The Oldschool Addiction: Budget ED7 Daily Project

[EF303]

extended tophats with cut perches in the rear and slide the shock down into the fork an inch by cutting the brake bracket off is how you do it

I knew about the fork trick for the front (Do I even need to do that with the 3G accord struts btw?). What do you mean by cut perches in the rear? Like cut the cups off or something? Where and how far would I cut? Any pics of this process? I can't find a diy or anything anywhere

[EF303]

Small update: in the past few days my valve stems, hub rings and tires have all arrived. This weekend I'll put the finishing touches on my wheels and get the tires mounted, and I'll also get my suspension arms back, which I'll also finish painting. Hopefully when the weather warms up later this week I'll finally finish rebuilding my rear calipers, cut my Tokicos (1mellowkid, do you have answers for my earlier questions?), and start building the whole rear suspension assembly.

We're picking up steam....

[1mellowkid]

i just did it with the accord shock to make sure its totally not necessary haha
and ill take pics of my wagon shocks so you get the idea. ill go take pics right now

[EF303]

i just did it with the accord shock to make sure its totally not necessary haha
and ill take pics of my wagon shocks so you get the idea. ill go take pics right now

Thanks brosef that helps a ton

[M.Doban]

Cool stuff going on here, man! I really like the 88-89 bumper with the volvo lip. Easily my favorite front end on these cars. Looking forward to the wheels and lows!

[EF303]

Cool stuff going on here, man! I really like the 88-89 bumper with the volvo lip. Easily my favorite front end on these cars. Looking forward to the wheels and lows!

Thanks man, I appreciate it! Yeah it's definitely a good look, but I'm actually looking to swap on a 90-91 Wagovan front bumper with a Chargespeed rep lip. All I gotta do is find one they are crazy rare in the junkyards here. I'm looking forward to it too!

Also, you've inspired me to look for some smaller diameter wheels and meatier tires for my winter setup maybe I can track down some oldschool jdm goodness....

[milano_red]

Cool shit man! I've been looking for another Honda for a while now, but nothing worth buying has popped up yet

[EF303]

Cool shit man! I've been looking for another Honda for a while now, but nothing worth buying has popped up yet

Thanks brotha! Dude EFs are the best, if you can find one you should snap it up asap

[1mellowkid]

Thanks brotha! Dude EFs are the best, if you can find one you should snap it up asap

Im PMing you the pictures cant be showin everyone lol

[EF303]

Received and replied! Thanks so much man.

So to everyone who's not in on the pm whisperings, here's the plan:

I'll cut the rear Tokico perches down to the base, removing just the cup, and then flipping the coilover sleeve upside down should get me another 1-2" of drop. The 3G Accord shocks will be shaved just in case I want more than the 1.5" extra drop they offer, so I can adjust them through the fork clamp.

It's gonna get loooowwww

[1mellowkid]

Received and replied! Thanks so much man.

So to everyone who's not in on the pm whisperings, here's the plan:

I'll cut the rear Tokico perches down to the base, removing just the cup, and then flipping the coilover sleeve upside down should get me another 1-2" of drop. The 3G Accord shocks will be shaved just in case I want more than the 1.5" extra drop they offer, so I can adjust them through the fork clamp.

It's gonna get loooowwww

Your welcome! Anytime that's what the community is for!

[EF303]

Alright boys and girls, next weekend (May 4th) is finally Install Day. All this suspension shenanigans and whatnot is finally coming to a head.

Expect to see a rather large and awesome update in a week.

[EF303]

Progress! With pics no less!

I got two of the wheels wetsanded and finished them with a couple coats of paint. Here's one of the finished pair mocked up with the lugs and valve stem




The paint didn't come out 100% perfect but I wasn't expecting it to anyway. I figure if it really bothers me I can take them off and smooth them out one by one later...

Anyway, I built both calipers but realized that I probably broke the passenger side one where the e-brake connects, so yesterday I went and bought another set of calipers and e-brake cables.

The left caliper built and ready




The new right-side caliper, disassembled, cleaned and painted



I finally scored a set of Wagovan mudflaps to fit the sideskirts. They might go on this weekend too if I have the time...



Yeah, genuined SH5 flaps. Too bad the lowness will probably destroy them. Oh well...

My brother also delivered my suspension arms with their new bushings. Over the weekend I cleaned them up and put some final paint on them too



New Hardrace bushings in the rear trailing arms...



And I also cleaned up all the hardware for the arms because I'm anal like that



And some hubcentric rings to eliminate wheel vibration. These ones are correct, and secured with tape haha (the previous set I bought adapted to a 57.1mm hub.

[M.Doban]

Man its all so nice and clean. Those new bushings are going to make such an improvement!

[1mellowkid]

ya go ahead and trim the mudflaps there bud, it'll drive you insane..trust me
and the like to rub on the paint if they're not trimmed at least till they're not like a flowing rubber gown