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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:30 AM
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If you cant tell already..this car is RICE!! It might not be as bad as some of the rides out there, but it still is bad. I picked this car up for cheap and it is excellent! 54,000 miles on the motor/body, the interior is spotless, and the outside is flawless!!! No problems at all! My plans are to turn this car back to oem, add a nice front and rear lip, smaller wheels, and swap later on. This is how she sits as of now. Please share you thoughts and give some suggestions!

Gay altezza lights must go!



Interior shot...going to get ride of the gauges, pedals, and the flimsy shift ****



The rims are hidious! 17" kazera wrapped in kumho tires. I was thinking some nice Si wheels would look good. The fogs are factory and are really nice, but the headlight bulbs are just useless blue with no visability at night



Just an outside shot. The stickers are coming off as well, along with the "DOHC VTEC" sticker on the sohc motor!!!
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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the body itself is pretty clean still. the de-rice operation is a piece of cake.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:36 AM
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At least he/she didn't paint the dash.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:38 AM
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Leave the stickers on the window.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:39 AM
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Default Re: Let the De-Rice Begin! (carboncivic)

I wonder what you mean by cheap?
Its not THAT bad. Good paint, interior, motor, a little rice here and there, no major bodykits or neon lights, crazy colors, or painted interior, good find in my book.
anyhow the car should be fine after you do everything you said....
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EK-Chris &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Leave the stickers on the window. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I say leave the stickers on the side and put in a K
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:45 AM
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I love the Autozone R sticker lol
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:51 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by _.Sarge._ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I say leave the stickers on the side and put in a K </TD></TR></TABLE>


Yes !!!

By far the best idea !!
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:52 AM
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I think you should leave the APC sticker on the windshield....
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:58 AM
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apc FTW!
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 11:59 AM
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thats not that bad, i was expecting like major rice, taillights wheels and those gauges gone and you're lookin pretty stock
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:05 PM
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Not too much work to be done.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:25 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by umop-apisdn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">At least he/she didn't paint the dash.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's back to OEM now though,
Well... The pillars are black and I left the door panels because I like them.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:28 PM
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sweet! a dohc vtec D16Y8
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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yea, thoose mods should already be done, they take a day at most, replace lights 30mins, and remove stickers, 5 mins, clean/wash..

then your on your way.

post pics of what it looks like now
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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Where is this 30 minute shipping service your speak of?
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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haha funny....
haha most of the guys i know in rochester started as ricers.... but are super cool now... (no hard feelings -pat, jordan, josh) lol

he's probably just a few years younger than you and a few years behind in the jdm wave thang....

lol

clean ride.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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its gona look proper after the de rice! mod list please? how much u get it for?
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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nice fake si. j/p

how much u get it for? look clean and easy to de-rice.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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what'd you tell the previous owner? he probably thought you liked all his mods. roffles
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 12:40 PM
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i say drop it, get rid of the apc sticker on the windshield, and get oem taillights and it'll look pretty good.
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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piece of cake to oem'ify that
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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Default Re: (GarageAlchemist)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GarageAlchemist &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea, thoose mods should already be done, they take a day at most, replace lights 30mins, and remove stickers, 5 mins, clean/wash..

then your on your way.

post pics of what it looks like now </TD></TR></TABLE>


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