My civic, Kasumi
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Yh that green is interestingget her a bit lower and a lip
nice to see you still have it though!
I'm slowly updating it to its current state, nothing like in previous post now
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Then in October/November 2011 i wanted new wheels, i nearly bought a set of 9J rear and 8J front wide bbs rs' but then bottled it as too many civics seem to be running with bbs' i then came across a set of Intra alloys 15" 4x100, 7J wide and took the risk and bought them.
I spent a full day going down to collect them and go home again. 2 days later i got round to test fitting them.
They had slight curbing so I am currently hand refurbing them, just hand polishing.
Then at the start of 2012 i bought a few more parts, these will be added later but here are a few clue pictures to see if anyone wants to guess?
Heres a teaser of the bumper then, its not one of my pics just one I got off the internet as my bumper is actually in storage
Had a few minor updates. After making my drivers side window mechanism work after a few months of being broke, it broke again, luckily this time I got a replacement, apparently off a passengers side, I was going to try and swap the motors but I have a feeling that it was a drivers side one.
Also placed an order with Stew
Always thought the weighted bit was untrue but it genuinely makes shifting a tad easier for getting in gear especially at faster paces.
If you want to see an airwalker with an intercooler
I had done bits and bobs to the alloys, race on now to see if they will actually be ready for Mimms :O
As they aren't actual split rims, the 'bolts' are plastic so got them out first
I spent a full day going down to collect them and go home again. 2 days later i got round to test fitting them.
They had slight curbing so I am currently hand refurbing them, just hand polishing.
Then at the start of 2012 i bought a few more parts, these will be added later but here are a few clue pictures to see if anyone wants to guess?
Heres a teaser of the bumper then, its not one of my pics just one I got off the internet as my bumper is actually in storage
Had a few minor updates. After making my drivers side window mechanism work after a few months of being broke, it broke again, luckily this time I got a replacement, apparently off a passengers side, I was going to try and swap the motors but I have a feeling that it was a drivers side one.
Also placed an order with Stew
Always thought the weighted bit was untrue but it genuinely makes shifting a tad easier for getting in gear especially at faster paces.
If you want to see an airwalker with an intercooler
I had done bits and bobs to the alloys, race on now to see if they will actually be ready for Mimms :O
As they aren't actual split rims, the 'bolts' are plastic so got them out first
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There was a big gaping hole in airwalker as they don't come with a mesh, I was really unsure about meshing it up but it actually turned out very nicely
I was sick of the green wheels for ages, the brake dust and lack of cleaning them and the winter absolutely destryed them and instead of repainting them and shotting new tyres on and wanting to uprate the front callipers to 282's i knew they wouldnt fit over so new wheels would need to be bought
You may remember that i bought a new set of wheels back in October, yup still not refurbed but a big priority over summer, i ended up with a set of fanblades for £60 local to me so it would have been rude not too....
Going to uni on a weekend to finish off work and saw a random teg, if its anyone off here, it was at Teesside University and the Ibiza is my mates
Last weekend went to a car show to raise money for the North Airm Ambulance, i go every year but only went for about an hour this year as a family bbq was on the cards too, here are two photos that were taken of her
I set off to work one one of the Intra's
My favourite picture
Still got to finish off but not too far off now, another three to go though
I had bought some Neo Chrom Muteki wheel nuts off of Emperor Performance but they sent me the incorrect thread size, fortunately they were very nice and straight away asked me to send off the ones i received and they would change them, I received the other set a few days after sending them off for exchange, couldn't recommend them more!
Also been fitting my superlow seat rails on my Evo 6 seats, my god they are low but comfy! Whilst fitting these I fitted my blue 6 point TRS harnesses
Had to drive home with one seat the other night
Superlows fitted
This shows the gap between the bottom of the seat and the beam that comes across the floor where the front of the rails bolt on to
Unfortunately there were not any comparison shots but I can tell you with these my shoulder is about level, maybe a little bit higher than the doorcard and I used to have my steering wheel all the way up and now it's all the way down
I was sick of the green wheels for ages, the brake dust and lack of cleaning them and the winter absolutely destryed them and instead of repainting them and shotting new tyres on and wanting to uprate the front callipers to 282's i knew they wouldnt fit over so new wheels would need to be bought
You may remember that i bought a new set of wheels back in October, yup still not refurbed but a big priority over summer, i ended up with a set of fanblades for £60 local to me so it would have been rude not too....
