HCF Project Section - GReddy_Civic's build thread v2.0. 56k fist yourself

Welp, I suppose it’s time for another build thread. This is going to be the second car I own (which, I don’t actually have. I know it’s going to be a 1999-2000 Civic EX 5spd 2dr in either silver or black). The first few weeks of updates will consist of pictures of stripping the car. I was in an accident and the car was totaled, pics are here: http://www.hondacivicforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76548. My first car (the one being stripped) is a 1997 4dr EX 5spd. It had the stock D16Y8 with ARP head studs. There was a GReddy 15g turbo on it, tuned at 10psi by John Kerr of j-k-tuning.com at Innovative MotorWorks. It made 202whp/185wtq. Most of you are familiar with my first thread following my turbo progress, found here: http://www.hondacivicforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67117. Anyway... here are the plans for the new civic:

Drop on koni yellows and ground controls
Rebuild one of the D16Y8's with new seals/gaskets and swap into the new civic along with the turbo setup
Minor wire tuck
3" exhaust with test pipe
OEM 99-00 Si lip color matched and a 99-00 Si grill color matched-Bought
OEM foglights-Bought
Spray paint the FMIC-Doing
New oil drain line kit

Just keep in mind that this is what I would like to have done in the next month. I will keep the other D16Y8 to build for more boost. This will probably take a while to strip at first. I can't stand for more than 15 min because of my back and I am starting physical therapy on July 3rd.

Here are pics from tonight.
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poop!

I say paint everything (interfooler, piping, mani, and couplers) all black for a factoryish look under the hood.

^ i like that idea.

how much did you buy it for/get from insurance?

In for the subscription and the parts list. Whew, that's gonna be some work...

i only paid $255 to get it back. Goin out to work on it now before the cookout later

wtf?? 250 for the buy back? That's crazy, mine was gonna be like $1500 for the buy back, even when half my parts were missing, f'in crooks.

Ripped out most of the dash, center console and the front seats. Also pulled the walbro fuel pump and my headlights. Ill get pics up later

i only paid $255 to get it back. Goin out to work on it now before the cookout later

God that's nothing!!! Very nice :) Not sure how it works, but insurance pays you what the car is supposedly worth right? and then you get the option to buy it from them?

Yeah you buy it from them... i paid 400 for my civic DX totaled WTF lol without a turbo and ish :P Cant wait to see how this thread develops good luck finding the new car :D

Good luck on this new build.

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Good luck man, and feel better soon!

dito.... dam buy back you got off golden!!!!!!!!!! hell your wheels and tires cost twice that at least.LOL

you find a new civic you like yet?

and just another question... you say your gonna keep the other y8... how about the intake manifold? wanna sell it with the sensors and throttle body? i dont need the injectors since ill be swapping it on my dx y7.

send me a pm

Welp, here's pictures from yesterday. Got a lot of the interior ripped out so I can trace the wires for my gauges and turbo timer to pull them out. I dont have pics of the pulled fuel pump yet since my camera battery died, give me till tomorrow or later tonight for that. I've been ripping out stuff to paint because come swap time, I'd like to just rip the old out and put the new painted one in. Im also cleaning up some things.
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At the current moment, I am polishing up my intercooler since there are bugs and dirt on it. Piping will also be done.

dang you are gutten the car aint you.

Just for lolz...here's the rental I've got...they wouldn't let me rent a corvette :|
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from what i hear those things are bitching fast

Just for lolz...here's the rental I've got...they wouldn't let me rent a corvette :|
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What about a mustang?

ha, nice on the rental, I had to rent an 08 mitsubishi eclipse for a month :(

08 eclipse > rav4

This was my rental from my wreck.
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rav4 > avenger

So where's the forsale thread? Hate to sound like a vulture...

haha PM me with whatever you want Brad..or IM me. O! and as for a mustang...the guy at enterprise said they dont rent cheap pieces of crap out

pulled the exhaust tonight....what a pita

Pics are comin

haha pm me with whatever you want brad..or im me. O! And as for a mustang...the guy at enterprise said they dont rent cheap pieces of crap out

lolol.

