Got my first civic its pretty much going to be a long build for me since I'm learning from nothing ha!

Suggestion on where to start? I was thinking of internals on the engine since it has 178K but that body panel bothers me and has rust.. (the only body spot from what I can tell that has rust btw) and yes I think those are desol rims and not si.

 

You can start by reading through the FAQ's section, it will probably answer like 90% of your questions.

 

Yea been through there a ton but just want to hear others opinion. I understand best thing to do is set a goal and get it done just setting the starting point is my problem.

 

I would start by getting all the maintenance up to date, who knows when it had a full tune up last.

 

as soon as you get a car first thing to do is brakes and oil change my first thing i did on my civic was all the maintenace then i lowered it 2 inchs in the front and 1.9 and the rear next for me is my exhaust then alarm then swap

 

Those are Delsol Si wheels. Do what Virgin said. Don't start internals yest since you know nothing. Let that motor go till she gives up. Work on exterior first. Suspension, rust, paint, wheels, etc..

Kev

 

Holy smokes is this a real tech question? There's a whole forum dedicated to appearance with various builds done over the years. Why do you need someone to tell you how to spend your money when you have such a resource at your disposal?

 

^Good start!

What would you like out of the car? Daily, auto-x, drag?

 

I don't see why i can't ask and its not like I'm going to do what they say. Its about hearing what others think dude. take a chill piil

 

Then ask a real tech question. This isn't a chat room.

 

Then why would you even start this thread?

 

Opinons. How hard is it to understand that?

 

a/s/l?

Kev

 

I do agree with most of the sentiment here...
Start with basic maintenance then get fancy.

I've got a 99 bone stock EM1 that I'm beginning some work on as well, personally I started with on brake => water pump / belts / valve adjustments / plugs-n-wires...

A good tune up will go a long way to prolonging the life of any build.
That gives you plenty of time to find the missing trim and clean up that body/interior.

 

start with tune up.

then rust.

then suspension

then engine.

then exhaust

then rims.

 

Id def get the tune up. Then make a list of parts/restoration you want done and check prices and see what you want to do first based on price and nescesity.

 

I agree with everyone, tune up/basic maintenance always comes first before anything else. After you have take care of that, build based on your goals (DD, track, show...)