First EF Hatch build Thread
I know I'm kind of late for starting this project but i have many plans still ahead but I'm still in high school and jobless(for the moment). This is my first build so don't bash anything to hard! but give any kind of feedback!
I picked this up last May for a deal and began working on it
Bought it with:
Ls swap, rear disk brakes,rsr exhaust,Si lip and sunflowers(sold them for a bro discount and steelies cause I had no money to my name!)

Replaced rear brake pads and a shitty crankshaft pulley and pulled out the ac compressor.
I found out I was missing the seal thing underneath the console so I put a rubber seal on that seals up the shift linkage that comes up into the cabin and now I'm never sweaty to work

Then painted the front and back bumper, side moldings, and mudflaps with trim paint.they needed it bad and I newspaperd my whole car just to be safe

^I only managed to get 3 of the bolts on each of them but they stay down good

I had a bad coolant and vacuum leak on the backside of the Intake Manifold
Also I had an air leak in between my brake booster and master cylinder
My friend who works at BMW let me use the lift and we both :
cleaned the IACV
replaced the two hoses that go to the IACV
Put a new IM gasket in it
rethreaded some wheel studs
Tried to put a 92 non-abs integra brake booster but did't fit( I guess they messed up) so I just took the rubber gasket/seal things and put it in my old one and it fixed the leak.
then bled all the brakes and called it a night


cashed a few checks and bought some powder coated meshes with brand new Dunlops for 300
Then the worst happend
... a headlight bulb popped out while driving and I had a small fire
replaced the air filter
and I was bummed so i took it to my friend and he fixed all the wiring that got burned so its good as new!
my hood was a little black so i painted it vv

Also put in:
spark plugs
new wind sheild wipers
spark plug wires
passwordJdm type R shift boot
some ball shift ****
Si armrest/console
Jdm corner and blinker lights
New speakers
Its on skunk 2 coilovers and tokicko blues
painted my valve cover baby blue and traded my meshes after like 1 1/2 months(i loved them though) for newly powder coated gold slips with brand new 205 Khumos

Any feedback is welcome
I picked this up last May for a deal and began working on it
Bought it with:
Ls swap, rear disk brakes,rsr exhaust,Si lip and sunflowers(sold them for a bro discount and steelies cause I had no money to my name!)

Replaced rear brake pads and a shitty crankshaft pulley and pulled out the ac compressor.
I found out I was missing the seal thing underneath the console so I put a rubber seal on that seals up the shift linkage that comes up into the cabin and now I'm never sweaty to work


Then painted the front and back bumper, side moldings, and mudflaps with trim paint.they needed it bad and I newspaperd my whole car just to be safe


^I only managed to get 3 of the bolts on each of them but they stay down good

I had a bad coolant and vacuum leak on the backside of the Intake Manifold
Also I had an air leak in between my brake booster and master cylinder
My friend who works at BMW let me use the lift and we both :
cleaned the IACV
replaced the two hoses that go to the IACV
Put a new IM gasket in it
rethreaded some wheel studs
Tried to put a 92 non-abs integra brake booster but did't fit( I guess they messed up) so I just took the rubber gasket/seal things and put it in my old one and it fixed the leak.
then bled all the brakes and called it a night


cashed a few checks and bought some powder coated meshes with brand new Dunlops for 300

Then the worst happend
... a headlight bulb popped out while driving and I had a small fire
replaced the air filter
and I was bummed so i took it to my friend and he fixed all the wiring that got burned so its good as new!
my hood was a little black so i painted it vv

Also put in:
spark plugs
new wind sheild wipers
spark plug wires
passwordJdm type R shift boot
some ball shift ****
Si armrest/console
Jdm corner and blinker lights
New speakers
Its on skunk 2 coilovers and tokicko blues
painted my valve cover baby blue and traded my meshes after like 1 1/2 months(i loved them though) for newly powder coated gold slips with brand new 205 Khumos

Any feedback is welcome
Last edited by NotoriousCRV; Oct 29, 2009 at 07:02 PM. Reason: posted the same picture
thank you guys and yeah two summer jobs helped! and I bought it with a few things done because buying some of those parts new would have killed me
Last edited by NotoriousCRV; Oct 30, 2009 at 04:00 AM. Reason: more info
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