Going to uni on a weekend to finish off work and saw a random teg, if its anyone off here, it was at Teesside University and the Ibiza is my mates
Last weekend went to a car show to raise money for the North Airm Ambulance, i go every year but only went for about an hour this year as a family bbq was on the cards too, here are two photos that were taken of her
I set off to work one one of the Intra's
My favourite picture
Still got to finish off but not too far off now, another three to go though
I had bought some Neo Chrom Muteki wheel nuts off of Emperor Performance but they sent me the incorrect thread size, fortunately they were very nice and straight away asked me to send off the ones i received and they would change them, I received the other set a few days after sending them off for exchange, couldn't recommend them more!
Also been fitting my superlow seat rails on my Evo 6 seats, my god they are low but comfy! Whilst fitting these I fitted my blue 6 point TRS harnesses
Had to drive home with one seat the other night
Superlows fitted
This shows the gap between the bottom of the seat and the beam that comes across the floor where the front of the rails bolt on to
Unfortunately there were not any comparison shots but I can tell you with these my shoulder is about level, maybe a little bit higher than the doorcard and I used to have my steering wheel all the way up and now it's all the way down
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Then got another few packages
Fitted
The other package won't be to everyone's taste but I always wanted a set
After a clean
Just for comparison
A bit of rewiring and....
Me and a mate painted our callipers, I fancied a bronzy/coppery but in the end we got 'smooth gold' Hammerite.
Spoon duckbill got tilted to see what it would look like and loved it, also test fitted the wheels as they stood with the gold callipers and neo chrome wheel nuts.
Fitted
The other package won't be to everyone's taste but I always wanted a set
After a clean
Just for comparison
A bit of rewiring and....
Me and a mate painted our callipers, I fancied a bronzy/coppery but in the end we got 'smooth gold' Hammerite.
Spoon duckbill got tilted to see what it would look like and loved it, also test fitted the wheels as they stood with the gold callipers and neo chrome wheel nuts.
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February 2012 time I decided to do the minime swap after having the bits sat there nearly a year, so spent a weekend doing most of the work and the next weekend finishing her off.
Unfortunately she never ran right and around 7 months after the swap I came to the conclusion that it was gradually loosing power, I suspected a lack of compression and couldn't work out why, then on the motorway with my mates ATR and my mates coupe I just lost power and she cut out, under inspection, the head had lifted
From that fatal night, my mates coupe had to tow me, luckily we were literally a 5 minute walk from my house
She sat on my drive for two days, the radiator and a few other odds and sodds were removed
Then put her on a trailer to put her in storage for removing the minime
Unfortunately she never ran right and around 7 months after the swap I came to the conclusion that it was gradually loosing power, I suspected a lack of compression and couldn't work out why, then on the motorway with my mates ATR and my mates coupe I just lost power and she cut out, under inspection, the head had lifted
From that fatal night, my mates coupe had to tow me, luckily we were literally a 5 minute walk from my house
She sat on my drive for two days, the radiator and a few other odds and sodds were removed
Then put her on a trailer to put her in storage for removing the minime
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Was looking for engines, offered one or two and came across someone with a engine still in the car, so 20 minute drive and there we were in front of a car that hadn't been started in three months, the engine was stone cold.
Swapped the battery and she fired straight up!
Pumped the two flat front tyres, well one of them stayed inflated, let the engine get up to temperature and tried her out, she didn't half pull so I had to have her, so here is the outcome of the donor vehicle
Got the engine delivered to my house, yeah I know, doesn't look too great but don't let the looks fool you it is the outcome of sitting around and lack of love for months at one house and years at another
Decided to clean it up using gunk engine degreaser, looked really nice and then decided to go further as the engine was out of the car and to paint it, not to everybody's taste but thought it would make it look a lot better.
