Gallon jugs to refill a spray bottle? That would be the bomb! I think I would just coat the bottom of the EG every fall...

My wife came out after I finished applying to the Civic, she was all like "That stuff smells!"

 

Haha not to refill the bottles! We soak things in Kroil (we call it KANO) here, very large things. It's definitely some nasty smelling ****!

 

it works. I use it sparingly

 

Glad I Kroil'd everything, the fasteners were tight!

At first I was wishing Honda would have fitted my Si with LCAs that were tapped. By the time all was said and done I was glad I went through the exercise so I could clean up all the threads on everything.

I got the LCAs swapped to new ones, and got the EX sway bar mounted, but I got stopped short of victory. I could not attach the sway bar to the LCAs due to lack of clearance with my exhaust.

Nothing a trip to the exhaust shop can't fix...

 

The RTA bushings are in pretty sad shape. Hope to do something about that soon...

 

They look ready to be removed.

how much the lca's set you back?

 

~ $85 per side. They were cheaper than if I bought junkyard LCAs and bought new bushings for them. And obviously faster...

 

How rude of me, I forgot to thank mi amigo @wxman94ej1 for helping me find an EX rear sway bar - thanks man!

 

Got to spend some time on the hatch this weekend and replaced the RTABs.

Big thanks to @civic402lx for lending me a Schley tool to do this. Easy-peasy, the RTAs stay on the car. Press the old ones out, press the new ones in. I will say this, the old ones deploy hard when they come out! There is a reason they have that little leash on the tool to catch the old bushing when it deploys...

No more squeak/clunk from the PS rear - yay! The pass side bushing was completely separated up top.

I measured the depth of the RTAB on each side before and after replacement. The Schley tool lets you set the depth very precisely.

Loaded each side and then torqued the RTAB bolts to 47 ft-lbs.

 

Next steps: schedule some time at the exhaust shop, and then get the rear wheels aligned.

Can't wait to to hear how she sounds with the WS2, and get the rear sway bar connected!

 

Looking good man. One more thing to scratch off your list.

 

Nice! Can't wait to see how the sway bar feels once it's hooked up. This tool certainly looks like the bees knees!

 

Lookin fresh! You're gonna love the way it handles. I guarantee it.

 

 

But?

 

 

Thanks for the positive words y'all! I am really looking forward to getting her back on the road. I have overcome so many little issues w/ her since the start of this project...

 

I like the 22mm itr/ctr myself. Course ya gotta get subframe brace, but its worth it. Paid 80shipped for an old stock, out if business, left over bwr brace. Its green but i dont care. Serves my purposed.

 

Not much new here, but I figured out it was 20 years ago this week that I bought my little EH3.

20 years ago - seriously?!?

I guess I can report that the A'PEXi WS2 80mm Universal muffler will NOT fit in the back of an EG hatch. I wish they knew that when I called looking for a muffler...

 

Nice!

 

Question: does the EK9 muffler have 2.5" inlet? Or do you think it might be closer to 60mm?

 

Just a note for any future searchers - this does not fit EG htach.

 

well....its universal...

 

I guess the Universe does not include my little hatch...

 

Yeah man, I have not regretted a single penny spent on this machine!