Hey guys, so heres the new whip. Some of you may have come to this thread from my build thread on my White Eg Hatch (Which I didn't sell and still have the shell in my garage) --> https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1933510. Well Now its time to give a little taste of the build I'm starting on my new rex. I bought it from another H-T member in IL about two months ago and I've made some nice progress so far. The body had its imperfections as the following pics will show, There were some dents, dings, and scratches, and the usual EF clearcoat that was falling off. It was however rust-free for the most part, just some light surface rust in areas, which has all been fixed (right). So i gave it a quick paint job, respraying it Grenada Black pearl. I'll let the pics tell the rest of the story from the day i got it to where it is now. After lookin it over, please feel free to lemme know what you guys think, I am open to all opinions, however i would appreciate withholding any unnecessary flaming, So please feel free to post any suggestions on fututre mods, opinions, and/or ideas. Enjoy.

To Start, here are a few pics of the car and a few of its blemishes:






Didn't take long before i decided to get rid of the ugly-*** pinstripe and the flaking clear coat. Here are a few pics of the sanding.



**Notice the flaky clearcoat on the right side of the roof** Decided to take it down to the original Primer/base



Then it was off to the paint booth so I could give it a quick spray and get it all nice and shiny.






And then it was time for the heart transplant. Decided to keep My JDM 98+ spec typeR B18c from the hatch, including the LSD trans so I had to get the Hasport Cable-to-Hydro conversion mounts. (totally worth it). This is where we got to do the wiring. YAY! . and while i was at it of course i tucked everyhting, relocated the battery, resprayed the engine bay and replaced every nut and bolt with stainless to freshen things up a bit. Heres some of the action.





Cleanly tucking the engin harness tight to the back of the engine.

Wiring diagrams UGH!

Time to slide the motor in there and see how much wire I can cut out!!


Was glad to be where this picture shows Everything in and running!


Then I had to wire-up a GSR cluster real quick to allow me to actually shift on a number that was on the tack.




OK, OK, Now its time for some nice fresh pics of how she looks now with everthing in its place and nice and shiny, Enjoy!










*** Rear window-washer sprayer was shaved during the painting process as well as shown below**


Few close-ups of the paint. (and i still haven't wetsaded and/or buffed the new clearcoat). Enjoy the reflections.
Sunroof:

Rear Hatch trim:

Gas Door:


Here are a Few vidoes of the Car as well:

First Video is the first time the car was started and revved after the motor was installed **open header**
http://s111.photobucket.com/al...1.flv

The second here is a kinda crappy/decent pull from inside the car. (don't mind the rattle at the beginning, and this was still with stock exhaust).
http://s111.photobucket.com/al...2.flv

Here is a video of the new exhaust on !!, drive-by video coming soon!!!
http://s111.photobucket.com/al...5.flv


So, as of now the the car looks like above and has the following done to it.

JDM B18C TypeR 98+ spec (complete swap from H-motors)
JDM Trust Exhaust (not pictured yet)
JDM EF8 brake conversion (brand new wheel bearing+calipers)
JDM squash air-freshner
Fluidyne Half-mount Aluminum Radiator
Hasport EFB-2 motor mount kit
Haspot shift linkage kit
Custom Ground kit (made by me)
Ground Control Coils
Adustable AGX's
Every bushing throughout the suspension/chassis has been replaced
New tierods
Skunk2 shift ****
Skunk2 adjustable Cam Gears
DC Sports Short-throw shifter
AEM short ram intake
GSR gauge cluster
Momo Tuner 320mm Steering wheel (not pictured yet)
Kenwood Headunit
Rear Wiper delete plug (rear window-washer sprayer was shaved)
MemoryFab Carbon Kevlar S-58 bucket seat w/ Sparco Side mounts/rails
10pt Kirk Racing Cage (only have roll-bar installed)
White Rota C-10's (Want to change for Gunmetallic w/ polished lip Slips, y/n?)

****May have for got stuff here and there, but thats the jist of it, so lemme know what ya think!! ****



Modified by JDM TR Civic at 7:38 PM 10/7/2007

 

thats a nice car

 

VERY nice man. Can't wait for the day my rex looks that nice.

 

Damn, looks good.

 

looking good.....only comment i have is you should prob be running harnesses w/ the memory fab seat...those seats are not designed for 3pt belts...other than that sick

o and keep the wheels white...looks good w the black

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Stefndogg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looking good.....only comment i have is you should prob be running harnesses w/ the memory fab seat...those seats are not designed for 3pt belts...other than that sick

o and keep the wheels white...looks good w the black</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'd go even further than that and add a back brace to that non FIA seat.

Black on White = Sex. Cage looks good...any more pics of it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Stefndogg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looking good.....only comment i have is you should prob be running harnesses w/ the memory fab seat...those seats are not designed for 3pt belts...other than that sick

o and keep the wheels white...looks good w the black</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks for the input. And actually Its all set-up for a harness, I have all the loops mounted etc. I just don't have a harness in yet.

 

Nice work! I give you props for that!

 

clean!

 

 

clean

 

Clean!

 

soo nice

 

Very dope car overall, the only thing I think looked a bit off was the wheels, they look a bit big for the car, but overall it's awesome. I'm glad you restored it to the beauty it is meant to be

 

 

Props for keeping the CRX's alive!

 

looks sick as hell! love the color and cage...

 

Do not put slips on it please.

 

<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT COLOR="red">My newly Re-painted Valve cover!!</FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE="3">Grenada Black Pearl Valve Cover w/ Rising Sun Spark Plug Cover</FONT>

 

looks sick, thats gonna set the bay off!

 

why didn't you do a k series swap?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bossman032 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why didn't you do a k series swap? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Sorry to dissapoint lol.
I bought the JDM TypeR swap from H-motors about 3yrs ago, as it has been in 3 different cars now, The K swaps weren't as common then.

 

Clean car!

 

im feeling the paint and the valve cover is crazy

 

I have had my k series for 2+ years now, common maybe..
I thought u just bought the motor..