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Old 03-26-2012, 11:24 AM
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Default One last go, Rise from the ashes build, Fork Sports RHD dc2-R content!

Excuse the amount of pictures, but I have this build going on in another website and just decided to share it here as well, and feel free to comment good and bad....enjoy!



Money is short, times are hard, but this is my dream car dammit!!!
So even if this just might be my last build, it must take place, and what better place to share the progress than here!!!

Oh, and thanks Ryan, Memo, Guy, Dom, my body man Jesus and my brother Mike, without you boys this project would still be in the backburner, and Dom, I'm glad she went to a good home!

First off, a little backround about the person behind the car.

My name is Nicholas Floria, aka Nick, aka tenedor sports, aka fork sports, and if you are reading this then I'm pretty we share an addicton for these vehicles. I've been into this for awhile, so let me share with you my automotive history/timeline.

My love for the brand started when I first sat in a brand new ef sir hatchback in 91, my mother had taken her 87 mazda 323 hatch to the dealer, and the dealer had just bought the honda franchise and began putting them on the show room floor. What an awesome memory, anyway we could have never afforded one back then so my love the H badge was put on hold...

First off, my 1991 hyundai excell, a hand me down from my brother, sorry no pics but coming from humble beginnings in a third world country (Panama born and raised and proud of it), this was not too shabby, it was black, slammed on 15 inch momo evolution wheels, which I might add, these wheels were the shizzz back then, before digital cameras and the internet phenomena had caught on.
not actual car but ust to give the idea...



these wheels




Second car my Mitsubishi Lancer gl, my lust for white cars had caught on and I persuaded my mother to purchase this car in this color. This car lived a very short life.





imagine this car in white, on 17" momo ferrari II





these were sooo heavy, lol!
that lancer ended up getting totaled, not by me, although there had been many close calls, comes with being young and dumb...

next car: the elantra, I couldn't afford much then, and this was to be a car bought by me, mom had bought that lancer bran new and when it got totaled Panamenian insurance didn't want to cover it. we needed transportation, and this was it.



you know, for being a cheap car, it was by far the quickest, with its DOHC configured beta engine, it was a hoot to drive, remember both of the previous cars were 1.3 carb engines making hardly any hp.

I decided I needed to do something with my life so I came to see my brother stateside, actually it was more like my mother kicked me out for acting a fool, but what teen doesn't?? lmao!

my first car here

boy I loved this, wish I would have known then what I know now, I sold this car due to a blown headgasket and slushbox trans, I didn't know how to fix any of this then... I want another one!!!

after the toyota was gone, I didn't have much money and looking around the local news paper for weeks I found nothing.

My brother is not one to get excited, but he knew I wanted a honda, so we hopped in the car and showed me something similar to this


needless to say I bought it, when I sat in this car that feeling I had as a kid when I first sat in that brand new 91 ef hatch came back and I knew I was through!!!

damn, I realized I am probably boring you guys with all this history crap, let me move on at a quicker pace before my daughter wakes up lol!

after that my first ej1
looked very similar to this...


then my first eg hatch!



I ended up trading for this:











later on this happened...



moved on









slowly had started silently working on my next hatch






mr2 was also mine back then until my brother finally came to his senses and wanted it back!







people dont know this but this car never had equips...



I wanted a set my brother didnt... but this is the og pic



with the aw11 out of the way and my da close to being sold, I was still working on the eg when I ran into an original owner eg sedan, I always wanted one soooo

if i find another white one, im getting it!!!









around this time frame I was also talking to this guy from alabama about an ITR shell for sale... selma alabama approx. three years ago


the shell had been involved in some kind of front end collision but the everything else of the car was intact, I had more pics of this trip but I cant find them..


later on the sedan got hit by a teen, and it got declared a total by insurance so, the white hatch was ready by then









The boosted b developed issues.... under the knife at dj envision's house!
Thank you James for letting me do this at your house!!!













jdm b16 in



a little later wifey decided I had accumulated too many cars



naw just kidding, this was the current stable...



dont ask me how this happened, but my crx then my eg, the now totalled and repaired sedan, and then in the works, my ek sedan in the garage... ****...lol

the eg sedan got sold first, then my hatch... time to focus on my rhd crx









old skool powa




the crx was an ethanol car, needed a daily bad!

and had found out about this!!! :bang:



so bought this

















Then ran into a buddy that had his first on the way.... it wouldn't have been too fun driving a baby around in a db2 so we traded...





I loved that db2, and wanted to keep it so bad, up until a good friend of mine made me an offer I couldn't refuse, I saw it as an opportunity to finally start this project.

decided to sell everything and start trading as much as I could to start my build, and here it goes :bang:

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So my journey begins, I bought this dc2 R half cut





it came with fenders and pretty much everything I needed except engine!



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I had searched for places to get the frame work done, and, damn it was crazy...

first it went to this guy out in rincon to get measure and see exactly how much damage, and to see if when repaired it would become a straight body car...











after alot of weeks, it was declared a very repairable car, and was told that buying that halfcut was probably the best investment ever!!

interior shot, what a mess...

