Henry's 96 hatchback. [56K beware]

Hey guys. Been lurking around this site for almost a year now and have decided to finally tell my civic's story.

Got my civic back in May from a mates work buddy. It had over 200,000kms on it but it was very clean and stock as a rock, except for a small patch of rust and a small paint chip. It was a cxi but i was given an offer i couldn't refuse. It also had a gli cluster with the tacho which was a bonus.

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As i was on my L's back then, there were only small mods i wanted to do to make it comfortable for me when i got my P's. First thing I did was upgraded all the speakers from OEM. I purchased some Digital Design 6x9s for the rear and was given some random Pioneer speakers for the front. Overall, I was pretty happy with the sound quality of the music.

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After learning to properly drive manual, I decided it was time i deresonated the airbox to make it sound better. Soon after, some mates shouted me a custom air intake which made the car sound pretty gun.

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lol not me btw

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YAY for intake! :)


Also restored my headlights as they were cloudy as **** and bought a new set of headlights.

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lol cant really tell the difference, but it was pretty major.

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After a couple of months an OEM CTR shiftboot came up on the forsale thread so I quickly picked that up. After a week, it came to my door and I was pleased with its condition.

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MOMO!

Once I had my P's and was driving around more, I felt the car needed more of a beastier look so I bought a CTR style lip kit from JDMyard while it was on sale. Also did a diy grill. It was a hassle but it looked okay in the end.

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I didnt install the rear yet though cos it doesnt look as good unpainted.

This week was one of the most exciting weeks for the car. A mate of mine upgraded his shocks and sold me his old ones for $100. I'm pretty happy with the ride height and taking off the old hubcaps was one of the best decisions ive made since i bought the car.

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Tonight, I finally brought myself over to AutoBarn to do the ek9 style rear lights. Turned out fkn awesome. Also offset the number plate to give it a more aggressive look.

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Me and my mates civics chilling in the garage haha.

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Feel free to post C&C and before anyone asks, yes, i will be getting rims soon LOL.

And anyone wanting tips for the ek9 tail lights, feel free to pm me :)

Henry.

Nice one

Sweet ride man,

Nicely done =)

Thanks guys. Just wondering, anyone attending the jdmst meet tonight at the entertainment quarter?

Nice, get some proper daytime flicks!

Mean ride bro! Just bought a 97 Honda CXi Coupe @ 170,000kms couple of days ago. What's the best mod to start off on them? Im new to this and it's pretty much my first "PROJECT" :)

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Mean ride bro! Just bought a 97 Honda CXi Coupe @ 170,000kms couple of days ago. What's the best mod to start off on them? Im new to this and it's pretty much my first "PROJECT" :)

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you sure it's a cxi? I'm pretty sure all prefacelift coupes were vti, correct me if im wrong. Nonetheless, for sound, I recommend deresonating. Easy job and also free.

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you sure it's a cxi? I'm pretty sure all prefacelift coupes were vti, correct me if im wrong. Nonetheless, for sound, I recommend deresonating. Easy job and also free.

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Lol what he said^

Minimum equipment on a EK coupe is sohc VTEC

hey guys. its been a while since i updated this thread. Been busy studying for the hsc lol but now ive officially finished my years in high school.

Anyway, the springs i got from my mate had settled over time and the car has lowered itself a bit more. Scraping and bottoming out on every hump lol. I love this height though so theres no changing that :L

How she sits for a few more days.

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About a week ago, a mate's mate did a b-swap on his civic. He said his car was too low after the swap and wanted to revert back to oem height LOL. It was perfect for me since I didnt need my springs anymore, so we worked out a deal. I ended up straight swapping my oem shocks + springs for an aftermarket d-series header. They were installed in that same week, but I ran into some small problems. First problem was that the O2 sensor cable had to be extended. Now during this time, the headers were about 95% installed and it was around 1 or 2 am in the morning. I did not want to turn around now and reinstall my old oem headers haha. So i did a bit of research and turns out that O2 cable extensions were common when installing aftermarket headers. We ended up extending the O2 cable from the engine loom and routing it to the actual O2 sensor. Once that was done, everything was hooked up and all bolts were checked. I then started the engine up and let the new gasket and sealant work its magic. I let it sit for about 20 minutes before taking it out for a drive.

I then took the car out a drove around "da area". Everything seemed fine and I felt there was more torque around the whole rev range. However, when i drive it hard, there is a sound that sounds like the headers a shaking or that there is a very small leak. Ive decided to test them for a week and check for any dark deposits around the headers which would imply a leak. Btw, is it essential to tighten the headers up to honda torque specs?

