Xenon7

The rotors/calipers look amazing!

steeliecivak

gorgeous

Tkrizz

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Are you trying to keep this car relatively stock looking? Since your a bys fan i'd like to see a bys front bumper on this thing!

jdm_phunk

awsome SI, just picked one up myself to add to the collection.

schpootypie

I'd love to put a BYS bumper on someday. I want to do some other things before I even think of that though. I always thought BYS bumpers looked weird without an intercooler behind them...

schpootypie

It's been a while, haven't done a whole lot to the car. I've only put about 50 miles on it since doing the 5 lug and it's been weeks. I've been working a lot and the weather has been pretty shitty. But we finally had a good day and I had some stuff that needed to be done so I'll update now.

Ever since I bought the car last year, there's been this weird clunking sound coming from the front end somewhere. I replaced both axles, but still the noise was there. I noticed it happened in reverse and while downshifting. Well, I jacked up the car one day to investigate, and noticed the DC header was smashed on the bottom. Like, crushed. I figured the noise had to have been the header hitting the oil pan because it was so damn bent and destroyed.

So I took it off and snapped a pic:



Luckily, I had the stock exhaust manifold so I put it on. Clunking sound....was gone. But the shitty part was that the aftermarket cat had a larger inlet to fit the collector on the DC header. Needless to say, it did not bolt up to the stock header. I drove it back to storage open header like a champ.

Ordered a cheap ebay test pipe. $30 later:





Car's exhaust is kinda sketchy, all one piece from the header flange back. Someday I'll fix all that and put some nice exhaust on it, but for now this works. I ordered some fresh Honda spring bolts and had a friend weld the test pipe in.







It's not ideal but it'll work for now.

After driving with the 5 lug for awhile now, I suspect a bad driver's front wheel bearing. Ordered a USDM ITR wheel bearing hoping it's compatible with the CTR 5 lug.

Wheel back off:



My shop dog decided to come out and enjoy the nice weather...



Got the knuckle off, ready to get the new bearing pressed in.



Shop dog got hot and moved to some shade.



Tomorrow I will take the knuckle in and get the new bearing pressed in. Hopefully after that I can get some more exterior photos to post up.

Oh, and the gf got me a pretty awesome birthday present...





Thanks for looking! I'll try to update some more tomorrow night.

Tkrizz

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Nice a monte carlo :D mine got me a shirt from the buckle lol. Looks like some good work so far. Whose pressing the wheel bearing in for you?

FBP_Si

One sweet build. Im in the search of a clean EBP my self. It looks exactly how Honda should had sold them here in the US.

schpootypie

Haha. Honda did the wheel bearing for me. Charged me $30. Not too bad. Shitty thing is, it didn't fix the noise I had. Must not have been the bearing. I think I either have some thing stuck in my brake pads or the caliper itself is sticking. This weekend I plan to take apart the brakes again and really clean off the pads...if that doesn't help, I'll order a caliper rebuild kit.

Pics still coming! I might clean it up a bit tonight and try to snap some pics.

jdm_phunk

When is the noise apparent. scraping/roaring/grinding noise?, Just while cruising?accel?braking? Possibly the shims on the caliper(hardware) between where the pad mounts and the caliper. This happen to my 99 si while cruising/and slight brake application, kept making a small grinding noise. I ended up replacing the hardware/slider pins on both front calipers fixed the issue.
--Check for freeplay on the other front wheel bearing.

Tkrizz

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Right on dude let me know if you need any help i'm always down to learn something new! I got some money now as well so if you want i could pick up that disc brake swap from you.

2000BlueEm1

Great build, how much did the whole 5lug set up cost you?

ESCO-->

damn ND goes hard haha

schpootypie

The 5 lug itself was about $1200. Wheels were $800 and about $400 for the tires. The rotors, pads, and SS brake lines were around $500. So...a lot.

I ordered caliper rebuild kits from acura for the front. Hopefully that fixes the annoying scraping sound. I don't know what else it could be. Also, I have a wheel alignment tomorrow.

schpootypie

The noise is only while moving without the brakes on. The instant I hit the brakes, noise goes away. I took apart the caliper and greased the slide pins...didn't help. Hopefully the rebuild kit helps. We'll see.

jdm_phunk

Maybe the pads/rotors. Not saying there cheap or crap, but if the pads are more metallic rather than organic or ceramic. Maybe causing a slight noise when pad is not applied and skimming the rotor(no pressure applied on the pads). Try different pads without changing anything else on the brake/knuckle assembly. See if it changes, if not try another aspect

schpootypie

Well, thought I'd post a little update since it's been awhile. Haven't drivin the Si much due to it being stored so far from my house, combined with my work schedule. I've put 300 miles on it this summer...bummer. But I did manage to snap a few pics last week. No new parts or anything, same as before. I will hopefully be putting the Monte Carlo on soon. Anyways, here's some pics:

Tym2play

Good looking build, the 5 lug definetly changes the look of the car. Did you buy the rims brand new

Deetz

Beautiful ride!!!!

boostin99ek9

Nice, I like where this build is going!

blazedcivicr

its looking good and keep her safe

ecko_3420

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Loving the tastefull mods added!!

BC_Garage

What paint did you use to spray the calipers?

schpootypie

I bought them used on ebay. They're in near mint condition. A few scratches here and there.

I used high heat engine paint.

Tkrizz

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Hey man cars still looking really good! Say I was trying to get a hold of you for that brake swap but I don't think I have the right number for you anymore. I'll pm you my number.