civhatch92's low budget dd hatch
- Thread starter civhatch92
- Start date
Definitely man.. keep on keeping on!
Well my dad's a mechanic, so we've always got lots of cars around being worked on.. and with our family being a family of 5 and each of us having at LEAST 1 car each... yeah that makes a bunch of cars.
Sure does help!
UPDATE:
Got the oil pan gasket slapped on and threw the oil pan back on, whoop cross that off the list as complete!
I knew u would be making a build for this. Ill be tuned in!
Sucks about fenders dude. I am probably gonna have to buy two also, cause mine are pushed in from the accident so the corner lights don't sit right. I might just try to bend them though. The hood also doesn't sit flushed 'cause they're pushed down. Hopefully you'll find a good deal on fenders. I wanna see this thing moving.
I really hate having to buy them brand new.. I'd like to save up money so I can purchase an EP3 eventually for a daily. If your fenders are too beat they definitely won't sit right with the corners, that's the worst part about fitment.. fenders/hood/corners will never fit right if something is bent!
Yeah, tell me about it. I might be screwed with this support and might have to scrap the $150 to get a new rad support and have someone drill the welds out and spot weld the new one in, 'cause bending this f**ker back into place is hard as hell. I'm surprised my headlights are still semi straight. My corners slide into the headlight slot, but getting the rods into the fender is a b***h, and it just looks funky.
It shouldn't be too bad to drill out the spot welds on the support actually.. you just have to find them all and go to town with some good drill bits, then some hammering to break it all apart.. then just have someone spot weld it back in and your set!
UPDATE:
Put the motor back on the stand so I could push it around my garage away from my precious white civic... s**t scares me when the motor is hanging from the ceiling a few feet from my other hatch
Cleaned out some of the garage today for a bit.. so I can get the green hatch out through the other garage door once the time comes to put the motor in. No pics, and nothing else new yet.. I just want this done!!!!!!
Just got word today that my contract for my job is up on September 6th and there are NO positions that they can place me into in a different laboratory. I'm going to be unemployed... FML. :thumb down
I did place an order last night for parts though, just two things and not too expensive (NO they're not fenders)
BLAH!
I did place an order last night for parts though, just two things and not too expensive (NO they're not fenders)
BLAH!
So lame, I hate this economy.Heh I suppose so, but I really want to try and find another job ASAP. I absolutely HATE sitting around the house bumming with no job and having little money.As long as you get unemployment, better than nothing...
I'm going to try and keep this build moving, I don't really need much more in the way of parts, so the lack of funds shouldn't slow me down too much.. hopefully. Basically it's time for some good ole' do it yourself, get your hands dirty manual labor!
I have started to prep the drivers door and front bumper, as they both need some bondo work. No pics yet, but perhaps by the end of the week.
UPDATE:
Skipping out on Honda Day 2011 this year to work on my car a bit.
Trying to keep this alive, UPS came and dropped off some parts!
Vision amber corner lenses and EG Fog light kit:
Started trimming up the bumper for the fog lights.. got the majority of it done but there needs to be some adjustments before final install.. the front covers don't seem to mount right so I'll look in to that at a later time.
Seal on the shift linkage coming out of the trans tends to leak so I wanted to replace it.. turns out they gave me the wrong seal.
Also picked up the axle seals that go into the transmission, since the old ones didn't look like they were in the best of shape.
Put the new oil filter on.. no oil yet though, since the motors going to be moving all around when I install it.
Plans were to actually get the motor into the engine bay TODAY, before I go on vacation next week. Forgot I still had to hook up the steering column to the rack inside the car. So the car still sits the same without the motor.
UPS should also be bringing another package, I just placed an order last night =]
Skipping out on Honda Day 2011 this year to work on my car a bit.
Trying to keep this alive, UPS came and dropped off some parts!
Vision amber corner lenses and EG Fog light kit:
Started trimming up the bumper for the fog lights.. got the majority of it done but there needs to be some adjustments before final install.. the front covers don't seem to mount right so I'll look in to that at a later time.
Seal on the shift linkage coming out of the trans tends to leak so I wanted to replace it.. turns out they gave me the wrong seal.
Also picked up the axle seals that go into the transmission, since the old ones didn't look like they were in the best of shape.
Put the new oil filter on.. no oil yet though, since the motors going to be moving all around when I install it.
Plans were to actually get the motor into the engine bay TODAY, before I go on vacation next week. Forgot I still had to hook up the steering column to the rack inside the car. So the car still sits the same without the motor.
UPS should also be bringing another package, I just placed an order last night =]
I absolutely love ur safety glasses pictures!
I took it just for you big guy..
gotta use protection!lol, its looking good man!