ITS TIME!!!! EF SEDAN BUILD!!!
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After seeing so many ef sedan builds, I'll finally start mine.let me start by saying I LOVE EF SEDANS. Don't get me wrong i love other hondas. but the ef sedan was the first car i bought.this will be #3 ef sedan I've owned.and maybe the last.
I actually started with a jdm b16a swap. I bought it from my neighbor. it was in his ef sedan. he had it for like 3 months before his car was stolen and vandalize.not wanting to rebuild his car, he sold me his entire car with the swap for $900.the car was running perfect but the exterior and interior was so beat up. i decided to salvage the swap and everything else i could save and find another ef sedan. Info on the motor-bone stock obd-0 b16a 60k perfect running motor/tranny hasport mounts
So after 2 months for searching for an ef sedan,i found a 1988 civic ef sedan.which i purchased for $900.its a one owner.240k.no accident. all original. and very clean in and out. I dont really have any good pics of when i first got the car. but just picture a clean stock ef
stock sohc motor
11/13/2006 very first day i bought it, i drove it 20 miles back home and stripped the stock sohc swap out and sold it for $300.so i prepped the bay for the b16 swap. slapped the motor in got everything in and running.
Now here is the CRAZY part. Instead of
driving it. i PARKED it. yup!! Its been parked since the first day i got it. Everyone keeps on telling me why i never drove it. I simply say, IT NOT TIME YET.
About 2 weeks ago i finally said ITS TIME. So in the past 3 years its been parked, I been saving money and parts. I've also been thinking of everything i wanted to do the car. So let me start by saying the car is not going to be a track/auto crossing car, nor is it going to be a show car. Im building it to be a clean reliable low cruiser. A car i can enjoy driving and turn heads. So here it goes.
im like 2 weeks behind from keeping this thread updated. basically the first two weeks i stripped down the car to basically to a shell.
First I took off the front suspension/subframe/cross member
look at all the dirt stuffed in there
parts im sellin
parts im keeping
Second I started cleaning up some space in the engine bay.
then i stripped everything.
So about the second week i started stripping the interior and moving it to storage
how it looks now
Also that week i remove the rear drum brakes.
Notice the rust I found bubbling under the paint. I started peeling it to see how bad it was. Luckily it just surface rust. I also took a pressure washer to remove as much old under coating as i could.
Was at walmart and found some under coating.
While pulling the parts off, I notice some of the parts needed to be badly replace.So i got online and started buying parts i needed to replace. will post them as i get them. And also keep you guys updated.
I actually started with a jdm b16a swap. I bought it from my neighbor. it was in his ef sedan. he had it for like 3 months before his car was stolen and vandalize.not wanting to rebuild his car, he sold me his entire car with the swap for $900.the car was running perfect but the exterior and interior was so beat up. i decided to salvage the swap and everything else i could save and find another ef sedan. Info on the motor-bone stock obd-0 b16a 60k perfect running motor/tranny hasport mounts
So after 2 months for searching for an ef sedan,i found a 1988 civic ef sedan.which i purchased for $900.its a one owner.240k.no accident. all original. and very clean in and out. I dont really have any good pics of when i first got the car. but just picture a clean stock ef
stock sohc motor
11/13/2006 very first day i bought it, i drove it 20 miles back home and stripped the stock sohc swap out and sold it for $300.so i prepped the bay for the b16 swap. slapped the motor in got everything in and running.
Now here is the CRAZY part. Instead of
driving it. i PARKED it. yup!! Its been parked since the first day i got it. Everyone keeps on telling me why i never drove it. I simply say, IT NOT TIME YET.
About 2 weeks ago i finally said ITS TIME. So in the past 3 years its been parked, I been saving money and parts. I've also been thinking of everything i wanted to do the car. So let me start by saying the car is not going to be a track/auto crossing car, nor is it going to be a show car. Im building it to be a clean reliable low cruiser. A car i can enjoy driving and turn heads. So here it goes.
im like 2 weeks behind from keeping this thread updated. basically the first two weeks i stripped down the car to basically to a shell.
