Top End AG 'VIP-Style' Accord -updated pics(11/20)

MOOOORE PICS TO come. this is just another teaser pic. this is fresh out of the booth, straight home. still alot of wet sanding/buffing, touchups etc etc etc.   this weekend i'll schedual a photoshoot for you folks.


DAnnnggg!! i ddnt know i was shorter than my friends!!
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that woudln't have been the platform I would have chosen to spend my money on, but looks pretty good in those pics. I'll await more pics for final judgement! ;)

sooo nice man! whats better is you did the work yourself! nice work, and i must say you have balls for painting it a dark color w/ all that bodywork haha!

[quote=gmckey ]
that woudln't have been the platform I would have chosen to spend my money on, but looks pretty good in those pics. I'll await more pics for final judgement!  ;)
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HAHHAA what money?!? all DIY and the car has been paid off years ago. i agrre about the platform deal as well, im sure a green widebody Q would be wayyy tighter

Looks like a good initial start for it. I cant wait to see it all finished up and done!  Im sure itll look even better all wrapped up and body parts readjusted.  Major props for doing the work yourself!

Scotty

Wow damn archie I am loving the color. The green really sets it off... Props as always for the diy bodywork... Prob one of thee sickiest cd5's i know of... its vipstyle at that... awesome man just awesome. :smitten:

damn nice.

Your car is coming along real nice bro!!! Sick work! :D

wow thats the nicest accord ive ever seen :o :o

Wow! Thats looking great! Definitely a massive improvement over the first time we saw it!!

thats so nice! and the front is so nice and low!! :smitten:

[quote=OnTop ]
MOOOORE PICS TO come. this is just another teaser pic. this is fresh out of the booth, straight home. still alot of wet sanding/buffing, touchups etc etc etc.   this weekend i'll schedual a photoshoot for you folks.

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I think you managed to pull it off EXTREMELY WELL! Congrats!

I think the only thing that bothers my eye is the lack of a well defined body line on the sides, it could just be the dark color, it's hard to tell.

None-the-less the car looks excellent! Great job. 

now let see the bad boy in action and FBSS the bitch!

he just has FB, and i think he likes it that way personally...

we both lost a lot of sleep on this car this weekend (i had to give him rides back and forth in the morning and night from home to shop), but it was well worth it!!! 

and actually, the car didn't use to have a defined body line, but it is there now, thats one reason he redid it, it must be hard to tell with the color (photobucket is blocked at work, so i dont' know what pics he posted)

none the less...the car turned out GREAT, and yes, i told him he was extremely ballsy to do his car dark like that, but it turned out great!!!

Archie=Balls the size of Epcot!!! ;)

bwaha, excellent, I can't wait to see it polished!

Hey guys thanksf for the feedback/support. i had a feeling i was going to get flamed but i realized that this is not a ''drift til you die'' forum  or a ''JDM-JDM'' forum, you folks know what i mean. thanks for the open mindness. 

but the color was ballsy,yes, but i couldnt picture the car in a bright color like silver or white, a color that would hide many blemmishes. the color is off the 97-98 pathfinders, called rain forrest green   basically a blend of forrest green and olive green,exactly what i was looking for.

the base color is by BASF ,from the diamont line and the clear we used is HB Body which is a high build, thick clear perfect for doing deep wet sanding/buffing.

Im loving that color, looks good. Have you thought about getting a vip style muffler? 

I think an exhaust like this...
[img]http://www.insurance-group.net/products/diana/di_muff_middle/img/di_muffler_img.jpg[/img]

or this....
[img]http://www.insurance-group.net/products/insurance/aero/img/spsedan/in_sp_20cel_sp_r_300.jpg[/img]

would go with your whale tail. 

