iSpeed
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iSpeed's Midori Green Ej2
9/25/2012
this car was ugly inside, filled with bugs and smelled like *poop* ... the owner had it since 99 and got tired of it and left it to rot under a tree for 9 months with a $5000 price tag...so i picked it up for a trade, took it to advance auto parts for a new battery and drove back from miami to fort myers with a quick wash and air fresheners
9/26/2012
owner lied a lot, said it had a GSR and all sorts of awesomeness...it has a LSVtec in it, B16a head with JDM B18b bottom and a bunch of ebay crap...or so i think...only reason i wanted a GSR is reliability and good gas mileage...im basically going into uncharted waters with a LSVtec motor
after a tune up i got an ek center console and fitted it...still need to fix the fitment...and also got LS wheels in trade for my 17inch ricer burners...plan was to polish and sell...but ended up liking them for the long run
9/30/2012
hated the purple and black window tint so i got rid of it with a steamer...best DIY i ever did that succeeded
10/09/2012
the trunk of the car was full of bugs too, i removed the carpet, washed it, and painted black and thru in my 15in kicker w/ amp which had to come in by removing the rear seats and shoving it in the trunk lol, in the future im gonna put some kind of sound deadening to keep road noise down
10/10/2012
then got down and dirty and started to really deep clean the car, i wanted it to at least have all the dirt off of it and it worked with some hard scrubbing and degreaser/water...the paint job it had was destroyed and didnt even last when i started scrubbing...and the worse part is that it was still dirty!!!
10/15/2012
after a a few months of hating the car and trying to get rid of it because it didnt want to stop leaking...i decided to keep it and go all out...so i removed the carpet and started cleaning everywhere and fixed all the leaks with new parts from honda...but then the car was on hold, i got to pay off my wedding and honeymoon which was a big plus!
2/18/2013
at first i thought the car was in a good shape underneath until it rained and left a mess cause i forgot a window open
, so then i decided to deep clean again on the inside but this time i removed everything and degreased it all with simple green mixed with a little acid to make it nice and get a good smell
2/20/2013
i decided to dump the carpet and go with stockinteriors.com...at this time i wanted to wait till my 2nd month of marriage to order it and be done with my interior in 1 month with new carpet padding...but plans ended up getting a little extended...
2/22/2013
i got married March 3rd 2013 and came back from my honeymoon from Jamaica a week and a half later and started working on the car again on my first week back
my muffler blew from a 2step launch...darn ebay mufflers lol...so i found a twin loop for 20 bucks and got it restored with my wife...then i found out i had a few exhaust leaks that need to be fixed in my piping...idk how i didnt see them, must have not had glasses or something...
3/17/2013
cleaned up the engine bay with simple green, made a huge difference from before lol...also decided to do a mild wire tuck to keep it clean...but havnt gotten around to doing it.
3/28/2013
traded my radio for a better one here at work, and have been rocking no carpet like a race car until the time is right...so i decided to tape up that hole where the manual use to be so the hot air would stop going in...my cheap solution thats gonna be fixed when the carpet comes in.
3/30/2013
and then decided to straight up degrease the car...ended up taking out oil hand prints, over spray, bugs and stains, an some more paint....
4/7/2013
removed wiper cover...its disgusting...going to wash and degrease it and also fix a leak and repaint the cowl from ashy gray to black...or so i think i fixed the link
4/8/2013
new brakes and rotors
4/9/2013
just my luck, woke up this morning to find a nail in my tire...got it patched up and ready to go, just need to polish the LS wheels now to make me feel better about the wheels lol
also painted my wiper cowl, pictures make it look like it has spots for some reason, also fixed the leaky heater core
4/24/2013
havnt made recent updates except a paint job and body work appointment for June/July, because i just moved out of a 2 story appartment and into a 3 story appartment in a gated community
and still havnt finished or really celebrated my birthday from 4/22 so im kinda stuck with not having any free time for the time being.
