***GREAT LAKES General Discussion Thread***

[somejaykid]

^^^post pics i wanna see it

 

[Riseagain97]

then i need to install this once the car is back 97-00 acura EL climate control.

 

[somejaykid]

damn dude that's a sweet climate control console is that just plug and play?

 

[Riseagain97]

Plug yes but i have to Find or make a Air splitter because the civic one is just one peice but this one Ys around the Hazard switch and the clock so i may have to fabricate one.. I told the guy i bought it from to send me it but he never did... oh well may be easyer to make one. than to try to ask some one from canada to send one to me

 

[somejaykid]

nice dude how much was the console?. and i don't think i ever met you

 

[Riseagain97]

heres the head unit i want to put in there i think it flows well .

. sorta updates the interior. besides its sitting in my room. Used to my my sisters but.. she never paid my dad back for it and... well he has a bad memory.. lol so i aquired it!!

 

[somejaykid]

looks good to me

 

[Riseagain97]

The climate control was 100 bucks if i can remember correclty. and i bought some inner fender splash gaurds at the same time because i though the EL ones were spacific but later i found out they were the same as the civic ones so I have one brand new one and one used one then the engine splashgaurd is used also. long ago when i wanted to do the conversion i joined club EL and got alot of info and opened up a whole new world of cool parts that i didnt know were so close. such as the 99-00 els had the JDM folding mirrors so if any one up there in chitown has a civic 4 door 6th gen thats the cheapest way to get folding mirrors.. unfortunatly they dont fit on coupes.. i wanted them to though lol. Then the EL had a diff center consol and had an added compartment under neeth the climate control> also was offerd with leather seats and a different shift knob.

 

[somejaykid]

cool did you ever post your ride in our "ride section"?

 

[Riseagain97]

and cool wheels .

For all not familiar those are called the Turtles well nick named. and these are the premium wheels
that came on the 99-00 EL

 

[Riseagain97]

not the midwest section but club civics section i did. That ones under (DONT MAKE FUN)

 

[97GreenEX]

So what should I do with those polished blades? Should I do what I did with the HX's? Black backsplash?

 

[somejaykid]

give it me cuz i'm your kuya

 

[Riseagain97]

do you have large breaks behind them??

 

[97GreenEX]

Haha you're my kuya. How'd you know I was filipino?

No big breaks...drums...lol

 

[Riseagain97]

hmm Well drums dont produce much brake dust but discs sure do... i dunno I always like to see the brakes but thats just My opinon

 

[Hecz]

So what should I do with those polished blades? Should I do what I did with the HX's? Black backsplash?

blacksplash them!

or champ white

I think just bare aluminum or brushed aluminum, Th original machined look is sorta not gonna beable to work unless i get a machine which ... well haha wont happen. so im just sanding them in a circle then putting clear on them so they will look brushed aluminum. i wanted to do them silver but every one recomends a better paint for them and i think this would be cheaper.

ah, ok. cool. i like the turtle wheels you posted, those are nice. never knew they existed . I sandblasted and then spray painted some sunflowers, they turned out real nice. man, sometimes i feel like doing something to my Si wheels.

 

[Riseagain97]

Id keep your wheels stock .. I wish mine were still stock lol i loved that finish on them. I may instead of clearing the bare aluminum go the UKDM style and paint them Silver like the UKDM EM1s ID love to find UKDM center caps.> the honda logo instead of a sticker was actually embossed in to the center cap

 

[hooked_on4]

I thought that looked like an EL very nice man!

 

[Hecz]

Id keep your wheels stock .. I wish mine were still stock lol i loved that finish on them. I may instead of clearing the bare aluminum go the UKDM style and paint them Silver like the UKDM EM1s ID love to find UKDM center caps.> the honda logo instead of a sticker was actually embossed in to the center cap

yea, im doubt i'll touch them. they're mint. I had to redo the sunflowers because previous onwer painted them lime green. lol.. man, you know what wheels like like? ek4, so nice!