if i paint my bay im doing grey, cause with black cars a black bay looks terrible. I remember back in teh day when u got your car painted and the bay didnt match people ripped on you..

 

Why are you not posting pics of your new parts installed?

 

good choice

 

Definitely build your car for your self. F*** anyone else. They don't need to drive it.

So far I mostly lurk in this thread since I only just got my CRX and nothing neat is done to it, but anyway, nice cars.

My stock '88.

Btw, does anyone have literature on these wheels? I have been told they're optional wheels for it, but have zero literature or proof on them. They're 13s, not 14s.

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Oh, and I took that muffler off. There's new stock exhaust on it now.

 

I always liked grey bays as well, but i would never do it.

Parts arent installed yet, hopefully next week or so. I ended up getting ****ed at the border too. ****ers found out how much the **** was worth and i had to pay taxes+a penalty. now my name and car is under their system, so everytime i cross the canadian border their gonna hassle me.

 

that sucks

 

Dude that sucks

 

yah it does, but at least my parts look sick lol

 

i painted my bay grey for two reasons...

i love the "body in white" road race builds that the grand-am, etc series do sometimes. they take a bare OEM chassis and start there. many times those bays are grey.

i knew i'd be wrenching/modding/etc this car forevers. the colol i used is an XO rust color...and its can be touched up with a brush. i hate paint chips in the engine bay, and its held up amazingly.

and when i move something, want a bracket gone, put new hood pins on , chip it, etc, it can be touched up in about 5 minutes, and this paint just lays SMOOTH, thick, and looks good. liveability is a big part of why i did many things on my car. i want it to look good, be unique, but its going to be getting its *** kicked until i crash it too bad to fix it, or until i die. if it starts looking haggard, that kinda sucks. gotta be able to maintain!



a bunch of areas have been touched up since the super-street photoshoot, the turbo setup is still being re-done, etc. when i was at VIR, a couple dudes came up (not honda dudes even, both older guys) and said they LOVED the engine bay, loved how simple it was and how it looked easy to work on, etc. that was neat.



in short, build it for you. i never EVER EVER EVER would have thought that this car, or our CRX would get features. i built them both on a severe budget (The crx obviously was sub 2k$), spent years getting them refined, sorted, etc. i'll always be doing that with the hatch. it did REALLY well in the rain at autobahn, i think a lot of that was because of the splitter...much better in braking zones. yeeeeaaah downforce!

 

I just like grey, if jollys car wasnt grey id paint the whole thing that color. lol
Rustoleum FTW


major changes coming soon, Half the stuff in these pics is sold.

 

To the guy with the '88 HF - I've never seen those wheels before. Sorry. Looks like you got yourself a good base to start with though. Enjoy it! I recommend replacing all the old bushings on it before anything else, unless the motor is in poor health.

CBE - where did you get the bolts for the fender/bumper/hood latch? A buddy of mine did something similar, but his bolts are rusting, so I want to make sure I get the right ones when I do that...

 

Since we're posting engine bays.....
I don't think that I've shown mine to you guys yet....




**Big big thanks to my good buddy fourthgenhatchb17 for all the help with the engine assembly and installation!!**

I still have a bunch of work to do, but it's finally starting to look like what I had planned in my head.

 

teal looks so good!^^

 

my engine bay doesn't look that good

 

my brother in law got them for me from his work, i honestly dont know, I just gave him the thread pitch and he brought me back that

 

awesome!!!!!! single slammmer, What Rad and traction bar is that?

 

if im not mistaken it looks like the jim fab traction bar to bad its discontinued

 

Okay...

 

CBE, sorry dude forgot your name lol ive always loved your car and that bay looks really good. Same with yours nihkon

 

i think he got them from fastenal, the bolts are stainless and the washers are aluminium

 

its Doug, thanks dude. yours is an inspiration as well, theres going to be some changes in my bay very soon. stay tuned.

 

Thanks! It's a fun engine. It's pushing just shy of 140hp to the wheels, and about 120-ish wtq. Not too shabby for only 1 cam and no vtec. lol

It's a Koyo radiator (EG application), and a Jimfab traction bar.

 

what pistons? and are you obd1? just wondering im going the same direction and need somewhere to start on the tuning.

 

hey guys, ive had an EF for a long time coming now. and ive had trouble finding other people with EFs around my neighborhood.

i was wondering if anyone here had a nice EF setup with the USDM bumper setup. ive seen nice EF's with the traditional JDM front and they all look great but its challenging to find a nice hatch with a USDM front.

anybody here have any pics of their own ride or someone elses?

i just need to find some motivation for my hatch as i dont wanna spend all this money tracking down a JDM front.

 

mine has a USDM front. it doesnt have anything nice, fitment-wise, because i take it apart and pull chunks of tire out of it once and a while, or take it apart to pull the engine so i dont damage the fenders.