Accord CL9 New Owner's Thread

[saadafaq]

Every cl9 owner wants those 17" rims but they are so hard to find if your car wasn't the lucky one to have them. Have any of you guys checked with this page called performance parts? I think it's a lahore based shop and they usually have an excellent and decent collection of rims. They quoted me 60k for the grey 17" Euro R rims and also the silver ones at different occasions. Quite expensive but shauk da koi mol nai!

[saadafaq]

Also check these out. I think these will look pretty good on Accord. And very low price. I would've def bought these if i wasn't selling my car!
https://m.facebook.com/groups/309434242505239?view=permalink&id=1729216057193710

[Rahat083144]

Every cl9 owner wants those 17" rims but they are so hard to find if your car wasn't the lucky one to have them. Have any of you guys checked with this page called performance parts? I think it's a lahore based shop and they usually have an excellent and decent collection of rims. They quoted me 60k for the grey 17" Euro R rims and also the silver ones at different occasions. Quite expensive but shauk da koi mol nai!

Yes, I got mine for 40k and then had to spend another 5k on repair. Few weeks back there was an ad on OLX and the guy was asking 80k. I called him up just for the heck of it. He was a nice guy but said he will not sell below 80k. I thought let's wait for this guy to come back down to earth and then I'll contact him. After a couple of days the ad disappeared and when I called him up he said they are sold for 80k. I was like, damn! So this time when I found them I was adamant that I'll buy them even though the seller himself said they are untested.

[Rahat083144]

I absolutely love your aftermarket rims - only if I could find them here in Islamabad I'd get them for the Civic and paint them either gloss or matt black :3 - Would look so delicious

Yes they are a great design and I love them. But I knew drive would be better on OEMs hence I changed. As you can see the OEM is 7 inch wide and after market is 7.5 inch. So the same 215 tire gives much softer drive on OEM as compared to aftermarket. Since 215 is stock size I didnt want to go up to 225 while keeping my after market rims.

[Rahat083144]

Great. So you finally got them. Please Post pics with these rims if possible. I know theyll look amazing. Share price as well.

Most important thing is my car was always meant to have these, so it's all back to stock now. Here's a close up pic, will share more when car is out in the open.

[munirhusain]

Sweet alloys! I'm sure they'll go very well with the dark color of your CL

[munirhusain]

Guys how about everyone shares funny/weird stories of their CL.

Here's mine:

One fine evening as I was reversing the accord out from the office parking lot, the shift knob just popped out of the assembly on the lever. Getting home wasn't a problem as D->N and N-> D can be done without the knob but putting into reserve and park I had to manually insert the finger in the lever and press the function/lever that moves when the knob is pressed.

Luckily, I was able to get new original knob and the spring from Nasir Autos (Plaza) for like 3 grand. Glued the new knob on the level with the assembly and the problem never surfaced. Man those few days without the knob made me realize its importance

[ali.iqbal1]

Sir I believe I have one as well:

Here's mine:

This one fine day it started to rain - I was driving back home and slightly opened the window so I can ash outside the car. But surprisingly my driver side window went full down and wouldn't come back up. It came halfway through and went back inside. Now in that rain while driving the car on the road with rain splashing onto my face I was lucky enough to find a parking with a shelter. Parked the car and Youtube'd how to fix it. Took me like 40 mins to find the appropriate video - but as I started to get restless, I didn't follow through the instructions properly. Basically I was supposed to hold the button half-down but I kept on pressing it down completely. Nevertheless tired and sick of it I decided to drive the car back home for a good 30 min drive. Went back, showered - took my laptop inside the car and read carefully and followed instructions and "BOOM!!! - it worked".

I have no idea why it happened till this date.

