My Ek9 Rebuild, From rice to nice


Secondz

Secondz

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Hey everyone this is my 97 Civic Type R, I bought it off someone local who needed cash. So i got the car for a very nice price, but it has its bads too... . The car was nice, back in 2000... lol. It just wasnt my cup of tea so i decided to take on the project and restore this rare car back to stock.

Well, this is how i got the car:

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( Then i got some Recaros! )

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Got to admit don't like the bumpers, skirts etc but if your restoring it back to standard then all the best :nice:
 
dan k said:
Got to admit don't like the bumpers, skirts etc but if your restoring it back to standard then all the best :nice:
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I have to admit, i dont like it either :D

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But that is a authentic mugen front bumper, its very nice, but not my style... I sold that to a member on k20a.com

Picked up a stock front bumper :)

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colliemcc said:
My god what was that person thinking?
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It wasnt really just a "Person" it was a shop that did it. The car was a show car back in 2000 in the US and it was all fast and the furious with the body kits, cool graphics, ect...

The car is very nice, but not alot of peoples cup of tea... I took it to the body shop today and the guys in there said the paintjob that was on it before was a $5000-$6000.
 
Anyways, The main thing that concerned me was the side moldings.... As you see in the pictures they are "shaved".

So i decided to mess up the paint and attempt to take all the bondo/metal or whatever was under it...

Turns out they just used a sort of rubber adhesive and put a piece of metal ontop and used JB weld to hold on the metal, then bondo the door...

Time for all that to come out,

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Put the recaros inside and take it to the body shop with a stock eg seat... lol

This is how she left the house to go get sanded, primed, painted and loved :D

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that civic was a classic state of FAIL before you got to it lol im glad to see your gonna take care of it and return it back to stock, what colour you going for!?
 
DOSvtec said:
that civic was a classic state of FAIL before you got to it lol im glad to see your gonna take care of it and return it back to stock, what colour you going for!?
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The only color i can, lol. Championship White :nice:
 
I suppose the car was classed as good back in the day ;)

However times have definitely changed and I'm glad you are restoring it back to OEM. Can't wait to see the transformation mate :)
 
Dear god that was hideous, you are an absolute star for saving this one!
 
so glad to see your restoring it mate :) back in 2000 when everyoen wanted cars like fast and the furious haha
 
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