2008 Honda Element SC

2008 Honda Element Description

Super clean and pampered 2008 Honda Element SC. This currently resides in my home'ssecured garage parked on top of a rubberized floor. I have owned the Element for about6 months and have put 2,000 miles on it. I drive the car a couple times a week.

The SC model is front wheel drive. It has 18 inch rims, low profile tires,beefier suspension bits and a carpeted interior to name few things that make it different from an ordinary Element. It handles a LOT better than the 4 wheel drive model.

I have spent the last6 months going through this one top to bottom, inside and out, front to back. Here's a list of most of what I have done.

Cooling system serviced. New upper and lower radiator hoses and stainless steel clamps. System drained and filled with Honda brand antifreeze. $80.00 in parts.

Brake system serviced. New rotors front and back. New ceramic pads front and back. New powder coated calipers front and back. New hardware. Complete brake system flushed and filled with Honda brand brake fluid. $500.00 in parts.

Power steering system serviced. Factory hoseclamps all replaced with stainless steel clamps. Honda brand fluid added.$30.00 in parts.

Transaxle serviced. Transmission fluid exchange done at a local repair facility. New synthetic fluid installed. New cooler lines, external filter and all hose clamps upgraded to stainless steel clamps. $225.00 total.

Front sway bar bushings and sway bar end links replaced. Stainless steel hardware installed on sway bar clamps.All Honda parts (except hardware). $50.00 total.

Rear suspension serviced. New Honda sway bar bushings and end links. Stainless steel hardware installed on sway bar clamps.New upper control arms. New Skunk 2 Racing lower control arms. Lower control arm bushings were machined at a local machine shop to accept beefier lower suspension bolts. Local Honda dealer installed lower control arms.Brand new Sensen complete strut assemblies (new everything - struts, springs, plates, seals and hardware), struts carry lifetime warranty.Installed at local repair shop. Clear coated after installation.$1,150.00 total.

Hand built cold air intake. Polished lightweight 3 inchaluminum pipe. Purchased an intake kit for a Honda Accord plus purchasedadditional piecesfrom my local auto parts store. K&N air filter, cone style. $200.00 total.

Lube, oil and filter service done at a local repair facility. $30.00 total.

New Gibson cat back exhaust system. This is the aluminum alloy / steel system. My local muffler shop is a great place for aftermarket installation and fabrication. I had a high flow resonator welded in to the system and swapped out the hollow Gibson muffler with a Walker Pro Series muffler totame the sound level. No interior drone. Slightly louder than stock. A lot more aggressive sound if you happen to mash down the gas pedal! Installed Torctite brand stainless steel band clamps. Finished off with the classic stainless steel Gibson exhaust tip, which I painted with bright orange enamel on the inside. $685.00 total.

New Hella brand headlight bulbs. $50.00

LED interior overhead lights, reverse lights and license plate lights installed. $25.00

Beam style wipers installed front and rear. $35.00 total.

New hood deflector installed. AVS brand. Uses existing factory holes to mount. $50.00 total.

A significant amount of the hardware on the vehicle has been replaced with stainless steel hardware. All new stainless steel hardware treated with anti seize compound prior to installation. Stainless steel does not rust and anti seize compound means you will be able to remove the hardware, next week, next year or a decade from now. $225.00 so far.

Front and rear sub frame assemblies cleaned, primed and hand painted with semi glossblack oil based enamel. Transaxle and front and rear sway barscleaned primed and painted with silver oil based enamel. Fuel tank protection frame cleaned, primed and painted with heavy duty silver hammered enamel. Sway bar mounting brackets cleaned primed and spray painted with high gloss yellow enamel. All 4 brake rotor hats hand painted with silver oil based enamel. All 4 fender wells cleaned and hand painted with semi gloss black oil basedenamel. Fender liners cleaned and spray painted with semi gloss black enamel with flex additiveso it won't crack or peel. Spent about $100.00 so far in paint.

Factory rims cleaned and polished front and back. Minimal curb rash.

All body panels have been cleaned by hand with a clay bar to remove contaminants, dirt, sap, tar, haze and light surface swirls. Next each panel was hand polished. Last, each panel was hand waxed. This includes inside of hood, door jams, and upper and lower tailgates.

Interior is very clean. Factory Honda rubber mats on top of clean carpet. All seats in very good condition. No rips, tears, stains or odors. No smoking, pets or kids. Factory audio system with sub woofer sounds great! Wink brand multi panel interior rear view mirror installed. Blind spot mirrors installed on outside mirrors. No more blind spots.

Any plastic panels or shields that were removed in order to service the vehicle were cleaned thoroughly and re-installed with new plastic retainer clips. Some were painted to improve looks, others were clear coated to preserve looks.

Tires are Goodyear EagleLS 2 M+Sradials. All show even wearwith about 6/32" tread depth. This tire is 10/32" tread depthwhen new.

Recalls: Driver front air bag inflator replaced. Passenger front airbag inflator replaced.

There is also a recall for Elements that have the factory tow package. This Element does not have the factory tow package.

Buyers must pay for and make their own transportation arrangements. Carriers can access my home easily. I have had several cars picked-up and delivered here.

Cash or bank wire transfer preferred. Please have your financing approved and availablebefore you bid.

Here's the short list of nitpicks. First. The front brakes sometimes make a thunking sound when you apply them. I have been told by various ASE certified mechanics that it could be the caliper slide pins binding, it could be the pistons not moving smoothly, some tell me that aftermarket brakes on Honda's typically do this. All of them agree there is no safety issue involved. What I know is they stop fine. No grabbing, catching, pulling, binding, squealing or any other typical signs of distress. Last. There are some light scratches here and there in the exterior finish and a bit of road rash on some of the rims and lower front valance. You have to really be looking for it to see it, but it is there.

I have a reserve price on the auction. NO I will not tell you the amount!

I am looking to take on my next project and only haveone open bayin my garage. I refuse to park this one outside!

Clear title in hand.

Feel free to ask any questions and thanks for looking at this auction. I will be out of town on Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon, so there may be a delay in responses at that time.