07 Accent [Builds Dead, Car Was Sold]

[Trey_Dog650]

Sup guys. I got my 2007 Hyundai Accent, and after a year of owning it it has come time for me to do some things. A lot of work has been done to this car... all mainly by myself which im proud to say!!! Most of the work is already done but any suggestions is really appreciated. Im getting ready for my biggest update so stay tuned for that

Check out my new build: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/166071-13-kia-forte-box-build-started/

[Trey_Dog650]

Ok so here is a couple of pics of my car before i started anything

First Mod definitely transformed my car

Then i got some seat covers... you know i gotta keeps the stock fabric material clean!

Then installed a Pioneer AVH-P2300DVD

Keeping the stock speakers and adding an Alpine Type R 12" (emergency bag FTW!)

MTX Jackhammer JH600 for the Type R

[fecupe2001]

Nice car actually, i´ve worked with a couple of accents before but they were trunk cars, where are you from?? didn´t know that model even exists, accent couple it´s a very lou car, don´t know about that hatchback model, keep the pics coming

[Trey_Dog650]

Then i went ahead and made some eyelids for my car... Pretty simple yet effective

Made a paper template

Final Product, I used CF vinyl wrap with 3M backing

With left over CF wrap i decided to do the door pillars and gas cap

Then on to de-badging her

Before

After

[Trey_Dog650]

Nice car actually, i´ve worked with a couple of accents before but they were trunk cars, where are you from?? didn´t know that model even exists, accent couple it´s a very lou car, don´t know about that hatchback model, keep the pics coming

Thanks! They only made this car 2006-2011 so mine is rare... haha not. This is actually a pretty popular car in Canada. I got some more pics on the way so stay tuned!

Yeah it doesnt take much to get this baby loud! But i'm trying to get her louder haha

I've got a pretty much brand new system now. Still gotta upload the pics tho

I'm in the Bay Area, California

Thanks for looking

[Trey_Dog650]

Then i decided to shorten the antennae for a cleaner sportier look.. but if you like to listen to your radio a lot i don't recommend this

Also took the hubcaps off, so a side pic of the car

Got an intake!

Installed

Decided to change out my reverse lights with some nice LED's

Before

1 LED 1 Regular

Both LED

Closeup

I decided to then tint my tail lights. I never did this, so it was kind of a fail

They turned out to be really really dark, and i got some on my trunk lid that pisses me off haha so i sanded them off and i would put on a lighter coat this time

Comparison of no tint vs. my new couple layers instead of a gazillion layers haha

[loganberry]

Nice...not a fan of all the carbon fiber stuff...its just a lil too much I think...it definetly looks better than stock though without a doubt...keep up the good work!

[Trey_Dog650]

Then it was time for me to tackle the mids and highs of my car. Ever since installing the Pioneer double din my stock speakers went to crap! I would turn it to maybe 12 and then the speakers got all crackly and played very low, like they were all blown! Also the Alpine would just drown it out... So without having too much cash i figured replacing the stock speakers with cheap ones would be better than nothing. I had to do something! So with no experience in any of this i tackled the door panels, a couple of broken plastic clips later and its off!!!

Stock speaker location is 6.5

I got me the cheapest brand name speakers haha some kenwood for like 20ish bucks. I dont recommend them... Yes they were louder than stock but for some reason that little tin foil thing in the middle would catch something and make a noise that was very annoying (like someone would snap their fingers in the song haha)!!!!

Also replaced the rears with some Rockford Fosgate prime 6x8 ($50ish) and i had no complaints for those. Unfortunately no pics of the install cuz it was such a PITA i forgot.

Also got some Power Acoutik Tweeters for $10 and they were harsh as fuuuccckkk! I had to turn them all the way down on the EQ so they basically werent even there. Never getting a metal tweeter again haha.

So all in all this little upgrade was able to keep me satisfied for like a month or two.. It was able to play louder which was cool, but then the sub was still too powerful! So instead of turning my sub i saved my monies to do a real upgrade! But first i wanted to get some fog lights!

[Trey_Dog650]

Nice...not a fan of all the carbon fiber stuff...its just a lil too much I think...it definetly looks better than stock though without a doubt...keep up the good work!

Yeah i have taken the gas cap off... looked like a mole haha The door pillars are very subtle which i like. Its kinda a double take kinda thing. And the eyelids i think are ehh. I like them more at night giving them that mean look, but durning the day its whatevs haha

[Trey_Dog650]

So after researching some fog light options, i was looking at oem ones and they were like 50 a pop and i was like ehh Eff that. Then i looked at the projector ones at TRS and i almost got them but still jus too pricey, and after much thought i came to the conclusion that i dont functionally need the fog lights, i just wanted them for their looks. So after looking at a couple of options i decided to go with the LED strip where the fog lights would go.

The black part is where the oem fogs fill

Closeup of the fog light spot

Then i bought some external LED strips

Day shots

Night Shots