I previously owned 01-1017 which had a rebuilt title (collision) JDM front with original drive train. Owned it for almost 2 years and withing the first few months it spun a bearing, I ended up rebuilding the original motor with everything oem. I began to convert back to the USDM front but sold it before i got it paint matched.







In April of 2014 i then picked up 00-0654 which ended up being my good friends (Joel) older brothers (Dan) car a few years back which he saved from being hacked up. Later down the road the AC was removed from the cabin harness along with components and the engine bay had a mild shave. So my next step was dealing with something mostly stock with ac matching motor and no major accidents and rust free. I traded the R for an evo then sold the evo after a month to get back into and r and finally keep one.







Last month i was on a search and asked everyone i can think of and even back dated Honda-Tech for sale threads. Thanks to ***** i came across a PY clean title rust free itr with matching drive train and everything in tact 00-0961 and picked it up a day later. Previous owner "Whit" was very honest helpful and was honestly the best transaction I've had to purchase a vehicle, every question was provided and was true upon viewing it and was rust free underneath.
As of 1/29/16 at 124,518 the following were replaced with all OEM parts through Chase for the majority of my parts excluding random nuts and bolts i replaced.
-Water Pump
-Timing belt and tensioner and spring
-trunk actuator and lift supports
-radiator with lower and upper hoses
-valve cover and valve cover gasket with new bolts
-decals for after car is repainted
-new cap for rear wiper
-VTEC solenoid gasket
-cam plug
This is before the maintenance the day after I got it


Whole under carriage looks as should


Parked


Engine bay currently have a bunch of brackets I'll be replacing once I get some free time along with valve cover. Removed previous alarm and installed stock engine mounts just need to put the rear one back to stock.

Suspension rides amazing and is new ground control & koni with ground control top hats
After re spray will be throwing these on


Will update as I go along sorry for big pictures

 

Replaced a few bolts and re did a few brackets along with some cleaning

Picked up some seats that were in great shape but just filthy and cleaned them up!



Installed a new axle back old one bottomed out it seemed

Threw on the wheels also 16x7 +45 Regamasters freshly powdercoated.

Cleaned up the floor mats

 

How the engine bay currently looks

 

Looks great Cycil! Engine bay looks great and the wheels do too!

Im sure ill see you this Summer!

 

Dang this one is cleaner than most

 

Deff Dan!
And thanks have a oem intake box going in just have to order a few bolts for it. 😬

 

Car looks great man! Love what your doing to it

 

Thanks man same to you! your R is going to be baller when your done with it

 

Looks great.

 

Awesome work!

 

Great work. She's coming together nicely

 

Great work. Very clean.

I think the OEM wheels look better though.

 

Thanks! Same here but always wanted a set of regas so ill leave em on till i find a mint mint set of usdm gunmetals or just have some refinished.