Terry’s EM1 project

[terry_em1]

Jumped the gun on the titanium Added the OEM locking nut from the EK9 too. All in the details~

I had my painter order a replacement left side wing for me because the one on the car currently is experiencing some sort of reaction. The green paint is splitting, due to the old single stage white paint underneath. It also has some damage, which was mended before repaint. I thought a fresh canvas would be better than dealing with the current mess.

Its a Taiwanese replacement, so don't judge me for not buying OEM

I swapped out the tired Rays wheel nuts for fresh J's Racing ones.

I used the plastic bag trick, to prevent marking them with the socket.

I tackled this sticker next, which was no fun. Even with the help of a hairdryer, its pretty difficult to remove a 26 year old sticker. I'm going to buy a caramel wheel and see if that gets it off.

 

[terry_em1]

Civic was entered as a show car for TanoshiDori, an event organised by the guys from Juicebox. The only B series Honda there Very honoured to have been picked out of a few hundred entries.

While I was there, I met my painter, who handed me back my driver side mirror. I posted it to him, to have it refinished because there was some clearcoat missing. I received the replacement passenger side wing as well, along with a small jar of touchup paint. He didn't charge me for anything. I just paid for the replacement panel

The day after the show, my BattleCraft order arrived I finally pulled the trigger on their famous shift knob. Kristian is always nice by including some extras~

By far the best functional knob in my collection. Looks cool of course.

You might be able to catch a glimpse at the cracking paint, if you look hard enough I'll install the new wing after winter.

 

[terry_em1]

Went down to JDMDistro. Had a lengthy chat with the lads down there.

Picked up my ASM Recaro SR-VF. Its a SR-3, but with a seat base that has smaller bolsters. I think it'll look good in the Civic. I didn't want something too modern looking. This was a limited run seat by ASM. I'm not sure how many they made, but I haven't seen many.

 

[terry_em1]

Found some issues with the seat that weren't mentioned in the ad. First of all, this plastic cover is cracked and the tabs on the back are broken.

I removed the broken pieces that were still stuck to the seat. Redone the plastic pins. Looks better, but ideally a brand new replacement is needed.

One of the adjustment knobs was missing, which I knew about already, but the remaining knob was broken inside, so I couldn't recline the seat at all. Guess I'll be ordering two brand new knobs from Capital Seating. There are suppose to be urethane washers behind the knobs. Even though the seat didn't come with them, they were more than likely perished. I have an upgraded set of those anyway I got from Japan.

 

[Civicfacelift]

looks well, what model was recaro you removed ? looks real nice too.

 

[terry_em1]

looks well, what model was recaro you removed ? looks real nice too.

Didn't remove anything. Driver side is a RS-G. This one is for passenger side.

 

[terry_em1]

Noticed the J's Racing wheel nuts don't hold up well in wet conditions. Checked their website for maybe a warning of some kind. Funnily enough, they're not for sale anymore I must have been one of the last few people to buy them. I'm gonna cave and buy some Mugen ones and some other Mugen parts. Its coming up to 4 years not buying anything Mugen~

I went to Cars & Coffee yesterday. This young lad came up to me, asking if he could park up next to my coupe. Coincidentally, our cars had similar colour schemes He told me he has owned his 1.4 hatch for about a month and he paid over €3,000! I remember paying €500 for my EJ9, years ago. Times have changed.

Hand wheels arrived from Capital Seating today. I'm still waiting on my rail, which is in Coventry according to last update.