DIYMIKE EF BUILD: Here is my canvas, let me paint you a picture........
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DIYMIKE EF BUILD: Here is my canvas, let me paint you a picture........
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It's been over a year since i had my 1990 Civic DX hatch. Finally its time for me to build my dream car the way i finally want it. After putting it together once before with only ideas of making an average daily driver, i now come to the conclusion of making myself a car that i love and a car that will be far better then a new generation honda and Cheaper!
I received this car for $500.
let me shut up and show you the progression.
The B18B came with it and was parted out...I made my $500 back!
the body was in fair condition..considering i got this in the midwest and no rust
notice the double exhaust cut out. almost painful to see
Then i took it apart..
Then i did a ghetto flat black rattle can job on the engine bay
All the while i had bought this parts car to complete my car. $425 shipping was 250 though!
I did a little wire tuck action here
Then i was done..for the time being
as you can see, didn't really put any serious money into it
At this point, i was content. but the mini me i put in started to smoke at high rpm's. i mean i could of drove it. BUT i got inspired to get a jdm front and if i am going to get a JDM front.... i might as well decided to paint the car over agian while i am at it. so i went ebay hunting
started to take it apart again
i started to do some bodywork here and there. i have no experience in body work..but it was pretty easy...it just takes patience.
Chaos in my room
after the motor was removed
living room
At this point i was able to peice together a complete JDM front end with an exception of the Hood. i wanted a carbon fiber one but when the total came up to 650 shipped i wasnt to happy. then i thought wait a complete jdm front end from a importer sells them for 700. why not just buy one and sell the other parts i dont need. i called Hmotorsonline and Steve picked up. I asked him if he had some ef9 front ends and he said yeah but I also have a Brand New One in stock! I thought for a second and said "wait you have a brand new one from japan in?" and he said "yeah in Honda boxes"......then i said how much? he said 1300. then i dropped the credit card number. now some of you might be thinking thats alot of money....well it is. but i thought I have never seen somebody sell one of these..This is a chance of a life time! haha yeah i know an impulse buy but hey when this came in.....
I had the Biggest smile on my face...
I actually sold all the used ef9 parts and made a good chunk of change....
I didn't want to neglect the motor either
picked up a rear bumper.. took off the lip and rear fog lights to get it ready for paint...
the Shell was sent to paint and i found a storage place to work on my car... and now i am just waiting........
UPDATES COMING SOON!!!
Modified by DIYMIKE at 8:30 PM 1/3/2007
Modified by DIYMIKE at 8:49 PM 1/3/2007
Modified by DIYMIKE at 8:54 PM 1/3/2007
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Modified by DIYMIKE at 2:59 PM 4/2/2007
It's been over a year since i had my 1990 Civic DX hatch. Finally its time for me to build my dream car the way i finally want it. After putting it together once before with only ideas of making an average daily driver, i now come to the conclusion of making myself a car that i love and a car that will be far better then a new generation honda and Cheaper!
I received this car for $500.
let me shut up and show you the progression.
The B18B came with it and was parted out...I made my $500 back!
the body was in fair condition..considering i got this in the midwest and no rust
notice the double exhaust cut out. almost painful to see
Then i took it apart..
Then i did a ghetto flat black rattle can job on the engine bay
All the while i had bought this parts car to complete my car. $425 shipping was 250 though!
I did a little wire tuck action here
Then i was done..for the time being
as you can see, didn't really put any serious money into it
At this point, i was content. but the mini me i put in started to smoke at high rpm's. i mean i could of drove it. BUT i got inspired to get a jdm front and if i am going to get a JDM front.... i might as well decided to paint the car over agian while i am at it. so i went ebay hunting
started to take it apart again
i started to do some bodywork here and there. i have no experience in body work..but it was pretty easy...it just takes patience.
Chaos in my room
after the motor was removed
living room
At this point i was able to peice together a complete JDM front end with an exception of the Hood. i wanted a carbon fiber one but when the total came up to 650 shipped i wasnt to happy. then i thought wait a complete jdm front end from a importer sells them for 700. why not just buy one and sell the other parts i dont need. i called Hmotorsonline and Steve picked up. I asked him if he had some ef9 front ends and he said yeah but I also have a Brand New One in stock! I thought for a second and said "wait you have a brand new one from japan in?" and he said "yeah in Honda boxes"......then i said how much? he said 1300. then i dropped the credit card number. now some of you might be thinking thats alot of money....well it is. but i thought I have never seen somebody sell one of these..This is a chance of a life time! haha yeah i know an impulse buy but hey when this came in.....
I had the Biggest smile on my face...
I actually sold all the used ef9 parts and made a good chunk of change....
I didn't want to neglect the motor either
picked up a rear bumper.. took off the lip and rear fog lights to get it ready for paint...
the Shell was sent to paint and i found a storage place to work on my car... and now i am just waiting........
UPDATES COMING SOON!!!
Modified by DIYMIKE at 8:30 PM 1/3/2007
Modified by DIYMIKE at 8:49 PM 1/3/2007
Modified by DIYMIKE at 8:54 PM 1/3/2007
Modified by DIYMIKE at 9:45 PM 1/3/2007 <U></U>
Modified by DIYMIKE at 2:59 PM 4/2/2007
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Re: (get^bent)
Sorry i was editing it this whole time to make sure the pictures showed up so some of you just saw a couple of pictures with out knowing what was going on...
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Chris22215 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nice build keep us posted</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by usdm420 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looking good so far, keep this updated
what color is the car being painted?</TD></TR></TABLE>
you will find out on tuesday!
i can't wait to see how it turned out too!!!
All i can say is that the color is from a car that i am sure everybody knows about and started up the whole JDM craze when everybody was doing body kits and what not.
i know you might call me a biter or what ever but his car inspired me. so i give props to him.
what color is the car being painted?</TD></TR></TABLE>
you will find out on tuesday!
i can't wait to see how it turned out too!!!
All i can say is that the color is from a car that i am sure everybody knows about and started up the whole JDM craze when everybody was doing body kits and what not.
i know you might call me a biter or what ever but his car inspired me. so i give props to him.