Civic Coupe EJ6 -- Daily B*tch

[Dremetos]

Looking rad. Paint matched side skirts would set this off.

[TWM Performance]

I always love seeing your updates and how you keep the body completely stock. I find Civics look best this way. Kudos!

- Renato

[vtec owner]

hey what rims size are you running on your ej6 in these pics?

[DoubleU]

The 2 test tires arrived. I think 185/35 would look better than 195/40. But
maybe if I'll lower the front a bit, and buy the facelift-front it will look ok.
This is how it looks now (i know it's high as hell...) :

[DoubleU]

A black hood will be hotter in the summer than a valve cover, so you don't
need to worry about the paint. I am using always normal 2K-paint and never
had problems with the temperatures

Regards

[DeltaAlpha9]

I love the painting that you're doing. On the valve cover, do you need to use high temp paint or will normal paint stick well enough with the heat coming up through the engine?

[DoubleU]

Don't know if retarded, or alright .....
Tomorrow 195/40 R17 will arrive. Then I'll take a look.

[DoubleU]

im also planning to paint my lca and subframe. I wonder what kind of paint did u use? thanks!

Why do you wonder ? I have a spraying gun. First I sanded the LCAs and the subframe
with 400 grid, then I put epoxy primer on it, after that I put acrylic filler on.... then I sanded
the acrylic filler wet with 800 grid and put the basecoat on. After the base coat was dry,
clear coat... and waited 5 days and polished everything.


No updates for now, because I'm working on the engine bay. I'm putting new
"Lost Motion Assemblies" in the engine + new valve stem seals and so on. So the
car isn't driven for the moment.



















Then my Intercooler arrived with piping from Poland :









And if purple won't be the new color.... it will be this :



I'm waiting for the other parts to grind the valves and for the supertech stem seals.
So I can't work on it now :/

And I helped for months to tuck the engine bay of a friend (this is not my bay) :









The car of my friend is now in Poland for bodywork and paint. Will be painted completely
like the valve cover. Engine bay is staying gray.


Regards.

[padzyyy]

im also planning to paint my lca and subframe. I wonder what kind of paint did u use? thanks!

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

It doesn't look good now

It looks amazing.
Keep going.
I WANNA SEE MOAR!

[Queef|Chief]

Valve cover turned out great! I just sprayed one yesterday actually

[DoubleU]

I'm going now on ET-2. The rear fitment is perfect, but I need to fit the front
now. Needs moar camber and moar low....









It doesn't look good now, because I have no camber in the front. At friday I will get
the facelift front end (brand new). And maybe I'll go to Poland in 2 months to paint
my car then.

Regards

[DoubleU]

The weather was good, so I decided to paint my valve cover. First I had to
remove the 5 layers of paint



Primer :



Filler :



Base-Coat :



Clear-Coat :




finished :




Regards

[Randomofodication]

Really ? In my opinion the D16Z6 was funnier :/ I would never swap again a B16 in
a Honda. It's funnier in the low and mid RPMs. A D16Z6 with a soft-boost is perfectly !

But it's just my opinion

Regards

Hmm, I was always under the impression that the b series swaps made the cars a lot more fun to drive and way torque-ier. Of course I only have a d16y7 so almost any swap is an improvement over it.

[DoubleU]

Looking puuuuurdy! Can only imagine how much fun that b16 must be.

Really ? In my opinion the D16Z6 was funnier :/ I would never swap again a B16 in
a Honda. It's funnier in the low and mid RPMs. A D16Z6 with a soft-boost is perfectly !

But it's just my opinion

Regards