I agree exhaust example number 2 would look good with it tucked under the bumper.

yeah thats the look i want in an exhaust, a light angle out with a slash tip.  heres one that i found -the top one-

[img]http://www.autornd.com/catalog/images/TUN301.JPG[/img]

lol "deafening muffler" a bit of an oxymoron xD

Might want to consider your exhaust carefully, the Accord doesn't always make the uh...classiest noises :D

Phat. 8)

haha, my friend had the SOHC Vtec accord, and when he put a muffler on it, the thing would set off car alarms in the next block. Droney as hell, but at least no crackling. IMO that would suit the vip look though!

damn!! :D :D
cant wait to see the paint finished 

makes me reconsider keeping mine

a few suggestions here:

a different exahust setup. show as much stainless steel as you can

new/different set of headlights. the black housing makes the car look rather dark and dull from the front

chrome trim/overlay. since you do not have door handles, i would highly sugggest chrome trim/overlay. side window trim to be exact, excluding the pillar. (imo, if you had handles i would have suggested chrome overlays on the door handles instead)

window tint. its really hard to say what kind tint (darkness and color) would make the car even more vip style. i would choose a light, but darker than "stock" brownish tint

oem hood badge and rear trunk accord emblem. the badge-less way sorta makes the car look like your typical show car. since the rear spoiler has been incorporated, i would only use the accord emblem in the rear (and the v6 if you have an EX model).

and last but not least... recline your front seats down more!!!  :D

Very nice job the car was actually pretty nice before but the time and effort have really paid off and made a definite difference. and that rear wheel looks bananas....

[quote=psychedelicbeats ]
a few suggestions here:

a different exahust setup. show as much stainless steel as you can

new/different set of headlights. the black housing makes the car look rather dark and dull from the front

chrome trim/overlay. since you do not have door handles, i would highly sugggest chrome trim/overlay. side window trim to be exact, excluding the pillar. (imo, if you had handles i would have suggested chrome overlays on the door handles instead)

window tint. its really hard to say what kind tint (darkness and color) would make the car even more vip style. i would choose a light, but darker than "stock" brownish tint

oem hood badge and rear trunk accord emblem. the badge-less way sorta makes the car look like your typical show car. since the rear spoiler has been incorporated, i would only use the accord emblem in the rear (and the v6 if you have an EX model).

and last but not least... recline your front seats down more!!! :D
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id have to say keep it badgeless. keep everyday people guessing.and im sure he'll put the stock chrome window trim back on. but yes the right tint would make an impressive difference.

yeah the chrome trim and tint are definitely going to be next on the agenda. i had paint the trim way back in the day during the ''tuner'' times. now it look more EURO than anything. i will say this,i havent been able to figure out the trim on the doors itself. i was at thejunk yard in the ''accord corner'' i must have busted up half the accord door trims there!  

i did see a badge that i wanted to put on. it looked like the bentley wings badge but it was off a honda goldwing, the motorcycle. other than that i want it badgeless.

thats how we like it, low n slow!  8) wait..i rememberred that u diy eveythin for ure car rite?very long project as well..considering this is diy body..i would say very good already..if its from workshop, its crap..u can see the imperfection smoothness at the doors (judgin from the reflections)..sorry man..i'm gonna give 6/10 only for the body.. :-X btw this is on air isn't it?

[quote=555 ]
thats how we like it, low n slow! 8) wait..i rememberred that u diy eveythin for ure car rite?very long project as well..considering this is diy body..i would say very good already..if its from workshop, its crap..u can see the imperfection smoothness at the doors (judgin from the reflections)..sorry man..i'm gonna give 6/10 only for the body.. :-X btw this is on air isn't it?
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kinda harsh there ???. someone else asked you why you didn't throw money into a q instead. personally i think your accord has more vipstyle than most of the q45s which IS a vip chassis, on this forum. at least someone is putting money where there mouth is.

honestly, hes owned this f'ing accord for about, what, like 10 years now Arch???  :P

but seriously though, its been about a good 7 years, and i've seen it go through MANY stages, and this is by far the cleanest stage thus far!

