chairwitharmrests

CURRENT STATE



Prior to the rsx I had a k20a swapped coupe that was a street car. I planned on turning it into a track car, bought everything but lost interest. Parted it out and bought a truck and a CBR in 2009. Missed driving stick, so I sold the cbr in the summer of 2011, and picked up this bone stock 2002 PWP Type S


engine:
AEM cai
05-06 Polished Type S exhaust
Type R spark plug cover
Vision cf intake manifold cover
Blox magnetic oil drain plug
Blox magnetic trans drain plug
s2000 banded oil filter
Dress up bolts

Interior:
05-06 Black base cloth seats
Black suede door pannel and pocket inserts
Costom suede false floor
S2000 push start
Strut king pedals
Type R shift ****
broadway mirror
LED's in all stock locations

Exterior:
05-06 front conversion
05-06 rear conversion
05-06 Side skirts
05-06 JDM Kouki Tail lights
Mugen front lip
Mugen rear lip
Mugen side skirts
Clear fog lights
Front H badge
Rear H badge
A-spec/Type R wing
JDM oem window visors
05-06 RSX type S Wheels
H center caps
17x8 +35 Enkei Rpf1's color matched pwp
235/40/17 Federal 595 RS-R
Black Muteki Sr48 extended lugs

Suspension/brakes
Energy suspension motor mount inserts
Stop tech stainless brake lines
Stop tech slotted f/r rotors
Stop tech track pads
Motul rbf 600 brake fluid
Wicked rear camber kit
Mugen rep rear mid bar
DC sports front titanium strut bar
Type R rear strut bar
Megan Cpillar bar
Function 7 rear lower control arms
Function 7 rear lower tie bar
Type R front lower control arms
King motorsports lca ball joint adapters
Buddy club rca's
Todd's camber/caster plates
Todd's adjustable inner tie rods
AMR engineering coilovers
Swift springs

Here is my k20a Ej while it was still a street car

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6844393178/
The bike

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990381331/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6844254992/
Where the motor resides from my old ej....in my buddys ej

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990377111/
Heres what the car looked like when I got it minus the black ep3 wheel... One of the stock tires had a flat so that was thrown on while I painted my new wheels


Wash on the way home from picking it up

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Picked up 05-06 wheels, but they were painted black.... NOTE to everyone!!! DO NOT paint your stock wheels!!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990356471/
Sanded down to be brought back to their oem glory.... Yes I could have painted over the black, but thats not my style...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990357959/
Picked up new tires for them

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990356783/
Mounted on the car

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6808233893/
ES motor mount inserts, stop tech stage 2 brake kit, and AEM cai

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6844233502/
Red outs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6844233030/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6844233254/
Picked up some S-techs, as well as 0857 inverted tie rod ends..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990359759/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990359517/
Type R wing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6844268302/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990390509/
Then my buddies motor blew in his rsx and I picked up a few things from him..

05-06 front end and side skirts

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990395379/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990373391/
Function 7 lca's and tie bar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6844300314/
05-06 Seats

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990434207/
Mugen rep rear mid bar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6844314208/
Valve adjustment

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6990397211/
Winter hibernation...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6844274976/

elsicario12

ehhh dude a thread without pic is usseles pzl put some photo of the rsx
no hating

chairwitharmrests

UPDATE 3/19

Made small progress on the car today... Only spent about an hour in the garage because I had to stop to go to the gym and I didn't have materials needed to continue. Tomorrow i'm going to pickup some cutoff wheels for my dremel, some stainless hardware for the strut king pedals, longer bolts for the rear mid bar, and some epoxy for a little interior project im going to be working on soon.

