25mm had to shave the right front studs 1mm ish cause they were all longer for some reasonQuote:
Originally Posted by PHO
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25mm had to shave the right front studs 1mm ish cause they were all longer for some reasonQuote:
Originally Posted by PHO
wow matt... cars come a long way... looks good man... dw rubbing noises is standard nowadays =P
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new wheels, enkei j-speed 15x7 +25 with 205/50/15
eyyy thanks nam! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by namtaro
EY NICE TWINS!! hahahaha!! Same wheels, specs and tyres! :) I was going to get the black ones but i thought its too common so silver is the way to go :DQuote:
Originally Posted by TOm.C
More pics of fitment, i raised the rears up so it'll reduce the amount of scrub but the front since its not too bad :) Also gave it a good clean for jdmst
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nice fitment man, so much for slamming it ay... AHAHHA.. GL with the drive way, i had to resort to raising mine cause i finally caved in with the cat back sitting too low on max lowered ride height :/Quote:
Originally Posted by mattsrea
With mine sitting on lowest setting on the coilover i only had about 40mm clearance to the floor with the cat back LOL
Im surprised u didnt go 16's, 16's jus look that much better on any coupe :P
ahahaha actually suprisingly since i raised the rears abit up, i could make it up the driveway without scraping my cat that much now (Y) only scraping my lip alot lol. But yeah yours was really low ahaha i think my lowest was about 80mm since it was only abit shorter in length to my galaxy s2 and their like 110mm.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugen_ctr
And i was thinking of going 16s but then again you dont get as much variety as you do with 15s, more choices and options if you get what i mean :) And 15s isn't too bad when you see it everyday, you'll grow into them man.
you got me thinking to down sizing to 15;s now hahahaha... guess will wait till the rubber runs out an decide to go smaller or get new 16's :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mattsrea
ahaha fair enough thens any thoughts of new rims yet or still keeping an open mind?Quote:
Originally Posted by mugen_ctr
any jap rim in 16's i guess hahaha, will b saving up nxt yr for em, worse comes to worse ill import em from japanQuote:
Originally Posted by mattsrea
ahh i see, well keen to see them man! Keep us posted on them ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mugen_ctr
super time consuming
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Nice day outside, so gave her a wash
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new wheels fitted couple of days ago. need front camber arms to go lower!
Nice man what are they rota grids 15x8s? Did you also roll your guards?
naice kenny
although I dislike rota,they look good on your car
Yea their Grids Classics. Never ended up getting a hand on a set of nice used wheels in the size i wanted so i had to get them new.
16x8 +20 with pumped guards
Ahh nice, is there a difference between pumped guards and rolled guards? I'm not familiar with all this rolling guards/flaring guards/pumping guards stuff. And where'd you get them pumped and how much? If it prevents scrubbing then i may need them lolQuote:
Originally Posted by KennyBKT
roll is roll the lip
pump is pumping it after rolling it to "pump the guards out"
lipping is when you bend the lip outwards a bit after rolling
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can you see how the lip is bent out a bit matty?
Yeah yeah i see it charles thanks man now i dunno whether to just roll the guards or pump them abit. Poking out by 0.5-1cm havent really measured properly but typically on 15x7 et 25 you would just typically roll them right?Quote:
Originally Posted by viinnh
i had to roll my guards with -3 camber rear, -3.5 camber fronts. DIYQuote:
Originally Posted by mattsrea
Is it necessary for camber kit though? I thought camber was only needed on 8inch?Quote:
Originally Posted by TOm.C
without camber kit i would of had to pull the guards about 1-2cms to fit, tyres are too fat :(
Buffer and 6 hours later - swirls, be gone! (Mostly)
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Oh is this your rears your talking about? Because mine isn't poking out that much and i'm running on same tyres as yours :\Quote:
Originally Posted by TOm.C
Good work bro ahaha hard work pays off :PQuote:
Originally Posted by ctx
was all 4, looked like...Quote:
Originally Posted by mattsrea
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Not really? O.O thats a massive gap, i'm sitting flush on my front unrolled and i only scrub when i do hard turns or go over a bump fast. As for the rears, i'll be getting them rolled tomorrow and going to drop it and see how it goes. I'll let you know, might even have to pump mine, i just wanna avoid a camber kit ><Quote:
Originally Posted by TOm.C
just roll all four mat, 15x7+25 you wont need anything but dump it or just lower and roll.
roll the fronts before you munch your tyres and guards when going up drive ways, as you will be going on a angle and the suspension will compress therefore making your wheels and guard touch and munch. been there done that on all cars haha
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Cusco rear camber arms near new for pretty damn cheap acquired :)
I only rolled the rears Charles, the front i think i lipped it before i sprayed it lol didnt even realise but my front are just tucking and only scrubs when i do hard turns or go over a bump fast. Rears, so far so good, don't know if i want the rears to sit on guards, havent tried it yet, its sitting like '1 finger gap' at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by viinnh
Heres what the rears look like after rolled
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Heres what the fronts look like unrolled
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Sits pretty nicely imo.
Who'd you end up hiring to roll your guards, or did you YOLO it and DIY?
