High School, Low Civic

[Dremetos]

Thanks man.

New invoice saying my exhaust will be here Monday which is cool. Should have updates of that in coming time.

[theseeker411]

Looks great man, keep it up!

[Dremetos]

update: no updates.... catback didn't come today, assuming it will be here monday
strut tower caps are really MIA not sure what's up there, no shipping # etc but i guess they're coming?
battle pan being picked up mon.

i drove to a place that makes me look low as fuk for some reason.



there was water there

[CollinYO]

sick hatch beats my highschool build

[Dremetos]

Yeah I pulled one lock ring and it dropped a quarter inch, leveling it out. I haven't done any axle or tie rod notching, but they have notched themselves. My CV joints are like twerking upside down at this point, so I'm sure my axles won't last forever. I really want to do some drop forks but we'll see. Car barely rides, lol. 1/4" of suspension travel and the UCAs are constantly poking through the holes so the strut tower notch is necessary for this low afaik.

Appreciate the kind words, should have updates when parts arrive.

[Thee_blackmann]

You just took out the lock rings and it dropped that much?! Holysh*t . Nd did you notch the frame yet for the axle and tie rods? It need to do mine, but i wanna see how you do it first.

[Piolk]

Looks good bro, I love dumped civic hatches. Keep up the good work!

[7elephant]

finish going through your build thread, awesome car..unfortunately we never have this model here, only the 4 door sedan..please keep updating your build !

[Randomofodication]

Looks awesome dude! Making me want to go lower haha, keep up the awesome stuff.

[Dremetos]

So I pulled my lock rings and shaved the upper control arm today. No more reverse rake, yay! But, no more suspension travel either, lol. I think I'm going to do drop forks (the cutting and welding of cast aluminum suspension forks to lower the front of the car without altering the strut) and raise the suspension up to compensate so the front ride will be much better.



The little nub I shaved. Not bad for an angle grinder in a tight space.



Peek-a-boo. That metal is bent up because I didn't want to cut too much in case the caps don't reach.



The front fitment is SO much better without the lock rings out. It cambers in just enough to tuck more tire so it doesn't look forced. Very pleased.

[Dremetos]

Okay, so here's what I'm talking about as far as the casting imperfection on the upper control arm. Excuse the what appears to be butchered cutting, it's actually all smoothed down with a file and not bad, it's just hideous in pictures for whatever reason. Also, a shot of it airing out in the garage. The skunk piss sprayed all over my drivers side front hub assembly and wheel........



What I think is actually up is they used this nub to decipher the drivers from passengers side control arm, as the other one has no such mark to be found. Pretty stupid if you ask me.

[Dremetos]

A picture one of my co-workers took at work. Pretty cool.



I hit a skunk tonight, it was scary and it was dark. Pouring rain out, I'm cruising along doing like 30-35 on a back road... Next thing Peppe le Pieu does a pull right into the middle of the street and I have NO time to do anything. Well, I didn't run him over with my tire, but that guy is deader than dead. It was probably the radiator support or front subframe that did the dirty work. Car is in the garage with all the doors and hatch open airing out... Gnarly.

Fart cannon should be here soon I'd imagine.

[SnazzyQ]

FINALLY YOU POLISHED YOUR HEADLIGHTS lol Looks like a million bucks now

[Dremetos]

Thanks guys, love the feedback. As for SiR stuff, I would but there isn't much to do! I guess a 2000 front end conversion (already have the rear), and a B series. That will all come in time, except the engine swap. My 108k mile, 35 mpg engine isn't going anyway bahaha.

Cleaned my headlights up. Also used a much cleaner cutting wheel to clean up and increase the size of my strut tower notches. There's this stupid nub on the side of the drivers side UCA that just is part of the mold that does nothing, and it's the only thing left that can hit. Might whack it off (giggity), but we shall see. Otherwise, still waiting on parts I guess.

[enzorubinich]

haha this is awesome i was the same way in high school check out my instagram @enzorubinich for my ek sedan