Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
03-14-2016, 10:21 AM
#27
Re: Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
thanks guys, Ill do my best to keep updating on here. I should have the car in for paint in the next week or two.
door panel update: the adhesive I used sucked (loctite brand spray adhesive) so the tweed came off in the heat. It stretched out and it looks like ill have to come up with some more tweed. bummer.
door panel update: the adhesive I used sucked (loctite brand spray adhesive) so the tweed came off in the heat. It stretched out and it looks like ill have to come up with some more tweed. bummer.
03-14-2016, 10:25 AM
#28
Re: Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
I was wanting the 98+ oem mirrors but found out honda changed the wiring and decided its not worth rewiring for. I do have a lead on some vision side mirrors that Ill probably roll with
03-15-2016, 01:15 PM
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Re: Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
Love the build man! 03-06 was the best years in the Honda game. I'm doing the same type of build on an EG coupe. I guess I should start a thread too.
These new kids just don't know the game and the feels like we do!
These new kids just don't know the game and the feels like we do!
03-16-2016, 01:06 PM
#34
Re: Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
definitely start a thread. It would be nice to get more traffic through the site again, and Id be interested to see what you have planned. Glad my plain, not over the top build is being received so well
03-18-2016, 08:21 AM
#36
Re: Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
Haha thats the plan! Want to give it that feel for sure.
Got a little more done and got the speakers I plan to use.
Here are a couple more pics of the wheel clean up. After scrubbing out the brake dust, I used a high build primer and then sprayed some Kaiser silver aerosol I had mixed up. It is a little darker than 2 stage would be, but should be great for the barrels. The faces of the wheels will be sprayed by my painter when the car is in paint
nice coat of primer on
blurry pic of two finished barrels
and the speakers. I am going to see if I can rig them up on the oem speaker mounts with the rings Audiofrog provided as a temp solution until my custom MDF rings are finished. These are very nice looking speakers and Im excited to get them in
Got a little more done and got the speakers I plan to use.
Here are a couple more pics of the wheel clean up. After scrubbing out the brake dust, I used a high build primer and then sprayed some Kaiser silver aerosol I had mixed up. It is a little darker than 2 stage would be, but should be great for the barrels. The faces of the wheels will be sprayed by my painter when the car is in paint
nice coat of primer on
blurry pic of two finished barrels
and the speakers. I am going to see if I can rig them up on the oem speaker mounts with the rings Audiofrog provided as a temp solution until my custom MDF rings are finished. These are very nice looking speakers and Im excited to get them in
03-21-2016, 01:48 PM
#37
Re: Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
I decided to not wait for my custom rings since the Audiofrogs came with their own adapter. I figured it would not be too much work to use them with the oem mount as a temporary way to install them.
Here is the OEM speaker mounting cup before cutting it up
Here it is after cutting the rear section out with tin snips and smoothing out with a file
here is the Audiofrog adapter
Everything installed
and a clearance shot. I had to shave down and file the backside of the grill mount so that the surround wasnt touching it. It doesnt get any closer than this
Here is the OEM speaker mounting cup before cutting it up
Here it is after cutting the rear section out with tin snips and smoothing out with a file
here is the Audiofrog adapter
Everything installed
and a clearance shot. I had to shave down and file the backside of the grill mount so that the surround wasnt touching it. It doesnt get any closer than this
WDWA
03-28-2016, 08:09 PM
#43
Re: Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
yessir!
behind my rear trim bruh
Got a bit of work done over the weekend. I had a few lthings I wanted to take care of and also decided it was time to get the trunk cleaned up.
First thing I decided to do was redo the undercoating on the spare tire well and rear tire wells. 3M makes a great aerosol rubberized undercoating. This doesnt take much time and can really help with bringing a car back to life.
before:
after:
Sorry for the bad pics, but looks much better in person.
I wanted to address a couple leaks. One in the left side of the trunk/hatch and one on the right front floor board.
I assumed it was the drain tubes for the sunroof. I decided to open the sunroof and pour water on the side pan to let it drain which confirmed my thinking.
