Except a purple Beaks bar on top of an ASR brace with no anti-sway bar...that crap is as gay as gabusBIEBER!

 

word!!!!

 

Yeah they do change but at the same time if you know me in person you know that its a big part of who I am. It feels like I'm new to the scene but I've been on Honda-tech since 05 and liked Hondas since before fast and furious even came out. Sure I may of have been only 11 but even then I still liked cars a lot and when I first saw a hatch for the first time there was just something about it. Turns out the car really fits me and my vision of a well designed car for what its made for. I like the potential they have to be anything and be good at it. Even though I havent had mine for all that long in the grand scheme of things or gotten that far with it, I still consider myself a semi-og. I wasn't around in the 90s but I will always be at this. People come and go in this scene but I'm not looking for 15 mins of fame.

I won't ever sell the car just to move on and I just hope never to have something happen to it. It won't happen, I know a lot of people sell theirs or get something else or even move on but with me I plan on keeping it as long as possible. Its my first car and not that it will be my last hopefully but at the same time it will always be there. The way I look at it is that I can't get bored of it because its not built yet so expectations can't be too high. How can I say oh I got bored of it when I didnt even do a swap or anything? If I didnt get to the fun stuff then of course it wont be fun. Needs to be built first and my build philosophy is pretty deep lol. I dont care how many funds I have available for it, I will wait until something can be improved on and then do it till I'm happy with it. Perfection is like OCD but I do plan on having everything to my liking with no cut corners and everything done as well as possible without too much overkill. I pull inspiration from a lot of sources and its impossible to know what it will be like when Im done so therefore it won't ever be done. It will have its phases. Like brad said, these cars are like legos. You can always get a new/different setup. One may be better than the other but its like clothes, you aren't going to wear your favorite jeans everyday, you switch it up!

I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing with it but it depends. I want to have a RHD EG at one point so I need to decide what I want to do with each first. I dont want to strip a mint EG6 SiR to hit the track, its too dangerous for a daily (theft, vandalism) so that would probably would just be a nice looking, good power, comfy, fun, weekend/meet drives where I can always keep an eye on the car or keep it at a safe location.

As of now Hatchy (my car) will be built to drive on the streets with comfort and at the same time be able to hit the auto-x, track days, meets/show and just an overall good car with limited sacrifices. So just a nice B18C motor, fully setup top notch suspension, nice interior, hid retrofit, neat jdm pieces like moldings, visors, spoon duckbill, oem lip or something like a mugen/spoon/bys/etc, nice exhaust, steering wheel, prob some recaros, jdm wheels and keep changing them every now and then. Very oem while being quick at the track and not harsh on the streets. Not all out street comfort/looks and not all out track like. I want it to be the best that it can be with the right sacrifices done. Hope to get it in a mag and have fun with it going to meets, track days and tailgate parties!

Im surprised a few of you aren't in my build thread lol. I know it moves slow nowadays but still!

 

please dont take this the wrong way, but you are by far not a simi og in this game. im not even. the og's where doing swaps in the 90's the people that followed in the early 2000's are where it really took flight. On to other thing's im not telling you that your going to sell the car, but i've been in your shoes. cars are replaceable. cars will for the most part always be there. To say that you'll never sell it is far fetched cause you know know what you are going to be or want in 10 years. I changed over night basiclly from party boy, *****, smoking up everyday, drinking till my liver hurt; to being a dad, caring about my family, taking care of myself, school, work, and managing my money ten times better then i ever did before. Thanks for answering my question. Your what 21-22? life is just starting for you. All i know is i barley have enough time to keep up with this thread, let alone a grip of others. i may pop in there this week end and see what its about, but why not share it here? i know once my car is in my garage im take more pictures then im know what to do with. I want to have pictures from start to finsh of everything i do to it. so when its done i'll go look at it and be like damn it came a long way. caring is sharing.

 

Well I say mini OG loosely because I'm not one of those guys that come in and play the trend game and then get bored because the car is just crap and full of fake cheap parts. I dont think an OG is necessarily one of the founding fathers but I think its someone whos been there from when they first got into it and never stopped.

