my ek3 build

[joeleoek]

finally an update... got myself a dc2 recaro

gave her a clean

 

[Boyle]

Love the car.

Where did you have the trims done in carbon?

 

[joeleoek]

Decided to redo my calipers as i wasn't 100% happy with them. Instead of keeping the old rubber seals il be completely rebuilding them.At least it will give me something to do ey! Heres how they looked when i got them.

Then i painted them by hand, but as you can see they are a bit manky under the paint. The piston had seen better days and the rubbers was a bit old

So...I set about stipping all the paint off again using some nitromorse.

Then i got sick of sanding them and not getting anywhere so i got them shot blasted at my dads work paint was completely stripped and alot of the rust has come off aswel. I gave the pots were the piston goes into a proper clean usin scotch pad and some brake fluid. Gve the calipers a final jet was and clean the prepped them up to be painted.

Started off with a high temperature metal primer. First light coat...

2nd and then 3rd coat...

Going to finish off prepping and primering the other calipers and carryers then going to spray them in a deep red colour, same as the car.

 

[joeleoek]

Rear seats have been taken out for the summer along with the sound deadening

Brakes all primered, ready to be masked and painted

Cheeky wash and wax

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Wow its been a while! Backpacking took alot of my time and money but im back and ready to love the civic again

So i'v Got started with a few little bits to keep me happy..

Nice white sticker which I won in the aatomotion competition, which might give some clues to what colour scheme im going with in the future lol

Little Honda key ring off holiday for 50 Cents hehe

Cleaned up and de-rusted the rear trailing arms, then gave them a couple coats of hammerite. Doing the fronts today

Cleaned the shed and put my car stuff in there, still got loads more to put in though.

More updates soon ...

 

[joeleoek]

Received my 260mm rear discs today....came in a nice Brembo box

So i painted the inner bit of my rear discs to prevent them goin rusty

Also got some mint condition facelift rear lights for a bit of a bargain compared to what people are payin for theses atm.

Fitted the lights and gave the car and overdue wash, no wax though il do that at the w/e or somethin

 

[Beavis]

nice build ..keep it up

 

[joeleoek]

so iv sprayed my brakes, changed all the rubber seals and given them plenty of brake cleaner and grease

Test fitted the rear calipers on the hubs

I still need to spray the front calipers but I need to order two new pistons and fit the rebuild kit.

 

[joeleoek]

 

[joeleoek]

Right soo iv Bought a backbox finally! M.O.T is looming and i got well sick of the noise! Bought the spoon N1 style backbox from the Groupbuy which Neil organised.

And fitted within 25 mins

Fitment is perfect, sounds amazing..couldnt reccommend it enough

 

[Dannyboy205]

Hey nice ek3, i know how much effort it takes to rebuild the brakes etc i did the same setup on my ek3. im looking at picking up the same backbox as you, is it a 2.5 inch diameter system? as i dont want to have to repalce it again when running a 2.5" b pipe and engine swap. Also what does it sound like on your d series?

Thanks, Dan

 

[captain slow]

good build, nice attention to detail too.

 

[JDM_addict]

any plan for CTR wing?

 

[aberid]

totallllly jealous man!

 

[joeleoek]

Hey nice ek3, i know how much effort it takes to rebuild the brakes etc i did the same setup on my ek3. im looking at picking up the same backbox as you, is it a 2.5 inch diameter system? as i dont want to have to repalce it again when running a 2.5" b pipe and engine swap. Also what does it sound like on your d series?

Thanks, Dan

Ye its a ballache alright! Yep backbox is 2.5" and its mated with my 2.25" b-pipe and fits fine Sounds really nice! Not boomy at all just very sporty

good build, nice attention to detail too.

Cheers mate

any plan for CTR wing?

Not at the moment mate but mabye in the future when i have some spare cash

totallllly jealous man!

Haha thanks dude, got loads of updates for this! will copy the pics over tonight

 

[spikeyhairdude]

loving the build

 

[jordan101]

looks soooo good mate i love that color as well

 

[ali-c]

Love the build so far, very clean car!!! mint....
Like your choice of mods so far, you obv take pride in what you do. Good that your being sensible with doing the suspension, brakes, tidy-up , interior first, so you have everything readu for an engine swap at a later date. keep goin!!

 

[banzai_ek9]

I think the only thing letting it down are the wing mirrors, have you got plans for them.

Colour code?
or
Spoon cf

 

[danny ek4]

lovely car mate.. looks mint.

have a jdm ek4 vti myself i fitted a b16 in to it a couple of weeks back

 

[lazybean]

nice build, good stance