**~!HIROSHIMA GREY HATCH build^~**.. a.k.a battleship grey!! 56k die
03-19-2008, 04:39 PM
#1
**~!HIROSHIMA GREY HATCH build^~**.. a.k.a battleship grey!! 56k die
<FONT COLOR="red"><FONT SIZE="4"> “I DON’T NEED NO HATERS, PLEASE DO ME THE COURTESY & NOT POST!!”</FONT></FONT>
The Unveiling of my project begins today. It started as a quick DIY daily, consumed by love for eg’s It quickly became my secret project! But I can’t hold it no more, my everything is busting at the seams with excitement. This is going to be my daily until I can finish my EM1 just the way I want it. So let’s begin.
It started out as a shell I found while enrolled at UTI 06’. Come to find out when I went to pick it up, it was a high school buddy of my brother selling it. Yeah I got a Kick *** deal! The only problem was it needed a radiator support. To the bare naked eye. So I went out & got a radiator support and had his next door neighbor fix it, as he claimed he could . After the support was on I took it to a buddies house, got rid of that old CX power plant and dropped in a d15b.
Damaged goods (running cx engine)
D15b installed
The car ran but never straight the front end was repaired wrong and the frame looked like this. ( ) Two mechanics and still no fix later I decided to chop this beeyoatch. I had found a RHD clip conversion complete with doors, panels, power windows, a/c lines, windshield (which cracked do to a speedbump)for 250.00 from a shop called AO
Here it was waiting to be converted the first time at a co-workers house….BAD MOVE!!!
Supposedly the clip was cut while he was at work, buy a crack head whom repaired another persons car.
(he did have a police report
) BURN!!! So I moved my car home, & went sourcing for another clip in my price range. And a known good RHD Converter/welder. Months pass me by.
Finally I locate a longtime friend, and a relative of an X-Assoc. He agrees to do the conversion. A price I could not refuse. ( my selling point a glass top ef8 conversion that rolled on a highway, still intact til’ this day.) The search for another clip intensifies. Here’s the car on its way to him. Mid -2007
While awaiting my car to comeback the family and I move, into a House. YES! Then The beast returns. Cheap but detailed shots. Body condition, conversion style, layered panels. etc
Modified by JDM_JNKY at 5:45 PM 3/19/2008
The Unveiling of my project begins today. It started as a quick DIY daily, consumed by love for eg’s It quickly became my secret project! But I can’t hold it no more, my everything is busting at the seams with excitement. This is going to be my daily until I can finish my EM1 just the way I want it. So let’s begin.
It started out as a shell I found while enrolled at UTI 06’. Come to find out when I went to pick it up, it was a high school buddy of my brother selling it. Yeah I got a Kick *** deal! The only problem was it needed a radiator support. To the bare naked eye. So I went out & got a radiator support and had his next door neighbor fix it, as he claimed he could . After the support was on I took it to a buddies house, got rid of that old CX power plant and dropped in a d15b.
Damaged goods (running cx engine)
D15b installed
The car ran but never straight the front end was repaired wrong and the frame looked like this. ( ) Two mechanics and still no fix later I decided to chop this beeyoatch. I had found a RHD clip conversion complete with doors, panels, power windows, a/c lines, windshield (which cracked do to a speedbump)for 250.00 from a shop called AO
Here it was waiting to be converted the first time at a co-workers house….BAD MOVE!!!
Supposedly the clip was cut while he was at work, buy a crack head whom repaired another persons car.
(he did have a police report
) BURN!!! So I moved my car home, & went sourcing for another clip in my price range. And a known good RHD Converter/welder. Months pass me by. Finally I locate a longtime friend, and a relative of an X-Assoc. He agrees to do the conversion. A price I could not refuse. ( my selling point a glass top ef8 conversion that rolled on a highway, still intact til’ this day.) The search for another clip intensifies. Here’s the car on its way to him. Mid -2007
While awaiting my car to comeback the family and I move, into a House. YES! Then The beast returns. Cheap but detailed shots. Body condition, conversion style, layered panels. etc
Modified by JDM_JNKY at 5:45 PM 3/19/2008
03-19-2008, 05:15 PM
#2
A few more shots of the body
Tried to do a lil bodywork myself that didn't go so well
Screw I'll clean the engine bay
We'll if you read the above you already know my hatch is a CX converted. So I took a 45min drive down to JPR in south el monte to pick up my rear disc setup and a few other goodies. Of course some parts needed a good touch up. These parts will all be re-done thanx to the paint shop. But it's ok I can do them cleaner now.
