2002 called...they ant these parts back!!!

Well I had a simple problem with a little plastic tab breaking in my brake pedal, which had my brake lights staying on all the time. Unbeknownst to me at the time I put my car cover on the car on a 95 degree day in the sun with the brake lights staying on...end result was a melted OEM third brake light and wing:





So a duckbill fell into my lap yesterday. I will work on fitment just as soon as my good friend sands and reclears it to look as glossy pretty as my hood:





Note the Honda shrine on the top of my shelves:



...and I figured while I was adding some played out parts to the circa 2002 Silver Hatch why not go all out and add some NOS!!!

 

how big of a shot u got back there lol

 

20floz?

 

lol...

My coupe had that same issue with the brake pedal assembly. I came out one day and got in my car. I noticed some little blue/black pieces of hard rubber in my floor board. I threw them away thinking that it might have been something my wife dropped while driving my car. When I came out of work that night I noticed that my brake lights were on. A quick look under the dash clued me in as to what the problem was. My brake pedal sensor was stuck on because it was sitting in the hole that was left when the stopper crumbled and fell out. I replaced the rubber piece with a metal clip that covers the hole. It is probably a bit rougher on the sensor, but it won't randomly fall out again.

I have always loved your car. Its clean and simple.

If I am not mistaken, it has looked just like this since very close to my first time on HT (see join date).

 

Yes my hatch has not changed much (at all) since I built it back in 2002. Swapped bronze Rota C8s for the Spoons in 2003 and added the C/F hood about the same time. Since '03 it really has stayed the same except for this duckbill. If things break I replace them with "upgrades" but I have not went out of my way to spend money on anything for this hatch since '03.

 

Hey dude lemme get a drink of that Nozzz.

 

Youre gonna blow the welds off the intake.


Edit: Also, how much does the interior weight? 25 /30 pounds? Does that really make a difference?

 

A difference in what? Overall weight? I mean it all adds up. I didn't just build this car. I did this back in 2002 when everyone and their brother was stripping the back halves of EGs, but nobody was really color changing them and doing base/clear spraying inside that was as nice as the exterior paint back then. I wanted to strip it all out and have it look fresh at the same time.

I used to have all the interior parts weights broken down by individual weights, etc. and you'd be surprised at some of the weights.

My car collectively has enough weight reduction to be a street safe 1990lbs. and still have all it's glass, and the front and rear bumper bars still in place.

8.5lb. wheels, single rib crank pulley, no radio/speakers, no a/c, no wipers/wiper motor, an actual light weight c/f hood (some are pretty heavy), non airbag steering wheel, no passenger airbag (1992/1993 had only steering wheel one standard), light weight exhaust, etc. etc. all add up to (or strip down to) a pretty light weight. I mean if I had A/C, huge wheels, a stereo system, etc. AND I stripped the back half of the car that would be silly IMO.

I've also got a 1990 Civic wagon with a B18B (in my sig) as a daily driver, so I don't need this '92 to be quiet nor comfy.

One day years from now I'll eventually track down all brand new interior panels and install them to have an OEM new interior - already priced the stuff out at roughly $2,400.00 or so. A bargain IMO, but not one I'm willing to go for right now. Maybe if my son shows an interest in the car years from now (he's two and cannot ride in my exhaust fuming death trap) I'll be more motivated to make it more daily driver-ish.

 

Always loved your car, and glad you are keeping it too!

 

i've never been a fan of the duckbill, but it's an upgrade nonetheless and functional too!

 

Hahahah! Nice NOS bottle man..

 

lollerskates @ the nos

 

nice i love it. but make sure you don't blow your motor with that much NOS shooting thought it. lol

 

i like how you have your nos lines tuck and hidden haha..

 

still one of the cleanest hatches on here..

 

It's about time bro!

Duckbills should be the first mod on every EH in my opinion.