Got this in today. OEM type R strut bar, it was on my mental wtb list and one popped up for a 1/3 of retail so I scooped it up... Ordered it thursday night and it got here this morning:thumbsup:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6998934575/
Started pulling the rear interior to install the 02-04 to 05-06 converted tail light harness, the rear mid bar, and the type R bar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6998931121/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6852816120/
Marked the plastic to cut for the rear mid bar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6998942719/
Strut bar installed

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6852820798/
Bumper pulled

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6998938271/
Parts pile

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6852813336/
05-06 side bumper brackets

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6998929309/
Where they go

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6852817478/
And finally heres the rear bumper that I need to find someone to respray

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6998927591/

3-21 UPDATE

Rear mid bar installed, rear interior is staying out until the wiring is situated for the 05-06 conversion.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7002164865/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6856051012/
Started to work on the push start. I do not like the factory location and bezel that goes with the kit, so I decided to go the custom route. I'm putting the button in the mirror adjust button location, and relocating the mirror adjustment buttons into the change pocket below the bezel.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6856045308/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6856047616/
Block off plate made

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6856057118/
Hole trimmed

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7002168073/
I could have left it like this, but I figured I'd just go ahead and shave it. So I secured the block off plate with epoxy and used it as a backing for the bondo to stick to.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7002158793/
Bondoed...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7002170071/
Sanded

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7002247361/
Mocked up

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7002250267/
Will paint it tomorrow, and should have it installed

chairwitharmrests

UPDATE 3/21

Push button finished

Ascension motorsports harness connected

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6857768304/
Relay and ground mounted

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7003881177/
Wires routed and mirror switch in its new home

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6857770260/
Finished product, clean as fuuuu and much cleaner then the oem alternative imo..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6857772232/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6857773940/
More updates soon....

Tomek

She looks great, Ken! Need to check it out soon, excited to see this project continue to move forward.

elsicario12

look good broo
fresh!!!

HeLLa iLL2ndGen

Great build so far

SHG_James

When did you order your AMR's?

civic2124

TuFF !!!!

chairwitharmrests

I ordered them 2-3 weeks ago..

Bump update in 2nd post

DontTouchMyEj1

looks good ! im lovin the bike, but too bad its gone :/

chairwitharmrests

Ya it was fun, but when I think of the reasons I sold it, I would do it again. I could have probably kept it if I sold my truck and used the RSX as a daily, but then the RSX wouldn't see all the mods I have planned for it and it would be pretty bland. I just missed having a "fun" weekend car, I guess i'm just more of a car guy then a bike guy.

13BT

looking good so far man!! love the looks of the RSX!

chairwitharmrests

Thanks man!!!

3/21 update in the 2nd post

chairwitharmrests

Thanks Tom, we definitely need to get together soon

chairwitharmrests

UPDATE 3/21 push button complete third post..

TooCoolToSpool

Great progress Ken! I'm loving the attention to detail!!

chairwitharmrests

Thanks Sebastian, you already know how we dooo!!!

Tuner Eddy

Great start

chairwitharmrests

Installed the pedals today.... It was a not fun to say the least. I'm 6'2 220, being down there for so long took its tole on me, but at least it's done.

On with the pics...

Started by cutting plastic to cover the backs of the dead pedal and gas pedal so that you don't see the ugly rubber cover on the gas pedal and dead pedal

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7007397255/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6861276540/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6861288292/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7007400119/
Installed:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7007408515/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/6861294430/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73700176@N04/7007403049/
Thats all for now...

ReedMann

iTrader: (11)

Looks great so far man. There aren't that many RSX builds so its refreshing to see a nicely done one. Not a huge fan of tan interiors, but otherwise, the car is awesome.

ff4500

iTrader: (1)

Wow. Those pedals look nice.

chairwitharmrests

Ya and to think I paid about $40 for them thinking they were used, when they came I was surprised to see that they were still sealed in their original box!!

chairwitharmrests

Just picked something up, will post pics tomorrow..

chairwitharmrests

Dropped off my rear bumper to get painted today... Should have it back monday or tuesday but I won't be able to do all of the tail light wiring and install it till next weekend because I have a lot going on with school this weekend and next week, after that the 05-06 conversion is done. I also picked up some track wheels that I will post pics of when I post pics of the bumper.