High School, Low Civic

[gbaby2089]

Get on those Enkeis RIGHT NOW.

Apache's are fairly inexpensive, but next to your wheels, them + 200 + new tires = Steal on your end.

[Dremetos]

Apache's are 620$ new, my JNC's were 430$, lol.............. I was on the come up and didn't even realize it until I crunched numbers. And yeah, they're going on.

Also, what do you guys think, would you know that my fender(s) are 20$ rattle canned????

[Spectra Phantom]

I've been reading this thread for a couple of weeks now. Nice to see the Si living lol

Btw where in Mass are you?

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[Dremetos]

I removed a hood and drove places, including an alignment rack.



Guy claimed it was too low; he seemed really butt hurt when me and the determined good guys at Tire Warehouse got out some boards and limped it up there.






My old wheels showed up lol.

[Dremetos]

Car passed inspection! After replacing two lower ball joints with an 1/8th inch of play in them (shop clearly wanted to generate revenue by trying to up sell labor) I got a sticker slapped on it with 20% rear tint they somehow missed twice lol.

reflection.........




Pretty happy. Still needs a lot of little touch ups and some proper waxing / clear coat, but for now it's just fun driving it. 500 miles in 3 days of actually being legally able to drive.

[Dremetos]

Car is still alive. Have been to a few meets, mainly driving it and saving money. Planning on getting it painted fresh Milano red (or a red at least lol) as well as a fresh radiator support installed soon enough.

Car tried to commit suicide I guess. Didn't realize I had an improperly installed remote start until I left the car in 1st gear at work and kneeling down must have pressed the start button in my pocket, swiftly punting my radiator support up onto a curb and doing a little peel out. That was fun, tweaked the radiator support even more on the bottom portion, but I was able to get everything pressed into its rubber boots okay with persuasion from a BFH. (Still don't know how to fix the remote start system, it's a Viper 7652V in case anyone is fluent. I honestly want to just chop the starter wires on the A/RS system and call it done, but I don't even know what to cut, lol.......................)

Haven't washed the car in a while, should probably get on that tomorrow. Paint work is still pretty bad. Ordered SI badges for it.

Had two wheel bearings go bad on me, both on the passengers side. Sounded like a lifted mud Jeep going down the street. Had to actually have the front pressed into my spindle at a shop because I don't own a press, and the rear was AWFUL because the bearing actually seperated and the race got stuck on my trailing arm. Heat, ice water, heat, ice water, hammer, chisel, missed with the hammer and hit my quarter panel. That was sick.

Car has been pretty fun to drive, unburnt 93 octane has a very odd smell to it. 25 MPG city, SWEET. Playing checkers in traffic on the highway is fun so I've been told, never tried it.

Here are some awesome Instagam filtered photos!

[milliondollarmotorcar]

nice!

[Hellalime]

love it man, highschool build here too, except mines a e30

[Dremetos]

Time with the Si has been fun thus far. I have enjoyed this vehicle far more than the hatch. The hatch was kind of tacky in my honest opinion. It broke a lot, driving it sucked ass, and it had cheap fake wheels I never truly fell in love with. Sure they were wide (to an extend, the rears I wish were 10's or 11's..) but they had a cheap look and feel to them.

Here is the Si as of now. The Enkei's were heavy as all balls. Weighing in at nearly 18 lbs per wheel these were limiting to the performance of the automobile. I really love the look of oem Si wheels, they're timeless, extremely light (15 lbs per wheel) and actually have okay specs! (15x6.5) The offset is pretty shit (45 from what I can find online), but spacers can fix that. So on the local ricer classifieds I had an inquiry to trade for Si wheels with money on his end for my Enkei's. I looked at the Enkei's good and hard, one of the center caps was cracked and peeling a little, they had a tiny bit of curbing (??idk how i did that??) and the tires in the rear had some inner toe wear. Long story short I traded for Si's with good tread (on BALLOON tires, 185/60/15, pretty much 195/55/15's) and 200$ on his end for the Enkei's. The Apache's in their current condition were worth meh? 500$ So I think I did alright.

The tires really are fucking with the look of the car right now. I raised it up quite a bit to prevent any unneeded rubbing and got it aligned. I'm really happy with the performance. Before I could barely chirp 2nd off the limiter (8.2k) and now I can chirp 2nd at 5k, and chirp 3rd at 8k. Feels like a completely different car; the tires are in very good shape too, so I know it's not just crap tires.

Here's how it sits now. No doodling on the hood, it rained the night before..
(phone pix)



Plans for after winter (can't go too crazy, she'll end up in a telephone pole if I do. That's how fate works):

Front end overhaul
- New front bumper (no more wonky empty fog light housings)
- Sell hood bra / mask to friend
- New radiator support

Paint
- Fresh coat of Milano red or maybe EBP????
- Paint Si wheels white maybe? Unsure on this

Wheels
- Really plan on keeping the Si wheels. On tire size I am going to go with the easy 195/45/15 choice. I'm over tire stretch, it's just not practical for spirited driving and I **** having to jump through hoops to get tires mounted.



