Disclaimer:
mods, if this belongs in appearance/cosmetic then please feel free to move... i've seen some similar threads here so i thought i'd try it here.

History:
I bought this car for like $150 with no front sheetmetal (previous owner put it on a crx that his girlfriend wrecked). that's no sweat though, 'cause I have an ef9 front end ready for it. It had the stock d16a6 in it which I stupidly parted out and sold in anticipation of a b17a swap, but I then sold that swap to a friend.

picked up another d16a6 longblock locally for $30 (yes, thirty dollars) and sourced a transmission, axles, etc... for cheap also. completely re-built the motor from the ground up, including a hot-tank and hone of the block, hot-tank of the head, new EVERYTHING (OEM rings, main bearings, rod bearings, main seal, crank seal, valve stem seals, head gasket, complete topend gasket set, transmission seals, etc...). i'm into the motor over a grand now for everything I did to it.

the goal of the car is to look really nice (complete JDM exterior treatment, very clean and nice interior, new paint, etc...) but be able to use 85 octane (that's regular here in Utah), and still get 30+ mpg. it will be my daily when it's done. I can drive the Silvia or the WRX when I want to go fast.

so over the past month i've slowly been stripping the car down to nothing (not as much as Bryant stripped his EF, but really close). I finally got the engine bay stripped pretty far and all masked off and had a friend come help me paint it this weekend. here are before and after shots...





























what do you guys think so far?

 

looking good man.. hope that carpet treats you well

 

looks like your taking good care of it. your pretty deep into it. keep us posted.

 

great color, and great job. keep it up. that kinda of work always yields great results.

 

um... i noticed ya took ur whole set of lights out in the back (tail lights, turn signals and such) where are the bolts located or w/e it uses to take them out, cuz i fucked my car up and gotta replace it


but anyway, nicely done with the paint. also noticed the rhd, thats the silvia right?

 

i like the color, more pics of the silvia please

 

is that color honda element green???

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sycamore &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is that color honda element green???</TD></TR></TABLE>

looks like the paint has some sort of metal flake in it...great job so far man!

 

awesome job man!! love the color and you gotta love the old school gsr's... keep up the good work
-Josh

 

its cool.... i am in the same process as u right now

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by InJ3cted &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looking good man.. hope that carpet treats you well </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks dude. The carpet really helped me out. Shouldn't have tossed my original stuff, but I thought I could still get a new set at the dealer. I was wrong. Discontinued.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by s10cky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">great color, and great job. keep it up. that kinda of work always yields great results.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks, it's a custom forest green metallic that I had mixed.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bjorn20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">um... i noticed ya took ur whole set of lights out in the back (tail lights, turn signals and such) where are the bolts located or w/e it uses to take them out, cuz i fucked my car up and gotta replace it</TD></TR></TABLE>

You remove the interior plastic panels and there are little nuts everywhere that you take off and the tail lights slide out. same for the center piece, but there's also a clip for that, if you aren't careful it will break.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bjorn20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
but anyway, nicely done with the paint. also noticed the rhd, thats the silvia right?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Affirmative, that's my 1 year old son 'Rev in the 91 Silvia.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mrtoastyjr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i like the color, more pics of the silvia please </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks. Your wish is my command: http://public.fotki.com/CRX/fr...ilvia/

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sycamore &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is that color honda element green???</TD></TR></TABLE>

Negative. Custom mixed forest green metallic.

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thanks to everyone else for their positive remarks. The car should come out looking like a million bucks. It has cost me a crapload of money to put together, probably way more than it could ever possibly hope to book for, so I'll probably keep it forever. My first car was an 89 DX Hatch almost 10 years ago, so this 91 Si is sentimental for me.

 

Car looks great Trevor. I wish I would have got the chance to get mine into paint. Maybe later I can buy another project and work on it on the side.

 

Yumvtec is the man. the jdm sir wing u sold me is still proudly on my bros hb im still lookin to get one myself for my hb . and i know ur hatch will be sicker then hell when ur done bc it will be so jdm and clean lookin - best of luck bro with the hatchie - from (Superhatchbackbros )

 

Nice work

 

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project schmoject.

 

Looks great!

Kind of similar to my current project but looks like you are going quite a bit further than me with the body work.

Didn't you used to have a GTR? I remember seeing one around a few times when I lived in Orem.

Keep us updated on the progress of your project!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EJ1 wilcox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks great!

Kind of similar to my current project but looks like you are going quite a bit further than me with the body work.

Didn't you used to have a GTR? I remember seeing one around a few times when I lived in Orem.

Keep us updated on the progress of your project! </TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, i used to own a r32 gtr. i miss that thing.

 

Lookin good.

Bump because you have the same as I have on my crx.

 

w00t for utah!

 

nice project

 

Lookin Good

 

thanks

 

wow that paint looks like candy, i can't wait to see the finished product

 

Where are the updates?

 

i've got pics I need to take and post up now of the freshly glossy black painted crossmember, jimfab bars, and booster.