Photos By: Tom Cain
Article By: Amy "Shorty" Bell
Adam Rhodes is a 26-year old draftsman, and he did one hell of a job in drafting what his 1996 Honda Accord would look like when it was completed! He's been on the show scene for nine years, and has taken in a lot of advise from his peers, and produced the Trunk Drunk that you see here. Now, check out the design:
Wheels/Tires - 18x7 Niche F-16 - custom powder coated centers to match body color, Sumitomo tires
Suspension - Removed front strut towers & replaced with a tubular front clip, redesigned rear suspension with adjustable camber & toe to lay unibody. Custom upper control arms with adjustable camber, sectioned spindles, custom motor/trans mounts to raise engine & tranny. Sectioned header & raised exhaust. System is 4Slam specialties bags & chrome shocks, 1/2" smc fill valves, 3/8 smc dump valves, all 1/2" lines, slim 5-gallon custom mounted underside of trunk, 2 Air Zenith compressors
Body Mods - Fully shaved (handles, body molding, 4 tail lights, license plate box, trunk seam, front & rear urethane bumper lights), Eclipse bubble molded to hood, suicide hood, electric sliding rag top, 1 piece black projector headlights, billet grill & valance, LED tail lights in light bar in rear window, Billet tag frame with LED 3rd brake light, all new OEM gaskets, moldings & trim
Engine Mods - 2.21 Honda, stainless header (sectioned), chrome valve cover, 160 amp alternator, power pulleys, 2 Optima yellow top batteries, Billet reservoir covers
Interior - Everything has been wrapped in bone & sandstone leather or vinyl, sand colored tweed, or painted. Katzkin seat covers, shaved headrests, PS2 flush mounted in the dash, shaved passenger airbag, Alpine motorized in-dash monitor, 2 sets of Cliff design 6.5" component speakers, (5200 watts of total power) 6 Cliff design amps hanging from a custom cnc'd aluminum amp rack by Eric Easterby, 2 15" Cliff design subwoofers. Multiple mobile spec digital fuse & distribution blocks, capacitors, & braided wiring.