Accord CL9 New Owner's Thread

[Rahat083144]

Stunning car!!! I'm also on a (passive) look out for OEM mats here in Karachi, will keep you posted.

[ali.iqbal1]

pleasure and features it provides is far far greater.

Sir, absolutely spot on!

[fahdahmad]

That's exactly how I justify my spending to myself

[viking85]

Beauty.

[usama1]

Obviously Accord is way above class as compare to city. There is simply no comparison even u compare cl 9 with brand new city. The driving pleasure, the seating poition and the interior of the accord every thing outclass. There s no meed to discuss about the acceleartion, grip and brakes of the mighty Accord which are hall mark of accord.

[usmansameen]

Your car is beautiful!!!!!!

[mhaider01]

I recently found a source through a freind for black/charcoal OEM style mats for around USD130 from Germany.
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Original Honda CL9 Mats are like an outrageous USD 400 from Japan !!

[Valhalla]

Very nice. Is there a website one can order this from?

[viking85]

Cost breakdown
1. OEM Front, Right side(timing belt), and rear kabli mounts : Rs9000 (3000 each, quite cheap in my opinion) and new transmission mount (Thailand, NOK): Rs 1500.
2. Lower control arm bushings (Thailand,RBI) 2 sets of 3 each for both sides: Rs 3360
3. Ball joints (Japanese,555): Rs 2200.
4. Steering rack ends. Rs2400.
5. Stabilizer links (RBI). Rs 2200.
6. VTEC solenoid gasket. Rs 280.
7. ABS sensor for driver side wheelhub: Rs 1200
8. Removed spacers from all shocks.
9. Honda type2 Coolant: 3x Rs 840.
Labour cost 8k
Total around Rs 38k

[munirhusain]

Sweet sweet ride. Mashallah!

[fahdahmad]

Wetsanded, polished and coated the headlights. Used optimum glosscoat on headlights. It was a year old coating. Lets see if it lasts.

Light was like this. Only 1 before pic

After sanding, compounding and polishing

Final result

[Luke_mani]

Saw this ad, thought I would post it for CL9 enthusiasts
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[viking85]

Awesome result man. I got my headlights cleaned a month back. Where to find this optimum glass coat?

[fahdahmad]

Optimum Glosscoat is a ceramic coating mainly for paint. I got it from USA last year. Ordered it online. I am unsure how it will perform on headlights as it is a year old and coatings have a shelf life. I just put it on for a trial. I will be putting on some dedicated headlight and trim coating after a while.

[Rahat083144]

Buhat aala yar. To be honest, when I started reading the post I was like yeah whatever, cuz my headlights are perfectly fine. But when I scrolled down I realized that mine are nothing like this!

[ali.iqbal1]

Currently mine look like picture #1 - but damn that's impressive, teach us sensei

[pwuser152732320185]

what grit sandpaper you used?

[fahdahmad]

There are plenty of videos on YouTube explaining the process. One needs to have mainly different grit sanding papers, a compound and a polisher along with a pad. See video below

[fahdahmad]

I used 1000,2000 and 3000 grit. Ideally I should have used 1500 as well but I didn't have. As I didn't use 1500 some sanding marks of 1000 grit still remain.

[Rahat083144]

Mine are fully clear and shiny, but certainly have some swirl marks just like a paint would have. I just don't have the heart to put sandpaper to it, that's why leaving them as is.