Today I was looking through my car's papers trying to learn a little more about it (e.g. gearing, features, etc.) and found, tucked behind the instruction manual and some paper work - a small yellow envelope labelled:
CAR DETAILS
Upon opening it, I gained a huge insight into the cars past, and (partially) explains why the cars mechanics, interior and exterior were in such great condition:
The primary driver (who's name I will not disclose) was a female born in... Wait for it... 1942.
The secondary driver was a male (presumably the primary driver's parter) born in 1939.
The best thing about it was that it was insured so that only drivers above 55 would be covered. The other amazing thing was that they only needed to pay $351.25 for 3rd party + at fault driver insurance! This is as opposed to myself, who paid almost $900 to insure a Honda EG Civic (at $3000) just last year (third party only).
I am yet to find out how much this Integra will cost me.
I am starting to think that this is a major case of privacy invasion. Moving on.
Today I removed the head unit in my car and was assuming the wires at the back would have been spliced (the stock unit in the car at the moment is just a tape deck). To my surprise, the previous owners never changed the head unit! I am amazed that there are people out there who can function in the 21st century with nothing but a tape deck in their car...
I then 'went' shopping for a HID kit (xenon), head unit and speakers today - first checking online! First off was the HID kit. I didn't want to buy a $60 'ebay special' kit, so I did my research and found that the ebay ones were generally pretty good!
Regardless, I ended up purchasing a kit from vvme.com after numerous recommendations.
Can't wait for it to arrive! I bought the 6000k version (white with a light tinge of blue). Refer to the image below:
Note that the higher the colour temperature, the more coloured it gets and the less bright it is.
I also ordered the SMD parker lights, and white LEDs for my gauge cluster.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to find a head unit or speakers that suit my liking and budget. I'm trying to stay clear of in car LCD DVD units like my last one, but it's just so tempting! I've learned from my last car, that the 'WOW' factor quickly wears off and you don't really use it. Still..............
OK so this is what's outstanding:
Sound system, new wheels, front lip and new alarm system.
Work tomorrow. Ciaos!