Used black heat resistant paint for the engine, anthracite heat resistant paint on the cam cover and ford velvet purple for the plug cover and a few other bits
I had bought some grey zinc rust primer as well so painted the gear linkage, later on finding out del sol ones are too long :/
Some engine swap food and what to do when they get chilly
Put all the gear in the boot of the daily to take to the shell
Put innovit solid mounts in and found the rear bracket was too long
Got the engine in and trailored it back to the house
Swapped the battery and she fired straight up!
Pumped the two flat front tyres, well one of them stayed inflated, let the engine get up to temperature and tried her out, she didn't half pull so I had to have her, so here is the outcome of the donor vehicle
Got the engine delivered to my house, yeah I know, doesn't look too great but don't let the looks fool you it is the outcome of sitting around and lack of love for months at one house and years at another
Decided to clean it up using gunk engine degreaser, looked really nice and then decided to go further as the engine was out of the car and to paint it, not to everybody's taste but thought it would make it look a lot better.
Used black heat resistant paint for the engine, anthracite heat resistant paint on the cam cover and ford velvet purple for the plug cover and a few other bits
I had bought some grey zinc rust primer as well so painted the gear linkage, later on finding out del sol ones are too long :/
Some engine swap food and what to do when they get chilly
Put all the gear in the boot of the daily to take to the shell
Put innovit solid mounts in and found the rear bracket was too long
Got the engine in and trailored it back to the house
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Front bumper back on
Had some of that purple paint left so keyed up and painted my brake stopper and fitted it
Having to move the car ...again
I know had a new gear linkage that fitted but I had to remove the bitch pin, so up she went, some of you may know I really struggled with this one, a total of four days it took
during this time I took the fuel rail off and polished it up, sad I know...
Fuel rail off, after some cleaning
Fuel rail after a bit of polishing
Fuel rail finished
So it's been a while since I updated, I got the hubs all switched over, to now find the drivers bearing is foobard
Took her out a few times and she doesn't half pull but I thought to myself while I can I would put her in a unit, strip her down, clean her up and put her back together and I may tuck the bay slightly so today she went with one of her ATR friends in the unit and in 2 1/2 hours we took the bumper, wings, lights, bonnet and side skirts off of both cars and I zinc primered behind the wings
Before zinc primer
After
Shelf of parts off the civic
End of the days work
Need to:
Had some of that purple paint left so keyed up and painted my brake stopper and fitted it
Having to move the car ...again
I know had a new gear linkage that fitted but I had to remove the bitch pin, so up she went, some of you may know I really struggled with this one, a total of four days it took
Fuel rail off, after some cleaning
Fuel rail after a bit of polishing
Fuel rail finished
So it's been a while since I updated, I got the hubs all switched over, to now find the drivers bearing is foobard
Took her out a few times and she doesn't half pull but I thought to myself while I can I would put her in a unit, strip her down, clean her up and put her back together and I may tuck the bay slightly so today she went with one of her ATR friends in the unit and in 2 1/2 hours we took the bumper, wings, lights, bonnet and side skirts off of both cars and I zinc primered behind the wings
Before zinc primer
After
Shelf of parts off the civic
End of the days work
Need to:
- change the drivers front bearing now
- refurb the fanblades
- move the rest of my spares in
- find out why my drivers side carpet is wet
- vax the interior
- clean up the engine bay drastically
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Im rubbish at updating this, been really busy with family and uni so done as much work on her in the time I could. I did get her ready to go to Mimms but my mate couldnt go and as we always go I decided not to go without him (....insert gay joke here)
After zinc priming behind the wings my mate Taylor helped me out, ground down the bubbling areas, cleaned it all, re-zinc primered it and finally painted all anthracite
Looks like it has come out of the factory...
