maksmizer

Project Marina

Bought this car Sept 2012. 2400$ 3rd photo was almost what it looked like when i got it.

Work below is from that point onwards to December.
Post.1 - Original car > Carbon wrap, coilovers, repainting, splitter. Car garaged.
Post.2 - Paint, fitment, lights, subs, custom trunk box, fixed transtop.
Post.3 - Engine before and after. Marilyn Monroe hand art.
Post.4 - Cars back on the road, few shots, transtop broken again. Car garage again.
Post.567891011etc too lazy >.>

DIY Del Sol (Rear window / 3rd brake / sail trim removal.)
https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...8#post48342988

DIY Del Sol (Custom rear storage compartment speakers)
https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...9#post49416639

Trans top / Transtop troubleshooting guide
https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...0#post49175410

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870289558/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7849256192/
Week after I brought it home.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870289766/
The paint on roof, trunk, sails, and hood was faded and peeling. (dont have photos)
Wrapped the hood, trunk, roof, and top bits. (100$ for wrap and approx 3 hrs with a friend)
Popped on a 3 panel mirror. 20$ (3 panel suck. Go for 5 panel or stay with stock.)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7862331170/
Forgot to wrap the carbon in same direction.. Photo below. Lesson learned for future.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870289376/
Wrapped my old EG lip, popped that on too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870289192/

Popped on a Extreme Dimensions splitter (IDGAF i like it), traded my tenzo R seats for it, plus i got some cash ontop.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870440730/
Took off those god ugly chrome rims, popped on some 17" Konigs.
Cant beat **** cheap rims with good tires. 200$

Got backed into..... They took the blame and the car got covered.
Waiting on the gas tank cover from japan............. fml

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870290018/
Fitment is **** on this car, front bumper, rear, hood, all lights.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870288780/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870288546/
Usual rear faded paint/ repainted or whatever the F is going on there.
I will be repainting with proper paint.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870288368/
Swapped all 4 shocks, and rear LCAs finally. What a pain.....
Blackworks LCA's with K Sport Kontrol Pros. 80$ + 160$ used coils...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870287926/
4 Hrs later.... first time swapping coils and rear arms.
Plasti dipped rims white 15$

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7870288218/
More work to come, comments and reccomendations welcome, negative or positive.

Beer

maksmizer

8-31-2012

Paint.
Painted door indent, front bumper, and sails (thanks no-sol!). 70$

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7898700740/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7898700934/


Transtop.
Still figuring out how to fix the dam thing, like all other del sols, mine has a problem, and no thread out there has the same problem as mine

9-3-2012

Fitment

Did some bumper to hood fitment.
Both sides, pictures only of one side.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7918655058/
Bulbs

Picked up some LED Aux bulbs. 30$
Conclusion > F"ing bright and no more yellow bulbs, but do not provide pointed light.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7918655322/
Also picked up new blue tipped headlight bulbs (Wanted something white and not yellow color.) 30$
Conclusion > Yes they are white'R but better off going for HID's, theres still some yellow to them.

Subs

These will be going into my trunk after I get back. Going to make a box that will fit both inside my trunk.

15" Clarion and Concept subs. 50$?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7918662086/

9-8-2012


Ripped off all the rear and side panels to wire up the car for amp/subs.
Cars good to go!

Transtop still does not f'kn work.......

New grounding wire all around. 10$

Ripped out the new spark plugs from my red del sol and shoved it on the SiR

Tucked some parts in the engine bay.
- Right side headlight wires
- Booster hose
- Cluster of wires here and there...
- Power steering

Still yet to rip off the valve cover and give that a paintjob.
Gonna match the rest of my sh*t that i painted.

9-10-2012

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7969393996/

Waiting on cam gears, gotta pick up some cams at some point, repaint the valve cover while i pop em in.

9-13-2012

FIXED THE GOD DAM TRANSTOP

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7981624679/
Trans top issue was 2 disconnected wires inside the tilt motor. And possibly a switch for the rear window that indicated if the window was up/down.


Anyone know what this is? Has a fan on it...
Its behind the drivers side (jdm) under the speaker area.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7981627254/
Ripped the seats out, they had a little bit of corrosion around the bolting area to the frame, cleaned, anti rust popped on.

Prepping valve cover for paint atm.
Box for dual subs, took me about 5 hours from start to finish.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/7998863581/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8387904278/

maksmizer

9-25-2012

Engine bay before.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8022214977/
Engine bay after.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8022215514/

Marilyn Monroe drawn on. 6 Hours hand art. (Painted in Oct 2012 and paint is still holding perfectly >Jan 2013)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8022214867/

maksmizer

9-29-2012

First day back on the road after all the work done. Couple local car meets.
Eye popper for sure.

Three days later, a wild photo appeared.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8046418299/
10-12-2012

Sold the konigs, picked up some sora't wheels with new tires. 350$

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8079082639/
10-29-2012

Transtop broke again. So mad.
Subs stopped working properly aswell.

12-17-2012

Car is back in the garage till March-April 2012.

DumpdEJ6

Dude that valve cover is SICK, nice job! Makes me wish I was artistic.

london ritzler

How's the white plastidip holding up? does it fade? is it hard to clean? Nice car btw!

maksmizer

Appreciate it Ryd2!
London, plasti dip held up good, cleaning is a pain..... best off to wash off the dirt every few days to keep yourself from a hassle later.

