anzai's ek1 thread

Hi everyone, so finally ive decided to start a thread on my beloved ek1 after a couple of months wait. I wasn't sure of whether to post it in the intro section or here, but i thought this will be mainly about the build so. However, a bit of an intro:

I'm from melbourne eastside, bought the ek1 in mid-december 08 as my first car. Got it from a dealer, was a rushed purchase so paid a little bit higher than average. However the D16 has only clocked about 60,000km so it was smooth as f:eek:k.


So, the modification list:
*Current as of 24/09/09*

Exterior:
Mugen style front lip
CTR style rear lip
CTR style grille
OEM ek9 window visors
Clear w/ black bezel foglights
DIY ek9 taillights
Nighthawk black pearl paint
8000k HID
17x7 Gmax Drift6 gunmetal rims
Red P-plates (ftw)

Interior:
OEM ctr shift boot
Skunk2 titanium gear knob
EK1 Gli cluster

Engine:
Simota whale penis cf intake
Custom 2'' catback w/ 2.5'' tip

Suspension:
Super low King Springs
Blox AL-6061 Rear LCA

Audio:
Pioneer head unit
Pioneer 6'' fronts
Pioneer 6x9'' rears
Pioneer mono block amp
Pioneer 12'' sub w/ ported box


Some pictures:

http://jptabs.net/uploads/carx.png

http://jptabs.net/uploads/fog1.png

http://jptabs.net/uploads/bay1.png

http://jptabs.net/uploads/bay2.png

http://jptabs.net/uploads/04.png

http://jptabs.net/uploads/01.png

http://jptabs.net/uploads/02.png

http://jptabs.net/uploads/03.png

Thanks:
DT Panels
Modproject Racing
JDM Concept
Tyrepower Hawthorn
Advance Tyres Richmond
CarX Australia
mugen_power168


So... let me know what you guys think! ;)

Welcome to Ozhonda.

Nice car champ...needs a really good photoshoot though ;)

Keep it up mate.

looks good mate :thumbsup:

maybe just little more drop ;)

Nice mate. Did you give it a fresh coat of paint?

Plans for future mods?

nice, wished i had foggies, nice paint too

Looks clean!
mind if I ask how much you paid?

Thanks guys, the exterior paintjob was going to cost 2k. But I dented one side of the rear quarter so had to get that replaced as well. This panel + labour costed me 1k, so all up 3k. Very happy with the paint so reps to Vu and the crew from DT panels.

Just got my rear LCAs upgraded to blox al-6160 today, at the moment saving up for a rear sway bar + asr subframe kit. Then id probably get a buddy club n+ street coilovers for that perfect drop!

Btw neo my car looks like yours :P hi5

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Thanks guys, the exterior paintjob was going to cost 2k. But I dented one side of the rear quarter so had to get that replaced as well. This panel + labour costed me 1k, so all up 3k. Very happy with the paint so reps to Vu and the crew from DT panels.

Just got my rear LCAs upgraded to blox al-6160 today, at the moment saving up for a rear sway bar + asr subframe kit. Then id probably get a buddy club n+ street coilovers for that perfect drop!

Btw neo my car looks like yours :P hi5

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LOL yea almost. I'm getting my foggies this weekend and saving for the BuddyClub N+ too.

clean man..

please if u do get coils... i want you to lower the plate to its lowest settings and ride like that :D you will get my vote and 2 dollars

btw have you thought about genuine ek9 lip?>

thought about it, decided that mugen style looked lower and sexier.

wait u meant front or rear?

is the paint acrylic or 2pac shakur?

Nice work mate,

would love to see it in a good photo shoot - some shots are a little dark so hard to see those rims! But otherwise looks very clean - nice job :-)

paint is 2pak :)

more pics coming!

hey, nice car. super clean

i like :thumbsup:

nice man.
but i think 17s are a tad big for eks. maybe 16" :)

yer i was going to get a set of buddy club p1 sf, 16'' gunmetal, but no money..

but these 17'' dont look it they somehow look smaller.. ill get more pics done soon after polish and wax

does anyone know a good cannon muffler (n1 style) which isnt ricey sounding? i have 2inch piping catback but thinking of changing the muffler just for looks..

