Hondas are kinda cheap inside... what can one do to make it nicer? I cant really put my finger on it... i'm thinking of having dynamat installed as well as put cloth on the headliner (its plastic), having suede seats, what else do "luxury" cars have?

 

what car are u speaking of. saying "hondas" in general is quite vague.

 

you want cheap interiors? sit in any ford/gm interior.

my headliner is cloth :dunno:

 

Unless you could care less about weigh, don't go crazy with the dynamat too much of it can add a lot of weight.

 

Try a Mazda 3 interior. Those are cheap.

 

thats because ford ownes mazda :reechy:

some things I've been doing to make my interior nicer:
better front seats (3g teg)
rewrapped center consol arm rest(black leather)
new sunvisors (3g teg)
map lights (3g teg, vigor)
extensive in-car entertainment (5.1 sound, dvd, ps2, the works)

things to do:
redo carpet
replace select interior panels
redo gauge/cluster lighting
flux capacitor :rick: :chuckles:

there's this detailing shop called Ming, I dunno if you have one locally. They have a service that basiclly sprays your underbody with sound deadener, wheelwells, etc. They charge $175, which isn't too bad.... I might do it.

 

oh wow i didnt realize i got the responses.. hmm yea well mostly all hondas are pretty cheap feeling, particularly tegs & civics (CRX, Del Sol etc..) ....

I never sat in said cars, but I'm sure there's worst crap out there. I think the two biggest things is sound deadning and pretty seats.

18sec, what do you mean with "replace select interior panels"? just worn out ones or is there something better than OEM?

 

considering they retailed for $20k or less, its the whole "you get what you pay for" notion.

I felt the 94+ tegs and the 96+ civics weren't that bad. Del sols weren't bad, either, especially when you look at new cars these days.....

take for example the ford taurus/focus/mustang, chevy impala/monte carlo/silverado. And these are 2000+ model years. Granted ford has done a better job with the '05 mustangs, the '04 and previous years were crap.

dodge has done wonders ever since Mercedes took them over. the dashes are layed out better, the wood grain looks less cheaper, things like that. But then you still have blind-spot issues, poor visability, things like that.

but I'll tell you this much. Working in the car rental industry has really shown how crappy alot of cars are. Every day I drive '04-'05 model year cars, and at the end of the day, I still perfer my '96 civic in many ways over the newer cars made by most domestic companys. And then theres the other two big Jap companys, Toyota and Nissan. Toyota interiors are flat-out plain, and nissans aren't anything to write home about, either.

what year car do you have?

eh, just some minor damaged panels, the occational scratch or cigarette burn here or there. But I'm pretty happy with my interior for the time being.

I will say this much. Motor trend, Car and driver, similar publications, always gave credit to honda's ability to make a well-layed out cabin, regardless of price, and always have excellent visability. All the controls are placed where one would expect. If there's any cars out there that do a better job, they're either 2x the price, they're european, or both.

 

honda and luxary...i personally wouldn't use them in the same sentence, acura and luxuary is more like it.

 

maybe the new acura's are luxury....

my friends and I were discussing this last night, more particularly the previous generation 3.5 RL. I love the car, but as far as lux goes, its on the lower end of the spectrum.

one key thing that makes toyota/lexus better than honda/acura is road noise. Personally, I could care less since 9 out of 10 times, my windows are rolled down. But some people hate road noise. :dunno: I feel the fact that honda/acura has more road feel, it makes driving that much more involving.

I say it once, I'll say it a million times. Honda/acura = practical luxury. everthing you absolutley need.