Hey Honda Tech!

My names RoRo and im a hardcore honda enthusiast, i only bought my first honda 3 years ago and im hooked, i currently own 4 hondas

92 rs Integra

91 civic shuttle

94 cx hatchback

92 si hatchback

this car i bought of my best friend last year and basically saved the car from ever seeing the road or worse a junk yard. He bought the car 4 years ago as a complete running and clean car and this is what it looked like and a list of all the parts/work done when it was built in 2003 (before my friend bought it)






then about a month into owning it, he put all OEM body panels back on and took off all the body kit and spray painted it flat black, and gutted the entire interior, so it definatly took a step backwards, once winter hit he parked it and said hes doing a full rebuild on it and put it on jack stands, took all the suspension and exhaust off, parted out the hood, fenders, tail lights headlights and this is what it was left like until i decided to save the poor thing


EXTERIOR

* 140,000kms on the body
* flat black paint, with shaved side trim
* Viper alarm system
* tinted windows

INTERIOR

* Momo steering wheel with horn
* clarion cd player
* short shifter
* jdm sir white face cluster with 132XXX

ENGINE, MODS AND EXTRAS

*B16A DOHC VTEC, with 40,000kms
* vtec controller in the center console
* skunk 2 cat back exhaust
* koni red shocks
* eibach sportline springs
* center force dual friction clutch
* fedenza flywheel
* aem pulley kit
* front and back drilled and slotted rotors
* type r valve cover
* b&m fuel pressure regulator and fuel pressure gauge
* apex-i super vafc






FINALLY HER NEW HOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Now just a heads up.....
ive had this car for just over a year now and the progress is so far from this its crazy, i have a build thread on another forum for this car and its over 40 pages long, so im going to nit pick pictures here and there to show progress up to its current point and all the parts i have accumulated for it too!

so im going to start with just these pictures and update every day until todays date!

hope you enjoy it

RoRo

 

Damn, looks like all the shocks are toast. Thing is almost dragging on the pavement!

 

Shuttle and CX look good.

 

nice collection !! ..you could save alot of money on parts buying some things used like the exhaust and other things aswell. To save somewhere GLWB

 

wow, im not a fan of the body kit but the paint looked nice?
GLWB 2

 

First Night of work
So first thing is get it on jack stands, then to strip this car down as much as i can so of course start with the easy stuff, rear glass, sun roof and rear 1/4 windows





While taking the rear 1/4 window out i got a little too impatient and left 1inch of urethane holding it in and thought i could just pull it the rest of the way off.......


Fail and a half, but what is a build without a **** up!






I started on the suspension to take all the components off BUT unfortunately 1 bolt on the passenger side and 2 on the drivers side were so tight i couldnt get them out, so im going to have to wait till tomorrow when i can bring a torch home to heat them up, i managed also to get all the shock Assembly out except for the drivers front due to a rounded bolt. So i only had about an hour and gave up and took a nap

Once it is all off i can clean the wheel wells and paint them and take everything apart, get new bushings LCAs and breaks, along with sandblast and paint[/B]









i drilled out all the USDM seat brakcets[/B]





Then i took the rear bumper off



This window visor pissed me off from the second i laid eyes on this car when my friend bought it, it HAD to go



Took off the E break handle, steering wheel (which i put in my teg for now) all the dash switches and Cd player




Today i picked up my 'new' si doors and fenders, i traded some guy for my doors and fenders with the shaved side moldings

 

purchased some new stuff to motivate me

Bought EG6 tail lights



EG6 Climate control


Wink mirror


Nardi steering wheel (wanted one of these so bad)



I think i just need to find a ring to co over the horn button, if anyone is selling me one, i'll buy it!


^ Just a pic of all my stuff together with my EG6 plastic headlights and clear corners :D

this is after knocking all the bondo out of the mouldings (want even shaved correctly) and sanding the black paint off

 

JDM climate vs USDM





JDM vs USDM blower motors, i have to switch out the electronics(and on the heater core also)and then re install



heres my pappa hacking out my trailing arms




Here is a little DIY / unique combo i put together to be a little different (dont flame me if you have seen it before, i personally have not)

theres are all blue vinyl door panels i had in an old parts car civic i decided to save



So i drilled out the inserts





Then i cleaned them off with soap and water and a red scratch pad, then dried them off and gave them another good clean with glass cleaner and a micro fiber cloth and let them dry for 10 minutes




As you can see its more flat black than the oem look so i used this (i used this on my whole interior in the red hatch in the summer and to this day it is still as shiny)



Before(top) and After(bottom)



Both done



Installed the oem tweeters (just the actual tweeter its self, the door panels came with the housings)



and walllaaaahhhhh, all vinyl door panels with oem tweeters

 

Went and got some more parts

Si headliner
Rocker covers
Hood
Short shifter
Foglights
Oem fog switch
Eg6 plastic headlights
Vision clear corners
Black carpet
Thin side moldings










So here is my rear trailing arms, front forks and rear break caliper brackets all a apart, sand blasted and painted, also ordered brand new ebreak cables from honda, next thing is clean the wheel wells and paint








