aero kit vs HFP lip kit

[Demonik]

Is there a difference between these two? The parts guy at the dealership where I goto school doesn't seem to know if they are the same. My guess is no, but even the aero kit comes out to ~$1200+ tax...seems a bit pricey and if they are different I dont even want to know how much it is.

[jblaust]

The HFP kit from honda is the only body kit I know of for this car right now. I bought mine for $950 shipped from a Honda Dealer on Ebay. They were trying to tax me $1250 at my local dealer where I bought the car and that wasnt even being shipped! I paid $300 to have it installed at my local dealer. I love it!

[chanke4252]

Do yourself a favor, install the kit yourself when you get it. It is insanely easy as long as you make sure to align the pieces right. $300 dollars for about 1-1.5 hours worth of work isn't worth it imo. Plus, doing things like this yourself can really open the door to you learning to do other things yourself, saving yourself some money in the long run and giving you the peace of mind knowing that it was done right. It is pretty much guaranteed that you will be more careful than the honda guys given that it is YOUR car. They don't always know what they are doing either, depending on the dealership.

As far as the kit, it is the same thing (HFP and Aero). You can undoubtedly get it considerably cheaper online. Check places like handa-accessories and majestic honda. There should be a couple more online dealers listed in the 7th gen faq. You can often times find parts for almost half of what the local dealers try to charge you.

[8thGenInspire]

its the same thing......and like chanke4252 said you should install it by yourself. very very easy and its FREE!!!!! haha

[jblaust]

Do yourself a favor, install the kit yourself when you get it. It is insanely easy as long as you make sure to align the pieces right. $300 dollars for about 1-1.5 hours worth of work isn't worth it imo. Plus, doing things like this yourself can really open the door to you learning to do other things yourself, saving yourself some money in the long run and giving you the peace of mind knowing that it was done right. It is pretty much guaranteed that you will be more careful than the honda guys given that it is YOUR car. They don't always know what they are doing either, depending on the dealership.

As far as the kit, it is the same thing (HFP and Aero). You can undoubtedly get it considerably cheaper online. Check places like handa-accessories and majestic honda. There should be a couple more online dealers listed in the 7th gen faq. You can often times find parts for almost half of what the local dealers try to charge you.

Trust me I have installed body kits before myself. This kit was a little more involved. There was some cutting of the front bumper involved and relocating of the fog light brackets, Also needed to remove and cut the rear bumper as well. I wasnt about to take any chances on my brand new $30,000 car. Id rather pay the dealer $300 and let them take the blame if they screw something up. Now if it was my $5000 honda civic backyard project thats a different story. Even the dealer had some issues installing this kit. It was the the first one they had put on for 2008 Accord. Im all about saving money. By the way good luck finding the complete HFP body kit for this car for less than $950 shipped. It was also the only kit available for this car at the time when i bought it I priced it out all around the country until I found this dealer in Cali on ebay. I would rather have OEM anyways. The kit comes prepainted to match the car and the paint on this kit is excellent quality. I have had kits in the past that I had to have painted and they get nicked and chipped so easy. This OEM kit is excellent quality all the way around.

[Demonik]

yeah 1000 is the best price i can find so far...thats alot of beer money haha...so idk if i will get it yet...wish i could have rolled it into the payment, but oh well

[chanke4252]

Trust me I have installed body kits before myself. This kit was a little more involved. There was some cutting of the front bumper involved and relocating of the fog light brackets, Also needed to remove and cut the rear bumper as well. I wasnt about to take any chances on my brand new $30,000 car. Id rather pay the dealer $300 and let them take the blame if they screw something up. Now if it was my $5000 honda civic backyard project thats a different story. Even the dealer had some issues installing this kit. It was the the first one they had put on for 2008 Accord. Im all about saving money. By the way good luck finding the complete HFP body kit for this car for less than $950 shipped. It was also the only kit available for this car at the time when i bought it I priced it out all around the country until I found this dealer in Cali on ebay. I would rather have OEM anyways. The kit comes prepainted to match the car and the paint on this kit is excellent quality. I have had kits in the past that I had to have painted and they get nicked and chipped so easy. This OEM kit is excellent quality all the way around.