First I took off the front suspension/subframe/cross member
look at all the dirt stuffed in there
parts im sellin
parts im keeping
Second I started cleaning up some space in the engine bay.
then i stripped everything.
So about the second week i started stripping the interior and moving it to storage
how it looks now
Also that week i remove the rear drum brakes.
Notice the rust I found bubbling under the paint. I started peeling it to see how bad it was. Luckily it just surface rust. I also took a pressure washer to remove as much old under coating as i could.
Was at walmart and found some under coating.
While pulling the parts off, I notice some of the parts needed to be badly replace.So i got online and started buying parts i needed to replace. will post them as i get them. And also keep you guys updated.
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sweet ef i always wanted an ef sedan... but in colorado its hard to find one that isnt a rusty mess.. good luck with your build!
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yea the first post!!! considering the car spent her whole life in the NW.rust wasn't real bad. only problem was the rear bolts connecting the bumper. everything else came off easily.
a Little update-
got an grinder with a wire wheel and went to work on the factory sem sealer.
you ef guys know how ugly and horrible the factory puts it on.i should of took before shots.but heres the after shots
i also drilled some of the brackets im not using on the firewall
a Little update-
got an grinder with a wire wheel and went to work on the factory sem sealer.
you ef guys know how ugly and horrible the factory puts it on.i should of took before shots.but heres the after shots
i also drilled some of the brackets im not using on the firewall
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well dang it i am now thinking of switching to a ef gsr build.. curses!!!
just wondering if youve got a pretty solid idea where the car is going paint and style wise?
just wondering if youve got a pretty solid idea where the car is going paint and style wise?
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Wow this is going to be good, I wish I could tear a car completely down and redo it. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us
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After 3 years, I have pretty good idea of how its going to be. First i would like to restore the body and paint as if it rolled off the factory. So im keeping it silver. you could probably tell what im goin to do with the bay.As for suspension, you just gotta wait to see. Till then heres a taste of other cars i built.
1991 DA- YOU CAN SEE THE EF IN THE BACK
EJ1 BEFORE
AFTER
EK HATCH SIR BEFORE
AFTER
THIS ONE YOU CAN KINDA SEE THE EF SEDAN IN THE BACK
MY EG I SOLD LAST NOVEMBER-MY BUILD THREAD LINK- www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2587089
1991 DA- YOU CAN SEE THE EF IN THE BACK
EJ1 BEFORE
AFTER
EK HATCH SIR BEFORE
AFTER
THIS ONE YOU CAN KINDA SEE THE EF SEDAN IN THE BACK
MY EG I SOLD LAST NOVEMBER-MY BUILD THREAD LINK- www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2587089
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So got some DA rear trailing arms from the homie for $100. After picking it up went to the junk yard to pick up some $20 e-brake cables to make it a complete rear disc brakes.
Started cleaning the RTA and cables. Also the sub-frame.
let it dry. then spray it up
Started cleaning the RTA and cables. Also the sub-frame.
let it dry. then spray it up
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LOOKING IN STORAGE AND FOUND MY GC/TOKICO ILLUMINAS FROM MY OLD DA INTEGRA. STARTED TO CLEAN THEM.THINK IM GOING TO REPAINT THE SHOCKS.
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Got some more things done today. the homie hook me up. He polished my hasport mounts. The mounts are used and still has some blemishes, but overall its looks better now.
before
after
before
after
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subscribed for putting in work on an ef sedan as well as doing everything right. im kinda leaning towards the ef sedan vsm color for my next color change..
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yea i wire wheel the **** out of it.my painters, bout to put some rust acid killer thing on it
picked up a set of 93 da gsr knuckles,40/40 prop valve. trying to get an 90-91 ex booster and master cylinder
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Pulled the motor and tranny apart along with all the engine accessories. Just finish stripping the old black paint off the block. wire wheeled and dremel the whole engine.
heres a pic all taped up.ready for fresh coat of paint to look fresh. dont worry bout the valve cover/oil pan its goin to be stripped and powder coated
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haha liking this build. i knew sheldon since kindergarden haha. but ya keep us updated i want to see how dis car turns out