Hello Everyone,
My names Will and i like Hondas, god that sounded like i was at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting!! Started Building Hondas a fair few years back now with no experience and used a granny spec shopping car ek4 Civic as my project/learing tool. Over the course of a year or so i completley stripped the car and rebuilt using nice coilovers, upgrading brakes and importing an Integra type R motor from Japan. After a steep learning curve, lots of long nights and weekends over about 2 years it was complete and ready to be abused...
and then 3 days later some idiot pulled out on me and did this>>
Was absolutley gutted. Nothing i could do and luckily all parts where insured. 60mph t-boning a bmw e46 bloody hurts. Seat lifted off the rails and flung my head into the windscreen and chest into a nice 320mm momo wheel!! I ended up losing about 6 grand when the insurance finally paid out a year and a half after the crash!!
Onto better things... I decided that i couldn't buy another ek as i would always compare it to my old one which i did actually adore. So i just wanted to buy a ropey dc2 integra, take it on track and kick its head in. After a month or so found a mechanically sound but abit of a minger JDM integra. But what did i do... I have spent the last 2 years stripping it down and making it mint(ish). Couldn't help myself and couldn't have a ropey car. Spent silly money on it now and we are finally getting somewhere with it. Fully caged, full flocked interior, big brakes, rock hard chassis set up, semi slick tyres etc etc and i love it. Just got it out of the workshop after a month of hell. I thought i would try my hand at a simple wire tuck. Nothing fancy just a tidy up and delete my PAS, ABS and AC. Well this didn't happen. I went a bit mental and tucked, shaved and resprayed everything i could!! I did it just to prove to myself i could really. I take pride in my car and it means alot to me that i tackle everything myself. Sorry to go on and on and bore you lot. Hope to see you at events and track days throughout 2011 as the teg should be all back together soon in full working order
...
Spec..
Chassis
Pjdm front brace
Blox rear lower control arms silver with glitter flake (subtle)
Beaks lower tie bar
low milage drive shafts
meisterR Zeta R coilovers
Front under strut brace
OEM Honda rear strut
Wheels and tyres
SW98 wheels in CW
R888 tyres
black oem lug nuts
Power/ Engine bay
F1 stage 3 clutch
3.4kg Fidanza flywheel
Sump baffles
Spoon n1
98 spec manifold
pjdm carbon plug cover
pjdm carbon slug intake
ngk blue leads
cooling plate
New Timing belt
NGK platinum plugs
Decat
skunk vtec solenoid cover
bonnet dampers
Spoon Yellow rocker cover
Ek throttle cable
Ek throttle cable adaptor
Spoon res socks
Tegiwa washer and bolt set
Non ABS prop valve
Custom braided clutch line
resprayed engine block
resprayed engine bay and smooth
extended and tucked engine loom
extended and tucked headlight loom
relocted fusebox in glovebox
relocated batt in boot on custom fabricated bracket
removed ABS, AC and PAS
Brakes
MeisterR mx550pads
MeisterR Grooved disks and pillar veined 286mm disks
MeisterR 286mm converter carrier
Hel braided lines all round
Interior and safety
Slim line snap off boss kit
One off Roll Cage made by Caged with door bars and harness bar
Race spec shifter
TAKATA harnesses
Snooper unit
buddy club gear knob
Buddy club fixed seats
Bride Low position rails
life hammer
Carbon stereo block off
batt cut off
OMP corsica wheel
Momo boss
Mugen pedals
Ipod subtly wired up to hidden amp and speakers
Fire ex
custom cut out plastics to accomodate roll cage
fully flocked interior
Other
98 spec rear bumper
HID kit
Clifford alarm system
JDM Plates
underseal inside and out!!
LED lights
New carpet
New parcel shelf
New door cards
new wing
Respray bumpers and rear quarter
new H badge
Dent man session
Detail session
replacement window glass
replacement door strip
replacement rear lights
Things i still need to do before Summer:
touch up underseal
paint all suspension arms black
roll cage steering wheel hook
rta bushes
brake ducts
remove arch liners
Oil temp/pressure gauges
Oil cooler with thermostat
roll centre adjusters
camber and toe items
goe set up
corner weight
Longer plans:
Rebuild a close ratio box, maybe 4.9 final drive
winter 2011 will be rebuilding engine, maybe some management and ITBs. Purley because this seems like the next thing for me to really get hands on with to improve my knowledge, action learning and all that.
How it started...
And a few in the process...
And i still havn't really got any nice ones of it now but heres a few...
Will get some decent pics up soon when its all done. I could keep improving this car forever and i still love it as much as i did 2 years ago! I just want to go out and enjoy it now either on track, Cat and Fiddle or Nur .
Again sorry to go on and on. I hope to see you guys soon at a trackday or event.
