Hello everyone, its comming up on about a year since my last build ended with my eg hatch, since then ive gotten back into the game with a 98 civic hatch, i bought the car as a rolling shell, 5 lug swapped and in great condition, i am starting this build thread a few months late in the process so i will be catching everyone up on the progress.

My old eg hatch





My new hatch the day i got her home





First things first!!

Decided to build a dolly for the front and rear of the car so i could move the car in the garage and still have it high enough in the air to work underneath,

used the factory front tow hooks to mount off of.




rear bolts on were lca's go



Once i got the car on its new rolling jig i decided to start takling the engine bay. full shave and tuck, no holes left behind that are not needed, stripped the bay of all its belongings and began preping everything for welding,



























Stumbled across some abuse on the driverside frame rail, the car had a h2b swap before i bought it and i believe the motor needed a little extra room, anyway i had to get rid of that blemish, kinda hard to see but it was dented in pretty bad.







No more dent



Time to Weld up ALL them holes!!!!







Last picture before i sealed all the metal up and began mud work,



And let the mud slingin begin!!!











Time for primer!!!













More to come tomorrow, much left to post!!!!!

 

Nice bro. Seems like you started of with a pretty good canvas. Im tuned in for updates for sure!

 

It's off to a great start. I'm curious as to what you'll do with the hole behind the driver's side headlight.

 

Interested to see where this goes frome this point

 

Killah brah

 

that bay looks perfect! good work man

 

Update Time!!!!

After the bay was in its first coat of primer i moved on to the front wheel wells, stripping off factory undercoating and seamsealer,

Before




Midway




Stripped and resealed






once the car is painted i will be coating each wheel well and the underside of the car in bedliner,

Quick teaser of the powerplant, k20a w/ a2 head

 

Finally was able to track down a manual eg rack and pinion, worked great just needed to be cleaned up ALOT,







took everything apart and degressed/ cleaned just waiting to powdercoat now,





moved onto tucking the headlight harness







BRAKE TUCK TIME!!!

relocated the distribution valve under the dash were the airbag module use to be, i cut a square out of the floor and welded two nuts on the backside so i could bolt the valve to the floor,






went with the bolt boys brake tuck fitting kit, Great product, big thumbs up!!



nevermind the rear lines running under the driver seat, those lines are being redesigned

 

Fit the 99-00 front end, everything fits nicely!!

 

:thumbsup:

 

Looks hawt

 

Dam you work fast! Keep up the good work!

 

looking good man, check out my build thread, gl

 

Looks good I have always been a huge fan of shaved tucked bays. Maybe one day ill be able to do my own! Good luck!

 

Subcribed looks promising

 

looks good. in for updates.

 

Looking forward to seeing more of this build

 

Subbed for updates!!

 

looks awesome already. post more! :D

 

please don't 'flake' out on your build. the bay looks AMAZING, and youre moving quite fast too.. subscribed!!!

 

This thread delivers! Great progress

 

Happy New Year everyone!! 2013

Ive been away from the computer for a bit, couple updates, were pretty much caught up to were im at in this build, bodywork has started on the exterior and i began cleaning the underside of the car in preparation for rust proofing and bedliner coating,




The cars body was a easy 7 out of 10 as far as dents go, no rust in the quarters, very minimal found on the underside on body, which will be taken care of before recoating, i plan to make this cars body straighter than normal as far as body gaps and panel allignment goes.

cleaning of the underside



only before pic i have, right side of pic has not been cleaned yet,





most of the cars rust was found here













left side not cleaned yet



STAY TUNED FOR MORE!!

 

Spent a little time in the garage tonight, finishing up the initial bondo work before i spray primer, still need to check the room for dents,








Plan is to spray primer this weekend, and let the blocking begin

 

Wow this is crazy, I drove this car when it was an h2b. I was the other guy there when you bought this from my friend. Glad to see its being built so nice!

 

Haha, right on man, i remember you, you guys were cool, my friends and i enjoyed hangin while the engine was being pulled, im still so happy with this car, im determined to show that it went to a good home!