i've been on a bit of a downgrade through the years. not what you normally expect. i started out with an EK9 in 2006, which i sold a year later, as i lost my job. i then bought an EK4 a month after i sold the EK9, as i couldn't bare to be without a honda. had that for a couple of years. i then sold it, as i was meant to be moving back to canada (but didn't). was pissed off big time. my hubby bought me an EJ9 two years ago, as a daily runner. it only cost €750, and came with a brand new clutch and motul gearbox oil :D
so here's just a summary of what's been done to date since i got the car....

purchased 23rd july 2011 / 95ish thousand miles



23rd july 2011:
- new clutch
- 2nd hand clutch master cylinder
- gearbox oil change

24th july 2011:
- type R gear ****
- type R oil cap
- some stickers
- password JDM & spoon 'socks'
- password JDM rad stay
- mini domo
(all from old civic)




25th july 2011:
- engine oil & filter change
- rear jap plate

30th july 2011:
- 4 x toyo proxies T1-R's fitted
- volk racing gr-n's fitted (i had bought these a few years back, they needed a refurb)
- rays lug nuts put on (from old civic)
- fitted a missing bolt in engine mount (!)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbredrebel/6005108345/http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbredrebel/6005108345/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/jbredrebel/, on Flickr

7th august 2011:
new front wipers fitted

17th august 2011:
- fitted USDM pressed plate
- fitted fatlace plate surround

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbredrebel/6052207581/http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbredrebel/6052207581/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/jbredrebel/, on Flickr

7/8th october 2011
- new n/s wheel bearing fitted
- split pins fitted to front suspension components

6th november 2011
- rear lamps sealed (to fix leak)

9th november 2011
- new air filter fitted
- thermostat

10th november 2011
- fuel filter fitted .. but then old one had to go back in

trailing arm bushes to be replaced // powerflex bought
need cat

16/17th january 2012
rear powerflex trailing arm bushes fitted



18th november 2012
bosch HT leads bought and replaced

24th november 2012
LED bulb bought & installed inside the cabin

30th november 2012
- 2nd hand lowering springs on OE shocks bought (because the car came lower at the back than the front.. WTF)
- 2nd hand cat bought (for NCT)
- shock assemblies replaced on front only






16th december 2012
- oil changed 101XXX miles

17th december 2012
- distributor cap bought & replaced
- rotor arm bought & replaced
- front brake pads bought & replaced

30th april 2013
- new n/s rear wheel bearing fitted

27th may 2013
- oil & filter changed 106XXX miles

6th june 2013
- second hand shocks & springs fitted to rear. springs are cobras, actually. shocks are OE from a 00 EJ9.
- blox LCA's en route from america
- password jdm fender washers also en route

7th june 2013
- bought some touch up paint for the OH's DC5, and my civic.


i know these are only small things, and it's a bit boring. i have been without paid work for a long time, so it takes me forever and a day to get money together for anything. because laws are so retarded here, i don't really plan to do much to the engine. i want to get a D16Z6 intake mani, so i can have a side fed air intake setup. i might put a vtec head on (with loom and ecu).. who knows. want to get a header and an OE VTI cat back exhaust system. i also need to get the wheels painted again.

here's a pic as the car sits now

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbredrebel/8830858902/http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbredrebel/8830858902/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/jbredrebel/, on Flickr

(tape was cos the stupid council fks put down loose chippings on our road )

and recently gave the engine bay a good clean..



hope there'll be more updates to come in the not so distant future thanks for reading if you got this far!

 

bits arrived in from miami this morning :D



i bought the fender washers to put in place of the headlight bolts & the coolant reservoir bracket bolt.



then i fitted the LCAs



cleaned out my arches. found a bit of rust on the inside of the QP. i scrubbed it with a wire brush to get all loose bits off. it hasn't gone too deep yet anyway. then i brushed a layer of thick grease to protect it for the moment.



i hope to get a brace/arb setup for the rear soon. there's a lot of stuff to get, but i have to focus on one thing at a time. this is a poverty spec build afterall :D

 

Cool car, I always like seeing other civics from around the world. Seems like there are a lot of differences.

 

wow very clean

 

thanks!

one thing that drives me demented about cars in europe, is that we get these lame-*** small engines in everything..
there are A LOT of 1.4 civics here in ireland, and even 1.3's .. like the hybrid civic (06+) are 1.3!

there was an irish domestic EK4 vti with a B16A2.. but they are even rare enough to find. most cars around here are imports. even my own hatch is a UK spec (northern ireland) imported civic.

 

ill send you awesome us parts in trade for uk stuff. im good at building crates