Left hatch area:
I decide to pull the exit/grommed and clean out any trash that had accumulated.
Heres the one from the hatch. It was clogged and would not let water flow quick enough and the clear tube would overflow into the trunk. I cleaned it out and reattached it and retested and all was good.
Where it exits, behid the rear bumper/beside the vent
The front one wasnt so easy. It exited behind the fender, so I removed the fender liner. I found a bunch of build up of leaves, dirt, sticks etc
I cleaned all this out just because, but it wasnt what was causing the leak. The exit grommet for the front is basically 2/3 of the way up under the dash. On this one, the tube had shrunk from age I assume, and the grommet was clogged. So it would fill up and then overflow since the tube wasnt in the grommet tight. I cleaned it out and had to find something to seal it up. I normally would use RTV or honda bond but I didnt have any available. I used JB Quick and reassembled it. Ill know if it worked next time it rains.
I have no pics, the grommet is so far in the dash I could only feel it, and was a huge pain in the ***.
I moved back to the trunk. I removed the carpet, cardboard floor and the spare. I scooped up any loose garbage that had collected
quite a collection:
a view before any degreaser
after 15 minutes of wiping and 50 paper towels later:
not too bad
After that I went ahead and drilled a hole for the amps ground to the chassis. Cleaned it up and then sanded to bare metal:
with some 4 gauge hooked to it and showing placement
fits perfectly under the spare with no interference:
I put the cover and carpet back down and started focusing on how to mount the amp and brace the sub box. I decided using the seat backs would be the best option for both. I did a little measuring and drilled some pilot holes for the amp mounting and then poked holes through the seat back carpet.
Heres a pic of part of the sub mounting bracket on the back of the left side seat back:
with carpet attached:
this a pic of the sub (left) against the seat back (right) I bent another bracket for the sub that mounts with 2 screws to the back of the box. I then used a (long) bolt with a wing nut. I can get to this easily to move the sub or remove it for large cargo if needed.
sub mounted with amp peeking out behind it
with the privacy cover on
Heres the amp mounted on the back of the ride side seat. It fits behid the sub with plenty of room to spare.
after shortening, arranging and zip tying:
Ill have some pics of the amp with the cover plate installed tomorrow along with a couple other pics.
behind my rear trim bruh
Got a bit of work done over the weekend. I had a few lthings I wanted to take care of and also decided it was time to get the trunk cleaned up.
First thing I decided to do was redo the undercoating on the spare tire well and rear tire wells. 3M makes a great aerosol rubberized undercoating. This doesnt take much time and can really help with bringing a car back to life.
before:
after:
Sorry for the bad pics, but looks much better in person.
I wanted to address a couple leaks. One in the left side of the trunk/hatch and one on the right front floor board.
I assumed it was the drain tubes for the sunroof. I decided to open the sunroof and pour water on the side pan to let it drain which confirmed my thinking.
Left hatch area:
I decide to pull the exit/grommed and clean out any trash that had accumulated.
Heres the one from the hatch. It was clogged and would not let water flow quick enough and the clear tube would overflow into the trunk. I cleaned it out and reattached it and retested and all was good.
Where it exits, behid the rear bumper/beside the vent
The front one wasnt so easy. It exited behind the fender, so I removed the fender liner. I found a bunch of build up of leaves, dirt, sticks etc
I cleaned all this out just because, but it wasnt what was causing the leak. The exit grommet for the front is basically 2/3 of the way up under the dash. On this one, the tube had shrunk from age I assume, and the grommet was clogged. So it would fill up and then overflow since the tube wasnt in the grommet tight. I cleaned it out and had to find something to seal it up. I normally would use RTV or honda bond but I didnt have any available. I used JB Quick and reassembled it. Ill know if it worked next time it rains.
I have no pics, the grommet is so far in the dash I could only feel it, and was a huge pain in the ***.