TIME TO GET WORK DONE!
9/25/2012
this car was ugly inside, filled with bugs and smelled like *poop* ... the owner had it since 99 and got tired of it and left it to rot under a tree for 9 months with a $5000 price tag...so i picked it up for a trade, took it to advance auto parts for a new battery and drove back from miami to fort myers with a quick wash and air fresheners
9/26/2012
owner lied a lot, said it had a GSR and all sorts of awesomeness...it has a LSVtec in it, B16a head with JDM B18b bottom and a bunch of ebay crap...or so i think...only reason i wanted a GSR is reliability and good gas mileage...im basically going into uncharted waters with a LSVtec motor
after a tune up i got an ek center console and fitted it...still need to fix the fitment...and also got LS wheels in trade for my 17inch ricer burners...plan was to polish and sell...but ended up liking them for the long run
9/30/2012
hated the purple and black window tint so i got rid of it with a steamer...best DIY i ever did that succeeded
10/09/2012
the trunk of the car was full of bugs too, i removed the carpet, washed it, and painted black and thru in my 15in kicker w/ amp which had to come in by removing the rear seats and shoving it in the trunk lol, in the future im gonna put some kind of sound deadening to keep road noise down
10/10/2012
then got down and dirty and started to really deep clean the car, i wanted it to at least have all the dirt off of it and it worked with some hard scrubbing and degreaser/water...the paint job it had was destroyed and didnt even last when i started scrubbing...and the worse part is that it was still dirty!!!
10/15/2012
after a a few months of hating the car and trying to get rid of it because it didnt want to stop leaking...i decided to keep it and go all out...so i removed the carpet and started cleaning everywhere and fixed all the leaks with new parts from honda...but then the car was on hold, i got to pay off my wedding and honeymoon which was a big plus!
2/18/2013
at first i thought the car was in a good shape underneath until it rained and left a mess cause i forgot a window open
, so then i decided to deep clean again on the inside but this time i removed everything and degreased it all with simple green mixed with a little acid to make it nice and get a good smell2/20/2013
i decided to dump the carpet and go with stockinteriors.com...at this time i wanted to wait till my 2nd month of marriage to order it and be done with my interior in 1 month with new carpet padding...but plans ended up getting a little extended...
2/22/2013
i got married March 3rd 2013 and came back from my honeymoon from Jamaica a week and a half later and started working on the car again on my first week back
my muffler blew from a 2step launch...darn ebay mufflers lol...so i found a twin loop for 20 bucks and got it restored with my wife...then i found out i had a few exhaust leaks that need to be fixed in my piping...idk how i didnt see them, must have not had glasses or something...
3/17/2013
cleaned up the engine bay with simple green, made a huge difference from before lol...also decided to do a mild wire tuck to keep it clean...but havnt gotten around to doing it.
3/28/2013
traded my radio for a better one here at work, and have been rocking no carpet like a race car until the time is right...so i decided to tape up that hole where the manual use to be so the hot air would stop going in...my cheap solution thats gonna be fixed when the carpet comes in.
3/30/2013
and then decided to straight up degrease the car...ended up taking out oil hand prints, over spray, bugs and stains, an some more paint....
4/7/2013
removed wiper cover...its disgusting...going to wash and degrease it and also fix a leak and repaint the cowl from ashy gray to black...or so i think i fixed the link
4/8/2013
new brakes and rotors
4/9/2013
just my luck, woke up this morning to find a nail in my tire...got it patched up and ready to go, just need to polish the LS wheels now to make me feel better about the wheels lol
also painted my wiper cowl, pictures make it look like it has spots for some reason, also fixed the leaky heater core
4/24/2013
havnt made recent updates except a paint job and body work appointment for June/July, because i just moved out of a 2 story appartment and into a 3 story appartment in a gated community
and still havnt finished or really celebrated my birthday from 4/22 so im kinda stuck with not having any free time for the time being.TIME TO GET WORK DONE!
