cehcivic15

bought this car from a junkyard for $200 everything was in the car except main relay and battery. i started selling parts on ebay before i decided to build it, sold the dash for $200 and made my money back, and sold the rest of the interior, headlights, quarter extensions, one seat, guage cluster, so i started out with +$600 or so...im afraid this will be slow due to money but here we go

cehcivic15

the motor in the passenger side floor was an extra d15 i had, from my red civic that i swapped a b16a into. first thing, i need to replace my wifes head gasket on her 4-door civic so im going to pull the head off this car, warranty out all the gaskets for free, and send this head to the shop to have it machined and new valve seals put in.

mister_ej2

good luck on the build

cehcivic15

how do you text under each individual picture?.....picked up the cherry picker for pretty cheap and got my nitto neo gens 205-50-15 and ordered my wheels today, and some other parts. the car is an automatic, and its going manual, so i ordered the new manual tranny mount bracket today from honda.
so far, my plans are:
car is going black
enginebay shaved, tucked,painted black
switch from power steer, to manual steer
brake line tuck
find factory spoiler
replace lower control arm bushings and trailing arm bushings
replace wheel bearings
replace all brakes
replace tie rod ends
replace all ball joints
im going to paint all suspension parts with red caliper paint main reason so i could tell if something ever leaks and it'll be easy to clean
all body work and paint will be done by me as well as all fabricating and mechanical work
going to redo entire car wiring harness my own custom way, go through every wire and depin and remove every wire i wont need fuse boxes are going under the dash so ill need to shorten and lengthen some wires
jdm b16a is going in
adding lsd to my tranny
going with mfactory gears with low ratios

cehcivic15

thanks man, im probably going to need all of the advise and yes criticism that i can get, but its going to be fun and give me some experience for when i go to build the car i want to actually keep...eg hatch
yah ill probably drive this car for a while but im going to sell it

toyomatt84

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cehcivic15

testing to see if my pics work



text under pic

cehcivic15

got the motor pulled tonight, tomorrow i am going to pressure wash the bay, and drop the fuel tank to start redoing it. the bumper support bar, or whatever its called, was smashed up, so i started looking for more signs of body damage, i started stripping the pass side fender and it was full of body filler, and so was the pass side door. so i am going to replace both


motor was nasty and full of rust


always have to take silly pics of you in the bay


greasy!

cehcivic15

more pics


shows how the auto bracket points upward, manual goes straight out


nasty firewall



i also ordered new hoses for the fuel tank hopefully ill get them and the new bracket tomorrow

cehcivic15

more shots




these are the wheels i ordered

on my way to work but ill have updates tonight, excited because i finally get to spray the 69 camaro ive been working so hard on, but next week i get another restoration job

cehcivic15

okay, today i got the bay washed and dropped the fuel tank, stripped the nasty tank, primered it with shopline epoxy, and then applied truck bed coating


tank out


in epoxy




in truck bed coating




this is what i used


all clean
i called the dealership today, my parts will be here tomorrow

Anton LaVey

i hope your going with a manual tranny

cehcivic15

yeah ive already got a s21 thats going in with mfactory gears

cehcivic15

picked up the new parts today from honda









also stopped by work and picked up spot weld drill bit to get the old bracket off




nice and easy with the right tools, if you ever do this, its a good rule of thumb to use alot of lube wd40 or something to keep your bit cool, they are expensive so you want to take care of it

cehcivic15

some updates from the weekend, got interior cleaned out and some new parts
























exhaust out



sound deadner coming out









NEW PARTS

wheels and lugs

back brakes

front brakes

wheel bearings

brakeline bender

more stuff

xfrankx

your build looks very similiar to mine. ill be keeping an eye on yours

g/l

Js-TM

looking good so far. gl

cehcivic15

thanks for the replys i was starting to think i wouldnt get any lol
next order of buisiness, im going to remove the front suspension, steering, and subframe to replace all the bushings, ball joints, tie rods, bearings, and clean and paint...i wish i could afford some coilovers, but i think im going to cut one full coil off all 4 springs to lower a lil bit, i wonder how much this will lower and how poor the ride will be? anyone have any input on that?

r_Senik

nice..id keep it that color. not too many of them around ya know.

cehcivic15

well, i have another one this color, and i really liked these wheels, so its gonna be black and look like a stock civic from the outside, and black is also cheap lol, the car has 4 paintjobs on it, so im definitely going to strip it

emendgroove1

i got a factory spoiler if your willing to pay shipping...

cehcivic15

yah i would, but im going to check the local yards first and see what i can find, how much would you want for it

brandonEM1

Looking good so far. Good luck with it.

xfrankx

if your doing this much work to the car please do not run cut stock springs. your better off getting the dropzone sleeve over coils and shocks for cheap or even just a set of cheaper priced lowering springs. anything is better than cut stocks the ride is going to be awful. trust me my friend had them on his car wayyyyy back in the day and i hated riding in that bucket

emendgroove1

dont matter like 40-50 bucks...not really trippin cuz its just sitting in the garage.