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October 16, 2012 was the day my Integra came home.
It was a stock 2000, GS, automatic transmission. The original owner had it on some maxxim verse wheels lol.
I was only 17 years old at the time so being young i did some pointless mods such as a rally mirror, tow hook, and magnaflow fart cannon, and an aem cold air intake. My friend mike helped me instal the intake.
Next modifications, i replaced my high beams, and had my function form type 1 coilovers installed by my friend mike and ian, at the time i had no clue what i was doing and they were kind enough to do it for me and teach me the process.
The rear suspension was all seized and i had to drive round raked like this for a week, lol wasnt bad though because mind you this was my first car and was still getting used to the 'lowered' life.
We finally got the rear coils in and this is how she sat, i instantly fell in love. The coils were not even close to being maxed out either.
a couple days later i ordered a no name brand polyurethane lip, it fit the car nicely, and i also tinted the directionals black.
Drove her through winter with no problems, nor did i raise it up.
A few weeks into winter I installed 10k xenon HID's and thought i was the coolest, lol.
Here is a picture from when some friends and I had a small meet.
Winter was nearing end and around March i purchased my first aftermarket steering wheel, it was a wood grain NRG wheel. At the time i was the biggest sucker for wood grain wheels and thought they looked phenominal. There you see it attached to the NRG integra hub. I also deleted the antenna, and rear wiper, plugged the holes with plastic grommets and siliconed them on the inside.
Right around this time is when i wanted to be lower...
So what did i do? i spun my coils down another inch just to see how it would look/drive. And they still had a lot of thread left.
April 2, 2013.
Another picture from when i thought i was 'low'
Took off the stock spoiler, and was pleased with the look.
Didnt have a clue, and painted my wheels tiffany blue. At the time thought it was cool.
en route to Spring Staggered, May 5, 2013
Posted up 500yds back from show..lol, with my buddy chris
Got caught on my way home from staggered and got my first ever roller taken by not knowing at the time one of my best friends jared costa.
Wrapped my interior with some tiffany blue fabric, and was looking forward to the summer ahead. Met alot of great people that i ended up staying good friends with.
Ended up finding one of these online and had to, i mean who doesnt want a japanese train handle. tsuri.
1st break down due to water in the intake.
Grew up and went straight pipes. Just wanted something much louder.
Ended up deciding to go with diamond steelies, always been a fan of the look, even though they arent ccw's or workmeisters. For a first stance build they did more than their job. I also liked the sizes and offsets they offered.
Ended up ordering staggered 16x8 et0 and 16x10 et12. street series, d cuts.
Couldnt help but throw them on without any camber arms, my patience is terrible. Everyone told me they wouldnt fit, i just used the stance hammer of truth, and made them fit.
Many morning of the same repetitive work, fitment was alright but it needed to be driveable.
photo taken by jeff from beastcoast.
Ordered buddy club rear camber arms, installed them and semi maxed them out.
this is how she sat after the adjustment to the rear camber. photo shot by my friend andy franchitto
a year owning it and this kind of shows you how the undercarriage looked.
August 2013 i was very dissapointed in how ruined my front fenders were so i ordered new oem fenders. threw em on and did a proper job in rolling and slightly pulling to fit the 8j et-5
Only a year owning it and heres a slight transformation picture
Then i blew my transmission, due to it wearing down a bolt, she bled out in the parking lot of the natick mall, still drove it 40 minutes home.
The car sat for a good while....
Ressurected it right before fall staggered, also had gotten a grip royal wooden wheel to replace the NRG wheel which in my opinion was too small of a diameter.
flaunting the quick release.
rollers on 495.
lowered it some more.
was running 195/40s but picked up some smaller 165/40s
found a type r wing, and was happy with how it looked. took some fab to get it to sit on the car because the previous owner had screwed it up.
Went to a lot of shows and meets during the year, and had a blast, met a lot of people and made some very good, close friends.
Had the pleasure of going to a private airfield and shooting with jared costa.
This is one of the most recent photos taken of my car
Its still a work in progress though so stay tuned...
