Bushell's EM1


Bushell

Bushell

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So introduced myself yesterday and here's my car, its my 3rd civic and by far the best car I have owned. Has a few modifications as follows

Interior;
Itr dc2 recaro's
Itr dc2 floor mats
Omp steering wheel
Ek9 gear knob and gaiter

Exterior;
Advan RG's
ek9 grill (probably a rep)
Smoothed front bumper
Yellow fogs

Chassis;
Bc coilovers
d2 lca's
buddyclub short shifter

Engine & g/b;
Aem v2 induction
Carbon effect plug cover
Uprated ht leads
Itr dc2 gearbox/lsd
Itr dc2 cat back
Decat
















These photos are pretty much when I got the car. Upon getting home with the car I noticed the paint work was feeling a little rough in places so me and my brother clayed, polished and waxed it.

Since the photos I have changed the plates to uk ones as its not an import. Wired up the fogs replaced the faded/yellow Honda badge for a nice red one,


and just generally kept it clean.

Plans are to get rid of the blue wheel nuts, calipers and seats in the back. Will hopefully get new wheel nuts at the end of the month, give the calipers a lick of paint, and when I can afford it get the rear seats re-trimmed, also should have some red cloth for the door cards coming soon.
I also want a spoon n1 rep exhaust from funkypower but very confused which one to get due to having the dc2 exhaust system on it.

Anyway, thanks for reading that essay haha.

Comments from lovers or haters welcome :).

Chris
 
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Thanks guys, going up to knockhill the morn to watch a few of my mates go round, so maybe see a few of you up there. Gonna start saving for my spoon rep now haha, need some noise.
 
Really cool car, looks even better in person :nice: See you tomorrow dude!
 
Thanks man, interior is missing something just cant think what.......:lol: joking, yea will do bud :)
 
Nice colour man, first time seeing that on an em.

Also if the wheels are genuine, they will be Advan RGs.
 
Thanks mate, yea it seems to be a rare colour, pretty sure they are genuine as it says made in japan on the back, can just make it out as the have been powder coated.

Removed the rear tints today, took roughly 4 hours and pretty sure im high from all the tar and glue remover, thank fook its done though, one job down few to go.
 
Thanks chaps. Its called titanium metallic mate. Ordered my blox wheel nuts last nite aswell so slowing getting there
 
Bushell said:
Thanks chaps. Its called titanium metallic mate. Ordered my blox wheel nuts last nite aswell so slowing getting there
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Thanks.
I'm working about an EJ2 civic coupe reborn nowadays and I'm thinking about what color is the best for the civic coupe.
 
Feri_EK4 said:
Thanks.
I'm working about an EJ2 civic coupe reborn nowadays and I'm thinking about what color is the best for the civic coupe.
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Orite cool, its a great colour to clean as well, lots of depth when its sunny.
 
Thanks for the positive comments guys.


Bit of an update,
spent best part of today giving the car a wee tidy up, also removed the rear (blue) tints last weekend, and fitted new standard Honda wheel nuts

So started off by de-bugging the car using a diluted tfr mix and hot water.
Then de-tarred using auto glym tar remover
Used tfr on the hole car to strip all previous coats of wax and polish off.
Washed the car using ag shampoo and conditioner.
Whilst the car was drying inside under the heater, I decided to take the wheels off to chip all the blue paint off the calipers and carriers ended up looking s**t so rubbed them down and gave them a quick coat of red caliper paint for now.
Whilst the wheels were off I used neilsons wheel acid to remove all the dirt etc. from the inside of the wheels and polished and sealed each wheel, which are genuine advans as I found out today so that's good.

Once all that was done I then polished the car (including door checks, inside the boot etc etc) using ag srp
Then sealed using collonite 915

And heres some pics:













And yes I know the reflector in this light is f****d and it is annoying me haha









Hopefully picking up a gen 1 spoon n1 on Monday aswell :)
 
Coupe is lookin great man, I love the colour! Just got myself an EM1 as well maybe see you at a meet sometime for a few snaps :nice:
 
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