Performance
B16A2 block with polished P30 Head
Rebuilt Y21 Transmission with MFactory 4.9 F/D
P73 ITR Intake Manifold
P28 with Demon 1.2 tuned on Neptune RTP
Vision Motorworks 65mm Throttle Body
PLM Narrow Header (2.5"
PLM Test Pipe (2.5"
EG2 SiR Airbox w/ FET Forza Air Cleaner
Comptech Icebox Velociy Stack (Custom Fit)
Mishimoto Dual-Core Radiator
TorqFlo 12" Slim Fan
Honda OEM del Sol VTEC Exhaust B-Pipe
Spoon Sports Street Muffler
Stance
B+G S3 Coilovers (ITR Spec)
32MM CTR 5-Lug Conversion
PCI Spherical RTA Bushings
ITR Rear LCA
CTR 22mm Rear Sway
ASR Spherical Rear Endlinks
ASR Aluminum Endlink Bushings
del Sol 22mm Front Sway
Energy Suspension Front Endlinks
ASR Subframe Brace
Neuspeed 4-Point Front Tower Bar
SSR RF-Pro Firenze 15x7 +43 5x114.3
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08 205/50/15
Look
Civic EX/Si Front Lip
JDM Rear Plate Fillers
EG2 del Sol Yellow Fog Lamps
CR-X VXi emblem conversion
del Sol 'Two-Way Paradise' sail decals
EDM glass 2-piece electronic leveling Headlamps
OEM Antenna Blockoff
OEM Half Nose Mask
Takata Front Tow Strap (black)
Downstar Inc. Engine Bolt Kit
Custom Engine Bay Hardware
Feel
Personal 'Work EQUIP' Steering Wheel with Horn Pad
Works Bell Splash 210 Hub
Spoon Sports Titantium Shift Knob
Honda Access 'Powered By Honda' shift boot
Chargespeed Sport FRP Wide Bucket
Wedge Engineering Bracket w/ Sparco Slider + Sidemount
Schroth ProFi II ASM-FE 4-point Harness
Happy Bar 2" harness/cabin bar
JDM Map Lights with Polarg B1 Hybrid VIP bulbs (purple)
EDM/GDM Sun Visors w/ Mirrors
93 Dash (SRS delete)
93 Glovebox
93-94 del Sol Zig-Zag mats (grey)
93-94 Trunk Latch Delete
del Sol VTEC Cluster
95+ Honda Genuine USDM seat covers
NA-Miata green lighting
Custom Headliner
ICE
Odyssey PC680
Sony XPLOD CDX-GT730UI
Infinity BassLink Powered Woofer
Memphis Power Reference Rear Drivers
Diamond Audio Front Components
Monster Cable RCA
Well, as some of you may know, I did a rapid part out of my hatch to make way for the new baby.
This baby.
Yep, I got a Del Sol. On April 23rd, I got over the hatch. It hasn't been what I've wanted for a while now, I just think I was ignoring that little itch. I was even planning to get another hatch to transfer all my parts onto so it would be 'perfect,' but even then I wouldn't be happy. I came across the Sol while searching for '1997 Civic' on Craigslist. As soon as I saw the ad, I fell in love.
I called the guy after sleeping on the idea and having it bounce around in my mind all the next day. When we were driving out to look at it, it was already as good as sold. I barely even needed to look at it. It ran perfect, it looked great for it's age ... it was just right.
I couldn't resist, so I took some pics on the drive back home.
And once I got home, I wasted absolutely no time removing the Alpine deck and installing my beloved Gathers HU.
The next day, I drove down to Portland after work to pick up some B+G S3 ITR-Spec coilovers with some ITR LCA's.
After I got it all put together with the coils and the wheels. I also threw on my CTR exhaust after bending the hangers out and forward to match the Del Sol hangers.
After I was satisfied, I drove to the torn-down 'Up The Creek' Bar+Grille in Shelton to take some pictures.
A couple days later, I got my WINK mirror in from Amazon and installed it. Right now, I have no visors because you have to take out the huge rubber "non-visor" pieces. I'll be getting the EDM visors later.
Took this nifty shot while I was waiting to pick up Amy's car from paint.
I then put on my JDM VXi full decal set, including the rarely-used "Two Way Paradise" wing panel decals.
