LMdAkId

How it sat after we bled the brakes and a few laps around the neighborhood


Picture speaks for itself . This is the passenger side




Driver side. You couldn't even fit a quarter between the axle and fork




We removed the fork and this is the damage made from it. We think the axle is still good. Imagine if my bro drove long distance or we didn't notice it. Yikes!


Package from Ground Control spanner wrench. We have 2 other spanner wrench but those slide easily off from the perch adjuster




Wiper, tow hooks, forks that we're going to paint




Oem forks that we're going to reuse since the drop forks didn't work out. We need to paint it before we install it back on




Painted. Front tow hooks and wiper






Got new oem caps and nuts for the wiper


Duck and Mick approves the new wiper look lol


Decided to paint the lower radiator support. Had a couple rust spots and we wanted a more cleaner look. In the future we will eventually paint the radiator support the same color as the car (VSM)


Prep: Sand with 800, primer, sand again, mask, and paint






Oem forks curing process. Three layers. Aslo the bumper beam painted



Can't notice in the pictures the before and after but it looks way better now and it won't be an eye sore




Axles can breathe better with the oem forks. Gap much bigger



Bought screens for the condenser since it was an eye sore. You can paint it with a spray can but make sure to apply a thin layer or you can use radiator paint. Note: when buying a screen get the ones with the bigger holes in them for better air flow


Horn needs painting too






Got the horn on and dry fitting the screen





We use zipties to hold the screen in place. 4 corners. Looks cleaner


Close up picture of the horn installed



We weren't going to install the passenger seat but we wanted to make some room in the garage. So that's that. Driver and passenger seats are temporary until we decide what seats we're going with




Ziptie clips for the turn signals and horn wiring






Cleaned out the hood latch and cover. Reapply grease after



Engine splash shield with oem retainers and bolts. We also cleaned this out


Another package


Headlights and other misc


Headlights, turn signals, front bumper, front type r lip and the rest of the front parts








These OEM jdm turn signals are temporary. We bought them awhile back so that's why we have these. We're just waiting on the EDM turn signals ( clear version ) to arrive. That's what we're going to run. Just a cleaner look in are opinion






Time to put the front end together. We started with the headlights, foam support with gusset, side bumper bracket, then the front bumper, bumper beam, turn signals and last was the lip











Front end done. We don't have the lip permanently installed yet but a picture below on how it will look



Hood seal. If you buy these it will come with clips


Cleaned out the area before installing


Snaps in place




Windshield screws and holders



Oem Cowl



These are the upper cowl clips





Well that's it for now. Notice the last picture that the rear tire has been removed and if you look closely the trailing arm is also out. We're working on the rear suspension at this time. So stay tune for that.

Thanks,
LM

.Grimace

Well that's a little concerning to see with the MPC forks. Bummer I already bought mine.

LMdAkId

Yeah man me and my bro was a little annoyed. When I get the time I will email them about this matter. Oh well build must go on. Just a little bump on the road

Prudz_lude

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That perfectly straight front end, hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng

Love this build

LankorDie

LOVEING all the OEM parts, this build is wonderful

Grifty

Looking clean!

J4k3

Amazing progress, I'm sure you've spent tons to get to this point?

LMdAkId

Close enough. Still needs a little fine adjustment. Thanks for coming by

Thanks buddy

Appreciate it. Your name looks familiar then I realize that you also have a build thread. Keep up the great work

We try not to think of it as much but we knew going into this that it will break are bank and to answer your question yes we invested alot. To think of it we're not even done yet, ohh no lol! Stay tune for more updates and progress. Thanks for coming by

94 accord typeR

I had a oem-gasm. Then i saw ur suspension. Oops.
​​​​​leatherseats.com unless u want sparco or bride or whatever
great build

LMdAkId

More updates for you guys/gals. We started to work on the rear suspension, brakes, lot's of prep and painting and the rest of the rear components . A bunch of headache's and fun progress all together. So sit back and enjoy. I might have miss some info on here but I'll make sure to put what I can remember since some of these pictures and some of the work done was a month ago



A picture before we took the rear suspension apart






Got all the stuff out. Exhaust was also taken out just not in the picture



Pictures with all the parts out of the way so we can easily access the fender well for under coating strip down




You guess it right. We're also going to paint the under chassis




Also painting the under rear section of the car



Bro took the trailing arms to work so he can take out the trailing bushings. Air hammer did the trick. Spindle was mounted with 4 Torx bolts ( T50 ) and if I can remember a 24mm nut



Rebuilding the rear calipers. We're going to reuse the rotors and pads which still has meat on them. Will be replacing them in the near future





Bringing these parts to the car wash to sand,brush, degrease, and pressure wash prior to painting



