Lazybean's EK Hatch - Saving a Civic :)

[lazybean]

I bought the Miracle Brace back in Feb, fitted it, then took it off and now fitted back again haha! Picking up the shell on the 11th if all goes to plan! so look out for an update Yeah that's actually pretty smart! though black in my opinion looks cleaner (even though these things can get your hands manky haha) since I'll be respraying the 9 in black! but it's a good shout about looking out for leaks though!

Yeah I'm gonna have to look out for one of those in the near future. Why did you take it off? I'm all over it dude, I'm sure ill see it on Instagram first anyway!

Yeah I can definitely see why you would go for black. Lets be fair, nobody should ever see your underseal anyway!

 

[lazybean]

Managed to make some progress last weekend, got a few goodies delivered.

Rebuild kit for the rear callipers

New gear knob

Trailing arm Bushes

I also got an EK9 gear gaiter, a bunch of bolts from Honda and an S2000 clutch master cylinder. Ill get the pics up soon.

Messed around with the gear stick for a while, its starting to get proper cold outside!

Then this arrived in the post

Got distracted for a bit but then got back out in the cold and cracked on,

One of the new bolts going in

Not a lot to see here, basically bolting the swing arm and the various other components up.

By the time i finished it was getting dark so this is the best pic I had.

Got a few picture the next day after work, buts its getting dark so early!

And thats how she stands for the time being!

 

[Rossco155]

looks sweet with the 9 wheels on it mate

 

[Garaculas]

Back on its wheels! Good going man

 

[Skallion]

Nice work man so close to being done! , you still popping down on the weekend to help on the rex?

 

[amr1th]

great build mate i got the same hatch but facelift... gt a c4 in there to with the ek9 alloys

 

[lazybean]

looks sweet with the 9 wheels on it mate

Back on its wheels! Good going man

Nice work man so close to being done! , you still popping down on the weekend to help on the rex?

Cheers for the comments guys, I'll be helping out no problem!

great build mate i got the same hatch but facelift... gt a c4 in there to with the ek9 alloys

Cheers mate, there already is a C4 in there!

 

[lazybean]

Well I have been really slack lately on the updates, there have been a few bits up on instagram but nothing substantial.

Well going straight into it.

Before Christmas me and pops managed to clear out the garage so I can have the civic in there over winter, took all day but probably the most useful thing I have done so far

Got a few goodies for Christmas

Set of wratchet spanners

Deep impact sockets

Specifically for this bad boy

Back to the car, I bought a FEEL'S rail from Sam (K's Circuit). Totally sound bloke to deal with. Managed to get that bolted up with some stainless bolts from work. I dont have any good photos of the seat fitted yet because of lack of space in the garage, but it went in well, without any fuss. The FEEL'S rail sits at a really nice hight as well!

My mate Ed came over and we did some work cleaning up his engine bay

got back to working on the civic and ( I dont have any pics) we got the front brakes on and brake lines in, Spent a day refurbing my rear calipers and then when I went to fit them the bolt pattern was wrong turns out I have MB6 rears which were slightly wrong. So ordered some EK9 rears instead and they arrived today. So ill leave this update with some pictures of the rear calipers and how the cars sits as of now.

The wrong rebuilt calipers! which I need to sell if anyone is interested?

The new ones!

and how she sits.

 

[Ally138]

Yeah I'm gonna have to look out for one of those in the near future. Why did you take it off? I'm all over it dude, I'm sure ill see it on Instagram first anyway!

Yeah I can definitely see why you would go for black. Lets be fair, nobody should ever see your underseal anyway!

didn't see your reply haha! Took it off because I had to move a few things about so couldn't be arsed fitting it back on. It's still off but will put it back on for a track day Haha suppose you're right

anyway your mate's teg looks amazing! and unlucky about the rear calipers, surely they'll shift easily wish I had that much garage space man! looking good though! keep it up

 

[R1PPU]

Nice updates mate, hope you're well!

 

[vtec 9000rpm]

going to be a real good car when finished keep up the good work.

 

[Garaculas]

Coming along nicely man, loving the pics of my teg

 

[lazybean]

didn't see your reply haha! Took it off because I had to move a few things about so couldn't be arsed fitting it back on. It's still off but will put it back on for a track day Haha suppose you're right

anyway your mate's teg looks amazing! and unlucky about the rear calipers, surely they'll shift easily wish I had that much garage space man! looking good though! keep it up

You need to get it fitted again, I thought it looked sick in those pictures. Yeah I need to get round to sorting these new ones out and documenting it properly this time. The garage space is good but my pops is hustling me to get on with the build. Gotta be finished by japfest!

Nice updates mate, hope you're well!

Cheers man, always good lol! you gonna be down for japfest?

going to be a real good car when finished keep up the good work.

thanks dude, just gotta get it finished

Coming along nicely man, loving the pics of my teg

Heard some crazy stories about your driving lately!!

 

[ekev9]

Thats cool

 

[lazybean]

Cant believe I haven't added an update since christmas!

The rear calipers are now refurbed and fitted along with a new rear bumper.

I also have a temporary intake sorted. Ill let the pictures do the talking.

Refurbed Calipers

and them fitted, apologies for the awful photo

bought myself This, it was instrumental in fitting the handbrake cables

This game has been slowing down the progress significantly. Its amazing!!

I bought this lens for my phone and im really pleased with the photos it produces. Especially great for interior car shots. Ill just list the rest of the photos.

Birthday Present

Rear bumper arrived less than 24 hours after ordering!

Intake arrived

The unboxing

and fitted

Small pad to stop rubbing on the bay

Interior

No roof lining

Till next time...

 

[HondaJDM]

Nice colour!

 

[lazybean]

This is what I would love it to look like minus the wing mirrors

 

[lazybean]

Well there is a separate thread going on about this but here is a brief overview of the brake setup.

and with the interior fitted back in.

So been having some issues with bleeding this setup, Thought it was the master cylinder at first so I went ahead and bought a 1" from a prelude (got for 15 quid compared to the stupid price of integra cylinders).

But they sent me a Toyota Supra cylinder lol

anyway got the proper one eventually and it fit no problem.

Then me and a mate spent some time CNC machining up a spacer for the Honda S2000 clutch master cylinder. They charge 30 quid for these on Tegiwa.

Started out with a fag packet sketch

Then sent it off to the CAD boys at work.

Then onto the machine.

This is now my favourite part on the car

 

[importchoice]

Nice CNC work. Always got respect for people that fabricate their own parts.

 

[elchunk]

Nice work, great project you have going.