I guess it's personal opinion, but i'm not a big fan on the canons. You tend to just look like every other 'ricer' because you just hear so so many sh*t sounding ones around!

I'd recommend a hi-tech sports muffler (Hi-Tech Mufflers in Sydney) - I just had a Hi-tech s/s cat and 2 inch back piping with sports muffler installed + 4inch angle tip and it sounds f*king awesome. Deep and smooth, no rasp in it all - just the way a Honda should be. And it looks good too + a 10 year warranty and all products are dyno proven:

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6517/catbackhoist2z.jpg
By civica at 2009-09-28

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7965/p1040730edit.jpg
By civica, shot with DMC-FZ20 at 2009-09-28

Often those cheaper canons sounds ricey towards the middle/top end of the rev range, but not Hi-tech. It's so funny watching people turning around because they just don't believe a little Civic can sound that good. It's worth every penny in my opinion.

hmm, i might look into it, just had a talk with a mate he said with stock d16 engines if i was to use cannon (straight thru design) mufflers i wont have backpressure, and that my current setup with a triflow muffler is best for the engine that i have

i guess i might just get a bigger tip and have the muffler positioned a little bit lower, i might need to cut the lip a bit so i can have the tip sit flush like yours alvis. did yours come stock like that?

some pics:

(moved to the first post)

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5149/dscf1698m.jpg

get a xforce twin loop u have a choice of the s10 and s12
s10 has a smaller barrel and s12 has a long and bigger barrel,its a copy of the mugen twinloop but u wouldnt wanna spend that much just on looks, anyways ways looks good and doesn't sound loud unless u give it, i like it cuz it doesn't give me a headache when im driving.

which one do you have EK1_D, and im guessting the S10 is the copy of the mugen twinloop because they are both round?

in terms of the sound, do you know if there is any difference between the two? which is louder or deeper etc?

i have the s10 i havent heard the s12 yet but i think the s12 should sound softer cuz bigger barrel, its a soft deep sound not farty like most cannons.

thanks the for the input man, heading down to autoexec tomorrow to pick up an s10

:thumbsup: show us pic's when its on!

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:thumbsup: show us pic's when its on!

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they ran out of stock of the s10..

btw do you have a hotdog resonator on your system? i went to see an EK today with the s12 axle back, with stock piping from the cat. its VERY quiet, even my setup is louder.

do you think if i was to have no hotdogs it would sound louder? but would it be rice raspy?

Just FYI, the Xforce S10 twinloop was discontinued quite a long time ago (and replaced by the S12) so it might be hard to get a hold of one.

oh saw this ek at dt panels on saturday. nice and clean

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Just FYI, the Xforce S10 twinloop was discontinued quite a long time ago (and replaced by the S12) so it might be hard to get a hold of one.

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really??? i called autoexcess last week they said they might have some in by tuesday.. ill double check again 2mr, but if they have the last ones im just gonna go buy it :S

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oh saw this ek at dt panels on saturday. nice and clean

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thanks man yeap that would be me lol.. i got vu to buff up some swirls, looking much better now..

im not sure if it will sound louder but mine sound like this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFZYUt_8VHc

all i have is the twin loop nothing else.

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paint is 2pak :)

more pics coming!

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how would you know if the paint is actually 2pack or just acrylic?

err... was told by the painter? :S

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err... was told by the painter? :S

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so you dont know? im worried if my painter says its gonna be painted in 2pack and then painted in acrylic.

later on i would probably found out since it chips easily, but wont be able to do anything about it because i already paid.

thats why i asked. hehe.

to be honest, i reckon as long as you go to a reputable painter, they wont **** you over.

theres a few suggestions of good painters in another thread, such as Upanel. auswide panel, ashwood panel etc. but you know where i stand. Dt panels for the win :D

Hay Igor update this thing man. You got those nice looking Axis wheels now. Pics please.

haha thanks man, ill take some more photos soon. didnt end up taking too many of my own car at the meet.

and i couldve sworn i took some snaps of your car but there was none when i checked.. weird shit.

need to catch up again for some proper photoshoot man

Yer sounds great bro. I'm always up for a photoshoot never done one with my car. Been talking to Sang and he saying the same thing. Small exclusive meet With photoshoot. I'll let you know.