Whilst prepping and painting all of the front end, I had been working on the headlight loom, to tuck it as I always hated seeing the wiring near the strut towers, it looked messy so I ordered lots of braid and spent hours braiding the full headlight loom and extending what I needed
Before any modifications...
Nearly done...
Just before reinstalling it...
After zinc priming behind the wings my mate Taylor helped me out, ground down the bubbling areas, cleaned it all, re-zinc primered it and finally painted all anthracite
Looks like it has come out of the factory...
Whilst prepping and painting all of the front end, I had been working on the headlight loom, to tuck it as I always hated seeing the wiring near the strut towers, it looked messy so I ordered lots of braid and spent hours braiding the full headlight loom and extending what I needed
Before any modifications...
Nearly done...
Just before reinstalling it...
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Some pictures whilst doing the tuck, some as reference points (yes the paint in the bay near the battery has gone, I am planning on painting it in the future)
Was taking the dash and carpet out, to replace with a black one, then got let down
Also not sure what its proper name is but one of the bolts that comes out of the head, goes through the cam cover and the plug cover was snapped so off I went to Honda for a new one, expecting it to cost around £20, turn out was around £5 so happy days
New one and one I took out to compare to at the dealership...
Will update soon with bits I bought and fitted, at the minute she has decided to stop starting so working on fixing that :/
Small update
Fanblades could do with a refurb so started doing them, done two atm
High build primer (looks dead nice in that pic)
painted and lacquered
Also this came up dirt cheap, it was purely impulse which has now earned me the rank of kevlar whore
Fitted (cam cover is getting re-refurbed)
Few more updates to come...
Was taking the dash and carpet out, to replace with a black one, then got let down
Also not sure what its proper name is but one of the bolts that comes out of the head, goes through the cam cover and the plug cover was snapped so off I went to Honda for a new one, expecting it to cost around £20, turn out was around £5 so happy days
New one and one I took out to compare to at the dealership...
Will update soon with bits I bought and fitted, at the minute she has decided to stop starting so working on fixing that :/
Small update
Fanblades could do with a refurb so started doing them, done two atm
High build primer (looks dead nice in that pic)
painted and lacquered
Also this came up dirt cheap, it was purely impulse which has now earned me the rank of kevlar whore
Fitted (cam cover is getting re-refurbed)
Few more updates to come...
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Spent ages trying to source a prefacelift passenger wing, weeks in fact until I got...
Got new gates timing belt, koyo tensioner, water pump, alternator and power steering belts
Quick test drive...
Also some items arrived...
One of the items...
Before wrapping...
Heatwrapped...
Cleaning the Heater Matrix
The dash atm, bcozracecar!
We know this was put in by a previous owner for sound deadening but not 100% on what is actually is! Anyway, 3 years down the line about time it came out...
Oh and for people who want to have a guess, this arrived today, hopefully be fitted very soon
In light that I will be getting a new dash
Then this arrived yesterday
Decided to clean it as it was minging, would start rainging at the point of no return!!
Got new gates timing belt, koyo tensioner, water pump, alternator and power steering belts
Quick test drive...
Also some items arrived...
One of the items...
Before wrapping...
Heatwrapped...
Cleaning the Heater Matrix
The dash atm, bcozracecar!
We know this was put in by a previous owner for sound deadening but not 100% on what is actually is! Anyway, 3 years down the line about time it came out...
Oh and for people who want to have a guess, this arrived today, hopefully be fitted very soon
In light that I will be getting a new dash
Then this arrived yesterday
Decided to clean it as it was minging, would start rainging at the point of no return!!
