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Okay ladies, firstly apologies for lack of pics at this moment in time, they will come soon.

Thought i would throw a thread up here to show you the progress of the latest toy.

After my last integra, i swore i wouldnt build another one, i always end up thousands of pounds in debt and use way too much fuel for my bank account to cope with. Anyway, for those who havent seen the last one, here she is:





So i shall start with The Overview:

96 JDM Integra

Absolutely bog standard!!!

The plan:

Entire nut bolt and washer replacement with new items
Entire bush replacement throughout
98 Spec Shock Absorbers
Eibach Pro-Kit Springs (-30mm)
All suspension components removed, chemical blasted, galvanised/plated, then painted or powder coated
282mm front brake conversion
Calipers to be stripped, chemically blasted, refinished, then rebuilt
262mm rear brake conversion
Calipers to be stripped, chemically blasted, refinished, then rebuilt
Goodridge Flexible Brake Hoses front and rear
Ferodo DS2500 pads in front, Honda standard replacement pads in rear.
Anti-roll bars removed, replaced with 98 Spec items, treated, and refinished, rebushed, then refitted.

Wheel arches and inner wings to be stone chipped, then repainted in championship white

Engine Bay stripped bare, steam cleaned and repainted if necessary.

Engine to be chemically blasted, polished, and laquered
98 Spec manifold, all ancillaries blasted, treated and painted as required.
Cambelt, adjust tappets, drain and flush oil and coolant systems
New thermostat, dip stick, oil cap and rad cap

ALL engine bay brackets removed, blasted treated and refitted
all brake lines removed, cleaned, treated and refitted as required

New reservoirs for brake, clutch and washer

Light tucking of wires in engine bay

Remove resonator box

Fit Koyo Alloy radiator

Interior stripped, all seats wet vacuum'd (new bolsters not required), re-dye red stitching and recaro logo
Carpets to be dyed black throughout
New mats fitted
Seat rails blasted, treated, repainted and regreased
Interior metalwork cleaned, buffed and repainted if required

5 wheels refurbished in CW with new yoko parada spec 2 tyres all round (inc spare)

Lights removed, lenses polished front and rear.
HID kit to be fitted

98 Spec Rear Bumper
Wind deflectors removed and plastic polished then refitted

All glass to be cut back and repolished

All bodywork fully detailed to show how flawless and original is actually is.

So as you can see this is quite a lot of work ahead of me, i get the car on thursday (i hope) and i wont even get to drive it before i strip it, but hey ho, thats how it goes.

Anyway, the end result should be a genuinely immaculate Integra - again going too far purely to say my car is infact a mint example and not another run of the mill car with a randomly high price tag

Keep an eye out, each night there will be updates once i get the car back to the workshop and stripped down to its bare essentials.

Thanks for reading

Pete

 

right

well thursday night came round quicker than we thought, other projects had us flat out all week and then last minute we measured the trailer width to find it was 12cm too skinny for the teg to fit

So, after much blagging and running round like blue arsed flies we managed to find ourselves a trailer we could use. Thanks to Stephen Potts for the lend of the trailer :D

Despite the many hours we used to drive to get things, people and cars when over in england, it is amazing just how unmotivating it is when you know you have to drive the the width of NI to get your car in the pissing rain.

So, we arrived at our destination and found this...


After a banter filled journey, with lots of cakes, **** food and fizzy drinks we were home with the wee car.

Scooby towing teg, was a nice sight, although i wasnt quick enough to call shotgun for the homeward journey.



Thanks to Will for supply the tow vehicle, time and workshop



and thanks to Dooley for nicking my ****ing seat on the way home



Here is how she sat upon arriving at her new temporary home:







Nice and clean ??? Dont think so, covered in tree sap, and generally looking sorry for itself.

However, it is spot on, no mismatched panel colours, absolutely no signs of accident damage, NO RUST :D and very very original.

anyway, i will just add pics to show the beginning of the strip down now as no doubt thats all you lot want to see anyway.....

Only managed 2 hours at her tonight, as we are building a concourse Mg Midget which at the minute gets priority.

 

Nice, looks like a good find! Will be keen to see some clean up progress pics of this.

 

She looks good. good luck

 

Well, if you're truly worried about time and money spent on these cars, why not just avoid it all and not preform those unnecessary tasks? Pulling off all those componets, bushings, suspensions etc. is so not worth it. Unless the car has a hard 100k+ miles on it, its not really needed. I never quite understood, unless its a full blown show car or for bragging rights, why peeps preform such tasks. Just do the simple stuff, clean her up and drive the **** out of her!

 

My Father is from England and when he restores a car he does it the exact same way.. Pulls it down to nothing then rebuilds it completely over.... Great Project Man Keep It Up...

 

dude, my life is spent pretty much building competition cars, we have a reputation of building some of the best presented cars on the scene.

The idea behind it is that we as the builders and drivers, our customers, etc etc all have 100% confidence in the car they are in. If every aspect of the car has had the once over then i can be confident i know none of it will let me down.

Dont you worry about having the **** driven out of it, if i wanted to build a trailer queen id have built somthing that doesnt handle, and is much much prettier than the integra.