Last week, I installed my ASR Grape Drank subframe brace and JDM ITR sway bar.
Then that weekend, I picked up a new heart.
05/22/09
05/24/09
Installed GDM/EDM visors and JDM SiR-II steering wheel with uber rare factory leather wrap.
05/29/09
Made some L-brackets for my Wink mirror that work with my EDM visors.
06/03/09
Had some fun with the editing. Very surreal feel to the colors that I enjoyed, sort of a Halloween-ish feel.
06/08/09
SRR Ignition Panel modded to fit a 12v socket and my Spoon VTEC controller.
07/04/09
More: http://www.flickr.com/photos/e...81681/
07/06/09
07/09/09
07/23/09
07/29/09
08/01/09
Gotta go back to my cousin's shop tomorrow to pick some up, after I finish running the RCA's and power up through the car. Going to go around the rear firewall, and then do the typical "down the body seam" s***. Go up behind the glovebox with the RCA's and out the ECU grommet to the battery. Used flat black for the power and gloss black for the ground.
08/02/09
Finished up my subwoofer install and got the deck / amp all tuned up and sounding great no matter what I'm listening to.
I rerouted that ground cable to inside the rear firewall because there was a M5 washer bolt just inside, and it made the operation just that much cleaner. Ran the RCA's under the personal trunk, and then up the center console, and ran them with the deck harness, and tucked it into the flexo around it, so it stays nice and tight and doesn't rub on anything.
Final product:
08/10/09
Made my false floor today out of 1/8" hardboard. Used the original particle board as a template, then cut an 20" x 12" trough. Measured out the sub from there, and ended up with a box about 20" x 16" with an arc at the top. Lined the underside edges of the box with 1/16" x 1/4" foam strips, cut the corners of the fabric, cut a small square out, and folded it over. Used heavy-duty webbing adhesive to stick it to the underside, and then used the fabric I cut out in conjunction with no-slip webbing to make pads.
08/12/09
08/29/09
Oldschool MINE's Racing shift knob I got off an S13 shell for $5. The chrome was chipping off, so I sanded it down to the nickel. Polished it up, but didn't like the look. Took it down to 400g and then to 800g to give it a brushed look.
B16A2 block with polished P30 Head
Rebuilt Y21 Transmission with MFactory 4.9 F/D
P73 ITR Intake Manifold
P28 with Demon 1.2 tuned on Neptune RTP
Vision Motorworks 65mm Throttle Body
PLM Narrow Header (2.5"
PLM Test Pipe (2.5"
EG2 SiR Airbox w/ FET Forza Air Cleaner
Comptech Icebox Velociy Stack (Custom Fit)
Mishimoto Dual-Core Radiator
TorqFlo 12" Slim Fan
Honda OEM del Sol VTEC Exhaust B-Pipe
Spoon Sports Street Muffler
Stance
B+G S3 Coilovers (ITR Spec)
32MM CTR 5-Lug Conversion
PCI Spherical RTA Bushings
ITR Rear LCA
CTR 22mm Rear Sway
ASR Spherical Rear Endlinks
ASR Aluminum Endlink Bushings
del Sol 22mm Front Sway
Energy Suspension Front Endlinks
ASR Subframe Brace
Neuspeed 4-Point Front Tower Bar
SSR RF-Pro Firenze 15x7 +43 5x114.3
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08 205/50/15
Look
Civic EX/Si Front Lip
JDM Rear Plate Fillers
EG2 del Sol Yellow Fog Lamps
CR-X VXi emblem conversion
del Sol 'Two-Way Paradise' sail decals
EDM glass 2-piece electronic leveling Headlamps
OEM Antenna Blockoff
OEM Half Nose Mask
Takata Front Tow Strap (black)
Downstar Inc. Engine Bolt Kit
Custom Engine Bay Hardware
Feel
Personal 'Work EQUIP' Steering Wheel with Horn Pad
Works Bell Splash 210 Hub
Spoon Sports Titantium Shift Knob
Honda Access 'Powered By Honda' shift boot
Chargespeed Sport FRP Wide Bucket
Wedge Engineering Bracket w/ Sparco Slider + Sidemount
Schroth ProFi II ASM-FE 4-point Harness
Happy Bar 2" harness/cabin bar
JDM Map Lights with Polarg B1 Hybrid VIP bulbs (purple)
EDM/GDM Sun Visors w/ Mirrors
93 Dash (SRS delete)
93 Glovebox
93-94 del Sol Zig-Zag mats (grey)
93-94 Trunk Latch Delete
del Sol VTEC Cluster
95+ Honda Genuine USDM seat covers
NA-Miata green lighting
Custom Headliner
ICE
Odyssey PC680
Sony XPLOD CDX-GT730UI
Infinity BassLink Powered Woofer
Memphis Power Reference Rear Drivers
Diamond Audio Front Components
Monster Cable RCA
Well, as some of you may know, I did a rapid part out of my hatch to make way for the new baby.
