Hello Guys, I am Back!

Was gone for a couple of years because well, the accord broke. Transmission gave out. So I bought this (Maria Silvia):








Unfortunately back in April of 2016, This happened.






I was in the process of wrapping my car thats why the different colors. I invited my best friend to go on a little cruise to the florida keys and decided to teach her how to drive stick. well, car in front of her stopped suddenly and she freaked out and did not press the brakes at all. It was Totaled.

Hahah school got tough man. Studies come first

Thanks guys. Now I'm working on the headliner, I'm re doing that and some other stuff in the interior.

I also bought a new oem roof rack, because the eBay universal one flew off in the high way with a kayak strapped to it. And I am going to install a dash cam as well because when the kayak flew off someone behind me stopped picked it up and threw in the bed of their truck, wasn't able to catch them.

This happened about a month ago, on my birthday actually. It wasn't my fault so the other drivers insurance paid, because i did the repair myself i was able to save some money and do a few upgrades.

I finished wrapping the car, again!

Wrapped the radio faceplate to match the rest of the interior 

Oh it is lol but I like it

In the past few days i did a few things:

1. Finally installed the tablet into the dash.
More info here: http://elitecm.net/forums/index.php?topic=5442.msg137555#msg137555
2. Got the Greddy Evo2 exhaust from the coupe modified to fit the sedan.
3. Installed TSX Mirrors
4. Installed the Coupe OEM front lip

FYI this works exactly the same for the tsx mirrors so maybe change the title to hybrid and tsx mirrors? . I just did mine, thank you Tim

[Where did i get it?]

As some of you know i had a tablet mounted in front of the radio for quite a while. I had been looking for how to make a nice in-dash install but wasnt finding anything. I didnt want to get rid of my OEM unit and doing something custom would be expensive and time consuming. But i finally found a way to do it that im very happy with. I want to give thanks cem_ari in DA for pointing me in the right direction.

This is the Before:


 This is the panel that let the magic happen:



It replaces your original center upper panel with the AC vents. You will need to take of your oem vents and place them onto your new panel.



You will need small screws and washers to do this. I got these at Home Depot



You will also need to modify the panel because the hazard button opening is to small for the US Accords that have the "passanger airbag off" light on top of the button. I used a dremel and some files to make the hole bigger.



I was using the aluminum tape to hold it in place to then make some kind of bracket to hold the button, but it turns out that the aluminum tape did a great job at securing it so i just left it like that.



Then in order to turn off the tablet or turn it on if it ever shuts down because it runs out of battery, i needed access to the power button so that i didn't have to take everything apart. What i did was drill a a small hole on top the panel right above where the power button would be. I then used some plastic thingy (i dont even know what it is) that i found around the house with a small rubber washer inside to avoid it from coming out. Now when i push it down it pushes down the power button. And you cant see it when you are sitting in the car.







I then took the the charger terminal apart to make it smaller and less bulky so that it fit behind the plastic panel. And used the mounting holes from the panel with some metal strips to hold the tablet in place and secure.





Then i transferred all the clips from the OEM panel to this one and snapped it into place.






Now the part that everyone was asking about.

Where did i get it?

This is the unit from where it came from:
http://www.pen-hui.com.cn/product/753407502-200438476/Hot_sales_products_Accord_Car_DVD_Audio_Player.html

You need to contact the seller and tell them that you are only interested in the upper plastic panel, with no screen or anything. He sold it to me for $30 dollars, then the shipping to Miami was $30 more, and since they dont accept paypal Western Union charged me a fee of $12 bucks for a grand total of $72.

The review

The plastic has a slighly different texture than the rest of the dash, It also has a some tiny sparkling things. But overall not a deal breaker. You have to look very close to notice the difference.
The fitment is decently good, i cant say with much certainty yet because i am missing some of clips so that can influence the fitment. I think once i get the clips in it will fit close to perfect.
The quality of the plastic is better than i expected, not as good as the oem panel but still pretty good.

Tim I will be making a thread with all the info, so stay tuned for that

I just switched phones from the HTC One S to the HTC One M8 and I'm loving my upgrade

got my in dash tablet setup done.  Still needs some adjusting

This came in today

Thank you guys! Hopefully, someone else will find this useful.

I am loving it so far! i just have to remind myself to use the controls, i keep reaching for the knob lol