Torquecivic Thunder grey ej9 b18c4 turbo

[TorqueCivic]

Hi all just thaught i would just make a thread to show how far my car has progressed in the year i have owned it, Started off very slow and cheap as i was unemployed when i first got it so everything was done on a budget.

The car itself is a 96 1.4 ej9 in Thunder Grey and had 153k miles on it and cost me £450.

The Day i picked it up -



Then the mods started

Brother baught me this as a gift before i baught the car so decided to put it in as soon as i got it home - blox neo chrome gearknob




Got some floor mats as it didnt have any -



debadged -



spoiler tilted slightly -



Baught some wheels a while before i baught the car so got them fitted to it -




Recess colourcoded, jap plates and new exhaust -







Toyosports 4-2-1 mani and a dj design decat pipe -



Then came a induction kit -

 

[TorqueCivic]

Got some new headlights and ek9'd them -






Heko Wind deflecters -




Painted my rocker cover and got a neochrome oil cap -




Sir rep front lip -



braided brake lines for some purchaces later in the thread -



Now the more recent serious mods that happened -

Brand new wings and slam pannel from carz2




got a new bumper as mine was broken -



Prefacelift ek4 dials and seats -





Oem smoked side repeaters -



Got some civic jordan wheels while my other ones was refurbished -

 

[TorqueCivic]

Custom 2.25" straight though mated to a spoon n1 rep backbox -




Windows tinted -



Jazz washer jets -



Ek4 Hubswap -




Sir grill -



Lip, bumper and grill fitted -




At this point the car was going in for a full respray so i got it ready for that -

Took the vti seats out so i could clean them and put the front ej9 seats back in




The day before it went to the bodyshop -
Hello 4x4

 

[TorqueCivic]

And Back from the bodyshop -










While it was in the bodyshop i baught a full set of ek4 black plastics and ek4 carpet cheap, i got them all cleaned aswell as my seats and got them all in -

















282 calipers and discs and rta bushes for my hubswap -





Then I baught a b16a2 cheap from my brother -

 

[TorqueCivic]

Password jdm shift boot and facelift ek9 cupholders -




Then This week i got some new suspension in the form of meisterr zeta s' and some neo chrome lcas -










I went onto japserviceparts and got nearly everything i need to rebuild my b16 -



baught some stuff from 6two1 aswell -


Got myself a ek9 steering wheel -



Genuine ek9 rear lights and wiring -



And lastly some recent pics -

 

[DavidEJ9]

Some great progress! I wish I could get things done like this to mine!

 

[SPek9]

Great progress for far, keep it up

 

[jesse888]

Wow nice progress!
Engine swap on the horizon?

 

[Bushell]

Nice progress buddy. Loving the sir front end. Will look nice and fresh after its visit to the cosmetic surgeon

 

[Pete180]

lookin' good will look sweet once the wheel gap is reduced, and handle much better if you get decent coilovers

 

[murrayc1991]

Good start, thunder grey is the best colour. Where did you get the sir front lip?

 

[TorqueCivic]

Some great progress! I wish I could get things done like this to mine!

Thanks mate!

Great progress for far, keep it up

Thanks mate!

Wow nice progress!
Engine swap on the horizon?

There is indeed, please see above post, Thanks!

Nice progress buddy. Loving the sir front end. Will look nice and fresh after its visit to the cosmetic surgeon

Already back mate, forum wouldn't let me post half the stuff, please see above, Thanks!

lookin' good will look sweet once the wheel gap is reduced, and handle much better if you get decent coilovers

Please see above post mate, forum wouldnt let me post half my build, Thanks

Good start, thunder grey is the best colour. Where did you get the sir front lip?

Thanks mate, I purchased the front lip from Spirit9, fitments is Ok, slightly too big though...

 

[TorqueCivic]

Some pics of the ek9 lights -




Thanks

 

[fljoshua129]

Nice! Thunder grey is a great oem colour! Good luck getting insured with an engine swap as a new driver though. I remember wanting to swap mine when I had just passed but insurance companies were having none of it!

 

[B18C'R EK]

Very nice looks amazing

Needs facelift rear lights to finish the back end

 

[jordy56ek9]

looks well lad alot of money and effort spent on this car thunder grey sets off every car

 

[kellsled]

Looks good mate, if the engine is coming out spray the bay with a nice fresh respray a grubby bay doesn't look right!! Also it's crying out for them mudflaps to be binned and a rear oem lip then it'll be perfect

 

[TorqueCivic]

Nice! Thunder grey is a great oem colour! Good luck getting insured with an engine swap as a new driver though. I remember wanting to swap mine when I had just passed but insurance companies were having none of it!

Thanks mate yeah insurance will be ridiculous however the b16 isnt going in for a while yet purely for that reason I just couldnt insure it with it in.

Very nice looks amazing

Needs facelift rear lights to finish the back end

Thanks dude, not having facelift rears though as just spent a load of money on preface ek9s lol, I prefer prefacelift lights though tbh.

looks well lad alot of money and effort spent on this car thunder grey sets off every car

Thanks mate, it has had alot of money spend on it, darent work out how much it has cost me so far hahaha.

Looks good mate, if the engine is coming out spray the bay with a nice fresh respray a grubby bay doesn't look right!! Also it's crying out for them mudflaps to be binned and a rear oem lip then it'll be perfect

Thanks bay refresh is top on my list of things to do atm, going to a headlight loom tuck while im at it I think. Noooo I like the look of the mud flaps

 

[TorqueCivic]

Right then I suppose its time to update this with whats been happening… Car failed its MOT as I thaught it would so it had alittle bit of work done on it to get it through..

Part of the mot fail was one of the ball joints was nackered and wouldn’t have been long before it actually snapped so ended up replacing both of them and while we was at it we managed to fit the 282 front setup and braided hoses. Still have the rear to do yet…





Going to give the calipers a refurb at some point!

Next up I won a set of preface lift vti doorcards on eBay for £9.99 which have now replaced my old facelift ones that had seen better days




After this I discovered somebody had hit the back of my car and scraped all my bumper so I ended up having this repainted again..






Next up I baught a Carbon spoon style spoiler from a member on here! Few pics




Lastly heres the big one! Finally got round to fitting my meisers, looks so much better now its lowered, Only Got a few during pics -





Lower even on the jack!









So that’s where we are up to now. Thanks C&C welcome!

 

[TorqueCivic]

Right then I suppose its time to update this with whats been happening… Car failed its MOT as I thaught it would so it had alittle bit of work done on it to get it through..

Part of the mot fail was one of the ball joints was nackered and wouldn’t have been long before it actually snapped so ended up replacing both of them and while we was at it we managed to fit the 282 front setup and braided hoses. Still have the rear to do yet…





Going to give the calipers a refurb at some point!

Next up I won a set of preface lift vti doorcards on eBay for £9.99 which have now replaced my old facelift ones that had seen better days




After this I discovered somebody had hit the back of my car and scraped all my bumper so I ended up having this repainted again..






Next up I baught a Carbon spoon style spoiler! Few pics




Lastly heres the big one! Finally got round to fitting my meisers, looks so much better now its lowered, Only Got a few during pics -





Lower even on the jack!









So that’s where we are up to now. Thanks C&C welcome!