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Picking up 2004 Acura 1.7 EL PREMIUM ? Good choice ?
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Posted by: srsx

Hello fellow howarders out there

Is this a good choice ?
Cuz im picking up a Acura 1.7 El Premium tommorow

Any one know wht mods i can do for now ? HIDS ? sport pkg Spoiler

Colour is the greyish silver one ....

Is this a good choice fellow howarders ?

post pics tmw when i pick the car up

Posted by: ice512

Well you cant go wrong with an Acura. You prolly like the goodies it offers such as leather, woodtrim and sunroof. Years of reliable service will be comming.

As for mods, just try to keep it clean and simple, you dont really wanna rice up an Acura. That is not what an Acura is for. HID is always a nice choice, but find a way to disable the DRL if you do install it. Dont drive in the daylight with your HID on PLEASE...

Whats the mileage ? And whats the OTD price ??

Posted by: srsx

ill try to keep it clean for now

picking it for 16g at 60,000km

someone sell me some HIDs !

for the fog light is tehre any way i can change them to blue ? instead of yellow ?

Posted by: Eternity

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True. The only things I'll probably add on an EL would be HID on both low beam, fog light and tinted windows.

Posted by: phuviano

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Originally Posted by srsx

for the fog light is tehre any way i can change them to blue ? instead of yellow ?

Sure you can change them to blue, that's if you want to get pulled over by the police.

Posted by: TeLLy2k4

Don't forget as well that for a foglight (or any light) to function optimally it would have to give out yellow or white light. Yellow is the colour of choice in fog or bad weather. And despite what you've heard hyperwhite does not give any more usable light output.

Posted by: Zeta_G

imo the EL is just a overpriced civic w/ acura badge...
but i guess is ok if is 2nd hand...
they will last as long as u take care of it...

and as for the HID part..
i found this out yesterday while helping a friend to install a steering wheel on his friend's car..
he also have HID (echo hatch) and he have the HID hooked to the high beam(H4 HID only have low beam)
so that will be no output for the DRL, but the catch is u gotta push the switch to highbeam during the nite....

Posted by: celeron_266

my girlfriend is trying to pick a 1.7 up too...in vancouver though...

what is a reasonable price to pick up one?

Posted by: Zeta_G

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Originally Posted by celeron_266

my girlfriend is trying to pick a 1.7 up too...in vancouver though...

what is a reasonable price to pick up one?

is a acura/honda...
the price will never be resonable....

Posted by: evilgabbie

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Posted by: EChid

we own 3 hondas and the 1.7 EL is the worst, heck some of its features were outdone by our 1993 Honda Accord EX, not to mention the 2003 Accord LX-G. Accord's are way smoother and not that much worse on gas. The EL's (as a manual) pretty much screams at highway speeds (rpm is way to high @120) and it is an easily blown around car if you have any wind. The fuel economy falls short of expectations too. This was a 2002 though, so maybe things have improved since then.

Plus the 1.7EL just cost us $3000 dollars at just above 100,000kms, the alternator blew, new bettery, back windows didn't work etc. etc., plus there is all sorts of squeaks and rattles (again, something the '93 doesn't have), not the greatest Honda to buy if you ask me.

Posted by: Koofteh

How are Hondas overpriced? Enlighten me please...

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Originally Posted by Zeta_G

is a acura/honda...
the price will never be resonable....

Posted by: TeLLy2k4

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Originally Posted by Zeta_G

and as for the HID part..
i found this out yesterday while helping a friend to install a steering wheel on his friend's car..
he also have HID (echo hatch) and he have the HID hooked to the high beam(H4 HID only have low beam)
so that will be no output for the DRL, but the catch is u gotta push the switch to highbeam during the nite....

Why not just switch the wires on the H4 harness so that the HID comes on with low beam? All you have to do is pull two prongs from the harness and reseat them.

Posted by: evilgabbie

LISTEN TO TELLLLLY

his monkeys will come get ya

Posted by: theocrx

my step mom is selling her's... its a 2003 1.7 el premium with 22 000km... stil under warranty but the car is in montreal... price: 12 000$ cad.

Posted by: evilgabbie

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Originally Posted by theocrx

my step mom is selling her's... its a 2003 1.7 el premium with 22 000km... stil under warranty but the car is in montreal... price: 12 000$ cad.

no selling cars in the forum lol