I also outfitted the car w/ DC2 HKS Hypermax II (jpr) requiring the use of DC2-r LCA's also sourced at JPR.
Re-coted fork & susp. assembled
I also stopped by 88 rotors & picked up front & rear kit w/ pads. To accent the braking system I painted the calipers gold. (inspired by mugen calipers)
Rear disc conv installed w/ susp
Front installed
w/susp.
Wheel pic teaser
A random pic my daughter took w/ her digi cam (age 4) of daddy workin.
Tried to do a lil bodywork myself that didn't go so well
Screw I'll clean the engine bay
We'll if you read the above you already know my hatch is a CX converted. So I took a 45min drive down to JPR in south el monte to pick up my rear disc setup and a few other goodies. Of course some parts needed a good touch up. These parts will all be re-done thanx to the paint shop. But it's ok I can do them cleaner now.
I also outfitted the car w/ DC2 HKS Hypermax II (jpr) requiring the use of DC2-r LCA's also sourced at JPR.
Re-coted fork & susp. assembled
I also stopped by 88 rotors & picked up front & rear kit w/ pads. To accent the braking system I painted the calipers gold. (inspired by mugen calipers)
Rear disc conv installed w/ susp
Front installed
w/susp.
Wheel pic teaser
A random pic my daughter took w/ her digi cam (age 4) of daddy workin.
03-19-2008, 05:32 PM
#4
Re: **~!HIROSHIMA GREY HATCH build^~**.. a.k.a battleship grey!! 56k die (dc4_wHORE)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc4_wHORE »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sweet.. gl with it 
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Gracias
-joel-
June 07’ off it goes to the paint shop Shooting for Nisei 07'
Me & some of dem fellow JDMKids Roll out the NAVI & a trailer. >>> We fly, we stay high!! Borrowed!!! (realJDMmarc & laurence seen below)
</TD></TR></TABLE>Gracias
-joel-
June 07’ off it goes to the paint shop Shooting for Nisei 07'
Me & some of dem fellow JDMKids Roll out the NAVI & a trailer. >>> We fly, we stay high!! Borrowed!!! (realJDMmarc & laurence seen below)
03-19-2008, 05:33 PM
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Re: **~!HIROSHIMA GREY HATCH build^~**.. a.k.a battleship grey!! 56k die (Scotty Dosent Know)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Scotty Dosent Know »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So you welded the front half of one car to the rear half of another???? 
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correct.
</TD></TR></TABLE>correct.
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03-19-2008, 05:35 PM
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Re: **~!HIROSHIMA GREY HATCH build^~**.. a.k.a battleship grey!! 56k die (JDM_JNKY)
correct me if im wrong but I would assume that car would fold up like a tin can in a wreck now. Is there going to be a cage going in to strengthen up the unibody?
03-19-2008, 05:37 PM
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Re: **~!HIROSHIMA GREY HATCH build^~**.. a.k.a battleship grey!! 56k die (Scotty Dosent Know)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Scotty Dosent Know »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">correct me if im wrong but I would assume that car would fold up like a tin can in a wreck now. Is there going to be a cage going in to strengthen up the unibody? </TD></TR></TABLE>
let's just say there's a probabilty of you being right and wrong please read, through the thread.<U> This method has been realistically roll tested!!</U>
let's just say there's a probabilty of you being right and wrong please read, through the thread.<U> This method has been realistically roll tested!!</U>
03-19-2008, 09:13 PM
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Re: (hondazcivix)
i hope you're not planning on driving this thing around? why not just start with a new chassis/car, if the frame was bent and do a firewall conversion? i'm just saying since it seems like money isn't a issue here, and you're going all out on the build. g/l anyhow. 
Modified by life sux die at 10:33 PM 3/19/2008