He did all the body work himself either in his home garage or his front yard, and to look at the car in real life honestly, pictures just don't do it justice, the body work is pretty much straight for the most part, but the pics show off the bumpiness of the un-wetsanded and buffed clear coat, hopefully after tomorrow night, we will have some cleaner pics to show off ;)

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I think the only thing that bothers my eye is the lack of a well defined body line on the sides, it could just be the dark color, it's hard to tell.
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I'm thinking a chrome pinstripe running along the beltline from the front headlight, all along the sides, and then swept up at the back to go across the spoiler.... that would add a "line"-literally-to the side of the car, and tie everything in together...

thats what i was thinking..
its all 1 blob.. i think defining the bumpers and crap would make it look better

i like the color. i still would have liked to see some door handles tho. even if they were nonfunctioning. altima or j30 handles would be nice. 8)

i think chrome door handles, mirrors and a stripe..

As other say cut/buff show again. Does need some type chrome accent or line. Maybe roof wing and grill/hood emblem.

as far as the chrome trim id like to eventaully add door panels with the chrome trim along the tops of them. i wanted to do that before paint but that was put on the backburner due to time constraints.
 i wanted to keep the door handles more than anything but again, time was of the essence.  ihave spent so much time building this car iwas almost frustrated to the point of scrapping the whole project. literally dropping it off at a wrecking yard and forgetting about it.   

i do plan on getting the door windows and door trim in chrome though. i do like that quikchop HAHAJOEY withthe chrome waistline. maybe i might go ahead and put on some door panels.

lol..
hey i wonder how it'd be if u just flared out the bottom 1/2 of the doors..
like make them step out about 1/4" and use a chrome trim on the top of it.

It is hard for me to see the lines of the car, but i did my best to contour the curves of the car...here's an inexpensive and quick idea...just do a chrome pinstripe similar to JP stuff. Oh and chrome mirrors too.
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the chrome mirrors are a must!

yeah i'm diggin the chrome mirror treatment. im sure that if i found a set they'd be some crappy ebay product though.

i see there s an interest in the body line debate, rest assured there is a body line. i shaped the car to over exagerate the stock bodypanels of the accord. at the time of the pics the clear was still curing. so, with a clear thats not smoothed, combined with the positioning under the shade, its going to look like a dusty car in the dark. the wetsand and buffing process will be done saturday afternoon. i may do a little write-up on that. soon enough, we'll get the car polished and i have a photo-bug thats good with cars. he'll expose all the lines of the car.

im liking the roof wing idea

just wondering how is it suppose to open door without door handle?.. kinda new to this :D

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just wondering how is it suppose to open door without door handle?.. kinda new to this :D
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please tell me your joking???

arch is on his 10 window now from having to roll them up from the rain then having to break the glass to get into the car... :2funny:

actually, its just a solenoid that opens the hinge on his door...basically when he hits a button on a remote (like a car alarm remote), it sends a signal to the solenoidthats connected to to rod that connects to the outer door handle usually and pulls the rod thats connected to the inside of the door handle and pops the door open.....lamen terms, he presses a button and they open...

man the rims and the front end looks so nice...that is super low. :o.
good job..

 ;Dyp man that accord is sick. good work. keep it up

well my photographer fell through so i took some pics of my own. judging by my camera skills i think i'll stick with bodywork :D

these were taken after we wet sanded and buffed the car so you'll notice the paint surface is a bit smoother and more reflective in many of the shots.

well enjoy!

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man, that is super clean.

not a huge fan of green but your car alone could change my mind alittle.. awesome body work.. 

Now if someone will build an Acoord wagon like that, it would be so 8)

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OMG you have a tiny bit of orange peel left!!!!11

Just kidding, nice butt. Car looks even awesome-er when it gets to show off its lines

hahaa  thanks guys,  the green was a bold move, yes. i had sooo many different colors in mind like dark blues, gun-metals, even that darve purple-gray color from garage magical. for some reason i kept coming back to this green.

i knew someone was going to point out the orange peel on the trunk. i just couldnt fit my buffer wheel in there, so im going to get a smaller 5'' and try it out

Lookin' good man. I think a pinstripe or stripe of some sort to give the side some definition would make a huge difference. Just try it with some simple thin masking tape or something at first to see if you like it or not. That way you dont waste too much time or money on a "stripe." 