Got sent home from work after an hour and a half...standing on concrete leads to not being able to move. Anyway, pics from last night
Finally on jack stands all around
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Pulled the exhaust....look like a chimney sweep
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My lil helper
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Fuel pump takeout anyone?
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wow it didnt damage the exhaust...

you should also take off the cat converter. good for anyone looking to remove there DX ugly cat.

wrong...the part where it goes over the axle is semi-crushed...had a kid who wanted to buy it too :| I might see if he'd buy it for a lower price...since its stainless...a muffler shop SHOULD be able to recreate that section and weld it in and then itd be mint again. And yea, im taking the cat off. I have the stock EX manifold as well if someone wanted an EX exhaust. Like i said, Im going 3" exhaust....if I can create a DP then itll be turbo-back otherwise, itll just be DP-back

o ok... doesnt look damaged from that picture. but if it is tweaked a muffler shop should have no problem simply bending it back close to shape or just let it hang down alittle bit. its not that big of a difference im sure hed still buy it.

Looks like a lot of work. Looking forward to seeing the new car. Are you pursuing the person legally about the wreck?

It is a lot of work...I've been pulling the harness and unbolting stuff for about 2 hrs now

hopefully pulling the motor tonight

i'll pull your motor

give me the ole tug n pull eh? fantastic! Anyway...picked up some engine paint and some wire brushes for a drill...intend to get this block lookin MINTY

Paint it green and call it the green machine.......................................:(

o ya a clean block looks good. i painted my old EGs Z6 black and i must say i liked it black BUT its impossible to see any oil leaks.LOL ill never again do black!

thebitch pin strikes again :|

WOOT! motor is O-U-T! do NOT wanna do that for a while. Might just slam it on the Si's for a lil and wait to build a block and head. Anyway...my arms look like an emo had a field day with them, my feet hurt, and I'm pretty angry. But the motor is out. I might take a day or two off. Maybe tomorrow ill finish pulling my gauges and pull the ECU and paint the stuff I want to...no, that sounds like a two day job. Pics in the AM

So here are the pics...FYI...oil and coolant in hair makes it feel absolutely gross. Anyway...pics
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Axles out
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Here's the actual motor pulling pics
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So after getting most of the mount bolts out...We figured out that because I didn't have enough chain to wrap around the intake manifold, just that little bit of weight was tilting the motor backwards...sooooooooooo extension cord to the rescue! and yes...it worked. :D
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Profit!
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extension cord FTW

how you going to get rid of the left over shell? flat bed the car to a scrap yard?

another reason why i continue to let you be my friend. you dont take 24321 years to get stuff done, most people will sit on their thumbs while there project thread takes up precious space. bravo my friend.

extension cord ftw

i just read this whole thing, i haven't kept on it at all, but props for keeping things rolling, coming together good, hope physical therapy helps the back.

painting at the moment!

so i found out that I need high temp paint for the intercooler...shoulda figured. Anyway, I decided to go ahead and paint my hood latch (if you look in my sig, the hood latch and 2 bolts holding the intercooler on are visible(and the bolts will be painted too)) also decided to paint my wipers, and the batter tray and the battery mount. There's a lot of other things that need done as well, just not today. I ended up prepping for 2 hrs and then 2 coats of primer on everything. So I just put the first coat of paint on.

Well here are the pics from painting. Like i said in the post before this, lotta time went into prep work and primering.
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Simple Green and water
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Wire brushed and ready for primer
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This is how my wipers looked before stripping the car
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This stuff burned so bad when it got on your skin.
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MMMM smooth
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what kind of paint did you use for the wipers? they look like they are brand new

I need to get off my lazy butt and paint mine

Umm rustoleum spray paint from walmart

Wow. That looks brand new. I gotta say, I was a huge fan of the extension cord technique. I also really liked the gauges I saw when you were pulling them out of the console.

haha thanks. I was wary of the extension cord. I thought havin 20' of chain woulda been enough...o well.

what i used when i pulled and pulled my EG civic motor was the chains as well as 2 small ratchet tie downs. those help alot for twisting and turning the motor really easy by just tightening them down. if that helps ya out any to reinstall it in the new ride. it seemed to help me alot even with a engine ballancer thing on the engine hoist.

Well surprisingly it worked very well. It kept the engine from tilting backwords and even with pulling the tranny and shift linkage (I got a punch stuck in the bitch pin) after having everything unhooked, the motor came out VERY easy

Found me an 00 EX in black 2dr. Goods: Pretty cheap, right around 3k, very good body and interior Bad: It's an auto. Doesn't really matter because I've my stuff to swap over it's just something that I didn't want to have to do.

