My 1994 Civic Hatch Project - clean, simple, stanced - (no purple JDM towhooks here)

[CubbyChowder]

Damn your civic looks mad clean! Great job on the paint, i know all the prep work is a pain in the ass

Didnt feel like colormatching the new wing?

I was going to at first, but I kinda had a feeling I wasn't gonna be too excited on the wing. Of course I had this realization after I already ordered it

One reason for painting it black was to test it out for a few days basically. If i decide I like it, I'll colormatch it. If I decide to trade/sell it, then it's already freshly painted for the new owner. Plus, I think it'd be easier to trade/sell a fresh black wing rather than a dark red one you know?

Another reason is because I have a few other things to paint, so I want to be set on which wing I run. I'm building a single speed road bike right now which I will be spraying the same color and I need to respray the hatch area where I shaved the rear emblem because my shirt rubbed up against it when the paint was still wet and fucked it up

[P78]

Damn your civic looks mad clean! Great job on the paint, i know all the prep work is a pain in the ass

Didnt feel like colormatching the new wing?

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[G535]

Damn your civic looks mad clean! Great job on the paint, i know all the prep work is a pain in the ass

Didnt feel like colormatching the new wing?

[CubbyChowder]

Update:

Decided I'd paint and fit my new wing today. Bought it used off eBay with horrible paint chips and scratches. I planned on repainting it anyways so it didn't matter to me. This is how it started out:




Started sanding all the paint off:



All naked





Primered:



Painted and still drying (bad pictures):



To be honest, I'm not too pumped on this wing. It doesn't even really look that much different to me. I think I'm gonna post it up for sale/trade and get a spoon style duckbill.

Befores and Afters. Car is dirty:






And a few miscellaneous shots:

[CubbyChowder]

keep in mind if you get a duckbill your MPG will drop. They slow you down and create alot of drag. I know someone who had to take his off on the side of the highway because of this issue lol

I could see that, but with the one I have in mind, I can't see it affecting it too much. There seems to be two different styles of duckbills; a really steep one and a really mellow one. I would totally go for the mellow one, the really steep ones look ridiculous to me. I could see the steep one affecting MPG's for sure. If they do, I can't even imagine how much drag those dumb BYS spoilers create. Thanks for bringing that up though, that's something to take into consideration.

Very nice write-up my man...I'm a Honda Guy myself n I'm in the middle of the same process as you...only I haven't started the bodywork and money is tight n stuff...just recently completed a full overhaul on my poor mans type r build n had the on the road for 3 days n 3 things broke since lol...look forward to see what u do next

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damn, sorry to hear that dude. You'll get there. I haven't even touched my engine yet (except for when I changed the clutch) so I could pretty much instantly focus on aesthetics. I'd like to follow your work on your Honda, if you ever make a build thread, send it my way!

I really like this thread. Can't wait for more updates

Thanks! I'm trying to keep it updated as much as possible. I'm working on it more today so I should have some updates by tonight.

[FAneek]

I really like this thread. Can't wait for more updates

[dc2teg97]

Very nice write-up my man...I'm a Honda Guy myself n I'm in the middle of the same process as you...only I haven't started the bodywork and money is tight n stuff...just recently completed a full overhaul on my poor mans type r build n had the on the road for 3 days n 3 things broke since lol...look forward to see what u do next

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[benz88]

keep in mind if you get a duckbill your MPG will drop. They slow you down and create alot of drag. I know someone who had to take his off on the side of the highway because of this issue lol

[CubbyChowder]

Love the colour! Love the look of civic hatches you should still get a purple JDM towhook though

maybe I will

I wont haha

[Burke]

Love the colour! Love the look of civic hatches you should still get a purple JDM towhook though

[CubbyChowder]

Update:

Made some more progress yesterday. Everything was dry from the previous day of pressure washing, so I started reassembling the interior. It came out really clean, the interior looks near immaculate now. I couldn't pressure wash the driver seat because I had to drive home that night, so I will have to do that another time. I forgot to wipe down the dashboard so its still a little dirty in the pics, but I'm happy with how clean everything turned out. I'm not a fan of the seats whatsoever, maybe I can upgrade one day.

The sound deadening definitely made a difference too. The cabin is a lot quieter now, even at highway speeds. The car also feels more solid now. Overall, the car is really starting to come together now.





I also received this:



It's a 2-piece JDM EG6 SiR spoiler imported from Japan. I bought it used on eBay, as you can tell. The paint is in horrible condition, but I'm repainting it anyways so it doesn't matter. Paint prep starts either today or tomorrow. I can't decide whether I want to keep this spoiler or get a Spoon style duckbill, the Spoon's are really starting to grow on me. We'll see what happens, I'll test fit it and go from there




That's it for now. More updates soon!

[CubbyChowder]

Good clean Civic. Did you notice any difference after the sound deadening ? Seems like you needed at least twice the amount you had to cover the whole floor.

Yeah, I actually noticed a significant difference. There's a lot of room for improvement, but it really made the car feel/sound more solid. I can hear my music better and the hatch is pretty quiet now. I have plans to build a new floor area in the hatch pretty soon. I will be incorporating an 8" sub into it, so I will try to keep it pretty insulated. That should really block the road noise in the hatch area once that is finished.

[DoWant]

Good clean Civic. Did you notice any difference after the sound deadening ? Seems like you needed at least twice the amount you had to cover the whole floor.

[CubbyChowder]

Good work mate, keep it up.

It's coming along nicely.

thank you!

FYI they did make a civic type r its called the civic si-r

Ah, I see. That makes sense. My bad.

[blowntwofive]

FYI they did make a civic type r its called the civic si-r