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installing f7 lca, asr, ek9 rsb with f7 endlinks.
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rsb end up not fitting, hits the exhaust, so no rsb till im bothered to cut up my tanabe exhaust.
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^^ nice setup.
thinking of trading the Civic in.... :/
i think you will get a much better price private sale, trade in dealer prices looking prety crp on redbook lol
well i meant sell it, and upgrade... shoulda mentioned that haha
I've been working like a mad man the past couple of weeks - reversing camera off my dvd player, 22mm whiteline rear sway bar, cusco front lower arm, spoon intake elbow (fakey from tegiwa) and an oil service! Am a noobie so it has been fun learning about these cars - engineered well.
On order are some tanabe springs, hardrace bushes and linkages for the front sway bar which should be interesting.
Last week i Cleaned my headlights and put some new Black heat wrapped Headers on.
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And today i finished an Led Dash conversion(mostly finished), its gone from the ugly old amber to nice modern white. I also changed the demisters to red and the ac and vents to blue leds.
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How did u manage to get it from the ugly orange to white??
alow how did u do the ac buttons?
Why not post up a DIY about it if you can.
+1 on DIY!Quote:
Originally Posted by grifty
Heres the diy i did, was pretty epic, still need to do the clock and the auto shifter sourround(the lit up section next to the shifter), i tried to acetone it and it wiped off the P R N D etc so ill have to find another one or 2 and work out a way to get the amber off without wrecking it lol.
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ash-Conversion
nice work! The white actually looks pretty good - kinda like a Euro... I still don't mind my orange tho, except for the silly clock which is impossible to read with any form of daylight around!
Thanks, i think it makes it look a bit more modern and updated so im happy. Ill be working on the Digital clock next week to try and get it white and/or brighter so ill take some pics when i do and chuck up another DIY or edit my first one. im assuming there is a bulb or an led that can be replaced to brighten it then id probably be acetoning or sanding and polishing the amber cover till its clear but if you want to keep the amber just replace the backlight with a higher powered led.
good thinking! Yep, definitely makes it look more modern and you've done a great job :)
think we'll make you our resident electrical OH expert :thumbsup:
Thanks for the kind words, Dont think id classify myself an electrical expert but i know my way round basic circuts lol.
Painted my stock steel rims and wheel nuts last week too, they were a bit rusty and old looking so thought they could do with quick respray. Just preped them with a wire brush to remove the rust then a quick wipe down with wax and grease remover followed by 3 light coats of Matte Black engine enamel.
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The tyres look out of place now with the rims being darker black than the tyres but i picked up some tyre shine this week so ill shine them up so they are black as the night when i have some spare time next week.
Cool.... and just out or curiosity (not saying I like it or not) but anyone ever seen or done something like this in Oz?Quote:
Originally Posted by TbM
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i wanna be doing this soon. i contacted a wheel shop ages ago to do this but never went through with it cause of money, but i have money now ^_^.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alvis
they cut out your wheel centres and weld them into new barrels, iirc cost 55-65 per wheel depending on if you wanted 14x7 or 15x7 or 8
may i ask what shop this was got any details?? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by redefine
So they provide the barrel and the labor for only 65 bucks a wheel? Sounds too good to be true to me mangQuote:
Originally Posted by redefine
face lifted my ek. and dropped it off today for a respray weeeeee
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Yeah theres 2 people i know in NSW that have re-barreled steelies. They were both at JDMST eastern creek show and shine as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alvis
just cleaned her tonight..
she was filthyyyyyy
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i think recaros arent race seats. they're sporty, not race.Quote:
Originally Posted by EK1.6LCIV
race seats arent heavy like recaros, it doesnt make sense if youre racing with heavy ass seats?
these are race seats, theyre not sporty.