This baby.
Yep, I got a Del Sol. On April 23rd, I got over the hatch. It hasn't been what I've wanted for a while now, I just think I was ignoring that little itch. I was even planning to get another hatch to transfer all my parts onto so it would be 'perfect,' but even then I wouldn't be happy. I came across the Sol while searching for '1997 Civic' on Craigslist. As soon as I saw the ad, I fell in love.
I called the guy after sleeping on the idea and having it bounce around in my mind all the next day. When we were driving out to look at it, it was already as good as sold. I barely even needed to look at it. It ran perfect, it looked great for it's age ... it was just right.
I couldn't resist, so I took some pics on the drive back home.
And once I got home, I wasted absolutely no time removing the Alpine deck and installing my beloved Gathers HU.
The next day, I drove down to Portland after work to pick up some B+G S3 ITR-Spec coilovers with some ITR LCA's.
After I got it all put together with the coils and the wheels. I also threw on my CTR exhaust after bending the hangers out and forward to match the Del Sol hangers.
After I was satisfied, I drove to the torn-down 'Up The Creek' Bar+Grille in Shelton to take some pictures.
A couple days later, I got my WINK mirror in from Amazon and installed it. Right now, I have no visors because you have to take out the huge rubber "non-visor" pieces. I'll be getting the EDM visors later.
Took this nifty shot while I was waiting to pick up Amy's car from paint.
I then put on my JDM VXi full decal set, including the rarely-used "Two Way Paradise" wing panel decals.
Last week, I installed my ASR Grape Drank subframe brace and JDM ITR sway bar.
Then that weekend, I picked up a new heart.
05/22/09
05/24/09
Installed GDM/EDM visors and JDM SiR-II steering wheel with uber rare factory leather wrap.
05/29/09
Made some L-brackets for my Wink mirror that work with my EDM visors.
06/03/09
Had some fun with the editing. Very surreal feel to the colors that I enjoyed, sort of a Halloween-ish feel.
06/08/09
SRR Ignition Panel modded to fit a 12v socket and my Spoon VTEC controller.
07/04/09
More: http://www.flickr.com/photos/e...81681/
07/06/09
07/09/09
07/23/09
07/29/09
08/01/09
Gotta go back to my cousin's shop tomorrow to pick some up, after I finish running the RCA's and power up through the car. Going to go around the rear firewall, and then do the typical "down the body seam" s***. Go up behind the glovebox with the RCA's and out the ECU grommet to the battery. Used flat black for the power and gloss black for the ground.
08/02/09
Finished up my subwoofer install and got the deck / amp all tuned up and sounding great no matter what I'm listening to.
I rerouted that ground cable to inside the rear firewall because there was a M5 washer bolt just inside, and it made the operation just that much cleaner. Ran the RCA's under the personal trunk, and then up the center console, and ran them with the deck harness, and tucked it into the flexo around it, so it stays nice and tight and doesn't rub on anything.
Final product:
08/10/09
Made my false floor today out of 1/8" hardboard. Used the original particle board as a template, then cut an 20" x 12" trough. Measured out the sub from there, and ended up with a box about 20" x 16" with an arc at the top. Lined the underside edges of the box with 1/16" x 1/4" foam strips, cut the corners of the fabric, cut a small square out, and folded it over. Used heavy-duty webbing adhesive to stick it to the underside, and then used the fabric I cut out in conjunction with no-slip webbing to make pads.
08/12/09
08/29/09
Oldschool MINE's Racing shift knob I got off an S13 shell for $5. The chrome was chipping off, so I sanded it down to the nickel. Polished it up, but didn't like the look. Took it down to 400g and then to 800g to give it a brushed look.
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