After driving around my 2001 Mitsubishi Galant from 10th grade until Highschool Graduation I decided I was ready to move on. Searching craigslist day and night, I finally stumbled upon a 1995 Civic coupe for $1800! Hopped in the car and went to take a look.

Here she sat:





Upon further inspection. No driver side side skirt, rip on the front driver's seat, HORRIBLY dirty carpet, no air intake, non functioning reverse lights, no battery tie-down, couple of lugs missing, and cracked dome light.

The car was in overall great shape and drove like a dream.

I bought the car in mid december and soon after I went out of town to see family in Georgia. I came back to smashed windows. Glass was EVERYWHERE. I thought this was my first run in with Honda Thieves but apparently the suspect had already been caught. Turn out to be a drug addict from a nearby trailer park who broke into nearly 15 cars in my complex while on a massive high. Great luck right?

After shelling out over $300 in repairs I was ready to get started.

First order of business was to order an ebay air intake (on a budget), get a battery tie down from a friend, shampoo the carpet and seats, new windshield wipers, and fixed the reverse light wiring. Once I got the easy stuff down, I found a clean set of rota slips with brand new tires on Craigslist for $450. Here is how she then sat.



Next move was to get Tokico Blues and some coilover sleeves from a local shop "ESR Performance". The sleeves were labeled "DNA Motoring". Eventually they'll be replaced with Ground Controls but for now these will do.



Finally I got a small chunk on money and i was able to improve the looks. Picked up a set of gold deep dish OG axis 15x8 rims wrapped with N3000 195/45/15 tires for $750 and integra seats for $80. Then ordered a mugen front lip, rear window visor, ek front mud flaps, eg rear mud flaps, and ek side skirts. I struggled with the color of my tow hook. Gold or silver?? I decided on silver in the end. Here she is today.













I haven't done much of anything as far as performance. Still the stock D16z6. I'm not totally Looks over Speed, so expect updates. I don't have the biggest budget but I'm thinking of swapping in a b20vtec (possibly b16 head) and GSR tranny. Right now I'm pretty mechanically useless, but I plan to do a lot of reading and research here on the forums to really learn about the engines/swaps/etc.

Thanks for reading

 

not my cup of tea but its a start

 

That lip looks...

 

good luck!

 

looked better when you first bought it. axis wheels were cool like 10 years ago.

 

i think that **** is clean man.. you might wanna go lower.. itl look better.. seems like you graduated hs not too long ago. for that. i can relate. lol

 

I wish i could find some ogs for750 good luck on a build.

 

Hell Yeah.
I feel you man. Just graduated and tryna build a Honda. bwhaha.
Looks clean man. Keep buildingg.

 

I like where this is going so far...keep up the good work

 

to each their own, thanks!

Yeah I know, I never took a heat gun to it. It's still out of shape :/

thanks!

Should I burn it in a fire? lol

Yeah man, building a Honda without a real mans income is a b**** lol. thanks though!

A friend of mine has a cleannn RHD, jdm front teggy. He just wanted to unload them to get CCW's. Lucky me

It's hard lol. I have a feeling this is going to be a SLOW build. Starbucks doesn't pay well at all -_-

Thanks man!

 

Taking the car in a good direction man, do work! Building a motor really isnt hard...read up and soak in as much as you can.

 

apperance over performance!!!
Some of us ej owners just admire the beauty of the car more than the speed & all the whp stuff lmao!
i like where this is going! keep up the good work man!

 

omg i bet starbucks is a pain in the ***.. lol.. i work at mcds

 

Thanks! I've been reading alot about swaps lately. Still have a lot to learn though, but I have plenty of time. Who knows how long it will take me to save up

LOL! so true! thanks man, I always take a couple seconds to admire my car after I park somewhere.

It really is but hey I can't complain, I job is a job, right?

 

X2
performance>apperance lol

 

^ come on bro, i hope no one is on here talking about "i have mad tyte super sick *** 999 whp yo!" in a lil honda beater. lmfao! im a sohc type guy, i got like like 75 hp under my hood & i dont give damnn! i do what i please!

 

Nice EJ1 good luck with your build!!!