And my new pick up



Planning on putting this in my audio console :D

 

IMO the body kit is a no go, but the paint! just cant get enough of that orange, nice whips

 

newest pickups

Ebreak cables from Honda and Mirror block off plates from Honda









these are lisenceplate screws, I'm going to order more to dress the bay with

 

a quick mock up picture

keskin kt1's
16x9 +20 offset
going to run 195/45/16 tires




Finished the trailing arm bushing installation, and cleaning out all the bolt holes and getting new bolts



i all so picked up an Sir rear interior with all brackets etc in going to be dying it all black, unfortunatly i have to fit the arm rest lids that got speakers cut into them and it didnt have the gathers rear speakers, but hey, i got it all for $200 <<<<<<<<<---- NOT A TYPO

and i have a USDM ITR carpet and JDM seats im going to be using but my seats are going to be re done in black

and im going to use the USDM optional console and armrest

 

this is what the carpet looked like when i first got it, covered in oil, coffee, random stains and spray paint,

after a good detailing this is what it looked like, never had a problem cleaning it after that, and i got it for free :D





this is the moment I've been waiting on that's a big step forward in the build















Need to get spacers made for this gap issue


and this is going to be my shifter **** ,So ******* exited

 

here's the front forks I bought lastnight, we agreed on $30 but they came painted, had the control arm bolts and had brand new bolts for tightening so I had him $40



and then I finished the passenger front



then finished the passenger rear



and stuck the wheels on for a quick teaser






I cannot express the level of satisfaction and I not I have right now, I'm sure those who have done a similar thing went through the same thing.









so excited right now




She is finally on the ground, and what is really weird is it was literally 1 year to the day i put it on the ground from when i put it up on jack stands

 

and then Cleaned out the interior **** in the Godess an spun her around for when the snow leaves and we can roll her out





Jdm amber clock, now I have all the jdm amber light up gadgets



Peacock just checking up on my progress



Yes i have 2 pet peacocks before anyone asks, they were cold so we let them in the garage for the night

more rare parts :D

just ordered this (not actual item) but the EDM rear fog light switch (right) and im hopefully getting the EDM fog light to match it up



then i bought these just in case i need them, i got them for $120 both sides + an si lip from a guy on a local forum, if this car doesnt need them im going to re do the 1/4's on my red hatch

then i got an OEM (although painted) spark plug cover



Teaser shots for myself because i was bored

 

Ohk Sooo, i want to first start by saying

SORRY for making your computer so slow trying to up load all these pictures if you are looking through this whole thread so far, so i nit picked through all my pictures from a years worth of work, these pictures are from 2 days ago, so this is where anything from here on out is in real time lol

So HUGE update.... Finally got it to my dads shop for tons of work

Finally peeping outside at the snow







Since me driveway is all ice we couldn't get that truck all the way up,my driveway is so damn steep, we had 4 of us holding it Back from rolling away on us, it was so ******* sketchy





new home for the next few weeks



going to be putting on

-jazma header
-skunk 2 cat back exhaust
-new e brake cables
-new pads and rotors
-oil change etc
-suspension buttoned up
-heater core/blower motor installed
-dash installed

and then a friend who works at an audio shop is getting me a good deal with a full audio system/alarm/gps snitch and wiring up the front and rear fogs

 

Gotta say that was one fugly POS beforehand. Looks like it's in good hands now. Thanks for saving another one of these beautes.

Who in the world would install speakers into those armrests? Gawd. Well, they come up for sale every once in a while so don't fret. I'm more concerned about your plan to paint all that grey interior plastics to be black. Only because painting rarely turns out well. You're almost better off getting a grey dash + door panels to match the rear. It will still look great! (Besides, JDM SiRs also came in grey interior, didn't they! Couldn't have been *that* bad!) But if you're stuck on black, just be patient and wait for a black JDM trunk box rear to pop up then swap it all out and over when the time comes.

 

Only three rusted suspension bolts? Come on! That's not even worth mentioning!!!!!

Nice project. Good luck!

 

Everything just got better and better from the first dozen photos! Can't wait to see the finished product!

 

Wow. Great work

 

Great build so far. Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

 

You have me hooked. Can't wait to see this thing when it's finished.

 

Stuck my head in here and saw this


Lazy. How long do you think it would have taken to do this right? Then it would look like this

Have some pride in your work. Taking shortcuts says a lot about you and your work ethic.

 

I had a tap handle shifter in a 96 hatch, I would nail the dash when shifting into 1st, 3rd and 5th.

 

Thanks for the kind words guys

I'm 100% stuck on having a full black interior, I have grey so door panels and all I would need is a dash but them I'd be like every other sir converted car

As for the speakers in the Arm rests yeh that's a **** off I'm going to wrap them to cover it up

my trailing arms are not that shitty looking in person, you're do look a hell of a lot better, Im not lazy or cutting corners on my build what so ever
At least I sand blasted then first, most people would have just painted right over the rust