It was a stock 2000, GS, automatic transmission. The original owner had it on some maxxim verse wheels lol.
I was only 17 years old at the time so being young i did some pointless mods such as a rally mirror, tow hook, and magnaflow fart cannon, and an aem cold air intake. My friend mike helped me instal the intake.
Next modifications, i replaced my high beams, and had my function form type 1 coilovers installed by my friend mike and ian, at the time i had no clue what i was doing and they were kind enough to do it for me and teach me the process.
The rear suspension was all seized and i had to drive round raked like this for a week, lol wasnt bad though because mind you this was my first car and was still getting used to the 'lowered' life.
We finally got the rear coils in and this is how she sat, i instantly fell in love. The coils were not even close to being maxed out either.
a couple days later i ordered a no name brand polyurethane lip, it fit the car nicely, and i also tinted the directionals black.
Drove her through winter with no problems, nor did i raise it up.
A few weeks into winter I installed 10k xenon HID's and thought i was the coolest, lol.
Here is a picture from when some friends and I had a small meet.
Winter was nearing end and around March i purchased my first aftermarket steering wheel, it was a wood grain NRG wheel. At the time i was the biggest sucker for wood grain wheels and thought they looked phenominal. There you see it attached to the NRG integra hub. I also deleted the antenna, and rear wiper, plugged the holes with plastic grommets and siliconed them on the inside.
Right around this time is when i wanted to be lower...
So what did i do? i spun my coils down another inch just to see how it would look/drive. And they still had a lot of thread left.
April 2, 2013.
Another picture from when i thought i was 'low'
Took off the stock spoiler, and was pleased with the look.
Didnt have a clue, and painted my wheels tiffany blue. At the time thought it was cool.
en route to Spring Staggered, May 5, 2013
Posted up 500yds back from show..lol, with my buddy chris
Got caught on my way home from staggered and got my first ever roller taken by not knowing at the time one of my best friends jared costa.
Wrapped my interior with some tiffany blue fabric, and was looking forward to the summer ahead. Met alot of great people that i ended up staying good friends with.
Ended up finding one of these online and had to, i mean who doesnt want a japanese train handle. tsuri.
1st break down due to water in the intake.
Grew up and went straight pipes. Just wanted something much louder.
Ended up deciding to go with diamond steelies, always been a fan of the look, even though they arent ccw's or workmeisters. For a first stance build they did more than their job. I also liked the sizes and offsets they offered.
Ended up ordering staggered 16x8 et0 and 16x10 et12. street series, d cuts.
Couldnt help but throw them on without any camber arms, my patience is terrible. Everyone told me they wouldnt fit, i just used the stance hammer of truth, and made them fit.
Many morning of the same repetitive work, fitment was alright but it needed to be driveable.
photo taken by jeff from beastcoast.
Ordered buddy club rear camber arms, installed them and semi maxed them out.
this is how she sat after the adjustment to the rear camber. photo shot by my friend andy franchitto
a year owning it and this kind of shows you how the undercarriage looked.
August 2013 i was very dissapointed in how ruined my front fenders were so i ordered new oem fenders. threw em on and did a proper job in rolling and slightly pulling to fit the 8j et-5
Only a year owning it and heres a slight transformation picture
Then i blew my transmission, due to it wearing down a bolt, she bled out in the parking lot of the natick mall, still drove it 40 minutes home.
The car sat for a good while....
Ressurected it right before fall staggered, also had gotten a grip royal wooden wheel to replace the NRG wheel which in my opinion was too small of a diameter.
flaunting the quick release.
rollers on 495.
lowered it some more.
was running 195/40s but picked up some smaller 165/40s
found a type r wing, and was happy with how it looked. took some fab to get it to sit on the car because the previous owner had screwed it up.
Went to a lot of shows and meets during the year, and had a blast, met a lot of people and made some very good, close friends.
Had the pleasure of going to a private airfield and shooting with jared costa.
This is one of the most recent photos taken of my car
Its still a work in progress though so stay tuned...
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