Any who..after much deliberation (and hesitation and putting it off) I got my ass down to the local wreckers (for probably the 5th time this month) and helped myself to some front mudflaps. $10 for the pair. That makes it $20 for the whole set front and rear flaps (got the rears first about a few weeks ago off the same car also for $10) Very happy! No idea why I kept putting it off to get them until now, maybe I just wanted the fronts for the sake of completeness. For some reason having just rear flaps on seems half-assed to me..
Um got some guy from Dandenong area to roll my guards, done an alright job for a reasonabe price. Didn't want to DIY because i'm not experienced and don't want to wreck the paint externally.Quote:
Originally Posted by ctx
But yeah congrats on mudflaps man which wrecker did you go?
Any paint crack?Quote:
Originally Posted by mattsrea
Got them from Deer Park wreckers. I'll soon be a regular there. haha.
Paint crack only on the bent lip nothing on the outside which is alright i guess?Quote:
Originally Posted by ctx
And let me know if they got any em1 tail lights there since you'll soon be a regular haha. Trying to source cheap em1 tail lights on a budget.
Nah, their Civic stock is shit. 2 preface sedans and the red facelift hatch which people jumped on and took apart pretty quick. That's all at the moment. I feel like going down again and grabbing spare screws, nuts and random tidbits that might come in handy one day when I begin to take apart and put back together my own car. Parts that people wouldn't really think twice about. But I'll keep a lookout anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattsrea
Woah somebodys in desparate need for facelift ek parts lol. But yeah thanks alot! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ctx
naice workQuote:
Originally Posted by dorikin
Some beautiful work there Will
I put on my roof racks and went to the beach :D
Xmas present from my wifey!!
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you are so lucky man!Quote:
Originally Posted by ekx105
This was done today. $150 for the spot sprays (including paint)
Tomorrow we are cutting the clear from the whole car and giving it a buff.
Should look like new, will update this thread with photos.
BEFORE
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AFTER
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That looks good dude, cant seem to spot out any orange peel from clear, you used spray gun i assume, what specs of the gun nozzle and what ratio did you mix the paint? Thinking of spraying my bonnet next month, getting tired of green and black ><"Quote:
Originally Posted by quangsuke
Mixture really depends on what paint you are buying. We used a 2:1 paint:hardener with 10% thinners.
Orange peel can also happened if your compressor is dropping pressure. None the less cut it
Back using 1500 wet and give it it a clear and buff it up.
ah okay then fair enough, cheers for the tip
did a DIY on my headlights yesterday (no progress pics) and got a checkered sports duracon gearknob and some OEM floor mats.
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Looks super tidy Alex! Very close to the original.Quote:
Originally Posted by nobbs
That's actually really good for iPhone specQuote:
Originally Posted by nobbs
Why aint my car that shinay...
And your car gets garaged everydayQuote:
Originally Posted by PHO
wat is dis
cut back the clear with a 2000 wet and buff it. comes out like NEWQuote:
Originally Posted by PHO
More so how come my ek isn't that mint.
Got dents and scratches everywhere.
Headlight restoration (still a little yellowy)
New rims/tyres (GMax Drift6 - 17x7+43)
Project Kics blue wheel nuts
"Octane" darkest legal tint
Gay-time running lights
Now all it needs is a repray and dint/rust removal; coilovers; front grill and lip. Oh, and power :(
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Dem some big rims m8. Why day time running lights? Must be an audi...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiblet
Upon closer inspection it appears to be a HondaQuote:
Originally Posted by CivicEGSI
Chucked on some oem em1 tail lights and been playing around with the rear ride height. OEM Clear side markers coming soon =D
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Yeah rims are decent sized but fill out nicely. Will see what problems i run into when lowering.Quote:
Originally Posted by CivicEGSI
DRLs bought simply to make car more visible during the day. Not Audi style, they are next to the number plate. Wired them up so they turn off when parker/headlights are turned on.
Had some polish lying around which gave the finish a 'wet look', tried it on my headlights and didn't come up too bad
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(excuse that thing on the bumper, its just a reflection of something)
Hurry up and install it in the car! LolQuote:
Originally Posted by dorikin
Props to clean carpet, mine isn't that great :( then again it's a 12-13 year old car (and my daily)
So that's how 32 GTR rims look on an ek... I've always wondered.
sssshiiiiieeeettttttttt
looks wikid
i agry,looks good
nice forged wheel too
So light, and can clear big as fuk brakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by EKVTIR-T
looks tuff
im still in the cleaning stage :(
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^ Got no idea what i'm looking at. Lol
looks like the airbox under dash
ek9 heater box :cool:
took it all apart to clean
fk just realised i couldve just swapped the heater tap motor across to the ek1 heater instead of cleaning this shit
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oohwell
tucked my driver side harness a bit
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Nice
where does the engine loom go on the drivers side
currently going where my clutch should be(auto), im considering doing an engine swap soon so not to bothered with the engine harness position, just wanted to get the headlight haarness tucked and look at moving the fuse box to the glove box and the battery to the bootQuote:
Originally Posted by dorikin
How do you clean the airbox off a civic?
Sprayed valve cover, turned out pretty good. Look better in direct sunlight. Sorry for messy engine bay i want to learn how to wire tuck properly later.
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^looks nice dude!
Thanks bro ,will take a better photo today if its sunny.
Vtec'd!!!
ahaha looks better then the HONDA ones imo, and besides i picked this up for cheap!
nice one matt... funny seeing you the other day