Started stripping the fender well undercoating. This took a very long process. We wanted a clean surface to work on so that it's easier to work with and better end results. Picture below was after 1 application of the aircraft remover. We did this process 5-6 times




Wow what a difference




We prep the under chassis also. Probably the most annoying process. You're upper body will take a beating especially your neck and arms. In back of are head we know it will be all worth it after it's all done





Masking the sections off



After 1 coat




After 3 coats and we removed the masking off. Exhaust, fuel line, and fuel tank is a bit of an eye sore. We will be painting that when we start working on the motor. All those parts will be coming off




Mean while we got a few packages. I know what's in it but still get excited opening up boxes. Maybe that's just me



Spoon trailing arm bushings, Ktuned rear toe, Rear upper mount, and honda parts



Package from honda. Got some free misc items to. That's really cool




We got the rear suspension parts in the trunk to get cleaned up



After we got it cleaned up. We will be painting these parts below



We finally got to paint the fender well and the under rear chassis. This is just 1 coat. We applied 3 layers







Next we worked on the trailing arm bushing and used the tool below. This special tool didn't work perfectly but we got it together after couple hours. You can use a hammer if you don't care in damaging the trailing arm bushing. A press will be the best option for this. At that time we didn't have access to one. Note: There's a way to put the trailing arm bushng in. Longer arm goes towards the fuel tank and shorter goes towards the tire. Also there is a upper and lower side to the bushing. The OEM ones have a thicker and thinner rubber which determines the upper and lower side of the bushing. Upper = thinner rubber and Lower = thicker rubber. Spoon actually has a mark on them which says "LWR". Didn't know this unit I did some research. Hope that made some sense






Another package. UKDM 98-01 turn signals. This part is almost becoming rare. They don't sell the Right side new anymore and as for the Left side you still can buy them new at a UK honda dealer. Which not all dealers in UK will have them. We got a pair of used right/left turn signals and a new left side for spare





We restored the turn signals as they weren't in the best condition. No cracks or anything like that. Just common scratches and rock chips




You know it's legit if you see this. Picture below




The process we did to restore the turn signals was wet sanding. Starting from 1000 grit all the way up to 5000 grit. Then we buff it out, then cleaned it again with meguairs cleaner, and finally laying 3 coats of clear




We removed 95% of the scratches off and most of the rock chips. Some of the rock chips was deep in the plastic. There's only so much you can do with sanding or you'll start burning through the plastic material which you can't restore if that happens. So take it easy




Picture of new and restored parts prior to going on the car. OEM and Aftermarket parts








Picture of the fender well with the masking tape off. I think this is where we start putting parts back together.




Here we're putting the spindle, hub bearing and other parts that comes with it together. A lot of you guys know how to do this but for the people that are curious I did a little write up below

So starting with these torx bolts ( T50 ) and nut that holds the spindle to the trailing arm. We applied anti seize to prevent corrosion and the next time around it will be easier to remove




Next bolts and shield




Next will be the hub bearing. We put some grease on the spindle and on the bearing. Just slide the hub bearing into the spindle. No need for a press. When removing you also don't need a press or a puller. It will come right off. Sometimes the inner race will get left behind on the spindle. Don't worry pry that out with a pry bar or flat head





Next washer/spacer




Next axle nut with a medium strength loctite and punch the axle nut in the spindle. Torque this down to 134 Foot Pounds




Next the dust cover




All set and done. Repeat on the other side



Rear suspension. Koni sport shocks, Ground control springs with custom spring rates, and Ground control upper mount. If you have this setup this is how it goes together





Getting the parts situated next to the car. Make's the job easier and faster




Parts installed. We torque most if not all bolts down. You don't have to just make sure they're tight in there




We also got the asr subframe installed at this point. There's a way to installing these so follow the instruction given to you if you bought them new if not asr website will have them




Rear brake calipers. After we got it installed we bled the brakes. We bled all 4






Rear bumper, retainers and screws




Rear license lamp and bulbs

LMdAkId

Rear bumper on






Time to put the side skirts on




First time in a long time the car got driven a long distance and went to gas up. Don't mind the blue tape. It's just holding up the fender lining since we didn't bolted it up yet. Don't know if you guys can notice but the car is so dusty. Maybe you can see it on the windshield









We got more things to do with the car. One of them is to clean her up. Car is clean just full of dust all around. Other little things we need to do is put the front lip, mud guards, roof trims, fender well trims, and tires for the wheels. I'll post up the rims on the next update. Also seats, steering wheel, and shift ****

If you guys are wondering about the engine will get to that once we start working on it. As of now we got other stuff to take care of


Thanks for stopping by,
LM/Ryan

94 accord typeR

Is it 1998? That thing is brand new!

