97ekjose

I did raise the bumper up and it lines up perfect, BUT, only if i pull it outwards a little and hold it up, meaning the tabs are probably pushed in due to a probable past accident ?
Meh this blows, but whatever it'll look perfect in due time after i take it to the paintshop.

Wow how funny your birthday is the same as mine and we drive the same type of car and we are both in miami ! Lol i pm'ed you !

Acuronda_SloTeg

my homeboys hatch did the same thing. he got a bumper support from a 99 and it lined up. im not sure if his original was bent but i know those things are goofy

97ekjose

Acuronda thanks for that input man it relieved me lol i will just get me a new rad support and be done with it, after all it's not like the support costs an arm and a leg and this is a project i will be doing that will take time and i want it to be done right.

Later down when the car is close to done on the exterior i will post up pics with an actual HD camera.

97ekjose

Just ordered the 99-00 type-r grill and a 10k hid kit.

Tomorrow i will be getting me the 99-00 headlights in oem clear style, going to try and keep it more "usdm clean" than "jdm'ed" out.

Will post pics soon.

Acuronda_SloTeg

nice nice, keep us posted

U-Nerd

Nice build thread. I'll be posting mine soon. Just joined. And I baught a 95 EG Coupe out of a junk yard. The day I braought it home did an LS Integra motor swap. And full suspension. Still needs "ALOT" of work. But I'll have mine up soon

Just thought I would stop by an say that you have a nice car. And you have done a really good job with it. And on the bumper not lining up. What year bumper is it? Cause if it's a 2000 front bumper. Then your problem would be that the Rad core support between the years changed when the front end changed. I know this because we did a 2000 front end conversion on my friends 96 Ek Coupe. Hope that helps Keep up the good work.

Acuronda_SloTeg

damn ronnie, i knew that was you. i recognized your user name with your license plate. its eric with the black teg foo

HecticENY

TTT for u man keep us updated

97ekjose

Thanks guys. I will post a pic today of the new headlights installed and the imperfections i am now facing, but no worries as i will soon have it get painted and fixed.
Thanks guys for your kind words !
Pictures will be posted this afternoon when i get home.

backyard_concepts

looking good.

Lil los

bump keep it up man comin out great...I got a milano red 98 Dx..N im fixn it up as well...Im leavn the front end the way it is tho...

U-Nerd

Oh snap what up son! Lol.. Yea I'm back in the game with the EG's man. Selling my 06 Civic to my step father.

U-Nerd

Hey man.. When doing the Rad Support. Make sure you take a sharpie and mark exactly where the old one was. So you have fitment marks for the new one. And make sure you have someone that is fairly good at welding. And if you weld it yourself. Throw your welder on Minimum power with low speed wire feed setting. So you don't melt through the core support. And make sure you tuck away all your wires and take out your windshield washer res so you don't melt it. It's always good to be prepared.

Hope that helps Keep us posted on the build. It's coming along pretty good man.

klueEG

nice build so far wish i had time to do that

U-Nerd

Don't wanna get to technical and start a thread arguement. But incase anyone doesn't know this..

Having a coupe being JDM is completely odd to me. You know since they never distributed the type-r coupes in Japan. Only hatch backs.

However.... The Type-R Coupes were distributed out of Europe. So wouldn't it technically be EDM and not JDM? for the coupes that is..

97ekjose

U-nerd i agree. A jdm'ed out coupe does look kind of out of place and more accepting on a hatchy.

Here is a pic of the headlights on the car. Will take more pics later and post them of each angle of the car.

U-Nerd

Looking good bro! Keep up the good work. And it'll be looking good in no time. Well this is my 5th post. Lol.. So I have to wait 12 days to post again.. Dang trial user stuff. Lol..

U-Nerd

Oh i read that wrong.. Lol.. I thought it meant you had to post 5 times "and" wait 15 days. Lol..

97ekjose

Lol, thanks man. Still waiting on the type-r grill and hid's which are in transit.

Acuronda_SloTeg

nice nice sir, keep it goin. i think you got the most high paced thread on here right now

97ekjose

Thanks acuronda.
Question, is the d16y8 intake manifold better than the y7 ? I can score one for cheap and wondered if i can replace the weird looking y7 piece for the y8 with ease ?
If there's a write-up on here if someone can link me to it that'd be great !

U-Nerd

Ehhh. I wouldn't change it. I believe that are the same. The only differnce between the y7 and y8 is the Y8 is vtec and the y7 isnt

U-Nerd

Hey man. Heres my build thread. If you wanna take a peek.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...3#post41998673

boxeocampeon

nice work so far keep it up

Acuronda_SloTeg

i was told y8 is better but if you're lookin for improvement just do an ls throttle body