Went from a teal Integra to a teal hatch... (warning, bg33p content)
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Went from a teal Integra to a teal hatch... (warning, bg33p content)
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Bought a 100k mi replacement longblock and a tranny (not sure if it's a VX tranny or not...anyone know how to ID if it is?)
Cleaned up the OEM seats for the front so I can take out the 80s integra seats that are in it now (that are blue/tan in a black interior). Planning to install these and to clean the interior tommorrow.
These seats actually don't match my rear seats in the Vx, did this pattern come out of a certain model civic or a coupe?
(lowered it some more)
Lots of people hate this color, but I love it.
I had a 95 LS Integra I got for dirty cheap and sold for actually more than I bought it for about two years ago. I had it on Ksports at a time, but always kept it mostly OEM b/c I drive it often hours a day. I need money and am bored of my car, so I looked to find a civic.
I came across this 95 civic Vx. It has new bg33p paint (Maaco quality), Apexi WS2 exhaust, an armrest (nice!), and some Maxspeed coilovers on AGXs. It has a ****-ton of miles, 238k, but runs strong and doesn't smoke that much at all, only when you are really beating on it. I drove it home 3.5hrs at 70mph+ and it took no oil, so it's not really in that bad of shape for the miles.
Here's a few pics...
So far plans are..
Install the EG seats and take out the 80s integra seats that came in it.
Clean the engine bay and interior.
Replace rear shoes/one drum(gouged from some rust), rotors/pads, front tires.
Get car inspected and passed for emissions.
Do lots of maintence on the engine/tranny (timing belt, tune up stuff, some seals, alt belt, mount inserts, shifter bushings, tranny fluid change, and maybe a clutch change).
Black out the oversprayed parts of the car.
Amber corners to replace the ugly ones it has now, and probably some replacement OEM tails for the oversprayed ones it has now.
Lower it more (so far the back is lowered a little more than it was, I still need to lower the front brakes more) and call it done.
Maybe replace some suspension bushings and upgrade suspension components (to full coilovers of some type).
It gets amazing mileage already, so once it's tuned up, it should run even better and get even better mileage. I was thinking of swapping in a z6 or LS, but this motor has decent acceleration, and for all the driving I do, it has some great highway gears.
Modified by Danronian at 2:08 PM 4/9/2007
Modified by Danronian at 4:24 PM 4/9/2007
Modified by Danronian at 9:00 PM 4/14/2007
Bought a 100k mi replacement longblock and a tranny (not sure if it's a VX tranny or not...anyone know how to ID if it is?)
Cleaned up the OEM seats for the front so I can take out the 80s integra seats that are in it now (that are blue/tan in a black interior). Planning to install these and to clean the interior tommorrow.
These seats actually don't match my rear seats in the Vx, did this pattern come out of a certain model civic or a coupe?
(lowered it some more)
Lots of people hate this color, but I love it.
I had a 95 LS Integra I got for dirty cheap and sold for actually more than I bought it for about two years ago. I had it on Ksports at a time, but always kept it mostly OEM b/c I drive it often hours a day. I need money and am bored of my car, so I looked to find a civic.
I came across this 95 civic Vx. It has new bg33p paint (Maaco quality), Apexi WS2 exhaust, an armrest (nice!), and some Maxspeed coilovers on AGXs. It has a ****-ton of miles, 238k, but runs strong and doesn't smoke that much at all, only when you are really beating on it. I drove it home 3.5hrs at 70mph+ and it took no oil, so it's not really in that bad of shape for the miles.
Here's a few pics...
So far plans are..
Install the EG seats and take out the 80s integra seats that came in it.
Clean the engine bay and interior.
Replace rear shoes/one drum(gouged from some rust), rotors/pads, front tires.
Get car inspected and passed for emissions.
Do lots of maintence on the engine/tranny (timing belt, tune up stuff, some seals, alt belt, mount inserts, shifter bushings, tranny fluid change, and maybe a clutch change).
Black out the oversprayed parts of the car.
Amber corners to replace the ugly ones it has now, and probably some replacement OEM tails for the oversprayed ones it has now.
Lower it more (so far the back is lowered a little more than it was, I still need to lower the front brakes more) and call it done.
Maybe replace some suspension bushings and upgrade suspension components (to full coilovers of some type).
It gets amazing mileage already, so once it's tuned up, it should run even better and get even better mileage. I was thinking of swapping in a z6 or LS, but this motor has decent acceleration, and for all the driving I do, it has some great highway gears.
Modified by Danronian at 2:08 PM 4/9/2007
Modified by Danronian at 4:24 PM 4/9/2007
Modified by Danronian at 9:00 PM 4/14/2007
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From: Fred., VA
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM knowledge »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"><FONT COLOR="teal">i love that color as well.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
Me too..you can probably tell.
Me too..you can probably tell.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM knowledge »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"><FONT COLOR="teal">i love that color as well.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sup gurl »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I didn't know APEXi made the WS-2 in teal now 
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I see that, just picked a teal hatch up the other day. Gotta find out where to get a color matching exaust.
Must of been a careless person to paint an exaust.
As a painter I hate seeing that 
</TD></TR></TABLE>I see that, just picked a teal hatch up the other day. Gotta find out where to get a color matching exaust.
Must of been a careless person to paint an exaust.
As a painter I hate seeing that
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SneezinCD5 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
I see that, just picked a teal hatch up the other day. Gotta find out where to get a color matching exaust.
Must of been a careless person to paint an exaust. As a painter I hate seeing that </TD></TR></TABLE>
Maaco tends to do that, I'm surprised that he didn't get a silver rattle can special fix job like they tried to do on mine.
I see that, just picked a teal hatch up the other day. Gotta find out where to get a color matching exaust.
Must of been a careless person to paint an exaust.
As a painter I hate seeing that </TD></TR></TABLE>Maaco tends to do that, I'm surprised that he didn't get a silver rattle can special fix job like they tried to do on mine.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by . a d a m »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Maaco tends to do that, I'm surprised that he didn't get a silver rattle can special fix job like they tried to do on mine. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I'm glad that he didn't do that, it would have made for more prep work to get the black to stick. I can't wait until I have time to address the visual problems with the car. Right now I need to replace the back brake shoes, and a few tune-up items on the motor to get it through inspection to make it my true daily driver/only car.
Maaco tends to do that, I'm surprised that he didn't get a silver rattle can special fix job like they tried to do on mine.
</TD></TR></TABLE>I'm glad that he didn't do that, it would have made for more prep work to get the black to stick. I can't wait until I have time to address the visual problems with the car. Right now I need to replace the back brake shoes, and a few tune-up items on the motor to get it through inspection to make it my true daily driver/only car.
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Re: Went from a teal Integra to a teal hatch... (mike9571)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mike9571 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice pick up.
Im almost finished my ef swap (the motor i bought from you and your buddy)
We def should meet up sometime </TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeah we should!
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boost*freak »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">holy interior</TD></TR></TABLE>
I know...it's so dirty I'm thinking of hiring someone to clean it...
Hopefully I'll have time to clean it this week so that once I start to daily drive it, it won't be that disgusting...
Im almost finished my ef swap (the motor i bought from you and your buddy)
We def should meet up sometime
</TD></TR></TABLE>Yeah we should!
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boost*freak »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">holy interior</TD></TR></TABLE>
I know...it's so dirty I'm thinking of hiring someone to clean it...
Hopefully I'll have time to clean it this week so that once I start to daily drive it, it won't be that disgusting...
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