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then the most amazing thing happened



jun 8 I was to meet my little girl, Sofia Nicole....









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after a month of mommy, daddy, and baby time, it was time to get back on track!

A friend had taken the dc2 to florida, I trusted him and ended up getting screwed..

here is a pic of the car and pieces on their way to fl



after months and months of calling him and no answers, paired with lame excuses..
I was browsing clist and found this...



My good friend memo and I rented a uhual and everything I would need to get this car in my possesion asap!!!

Man, I couldn't believe this guy would do this to me... :angry:


finally the car home... anyone want some mountain dew???

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fathers day was around the corner, wifey threw me and the fam a lil get together!







my brothers beemer, hed made it out the previous day...




and now on with the build....
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I was torn after the whole almost theft incident, after going through all my parts I discovered my itr bumper had been mangled and cut up.... :angry:



after all that mess, My friend Ryan siggested I talk to another buddy, I had completely forgot about the man, I should have talked to him to begin with as he is a certified lexus frame and body repair man....

first day on the job and paired with good information, dismantled the parts we needed off the halfcut...






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sold my regas, in hopes of finding a 5 lug replacement... thanks Geoff!!!



playing with color ideas...



jesus cuting down the mangled metal...









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stitch weldings removed



area cleaned up and prepped









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lots of work ahead but steady!!!

front end is ready and waiting for its other dc2r replacement nose!!





interior still dirty but, getting better!



no rear end damage, never been painted, just regular dings an dents here and there :bang:

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last update of the day..

parts laying all over the place.... headlights in the kitchen...


bucket next to them...



my staggered set of regamasters arrived the other day, and they are also in the kitchen as well, I like to look at car stuff while I cook...lol




test fitting...



everything lining up, measurements add up, time to weld !

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updates!!!!

front end fitment is PERFECT!!!

mocked up wheels look good on there but they arent staying on there long.. lol



taking her back apart and prep to paint the bay!








ready for paint


and we begin!!!










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thanks fellas, happy thanksgiving/negro friday




updates

just a couple of shots of the finish in the bay!















parts car patiently awaits,....





bought this car just because it had an itr swap and five lug, plans are to swap all the parts over to the og type r then part out along with the rhd conversion in my backyard...

as you can see I've test mounted the wheels and tires in reverse stagger configuration, being that they are +35 all around, it has a small rubbing issue at the rear that i suspect will carry over to the itr...





I took the liberty to install parts that I had left over from my previous eg build, they will soon be for sale to make money for the R build...

all items are authentic pieces unless noted...

jdm clear stanley fogs cw covers
vision smoked ambers
optional eg6 center console
jdm eg6 cluster
mugen ball type shift ****
sparco milano 2 suede buckets
vision duckbill(authenticity still to be confirmed as it was bought from a source who proved not to be very reliable)
spoom lip (came on vehicle)


dont be afraid to offer a trade for dc2 parts!
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so wifey and baby decided to go enjoy the darkness friday festivities at the mall,

I decided to stay home and rub one out

as you can see, the top one is slightly shinnier than bottom, not perfect but I'll keep polishing





I've had these ohlins rear coilovers for a while but hadnt been able to find matching
fronts till today...

thanks matt :bang:

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My boy dom's little girl doing a mini plank on that crispity clean db2 lol!!!



more parts coming in!!!

rcrew rear brace, rich has a badass deal on these, hit him up!


model baby sofia...lol already liking the car parts!!!



I had to get these from dan, hard race mounts!!!
thanks bro!!!

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so took the 5 lug off the civic and getting stuff ready for the R!



man, I'd been looking around for a set of these for years, thanks EUY!!! :hug:

ec works type a



those of you familiar with these know that the spoon knockoff is slightly larger





and finally a test mounting







more updates to come :bang:

finally got another set of tein ha coilovers in the mail, alot with a comptech rear sway bar and do-luck center brace!!!




Cleaned up, shaved, ready for some titanium springs and retainers, and these itty bitty cams lol!



super clean block, getting ready to get honed!!!



and here she is as of today, patiently waiting for dings/dents removal and nh-o inside out



stay tuned :bang:































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late night primer session, time to get crackin again!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59119056@N07/6796893654/http://www.flickr.com/photos/59119056@N07/6796893654/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/59119056@N07/, on Flickr

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why must someone always want to spray a damn **** on something?!?!

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then someone else gets spray can happy....results :bang:

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Awesome man, way to save an R. Subscribed for this one.

BTW, congratulations on your little girl.
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I love it, you've gone threw quite a bit of cars there. i'm liking how the DC2 is coming along. check your pm = )
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Subscribed! I LOL'd at the VSM Civic Sedan, thinking you were gonna settle down. Then it gets all modded in the second pic.
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Damn I honestly thought all those cars we're yours. I had a buddy who owned 15 cars so I believed what I saw lol.

Love the Type R.

All these type r builds has me thinking of getting one.
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damn man i like how this build is coming good.

i like to see a Type R build...

nice work keep it up!!!
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dang you went threw alot of cars!
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i'm drooling..... great thread!!! subcribed
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GA

looks like its gonna be a sick build.
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You sir have owned a lot of cars!


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