YAY! you can sell the auto tranny to that faggot that i thought died but is still alive =[

O and just for the lulz. I was trying to remove the bolt where the rear shock attaches to the LCA...I had gotten one side but this one was fighting me. Here's the end result. Snapped 2 of these guys too
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BTW craftsman's warranty ftw!

O! and with the price of the car I should have enough to buy the suspension I want with the leftover money from insurance ;)

Pics of the car candidate?

bonus! black is defiantly sexy BUT is a PITA to keep clean. so buy a good duster because youll be wiping it down every day!
at least you have a full backup so simply gut the car and swap harnesses for the easiest manual swap.

Are you going to swap out your wiring harnesses (floor harness, dash harness, engine harness, etc.) for the auto swap to make it a "factory" install?

I dont really know yet. Haven't really thought it out quite yet. Its just kinda gettin to the point where I gotta get a car since the rental is almost up. and Marcus, dont worry about keepin the car clean, I love detailing, so cleanliness iskind of an obsession ;)

o and im gettin pics tonight. leavin now

;) i dusted my black civic every day right after i got off work or if i drove it home i dusted it again. i loved the black civic but dusting it all the time was defiantly a change from a green truck i had before! i just hope that color gunmetal isnt as bad as cleaning.. kinda a mix of silver and black. my silver never really needs cleaned so im hoping for a easy upkeep look myself.

good luck with the wire swap but i dont think you really have to swap everything. just swap the column and the rest you can just splice in freely. hell you got both cars so should be very easy really. most of the swap just involves finding parts and you got it all!

trent! let me know if you need and ****in help buddy, god damn.

english DAD do you speak it?

i do...i just dont type it 8-|

not as happy with the car as the guy said it to be. Might have another lead but its a bit more, however it is a 5spd

need five speeds to haul your fat ass 8-| <3 ya buddy!

p.s. im sitting on the job site...in a mailroom...browsin da forum

how much more is the 5speed? it would be alot easier to swap your goodie parts into thats for sure so IMO it would be worth maybe 500more just not to mess with the wiring. plus youd have a extra tranny just incase, definatly a plus. you know the automatic would just be sold or junked. ;)

Haha Addiction has a point. My dad and i just tore apart the auto trans for the heck of it, to see what everything looked, etc. didn't even try to sell it

Id go with the 5spd just to save the hassle. You already have quite a bit of work ahead of you.

Ordered a set of oem 99-00 foglights....none of you will believe how much :D

How cheap? I need a set...

secret :D

Lets just say that its cheaper than what any company offers for oem replicas

If I paypal you a secret amount of money... i can haz?

99 dolalrs!!!
amiright?

so did you buy the civic yet?

I would guess like $20. I got my set (now smashed up and broken), for $25 off this guy on CL who just wanted it gone.

Bought a silver 1999 2dr EX 5spd. Fantastic price. 88k on the odometer, brother and sister owned it (mid 40s). Has just a few scuffs/scratches that can be buffed/ or touched up, wet sanded n then buffed. Engine bay is dirty, but not oil related, just dirt. pics in a few

sweeet!!!!!, how much you get it for?

I want to see some pics!

$5000

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Good buy.

Does the speedometer work? :D

lololol yessir. Actually...someone bought that broken cluster I had.

Do you like the coupe more than the sedan? (just wondering)

Umm looks wise yes. Its the taillights that I like a lot more. I guess it's because they arent huge and overpowering when you look at the rear end. But I really enjoyed having a 4dr because nobody expected to hear it spool up

Yeah it's too bad the 4 door doesn't have the coupe taillights. Sedans would look a lot better that way.

Oh Trent... she's so...

stock.

I can't wait for the buildup.

Yessir it is stock. Just how I want it. First order of business is ordering floor mats, short shifter, touch up paint and full detail

Lol thats an awesome car right there :D and yes it get no more stock than that haha

yahuh! oem cd player or whatever dinosaur technology they used in those days.

nice. stock style is always a better start. no one elses bad work to deal with!

I agree. Stock is usually the way to buy unless you know who did the work. Looks like a good buy though. Ive always been a fan of boosted sedans though.

agreed. its just not somethin you see a whole lot

and the messed up part is that I can get a bnib Si lip from the honda dealership Im at for less than a lot of people are selling used ones but I still dont wanna pay for a new one because Im just going to paint over it

dam man sounds like you got someone on the inside getting these good deals.

lol yea.....me

Nice buy......How long is she going stay stock for?

