1996 Tamiya Honda Accord SIR

Having a Tamiya JACCS accord kit sitting around for quite a while, I have decided to do something interesting with it. I'm in the process of making it into a Japanese version Accord SIR, which involves putting a new front/rear bumper, new suspension and wheels. Since I have a damaged Aoshima Accord Wagon sitting around, I decided to butcher the necessary parts from the Aoshima to the Tamiya, and here's the results:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p0443886ded70cd56de6d0feb7685a313/fb89f3f8.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p1a236904b80aee88e291d561ca38c76f/fb89f3fc.jpg

The color of choice will be light gun metal with a darkgrey interior (German grey probably). Any comments/suggestions? :biggrin:

looks pretty good :bigthumb:

wow, looking amazing

interesting conversion, but you could have kept the mugen bumpers and made it into a street racer( sorry I just dont like stock imports). But it looks as though your doin a damn fine job, so keep up the good work!

Should be a good one!:bigthumb:

nice stocker. your choice of colors should do well. :bigthumb:

i built that box stock jaccs accord and did light gunmetal too--turned out great--i DO like stock lookin imports--I would go for a white interior w. matching gunmetal accents--g'luck and keep us posted

I like the rims, will definatly look cool stock! So are you making this a "factory" stock car?

cool project you got there...keeping the good work:bigthumb:

Rtuned :worshippy :worshippy :worshippy

:rolleyes: uhmmm... i'm doing that too, with my PIAA accord. dang!!! nwayz, keep us posted.:bigthumb: btw, did you use the chassis of the wagon? :

Opps... I guess great mind thinks alike, Ayala? :tongue: Anyways, yep, I used the chassis and the interior from the wagon. Just need to shorten the chassis a bit and move the exhaust down a bit. Might get a metal exhaust for it later though. :)

As you can see I'm going for the stock look, I even kept the stock SIR wheels. If I can find better wheels for it I might change them out later, or maybe add a front lip to it or something... But in the meantime, I think these wheels look great. Let's see pictures of your car, Ayala :biggrin:

:cool:

Stock looking Honda Accord SIR with garage diorama as the background. :biggrin:

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WOW!!! that's soo cool :bigthumb: but...but...

two words .






MORE PICS!!!!

whats really funny is that is the exact car that i drive except mine is champagne color. I think I will get a kit like this aswell and turn it into an SIR conversion :)

How did I miss this thread?! Excellent work!! :sunglasse :sunglasse

Thanks for the kind words. :cool:

Imagestation is currently down (server error :rolleyes: ), so once its back up and running, more pics will be posted. :biggrin:

looks good, i like it, lets see more pics

it looks really good so far. I think you should have different rims on it though. But it looks good so far.

I just noticed I never posted the completed pics of the car. :screwy:
Anyways, here they are:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/pbbc4e7dc659cb8d8343e5319ecf7ac1b/fa4ae216.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/p4901bb829ea930238c938016557097a6/fa4ae20e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/p5bd8d0e59e242d3a71edcec3e26d43d2/fa4ae250.jpg

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tHAT IS g-GREAT car !! :naughty:

Very nice. :) You should take some outdoor pictures too. ;)

That's neat. The simple look really belies the amount of effort that probably went into the conversion.

Looks like you really made a stock car out of it. It looks great. BTW, that gunmetal paint, is it tamiya?

Terrific craftsmanship!! :sunglasse

Excellent work!

Wow, that is excellent. I love how people "reverse" modify it from a race car to a road car, instead of just buildling the race car, leaving off the decals, then calling it a "street legal conversion". Definitely think it's harder going the other way around..! Anyway, this is actually the second time I've seen the Accord reversed.. Here's the first:

http://www.warachan.com/version3/gallery/honda-gallery/accord-gallery/odashiisan/odashiisan-accord-No14.htm

Again, excellent!

clem..

That looks great. Nice stock look. Great work.

Anyway, this is actually the second time I've seen the Accord reversed.. Here's the first:

Hey don't forget mine. :D Here's a pic.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/42491accord.jpg

Hey don't forget mine. :D Here's a pic.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/42491accord.jpg

EX-R, that is cool. I love them deep dish rims, they look so tasteful on that honda.

Hey EX-R, that's nice! Did you lower it? If you did, I'd love to see how ppl lower the more complicated suspension setups (ie. Not Fujimi). That's 3!

Which brings me to ask: why is it that the Accord was ONLY made in Wagon form in stock mode?? I mean, Aoshima made the last accord, and Fujimi is making the current one (aka TSX). Same deal with the Legacy (until recently when Fujimi figured they can mod their molds to make the B4). What's up with the Japanese and their wagons? I personally think the Accord wagons have pretty ugly rear ends...

clem..

Hey, what do you know! Before and after pictures after some modifications! Good job on the Accords, both of you.