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Then as my mate baber is breaking his MB6 and he lives 5 minutes away I picked up these this morning
When the carpet arrived the mat bit that goes under the drivers heels had come off so I stuck it back on and used three ecu's as weights
With the help of my friend, cleaned the recaros, some pics of them drying and cleaned the interior trim
One clean, one not clean
Again, one clean, one not clean
Ghetto drying method
Also fitted my poly bushes on the shifter and figured out why the shifter was so sloppy
The one on the left is the bolt that went through the linkage and shifter, not enough thread so it could not tighten on enough also it had severely worn away, didnt have any bolts long enough so used my spare shifter bolt that I had used before and it works a treat, didn't get any pics of this, was under a car, quitte a tight fit then pizza arrived just when I was finishing off
Yesterday decided that even though she had only covered around 1000 miles from the last service I would give her another one and fit a Blox magnetic drain plug I bought from H-tune a while back
Not exactly low but still had to drive on some wood to get the jack under...
Old vs. New Drain plug
Again Old vs New filter
More to come soon
When the carpet arrived the mat bit that goes under the drivers heels had come off so I stuck it back on and used three ecu's as weights
With the help of my friend, cleaned the recaros, some pics of them drying and cleaned the interior trim
One clean, one not clean
Again, one clean, one not clean
Ghetto drying method
Also fitted my poly bushes on the shifter and figured out why the shifter was so sloppy
The one on the left is the bolt that went through the linkage and shifter, not enough thread so it could not tighten on enough also it had severely worn away, didnt have any bolts long enough so used my spare shifter bolt that I had used before and it works a treat, didn't get any pics of this, was under a car, quitte a tight fit then pizza arrived just when I was finishing off
Yesterday decided that even though she had only covered around 1000 miles from the last service I would give her another one and fit a Blox magnetic drain plug I bought from H-tune a while back
Not exactly low but still had to drive on some wood to get the jack under...
Old vs. New Drain plug
Again Old vs New filter
More to come soon
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So doing some research and talking to Chris from Whiteford Davies Motorsport we think we found the problem with my odometer not working, might be a chip so hopefully sort that out when the car comes off the road for the winter.
A while back I made a small purchase from Cesare which arrived for me to find when I came home from Uni
Fitted
Got a boss off my mate for the wheel so finally fitted my personal, just need a horn button now
Lovely sight
Also this arrived
Right no easy way to do this........
My garage and room are getting full of parts for her!
Decided to charge my camera and get some photos of the stuff I had in my room, I will have to include the stuff thats in my garage when i get to it, you will get the jist of whats happening over the next few months, hopefully in time for Mimms B)
Old mirrors, oh and the new ones
Unfortunately the plugs are different :unsure:
Fortunately I bought a cheap set of oem electric mirris that I will use for the plugs and retro fit them to my spoon style ones
A while back I made a small purchase from Cesare which arrived for me to find when I came home from Uni
Fitted
Got a boss off my mate for the wheel so finally fitted my personal, just need a horn button now
Lovely sight
Also this arrived
Right no easy way to do this........
My garage and room are getting full of parts for her!
Decided to charge my camera and get some photos of the stuff I had in my room, I will have to include the stuff thats in my garage when i get to it, you will get the jist of whats happening over the next few months, hopefully in time for Mimms B)
Old mirrors, oh and the new ones
Unfortunately the plugs are different :unsure:
Fortunately I bought a cheap set of oem electric mirris that I will use for the plugs and retro fit them to my spoon style ones
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Then for the engine bay I got a few dress up parts, a 1' brake master cylinder and a torque damper
Took, stripped and cleaned my cam cover, 1' brake master cylinder and brake stopper
I also acquired something a bit random as it doesnt really owe me much but found it doesnt work, at the minute
I will have to get some snaps of the other stuff thats in the garage and give it an awesome tidy up
Took, stripped and cleaned my cam cover, 1' brake master cylinder and brake stopper
I also acquired something a bit random as it doesnt really owe me much but found it doesnt work, at the minute
I will have to get some snaps of the other stuff thats in the garage and give it an awesome tidy up
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I will start with this
Then Saturday had a few friends and the missus round, grafted to get the engine out and the rear interior of the car ready fr whats happening over the next few months.
Here is a collection of photos taken from the day, no particular order
Then Saturday had a few friends and the missus round, grafted to get the engine out and the rear interior of the car ready fr whats happening over the next few months.
Here is a collection of photos taken from the day, no particular order