Damn, i love this shot:
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Shows off the front and rear widebody treatment - i always thought it was just a solid block of widebody all the way through, but now i see its pumped just like the badboys from Japan. I agree that chrome accents and pinstripes would just set this car off onto another level though, its up to you in the end.

I for one love the colour - i cant wait for you to show pics of it in direct sunlight, i bet that green sparkles like crazy!

you've definitely pushed the envelope as far was what we typically see for a 5th gen accord!! looks better than any "widebody" accord i've seen in the us.

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Damn, i love this shot:
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Shows off the front and rear widebody treatment - i always thought it was just a solid block of widebody all the way through, but now i see its pumped just like the badboys from Japan. I agree that chrome accents and pinstripes would just set this car off onto another level though, its up to you in the end.

I for one love the colour - i cant wait for you to show pics of it in direct sunlight, i bet that green sparkles like crazy!
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ditto x2

shit is dope.. is that all the rear could go down?

WOW i cant believe you guys are diggin the shots! i ddnt think they came out that good. as far as the rear, it IS jacked up higher than the front. i think what im going to do is put a helper spring in the front(like my rears) to raise it 1/2'' and for the back put a smaller tire on. with a 245/40 it scrubs a little when cruising over small bumps like reflectors and im pretty close to the limit of what i can clear out for clearance. hopefully with the smaller tire like a 235/40 it will lower the overall height just a little as well as increase the room for movement. then i can adjust my ride height to go down lower. basically it will level out. but as always money it pretty tight for some tires!!!!

awesome!  :coolsmiley:  fusa worthy.

That is super low on the front!! Looks like you scraped it a little on the front already.  What kind of suspension?  

yeah i already scraped the front pretty bad. i hit a reflector on the road. i like riding low but sometimes i just dont know how low the car is. its on air, so i guess i need to do a little guauge panel or somethin :-\

how about int. pix any of those??

car lookin good. do u have popper to open the doors?

I strongly disagree Bernal.   I think this VIPstyled accord is better than the majority of true VIP platform that try this style out.  Either they dont hit stance, or it doesnt flow.  I think it does it very well.  

Fine looking job on the car.   I know it's 100 times better than I could do.   Mad props for your own work.   Lets see some good daylight pics!  

scotty

awesome first post bernal  =/......hope this page doesn't become like the old one with all the "all-knowing and arrogant n00bs"....yes, i'm sure that EVERYONE on this site knows that "a VIP car is a large RWD sedan"...however, welcome to vipSTYLEcars, there are VIP platform cars here as well as vip-STYLED cars and minivans and boxes and k-cars, etc etc etc...honestly, you find me a cleaner accord in the states thats not "vip styled", then we can talk...however, if he came on here and just had a stock body with 17x7.5 with a +40 offset wheels, the first thing said would be "get better fitting wheels" (which he has already)...the second thing, if he came with just springs (or in some cases coils), people would most likely say "go lower"....which once again, he already has (air).  The body work is his personal preference, he had the widebody accord when it was tuner style, and decided to take it to the next level with a vip STYLE format (which i must say looks a thousand times better having better fitting wheels and an awesome stance, not to mention the body flows a lot nicer now and everything on the car is matched up, and has added his own "non-traditional" vip STYLE flare with the color choice)...but enough of my rant.....welcome to vipSTYLEcars.com.........

anyways, can't wait for the interior of the car to be done, pictures do no justice the the body work in real life and the time and effort that went into doing this car right

I can't stop staring at this beauty.
Where can I get my hands on frt, side skirts and rear lip liek the one you have? 

I'm so in love.

car looks dope man!

[QUOTE=rykster;39161]I can't stop staring at this beauty.
Where can I get my hands on frt, side skirts and rear lip liek the one you have? 

