97ekjose

Hey all, and welcome to my build thread for my 97 Civic DX.

I purchased this car for $1800 in early february, 5-speed, 129k miles.

Since my purchase, i have just done small things to the car :
- pioneer cd player
- 99-00 NEW oem tail lights
- 99-00 NEW oem rear bumper
- 99-00 NEW oem front bumper

When i first got it.

Acuronda_SloTeg

not a bad start

Ruben19

is that the 4dr grill?

97ekjose

Thanks acuronda.
Ruben - I have no idea to be honest, but i think it is as i have never seen a coupe with the polished grill edges ? Maybe it was hehe.
And the steering isn't as bad as i thought it would be for no power steering, it's quite smooth.

97ekjose

Bought the 99-00 fenders today.
Sucky rainy weather screwed it up so hopefully tomorrow i will put them on.
Next up is the 99-00 hood.

Lanceezy

keep it going.

Acuronda_SloTeg

yessir, your thread is movin right along, im gonna subscribe

ricky21

Just keep working on it and dont give it and sell it.

97ekjose

Hell no, it is unbelieveable how easy it is to work on these cars.

Anyhow, today i bought the new 99-00 hood and semi-installed it, have to re-align it with 2 friends holding the hood while i screw it on again.



Next up is the grill and after i receive it i will bolt up the front bumper at once as well as finish modifying the little rad support tabs where the old front bumper top tabs use to hold.

97ekjose

Everything installed and aligned.



Now question, is it me, or are the radiator supports slightly different on 99-00 civics ? I see a gap between the front bumper and hood where the pop on pins go..?

GotamaHuy

yes it is different. read here to fix it
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/99-00-conversion-96-98-how-790135/

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nice. keep it clean.

97ekjose

Thanks for that link gotama !

Will do bud !

waffles_EJ8

your car is a spittin' image as the one i picked up,
i got a ex tho, but still came with those horrendous altezzas.

looks like your moving right along man,
keep up the good work and those pictures coming.

97ekjose

Haha thanks waffles. I would like to see a pic of the look-alike ex you picked up ?
Feel free to post it here if you'd like.

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here's , my car. BLACK EK's FTW! and yeah it's a four-door

Acuronda_SloTeg

lovin it, keep the updates comin dude. ^^^nice coupe also (dont know how to put your name up :D)

97ekjose

Very clean sedan -___-.

So i am stuck waiting for thursday to get paid to order the type-r grill and headlights which are both next. Hopefully if i have enough, some hid's too to finish off at last the front end of the conversion.

Will bring up more updates nonetheless this week along with pics.

Acuronda_SloTeg

nice nice, keep it goin fool

Reyracer19

Nice coupe, keep working on it and get your buddies involved you'll see how much easier it is.

I dropped a B16 in my old EK a few years back in no time with some friends, beer and pizza.

quickclutch724

That grill looks nice...is that just paint or did it come like that? I got mine from Carlisle P&S last year for $20.

97ekjose

Thanks guys.
Rey i absolutely agree with you man, anything is possible to do on these cars with unbelieveable ease, lol i love it.
Coming from a world of turbocharged eclipses, it's so difficult to work on them, have to take off a million things just to get to one thing, this car so far requires no brains to do work on it lol.

97ekjose

Guys i need your help ! In my post above, post #10, do you guys see that gap between the hood and front bumper ? Where the side parts meet ? Look at post #1 now, the old 96-98 hood and bumper seem to have that same gap... You guys think maybe my rad support had been crashed in and that's why my front bumper won't line up flush with the hood and therefore also be the cause of the front bumper being a little "in" ?
I don't mind changing the support it's <$50 with taxes and all.
Need quick advice !

D Griff

My birthday's march 16th as well, good day. Nice work on de-ricing your car, 97 DX coupes for the win!

D Griff

Have you tried raising your bumper up?