Finboy buys another Honda: 2004 Honda Element 4wd 5 speed

[403civic]

SIlverhill Acura Has one of these key cutters.

headslock and key maybe too

[Darkane]

These Honda threads make me happy.

I’ve been debating getting a Honda daily, but I don’t know how I’d replace any of my currents with it.

[birdman86]

Is there room for a >6' adult to comfortably sleep in the back if you take out the rear seats?

[JordanEG6]

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Is there room for a >6' adult to comfortably sleep in the back if you take out the rear seats?

Nope. However, if you fold all 4 seats back, it lays fairly straight and you can fit a 6' person comfortably.

[finboy]

Bought 11 yards of this stuff (car *should* only take around 6-7 due to all the plastic), now I have to learn what tools I need besides the vinyl itself





https://amdistributions.com/product/gloss-sandstorm/

[88CRX]

That colour on the element is primo! My old one on slipstreams:

[finboy]

I always liked the combo but they are hens teeth, this one is a bit more yellow and is based off of Toyota’s colour used on the fJ/taco/4Runner

[88CRX]

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I always liked the combo but they are hens teeth, this one is a bit more yellow and is based off of Toyota’s colour used on the fJ/taco/4Runner

The Toyota khaki is a lot nicer colour, gonna be sweet!

[Chantastic]

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Nope. However, if you fold all 4 seats back, it lays fairly straight and you can fit a 6' person comfortably.

So awesome.

[finboy]

Key saga continues, need to get an element key cut, take the rf chip out of that, then install that in the key. So far I got they key above cut, but Honda changed their immobilized in 06 and I have an 04, so one more dealer visit for me……..*sigh*

[finboy]

Minor update, 2 steps forward, 1 step back.

Turns out my mechanical skills are rusty as expected, I got the new rear control arms and swing arm spacers in, buuuut started spinning a capture nut in the frame rail for the subframe spacer, so it went to the shop where they have the tools to deal with that. While there they did the abs sensors (which snapped off, because Honda), and replaced the upstream o2 sensor only to have the rear o2 sensor fail immediately after (should have seen that coming). Add to that the rear geometry isn’t linear with the front due to the swing arm, so the 2/2 kit made it look like the stink bug, and the 2/1 I have in there now looks like the rear shocks are going out. Rear o2 sensor ordered, 1.5” rear spacers ordered, alignment Monday maybe? Urban expressions did good getting the tires mounted upon the gtr wheels at least, and yes they still need a wash.

2” rear spacers


1” rear spacers

[Ca_Silvia13]

Those GTR wheels look great on there.

[finboy]

Thanks, they are from a drifter in red deer so they have lived quite a life, but 16x8 wheels aren’t the easiest to find and forged magnesium is always nice

[loweg]

Looks like a good time for ep3 recaros !

Wheels look great !

[finboy]

Decided to bang out the headlights to get over my crossmember flub

Old and new


All done, resting with the subie


“Face lift”

[tonytiger55]

SUv looks sweet!

[finboy]

Got the alignment done and the height dialed in, still some gremlins to chase down but that’s the joy of projects. Initial shakedown run out to west Bragg went well today, amazing how much you can beat on this motor on the on ramps.

[jwslam]

love this thread but i'm sorry all the photos just annoy me seeing the missing trim piece on only the driver's door

[finboy]

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love this thread but i'm sorry all the photos just annoy me seeing the missing trim piece on only the driver's door

I hear you, I will likely shave when I go to wrap, I sold the Subaru yesterday so I can focus on fixing up the element more

[prae]

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I hear you, I will likely shave when I go to wrap, I sold the Subaru yesterday so I can focus on fixing up the element more

Wait- didnt you buy the element so you could keep the subaru nice and not winter drive it?