That's 195/45/15 on the stock Si wheels. I have zero complaints with that look. Should be able to expect all these things to be coming January or so. For now it's just saving mode and driving mode.

[Dremetos]

Plans for after winter (can't go too crazy, she'll end up in a telephone pole if I do. That's how fate works):

LOL.

Aye, November 29th, 2014 be the day. At exactly 9:06 PM. I was out for a mind clearing drive in my Si, doing Si things of course. It had been a rough week and I figured things couldn't get much worse (shut up faggot you're like 17). Well, I had just gotten some bomb ass curly fries from the local pizza place and I was on my way home. Up a street I have driven up millions of times in my life before. Less than a mile away from my house. (See where this is going?) As I was traveling up the road, right at the very last second this dude in a newer Impala decided to pull right out in front of me to attempt a left turn. Poor decision man. Locked it up solid, cut to the right as hard as I could, saying calmly aloud "This is happening." as my pride and joy slid directly into his rear quarter panel at a fair bit of speed (pictures speak for themselves.)

Just to clear it up, the other driver was at fault, he was issued a citation and according to the police report violated multiple road laws during his maneuver.

R.I.P.




I'm fine.

Frame rails are pretzels, firewall dented, floor is touching the backsides of the pedals. Sucks. I bit off WAY more than I could chew with this car anyway; it was too much of a project for my budget / income.

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What ended up happening? Well, I made another probably poor decision. I'll just cut it down into a fact list to save time.

2002 RSX Type-S. 192,000 miles. Cyl 1,2,3,4 & random misfire CEL's. Body in too good of shape (still leery about this). Came on one piece coilovers (?? fronts, Tein rears).

Pretty cheap.

Okay.

Buy it on a whim, runs like shit.

Four new injectors, plugs, and a coil pack later, it runs good. Pretty healthy drivetrain all around. (My mom's '05 Accord is a GREAT parts car to try parts before buying to ensure accuracy when troubleshooting lol.)

Got a no-name rear tie bar for an eBay catback I had planned for the Si (don't ask), threw that on and called it a day. Here's a rolling shot on the way to the recent Asstuning meet in Boston. That was pretty cool.

No plans for this car, might try to get wheels. No fake wheels this time though, I'm over it.



We also dumped my buddies '99 CRV for the lols. It's a 5 speed so whatever. Sorry for toaster pic, it gets dark at 4 now, so fuck daylight.



eBay coilover sleeves on 96-00 EK Civic struts up front, chopped springs in the rear. He's looking for OEM Honda wheels to toss on as of now. I'll probably get him to make a build thread.

Fuck it's been a while. Give me ideas for the RSX.

[SnazzyQ]

Damn sucks about the civic man, but at least you're ok man thats all thats important.

as for the RSX I would go like track setup/ hellafunctional meaty tires on like some rpf1s and a moderate drop.

↓this basically


Or you could just slam the shit out of it its none of my business but yeah will look good either way.
(cant really go wrong with an RSX)

[jalenda9]

yeah fool. that rsx is cool though. why are you over fakes?out of curiosity. probably will buy reps because my car sits in the driveway and I can't even afford real crazy stuff to have stolen atm and I quit my hella gay job=no money. so gotta figure that out. glad your okay though man. also your moving up it seems from owning unfunctional cars lol. I'm in the same boat. I can't bring myself to drop my da9 on it's nuts(I wish) cause it's my daily and I want it to be functionally low. I love being 17 and poor

[mikey G]

another Si down....

[Dremetos]

Yeah, another Si down... 39,999 left in the United States.................

If you're into Hondas, stay away from Milano red at all costs. If you Honda people haven't noticed, all the MR EM1's have been crashed. Nothing lines up, bumpers are always never OEM.. I'm still a little torn over it.



Car looked great on the Enkei's, can't lie. Oh well, I miss it.

As far as the RSX, I don't want to go dumped but I miss riding pretty low.



Really feeling these '06 Si wheels. They're 17's which fill the wheel wells a lot more, and they don't have balloon tires. With these, I should be able to wind the coils down a bit more (only half way down now..) and get an all around better "stance" out of the chassis.

That, a huge Type-R wing (I miss the ricer Si wing a lot), and a, A-spec front lip is on the agenda I guess.



That wing, for those not familiar.


My take on fake wheels - they're not really worth it. If you ever stare at them (JNC's on my old hatch for example) in person, they just look tacky. They're a little too "shiny" and just feel cheap. I've learned through the Euro scene (bad teacher lol. (don't shoot)) that the right set of OEM wheels combined with a set of quality spacers can do the job just fine. That, and you can always find a half decent set of real wheels that need to be refinished for the price of fake wheels w/ tires. They're just avoidable.

[thathalfginger]

Just read the whole thread. Go on you for staying positive and always moving forward. I look forward to seeing what you do with the RSX. My buddy has one and it completely changed my outlook on Honda's. Its a great driving car.