2000 Civic LX build thread
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2000 Civic LX build thread
I'm starting this thread on my 2000 LX sedan that ive owned since 5/28/11
It started life as a stock auto with 133k miles. it didnt stay stock for very long.
Mod List:
Engine:
B16B swap from HMO
J'S Racing intake
Stock CTR header
Stock GSR exhaust with 2.5" collector to work with the header
Stock CTR ecu
Suspension/brakes:
K-Sports coilovers. For now, have Koni struts just need the GC sleeves and coils
Wilwood Dynalite 11" BBK up front
EK4 rear disc swap
Cheapo front and rear strut bars
SI 40/40 prop valve
Exterior:
started out in bad shape, still in progress
New OEM front bumper
Good shape OEM hood
Good OEM trunk
EDM Grille
JDM thin moldings still new in box
was rolling on grids, now Gram Lights
Interior:
JDM SiR Gauge cluster
OEM CTR Shift Boot
EP3 Front seats
ITR Rear seats
I know im probably missing stuff but pictures will fix it and there are lots of them so dont mind the pic whoring
only crappy picture of when I first got it
Good shape climate control
lowered it a week after i got it
Put "tear drops" on it, supposedly some type of jdm rims?
It was missing the bumper support which i got a week after i got the car but it was missing the bolts so got these when i installed it
I visited some family in cali and while i was there got some parts from Steve himself at HMO
Grams
oem mud flaps and dont mind the egay lip, it didnt stay on for long
put on the rear discs
for a while i ran 2 15" grids up front and 2 16" grids in the back. i was low on cash then
It started life as a stock auto with 133k miles. it didnt stay stock for very long.
Mod List:
Engine:
B16B swap from HMO
J'S Racing intake
Stock CTR header
Stock GSR exhaust with 2.5" collector to work with the header
Stock CTR ecu
Suspension/brakes:
K-Sports coilovers. For now, have Koni struts just need the GC sleeves and coils
Wilwood Dynalite 11" BBK up front
EK4 rear disc swap
Cheapo front and rear strut bars
SI 40/40 prop valve
Exterior:
started out in bad shape, still in progress
New OEM front bumper
Good shape OEM hood
Good OEM trunk
EDM Grille
JDM thin moldings still new in box
was rolling on grids, now Gram Lights
Interior:
JDM SiR Gauge cluster
OEM CTR Shift Boot
EP3 Front seats
ITR Rear seats
I know im probably missing stuff but pictures will fix it and there are lots of them so dont mind the pic whoring
only crappy picture of when I first got it
Good shape climate control
lowered it a week after i got it
Put "tear drops" on it, supposedly some type of jdm rims?
It was missing the bumper support which i got a week after i got the car but it was missing the bolts so got these when i installed it
I visited some family in cali and while i was there got some parts from Steve himself at HMO
Grams
oem mud flaps and dont mind the egay lip, it didnt stay on for long
put on the rear discs
for a while i ran 2 15" grids up front and 2 16" grids in the back. i was low on cash then
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only in hawaii do u pick up a fresh HMO motor with a lifted tacoma hehe
the start of the break down
almost ready to pull the old p.o.s. out
the jdm rhd harness next to my ex harness
"when in doubt get a bigger hammer." this thing helped us out a butt load today
my gsr exhaust i picked up
OEM ITR exhaust tip
40/40 prop valve
30% on every window
now whats hiding behind there
ITR rear seats in pretty dam good condition now installed
Last but not least how about a little euro to change it up
Ep3 seats, there a little worn but cant complain
now the new rad support
hmm
now for the bread and butter
pure sex. that is all
outer tie rod ends and lower ball joints
misc. nuts and coder pins
headlight/ bumper supports!
license plate support (used as relocator) and frame
valve cover gasket
bumper nuts
arp extended studs for the rear :yesnod:
First off I got my car back from the shop and its nice to have my car structurally sound after driving it about a year with the bust up rad support and who knows how long its been like that :bonkers:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071908619/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071908619/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79016423@N06/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071909091/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071909091/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79016423@N06/now for the bad update... a couple of weeks ago i backed into a parked truck due to my lack of reverse lights... the damage wasnt as bad as i thought so i got really really lucky
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071906889/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071906889/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79016423@N06/i fixed it up very temporally
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/6925829536/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/6925829536/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79016423@N06/also i slapped on 2 of the gram lights and finally found a hood!!!
