fixed up the ride a bit

[gearbox]

there are some little things ive been meaning to do, and i got most of it done finally. heres a quick story lol. cleaned up my headlamp lenses, installed stock 168 bulbs and 7443 natural amber. also fixed my turn signal drl wiring. polished the intake the DC battery tie and the DC jet coated header. im shocked it came back almost like new and finally the oem metal door sills didnt like how dim the sidemarkers were, so i went out and found the best and brightest natural amber wy5w bulbs made by toshiba from the vw dealer. $10 per pair replaced my old beat up switches with new low profile ones from radioshack... one switch is for led pods under each seat... the other switch for the extra red-orange led park light also polished up the tail lamps painted my black lip kit screws satin silver to match the car... painted the top trim of the radio faceplate a smoke color, and the trim ring flat black to match the dash better replaced chrome trim door handles with 2001 civic color matched versions blacked out projector fog lights with yellow H3 bulbs new flat style license plate with DNA hologram and new reg sticker! my brake lights were too dim, so i upgraded them with polarg lens type 7443 bulbs with a built-in focusing lens on the tip. They "appear" a ton brighter than stock and now match the intensity of my LED 3rd brake light. $40 a pair but well worth it. the outer piece is now brighter than the stock 168 bulb inner piece. so i had to change the inner bulb to the brightest raybrig w5w hyper clear bulb. it now fills out the whole lens and matches the polarg bulbs. and finally, i found a 2003 EX gauge cluster with exactly the same mileage as my car! i have a new plastic cover on order waiting to go on.

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[97EK]

Nice work! Car is looking great as always.

[MIVtec]

Nice looking touch ups, I am especially impressed with your attention to detail. Keep up the quality work.

[sl33pyriceboi]

*giggle* steve has fake CF.... ricer... u almost as bad as me.....almost......HAHAHAHHA jk man. ur car so dang clean is disgusting...

[kcari]

projector fogs.. thats a first, great work

[jdmplease]

whatt ! fogs look sick

[gearbox]

Originally Posted by sl33pyriceboi

*giggle* steve has fake CF.... ricer... u almost as bad as me.....almost......HAHAHAHHA jk man. ur car so dang clean is disgusting...

haha but its OEM!

[Vinnie]

Where did you buy the dc battery bar? I cant seem to find those anymore.

[EnvyX]

Wow looking great as always, Gear.

[kcari]

how do you like your head unit

[qijian]

great fix!!

[BJanzen]

Lookin good man. Im hammered. But still...Good.

Edit: dont remember this...Still lookin good though.

[filipinop1405]

Hey Gear, where did you get the color match door handles from and for how much. i need to change all of mine. Thanks.

[filipinop1405]

oh yea cars looking good as always.

[gearbox]

DC tie bar is way old, paid almost 50 for it at the time too. crazy but they last forever. i havent seen em anywhere recently.

i love the alpine 9847, its almost 4 yrs old and still going strong altho the faceplate is badly scratched. for a sub $200 basic deck, it works awesome. sounds unlike any other brand ive tried. and it perfectly matches my interior lighting with white led display and amber led buttons.

door handles i got from www.hondaautomotiveparts.com they are from the 2001 civic sedan, you just pick the color. theres this one i think graphite and then a tan color. i think i paid $35 for all four and some extra hardware to fix one of my broken locks. not that much at all. the handles already come with the plastic door rod holders. i got new plastic pieces for them also that cover the two screws underneath.