shiroikicker
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Finally had time today to resize all my images so i'll add my whole album rather then just a few select pictures, The complete build is on page 2
Silver Coupe Slow Build Thread
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upnsmoke
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The matched paint looks great. Did you paint the outside door handles on the car, or did you find a set already painted? What's the tow hook for? A friend of mine had one mounted horizontal on the front of his civic, like yours rotated 90 degrees. Occasionally I would stick my empty drink cups in it after lunch, until he caught me one day and started yelling at me about one that came up his hood while he was doing about 45 and scared the hell out of him.
shiroikicker
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Looks good man. i like it.
I like it accept for te eye lids
shiroikicker
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keep going
shiroikicker
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almost there
you know they do make a heater duct/air box to go in place of the AC box under the dash. So you dont have to weld your own.
and 45lbs is a noticeable difference if you do any sort of racing. If all you do is commute, then it takes a bit more weight loss to feel it.
and 45lbs is a noticeable difference if you do any sort of racing. If all you do is commute, then it takes a bit more weight loss to feel it.
shiroikicker
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April 12, 2011
This is the day that I first bought the civic after months of scouting. Technically this is my first road legal car. My first ED7 was basically a tear down to gain experience, and i learned the most important quality from this. Patience.
Took me a good month of working between 8 - 15 hours a day to get everything apart. Way too much rust to fix, so i scraped it. Surprisingly I learned a lot more from experience then theory.
Anyways this is how she looked the day i brought it home
started buying things for maintenance
April 14, 2011
bought some more
my front lip was cracked so i took it off to fix
replacing fluids
preparation is key, have to mission to part source to buy this to change the tranny fluid
April 16, 2011
April 17, 2011
once again time wasted for lack of tools
April 18, 2011
Most of these pictures were taken since it was my first time doing these things so i was pretty excited and took a lot. Some for reference and others i can't remember
April 19, 2011
Timing belt changed
April 21, 2011
Thermostat housing snapped, so waited for honda to ship one
April 30, 2011
found this insert at the junkyard
terrible fiberglass job, but it still holds to this day
This is the day that I first bought the civic after months of scouting. Technically this is my first road legal car. My first ED7 was basically a tear down to gain experience, and i learned the most important quality from this. Patience.
Took me a good month of working between 8 - 15 hours a day to get everything apart. Way too much rust to fix, so i scraped it. Surprisingly I learned a lot more from experience then theory.
Anyways this is how she looked the day i brought it home
started buying things for maintenance
April 14, 2011
bought some more
my front lip was cracked so i took it off to fix
replacing fluids
preparation is key, have to mission to part source to buy this to change the tranny fluid
April 16, 2011
April 17, 2011
once again time wasted for lack of tools
April 18, 2011
Most of these pictures were taken since it was my first time doing these things so i was pretty excited and took a lot. Some for reference and others i can't remember
April 19, 2011
Timing belt changed
April 21, 2011
Thermostat housing snapped, so waited for honda to ship one
April 30, 2011
found this insert at the junkyard
terrible fiberglass job, but it still holds to this day
shiroikicker
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May 5, 2011
painting the lips
covered the emblem holes the wrong way
picked up a cluster, only using the tach
May 6, 2011
ricer moment
BLACKOUT!
May 7, 2011
painting moldings the wrong way
May 8, 2011
side skirts going for paint
May 20, 2011
Energy shifter bushings arrived
painted door handles, months after still looks flawless
May 22, 2011
May 23, 2011
painting the lips
covered the emblem holes the wrong way
picked up a cluster, only using the tach
May 6, 2011
ricer moment
BLACKOUT!
May 7, 2011
painting moldings the wrong way
May 8, 2011
side skirts going for paint
May 20, 2011
Energy shifter bushings arrived
painted door handles, months after still looks flawless
May 22, 2011
May 23, 2011
shiroikicker
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May 25, 2011
tow hook arrived
Tail lights arrived shortly after
Now my door actuators arrived, great day!
never came with any instruction, pretty easy to install however
May 26, 2011
if you're gonna do something, do it right the first time
May 30, 2011
this plastic piece kept falling down with the weight of the actuator. secured it down with a couple screws
fog lights arrived
May 31, 2011
picked this up for a great price
tow hook arrived
Tail lights arrived shortly after
Now my door actuators arrived, great day!
never came with any instruction, pretty easy to install however
May 26, 2011
if you're gonna do something, do it right the first time
May 30, 2011
this plastic piece kept falling down with the weight of the actuator. secured it down with a couple screws
fog lights arrived
May 31, 2011
picked this up for a great price
shiroikicker
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June 6, 2011
eye lids arrived
June 7, 2011
strut bars came
June 8, 2011
These brakes overheat quickly under racing conditions
June 9, 2011
rotor screws can never stop me mauhaha
looks clean with steelies
June 11, 2011
Little photo shoot, also removed the spoiler
June 22, 2011
painted manifolds and fuel rail, (paint stripped off a day after, i hated the look)
picked up a y8 stock cai, cut through the frame to make it fit
June 24, 2011
Failure at covering the aicv.
start of the y8 intake manifold swap
exhaust has arrived
she lives again
I kept having intake leaks until i found out it was the iacv cover. Removed everything and applied jb weld over it. worked perfectly after that, no leaks at all. I would say that the y8 intake sounds much deeper and throttle response is maybe a little better, can't tell the difference though
eye lids arrived
June 7, 2011
strut bars came
June 8, 2011
These brakes overheat quickly under racing conditions
June 9, 2011
rotor screws can never stop me mauhaha
looks clean with steelies
June 11, 2011
Little photo shoot, also removed the spoiler
June 22, 2011
painted manifolds and fuel rail, (paint stripped off a day after, i hated the look)
picked up a y8 stock cai, cut through the frame to make it fit
June 24, 2011
Failure at covering the aicv.
start of the y8 intake manifold swap
exhaust has arrived
she lives again
I kept having intake leaks until i found out it was the iacv cover. Removed everything and applied jb weld over it. worked perfectly after that, no leaks at all. I would say that the y8 intake sounds much deeper and throttle response is maybe a little better, can't tell the difference though