I'm so in love.[/QUOTE]


hey man thanks but sorry buddy.. all mix match parts made to flow together. none of it originally made for the accord. but i will say this the total cost for all the exterior pieces was just under$800

[QUOTE=OnTop;39589]under$800[/QUOTE]

And this is why DIY kicks ass.

which reminds me - did you spray the paint in an actual booth or in your garage?

he rarely gets on here anymore, so i'll say a booth, we have a body shop friend that rents out his booth to us

yeah a real good friend of mine has this body shop with an exceptional cross draft boooth. he lets me use it over the weekends for a moderate fee. he also has this guy that wet/sands and buffs cars great, he'll do a car for a carton of menthol lights. just ask suspended about that>

lol, actually it was just marlboro lights ;-)....and i had already smoked 4 out of that pack, but he still took it, i have no complaints about that!

[QUOTE=OnTop;39589]hey man thanks but sorry buddy.. all mix match parts made to flow together. none of it originally made for the accord. but i will say this the total cost for all the exterior pieces was just under$800[/QUOTE]
Damn. I was hoping you used a kit as a foundation and created your masterpiece from there.
So what parts does the front bumpers consist of?

[QUOTE=rykster;39809]Damn. I was hoping you used a kit as a foundation and created your masterpiece from there.
So what parts does the front bumpers consist of?[/QUOTE]


well, i was thinking about changing out my current front to something different. i just havent found something i like yet. if i did sell my front, i wouldnt ask a lot.

[QUOTE=OnTop;39833]well, i was thinking about changing out my current front to something different. i just havent found something i like yet. if i did sell my front, i wouldnt ask a lot.[/QUOTE]

Oh man.... Keep me in mind if you do. I'm serious about this.

damn. Very nice work.

awesome

[quote=nyARISTO;33002]wow thats the nicest accord ive ever seen :o :o[/quote]

Agreed!!

ftw
 
was beautiful when I first saw it several months ago and is still beautiful now
 
fuck what anyone else thinks, that accord is the best looking custom widebody i've ever seen in the US, and close to the best I've ever seen period (minus a select handful of custom vip styled japanese wagons). 
 
my only qualm is possibly that the doors and side profile lacks a little personality in terms of there not being any sort of mouldings or accent pieces, but hey...shit...can't complain really lol

Looks great!  Some custom door caps would really set it off IMO :biggthumpup:

Bro, your car is SICK! I'm happy no one is saying "lol, thats nut vip, n00b git a LS" Very original we never get to see VIP styled Accords and yours is as clean as they can get. Consider my input or not, I'm just saying if it was my car I would:

- Buy some clear/red "jaguar" style tail lights.
- Get a dual exhaust
- Chrome accent on the doors
- I would have kept the handles.
 
But I know you why you didn't keep the handles and all, and you know what it doesn't matter at all. Very nice car! :biggthumpup:

[quote=diplomat128;111876]Bro, your car is SICK! I'm happy no one is saying "lol, thats nut vip, n00b git a LS" Very original we never get to see VIP styled Accords and yours is as clean as they can get. Consider my input or not, I'm just saying if it was my car I would:
 
- Buy some clear/red "jaguar" style tail lights.
- Get a dual exhaust
- Chrome accent on the doors
- I would have kept the handles.
 
But I know you why you didn't keep the handles and all, and you know what it doesn't matter at all. Very nice car! :biggthumpup:[/quote]
 
perhaps if you weren't such a noob, you would understand that alot of us older members assisted with ideas during this build, fully support this car, and like the execution. Way to bump an old ass thread though.

not bad, i dont think shaving the door handles was necessary though.

The car is very clean and nice! Im loving it.

Are there any build pics or anything? Wondering how you went about with the widebody...like did you use foam or other methods?

[quote=yakuzaSoarer;111883]perhaps if you weren't such a noob, you would understand that alot of us older members assisted with ideas during this build, fully support this car, and like the execution. Way to bump an old ass thread though.[/quote]
 
So what's your point? :pat: Way to be an ass to someone giving input.