[viking85]

I have one incident for the short duration I owned the accord. The very day I paid the previous owner and got the car and he left. I stood there admiring the car. I sat inside and started the car. Everything going great as expected, as I had test drove it earlier and had gotten it inspected in detail from a mechanic as well. BUT as soon as I tried to put it in D, it got stuck in P and showed VSA check light. I sat there shocked and started cursing my luck as well as the previos ownerb that I had been duped.
I called him and he said in an apologetic tone " Sir, very rarely it has this issue and we have to insert pin in the manual overide hole besides the shift knob to unlock the transmission stuck in P" . I said what the f&=k.
Anyways went home and googled and youtubed the issue at great length. Apparently the issue is caused by a small brake light switch installed above brake pedal worth a 1000 rs.
I bought it kabli, installed it myself the next day and Voila.....It worked.
Would have taken so much hit and trial effort by mechanics and electricians. But Thank Almighty it worked.
Even that shameless previous owner was amazed once I returned the car to him.

[Rahat083144]

Both these have happened to me. Was in PC to attend a seminar, and when I returned to office parking lot with colleague, the knob broke. I was embarrassed and asked my colleague to help push the car back (it was in neutral). Then went to my mechanic who got a new knob.

Just after a few weeks of buying the car, it was my brother's wedding and CL9 was supposed to be dulha's car. Right on wedding day afternoon my cousin's son started playing with left rear window until finally it was half way down and got stuck. It was a holiday that day. I was like, shit man. Called one of my mechanics who visited in the evening and diagnosed that the motor was gone! He literally tied it up with a rope inside the door panel, while it was all the way up. It became dulha's car in that very state, and I asked my brother and his bride not to fiddle with it, LOL. Mechanic got a new kabli motor and it's been fine ever since!!

[ali.iqbal1]

Damn! - that's simply savage.

[ali.iqbal1]

Well whoever the previous owner was - I'm sure he's a lucky person getting the car back from a caring person like yourself. Atleast all of us here know how much you pampered the CL9.

[viking85]

I just thank my lucky stars i hadnt done anything else. I was planning Rims and tyres replacement and transmission fluid flush. I had located the rims in Islamabad.
Had i spent that much amount, it would have become very difficult bearing the loss.

[ali.iqbal1]

As you're from Islamabad / Rawalpindi could you recommend a tyre shop here? - The person I contacted doesn't have MC5 nor Advan DB

[Rahat083144]

I just thank my lucky stars i hadnt done anything else. I was planning Rims and tyres replacement and transmission fluid flush. I had located the rims in Islamabad.
Had i spent that much amount, it would have become very difficult bearing the loss.

What happened, can you elaborate? Why did it go back?

[viking85]

All i can say is, the car had some legal issues which i discovered later on by chance. Even the previous owner was not aware of it.
OCD is a curse . Zyada chizon mei ghusso tou masla nikalta hai.

[viking85]

I usually buy from Saddar Rwp. Anything i wanna buy I check 2-3 shops (atleast) for current rates and go for the best deal. Last i bought yoko advan db (195/65r15) late 2016 tyres in jun 2017 for my Civic 2005. Got'em for rs 6700. Good deal it was.
One thing ive noticed is, you stick with a shop for long and they start to chunafy(chuna lagana) you.

[handsome_phantom]

Cost and from where did u get these seat covers

[ali.iqbal1]

These aren't seat covers - I got the interior redid. It costed approximately 80+ because it's cowhide leather and I got it done almost everywhere excluding the mid sections of the seats for heat dispersion - I got it from Lahore Jail Road area, I can't recall the exact location as I'm not from Lahore. Went there through a reference.

[saadafaq]

I've also had the brake switch issue at one time. Took me quite a few days to crack it since as per the internet usually the vsa error comes with abs and that means an actual malfunction. This, however, was picked up by my genius friend who linked that the gear getting stuck in P is complemented by the brake lights not working.

On a different note, times like these make you realise that owning an imported but international model is a big plus as compared to japan specific models such as mark x, crown, premio etc. I used to own a Mira and finding information on the internet was a nightmare. Even if you did somehow land at a forum for your car, the language wouldn't be English So, good choice friends!