New EK owner

[baethos]

Hey All,

Picked up my EK today! It's a 1997 CXI manual, silver with 130XXX kms on the clock. I was holding out for a GLI but could never find one in SA, so settled for a CXI. It's in very good condition and am happy with it. One thing though, sometimes at idle the car seems to vibrate a little bit more than it should...like the revs drop a little too low. It never stalls though - is that normal? Maybe I'm not used to it. I can't tell how low the revs are cos I don't have a tacho haha!!

Anyway bought this car as a daily. Will probably mod it in the future.

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Any sitting pretty with my now weekend car.

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[ctx]

Welcome mate

That's a tidy car, looks minty clean and well taken care of, mudflaps too!

What are your plans for it? I'd say get a mouldless EJ8 front bar and a mouldless facelift rear bar. Does wonders in terms of appearance :)

http://www.bbsrszone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Silver_Honda_Civic_Hatchback_BBS_RS_Red_Logos.jpg

http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/attachments/honda-acura-tech/70691d1153240960-bored-my-ek-hatch-silverhatchie.jpg

http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/attachments/cars-sale-wanted/109340d1220355284-1996-silver-dx-ek-hatch-fs-img_0156.jpg

[EKVTIR-T]

Damn more pics of the "weekender"



and btw you can install a taco cluster from a gli,plug and play

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?82295-Gli-cluster-install-into-Cxi (http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?82295-Gli-cluster-install-into-Cxi-with-genuine-K-s-from-your-Cxi!)

[lolmclol]

Welcome abourd friend!

Clean as looking car!

[selk]

welcome, nice pick up

[baethos]

Just recently I bought a fender roller and heat gun, so today I decided to try roll one of the fenders. Came out pretty good for a first try. Could be a little flatter in some areas. I also accidentally pulled it a little (where the fender meets the bumper), but it's not very noticeable.

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A while back I bought some buddy club n+ coilovers, so they'll go in soon. Also got my hands on some BBS RS070 (15x7 ET16). Should fit nicely for a DD car. Need to be refurbished a bit, so will look at doing them soon too.

[collEGe_boy]

Looks like the guard rolling turned out pretty decent :) Pretty brave doing that yourself! Considering it's a DD car... wait, what? ;)

[EKVTIR-T]

I just use hammer

[collEGe_boy]

Haha that's what I did on mine. But then again, that's a race car. IDGAF about looks!

[chech0_ed6]

Clean car man, you should get a rep spoon wing, would look real nice.

Also nice weekend car.

[EKVTIR-T]

Haha that's what I did on mine. But then again, that's a race car. IDGAF about looks!all honda is racecar didnt you know

[baethos]

thanks guys. yeah I probably wanna fit coilovers, wheels and then an SiR lip. not sure what else after that.

[ctx]

thanks guys. yeah I probably wanna fit coilovers, wheels and then an SiR lip. not sure what else after that.

Upgrade to facelift taillights

http://nubfed.com/Imagehost2/lights.jpg

then diy EK9 style

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z272/numba1drummab01/my%20civic/DSC02961.jpg

or you could simply upgrade to EK9 taillights like me

[JDM-derek]

welcome.


my 1st will be my last civic =). Gonna love ever bit of it.

[baethos]

I have a question regarding LCAs. I heard it's OEM or F7 or nothing. Are the other LCAs really that bad? I assume it's the bushings that just don't last? Anyone used other branded LCAs and found them real crap? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!