isn't as fragile:
(looks great in direct sunlight - that was a dark day).
The main tweak, though, was to get it mapped as soon as I'd upgraded the brakes. A Stage 1 map (started with Elite S1, then Celtic S1, then back to Elite S1) quickly turned into an EGR-off map (one of the first Accords to get it - I was a test-mule for Faddy at the time !) and then, in a roundabout way it ended up as a Premier Stage 2 EGR off map (~183 bhp):
Just a quick plug - throughout my Accord ownership, Fahad has been constantly in the background, be it advice on maps, assistance on sorting out the same, plus other issues and events - a really top bloke in all respects!
Having the software and Galletto OBD tool to install and remove Maps didn't help, as I was always tinkering. All of this necessitated installing a Honda 325 clutch when my original one went west and that was pretty much as far as I thought I could take it...