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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 03:14 PM
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He said he couldn't roll because of bondo issues.
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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 05:43 PM
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Last time I aligned it, my rear camber was less than -1.00, I think it was around -0.80

But yeah, I don't want to risk rolling my fenders because of the body work I had to do when I painted it. It's been a northern michigan car all its life and every year prior to my ownership it saw daily driving in the winter. It had rust in the rear quarters that I cut out and patched in with new metal. But it took a little bondo to finish it up nice and flush. So I don't want to crack that. I'll probably go in with a cutoff wheel and trim the lip back a little bit.
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 12:17 PM
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yes. It's an obd1 motor. the original valve cover didn't have that, the pcv valve is under my intake.
what did you use to plug the whole?
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 03:03 PM
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A random grommet we had laying around the garage.
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 03:21 PM
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cool build! interesting to see a N/A non-vtec build.
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 05:19 PM
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Hey man could you snap a closer pic of your muffler? I think I just ordered the same one you have.
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 05:46 PM
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You mean like this? It's the Megan M-OE. Should be pretty easy to tell if it's the same one if you know the name of what you ordered.

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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 06:18 PM
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cool build! interesting to see a N/A non-vtec build.
Thanks! I love it. It's a fun little car now. And the engine pulls harder than my friend's ITR swapped ek coupe. I can't wait to get it on a dyno and see where I'm actually at. Hopefully this summer.
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Old Feb 25, 2013 | 05:22 PM
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New shift **** and boot installed



old nasty, peeling off


new
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Old Mar 3, 2013 | 10:35 AM
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new goodies. ASR subframe brace, asr 24mm rear sway bar, asr spherical bearing endlinks, blackworks lca's. Also got some hasport 70a motor mounts that are not installed yet.
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Old Mar 3, 2013 | 11:42 AM
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Nice parts!
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Old Mar 4, 2013 | 01:23 PM
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nice setup ! where did you purchase the leather inserts ?
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Old Mar 4, 2013 | 02:59 PM
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I re upholstered them myself. It's a vinyl fabric from Joann fabrics.
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 11:37 AM
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Proof that hard work does pay off. Amazing build!
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 03:21 PM
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thanks. here's another pic from the other day.
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 03:52 PM
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i love your build! i gotta MR eg sedan myself and this build is very inspiring. thanks! what kind of spoiler is that btw? oem?
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 08:37 AM
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Nice build. Car looks good. You leaving the splitter white?
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 03:42 PM
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The splitter is going to be painted black once the weather is warm enough to paint.

picked up a gsr rear brake swap and gsr front sway bar from a friend today.
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 02:11 PM
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The splitter is going to be painted black once the weather is warm enough to paint.

picked up a gsr rear brake swap and gsr front sway bar from a friend today.
H22 valve cover?? Mmmm
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Old Mar 30, 2013 | 04:08 PM
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Yeah, i picked it up for a friend.

Getting closer to being able to pull her out of the garage.
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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 05:36 AM
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the new valve cover looks alot better
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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 07:22 AM
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Thanks. Pictures honestly don't even do it justice. It's a triple stage powder coat with pearled metallic flake and then clear coated. In person the color is killer.
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 06:24 PM
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ITR sway bar and hardrace hardware installed tonight.


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Old Apr 7, 2013 | 03:46 PM
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Took her for the first drive of 2013 with all these new parts.







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Old Apr 7, 2013 | 07:22 PM
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nice car, keep up the good work!
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