You have to cut the 7th gen rear bumper as well. They give you templates for making the cuts, and even if the cuts aren't perfectly straight they will be covered by the lips. And even if the cuts are perfect, they won't be pretty, so it doesn't matter as much as you'd think as long as you don't have a seizure and cut your bumper in half. It's very simple to do as long as you have a sharp utility knife. The hardest part is probably going to be getting the lips aligned correctly. Everything else is spelled out for you step by step. It's not like the honda dealers have put on many of these things anyway given that they are really new still. After hearing horror stories about dealers not being able to correctly put on spoilers and body kits among other things, and then trying to cover up their mistakes or trying to refuse to fix something that they ruined...well, I'm going to go ahead and trust my own hand. Hell, I'd pay half of the people on this forum to put stuff like this on before I handed a cent to a stealership (unless it was one of the good ones, which are rare).

Demonik, you could always do it in stages. Front and rear probably wouldn't look too bad lacking the side skirts. The 06-07's have a similarly styled front lip, and don't have side skirts, and they look decent (though the 03-05's look better as they have side skirts available like the 8th gen does). Also, it seems like some of the online dealers aren't carrying those parts yet, so I'd assume that you will probably be able to find some better prices in a couple of months. Just don't even try to ask your local dealership for a quote. The few quotes I've gotten from any of the local dealerships are hilarious.

[Demonik]

yeah i would most likely be putting them on myself, like you said as long as you dont go crazy all should be well with the cutting. In terms of stages I'm one of those people who do it all or nothing. If i dont have the money now to do it all at once, I shouldn't even be spending it ya know?

But yeah i hope by summer time it will get cheaper online, I would say 600 or so is a fair price...maybe a bit more. Who knows, maybe other kits will come out in the time frame that look just as good if not better.

[chanke4252]

most of the aftermarket kits for the 7th gen looked like butt. they all seemed to be designed around a car at stock ride height and made everything look really cartoonish. It seems like the accord isn't getting as much aftermarket attention as it used to, but maybe that'll change, who knows. if you keep an eye on those sites you can sometimes find some pretty decent sales. I'm on those sites only infrequently, but I'll keep an eye out when I am.

[jblaust]

Most aftermarket kits are around $600 for most cars but your still have to have them painted. I wouldnt count on the HFP kit getting much cheaper. Its not any cheaper for the 7th gen right now so that doesnt leave much hope for the 8th gen anytime soon. I think the plus side of biting the bullet with the HFP kit is the paint. The paint on this kit is excellent quality and matches perfectly. The kit itself is better quality than most aftermarket kits also. I think this justifies just spending the extra money and getting it righ the first time. I had my Kit installed at a BIG dealer that clames to be the largest honda dealership in the united states. They have a badass service dept so I wasnt too worried about them jerking me around. They also just sold me the car and everybody was drooling over it so much (with the rims) they seemed just as excited about getting the kit on for me and I was to see it on. I am a rolling billboard for them now. People have told me they went to test drive an accord and bought one because of seeing my car driving around town.

[chanke4252]

you're probably right. I can see the kit getting moderately cheaper, but not too much. I'd expect to spend at least 800 on the kit even at its lowest price. I got my lips for about 270 a piece though iirc, which wasn't bad at all. also, check ebay. you can find some oem stuff on there that isn't knockoff for pretty cheaply. I got my wing spoiler for about 250, though I kind of wish that I didn't opt for the spoiler as I like it better w/o one now. the grass is greener i suppose. I also got a pair of lightly used fogs for about 100 bucks.

[Demonik]

yeah fogs are something I want to look into, especially since I will be doing HID's and when i get fogs i'll put a kit in those too...so dont need to spend much, just a need a good fit housing

[chanke4252]

well, the wire harnesses are where the ebay fogs really differ from the oem fogs. it seems more often than not that people have to rewire the ebay ones in order for them to work. I'm not an electrical guy so I worry about the use of low quality relays and stuff as I have no idea how that could damage the car.