Is it hard to get a job at Honda? Id love to. lol. I know Auto Body Panel has Si lips for $25 bucks and they fit great.

It wasn't hard for me. I guess people feel that it's hard to get one just because they expect everyone to want a job? I dunno. Anyway, my local forum comes through AGAIN. they have been the go to place for every part I've wanted the past few months. Oem Si lip for 75$

o and im buyin a new oil drain line kit

WOOT! parts are here! I have foglights, touchup paint (only 1 in stock) and I got the new floormats. Also I have some gaskets/seals. Pics to come

=o . .. ..

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I forgot to get pics of the gaskets n whatnot. Maybe tomorrow

you know what you need

pix of it installed

I am jealous as hell. I need fog lights AND black mats to cover my purple carpet...

i'm glad to see that someone else besides myself prefers the clear fogs over the yellow.

its gonna look good when its all on the car

haha yellow is done by EVERYONE. besides, theyre not OEM. honda only sells clear, at least in america

ITS FINALLY HOME!!!!!!!!! PICS TOMORROW!!!! o and si lip tomorrow night!

O! and full detail starts tomorrow

I hate the yellow fogs. Cant wait to see this get going.

si lip....i haz it

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a148/ericrwalker/pichers1.jpg

Where are the pics?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/spongesgalore/1200895475266.jpg

hahaha here...O! and im getting a legit CTR grill
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Rebuilding/IMG_3361.jpg
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O! and the car pics!
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Car%20Pics/IMG_7858.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Car%20Pics/IMG_7859.jpg
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oooohhh!!!! A mi me gusta!!

beginning the sanding process as we speak!

Just some more pics
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O! and theres DADn yellow in silver? who woulda thunk'd it

While you're painting, grow some balls and shave the front plate holes like a real man. Trust me, looks so much cleaner that way. Hands-down it was the most productive hour I ever spent working on my ej1 :D

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/bodywork11.jpg?t=1248452386


http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/bodywork14.jpg?t=1248452383


http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/photoshoot9.jpg?t=1248452481


Do eeet. Now-ish would be okay.

startin to come along man, cant wait to see it the 4th

AHHHHHH thank you REAPER! lol 10X cleaner like that :D

While you're painting, grow some balls and shave the front plate holes like a real man. Trust me, looks so much cleaner that way. Hands-down it was the most productive hour I ever spent working on my ej1 :D



is that just fiberglass in the pics? thats what it looks like but i can't really tell

Yup, fiberglass. Takes literally about an hour from start to finish (not including pulling the bumper off, painting, and reinstalling) and the sanding's not bad. Really, I didn't need that much fiberglass on it, but I like overkill.


It's one of those tiny subtle mods that you notice something's different about the car but can't figure out what. And with the ej1, clean was the name of the game ('cept the calipers. I never got around to re-painting them flat black) :D

painting started!

PS body work blows

Not 100% happy with it. Im going to redo it. Thankfully I didnt use paint yet, just realized that after primer i wasnt happy

Lol what the problem is?

http://seanohalpin.github.com/unobtrusive-metaprogramming/images/funny-pictures-hungry-cat-asks-if-you-can-spot-the-problem.jpg

Not as smooth as you'd like? Most people tend to get in a hurry thier first few times doing body work.

Well i got ZERO work done yesterday that I felt was progress. Got most of it sanded back to where it's flat. But now I gotta re-do the body filler. I'm thinkin I'm going to take it to my dads since he used to do this stuff. Maybe pick up a few tips.

Just checked out the pics of the new car! It's like I'm am seeing deja vu, my car was 100% stock (silver ex coupe) when I bought it, too. Looking good man.

