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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 12:07 AM
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My daily driver car im working on. ill post pics up every now and then when i change stuff

heres the pics i have from start to finish.






old front Grill:






Engine shot + new front grill


1 Parking light dont work


New windshield:


No CD deck:


replaced broken dome light:


Removed the backseats


Found alot of money doing it too lol (about 7bucks)




Got a free cd deck:


new cf invader style hood:


new mugen front lip




Got some PIAA HID gt-x bulbs




Painted the front lip


New type R Grill - black



Added 99-00 civic taillights


I have a new megan racing muffler coming in the mail to replace this


somewhat sanded my rims, getting ready to paint them black:




replaced the cheap short ram intake with a aem cold air intake:


faded windshield wipers




Repainted



Coming soon are some NGK blue spark plug wires and some Platinum NGK spark plugs, blue rays lug nuts, and a megan racing muffler 4" tip (all being shipped to me as of right now just got to sit and wait lol.

let me no what you think. if u want subscribe im a be fixing it up every month
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 12:11 AM
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looks better
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 12:14 AM
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Keep up the good work on the car...
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 12:42 AM
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not bad
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 12:46 AM
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Looks nice, but I suggest using that 7 bucks you found to buy paint to paint the housing on your headlights black
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 12:49 AM
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Very nice...I love the timeline of pics!


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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 01:40 AM
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damn that back seat had some crazy amounts of money. i wanna go check mine now haha
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 01:43 AM
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nice transformation, keep up the cool work
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 03:08 AM
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It's nice but get some spoon replica mirrors asap the m3 ones look like ****.
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 09:57 AM
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dont worry i got plans for the car. its how i bought it. i plan on getting mirrors but i mit get power folding ones. Also im changing the rims and tires. i want some rota slipstream 16x7 in flat black. havent decided on a tire yet. Also wanna get fenders with side markers, black housing euro headlights, lower the car a bit more so the body goes right over the top of the tire Wanna get new sideskirts since 1 is loose because the holes broke, and i wanna get em painted the same color of the car


as of right now im just trying to keep my motor running since it isnt idling right at stop lights. it drops all the way down to 300rpm and the car almost dies so i got new spark plugs and spark plug wires. havent got em in the mail yet but whenever i do i hope that fixes it. other then that it mit be a vaccum leak buyt ive only had my car since december 28th of 05 and i no nothing about the engine but its a 127hp d16y8 single cam anyone wanna help me on my idle problem and if it is a vaccum leak what exactly are the vaccum lines and how could i find the leak real easy?
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 10:21 AM
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spray carb cleaner on the hoses and youll see it get sucked in. like i told you on fsr do you tune up....i bet that place didnt do that they said.....and see id that helps if not...then let me know....aka couch_razullhuf. but im on here more then fsr.....let me know man....and get the slips and get the spoon mirrors and it will look better.
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 10:34 AM
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looks good so far. if u decide on getting slips i don't think gunmetal or black would look good on that car, get some, polished or white
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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5999!!!!

How much you pay for it?
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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Yeah a rim change would be good. Good luck on the progress.
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 11:08 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cupuhnoodles &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not bad </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 11:13 AM
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SiR lip
mirrors
OEM cf hood
rims are a must
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 11:19 AM
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slam it
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 12:06 PM
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 12:17 PM
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not feeling the invader cf hood should of went oem..nonetheless the car looks like its heading into the right path
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 12:28 PM
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 12:36 AM
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bought some rays lug nuts for my car but found out the lug nuts on my car as of right now are some cheap extended ones. im thinking its just because how thick my rims are Is that correct?. once i change my rims to some rota slipstreams the ray lug nuts will fit right? or am i gonna have to get extended ones no matter what rims i have....





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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 12:48 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by central_driver &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">bought some rays lug nuts for my car but found out the lug nut son my car as of right now are some cheap extended ones. im thinking its just because how my rims are. once i change my rims to some rota slipstreams they will fit right? or am i gonna have to get extended ones even if i had rota slipstreams???</TD></TR></TABLE>

The rays will work great for the slipstreams.
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 01:21 AM
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ok


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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 08:07 PM
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some more pics of things... good and bad


just got this:



and found this:

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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 08:14 PM
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time for new header! car looks good man
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