Bluto!

amazing bulid man, it's dfintely going to be a quality car keep up the good progress

Civic_HatchSI

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That is odd your interior is grey without armrest. My old sir-s was black interior with armrest and factory momo wheel. I didn't realize Honda had the different options. Very neat! Good luck with your build, its nice to see someone keeping the factory b16!!!!

Crx_owner_20

Clean work!! Aircraft stripper I assume? Bad part of using any kind of paint stripper is that any residue or anything can cause fish eye. I've had a few lessons learned with it, now I just prefer the good ol' fashon sanding it down to bare metal.

slidelljosh

*spoiler alert* this car is going to be painted brown. Doo doo brown

dschybrid

The brake lines will not be tucked. Only the engine wiring harness and engine bay wiring (headlights, ect) will be tucked. The brake lines, fuse box/battery, ect will all remain in the OEM location.

My interior is gray with black tweed seats. It did some with a gray short arm rest, but it was changed out for the long armrest AND someone changed the steering wheel and put the gray SiR wheel in place of the Momo wheel. I'd really like to have the OG wheel for flair... but I bought the Mugen instead.

I'm not sure if it was AC remover specifically, but it was definitely paint stripper. The surface was cleaned with water and then sanded after it was stripped. It's going to work out just fine. ;-)


Gah! Shut your mouth! I want to keep the color on the low until it's actually on the car!


Thanks for looking guys!

EG6S

just been through the whole build, great work! love the attention to detail and the upgrades, cant wait to see what color its going. Personally id keep it the same color but have you checked out the granada black from honda? My sir-s is granada black and i love it.

Looks like your finding parts easily enough for the car, have you ever come across the door handles with the sensors in to buy?? i doubt honda still make them and i need a replacement

dschybrid

You know, I have some friends in Japan on the lookout but I have very little hope that they will actually find one. I've been building Hondas for the last eleven years now and I discovered that door handle after getting this SiR-S.

The black does look really nice, I'm just not one for owning a black car. I'm far to **** when it comes to paint swirls and maintenance that comes with owning a black car.

On another note, I've got the bolts and brackets, ect installed on the engine.

Had some time to put the brackets and new bolts on the engine.




More coming soon, I want this damn car finished!!

zArlen

I can't wait to see this thing in paint! Great attention to detail my friend. Very impressed.

Ej8_KiD

damn those bolts look brand new! what kind of coating is that?

willimo

Great work so far and I love the LSU tag on your harness, that's fantastic! I love it.

dschybrid

Thanks! The bolts are all yellow zinc plated.

j-r_rida

that motor looks clean!!!!!!!!!!!!

derek_k

Looks really good man, I can't wait till I get to this point of my build, I got some catching up to do lol

dschybrid

Big update! Kinda... The car has some color on it! My painter texted me these pics so excuse the quality, I'll have better pics really soon.







So there it is! Milano red! It's not anything crazy but it's one of my favorite colors of all time and since it is a factory SiR-S color it just seemed to be the choice for me. Green is cool... but I like Red way more.

badassmthr4000

^^Let the jaw dropping commence! Looks like your painter does damn good work!

nebster66

Absoutely amazing progress so far. Sub'd for sure!

Civic_HatchSI

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Good choice on color! Red ftw!!!! keep up the good work

dschybrid

Small update for the weekend.

Started cleaning up a few other things for the bay.




I have this plastic dye/restorer stuff that basically turns anything old and faded back to almost new. As long as it doesn't sit out in the sun or get chemicals on it, it will stay black and deep for a long time.




Cleaned up my PS pump and got it back on the motor.


My steering rack was in pretty rough shape. So much sludge and grim on it from 20 years of use.








Finally got all of my parts in from Honda for the sterring rack. A good cleaning, fresh coat of paint and it's on point.


My heater valve was also in terrible shape.


You can see where the brake fluid had leaked down to the bracket.


A bit of scrubbing, semi-gloss paint, a new hose and recondition clamps and it's looking better than new!






My camera makes it look like the paint is orange... no flash with a point in shoot, just doesn't do it justic.




We put the subframe back on so the car can be rolled into the paint booth this evening. I'm going to take it all back off once I get the car back and finish coating the wells.


This is a picture I took with my phone, you can see how it looks like a much deeper red. I threw a wheel on for good measure. They will be repainted this weekend as well so it's all coming together!


Thanks for looking!

derek_k

Lookin sick man, that bay has such a deep wet glossy look to it, can't wait to see what's next.

Chef Andre

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Authentic milano red eg6 ftmfw!!!!!!! I love it man. The attention to detail is just awesome and R-81 is imo the greatest oem color ever.

dschybrid

Thanks Andre. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for them...



Teaser pic until I get the car back this weekend. She's painted!!

Chef Andre

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Looking forward to it!!

dschybrid

kayne

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out, looks badass so far.

Milano Red is still my favorite colour for detailing, so fun!

dschybrid

Sanded down and ready to be buffed!



Buffed and ready to get the glass installed!




sorry for the crappy phone pictures!