LMdAkId

We got the suspension resolved. Good thing we saw it right away. As for the seats we we're looking at bride at first but we change are mind and going to get recaro's.
Thanks

Yes it's a 1998 and it will be a show car once we're done.
Thanks for stopping by

EJ_ALLMOTA

excellent work on the restoration..

CandyRedRC46

Beautiful restoration. Good to see all the hard work put into restoring and preserving these cars, but where is the rear sway bar?

danteisme

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lookin mint!

LMdAkId

Thanks buddy

We appreciate the kind words. We haven't ordered the sway bar yet

A thanks man. Saw your last couple of posts on your thread. Looks like alot of work ahead. Thanks for stopping by again

.Grimace

Ever hear about those MPC front forks? Curious what came of that thinking of putting mine on with my front brake kit once the car is back from paint.

LMdAkId

I forgot about those drop forks. Just sitting dust now. I haven't contacted them yet but you just reminded me so when I get the time I'll bring up the issue. As of you installing them on your car just installed them and see how they go. Don't know why those forks came out that way. I've seen and read multiple cars running them and doesn't have any problems like ours did. Good luck with the build

.Grimace

LankorDie

Its back on the road! Looks better than new!

LMdAkId

Cool I'm excited for you. April is just around the corner. Enjoy the build process. BTW I just messaged MPC about the drop forks. Waiting on there reply. I'll keep you posted

Thank you

LMdAkId

Update: Few little things that we got done on the car and we took some photo's of the car last weekend

Rear fender well rubber seals. These come a bit longer and it's pre- glued. Just cut to size






Roof trims Left an Right side




Got some mudguards. These are 94-97 mudguards ( 98-01 are discontinued ). Fronts are the same as 98-01 integra's but the rear's are different. You can get away with it with a little modifications which is some drilling and cutting. We got these guards for the hardware and the front guards. We ended up using the old one's since we had to cut the front's because the car was a bit low and we're planning on going even lower not slam though

We cut, sanded, and painted the old mudguards. I got most of the scratches out for a smooth finish but the front guards had deep damaged to them so I just I sanded what I can sand





Another package. Some of this parts will use in the near future. We're collecting parts




Honda license plate frame, mugen bolts and nut clips




Another one



Nrg universal adapter and lock license plate bolts



I guess another package



Nardi steering wheel and nardi hub. I took a picture with the nardi steering wheel and hub together so you guys can have an idea on how it will look. We went to re-use the nrg short hub. In the future we wiil use the nardi hub




A little write up on how to hook up the horn on the quick release and aftermarket steering wheel setup. This should be almost the same for different make and model of cars. A general idea if that's what you call it

This shoe horn comes in a female connector type but since we didn't have male connector to connect to the female shoe horn we did some cutting on the shoe horn to make it a male version. You don't have to use a shoe horn. I've seen people using paper clip or aluminum can which you have to cut in shape



Female connector and wire with one end splice



Crimp and mate the shoe horn and female connector together



We tape most of the shoe horn with just the tip exposing just incase for it grounding



This is a female connector on the other end of the shoe horn. I thought I needed a female end but actually we needed a male end. This plugs up the connector on the horn harness. I ended up splicing it




Now that you got the wire connections made it's time to look for the wire for the horn. Remove the steering panel and the panel underneath the steering column. For the integras your looking for the harness which is the one on the right side of the column.



Now that you found the harness. The wire for the horn is the blue and green wire which is the middle wire on this harness



Were checking to make sure that this is the horn wire. Paper clip did the trick. One end on the blue and green wire and ground the other end



Now look for a spot to mount the shoe horn in. You don't have to put it in the same spot that we put it in but this is where we got it mounted. Single screw to hold in place. We also ziptie the wire in place



The tip of the shoe horn should be touching the back end of the hub. Just like the pictures below




Now connect the other end of the wire to the blue and green wire of the horn harness and tape it in place so it doesn't come out of it's place.

And that's it. Just tuck the wire in and put the panels back



The horn button for the nardi has only one connector and the nrg quick release has 2 wires. So we took out the the black wire since it's not needed.

Once you put the horn in place it will ground itself out to the quick release





Panels back in and enjoy your horn. Any questions just LMK




We took some pictures over the weekend

























Almost done with the car as far on how the car will look. We're waiting on the shift **** which is on backorder. We still need to order the seats and tires for the wheels. I'll update you guys soon

Thanks,
LM

.Grimace

Better than when it left the lot dannng

LMdAkId

Thanks man. Close to where we want it. As far as aesthetics goes. A few more parts to go to finish off the looks of the car