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I'm with Mocci on that, my Zeta II weighs almost half of my stock seats, SR3s are more just yeah sporty seats for spirited driving imo
facelift ftw!Quote:
Originally Posted by Frosty-Civic
Show off, that pic has been on your facebook for ages :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Spoon-Accord
/protip: those aren't just type r badges stuck on an EK1/4
Agree. SR3's are so much better over stock, I never thought they'd be that good, but Honda define them as 'semi-buckets'... well according to a Type R history video I have. They're never going to put full race seats in a production spec car like a Civic/Integra... For dedicated track cars something like the above makes more sense...Quote:
Originally Posted by Temp3st
Yeah agreed having a fixed back in a production car is a terrible idea. Mind you my Zeta II is in my car all day every day and its my daily but thats just the way i personally like it
Got my ek tuned up after the engine swap (b16a2) further tuning is being conducted today
Got
It re tuned for a better run and am Now using an s200 chip with my ECU!
1 blue vision blew, so driving around with 1 stock yellow light and 1 blue vision
Replaced my door actuators.. finally my central locking is working again xD. and resprayed some body parts :]... if i can be stuffed will lower my car some more and give it more camberrrrrrrrr
Put my dash back together after failing to change the amber clock to white. It doesnt have a replaceable bulb/led(that i could see) and the plastic cover is completely amber, cant polish it off. Its sort of annoying me having done a white led conversion but being stuck with an amber clock so i might look into moulding and casting a clear resin or plastic cover but i think that would cost to much, if anyone knows anything about casting clear resins/plastics let me know. Also Alvis if your still having a problem with a dull clock swing me a pm as i may be able to help, i noticed something while i was messing with mine.
On a good note i shined up my tyres today after respraying the rims with engine enamel last week
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Not to bad for about $20 worth of supplies and ive still got plenty left. They should last till i decide on a set of rims, just couldnt stand living with the old rustyness while i look around lol.
Washed her and went for a drive with a mate and his CRX :D
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Nice! did you paint the nuts and everything LOL :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TbM
cool number plate on the civicQuote:
Originally Posted by FAITHLESS
^^ Lol, Arnt you meant to edit the Licence plates out?
Yeh I figured might as well as i had heaps of paint left over lol, held on quite well too while i was doing up the nuts, i was worried the socket would chip it all off while i was doing them up seeing as its a dodgy backyard paint job lol.
Got a nice email this morning saying "Cold Air Intake System Fujita F5 Air has been shipped via USPS " so i should have my fujita CAI in a week or 2 i think so ill throw up some pics when i get it and slap it on, Was about $250 aud shipped so hopefully it goes well but ive heard good thing about fujita so fingers crossed i havent just wasted some coin lol.
it was eastern wheel works in bayswater i think?Quote:
Originally Posted by sangyz
yeah thats what they said, but i havent had it done yet, so i dunno :/Quote:
Originally Posted by Red_EG4
Today watched an old man reverse into the side of my car as I was telling the guy parked infront of me that the same guy had just scraped his car. Luckily I was screaming at him before he did any damage to the body. Dude should not be aloud to drive.
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Thanks! If only I had the power to back it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alvis
got some badly needed windscreen wipers, rocking the blues ;).
should be seeing some more changes soon
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Other than that facelifted white EK, not much else going on in the EK Ozhonda community. Bring on the major mods peeps. I imagine after tax time will be more exciting.
blue wiper upgrade > facelift upgrade
Top Fuel Intake swapped in place for the J's Racing Whale Penis Replica..sucks much better now haha
^^^ Nice one i heard good things about the whales penis, Ive just got my Fujita CAI in the mail, i was tossing up between the whales penis and a CAI and decided to go for the fujita after reading a few good things about it. Heres a pic of the new intake, it goes on sunday after i finish work.
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Also fixed my Exhaust gasket leak, bought some of those n*power headers and the gasket that joins them blew out so i repaired it with some Ultra copper untill i can be bothered ordering another gasket. Bit annoyed that the hot exhaust gas has cooked some of my black header wrap white but i suppose i can always spray them black if it bothers me.
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Dont mind the DIY dog, she just walked in to say hello when all the work was done.
lol are you guys serious about the fake whale penis?
iv heard nothing but bad bad bad from people that had it on their cars, i mean it sounds insane when your stepping on it but its really bad for your car.
and tossing up between a fujita cai and a whales penis is like tossing between a EK1 and a EK9
Not so sure about the fake but i read the whale penis was good for response and noise but the fujita had more power so obviously i went for the fujita, i heard injen CAI was good too but i got a good price on the fujita :) so i went for that.
