good day all, i have recently purchased a header and flow through muffler and rod builders 2.5" exhaust kit from Ebay and i plan to get it all fabed up very soon with shortened hangers so as to not have any problem with the car laying pinch welds, but I'm unsure about a few things, one- do i really need a cat? i don't think my car has a o2 censer after the cat so can it just go away? and two- since it will be bagged and there is a good possibility that the exhaust will contact the ground when laid out would it be a good idea to throw a flex unit on it thanks

 

peep treats

 

by the way these are the wheels that i will most likely be getting, i don't know what specs are pictured here but mine will be 15x7 +10mm with 185 45 tires hanging out on them like girdles on a fat b***h

 

nice looking EF's!

 

Gotcha. Not sure, I'll let you know when I get a chance to get over to my buddy's house and pick his up and see if the box has the weight on it. He just bought some not too long ago, and I envy him because I've been wanting a set for my VW, but to get them in the size and offset I want for it, I'm looking at ~$3k... :/ RPF1's would be ****, those are a wheel I'd definitely want at some point along with some Kosei K1's. Matt has tried getting me to trade him my 92's but I don't think I'll ever get rid of them. They are too hard to find in 15" 4x100

 

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i agree, i had to change my head gasket after discovering oil in the coolant and water in the oil, turned out i had blown it out between a coolant passage and cylinder, and mine looked just like that when i tore it down

 

Looks like youve put a lot of work into her.. cant say its all my style, but thats why its all your car! I just really dont understand the rust thing.. Is it because where I come from rust is the devil? haha

Non the less you seem to have your own style, more of that bazuko(sp?) style.




G2- what did you ever do with that crx, she was pretty.. I remember you putting that together. didnt you do it in the street?!

 

its hard to explain with pictures cause they really cant do it justice , and when its dirty to boot, but in person when the car is clean the rust is a beautiful brindle color that accents the flat white paint perfectly.

and its really not hurting it despite popular belief, the rust actually protects the metal underneath it just as well as rattle can paint and primer would because once it builds up its self a thin layer of oxidation then the metal under is no longer exposed to the elements so it can no longer oxidize, unless there where some kind of through hole that would allow it to attack from both sides, but surface rust will only cover and stop

it will look a whole lot better after its bagged and laying pinchies with red 15s with 10mm offset and 45 series tires, and after the exterior conversion to 88-89 specs is complete

i will also be getting a yakima roof rack with a basket and spare tire mount and jdm front and rear fogs and jdm tails

then i will put a red pinstripe on her and get some red oem emblems from honda

once the exterior is complete i will convert the interior from blue to black with a crx dash and console, get black racing seats and have the rear seats reupholstered to match them, and of course a full cage and 5 pint harnesses, i'm planning on lots of juicy power for this car, get rid of the damn auto belts and get a jdm armrest covered to match the seats, naturally

then a swap for a b18c that i will acquire and build on the side (strong enough to take a big *** turbo set up)

and i will be cleaning out the engine compartment of things like ac components and the battery, all wires will be tucked, and the bay sprayed gloss red to match the wheels

then.... what else.....all suspension replaced (every nut bolt and bushing) most of which will happen when its bagged in a month or two, willowood brakes (da brakes in back) and a two step lunch control...there is really to many plans at this point to list but they will all happen rest assured

in any event it will be a bad *** little car when my vision is realized

 

I don't agree, only because everything you mentioned is what I see every FUGGIN day here in socal minus the rust. Nothing new to me. Do you live in So Cal? You should if not lolz, you'd fit right in... It's the cool thing here, not my style, but it is what it is.

 

what up fellas check it out got my ef9 gathers radio tape deck and cd player up and running in the hatch ...thanks to mike cp

 

im not a fan of the trend but im a fan of anyone that works on there own car down to the paint.

 

well that sucks, i don't know anything really about the custom car scene any where but here in southern IL and around here its raised up trucks and minitrucks, I've never seen a car or met anyone with a car like what i want around here, my original inspiration came from this car






this guy lives in Australia somewhere, it was the fist car i ever saw like this, online or anywhere, this is after he painted it red


but i dont want my car to be just like that one, for starters i really dislike the bosozoku exhaust and the super tall ratfink style boso shifters and NO boso style static drop, mainly because roads are so crappy here, but also because i have a bagged and bodydropped 98 4 door blazer and I'm quite partial to things like that< like i said the scene here is mostly minitrucks so that was kind of what i was raised with, but its fine if a bunch of people has done it already im still convinced that when im done my car will be more unique than anything i've seen in person

 

plus it will make me happy, which is most important i think

 

Any of you guys interested in a 88-89 hf bumper support or 90-91 Oem front lip? Both are brand new Honda pieces. My body shop guy had them laying around.

 

how much for the lip

 

the bumper support is very tempting.. shipping sucks though.


Edit- anyone know actual weight difference in 88-89hf vs 90-91si..?

 

just got a some work done on my air ride wiring

compressor switch



gauge lights


front/back push button style valve control



full diagram


this may not seem like much but I'm sure as hell exited about it

 

i forget the actual weight but its worth it because it is way lighter.

 

I have both and can weigh, but not today. I can tell you the difference is at least a few pounds. 5-10

 

i dont know about you other regulars, but i'm in love with 2damnlow's enthusiasm.

we had an EK with air ride in it once, it was kinda cool actually. it was on the guys daily driver....and kinda interesting handling-wise

 

Please paint the fender, and funny that black toggle switch you used for power I just installed in my Crx for battery kill.

 

X2, nice to see

 

will it fit a hb? i just don't want to cut my bumper support...being lazy