Guateracer1

Whats upr , new to Honda tech been lurking for a while but I recently got a 92 Civic Hatch and decided to make a build tread on to see its progress and stuff car has come a long way compared to how it look.


I got the car back in March of 2012 as a trade for a 96 Civic coupe I had I bought the car just to sell it but I got this car as trade due to my coupe not running so I decided to trade it


Here's the hatch when I traded it, Got to keep my wheels due to fact that body was all beat up lol. I didn't know what I got myself in to lol. My original plan was to put it up for sale and cut my loses because it needed a bit of work but it was running..








My coupe before I traded it in:




But I decided to fix it up and build something nice becuase I was bored of driving my other car lol:
Had this car for 3 years still running strong


First things first was to fix the body this how I got dont know how you this to a car




At least the other side wasn't as bad



Then I sent it out to the body shop and it came back like...


After I got it back from the body shop I started to put my new front end on




After searching on craiglist finally found a carbon fiber duckbill





Now it was time to move to suspension its blown stock front struts and blown rear ebay coilovers lol

I had Tein One Piece super street for 96-00 civic lying around from coupe make good use to them managed to install them all around (also managed to pick up a set of decent si's for cheap as steelies for now lol) end result





After a few days of searching managed to pick up a set of Gold skunk2 rear controls arms and a beaks bar also some gold Password JDM tow hooks lol looking for asr subframe soon..






also got myself some mugen pedals since they had cheap autozones on it


Now it was time to look for some wheels sold my si's in order to get these really like these alot took me a few months to find a actual pair here

They are OG Axis Oldskool 15x8 ET25










I love how these wheels look they have always been my favorite style

and thats how the hatch is sitting right took the wheels off tho no point in having them on since the car s not painted yet car is going to the body shop on tuesday to get the rest of the car done and hopefully I can get it painted soon Thanks for looking

j13

iTrader: (2)

Not feeling the wheels but great hatch! What color is it going to be?

Guateracer1

Thanks man and I'm going with Silver don't know what silver yet trying to see if I can find the color to s\SIR four door I saw once on here it was almost like a gunmetal color.

elsicario12

nice EG engine spec??

Guateracer1

nothing spectacular lol stock ls better than a single cam tho hopefully going b16 or GSR in a few months also forgot to add got a authentic Type R strut bar a few days in the mail just need to find the right bolts to bolt it on but yea its a stock LS all I did is hand polished the valve and its basic tune up has headers intake and 3 inch full exhaust with a rattle hopefully changing that soon to a mugen twin loop

gostt

Damn the Celica looks awesome!! O__O

The hatch looks good too!

But imo, before buying new parts, save money and take her for a new fresh paintjob!

elsicario12

well you use a LS/Vtec instead swapping a GSR lol

Guateracer1

Dont worry paint is coming in a week or two its going in to he body shop tuesday and thanks man yea the celica has come a long way my whole interior and engine bay are carbon fiber non of that cf vinyl fake stuff either
The motor has seen its better days smokes when you get on it my top 3 choices are GSR/B16/ or maybe Type R but thats more than what I got invested into the car jaja but the motor still in decent condition lol

elsicario12

mmm in that case i will go for the b18c5 which from the ITR or the B16B from the CTR

Guateracer1

Yup thinking about not to worried about since the car is still running you know

Guateracer1

The car isn't running anymore lol..

speedjunkie_g35

When I saw that first pic, I was like I hope this guy knows that isn't a eg. Nice to see the real eg is getting a second chance. It is coming along nicely.

Not a fan of the Celica though, a little over the top IMO.

GLWB

Guateracer1

lol thanks man and yea I've had the celica for almost 3 years all my inteior is carbon fiber wrapped pieces and engine bay and I like it lol its better looking than stock lol
and thanks the eg is coming along away now, just got my new engine cant wait to put it in ...

bigJOE671

Its better to have a running car then no running car at all

Nice progress by the way

Guateracer1

Thanks man Just doing a little research on what clutch to buy for my GSR thinking about just getting a exedy oem clutch kit and replacing the rear main seal but still searching on maybe a better than stock clutch???

speedjunkie_g35

I just put a gsr in my eg and have a exedy oem clutch and I love it. It is very forgiving.

b20hatchek

I've always went with ACT clutches and always had great success with them. Just a thought considering its your car man

Guateracer1

Thanks ill def. have ot look into that not sure tho yet because it just a daily driver no racing or anything here lol
Yea I think im just gonna go oem for now ..

kawoski

stop buying parts and fix that body. **** looks horrible

Guateracer1

lol its getting there gotta have the car running first so I can take it to body shop you know I got a good deal on motor couldn't pass up but soon 3 weeks tops

bigJOE671

I'm in the same situation but had to make the car reliable to drive around...Now its time to move on to paint for me

Guateracer1

same here gonna order my clutch today..

composurey

good start &
good luck

Guateracer1

Thanks man clutch should be here tomorrow go to honda tomorrow to get a new rear main seal and hopefully everything goes in smoothly....

Guateracer1

got some progress done also changed the rack and pinion too just waiting on engine joist so I can lift up the motor and take off the oil pan to do the rear main seal unfornately