Hey everyone, im Alex, Im from Sweden and im 17. I thought i'd start a thread here of my ED6 ' Restoration & etc. '
I bought this civic for ~200$ and it was in pretty much junkworthy state at the time.
The main plan with this is as it's my "first car" ( this is acctually my 3rd ) but this is the first car i will have when i get my license. Is to achieve a Track/Stance'd look with some proper jdm parts.
But as im a student this car will take a while before i get it the way i want!

some plans:
Chargespeed Wing [ ]
Mini-me/D16z6 [ ]
ED7 Rear - Disc conversion [ ]
New paint [X]
New rims [ ]
mitsu EVO-3 chairs [ ]
Nardi steering wheel [ ]
Amber corners [ ]
Strutbars front + rear [ ]
"deflectors" [ ]
Golf 3 VR6/GTI Front lip [ ]
Some sort of rearlip/sideskirts [ ]
Coilovers [ ]

The day i bought the car ; may, 2011

Rear trunk and the metal part under it comepletely rusted

The bodywork was in incredibly bad shape.

The interior, some crap wheel, it had CRX seats already though.

The day after i bought it, got a new trunk and rear list, just threw on some rattlecan paint to prevent further corrosion.

Some weeks after that, removed the rear tint as it was in such a poor condition, Also removed the rear interior to remove the "asphalt mat"

Some random picture.

And this is why you shouldnt fix holes with filler.....


This was from around may - August, 2011

What comes now is from i would say september - December, 2011

I welded the holes in the hood, and restored the old original hoodlock.



Now for the painting, ( its done without a proper booth, but proper paint etc.)
Some rust primer for the areas that lacked paint

Then base-coat on the entire car!


And then the paint! i found a can of some silver metallic paint which i used!


And this is before clearcoat.

And then clearcoat! ( the pictures are crappy i know, but i only had my cellphone on me so hehe ;D





There, now its put backtogether and driven home.

 

keep up the good work!

 

Thanks!

 

yeah man, this looks really good. im 17 too and i wish i could find a car like this to drive, my ed7 is a circle track racecar with full cage and everything...not so streetable but good luck i hope to see more

 

Thanks man, Your ed sounds pretty interesting :D and there will happen alot more now hopefully. Been standing still now during the x-mas and etc. so as soon as i get in some more cash more stuff will be bought, will get the side "lists" and a front lip and probably even some Amber corners by the end of the month

 

heater seat Helll yeah !

 

nice ride man keep up the good work

 

Thanks man

 

That was alot of rust!:O
But looks good, kinda wanna see the Swedish civic scene!

 

good woork

 

You have more wheels lined up or going to clean off that paint?

 

I thought that the frontend looked so empty without a lip, so as i was at the junkyard today, i bought a golf mk3 frontlip and put on ^^

 

keep up the good werk !!

 

Great paint work, Alex!

 

Thanks :D

 

good job man! awesome to see honda lovers in other countries..

 

MK3 lips fit on these things?!

Oh damn.. Better go get one for mine :D!!

 

Yeah, i just drilled holes in the bumper and fitted it with bolts and nuts. They're a bit long at the sides so i will cut of a bit of it there. but other wise the shape is the same!

 

Thanks man!

 

Looks like its comming along very nicely. I wish my project was moving along as quickly... Keep it up.

 

Thanks! it would go even faster if i had a proper garage, right now i hardly have any room and its like +1~ celsius in there

 

The civic scene is pretty cool, not many down where i live though.. atleast not any that arent riced completely xD.
Heres a vid of the japanese car scene atleast, filmed right from my town last summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPrZKox8QNo

 

heres how it looks at the moment!

 

and uhum... Meanwhile in Sweden!
Heated garages are for wimps

 

^Haha! You Swedes are tough!