andyjt

Picked her up in Jan. 2008 Shes my 2nd R. Pretty stripped when i got her but the price was right and i had/ have most of the parts to put her back together with. A fresh paint job was first on the list. The car has had a lot of half assed work done on it before, its time for me to fix her up.

Here she is: Stolen out of California in Summer 2005. If anyone recognizes it, im still in search of the badge number.....


March 2008
The Beggining: What im working with!







Update: Quarter panel removal!







Update: Quarter panel on!






Update: Prep work and cutting in of paint!












Update: 5/17.... paint and paint :D







5/26/08: More Paint!








She then made her way back to my house in June. Sat in the garage waiting for more parts to arrive/ wrong parts to arrive/ i ordered parts and kept changing my mind. I made a lot of progress in the past few weeks on it. I dont get to work much on her since i have such a busy schedule.

Fresh pictures as of today. ( First night outside the garage since the fresh paint.














Final parts arriving:




First week of October/ Last week of sept. 2008

*Goal was to get it running by MM 10/3. Spent 1 overnighter(on a work week to get her done) Thanks to Ryan and Bryan and Terry who helped me out a lot. At this time most of the interior was finished, front end on, harnesses in, etc etc and got her running. No exhaust yet nor Teins. They go on next week. Anyhow. On with the pics












Mugen Twin Loop (JDM) Omni-power test pipe, and O2 Eliminator.
***CLEARLY you can see a flaw in UPS's shipping quality.*** Im seriously still PISSED. I was ready to put it on tonight too










Nov. 2008:
Progress set back a bit on the car due to this:



Jan 2009-April 2009

Getting Ready for the EXPO!



June: 2009

After the expo, i realized my caR was slow. I wanted more, something that HASNT been done. I tossed around the idea off and on between this and a K swap. Either way i wanted MORE!

July 2009:
Engines out and swap is being sold/ parted out.


August 2009:
I purchased this from Copart.


Sept 2009:
No turning back anymore :-P




Mid Oct. 2009:
Progress, its going in/ its IN! Ground up running in 3 weeks( working 40+ hour work weeks!)













Oct 17th 2009
It RUNS! After about 2 1/2 weeks from recieving the donor car, shes up and running strong!

Early Nov 2009

The Modding Itch began, and one requirement was a HOOD. I absolutly REFUSED to cut my freshly painted hood to but a huge *** hole in it.






Nov. 2009:
Hood Closes!

Thanks for looking. More updates will come as neccessary.

-Andrew

1.5Slowmatic

nice man. i saw this car already. Guy named matt showed pics. Very nice work and big for the hood shutting

red.integra

looks great. i'm not up on my j swaps, how did you get past the whole hood hole?

andyjt

I ended up swapping to the shorter manifold, cut nearly all of the hood webbing in the way. I spaced the engine/ subframe down 1.5in. I also used a longer steering gear flexible joint. So far no problems/ no hitting the hood under WOT. And i still have enough ground clearance( i dont have it slammed), I have it raised just so it fills the wheelwells.

Chef Andre

iTrader: (1)

Looks great!!!!! So all you have to do is change the intake manifold to get the hood to close?

99SlammedCivic

iTrader: (2)

One of the coolest cars on here just because it isn't like every other R

andyjt

YAY! That was my goal. Plus i dont think anyone, (including myself) would tear apart a clean titled one.

khmers0uljah

Nice!!! Finally a guy that made a J swap fit, without cut into the hood!

specbb6

times fvckin two. looks sick man.

JDMkidGSR

WOW man NICE WORK...put some Wheels how and your set..

ninjaEF

wow looks great! i love the fact that you found a way not to cut a hole in the hood! in a way its like a sleeper... i wouldn't mind a set up like yours! do you plain on doing a write up on what you did for the hood and motor clearance?

andyjt

Thanks! I honestly have no desire or free time to make a write up on it. Maybe after the holidays are over in january.

hybridpatient95

why did the passenger quarter recieve all that plastic when it was brand new? i can understand the where it was sectioned but near the wheel well?

btw nice build man !

blue2000em1

I spy Rm basecoat in one of those pics.

Superchargedsha

was this at IA in tenn? looks great

-RedneckDave-

Very nice.

yangtech

Nice, wish I had that kind of skills.

andyjt

Quarter panel aquired dents on body lines during transportation/ moving it around since i didnt save the HUGE box it came in. lol

Nope. To my knowledge no one else has J swapped a ITR yet...

ninjaEF

if i ever get an integra and do a v6 i may pm you on some tips on the hood deal... if you don't mind!

L_U_C_K

Amazing! Great job bro, keep up the good work and updates.

hybridpatient95

i hear you on that one man lol.

def no have has a itr j swappped fully shut hood car yet hahahaha

guiltyxxspark

Subscribed.

thundernoodle

Wow. Nice work, in for getting the J to Fit under the hood, might skip my K build for this.

mooeys racing

wow way to go.. job good man looks sick

BoostKiller

damn thats sick dude i love how the hood closes