Whale penis that bad? Even the j's racing one?
Whale penis sounded heaps good but when it comes to power the cai is ten times better for your engine. Anyways I loved the penis when it was on my car but swapped out for CAI recently
CAI probably better, with a whale penis I would say unless you cover up an exposed air filter in the engine bay with a box or the like, you'll make your engine response/power worse
maybe people dnt wanna let the cat out the bag, or just aint doing mods.....Quote:
Originally Posted by BIGTYM
What's happening with your EK these days Tom?Quote:
Originally Posted by IEVAQ8
wat EK ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BIGTYM
Few resent photo's
Ended up removing the spoon n1 ( it finally got on my nerves) and went back to the oem ek9 unit
Didn't know that the ek9 cat back was stainless lol
Got a new aem long cai installed and just cleaned her up more and more
Here are a few quick snaps I took from my phone
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nice clean wheels for white :)
... and why does that engine bay look suspiciously like a genuine EK9... is it? :)
i would think so lol,
btw i want your arm rest :D
@ spoon accord that intake it ridiculous lol get a decent pipe If u haven't already
Am up early to replace the endlinks and bushes on the front swaybar with hardrace ones and to fit some NF210 lowering springs
err... my armrest?Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperJDM.
the EK9Quote:
Originally Posted by Alvis
Thinking about a wire tuck or anything kenne?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoon-Accord
Kenne needs to brag more. Genuine EK9 :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alvis
Lol its not just the engine bay haha genuine ek9 rims, cluster and interior, either someone wouldve spent a lot of money building a rep or its the real thing! But its been answered now om nom nom ek9 FTW
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Put the Ek back together today after putting the new intake on, putting my ebay headers back on(gasket blew) and changing the transmission fluid.
Stripped the rear interior and Bride Gias Low Max for the driver today with the help of a friend :)
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new metal cat
more braided lines
bolts
cometic
new wheel nuts
took it out the other day to park in the grass with other nice japanese themed cars
taking out my sub and selling it, also attempting to put in my new 6*9's
what sub 96?
350 wrms 12" soundstream, sold it to my mate for 80 bucks
and gave up put my 6*9's in lol... do it tomorrow... the long and hard way ;) removing the rear seats... :/
had dings/dents removed today by the Ding King Mario :D very happy with the results!
Washed it a couple of days ago and took a pic today
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... I remember doing that job.... grrr lol ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 1996_EK_Civic
sits nice :)Quote:
Originally Posted by grifty
would look nice in that colour with 15/16" rims, colour coded front/rear lips/skirts/moulds, CTR grille and 15/30 (rear/front) window tint :thumbsup:
Installed my ASR and sway bar, after weeks of putting it off LOL, and i must say, with the 20mm, back end feels VERY stable, but now the steering does feel very neutral :S......... i think i mite need to invest in the EK4 26mm FSB :D
But the installation of LCA, pain in the BUM!!!!!!!!! took ages to realign it back up........>_<
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Originally Posted by mugen_ctr
Installed my rear sway bar the other day lol feels good LCA doesn't seem to wobble anymore ;)
I HATEEEE installing anything to do with LCA or suspension bolts LOL, such a head F*uck tryna line it back up when ur limited to only few car jacks an its all done on the floorQuote:
Originally Posted by blastnpast
Get those steelies widened asap!! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by grifty
looks like u still need some training with a hammer :PQuote:
Originally Posted by mugen_ctr
do you not have jack stands?Quote:
Originally Posted by mugen_ctr
i would love to but i picked up a nice set of rims today thanks to a good friend :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DNYALL
once i refurbish them ill post a pic up of them on the car, hopefully within 2 weeks.
pffft who use jack stands :P hydro jack is all i need :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Red_EG4
i hope one day it ****s up and sinks on ya. lol. its actually happened to one of my mechanics in old workplace so.. better safe than sorry mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugen_ctr