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  • simplyhondasimplyhonda Council Member
    Nice job on the wiring. Must be nice having spare wagon time on your hands! Enjoy it while it lasts!
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    Nice job on the wiring. Must be nice having spare wagon time on your hands! Enjoy it while it lasts!

    It's nice and its horrible... I cant sit still, seriously I think I may need anxiety pills... But o well, I get a lot of stuff done...

    Basically after moving to Denver, I've just been going through my box marked "honda parts"... stumbled upon this EDM red hazard switch that didn't work with the wagon... I decided to try to make it work with the wagon....

    after taking the buttons apart- Its clear the buttons are far from even remotely the same- other than the size really...

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    Dremel the mounting stuff out of there...
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    cut the mounting stuff out of the USDM switch
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    plastic epoxy:
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    epoxy dried- it dries clear-ish...
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    put button back together... I will go install it in a minute
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    O also I went salvage yarding yesterday (Needed that rear fog light button in the previous post- and picked up the above hazard switch to destroy), anyways I found these mats in an old Accord- I cleaned the living hell out of them.. I got them because the passenger side looks like the right shape to fit in a wagon... No driver side though...
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  • Awesome work on the fog light. Enjoy your free time with the wagon.
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    Awesome work on the fog light. Enjoy your free time with the wagon.

    thanks, I'm definitely enjoying my wagon one on one time.. :cool:



    installed the button..
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    light it up
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    here are pix of that Accord mat...
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    close to fitting perfect...
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  • Ridge911Ridge911 New Wagonist
    I appreciate your attention to detail, and for how clean you're keeping your wagon. What year accord did those mats come out of?
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    Ridge911 wrote: »
    I appreciate your attention to detail, and for how clean you're keeping your wagon. What year accord did those mats come out of?

    Im not exactly sure on the year- my guess was a late 80's early 90's accord sedan.
  • mtnkid85mtnkid85 Band Wagon
    Is that an aftermarket cruise control? Is that from the previous owner or do you have any info on it? Id say you need to do power windows/locks next. Im digging the clean wagon!
  • PrennroPrennro Council Member
    mtnkid85 wrote: »
    Id say you need to do power windows/locks next. Im digging the clean wagon!

    Dont wanna jack bill's thread, but I know there are some aftermarket door and window kits but, are there any OEM systems that work the best And are easy to put in the four-door wagons? If so, let me know especially if there is a parts list of things to get.
  • VladiVladi Senior Wagonist
    Prennro wrote: »
    Dont wanna jack bill's thread, but I know there are some aftermarket door and window kits but, are there any OEM systems that work the best And are easy to put in the four-door wagons? If so, let me know especially if there is a parts list of things to get.
    I've heard any 4-door civic and maybe even concerto(Not sure if you got that model in the US).
    Important to add to your shopping list: Door-wiring looms and the fuse box ( Grey addition to the original fusebox, 4x20a Fuse, was preinstalled on most EDM/JDM wagons)

    Other than that it's a pretty straight forward install when the wiring is done, for me it was basicly plug and play.


    I like the updates man!
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    Thanks guys... The cruise control is aftermarket; but pretty popular with Ef's I've seen the same CC in a few 4gs now... It does not work- I'm not sure why. It came with the car.

    as for power windows & locks it has been discussed and even a how-to in great detail... Here is the link http://www.civicwagon.com/showthread.php?4313-Power-windows-and-locks-here-I-come!!!

    its appears to be a lot of work; but maybe some day...
  • GR33KGR33K Wagonist
    Very clean install! It looks great! Keep up the great work.
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    My new daily
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  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    nothing new here with the wagon right now.