01-12-13
Few updates.

Installed the new front lower control arms, bushing were toast on old ones and was cheaper to buy full new arms... shipped.....

New upper Skunk2 control arms. 160$
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8410346510/
New rear SRR camber kit. 80$
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8410346416/
01-23-13

Ebay Headlights and fog lights.

Just got my headlights and fogs off ebay. Everything came super nicely packaged, quality looks good for now, as for visibility and long term quality I will try to post updates after driving for a wile.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8410289866/
Ebay vs Stock headlights. Stock ones have full adjustability, as Ebay have only one position where they can sit.... 200$
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8410293690/
Ebay vs Stock fogs. Stock fogs have no inner reflector, ebay did. I had LED bulbs inside my stock and all it did was give me light for 3 meters, pretty much useless. Mounting is exactly the same on stock vs ebay. Ebay fogs paint was a little off/spotty in a few spots, but not worth complaining. 50$
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8409194471/
Also ordered some cheap filters. 15$ea
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8410289794/
Currently waiting on a subframe brace.
Still alot of work to be done.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8410346514/

gzes

Looks sick but dont dig the gold in the engine bay... Shoulda kept the konigs imo

dnguye92

Did you rattle-can???

Marvin1985

iTrader: (5)

Make your VC lettering blue too. To much gold but still nice.

maksmizer

Yes I rattle-canned.
VC Lettering is a good idea, may do that next time im doing paint.

Been a wile...

02/05/2013

Ebay lights compared to stock, they display the same amount of light, the light just comes out in a different look.
Ebay foglights with the reflecting inners dont do anything, just like the stock fogs.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8669786156/

Ebay fitment for headlights. (Note my front bumper is out of place hence why the bottom looks out of place) I would reccomend ebay headlights to anyone who wants a new look. They fit pretty dam good.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8669785836/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8668684407/

My trunk was always soaked after rain..... There are vent holes behind the rear tail lights, after years they tend to peel themself off from the body. Filled the holes, trunk is good to go. Thanks to Slimer for pointing it out on his car!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8668684689/

03/30/2013

Subframe brace mounted, got it off ebay for 100$.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8669786024/
Had a hit and run on the car, gave me a reason to fix the rear spiderweb, drivers door, and the left rear body that was hit. (only got one after pic, check out future overall car pics for how it came out)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8669786070/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8669786104/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8669786176/Tails after repaint
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8668729647/
Popped on two breathers, cheap as F off ebay. Personally think they look dope compared to the stock hose.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8669786058/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8669831086/
04/19/2013

Installed a fuel cut off switch. (no i am not posting a photo durrrr)
Removed seats and full int clean.
Popped the rear panels back into place.
Removed the seat belt mech and retightened the spring coil.
Paint on the gathers speaker covers was old and faded, painted gold to match the rest of my ****.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8668684447/
04/20/2013

4/20 BBQ

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8665978187/http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/8669852368/

deschlong

iTrader: (8)

Nice 'Sol.

It looks like your favourite word is "popped".

maksmizer

Need some advice on wheel fitment.

Just put these on, +10offset, running 1° camber, how much camber do you think I would need to have proper clearance?
Currently I hear a tiny squeek around some corners and dips, I dont want to have any rub at all. (Only rears rub, fronts are good)
I know forsure it clears on the inside.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/9461419441/
Rims are STR 15" ET10 8wide with 195/50/15 tires by the way.
What do you think? Mexi? Semi-mexipoke? Looks good?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/69374750@N04/9464198946/
Havent done much to the car otherwise, busy with school.

NVturbo

Car looks super nice man. Makes me missed my old one.

Better roll those fenders before you end up having to buy new tires.

CO671

iTrader: (1)

I never liked Del Sol's... EVER. I hated them, thought they were ugly and disgusting and a shitty Honda.
You sir, have changed my mind with your SiR....

Really inspiring and entertaining read too, lol.

doctorake

Hate all the ebay parts and fake carbon fiber. The car looks good though and you seem to pay close attention to detail. Nice build.

:thumbs:

jlk16188

what are you using for paint? I have gotten the impression you are using spray paint but how did you get it to match so well?

killrroyale

Good job man looks way better than b4!!!

teamXteg

man i really like this!! keep the pics coming looks great!

Ronnn

very nice Del Sol

ayokhris

Nice mud flaps

maksmizer

Glad i could change your mind!

I do use spray paint as mentioned before. I do not have the tools or money to spend on proper equipment and shop. If i can spend x10 less on paint, and it will come out satisfactory I am more than happy.

Lordco color match paint. Its not 100% but it does the job. Look up blending on youtube and you will get your answers. Primer > color (clear is already in the color)

+1 to comments

93HondaDelSolSi

That little fan you found is for the automatic temperature control I believe on the Japanese Del Sols.

B_Swapped93

What are your plans engine wise ? It's a b16....so i'd guess not a whole lot other then the idea of boost ? or swap a b18/b20V ?. does look nice tho was never a sol fan but can dig this one lol. Roll the fenders would look good imo vs 5 degrees of camber or something like that.

maksmizer

+1 thank you.

Why would i swap a B16A, there is absolutely no point, turbo is a possibility x years down the road if i still own the car.
Thank you sir!