bump any news i look every day for an update haha its going to look nice after the new paint

 

thanks for the bump

anyway, two updates... I'll do the bad news first:

So apparently my car doesn't like me too much... I noticed a "thud" every time I hit a bump coming from the front suspension last thursday, so I popped the hood to see if anything was noticeably wrong... and of course, there was. Somehow, the nut holding my passenger-side shock in place had worked its way off, and the shock had sunk down and gotten lodged under the strut tower, smashing the top of the threaded part and generally bending the s**t out of the threaded part. In other words, my car killed a $100 shock pretty much for the hell of it.

The good news is that ruining my shock gave me an excuse to re-lower my civic (I was originally going to wait until after the engine swap to lower it)... unfortunately, if my civic is too low for a lift, I now get to get it aligned twice (since I'll have to raise it up so they can put it on a lift at the muffler shop)

Anyway, I've pretty much decided I'm doing the painting myself... I'm not really worried about the prep work (since I was doing that myself anyway), I'm more concerned with whether or not I'll have a ton of runs, but I figure if I can paint an entire sportbike with rattle-cans without a single run (not to mention it honestly looks like it was professionally painted), I can probably handle spraying a car (I'm going to be taking everything I can off to paint individually (ie, hood, bumpers, fenders)).

And addiction: I know the lip isn't literally indestructable... there's really no material (not even polyurethane) that can support a car's weight without damage. (and i believe eg coupes are in the 2200lb dry-weight range )

And thanks, mybrokenblinker.... I love the oem lip, and I love the mugen lip.. that's why I'm going to have one on each of my front bumpers... that way, it's 5 minutes to change the look of my car

I'll have pics up in a bit.

*edit:

teaser pic


And the stock wheels are on for now because two of the tires on my 17's have horrible toe wear (from running without an alignment last summer), and the new tires won't be here until tomorrow.

*another edit: oh, and I'll be rockin' a magnaflow muffler here soon... I'm trading my friend (who's taking his duals off his cavi... he's finally de-ricing it) one of my cheap katanas for one of his mufflers. I think it'll attract less attention than my dnx. Not to mention it'll give the car a more low-profile look.

 

o man..... maybe i should go check out my suspension stuff..... cause i keep geting a pop at different times. and i dont know WHERE its coming from! its driving me nuts! tha ti cannt find it[:@]

 

Yeah, I'd definitely check it out... it can't hurt anything if you check it out and nothing's wrong

Anyway, more pics:



I'm perfectly aware I'm missing a wheel stud... I'm getting it replaced at a shop (I don't feel like f**king around with the stud) when I have my drilled/slotted rotors put on (I also don't feel like f**king around with the brakes). It'll be within the next month.

More pics in a few minutes.

*edit: more pics





And all the pics are from the left side of the car because the passenger side front wheel is missing, along with the strut. The shock should be here by the time I get home from work tomorrow, so I'll be able to put everything back together then.

 

When I was working in a shop I always wanted to try and put on a kit, then one day we got to, and I never want todo that again, and this kit was from extreme dimensions. So much cutting and fitting. We did another kit after that and the front fit like a glove,the back and sides were a mess. But sick jobs with the body work, I know how much work/time that takes.

 

^ yeah, fiberglass kits pretty much suck as far as fitment goes... but still, I kinda had fun doing the body work

anyways, I came home from work today to a small box and two tires sitting on my porch, so I got the front right suspension back on in a hurry... so the car is sitting with an even drop on all four corners (this summer I'm feeling a 2" drop instead of the slammed stance I had last year)... I'll have pics up in a sec

edit: a few pics:



And new hoops:

 

muhahahaha..... I'm double-posting [sm=lildevil.gif]

Anyway, I got my tires mounted and threw my 17's back on to tweak the ride height since I'll be getting the car aligned tomorrow (meaning I can't play with the ride height after that)... so here's pics.. and it's just as low as it was last summer... I figure if I'm going to lower it, I might as well slam it:






I'll hopefully be able to get the brakes on and the wheel stud replaced in the next week or two. (and I'm going to talk to my parents about ordering my swap soon)

 

Nice job! Seems like your front wheels would rub on tight corners though? Maybe that's just the camera angle.

 

They do when I hit a bump around a slow turn (I got used to the sound of tires rubbing last summer)... above 20mph or so, they don't rub at all. There's about a 1/4" gap between the tire and fender when the wheels are turned the whole way.

Hey, you gotta make some sacrifices if you wanna look good. Pimpin ain't easy lol


On a side note, if you want a lot of attention, don't get a flashy paint job or a body kit or chrome... slam your ish to the ground. At a traffic light last summer, a lady in a neon stared (quite literally) the entire duration of the red light at my back wheels, which at the time were tucked halfway to the tire. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. (Not to mention you get a lot of female attention with a car sitting on the ground)


And UPDATE!!! I just ordered the 5-speed pedal assemblies from ebay... so I finally took my first steps towards the engine swap/trans. conversion!!! [sm=groupwave.gif]

 

Little update here.... I talked to my dad, and he said we might be able to order my swap next week, so I'm going to push for monday or tuesday... I'd like to get the engine here so I can see what I need still (as far as the trans. swap goes)... and the manual pedals will be here tuesday[sm=happy046.gif]


*edit:

and someone should really have told me a swap would cost so much lol... I just added it up... I have almost $1000 is misc. things alone (replacement items, s**t to make the swap work, etc)

But anyway, does this look right?
-Swap package (obviously)
-New clutch kit
-New Timing Belt
-Timing Belt tensioner
-Water Pump
-Ignition Rotor
-Plug wires
-Spark Plugs
-GSR radiator hoses
-Rear T-bracket mount
-GSR throttle cable (I need a manual throttle cable anyway)
-B-series AC condenser mount (Do I actually need this to keep my AC?)
-Master Cylinder
-Clutch hard lines

I already have manual pedals and a stock shifter in the mail for the manual conversion.