So here are a few pics. O and foglights are going in today. Ordering coilovers for a definite. Now im doing a PS of the stance I HOPE to achieve
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Rebuilding/IMG_7882.jpg
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http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Rebuilding/IMG_7884.jpg

holy sh*t. Just noticed the awful lighting in all the pics.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Rebuilding/IMG_78841.jpg
Now picture that with fogs, CTR grill, n si lip. Im thinkin win

Are you thinking about painting the side skirts, or are you leaving them as is?

no theyll be painted. Im tryin to find out if my 4dr ones are the same length because ill just use those. So fogs are on. And coilovers ordered (wont be here for 2ish weeks because of the custom spring rates) and while putting on the fogs, realized i didnt get the fog light switch so the circuit cant be completed. Hence they dont actually work. Since it's all plug and play, they SHOULD work and theyre in. ill get pics then. O! and I went in to honda and they said itll be about 4 days to get the switch in :|

I've got this bad boy, not 100% oem though, but works, came out of my old ej6:
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk162/ewsmithiii/2009-04-25-56202.jpg

Oh yea, I'm fairly sure the FoDo side skirts are the same as coupes (note: not 100% sure)

im hopin. Then I can paint them silver and not have to take the other ones off

Im so JDM lol
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They still need a few adjustments but theyre kinda close, I jsut ran out of time

ricer

you gonna paint the fog light shroud silver?

nah. It's stayin that color. I like it

First coat of paint is on the lip :D

IS IT DONE YETS?

unneccessary s ftw

Are the front license plate holes shaved yet?

Fogs look good though. They'd look better with the front shaved... if you know what I mean :D

trent does not shave the front anymore

well if you need some front plug caps. i got 2 ;) found them in the pile of papers i pulled from my 96 before i sold it.

shaved plug holes > capped plug holes

just my opinion though.

shaved plug holes > capped plug holes

just my opinion though.

Shut your mouth!



Wait, nvm, idc. I don't have them anymore, I just have bumper strips :mad:

gotta keep them thurr strips conditioned

Clear is going on :D

KONIS ARE HERE! just them though....no GCs

lip is done n waxed...going on NOW

nvm....I have to take the bumper off. Ill do it tomorrow. No time because of work

Gimme pics hoe.

OMFG TRENT I AM GOING TO KILL YOU IF YOU DONT GET PIX UP BY TONIGHT...

with love Josh <3

Ok...pics of konis. Anyway, Im giong to take the bumper off to put the lip on. So tomorrow. I keep finding tiny rock chips even though i thought i got them...o well, im not redoing it again.
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You whore.

What do you plan on putting with those Koni's sir?

I believe Ground Controls. He's slamming the ish from the way he's been talking. I'm talking lower than my ej1 was.

Something like this stance:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p311/AnotherEJ/7yf2ctf.jpg
(photo credit to Honda-Tech)

Nice. Your not low enough unless your tucking wheel all around. My old EG was like that, but it sucked as a daily driver.

I couldn't imagine driving that low.

I couldn't imagine driving that low.

It sucks but you kind of get used to it. Besides, you gotta make some sacrifices if you want a truly dumped car. My ej1 was just a little bit higher than that.


Trent... if you don't post pictures now-ish, I'm going to stab you in the trachea.

if you don't post pictures now-ish, I'm going to stab you in the trachea.

down for this.

he's at the shore

he is down the shore people...relax!

he is down the shore people...relax!

When you say 'down the shore', do you mean he's working the corner?

nice work james way to say what i already said!

gotta reiterate it for some of these boneheads :D

Hey guys, just in case you didnt get the message. Trent is down the shore right now so he wont be getting pictures up. Although he did just eat funnel cake and some form of milkshake.

milkshake form? i'll have to try that sometime

ninja edit: never mind read the post wrong

It was peach btw. And finally home. had a fun weekend but I guess i really gotta get crackin on the car. So hopefully order the camber kit today

ground controls are here and my foglight switch is in. Meeting james, josh n gene for dinner. be back later with pics!

lalala only a half hour drive for me hr for the rest of you DADs

haha only took me 35 min too. largest HCF meet EVAH!

ground controls are here and my foglight switch is in. Meeting james, josh n gene for dinner. be back later with pics!

this... where is it

I'll cover for him lol

He has coilover pics on his phone, if you want a pic, text him josh.

He's installing the coilovers this weekend.

He's getting it aligned next week.

I'm not sure about the fogs.

That should about cover it :D

btw...who has the record for biggest HCF meet ever? we do. kthx

thazzzzzz right! going to get the CTR grill now so pics of lotta things when i get home!

