EJ9 back to life

[Chigo']

Okey im gonna tell you about my first car and how she died and gave new life to another civic

I bought a yellow facelift 1.4i s ej9 right after i got my driving license about
2½ years ago. It was my "dream first car"

It looked like this

Then about a month later in one sunny friday i was on my way to home and pushed pedal to the metal and this happened:

Roll over

I did got so much plans for it but **** things happens (
Then a little while after i found an identical crashed civic on sale.
Went to see it and bought it

Now i got two crashed civics in garage and the project can get started

Pictures tell you more than my bad english

New car before cutting:

engine out

after cutting:

old car before taking the front end off:

and after..

new front end welded in:

We did use a Autorobot so every part is just there where it belong.
some body work:

engine with suspension back in:

and then to the paint booth

And here is a reborn Civic

Thanks for watching

 

[vtec-boy-ste]

wow big transformation mate big respect to you for rescueing your honda from the crusher

 

[LiamEk4]

wow mate ur first car took a bitting hope you was ok and you have done a cracking job with the second one

 

[Topher-EK9]

holy S*** thats brilliant mate, well done on that one.
ha never seen that before didn't realise it was as easy as cut the front off and weld in a new one.
obv more to it than that but you get me.

top work mate

 

[jpk88]

Im amazed that the front of another cars chassis can be welded on accurately enough that it looks perfect!!! it is structurally sound lol!

 

[Jimbo]

good work mate didn't know that yellow was an option in finland?

 

[M.1]

Wow, Excellent transformation mate will be following this thread eagerly

 

[dan k]

Great work mate keep up the good work n also keep us updated

 

[Chigo']

Thanks guys It was a one interesting project to do Luckily i got the seat belt on in that crash Only two little wounds came to my head

and yes, yellow (y-56) was one color option to ej9

 

[Chigo']

Great work mate keep up the good work n also keep us updated

Thanks I sold that sunshine soon after it was done and bought an jdm civic ferio eg9

Sold that few months ago and now i got this baby in my garage

 

[NeilVtec]

Nice re-build! never seen a y56 ej9 let alone 2!!! Also never seen those light washer jets either... option extra???

Nice to see you've grabbed yourself an EK9, get some more snaps of it before the build starts

 

[eoinv-tec]

Excellent work and well wear on the ek9

 

[ProjectJDM]

I was expecting an update on your yellow EK only to find you've change cars twice haha

Ek9 looks mint... I demand more pics ha

 

[oscarsayco]

Amazing work that is a good example of how much one can love his honda. That ferio looks clean but the 9 top's it all.

 

[kammy11]

wooow mate thats awesome, great respect to you for doin that! 2 civics broken and you saved 1, well played

 

[Chigo']

Thank you all About those light washer jets i guess they are stock on every facelift ej9's around here. Im gonna upload some pictures of my 9 right away after installing head lights and bumber. Will update build up when its time for it

 

[WAZ-4169]

wow wasnt expecting the 9 after reading all that... you sort of kept it quiet lol. nice save with the ej9 or ej9's not sure how to put it.

 

[Chigo']

wow wasnt expecting the 9 after reading all that... you sort of kept it quiet lol.

Yeah well this thread is mostly telling about my old project so why talk about new car