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Yeah Im 21 and yeah cars are replaceable but I want to do my best to keep this one unless something happens and then that will just be what it is but its in good hands for now. I'll share stuff here if I do anything and I think thats how this thread should be.

I want to build my EH but time will come and everything will fall into place and I'll be able to show what I can do which to me is sort of my version of the ultimate test. If I can get through school and be successful afterwards and be able to have the knowledge and skill to build something great, then that will make me happy but for now its only my motivation.

 

It's not our fault you had kids.

On a serious note, I see what you mean by having priorities but you have to understand that a lot of us don't have kids, car payments, etc.

So in the meantime, school and work are the main things. Oh and my appetite.

 

Back in 07-09 (age 20-22) I told myself I would never sell my car, but these guys are right. There comes a point where you just start seeing things differently and just start to grow up and your car isn't so important anymore. Don't get me wrong your still gonna love the scene and your car but not as much as you do now.

In about 2 or 3 yrs you will see what were talking about. Don't forget man most of us that are older and been where your at now.

 

Very true but then u relapse like jeff and get another hatch :p

They don't make cars like those anymore so I want to own a piece of history as well. These cars are going strong even after 16 years post production. Ima keep enjoying it till whenever and then I'll move onto building something else bit I'll still keep it. The fire is still going strong here lol.

 

i dont have a car payment, i own all my cars. yeah i have a kid, thats not the reason why i sold my other hatch. i just didnt have the love nor the motivation to keep it. had other hobbies that cost money too, so i spent time doing those things more.

i always knew at some point i would get another. kinda knew i would have this 4 months before i bought it. some times its good to walk away from something to make you realize how much you really love it.

 

I had my '98 Civic Ex coupe for eight years and didn't plan on getting rid of it...however...fate took it away from me but then blessed me with this '93 Civic Cx hatch. I plan on having it till it's taken away from me as well. So I see where you're coming from HBK.

 

Yup

 

I've been doin the Honda thing since I drew a NSX when I was 7. I was like...

 

 

well..i read alot and ill probably forget some of the points i wanted to make. soooo here i go..let the good times roll.

alot of the points jeff has made have been true for me. even though i have never really thought about selling the car except for one time A LONG TIME ago. that wasnt because i was over the car or the scene i just wanted a different chassis which i think was an ep3. but at the age you are at claudio some things change. when i was at your age i didnt drink and i didnt go out. BUT i started hanging around people who did and guess what..i started going out. i never even thought about the car because all i thought about was what girl am i going to holler at today.

claudio the og term is a bit over used. to me an og is someone who makes a movement happen or evolve..ie ff squad..miles butista..bergenholtz brothers..shaun hillier..jdm jon tanji..chad castello..etc. these people were "before" their time..how many of those people would you consider "mainstream" now?? ff squad maybe or somewhat..now a days it is all about getting in a magazine then parting the car. boom you have your fame whatever. it kind of makes me sick to think about. noone is really on the cutting edge of anything honda related anymore it seems..except for people like bisi and other race type programs. it seems as if everyone is follow the leader. ie..bys spoilers on "eg"s..now first molding lips on "ek"s..etc. that is why you see posts like what color should i do..what wheels should i get..what this..what that..who gives a crap. it is your car..ask your close friends if anybody. other than that dont like anyone else influence your "build" besides cars you might "look up to".

and to side track off of the og thing..i have had the vtec issue and katman hit me up with a few "tricks". i havent never heard of them until then..and i have been around for awhile. bad thing is i bet he has had these in his bag for awhile now. that is og. claudio i see alot of me in you at your age. which can be good or bad. lol. not to knock you or maybe my impression is wayyy off but you can research and read all you want but until you put it to use it is nothing. like i said maybe im wrong but you havent done much to your car except suspension. which there is nothing wrong with that at all but many of us can tell you..until you start "digging in" you wont go through most of the problems some of us have had. which i think can be some of the most fun you will have looking back at it. at the time you want to shoot yourself and the car. lol. i can honestly say i have taken off and/or replaced everything on my car except the subframe..steering column..right front/left rear/left front brake hardlines. other than that i have touched it all on this car.