    but thought I'd share some trash instagram photos... I washed her today.
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    here she is outside my new place of work
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  • PopPopsGaragePopPopsGarage Council Member
    so legit man!!
  • PrennroPrennro Council Member
    Trash or not, pics are tight! That last one would look perfect as the cover of an Anchorman sequal! Ha
  • simplyhondasimplyhonda Council Member
    Awesome photos as always!
  • SPWSPW Senior Wagonist
    Love the pics and that Bimmer! So which car is in the Garage now?
  • ludemanludeman Wagonist
    News team assemble!!!!!!
  • Hey billboard, what all did you cut to fit the ef9 bumper with the usdm bumper support? im at a stand still and need to get it on asap for the upcoming show!
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    so legit man!!
    thanks man
    Prennro wrote: »
    Trash or not, pics are tight! That last one would look perfect as the cover of an Anchorman sequal! Ha
    lols, exactly the whole building is kind of like that on the inside. When the days of working in TV were awesome and lucrative. The Building hasn't been updated since then.
    Awesome photos as always!
    thank you sir
    Love the pics and that Bimmer! So which car is in the Garage now?
    neither actually, The wife gets the garage at the moment (so her 4-runner). The Billmer is under covered parking till I get time to register it. The DMV in Denver is a monster, like 3 hour wait times etc, so I just havent honestly had the time to sit through that...
    ludeman wrote: »
    News team assemble!!!!!!
    that photo could have been taken in 1991, I'm pretty sure it would have looked the same. lols
    MY_EEWagon wrote: »
    Hey billboard, what all did you cut to fit the ef9 bumper with the usdm bumper support? im at a stand still and need to get it on asap for the upcoming show!
    everything that needed cutting... Starting with the ends, chop both ends off.. trim here. trim there... hope you have an awesome grinder...
  • i cant get it to line up at all. i cut it to where i was able to bolt the top plastic on and got the ends to line up to the fender and theres just a huge gap in the middle.
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    MY_EEWagon wrote: »
    i cant get it to line up at all. i cut it to where i was able to bolt the top plastic on and got the ends to line up to the fender and theres just a huge gap in the middle.

    i dont know what you did- i need pix to see what you got going on
  • RoRoRoRo Wagonist
    What's your Instagram dude!?
    The hazzard button looks awesome , so glad you did the write up on it because I was going to buy one of these from Europe !
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    RoRo wrote: »
    What's your Instagram dude!?
    The hazzard button looks awesome , so glad you did the write up on it because I was going to buy one of these from Europe !

    thanks man, my instagram is billreddickdirects
  • picture reference in my thread.
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    plasti-dipped the Billmer rims today
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  • .JoshuA..JoshuA. Wagonist
    looks good bro! do you use an actual gun or rattle can? do they sell it in rattle can?
    id like to do my wagon red
  • AlaskaB16AlaskaB16 New Wagonist
    Curious when you would actually use that rear fog in real life? I see these pretty often on all the other forums i'm on but have never understood what the OEM intent was for it. Maybe backing up at night when your reverse lights aren't bright enough??? Extra brightness for people driving behind you?
  • VladiVladi Senior Wagonist
    AlaskaB16 wrote: »
    Curious when you would actually use that rear fog in real life? I see these pretty often on all the other forums i'm on but have never understood what the OEM intent was for it. Maybe backing up at night when your reverse lights aren't bright enough??? Extra brightness for people driving behind you?

    Well like the name says, it's a rear fog light.
    When it's really foggy you turn the light on so people behind you can see you. The foglight gives about as much light as the brake lights so they're good visible.

    Almost all cars over here in europe are required to have at least one!
  • BillBoardBillBoard council member
    .JoshuA. wrote: »
    looks good bro! do you use an actual gun or rattle can? do they sell it in rattle can?
    id like to do my wagon red

    They sell it in a rattle can. Its kind of spendy these days 8-9 dollars a can- so to do an entire wagon with it wouldn't be that cost efficient, you could just go to Maaco and get the cheapest paint job possible and have better, more long lasting results... in my opinion anyway.

    Vladi wrote: »
    Well like the name says, it's a rear fog light.
    When it's really foggy you turn the light on so people behind you can see you. The foglight gives about as much light as the brake lights so they're good visible.

    Almost all cars over here in europe are required to have at least one!

    Vladi's got this covered. They are bright. I really don't turn it on unless its raining or foggy out, just an extra precaution so drivers can see the wagon in bad weather conditions. I plan to use it a lot during the winter- up and down the mountain passes!
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