Not many photos of my car in general from the meet. No love for B16TYM :( lol

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Yer sounds great bro. I'm always up for a photoshoot never done one with my car. Been talking to Sang and he saying the same thing. Small exclusive meet With photoshoot. I'll let you know.

Not many photos of my car in general from the meet. No love for B16TYM :( lol

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No love because no one knows whats under the bonnet ;] people were thinking pshh stock em1. lol and people will think "b16TYM" ... ONLY a b16 ! lol but we are the ones that know ! hehe.


And igor this is the ugliest ek i have ever seen. lol JK JK! :D ****ing mint ;] good work man. Good to see some nice clean ek's out there!! if only you came to the rooftop meet could of had some nice photos taken. You're doing very well going down the right path but i dislike how your going style but dw i did the same when i first got mine i had the ek9 look but i wasnt satisfied so i went LEGIT EK9 BRO! feels better lol OEM! and the whale penis, sucks up to much air IMO! i had one didnt like it. WHERES THE 5 STUD HUH!!!!!!!


Anyways we'll meet up sometime during holidays or even earlier if you guys want. Most likely End of first week or second week of holidays :D Let you guys know when i got a date.

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No love because no one knows whats under the bonnet ;] people were thinking pshh stock em1. lol and people will think "b16TYM" ... ONLY a b16 ! lol but we are the ones that know ! hehe.


And igor this is the ugliest ek i have ever seen. lol JK JK! :D ****ing mint ;] good work man. Good to see some nice clean ek's out there!! if only you came to the rooftop meet could of had some nice photos taken. You're doing very well going down the right path but i dislike how your going style but dw i did the same when i first got mine i had the ek9 look but i wasnt satisfied so i went LEGIT EK9 BRO! feels better lol OEM! and the whale penis, sucks up to much air IMO! i had one didnt like it. WHERES THE 5 STUD HUH!!!!!!!


Anyways we'll meet up sometime during holidays or even earlier if you guys want. Most likely End of first week or second week of holidays :D Let you guys know when i got a date.

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hmm im not sure whos car that is cus this is my car:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/631...811resized.jpg

ahah nah, ill update the page after exams are over.

yeah sang im not sure about that either, i think im done with cosmetic, i want to do performance now.. but for the same amoutn of money to do a b18c conversion, i could save up a little bit more, sell my ek and buy a ep3 or dc5, which has more safety and luxury features,better interior, more performance, etc etc. i just dont know what to do.

and yeah i think im going to chuck the stock air box back in, just without the resonator. the whale paenis is just a wank factor, everytime i show it to people at uni they just go O.O. but no performance benefits whatsoever.

by the way where did you get the front and rear lip? im getting sick of my replifake lips and want to go oem. they cost ****en heaps!!

Careful looks like Igor's about to catch OEM fever!! Thats an expensive condition but has great results. lol

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Careful looks like Igor's about to catch OEM fever!! Thats an expensive condition but has great results. lol

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chris how about i trade my mugen lip with your em1 lip + a carton of migoreng your way?

If your serious Igor I might consider that offer. Big fan of migoreng lol. Is your lip unpainted?

nah its the one on my car now, painted nighthawk black. yea man im serious, hell id even throw in 2 cartons for you.

Where'd you buy your lip from Igor??

got it from modproject. fitment was near-oem. its just that its really low and i have to go at 0 kmh to get up my driveway.

lol... I've always wanted a Mugen style lip on my car. Its just that I have a steep driveway aswell. Dunno how i'll go. Im gonna check the clearance of my driveway take a rough measurement and get back to you. If all is well then I'll trade you no probs buddy. :)

definitely man, let me know!

HAHA!! i like what chris has said. "OEM FEVER" i totally caught that! lol very very expensive condition.