My names Will and i like Hondas, god that sounded like i was at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting!! Started Building Hondas a fair few years back now with no experience and used a granny spec shopping car ek4 Civic as my project/learing tool. Over the course of a year or so i completley stripped the car and rebuilt using nice coilovers, upgrading brakes and importing an Integra type R motor from Japan. After a steep learning curve, lots of long nights and weekends over about 2 years it was complete and ready to be abused...
and then 3 days later some idiot pulled out on me and did this>>
Was absolutley gutted. Nothing i could do and luckily all parts where insured. 60mph t-boning a bmw e46 bloody hurts. Seat lifted off the rails and flung my head into the windscreen and chest into a nice 320mm momo wheel!! I ended up losing about 6 grand when the insurance finally paid out a year and a half after the crash!!
Onto better things... I decided that i couldn't buy another ek as i would always compare it to my old one which i did actually adore. So i just wanted to buy a ropey dc2 integra, take it on track and kick its head in. After a month or so found a mechanically sound but abit of a minger JDM integra. But what did i do... I have spent the last 2 years stripping it down and making it mint(ish). Couldn't help myself and couldn't have a ropey car. Spent silly money on it now and we are finally getting somewhere with it. Fully caged, full flocked interior, big brakes, rock hard chassis set up, semi slick tyres etc etc and i love it. Just got it out of the workshop after a month of hell. I thought i would try my hand at a simple wire tuck. Nothing fancy just a tidy up and delete my PAS, ABS and AC. Well this didn't happen. I went a bit mental and tucked, shaved and resprayed everything i could!! I did it just to prove to myself i could really. I take pride in my car and it means alot to me that i tackle everything myself. Sorry to go on and on and bore you lot. Hope to see you at events and track days throughout 2011 as the teg should be all back together soon in full working order
...Spec..
Chassis
Pjdm front brace
Blox rear lower control arms silver with glitter flake (subtle)
Beaks lower tie bar
low milage drive shafts
meisterR Zeta R coilovers
Front under strut brace
OEM Honda rear strut
Wheels and tyres
SW98 wheels in CW
R888 tyres
black oem lug nuts
Power/ Engine bay
F1 stage 3 clutch
3.4kg Fidanza flywheel
Sump baffles
Spoon n1
98 spec manifold
pjdm carbon plug cover
pjdm carbon slug intake
ngk blue leads
cooling plate
New Timing belt
NGK platinum plugs
Decat
skunk vtec solenoid cover
bonnet dampers
Spoon Yellow rocker cover
Ek throttle cable
Ek throttle cable adaptor
Spoon res socks
Tegiwa washer and bolt set
Non ABS prop valve
Custom braided clutch line
resprayed engine block
resprayed engine bay and smooth
extended and tucked engine loom
extended and tucked headlight loom
relocted fusebox in glovebox
relocated batt in boot on custom fabricated bracket
removed ABS, AC and PAS
Brakes
MeisterR mx550pads
MeisterR Grooved disks and pillar veined 286mm disks
MeisterR 286mm converter carrier
Hel braided lines all round
Interior and safety
Slim line snap off boss kit
One off Roll Cage made by Caged with door bars and harness bar
Race spec shifter
TAKATA harnesses
Snooper unit
buddy club gear knob
Buddy club fixed seats
Bride Low position rails
life hammer
Carbon stereo block off
batt cut off
OMP corsica wheel
Momo boss
Mugen pedals
Ipod subtly wired up to hidden amp and speakers
Fire ex
custom cut out plastics to accomodate roll cage
fully flocked interior
Other
98 spec rear bumper
HID kit
Clifford alarm system
JDM Plates
underseal inside and out!!
LED lights
New carpet
New parcel shelf
New door cards
new wing
Respray bumpers and rear quarter
new H badge
Dent man session
Detail session
replacement window glass
replacement door strip
replacement rear lights
Things i still need to do before Summer:
touch up underseal
paint all suspension arms black
roll cage steering wheel hook
rta bushes
brake ducts
remove arch liners
Oil temp/pressure gauges
Oil cooler with thermostat
roll centre adjusters
camber and toe items
goe set up
corner weight
Longer plans:
Rebuild a close ratio box, maybe 4.9 final drive
winter 2011 will be rebuilding engine, maybe some management and ITBs. Purley because this seems like the next thing for me to really get hands on with to improve my knowledge, action learning and all that
.How it started...
And a few in the process...
And i still havn't really got any nice ones of it now but heres a few...
Will get some decent pics up soon when its all done
. I could keep improving this car forever and i still love it as much as i did 2 years ago! I just want to go out and enjoy it now either on track, Cat and Fiddle or Nur .Again sorry to go on and on. I hope to see you guys soon at a trackday or event
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best of luck with the car mate, it really does look well 