(dont mind my spare, i popped my tire and had to get a new one, good thing for costcos awesome warranty!!!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071907783/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071907783/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79016423@N06/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/6925832156/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/6925832156/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79016423@N06/url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071910231/]IMGP1564[/url] by SohcsR4feet
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/6925832922/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/6925832922/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79016423@N06/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071910947/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7071910947/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79016423@N06/heres the newer headlights
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311438430/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311438430/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311440450/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311440450/not bad for $20 :yesnod:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311441200/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311441200/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311441864/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311441864/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311442546/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311442546/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311439108/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311439108/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311439694/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311439694/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311444060/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311444060/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311444766/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79016423@N06/7311444766/
Now everyone is caught up... for now
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Re: 2000 LX
What's up with the multi-colored body panels? Was it wrecked? Where did you find the ITR rears? Were they from a sedan, or coupe? Glad to see another sedan build out there, liking the CTR theme.
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The car was painted at least 6 times and it was crashed into lava rocks at one point (my best guess) When I got the car the passenger rear seatbelt was still tied to the tow hook. That's why the radiator support was bent so badly so I'm having to fix the entire front end and still have more parts to aquire before it's ready for paint they also must of messed up the drivers knuckle pretty badly because when I got the car it had a integra knucle on the drivers side and a stock one on the passenger side so that had to be swapped out when I did the BBK. It was molested in the past but I like a challenge even though it is expensive to fix it the right way
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Yeah this car has deffinetly been around! I got the seats from a sedan, only sedan seats fit in a sedan lol and I think any seats up to 2011 fit, idk about the new ones though Believe it or not I got them off of craigslist for $150
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Yeah, my friend had a set of 2009 rear seats in his coupe. So I'm 100% positive the sedan seats will bolt up as well
Thanks man. Te b16b is a great motor and actually pushes this car pretty dam well. I've come to find out that these 4 doors are lighter then a 96-00 ex coupe so they really aren't that heavy. That and more doors for more ******
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Re: 2000 Civic LX build thread
GOLD????
If your doing a real paint job, please go champ white...or audi white.
If I was 10 years younger, Id paint my own. Your obv dropping some major coin into your project....whats another 3k for paint, lol.
If your doing a real paint job, please go champ white...or audi white.
If I was 10 years younger, Id paint my own. Your obv dropping some major coin into your project....whats another 3k for paint, lol.
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Lol who said I wasn't going to spend 3k on paint and body work because that's about how much it's going to cost me. I will never go white because every one and their mom has a white ej6 sedan were I live. I got the white hood from my neighbor so that tells you enough. The engine bay and jams are still gold so I'm going to stick with it. I think it's a nice color and it'll add to the semi sleeper look I'm going for and I think it's a very nice color. Thanks for the input though
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because every one loves pictures and updates, here you go.
my brakes were making noise and the car would shake from 30-40 so I decided to go to solid 11.1" VW corrado rotors
going to the dark side with bastard rotors.
the VW rotors look pretty nice imo.
now its all matching as well
and finally some red stickers
My jdm thin moldings
Most of the small things I need before I can paint it
it was just a small order; a rear (H) emblem, civic emblem, lx emblem, the clips for my roof moldings i need to get, the drivers door sash and the passenger side piece under the tail light. thats all for now.
my brakes were making noise and the car would shake from 30-40 so I decided to go to solid 11.1" VW corrado rotors
going to the dark side with bastard rotors.
the VW rotors look pretty nice imo.
now its all matching as well
and finally some red stickers
My jdm thin moldings
Most of the small things I need before I can paint it
it was just a small order; a rear (H) emblem, civic emblem, lx emblem, the clips for my roof moldings i need to get, the drivers door sash and the passenger side piece under the tail light. thats all for now.
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Oh that's what you meant, sorry I miss understood. Yes I do have hid's in the stock headlights but I will bever put projector headlights or a retrofit projector on my car. Not my cup of tea at all. I did adjust the beam so it does not beam in any ones eyes and it is a 6k bulb so it's not that attention grabbing. Thanks for looking out though bro
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This is coming along nicely, good job on the rear disks! I like the fact that you are fixing all the "minor" things that every other moke just ignores, like the new radiator support and getting the front bumper secure.
Keep it up.
Keep it up.