How-To's for 5th Gen (94-97) Accords
*Note* There my be slight differences between 94-95 and 96-97 models but for the most part it should be the same.
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First you remove the third brake light which is held with two screws from below. Disconnect the wire. Remove the screws and carefully pry open the light assembly. Once you have it taken apart, using a fine flat screwdriver pry out the red lens. I used a clear plastic cover for ceiling mounted fluorescent lights, which you can get at Home Depot for about $5. All you do is trace the shape of the lens onto the clear plastic and cut it out. To cut it you'll have to use one of those Dremel tools otherwise the plastic will break and crack. I recommend that you cut it a bit bigger and trim as necessary, then glue it back with two part, five minute epoxy that you find at any auto parts store. Do not use super glue because it will glaze the plastic. In my case, however, I didn't even have to epoxy, it held it's self in snug when I put it back in the assembly. |
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Installing a Rear Upper Stabilizer Bar
| p>This is a pretty easy job, just annoying to move all that carpeting. You can probably get it all done in about 30 minutes. Now, once you have your strut bar the first step is to lower the back seat and remove your carpeting in your trunk (1). It'll just pull right out fairly easy. Next locate the top of your rear shock, you should be able to see them in your trunk after you remove your carpeting. Now, next to the top of your shocks you will see 2 screws (2), one is more in the open and one is a little harder to see because it's partly behind the shock. Those two screws are your mounting hardware, they should have bolts on them too. You will see a screw on top of the shock but DO NOT mess with it, it is NOT part of the mounting hardware. Undo the bolts so you can gets the brackets on. Now you can install one of the strut bar brackets for that side of the car. Then repeat the process for the other side. Now just twist your stabilizer bar onto the brackets and make sure everything's tight and snug. Then you line your side panel carpeting up with the bar and cut a slit down from the top where the bar would go, when you get the cut far down enough test fit it and cut out a "X" or a tab where the bar is . Then just reinstall all your carpeting and your set. (3) |    |
Clearing Orange Reflector from Tail Lights.
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This isn't all to difficult to do and it makes a big improvement in the appearance of the tail lights. You can see the results to the right. First, to take off the tail lights, remove the plastic cover in the trunk. There are four bolts that hold the lens on. Two of them are covered by an orange plastic thing. Pull hard w/ some pliers and you can get it out of the way. Take off all the bulbs and control boxes so you can totally free the tail light lens. Once free, look in the blinker bulb hole and you can see how the orange piece is fit in there. Near the hole you'll see where the orange lens clamps on. Use pliers to break this off, there should be two of those. Next, use the soldering iron, rotozip, or dremmel tool to cut up the orange piece. It's amazingly strong so be patient. It's L shaped so start in the middle and cut up and down. Use the needle nose pliers to grab and twist the pieces as necessary. Be kind of careful around the bulb hole. Some people have damaged this beyond being able to hold the bulb in by itself. A little tape worked to hold it in in those cases. My bulb hole ended up a little mangled, but still works the same. Once you are finished you may notice alot of the silver coating inside of the lens has been shaved away due to all the twisting around in there. You may want to take a silver or similar color heat resistant paint and put some on a small brush to paint over the black areas just so it looks alittle better. |
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| This picture should explain most everything you need to know. What the resonator does is quiet the air that comes into your engine and restricts it, it sucks hot air thru the j-pipe right next to the battery, then thru the resonator, then into the stock airbox. By removing your resonator, you allow your engine to suck the colder air up from within the fender area and it is much less restricted. While your at it also remove the J-Pipe in the engine bay. It just pulls straight up and is near the battery. For the resonator, what I did was jack up the car and take off the passenger side wheel, then removed the fender lining. Then undo the two bolts holding it on and pull it out. When you're done put the fender lining and wheel back on and your ready to go. |   |