would i like to keep this car forever..ehhh..i dont know. i like the car alot..that car is what got member 4cylfiend into hondas..atleast that is what he says. but with anything comes progression and well obviously id like to do something like a paid driving career. so with that progression i would most likely need to move on and learn other platforms. if the timing/money was right maybe i could keep it but i doubt it. money would need to fund the other car etc.

im all over the place with this post but points keep coming back. lol. to your point hbk about when you get in a finacial point where you can have more than the hatch etc. that is true..i choose to have an older sedan so i have the money to put towards other things. but i remember even when i had the sedan and anyday it was nice i wanted to drive the hatch. now a days though i could care less..to me it is like well i worked my butt off for that thing so i will use it for its intended purpose. besides seeing track time or autox courses it only sees the road to drive around the block. and that is perfectly acceptable to me.

i think i will stop there because well..im tired of typing.

i dont have any pics of when i first got it. but this is after i put tein ras and rnr copies on it.


now in it.s glory. lol.

 

Mad Tite JDM rear spoiler yo!

Btw. Pulling Dons hatch out of my dads garage got me thinkin "These things are like go-karts!" and it was riding in yours that got me thinkin "OMFG Dude, I am going to get a honda some day!"

 

well put brad. on side notes. pray that this weekend i dont kill myself. going to try and skate for the first time in years. also i cant wait for school to be over. im gonna try and pick up a second job.

 

Nice to see what it looked like before.

 

I know a lot of people who still have their EG.

Even with life's priorities, they just store it at another location.

Now that's dedication.

 

oh clud, the joys of putting a swap in finding out the dizzy is bad, having to have a trans fixed, having to stop and find a place to to swap my rims from front to back due to vibration, trying to put on a h-brace and ending up having to drop the cross member cause the bolt inside fell off, forgetting to tighten your lug nuts after an all night 3 car motor swap ordeal ( only drove on the drive way), not amount of reading will prep you for the joys of getting dirty with the car. like brad said sometimes you want to blow the car up, push it off a cliff, or kick it. your joys are just around the corner, once you really start taking it apart the fun will start.

 

Yeah, keep the car somewhere!

Jeff I have kicked my cars tires before lol. A lot more kicking is to come haha

 

hey guys, my name is Andrew. i'm from Ohio.. just started to get into the Honda game and need to get my rep up haha!

recently traded my DA6 off for an EH2.. it's basically stock except for ricer mods. it's pretty busted right now, so i'm needing some parts. i'm not looking to join the squad yet, my car isn't worthy. but i've got a WTB thread in my sig, check it out if you have any used or new parts you wanna get rid of!


sorry for the terrible picture, my work blackberry has AWFUL resolution.
**as it sits**

 

Sup Andrew. I hope that rust isnt too bad and costly to fix. Good luck finding parts, those blue interior pieces are hard to come by a little bit

 

yeah we blasted that s turn out by my moms house and you went back the next night at jacked that 15mph as a present for me. lol.


that is correct. i remember the day before i left for wmhm in the sedan. i broke a front d bracket bolt and didnt want it "just sitting" on there. so i said ill just take off the front arb. uhhh yeah. downpouring rain..hatch is in the garage and not coming out. so i set the easy_up up then throw on swimtrunks and a nylon jacket..dont ask. lol. put on some old shoes and went to work. it was terrible trying to fish that dude out. i had to drop the shift linkage and seperate the exhaust.

beside doing the wiring on the hatch i would say the worst part was doing the rear hard line. it involved me laying under the car with a small pipe bender and another buddy in the engine bay. i had to push until it got bound up then pull it back out some..bend..repeat. it sucks at the time but it a story for the journey you have been through. somewhere someone put about how they are going to document everything they did. that is one thing i wish i would have done. one reason being 4cylfiend.s girlfriend did it for him and it actually means something. i dont hardly have jack to show for mine except for a few mobile uploads. lol. the other reason is because people who dont understand dont know how in depth it can be.

there is actually a red hard top miata next door that has me thinking..but i havent completed some goals i want to achieve in the hatch aka track times so let the good times roll.

 

does it bark tires?

 

dam im still trying to get in this gorup.