Well it's about that time again,, as some of you know i like saving hondas lifes lol as for my past projects all but one i finished which was the J series in my old Da. but about a year ago i bought this DB8 in houston for a hell of a price with 70xxx original miles. so i have driven it maybe 6 months of the whole year since it's mostly garage kept and i have another daily so this one don't get out too much.. well after IFO in december i told myself that the very next day i would start the tear down.. My plans are most certenly not going to rush this thing but i promised myself to have it done by IFO 2011 hopefully sooner but it don't matter to me.. well i know it's a picture thread and i'm at work at the moment but i will upload pics tonight when i get home.. Plans are converting the car to RHD "yes alot of people don't like it but to eah their own" and jdm front end (which came with the front clip i bought), ofcourse new paint, maybe new wheels, new suspension for sure, (already bought full tein shocks and coilovers), now for the motor wise im shooting for 500-600 whp which i have not yet to fully made up my mind with it on what setup i will be running yet but it will be the original B18c1 that came in the car. but like i said this will be a slow build so be patient for updates i work 60 hrs per week and got a wife and 2 little boys who always need my attention... so stay tuned for pics tonight of what has been done so far...BYB ALL DAY

Before










Let the tear down begin







ten minutes later the dash was out





Took out the metal brackets



another shot



slowly but surely junk is beginning to stack up

 

so the way i'm funding this project is by buying and selling other cars so that my wife doesn't see how much i spend lol

this is what i picked up a month ago for 350 bucks (as a shell) bought a swap from a local shop and now its almost done to be sold

 

got some things done last night nothing major but atleast it's better than nothing

 

cant wait to see the outcome

 

lol same here haha , but thanks man

 

well got off the phone with the company i bought my front clip from and told me i could be seeing my clip this friday but since there are crazy snow storms everywhere right now there may be a slight chance that that date could be delayed so fingers crossed lol

 

just ordered new windshield trim and rubber strips from dealer as well as new oem pedal covers ahhhh nothing better than new oem stuff lol

expensive as **** though

 

how much the trim n rubber strips cost u?

 

That carpet is gnarly! Good luck with the build man!

 

(front windshield) passenger side $74.99, driver side $74.99, and rubber piece $25.00 but the trim came with the clips and all though

 

lol yeah it's getting new carpet pretty soon but that's last on my list lol

and thanks

 

well small update today

pick me up one of these to make it easier to remove all the sealant



took out one of the seats lol



pulled the passanger side harness trough the firewall



hood and cowl removed





harness gone abs unbolted



began windshield removal



and found all this silicon under the plastic strip and all the clips were already broken so that's always nice lol



oh yeah i need to buy a new windshield now hahah since i didn't wanna wait on the glass guy to come next week lmao

 

i guess for the time being i'll put up the ones that the company emailed me yesterday of my clip

ok here are the pics of what is being shipped plus an oem bumper with lip

Ill post pics of it myself as soon as it comes in this weekend (if the truck carrying doesn't get stuck somewhere because of the bad snow storms up north)

 

This build looks promising. In for this

 

damn this build looks like its gonna be sick

 

That bumper actually looks clean, what brand is it?

 

thanks

 

i appreciate it n i hope so lol

 

i'm not really sure what brand it is the company i bought it from had no idea lol i asked the same thing

 

a few more updates will be posted up tonight

 

Nice start!

 

thanks

 

Hey Brotha, Nice Bulid.. We Should Meet Up Some Where
When Are Rides Are Finished And Do You RHD Photo Shoot Lol.

I'm Doing The RHD Conversion Pretty Soon.

 

ok more updates from tonight right before i got off work i call my buddy who does windows and glass for a living so instead of paying 50-70 bux for removal of the windshield he did this for me for a six pack of budweiser sooo definetly jumped on that deal lol so here are a few pics



that thing was in there good lol



few minutes later it was out

 

so after my buddy left i got some more work done

got the rest of the wiring and interior out





junk is starting to pile high lmao



buuuyaaaaa



started drilling with a regular drill bit while i wait for my spotweld drill bit to come in