Anyway, this Sunday I finally picked up my set of buddyclub P1s. They weren't the best specs - 15x6.5 around +40 area, but they were extremely light. I got a mate to wrap them for me as he works at Lexus Australia. He will get them to me by tomorrow and I cant wait. He also sold me a set of gold wheel nuts which he bought on impulse the same night he sold them to me LOL.

P1's in the boot. So dirty.

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Anyway thats whats happened in the passed month. Will update with more pics of headers and wheels soon.

how many inch drop is your car?

moar. update again i demand it!

Alright guys. I mounted the wheels onto my car and I'm loving its new look. Heres a few pics.

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Centered the number plate cos i got sick of the offset.

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Panorama shot of my mates teg and my ek. Love this photo.

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getting wrapped..

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and these are pics of the headers..

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working under the car. SAFETY FIRST!

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lol and also test fitting a set of rp01s i was about to buy.

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Sorry for poor quality photos. Was using mobile camera :s

Will update again soon with new parts!

Nice ek man, gl with ur build

btw;
where where the RP01s posted for sale?

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how many inch drop is your car?

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not sure. didnt measure when i dropped it. when i get time ill measure how far the front lip is to the ground and also the tip of the exhaust to the ground. Then you can compare those measurements with yours to figure out my drop.

thanks mate. your ek is really sexy too lol. it was a private sale.

ek is looking good.

just curious, how did you manage to diy your grill when the cxi grill is originally a 1 piece (im assuming) grill?

thanks bro, or if better just measure your jacking point on the side ? the jacking tab :L

im not a fan of preface yours seems nice. although a slim plate is a must :P

are you gonna buy the rp01 from Martin?

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ek is looking good.

just curious, how did you manage to diy your grill when the cxi grill is originally a 1 piece (im assuming) grill?

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Used a hot glue gun buddy. Doesn't look the best up close, but from far out looks not bad :L

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thanks bro, or if better just measure your jacking point on the side ? the jacking tab :L

im not a fan of preface yours seems nice. although a slim plate is a must :P

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Haha yeah that's a better idea. I'll try get it done tonight. However the car did raise a bit after mounting the wheels. And yeah lol I need them slim plates.

Thanks for the compliments bro!

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are you gonna buy the rp01 from Martin?

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lol sorry mate, idk who Martin is :S haha

bro we must think alike coz weve done the exact same setup on our cars in your earlier stages ie. stock air box mod, lowered front lip, number plate to the side, ek9 tail lights, black steel rims, ek9 grill and both green pre facelift only difrence is i got ek9 rear lip and siR front ill put a pic up

Didn't want to hijack youre thread but i couldn't beleive it when i saw it good job
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recaros set it off, you spray the stockies black or is that stock? mine look like shit..

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Didn't want to hijack youre thread but i couldn't beleive it when i saw it good job
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Woooahhhh wtfff!? Hahaha wow man I srsly thought that was my car when I took a first glance. Haha nice job man! You got rims now or is this how it looks up to date?

thats pretty much it all ive done is added red rim tape to the stockies and modded the airbox to fit a pod filter

So recently I went on a roadtrip with some friends and took a couple flicks of the cars there. Here are some..

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madd camber..

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madd ride height!

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at the entrance with my mates teg which now has a jdm front on it.

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night rolling shot..

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day rolling shot.. Props to my mate who took the photo.

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my other mates ek rolling shot!

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chilling at bicentenial park on the day we got back..

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ass shot.

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my mate driving my car lol.

and just the other day i lifted my stock wing using vinhs DIY - http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ock-EK-LIfters.
Props to him cos it turned out pretty good!

before:
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after:
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MADDDDD! will update more as i get more parts. I like to savour every mod i do before i do another.

Thanks for looking guys!

nice car mate, keep the updates coming.
i think i might do a build on my car.... :D

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nice car mate, keep the updates coming.
i think i might do a build on my car.... :D

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thanks buddy. i sure will. haha yeah id love to see another ek sedan build!

looking good man, whats your plans for the car?

bswap soon if i can get the funds. any suggestions and experiences for swaps in ek would be greatly appreciated :)

what did the lips set u back?

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what did the lips set u back?

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$150 front and back from the guys at jdmyard.

What are the lips made out of? Fibreglass?

abs plastic

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$150 front and back from the guys at jdmyard.

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Each? Oem?

obviously both fake. preface dont come with that front lip oem nor do they sell oem rear lips for 150 each brand new anywhere

Congrats on the work done so far - nice to see DIY!

