Honda Civic, EG6

[mmmbarp]

This is my first build thread so bare with me lol

I bought a 93 honda civic eg6 which I dont have any pics of standard

Soon as I got it I ripped the b16a2 out and bought a b18c5 from a 96 ITR Integra




picked up the parts like this




Gave them a clean and paint




Put some of it together


Ready to go in


Because of the height, passengers wouldnt really be an option, and the interior was average as hell anyway, so I stripped the rear out








Engine in



Didn't dig the grey dash so painted it black



Rocked a rusty bonnet for a while


Wheels were too skinny so those were sent off to be dealt with



Guards were rolled to hell




Cleaned the wheels, primed and painted beige





There was still rubbing so I bought some rear camber arms, painted the rear guards, I took my petrol flap to a paint shop to have the paint matched but it didnt come out great





Bought Blox purple wheel nuts, in this pic I have the arms set to -5 degrees, I have a bit of space in the rear guard now as you can see and thinking about getting spacers or again widening the rear wheels more


Most recent purchase was a 3 core alloy radiator


And a video of where its at now, still has rubbing in the front at the moment, (wheel nuts are not on in this vid)

http://s946.photobucket.com/albums/ad310/mmmbarp/?action=view&current=IMG_0290.mp4

Looking at the car I might paint the wheels satin black, im open to colour opinions, but im not really feeling the beige. I still havent taken the car for a drive in this state!

[G535]

Looks like youve already done some work to your car. Engine looks great. bud! Only chance ive had to get to know a VTEC was a ride as passenger in a civic type r 2005 something and that thing went like hell! Only thing i dont really like is the archwork done to the rears..

[mmmbarp]

Looks like youve already done some work to your car. Engine looks great. bud! Only chance ive had to get to know a VTEC was a ride as passenger in a civic type r 2005 something and that thing went like hell! Only thing i dont really like is the archwork done to the rears..

Thanks man, yeah im just unsure if I take it to a pannel beater, will they be able to get them looking clean? or is it too far past that

[G535]

Not sure if they can be restored without some major welding...id rather pull them nicely and match the fronts to make it look even! Guess you'd have to run wider/bigger wheels then

EDIT: Pulling the fronts would def solve your rubbing issue! As for the wheel color maybe some light aviator grey? Id look into military colors...

[mmmbarp]

Not sure if they can be restored without some major welding...id rather pull them nicely and match the fronts to make it look even! Guess you'd have to run wider/bigger wheels then

Well with laws here in NZ getting more strict, I do not want to have to buy another civic just because of the arches haha it would never get to where this civic is, the rear arches like you is the only thing that gets me down on the car, so weather I take it to a pannel beater and see what he thinks or wider wheels!

[sssleepzzz]

hey whats the wheel specs if you dont mind me asking?

[mmmbarp]

hey whats the wheel specs if you dont mind me asking?

Went by backspace, 15x8 and 3"from the centre of the wheel where it meets the hub to the back of the rim

[sssleepzzz]

cheers man they look nice

[G535]

I dont really get why you would have to get another car? Your arches def need some more work but its nothing that cant be done! Your options are either to pull them more or try to get them back to the point they were before - which i wouldnt recommend as its way more work and your fronts would still rub.

[a3 german]

hmmm i'm not sure about that colour on those wheels...

imo matte dark grey would look better..

[mmmbarp]

yeah im pretty keen on a matte colour

[DWIRich]

Got some character! I like!

[lowandy]

Hell yea bro, this is what i want to see! especially from New Zealand! How low is the car? im guessing under 100mm lmfao! keep it up bro!

[Ant]

guards wouldnt be gone altogether, they may cut out the metal you did and weld in a new nicer peice the size you want it. getting expensive though but that'd probably be the best way. That or hammer them out then skim some filler over them to smooth them but the problem is you basically tried to pull the metal too far. You'll find that to get it to flare out but stay at the correct level you need to either weld in more/new metal or do cuts every so often around the arch, splay them out, then weld in more metal in between and then slight filler over that..

i like the colour on the wheels though, looks sweet

[mmmbarp]

guards wouldnt be gone altogether, they may cut out the metal you did and weld in a new nicer peice the size you want it. getting expensive though but that'd probably be the best way. That or hammer them out then skim some filler over them to smooth them but the problem is you basically tried to pull the metal too far. You'll find that to get it to flare out but stay at the correct level you need to either weld in more/new metal or do cuts every so often around the arch, splay them out, then weld in more metal in between and then slight filler over that..

i like the colour on the wheels though, looks sweet

thanks dude, yeah def will be getting the guards done at some point, as I want the whole car pannel and painted once im happy with it, need to spray the bay too