Hopefully you can see that this level of detail means a high level of confidence no matter what the car is to be used for.

Your method however, is exactly what happens to my daily passat B4 wagon, annual service, and fix what breaks, oh and put fuel in it, thats about it.

 

Nice! I love red ITRs.

 

Looks Good!

 

thanks guys

never know i may end up bringing a RHD car over to Durango if i ever end up there

 

hmmm somehow I dont believe that first statement is true. If you truly do, please post pics, I'd love to see some examples of well built race cars.
Regarding a car thats safe and well built, Im fairly confident in saying that Honda did it just fine from the factory, especially on the Type R's. In fact, I'd be less confident in a car rebuilt from the ground up, suspension wise unless every part/nut/bolt was replaced with oem Honda or better and torqued to exact Honda specs with a new high grade torque wrench. I'd give everything on there thats stock, a once over and call it good, personally.
Lastly, do you really choose the integra because of its "superior" handling ability over other cars?! Personally, I choose the Integra first, for the overall exterior/interior design and status, before its handling capability. There are plenty of cars out there that can/do handle far better. Hell, if youre tearing the thing apart and replacing all the suspension anyways, a standard EG/EK civic, Miata, etc will do just as well if not better and be 1/4th of the price lol.
Sorry if it appears that I am "hating", but I believe its just constructive criticism, an attempt to see what you've really done and practical reasoning to be met. Hell, its not my money/time

 

Lol back in the day the ITR forum was notorious for stating how ugly the Integra really is. Heck even Japan, who's style seems to know no bounds, rejected the four-headlight design. And as far as the handling goes, in regards to FWD cars this fifteen year old design is still pretty much number one.

Oh is that how you're supposed to do it? J/P

 

He speaks the truth but maybe isnt admitting everything, he builds rally cars (engines, body, suspension etc etc) so his cars may be the best presented on the scene, but the scene is tarmac championship rallying and not 'JDM' or Import scene

 

So dope, I love it!

 

thank you sir, do i know you???

i have no reason, nor want to "prove" myself to anyone on forums, nevermind someone who will probably never have any effect of my life.

however, Mr.OB*GYN_Rhett, i do take on board what you are saying, and you do have some valid points. What you have to remember was that back in the 40's, 50's 60's etc etc the cars at the time were at the pinnacle of design, there were people then saying the same things about those cars that you are now about the integra. The integra chassis design is now 15 or 16 years old i believe. There can always be improvements!!!!

 

screw the haters bro, do what the hell u want to do, the **** is yours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I'm MugenSi on ITR-DC2 forum.

 

Ah sweet, how;s it hanging, about to do the update over on ITR now.

As for "haters" the likelyhood of me caring is slim to none, the only thing i may lose sleep over is working on the car, not someone on a forum with a mouth that engages before brain.

 

okay,

Day 2 - although once again only managed a couple of hours as other projects take priority but here we go.

Got the front right suspension stripped out of her, along with most of the engine bay bracketry, what remains will be lifted out when the engine is out, hopefully tomorrow.

typically a lot of the bolts were stiff as hell, and my buzz gun broke, so manually doing everything felt like bit of a chore

Still have to get the rear part of the lower arm out and she is done for this side. The further break down the hub and start prepping it all once all 4 corners are off.





Took a few panels off too just to prevent any damage whilst working on the arches, etc



New radiator, although not sure if i want to use it or not



Both the teg and the scoob getting some loving today



The engine bay shot just as we were leaving, all in prep for wire tuck too, although really not sure if i should bin the ABS or not yet.



A few of the rear arches to show just how clean they are for a 13 year old motor





Only marks there are dirt, no bubbles, no broken paint, and no rust around the bumper mounting hole either :D

4 tyres for sale



More to follow tomorrow night

 

Well big-bit-itis kicked in today,

finally have an update where it looks like a lot of work has been done.

Unfortunately i forgot the camera, so i will have to update with pics tomorrow.

Started this morning, got the remaining bits of loom out, power steering, aircon and ABS, then sat back, had a cigarette and chilled out for 5 mins.

Engine was next on the list, and with the aid of 2 towels managed to remove the engine without a single scratch to the paintwork in the engine bay :D

Once removed, i dumped it off to one side, got me a tub of petrol and an autoglym wheel brush and started into cleaning the engine bay.

This took a whole lot longer than i thought it would, seems 13 years of road grime is quite happy where it is

So here is the end result of the engine bay

Before:


After:


Much to my delight, i found that all the paint (as and where Honda could actually be bothered to throw some ) was in great shape and prime for some cleaning action.

Really happy how it turned out, i then started on to the arches with the petrol too. Lets just say they were clean enough to warrant the effort and pain in my arms from that damn brush.

Will get some more photos for you tomorrow

Thanks for reading

Pete

 

Just a quickie

the engine bay cleaned


comparison of the arches

before


after


engine half stripped of all ancillaries and brackets


some bits for the tuck


so much for the CRX boys loving their astra estates

Passats are the way forward

some of the old bolts


and of course how the car is sitting as an overview


if i get a chance over the weekend i will add more writing and descriptives to this, if you can be arsed to read it