I WILL BE RESTORING OR "RESURRECTING" A 2000 HONDA CIVIC SI. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST CIVIC SI I HAVE DONE. THERE SEEMS TO BE MANY WRITE-UPS HERE FOR SWAPS, MODIFICATIONS, AND CONVERSIONS BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY RESTORATIONS. I WANT TO SHARE MY PROJECT. FIRST LET'S START WITH A 2000 HONDA CIVIC SI.









A FEW BEFORE PICS...........

TIME TO GET STARTED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THIS CAR. DAM THIEVES REALLY MESSED UP THIS ONE. THAT YELLOW APPEARS TO BE SOME KIND OF SPRAYPAINT AND LOTS OF SCRATCHES. SEEMS LIKE THEY WANTED TO GIVE THE CAR A PAINT JOB. LOOKS LIKE THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE DOOR JAMBS MATCH THE EXTERIOR.







NEED TO GET THOSE JAMBS CLEANED UP. MUST REMOVE PAINT WITHOUT REMOVING PAINT. CLEARING THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR JAMB.




SPRAY FIRST THEN SCRAPE





THEN WIPE OFF THE PAINT



FINALLY CLEARED A SECTION
WILL HAVE MORE PICS LATER.

 

wow, i am surprised they didn't take the motor. that paint removal sure looks like a mess... good luck with it bro!

 

good luck! looks like a task!

 

is the frame bent at all or any, did it get into a acident? or just a returned stolen car, or what happened? how much u pick it up for?? from what i can tell not to bad...justa whole lot of work..GL mang

 

Looks good! Keep us up to date!

Last year I bought a wrecked SI for the engine so I have many extra parts.
Lemme know if you need anything, looks like you need a few dash parts, headlights and tailights. I have a full set of seats too.

Remember to take tonnes of pics ofr the progress, trust me you will enjoy looking at them later. Its nice to see where all your spare time went :D

 

Wow thats one hell of a project you have there. What they hell happened with the whole paint thing. How did you end up with this car?

 

thats a wicked nice project car. easy body work besides teh paint. headligts bumpa and taillights and not soo bad interior work. whered you get that cuz i wanna buy onee

 

Why didn't they take the motor? Must have been pissed off at someone.

 

Right on. for puttin another one back on the road.

 

good luck bro!

 

looks like a lot of work with the paint... good luck man

 

wow that car is still intact for the most part.. may i ask how much you got it for?

 

Yeah how much?

 

good find, good luck with it

 

They left the motor and the rims? Terrible and stupid thieves. Good luck with the project.

 

I GUESS I AM LUCKY THIS CIVIC IS NOT STRIPPED TO A BARE SHELL LIKE MOST OF THEM END UP. RARE THAT A CIVIC SI WILL BE LEFT WITH THE MOTOR AND WHEELS WHEN IT GETS STOLEN. I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS FOR $3500. STILL LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE. BUT THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT EVERYONE. I 'LL POST SOME PICS SOON.

 

I am amazed you really dont have that much work to do.

 

 

this is going to be one hell of a project...nice yellow but good luck

 

Use laquer thinner to remove the spray paint...Spray paint is not catalyzed so it will wipe off easily without damaging the blue.

 

$3500, thats a freaking steal!

 

NEXT THING TO TAKE CARE OF IS THE EXHAUST MUFFLER.





LOOSENING THE BOLTS AND NUTS




SEPERATE THE RUBBER MOUNTS



REMOVE MUFFLER AND TOSS IT

 

you got this car from IAAI auctions.
i got my Si from there.
my was missing the front end,broken sunroof,and the trunk..
you have alot of work ahead.
how much you pay for it. I know cars are going hella expencive in that place.
Good luck

 

whats wrong with the greddy exhaust? for putting life back to that em1 though

 

From one Electron Pearl Blue EM1 to another.... GOOD ****!!