Keep us updated :)

what does the rear lip look like?

what up all? havent been updating for a while lol. completely forgot about this thread. over the month ive had some problems and did a bit of light modding.

just recently did a diy rear wiper delete. Got rid of it cos i never used it anyway and it looked ugly.

i further tilted my wing to make maximum angle lol. i rkn it looks pretty good.

got a short shifter thats on its way here.

bought a twinloop muffler. yet to be installed..

now with the problems..
seems my cv joints are fkd cos whenever i turn i hear all these clicks which makes me scared to even drive the car. Sourced out a replacement pair and will soon be installed.

another problem is cold starts. whenever i turn the car on when its cold i hear a crazy high pitch sound. i think a belt might need replacing. will post a video on that soon.

also have an assumed gearbox problem. whenever i drive in gears 1,2,3, i hear a light gearing noise. idk what the heck it is but its annoying as.. will also post a vid on that.

got aftermarket power windows which came with the car and the left window decided to stop working.. will definately need some electrical advice there.



as for the twinloop its uninstalled because my oem exhausf piping it too small to fit the muffler pipe.. anyone got any advice for me there? what are my options?

will get pics and vids up soon so stay tuned..

umm i had a pre face lift cxi was a 96 modle same as my ek4 vtir now. myd16 i did pod filter headers 2.1/4 zorst and itwent good blewup at 396xxxks cheering.

been a while since i posted so i thought id keep this up to date. got my car fully serviced a while ago and its running brand new. doing almost 600km per tank now depending on what petrol is being used. anyway also got a new set of wheels - yes theyre buddyclub p1s again lol, but theyre the first gen ones and i love the look! Also had my rear lip painted and installed but then i removed it cos the paint match was total shit! i mean the difference in the autobarn mixed paint and oem paint was ridiculous.. Also got the twinloop installed too - loving the tone, its deep and isnt loud in the low revs, barely noticeable on idle too. Also got my cv's done too btw, so cars running real good which is great since its my daily.

Anyway heres a dump of pics from the past couple months.. (oh also rocking an sir lip and spoon wing for the time being)

before exterior change:

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after:

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and yeahhh. thats it. At the moment im deciding whether i wanna sell this thing or keep with it. Was thinking of buying a dc2r but we'll see where that goes later.

looks way better, but it needs a drop badly.
also put the plate back in its oem position

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looks way better, but it needs a drop badly.
also put the plate back in its oem position

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lol id love to go lower but i scrape so much as it is hahaha.

Here are some rolling shots from last week when I went to a track day at Marulan.

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With my cousins dc5 at uws milperra.

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And my recently purchased sr4s

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Im in need of ek9 rails too so if anyone has em pm me :)

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Will look good with the seat

Thanks bro. Just need the rails now :D cant wait to mount them!

So a few weeks have passed and ive added a couple new things to the civic. Bought me a second hand set of bc coilovers from a fellow forumer. I must say it does feel a lot better than shocks on springs. Its raised at a finger gap atm but will be slammed soon.

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Also gave me an 'na is best sticker' lol. Thank you Garry!

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Also with relos over and no work it meant modding the car slowed down. However i did get to mount my driver side sr4 with some vision low rails.

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Other than that i only gave the car a wash and a minor service lol..

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Now saving for a ctr lip kit and new rims.

IMO coz you got bumper moulds stick with ek4 lip looks better that way

haha yeh i know but im going mouldless when i save some more cash. Decided to keep this for a while so it will soon be a larger money pitt.

not selling the car anymore henry?

Haha nah man. Gonna keep it for a while. Probably gonna swap the engine and respray it when i get the lips and bumpers.

fah. i need to update my thread lol

Hey wasssupp. So i thought i was gonna sell it but then i was like nah ill build it for my brother lol!

But yeh been a while since my last update here. Got some parts from here and there but heres just a mad drop of pics to update the thread:

So went to a trackday at marulan way backk. Was fun got to learn more about the car and how it turns. Definately need to upgrade the tyres.

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Completely stripped the interior for it too lol

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And yeah heres how it looks now

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Need to fix up the lip too and also getting new slim plate soon

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old pac rolling shot from a recent trip to the hunter valley

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Also got my other recaro installed a while ago

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MAJOR UPDATE HAPPENING THIS FRIDAY/SATURDAY. KEEEEEN BEANS.

peace.

oh yeah and heres a little video of me chasing my mates vtir lude at marulan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTj-yLu1as

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oh yeah and heres a little video of me chasing my mates vtir lude at marulan.

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video doesn't exist?

Sorry. Should be fixed now :)

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Sorry. Should be fixed now :)

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Still not fixed g.

LOL damn it. sorry was trying to edit the post on tapatalk. but yeah it should be okay now haha

Awesome progress, I was going to buy a cxi/gli and modify it, but came across an ek9 (saves me from doing all the cosmetics and b swap)

It's interesting seeing builds like this, alot of man hours and sweat put into your pride and joy

Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the kind words man! I really enjoy doing things myself. Gives you knowledge and experience for when you wanna do it in the future.

But in other news....
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Awww yeahhh!

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Five lug doneskies.