I bought this immaculate Midori last Spring; I had small plans for this car when I first bought it because it didn't need much. After an unfortunate accident in December 10' I decided to buy it back from insurance.

Summer 2010-






I don't have any pictures of the accident, or even what the car looked like after the accident. I never took pictures and forgot to before the quarter panel got replaced which I regret now. The quarter was replaced with a brand new Honda OEM panel by a reputable shop near my house. I don't even have full shots of the car because its been on jackstand for a month now. Eventually there will be pictures of the front but for now Im focusing on the rear end. Once the rear is done the car will be turned around to do the front.






I dropped the gas tank, rear trailing arms, exhaust etc.. to get ready for POR15.








Used a wire wheel to get rid of any loose paint, and a good portion of the undercoating around the subframe area.








Then the whole rear was painted with POR15 gray!


















The gas tank was Por'd black and I'll have pictures of that later, as well as some other goods I have in store

I never had plans for making a thread, but decided I would so people could get a peak at what's going on, as well as me having a "journal" for the car to look back on. Enjoy!

 

Looks good, Midori green hatches rock!

 

Subscribing, all you SHG dudes have awesome builds

And my son's name is Riley, too... just sayin'

 

Good luck on the build

 

What's up Riley! I wish you would of been able to join us that weekend but I'm glad you are alright and have decided to keep it. I love Midori EKs and this is the cleanest I've seen in person.

At first I thought it was a FS sale thread but I'm stoked to see that it's a build thread! Good luck dude.

P.S: POR ftw!

 

Thanks guys!

Haha Thanks! for Rileys'


Yeah I had to keep it, I could have easily parted it out and made my monies worth because the insurance company actually gave me a decent amount. But I couldn't see it go sit at a junkyard.



I por'd the top of the gas tank, along with the bottom I did por around the edges, and used black spray paint to cover the undercoating. No point in taking off all the original undercoating since it was all still intact in great condition. Also painted the brackets for my brake lines and got my lines in place.

 

So clean. Does POR come in gray and black?

 

awesome, cant wait for this one!

 

sick. nice detail.

 

What happened to your coupe? Haven't been around in ages so you probably tossed it a long *** time ago?

 

For really realz. SoHondaGarage rolls right.

 

looks like a good start im in 4 this one!

 

Nice build so far, cant wait to see more.
Oh and Por15 FTW!

 

Im sure the midori will come out bigger and better after the accident! What you plan for wheels?

 

SHG doing what SHG does, cant wait to see it finished!

 

Ita comes in black. Silver. Gray there may be other colors
Yeah I sold the coupe a while ago.
I'm not sure yet,I wanted RE30s but I'm still undecided. Ill just wait until I have money for them and I'll see what's for sale.

 

Riley you need something unique. If you do RE30's at least get them in a good size. So many people have them in the normal 15-16x7 and theyre just eh. This car needs something that pops and looks business, especially with the grey chassis peeking

 

Really cant wait to see this car finished!

 

Glad to see your making something bad into something good, and glad we could work out a deal as well.

 

Dam Riley that's great work you're doing there bud

 

looks good!!

 

I agree. Def doing 16's. 15's look to small. Ive been keeping my eyes open to a few things so well see. I might get the wheels before I paint the car so I can get any fitment issues taken care of before paint.

Yes of course!

Thanks to Jim^ I got my hands on the heart last night. Fresh Usdm B16 swap with only 64,xxx original miles

 

looks good! haven't seen a thread from you since the coupe.

 

b16

 

Riley!!