Traaapt's Build Thread

[Traaapt]

So I've posted pictures before of any updates I've done on my car, but I figure i'd just compile everything in 1 topic.

First car I had was a 1994 Corolla, was given to me by my parents when I turned 18, once I purchased my Accord I gave it to my sister. Shortly thereafter she was involved in a car accident and rolled the car over several times, thankfully she walked away with minimal injuries, here was the aftermath:




Purchased my Accord on my 22nd birthday!


First mod was the Takeda SRI


Then came the tint


Swapped out the lights for LED's




6500K HID's


Shadow.Speed M3-style spoiler


Coilovers


After a 6 hour install where nothing seemed to go right, the coilovers were finally installed! No adjustments, straight out of the box.


The Zexen tail light mod (inside my very unorganized garage)


Switchback turn signals and 6000K HID fog lights:


Weathertech window visors:


Getting rid of that annoying weathertech sticker


Out of the box the rear seemed really high on the coilovers, so I lowered it a bit:



Debadged


H&R 20mm/25mm spacers, Megan Racing test pipe and Magnaflow 14832's


Spacers installed:



New exhaust:


CV3's



Getting the rear fender shaven and test fitting


Wheels and full HFP lip kit finally installed




The "photo shoot"



Swapping out the chrome door handles for white ones


Painted the calipers


Bumper plug since the dealer thought it would be a good idea to drill the license plate right into the bumper


Dat ass




Washed and waxed and ready for her first show!



Just last week, finally hit the first 20k! Hoping for many more things to come for the next 20k

[bc626]

Wow!!! Good to know the your sister walked away from the incident without any injuries. It's great that you took pics of all the mods when you got them installed. I want to get some switchback turn signals, but I'm not sure about how they work. Do you just replace the stock indicator with the switchback? Or do you have to add extra stuff, so that it will turn on when not indicating? Also, congrats on the 20k!

[DOOM]

looks awesome. it went from looking good to wow with the cv3s.

[8thsedan]

That car is so sexy. Wow...

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[vossen wheels]

Your car looks awesome

[yimboslice]

very nice but there's a guy in houston that is exactly identical to your car lol..same wheels, same suspension, same hfp kit, same white.

[Traaapt]

Originally Posted by yimboslice

very nice but there's a guy in houston that is exactly identical to your car lol..same wheels, same suspension, same hfp kit, same white.

Yup! Thomas Ho is his name, he added me on Facebook. He has a few things I'm considering, blacking out the roof and that lower part of the HFP rear bumper.

[Traaapt]

I've been wanting to do this for a while, but didn't know anyone in SoCal who could wireup an independent switch to the interior of my car for them, but thankfully 08sway from the other forum >_>, came to the rescue!

xB Halos with the amber sidemarker tinted with VHT nite-shades, light bulb in the marker removed and housing blacked out with plasti-dip.




This is how it looks with the LED DRL's and the switchbacks. I'm also going to have to restore my headlights a little, they're looking a little foggy from the outside.


Me, 08sway and Saul


Anyone looking for some quality headlight work in SoCal can PM me and I can get you in contact with 08sway.

[itsRichard]

I absolutely love your car and build and was planning to do the same.

If you don't mind me asking, where did you get your switchbacks and angel eyes?

[Jensennn]

I just want to let you know, your car is effin sexy

[Traaapt]

Originally Posted by itsRichard

I absolutely love your car and build and was planning to do the same.

If you don't mind me asking, where did you get your switchbacks and angel eyes?

Hey Richard,

I purchased the switchbacks from Paul at Diode Dynamics, but i can't seem to find them on their website anymore, I can only find the type 1's.

I know a lot of people buy them from V-LED's now:

http://www.v-leds.com/6K-TYPE-2-DUAL...-p5851397.html

The halos were from The Retrofit Source:
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...ducts_id=14906

Originally Posted by Jensennn

I just want to let you know, your car is effin sexy

Thanks!

[OhSnap]

Sick ass Accord bro!!!
How you liking those vossen???

[Traaapt]

Thanks bro! It depends on the day lol, sometimes I love em and other times I wanna get rid of em. I actually tried selling them a few weeks ago but didn't have any local reasonable offers.

I've put those selling plans on hold for now though since there aren't many other wheels I like on our cars :/

[Traaapt]

Originally Posted by bc626

Wow!!! Good to know the your sister walked away from the incident without any injuries. It's great that you took pics of all the mods when you got them installed. I want to get some switchback turn signals, but I'm not sure about how they work. Do you just replace the stock indicator with the switchback? Or do you have to add extra stuff, so that it will turn on when not indicating? Also, congrats on the 20k!

Hmm, thought I replied to you but I guess not, sorry for the late response. It's just plug and play, swap out the stock bulbs with the new ones.

Since LEDs require less power, your car will hyperblink the turn signals since it'll think they're burned out/missing. There are resistors that you can install to reverse the hyperblink, I like the faster blinking though so I didn't install them.

[bc626]

Originally Posted by Traaapt

Hmm, thought I replied to you but I guess not, sorry for the late response. It's just plug and play, swap out the stock bulbs with the new ones.

Since LEDs require less power, your car will hyperblink the turn signals since it'll think they're burned out/missing. There are resistors that you can install to reverse the hyperblink, I like the faster blinking though so I didn't install them.

No worries. But how does the car know when to turn the white switchback on? I mean, do they come on during the daytime or only when the headlights are on? Because I''m not sure if my headlights are different from the ones you have, i.e. the wiring and stuff. Thanks!