[QLD] dan's stuntastic egg beater (EG4)

[dancoco808]

yeh, im from qld, about a week ago i picked up an egg cheebic.

got a similar post goin on jdmst, but i figure may as well share it here. will update this shit real soon

- dan.

edit: long ass story short, ex-melb now livin on the gold coast, have my poopra up here with me, drinks a shitload of fuel, this year im working about an hours drive up near logan/bris, so needed a daily. looked at some na6, 4dr r34, cappucino, blah blah. but always wanted some vtak, so an egg made sense. wanted something i could beat around, pull to bits and do lots of diy, drive the shit out of and generally not worry to much about parking or dents and shit.

so picked this up, those from the bris area or hi-power racing may know the car...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/IMG_61450800.jpg

(pics are a bit deceiving coz i jack up the contrast a bit, but its roof is hell faded and body is covered in dents and scratches, and most of the trim around the windows are falling off, also can't roll down the passenger side window)

first drive home; was pouring with rain, car was stiff as, bouncing around on the freeway, no traction at all, no a/c, windows fogging up, lots of rattling, creaking, possible snapping and cracking lol...

such a different ride from my usual, which makes 150 feel like 50

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/IMAG00101280.jpg

[dancoco808]

pics from the first day go something like this

was riding on a borrowed set of 14's for rwc, the sale actually came with some sexspec blinged out 17's

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breezy my ass... wtb a/c

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had bought these about 2-3 weeks before buying the car lol

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[dancoco808]

second day of ownership, got to work on the corners coz the bulb plugs didnt fit exactly, needed quite a bit of shaving to get em to fit

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/IMG_61530800.jpg

special edition civic GTR? lol

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steering column totally offffff

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fitted the corners and binned the silver m'tecs

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[dancoco808]

day three, gave back the rwc rims and got the blingblang 17's... WTS/WTT for some 15's

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/IMG_61750800.jpg

jealous poopra hiding in the background

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/IMG_61690800.jpg

munted roof

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/IMG_61770800.jpg

i ride alot, so im gonna diy fix the roof and cover it with a rack

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/IMG_61500800.jpg

this was the air filter, and the pic was taken after i cleaned it and shook out heaps of dirt and picked out leaves

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[act_gooner]

Hey man, nice eg.

[p3akin]

theres a diy respray on the forum for ur roof.. check it out.. nice ride.. i liked it better with the 14"

[ekcoupe]

soo nice good luck mate n welcome

[act_gooner]

I reckon the 17's r bangin.

[m.o.d.aus]

^^Agreed, 17's look good on it, little bit different from the typical jdm (which i also like)
If you wanted to swap em for some fat as stock rims with hubcaps i'd be happy too :p haha

[dancoco808]

Hey man, nice eg.

soo nice good luck mate n welcome

sankyew!


theres a diy respray on the forum for ur roof.. check it out.. nice ride.. i liked it better with the 14"

sankyew! awesome help already. will search for the thread and have a look :thumbsup:


I reckon the 17's r bangin.

^^Agreed, 17's look good on it, little bit different from the typical jdm (which i also like)
If you wanted to swap em for some fat as stock rims with hubcaps i'd be happy too :p haha

yeh the rims themselves are actually nice. two major things for me tho, (1) the ride is low and they scrub, would rather more meaty tyres than rim diameter, (2) its gonna get driven a lot and looking for smaller rims to bring down the price of quality rubber. i already spend a killing on maintaining the supra.

glad to know that the civic looks good with them on tho :) as its going to take me some time to change em etc, procrastination king lol.

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so the cheebic was a bit rough around the edges and needed some TLC. so on the cheebic's first weekend, a mate called me up wanting to do some work on the cars...

here you can see the front driver corner of the engine bay had some cracks in it that needed fixing...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/civic%20blog/IMG_61930800.jpg

so we taped up the fender ready to start the work..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/civic%20blog/IMG_61980800.jpg

then we thought f it, we better see how deep they go, so off came the fenders...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/civic%20blog/IMG_62030800.jpg

we were worried it might be structural, but lucky it wasn't. so we got to sanding...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/civic%20blog/IMG_61910800.jpg

jdm lunch break

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back to work...

