It's just a standard d15b2, the same as the one in at present, only it has half the mileage(and for a price of £50, I can't complain) and to be honest, whoever had this car prior to me has killed the engine in it.
It will be getting stripped down and cleaned up before being put in and I'm thinking of going all out on the engine bay whilst the engine is out and giving it a fresh new look, my girlfriend suggested something as a joke, I thought about it and I'm actually going to do it.
Statistics: Posted by nightstalker — Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:32 am
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Before anyone asks, it's not a wide arch kit, they are just laid over the original arches for now, all I need now is to get the money together and find a decently priced bodyshop to do the work.
Also took the front seats out over the weekend to sort the filth out
After hoovering, upholstery cleaner and steam cleaning
I'm looking for a red carpet for it, I've heard that Integra DC2 carpets fit so I'm going to have a forage about for some.
These also arrived over the weekend too, to brighten the wheel centres up
And why not some more picture whoring
That's all for now folks.
Statistics: Posted by nightstalker — Mon May 21, 2012 3:16 pm
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Statistics: Posted by 95kuope — Fri May 11, 2012 2:30 pm
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and on the car
Statistics: Posted by nightstalker — Fri May 11, 2012 1:47 pm
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Anyway, I got this car for £275 gbp and found some nice goodies inside like JDM cup holders, black interior, four brand new tyres and £15gbp in the ashtray.
Here's the built not bought process with a few added touches...
First off was the side markers (everyone goes batshit crazy for amber..... not my theory)
Some smoked side markers were the start of the look I wanted
Also, old cars in the uk suffer from paint deteriation, look at the wipers!
So a quick shake down and an application of some satin paint...
I started gathering parts
Alloy radiator and Honda CBR throttle bodies (to do an ITB conversion)
The radiator got fitted
and prepare for a hideous picture of the old bumper....
In the end the throttle bodies never got done as it was too much expense for little other than noise and annoyance.
Then I came across an utter steal, some guy was giving away some Del Sol seats on EK rails, free.
I swapped the rails and in they went
I had to take some time off for a couple of months after knee operations but...
I then got some clear indicator units with black backs *the fitment was garbage, but I loved the look (these have now died-see later)
And to get the lows I found these (hate coming soon)
You can see the result (but these will be replaced with the coil overs I have sitting in my back room soon)
Now to the bay, the tiny tiny spec of an engine which started off like this
With this lovely CAI
Now, I know it's only an 89hp car but I like my bays to have something about them
So I did this
Adding this later
and this
The door cards were in dull grey so I got my interior dye out and gave them a sweep over
(this was after one coating)
*as I said earlier, the front indicator housing were aftermarket parts, after picking up the coilovers I found this had happened on the journey back
Basically, I had hit a big pot hole (yey, UK roads!) and it had fallen out), luckily I had a spare set of OEM indicators, so I gave them a spray over with some tint spray.
These are all the small things so far I think, lots more to come on this car, keep your eyes peeled
Statistics: Posted by nightstalker — Wed May 09, 2012 8:22 pm
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As you'll probably all know, the owner of the car is never happy (me in this case), there are some major issues that need attending to, the rear arches are rotting badly (to be replaced soon) and the colour is so faded it's PINK, well, most of it is anyway, the new panels are all a different shade of red, but when I get the rear arches replaced it'll be getting a full respray too. Oh, and I'm waiting on some carbon Spoon mirrors, and thinking of a carbon OEM bonnet and carbon rear spoiler.
I have some coil overs to get it sitting lower to put on (when this hideous UK monsoon goes away!- seriously over a month of rain!).
The engine is just a pretty standard D15b unit (89hp, wooooah!) but I use it daily so it's doing me fine for now, I'd like to D16z6 it at some point with the possibility of turbo.................. waits for the hate.
Statistics: Posted by nightstalker — Wed May 09, 2012 6:53 pm
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Statistics: Posted by TrailerTrash — Wed May 09, 2012 6:10 pm
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