New to honda tech, figured I'd make a proper intro. My name is bob I work at a honda dealership. I drive a 90 civic SI and a 93 nissan TT-Z on rare occasions


heres some pics of the civ








I've had tons of EFs but I'm liking how this one is turning out the most. what you guys think?




Modified by Orangegsx at 6:17 PM 6/23/2007

 

Hello Bob, welcome to Honda-tech.com

I admire your vehicle...for a car more than 10 years...it still looks immaculate.

Any future plans with your vehicle, Bob?

 

To be honest I don't have any big plans for it right now. I'm just trying to keep it clean. I have some JDM sidemarkers on the way and a rear disc conversion in my garage. If I do much more to it it will be after I finish painting my 300zx. As of now the civ just has eibach lowering springs. Tokiko illumina 5 ways. Front and back strut bars and tie bars. JDM center console. And a few things I'm probly forgetting. I bought it a few months ago bone stock for 400$. It came with about 14 quarts of oil in it so I ended up rebuilding the whole motor. Gonna leave that stock right too untill I'm done driving back and forth to college. Thanks for the comment, and quetions just ask!


Modified by Orangegsx at 11:45 PM 6/2/2007

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Orangegsx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">To be honest I don't have any big plans for it right now. I'm just trying to keep it clean. I have some JDM sidemarkers on the way and a rear disc conversion in my garage. If I do much more to it it will be after I finish painting my 300zx. As of now the civ just has eibach lowering springs. Tokiko illumina 5 ways. Front and back strut bars and tie bars. JDM center console. And a few things I'm probly forgetting. I bought it a few months ago bone stock for 400$. It came with about 14 quarts of oil in it so I ended up rebuilding the whole motor. Gonna leave that stock right too untill I'm done driving back and forth to college. Thanks for the comment, and quetions just ask!


Modified by Orangegsx at 11:45 PM 6/2/2007</TD></TR></TABLE>

Holy hell!

Looks clean, ditch the red stripe though. Are those miata wheels?

 

What kind of motor do you plan to install in your vehicle?

Any possibilities for a K-series down the road?

 

thats a cool lip, what is it off of, or where'd you get it

 

mazda wheels eh? looks good

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FernEF &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">mazda wheels eh? looks good </TD></TR></TABLE> either that or Rota RB's

 

the lip is off a jetta it's cut up and flipped upside down. The wheels are from a miata good eye! I got them when I worked at mazda. I also have a set of rota slips and some hollander mesh wheels but I don't wanna buy tires right now. I'd rather not take off the stripe I've always liked the si-r look. If I do a motor swap I would just order a clip and get the front end from an sir and the b16. I would just like it to look like a stock si-r with a few mods. I don't need to make it fast. that's what this is for.

I love the Z but damn it's got horrible paint! In the middle of stripping it right now. Pulling the motor and everything to do a colorchange to silver.



Modified by Orangegsx at 9:45 AM 6/3/2007

 

i was just going to post that its a vw lip... noticed it looked different though because its upside down. nice cars.

 

what year jetta would I be able to get one off of?

 

I think it was like a 98. They will only fit on the 88-89 bumpers and I gotta warn you the civic is wider so you will have a gap in the middle. Right now I just have my plate over it but i'm looking for a new lip to cut and splice a peice in

 

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i want to know too

 

my buddy has one on his 91 sedan, i think you have a gap becuase its upsidedown and the bottom of the lip isnt as wide.

 

props to the miata wheels. welcome to you and your hatch, it looks good. how did you end up dealing with the centerbore on your wheels? seeya

 

looks really nice!! keep up the good work! cant wait to see more of it!!!

 

welcome to HT..love the EF

 

On the wheels I ended up grinding out the back portion and left the outer ring alone so they could be balanced, tapered lug so I think it should be fine. Drives fine so I'm confident with it. thanks for the comments everyone

 

Bump for the miata wheels. I was going to buy wheel spacers, but if they are driving fine with the backside be grinded, I'm going to give that a try.

 

Threw some sidemarkers on the other day. Also bought a black tenzo R full bucket seat for the drivers side, had the usuall EF seat wear. Just waiting on a bracket




Modified by Orangegsx at 5:39 AM 6/7/2007

 

jw what kinda lip is that? the whole car looks awesome btw

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FotoGenetix &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">jw what kinda lip is that? the whole car looks awesome btw</TD></TR></TABLE>

read the thread

 

Heres an update, got the rear disks on and took a few pics a couple days ago.


New del sol rear diskies






also I was wondering how low of a profile tire could I go with without it looking bad. the wheels are 14's..

 

imo you cant go very low pro with 14s.. 15s i think a 55 series looks good, not sure about 16s .. but it always looks better with bigger wheels. with your wheels id go with a 60 , 70 is kinda big.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by janz3n &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">imo you cant go very low pro with 14s.. 15s i think a 55 series looks good, not sure about 16s .. but it always looks better with bigger wheels. with your wheels id go with a 60 , 70 is kinda big.</TD></TR></TABLE>

55 series on a 15" is a little on the too big side.

he should get a 195-55-14 or something similar, like a 185-60-14