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in between setting/drying times, we did service/fluid changes, thought id give the FEO a go as many people say its decent stuff... comes out like water lol, not used to such thin oil :P

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had the wheels off and was able to inspect more of the goodies underneath... needed a bit of work though, as ive noticed the tie rods, cv joints and general geometry is all out... the ride is rough as balls with the JIC fronts and bilstein rears... makes for a fun but impractical daily drive

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/civic%20blog/IMG_62200800.jpg

running outta time for the chassis work, we primered it up and saved it for next weekend (will put more pics up soon to show exactly wat goin on there)

[imratedpg]

welcome and nice work and are u working in a carpark lol

[hisoka]

lol pretty mad carpark job.~

cool reps for mismatched coilover haha.

[dancoco808]

welcome and nice work and are u working in a carpark lol

lol pretty mad carpark job.~
cool reps for mismatched coilover haha.

haha shiet never realised how funny it looks, but yeh, thats the carpark for my apartment, its all fully secure, has like 6+ underground levels and its the only garage i got at the place i stay... lol

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so on thursday the cheebic went in to the shop to get the tie rod and alignment done. the cv's need to be done, but the cars gotta be raised a bit first. anyway, when im there, my mate calls me up, hes like 'mad weather, early finish, lets go for a drive.' so since the civic was at the shop, went home picked up the keys to the soup, and we headed to the mounts...

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realising we have no idea where we going, we pull into a carpark and organise a route up tamborine mountain...

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somehow we ended up at springbrook! lol, many k's in the other direction

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so we u-bolt, recover the distance and head up towards mt tamborine

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spotted this guy in the grass on one of our spots, heaps cute, heaps angry

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/100310%20tamborine%20wes/IMG_63590800.jpg

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view from the top

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/100310%20tamborine%20wes/IMG_63240800.jpg

red whale, needs low, needs offset, needs sideskirts ><

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time to head home! good spur of the moment drive...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/100310%20tamborine%20wes/IMG_6341-10800.jpg

[dancoco808]

the next day got some shit in the mail...

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[dancoco808]

so the next day i picked the civic up from the shop, new tie rod and alignment made a huge difference, so we went back for another drive on a similar route

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/civic%20blog/IMG_63800800.jpg

reading threads about the b-series using oil, i get paranoid and check levels lol

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butt shot!

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view from top this time with cheebic!

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taking photos while driving isn't easy!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/civic%20blog/IMG_64270800.jpg

the gold coast has some great scenery and drives!

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[hisoka]

awsome pics thanks for sharing, looks like ure cars previous work was all done by hi power. judging from exhaust and suspension.

hey what rear diffuser is that on the supra ?

[Troy]

Awesome koala pic!

[ekcoupe]

awesome shots mate

[mr180sx]

Nice car!

That front lip looks familiar!;):thumbsup:

Guessing your the new owner!

[DC2-PWR]

Awsome rear bar on the supra lol, nearly made me think it was a Trial bar hehe. it looks awsome man

[Giraffe]

Great looking civic !

[dancoco808]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/coco69/civic%20blog/IMG_65980800.jpg

[ekcoupe]

mugen pedals aye

[Troy]

Oooohhh! Looks good, show us some pics when they're on.

Your mate who helped you with bodywork, he able to do some magic with them small carparking dents? Mine has a few, they drive me nuts and I'd like to smooth them out. Let me know.

[ekcoupe]

Oooohhh! Looks good, show us some pics when they're on.

Your mate who helped you with bodywork, he able to do some magic with them small carparking dents? Mine has a few, they drive me nuts and I'd like to smooth them out. Let me know.

let me know aswell i need to get mine out:p

[Premature Vtec]

Wow best intro thread, i've read so far your so called poopra is awsome man keep it up. Oh yeah where is that great view ?, I wanna go there cheers

[Troy]

Tamborine FTW! Beautiful up there, we should cruise up there one time.