JKK
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Pressure from B18C'R EK has forced me to put my build thread on here, lol.
Mostly copy and pasted from CivicLife.
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01 July 2013
Bought car about 3 years ago now.
2nd owners.
It was on near 42k miles when we bought it, currently on 52k
Totally standard and I don't think the previous owner had ever engaged vtec...
Here's the pics from the advert of the car.
As I own a EK9 the plan was to leave this car alone and standard.
But as I suppose most of you know, that's impossible.
Lowered it a tad by putting my standard EK9 suspension on it.
This drastically improved handling.
Still sits high but handling is so good.
Then decided the car needed an SIR grill.
Bought one and sprayed it up myself.
Can't remember if I bought these before the grill or after.
Got a set of red and clear OEM rear lenses for the lights.
So much better over the orange and red.
Then had the JDM rear light conversion done.
I had a Mugen rep lip kicking around that I was gonna use on my EK9 but decided OEM look is the best look on 9's.
Got it sprayed up and fitted on the sedan.
Also picked up a JDM recess for the rear but forgot about pics of it.
Got the JDM size plates fitted at the same time.
The car stayed like this for a while till some total moron crashed in to the drivers side front corner.
Luckily a few witnesses came forward and found out who it was and where they live.
Insurance sorted it all and the woman owned up and I got the money to repair the car.
I had some 5th Gen Prelude rims with brand new tyres that I really like so went a head with a 5 stud hub conversion and EK9 brake upgrade.
Also had a DC2 muffler fitted as the old muffler was in a terrible state.
Problem here is the exhaust tip is now hidden as it's shorter than the sedan ones. Getting this sorted though.
Here it is repaired and with Prelude rims.
At this point I started to get surrounded by facelift owners...
Came across this picture from Honda.
As everyone was yelling at me to facelift, I did.
Starting with the rear.
Also picked up some OEM deflectors.
Looks so weird with pre-face rear bumper and facelift lights and boot.
Borrowed a mates VSM rear facelift bumper.
Got a auto up JDM window switch but no pics of this.
Also picked up brand new rear badge and number plate light lenses.
Everyone that sees the facelift rear at night seems to absolutely love it.
It's a major improvement over pre-facelift.
I've got the facelift front just waiting for it all to be sprayed up and fitted.
Getting a new facelift EK9 VSM grill from Honda as people seem to want crazy money second hand.
Sedan's developed an annoying creaking on the front.
Had the rear bushes changed as these were squeeking.
Thought maybe it was the wheels as the tyres are a slightly big profile.
Tried my DC2 rims on as these are the correct size tyres.
Well the noise was still there so I put my prelude rims back on.
Having some work done on the car so hopefully this noise will be gone.
Suspension that'll be on soon.
Well this brings me pretty much up to date.
Really wanted the facelift complete for Mimms in July but that's not gonna happen.
Stay tuned as this may be a slow build but should be pretty interesting.
Credit goes out to:
Andy for getting me some OEM parts.
Duncan at FastJapCars for laughing at the craziness and slaving away on the madness.
wahidul89 for finding and supplying Facelift parts and many other detail bits.
Shuthan for constant nagging.
samurai_x for making us all fatter.
Mostly copy and pasted from CivicLife.
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01 July 2013
Bought car about 3 years ago now.
2nd owners.
It was on near 42k miles when we bought it, currently on 52k
Totally standard and I don't think the previous owner had ever engaged vtec...
Here's the pics from the advert of the car.
As I own a EK9 the plan was to leave this car alone and standard.
But as I suppose most of you know, that's impossible.
Lowered it a tad by putting my standard EK9 suspension on it.
This drastically improved handling.
Still sits high but handling is so good.
Then decided the car needed an SIR grill.
Bought one and sprayed it up myself.
Can't remember if I bought these before the grill or after.
Got a set of red and clear OEM rear lenses for the lights.
So much better over the orange and red.
Then had the JDM rear light conversion done.
I had a Mugen rep lip kicking around that I was gonna use on my EK9 but decided OEM look is the best look on 9's.
Got it sprayed up and fitted on the sedan.
Also picked up a JDM recess for the rear but forgot about pics of it.
Got the JDM size plates fitted at the same time.
The car stayed like this for a while till some total moron crashed in to the drivers side front corner.
Luckily a few witnesses came forward and found out who it was and where they live.
Insurance sorted it all and the woman owned up and I got the money to repair the car.
I had some 5th Gen Prelude rims with brand new tyres that I really like so went a head with a 5 stud hub conversion and EK9 brake upgrade.
Also had a DC2 muffler fitted as the old muffler was in a terrible state.
Problem here is the exhaust tip is now hidden as it's shorter than the sedan ones. Getting this sorted though.
Here it is repaired and with Prelude rims.
At this point I started to get surrounded by facelift owners...
Came across this picture from Honda.
As everyone was yelling at me to facelift, I did.
Starting with the rear.
Also picked up some OEM deflectors.
Looks so weird with pre-face rear bumper and facelift lights and boot.
Borrowed a mates VSM rear facelift bumper.
Got a auto up JDM window switch but no pics of this.
Also picked up brand new rear badge and number plate light lenses.
Everyone that sees the facelift rear at night seems to absolutely love it.
It's a major improvement over pre-facelift.
I've got the facelift front just waiting for it all to be sprayed up and fitted.
Getting a new facelift EK9 VSM grill from Honda as people seem to want crazy money second hand.
Sedan's developed an annoying creaking on the front.
Had the rear bushes changed as these were squeeking.
Thought maybe it was the wheels as the tyres are a slightly big profile.
Tried my DC2 rims on as these are the correct size tyres.
Well the noise was still there so I put my prelude rims back on.
Having some work done on the car so hopefully this noise will be gone.
Suspension that'll be on soon.
Well this brings me pretty much up to date.
Really wanted the facelift complete for Mimms in July but that's not gonna happen.
Stay tuned as this may be a slow build but should be pretty interesting.
Credit goes out to:
Andy for getting me some OEM parts.
Duncan at FastJapCars for laughing at the craziness and slaving away on the madness.
wahidul89 for finding and supplying Facelift parts and many other detail bits.
Shuthan for constant nagging.
samurai_x for making us all fatter.
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