Honda_POD

I've lurked around this forum for years but never posted. Figured I'd share my slow build. 99 Em1 I bought from a buddy, has 82k in it. My goal for now is to restore it and lightly mod it but still keeping it close to an si as possible.







Where the interior sits right now.




Welding the brackets in

$amGD3

Looks to be in great condition

how do you like those seats? Do they sit lower?

also...black door panels( ctr?)

Honda_POD

Seats sit around the same height, the bolsters are a lot better then the regular si seats though. Panels are ctr as well as the carpet, pedals, and folding mirrors.

Tegra206

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CLEAN! bro

Brice.Hayden

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Looks great. Needs a different steering wheel too.

Honda_POD

I agree on the steering wheel as well. A buddy is parting his lude and might take his s2k steering wheel off his hands.

RMOracer34

Get an Itr steering wheel. My opinion.

StreetLethaleg6

Not sure what needs "restoring" lol. It looks very clean to begin with. The only thing i would do is change the seats back to the original 99-00 si seats and replace the steering with either a Momo or Personal, then do some engine bolt ons and suspension..... That's it, then just enjoy it. Beautiful car tho man, good luck, I love em1's.

Honda_POD

Thanks man, exactly what my plans are.

Brice.Hayden

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Ek seats are garbage. 8th gen seats are way more comfy

ShinsenTuner

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That black interior is a nice touch. Is it painted or a CTR/UKDM conversion?

joey1320

EK seats are extremely uncomfortable and sit too high. I would go with DelSol seats with the red stripes.

Nice, clean ride. I would redo all the suspension components. New steering wheel and maintain it. Also try to keep the parts era correct

RMOracer34

I've seen redone sol seats in suede. It's actually an idea I might be doing.

StreetLethaleg6

I agree with the both of you....but I would just put them in because i prefer my Si's, GSR's, and Type-R's to be more on the OEM with certain parts (mainly body and interior)

Brice.Hayden

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And I would agree with you except they are literally the worst. I swapped mine out for Recaros immediately.

Honda_POD

I get the 8th gen seats are not ideal on an em1 based on generations. I picked them because they are comfortable, bolsters offer better support, the stitching and si logo look great with my personal interior. Here's another shot.

Honda_POD

It's painted unfortunately, Should of came this way from the factory to begin with. Looks a lot better then that wack *** grey.

JDMswagSerf

Interior looks really clean. I am liking the red and black color scheme going on!

$amGD3

those 8th gen seats actually look really good in there, they're actually cheaper than s2k seats too often times

was it a lot of work to get the rails to bolt on ?

Honda_POD

The brackets from the 8th gen seats don't line up with the civic holes. So they won't bolt up. I bought some brackets from eBay for my civic and just welded the seats to brackets.

Honda_POD

Picked up type r boot from a member here to match the center console armrest.


Saw a thread on the integra forums on a diy ct engineering airbox so I thought I give it a shot. Here's progress.

EE2bitsk

those seats look good in there.
never sat in a set so I don't know how they feel.

Honda_POD

They feel good man, both comfortable and supportive.

Diy airbox done.

Brice.Hayden

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Id get some OEM wires. Or NGKs. Those nologys are junk...

If you want an OEM tower bar, I have one laying around.

$amGD3

Airbox looks cool!

Where'd you get the center console/armrest cover?