Id like to see some of these "pics" you keep mentioning!

god damn it "grill... i haz"

pix we no haz

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will have morning pics with bumper on in the AM

yall whine n complain about no pics....then nobody say anything. solid

wahhhh ya big whiny poopy pants :D

so i found out that the part number from my grill refers to the colored part. It has always been VSM from the factory. I dont think any EM1s or EK9s came in VSM. Anywho, project reboost commences this week. Coilovers this weekend. and wire tuck also begins

do want.



to be there.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q98/jprommel/PIC-0091.jpg

progress pic

Nice. We were just all satisfied with the pics that we didnt have any complaints to put out there.

startin the rear in a few min

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q98/jprommel/PIC-0094.jpg

moar

so theyre on and im at pepboys cuz my friend works there and is balancin my wheels for free but i have a clicking comin from mostly the left fronton almost every bump :/

Could just be a bushing that might have been agitated during the install.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q98/jprommel/PIC-0095.jpg

please tell me that the hood is open in this pic, cuz thats one huge gap if its not.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q98/jprommel/PIC-0094.jpg

moar

lol the hood is open in that pic

Hey why do you call it the greddy civic? Is that thing turbo? Have any greddy parts on it?

Lol do you realize that he just wrecked his other civic and is in the process of moving turbo to this car?

Hey why do you call it the greddy civic? Is that thing turbo? Have any greddy parts on it?

no one likes a dick GTFO

no one likes a dick GTFO

+1

And he never once called it the GReddy Civic.

looks good... tho curious with your drop does the rear rub any with the SI wheels? curious if you have to roll the fenders for si wheels or not when low...

its been alright marcus. i rub front when in sharp turn but ur usual turn (ie from a stop sign) is fine. and turbo00ek, do you have alot of empty space in your head? first off, if u had read thread, ud see im gonna REBOOST, and the most convincing info showng youre mentally damaged is my sig. it was a greddy turbo with a greddy catback

I don't think he read the thread at all lol.

Like the drop, looks like a perfect height :)

He doesn't actually read threads, nor does he do anything that doesn't enlarge his ego (hey guys, look how much I know! Look what I've built in my past! Look how much power I'm making in a FF car that's completely unstreetable at that level!). Remember what he did in my mustang project thread, how he called me out for breaking the rules with a non-civic thread? You know, the same thread that over half the staff posted in, not one of whom complained about it being technically against the rules? The one whose position in the project section was the product of a staff member, since the original thread was in OT? Yeah, that thread.

Anyway, trent, expect to rub around ridiculously sharp slow turns (turning right at a stop light), and when you make a relatively sharp slow turn and hit a bump/pothole/whatever. It's the price you pay for tucking tire up front.

Also, sorry I stopped replying to your texts. My phone died and I'm at my sister's apartment stealing her interwebz right now. Anyway, like I said, your friend's car probably has bad spark plug tube seals, which would be ridiculously cheap at autozone (valve cover gasket cheap), or it's just the PCV system pushing oil back up to the intake along with the blowby gases, which would then lightly coat the plugs. Other (less likely) possibilities are valve guides going bad and rings going bad. I'd put my money on tube seals or it being a normal condition from the PCV system though.

The drop looks good! Seeing your silver Civic with some nicer OEM wheels is making me want to buy wheels............. like right now.

Keep it up.

Pics!
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For anyone whos removed the rear shocks, youll know how much of a victory this is, and yes BOTH came out not broken!
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QUICK photoshoot, auto settings, no tripod, seems like its not low enough, workin on it though.
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What's up I have a 92 civic si hatch an I want to put somthing to gether and don't know to do you have any ideas

wrong thread. Post in the newbie intro section

What you wanted:
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What you got:
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:(






j/k
Its close, but needs another 2 inches drop or something. Still looks good though.

I like the "what you got" more than the "what you wanted". I'm not a big fan of the ultra slammed civics.

but finally thank you for the pics :)

looks awesome. makes me want to order parts rights now. but its gonna have to wait till sometime next week.

haha i really was kinda kidding about the "what i wanted". Around here, my insides would be MUSH. I think the front needs just a TAD lower yet. and i gotta dial in the koni stiffness, right now its way too bouncy. Missed a road-->bridge transition and literally left my seat, theyve been turned 180* out of the 720. I dont know how much each quarter turn adjusts it, but we will see

you should buy my mud flaps ;) i have them cut so you can drag them without worrying about ripping them off.


drop looks great with those wheels!

Damn I was just asking geeezzzeeeee damn I build drag cars sorry I run in Pro SFWD. I was just asking not trying to bash anyone cause I was wondering if he had a turbo D. I have allot of parts for sale thats all. Not trying to start any trouble.

NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE... this thread isnt about you or what you do for a living.

sidenote: you're advertising in your sig. Fix that or i will

Damn I was just asking geeezzzeeeee damn I build drag cars sorry I run in Pro SFWD. I was just asking not trying to bash anyone cause I was wondering if he had a turbo D. I have allot of parts for sale thats all. Not trying to start any trouble.

nor does he do anything that doesn't enlarge his ego

Perfect example of what reaper said right there.

I think it looks good. But if you paint your side skirts it will make the car appear lower than it is. Makes a big difference seeing silver that close to the ground rather than black plastic.

Trent, are the front perches wound down all the way? If they are and you want the front lower, keep in mind the flipped perch trick I was telling you about. I don't know what to tell you about the rear, though... I don't know of any tricks to get the rear lower yet.

And I'm with plethoric about painting the skirts. I was actually telling josh that I thought you should yesterday. Ish looks great though :D

haha yea chris, im tryin to find a set of side skirts. I heard that the 4 dr and 2dr are different? I dunno, and chris, i also have about an inch and a quarter on both front n rear left :D

O! forgot to tell yall, order my camber kit today

I've told you before. It better d*mn well be used to dial in more negative camber so you can drop the front even more. And I'd drop it a tiny bit more. As it is, you're tucking tire but just barely; one of my biggest regrets with my civic was not lowering it even more (then again, I had a hell of a time getting it on the alignment rack at the height it was at lol).

And I believe the coupe/sedan skirts are different, but I'm not 100% on it. I'd say I'm about 95% confident, but with no hands-on experience.

you looking for some side skirts ;)
PM me... they are red and smooth. no more civic so no need for them.
(sorry for keep trying to sell ya stuff.LOL ) dont know where you live tho. but id ship fedex since they are reasonable for longer items but id have to measure them and weigh them to figure out shipping costs if your interested.
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they are red but they are smooth so very easy to just scuff and paint.

haha alright, ill think about it, i think i read somewhere that theyre the same length/design but they mount in differnt spots

the 4 dr side skirts are slightly different, considering ej/eg's slightly modify the 4dr side skirts to fit. I would just paint the existing side skirts like you did the lip and grille.

no problem. they arent going anywhere most likely. i dont have em listed.

I dindt actually paint the grill.

I've told you before. It better d*mn well be used to dial in more negative camber so you can drop the front even more.

chris...you never told me that

fail.

Well i installed my fuel pump, pulled all of the old turbo stuff from penelope, and did a compression test. Cyl 1- 170; Cyl 2-175; Cyl 3-175; Cyl 4- 170. Think we're good to go for boost :D

Sweet, any pictures of the fuel pump from in the fuel tank?

lolwut. Id ruin the camera, otherwise id be game to hop in

o and just for lulz, i held up a mudguard thinger from the 4dr to the 2dr....finger gap clearance

o and just for lulz, i held up a mudguard thinger from the 4dr to the 2dr....finger gap clearance

Front or rear mudguard?

front

you mean finger gaps clearance from the ground?
if so youll want to make some slits in the guards otherwise if you go over a speed bump the CUP shape will try to rip itself off. i cut two slits with a razor blade one on each side so it would simply fold back and pop back just fine.
worked great on my old civic.

haha in a way i wanna grind them down just cuz i can, but then again, theyre not the best lookin thing out there

front

damnnnnnnn

I have about 1 1/2 finger gap. I'm surprised mine aren't all scraped up.

mudguards on civics are ugly. just my opinion

damnnnnnnn

I have about 1 1/2 finger gap. I'm surprised mine aren't all scraped up.

well once my upper control arms come in, its being dropped another inch or so. So they would most likely be on the ground

o well putting the slits on them wont stop them from being ground down BUT it will help them from getting ripped off... you know they are only held in by 3 screws with plastic square clips. i didnt want to rip mine off and be without them.

and the splash guards might not look very good BUT they do help keep the sides cleaner with all that thrown up dirt! the rear not so much at all. but the front helps the most.

mudguards on civics are ugly. just my opinion

Better than having mud streaks down the side of the car...

My car looks naked without mud guards. lol

wwell i need to find a rear set because mine from the green one have holes from random pieces of body being shoved through them

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http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x265/greddy_civic/Rebuilding/IMG_7966.jpg

damn dude you been busy as hell, nice work!

That's a ton of work. Wish I lived closer. I just happen to have a spare back seat.