I moved back to the trunk. I removed the carpet, cardboard floor and the spare. I scooped up any loose garbage that had collected
quite a collection:
a view before any degreaser
after 15 minutes of wiping and 50 paper towels later:
not too bad
After that I went ahead and drilled a hole for the amps ground to the chassis. Cleaned it up and then sanded to bare metal:
with some 4 gauge hooked to it and showing placement
fits perfectly under the spare with no interference:
I put the cover and carpet back down and started focusing on how to mount the amp and brace the sub box. I decided using the seat backs would be the best option for both. I did a little measuring and drilled some pilot holes for the amp mounting and then poked holes through the seat back carpet.
Heres a pic of part of the sub mounting bracket on the back of the left side seat back:
with carpet attached:
this a pic of the sub (left) against the seat back (right) I bent another bracket for the sub that mounts with 2 screws to the back of the box. I then used a (long) bolt with a wing nut. I can get to this easily to move the sub or remove it for large cargo if needed.
sub mounted with amp peeking out behind it
with the privacy cover on
Heres the amp mounted on the back of the ride side seat. It fits behid the sub with plenty of room to spare.
after shortening, arranging and zip tying:
Ill have some pics of the amp with the cover plate installed tomorrow along with a couple other pics.
03-29-2016, 02:29 PM
#47
Re: Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
heres the other few pics.
I went ahead and wired my ipod for usb2 and wired it to the glove box
while i was back there i went ahead and ripped out the 2nd set of rca so that im only using the 1 4ch to power the whole setup (shown in the last pics post)
while the center console was apart I went ahead and replaced my boot and the plate with the new red stitched boot and a better condition plate
old:
newer plate
new boot
and installed with the Vision Technica shift ****.
Put the cover on the amp so now it is complete
I went ahead and wired my ipod for usb2 and wired it to the glove box
while i was back there i went ahead and ripped out the 2nd set of rca so that im only using the 1 4ch to power the whole setup (shown in the last pics post)
while the center console was apart I went ahead and replaced my boot and the plate with the new red stitched boot and a better condition plate
old:
newer plate
new boot
and installed with the Vision Technica shift ****.
Put the cover on the amp so now it is complete
Last edited by Casey; 03-29-2016 at 03:08 PM.
03-29-2016, 06:05 PM
#49
Re: Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
mmmmm that Vision **** 
How do you like those Audiofrogs? I've never heard of them before (I must not be a true audiophile, haha), so I looked em up and they seem very nice. I was wondering if they're worth the money compared to the more basic options like Pioneer or Alpine (forgive me if that was just ignorant).
How do you like those Audiofrogs? I've never heard of them before (I must not be a true audiophile, haha), so I looked em up and they seem very nice. I was wondering if they're worth the money compared to the more basic options like Pioneer or Alpine (forgive me if that was just ignorant).
03-29-2016, 09:12 PM
#50
Re: Casey's 1995 LS Integra mild restoration build
Thanks Avi!
They are nice speakers for sure. I am happy with them so far. These are there mid grade speakers and are about $300 and feel like I got my money's worth. Sound quality car audio is a slippery slope. This is an inexpensive setup and I'm hovering around $1400. I had about $7000 in the setup in my FA5. Honestly the best investment you can make is proper deadener and a dsp or a head unit with time alignment and a good eq. I had some $20 pioneer speakers in this car that 95% of people would be happy with, the way I set them up.
Also power headroom. Just because a speaker is rated for 100w rms doesn't mean more power isn't good. If done right, it's actually better. My front speakers are getting 300 watts EACH lol.
They are nice speakers for sure. I am happy with them so far. These are there mid grade speakers and are about $300 and feel like I got my money's worth. Sound quality car audio is a slippery slope. This is an inexpensive setup and I'm hovering around $1400. I had about $7000 in the setup in my FA5. Honestly the best investment you can make is proper deadener and a dsp or a head unit with time alignment and a good eq. I had some $20 pioneer speakers in this car that 95% of people would be happy with, the way I set them up.
Also power headroom. Just because a speaker is rated for 100w rms doesn't mean more power isn't good. If done right, it's actually better. My front speakers are getting 300 watts EACH lol.