Elvira Mistress Of The Dark

[Rob_Da_Hood]

I got a new Daily and project.
I picked up this nice low rust 1997 Acura Integra LS

It's 90% stock





My high tech dash lol




To start off my mods I got a magan racing front strut bar





And a skunk2 rear strut bar



Blue led dash lights









What are my plans? Clean, simple, low and slow and have it ready before IA (Kentucky motor speedway)

Here's a little of inspiration

[Rob_Da_Hood]

I'm thinking about getting lowering springs. Or should I do coilovers?

[Sprinqer]

Coil-to-the-oversssss
Lowering springs won't get you low enough for what you want

Looks like a nice start though

[Rob_Da_Hood]

Coil-to-the-oversssss
Lowering springs won't get you low enough for what you want

Looks like a nice start though

Thanks, what year is your civic?
My cousin has a 08 on 2" lowering springs

[Rob_Da_Hood]

Few small updates
Striped the vavle cover and painted it


Got a set of coilovers, camber arms and rear lca's



Picked up a set of 17" Racing Hart wheels

[Rob_Da_Hood]

[Rob_Da_Hood]

Well I didn't make it to ia back in the Summer but I will be at the ia fall meet.
Extended top hats, coil overs, adjustable camber front and rear.
I have the front coils over half way down and the rear is sitting about 1" from the spring seat, the front uca are hitting the strut tower

[Rob_Da_Hood]

[Rob_Da_Hood]

[Meeve]

not low enough

[Rob_Da_Hood]

not low enough

I know but now I need help, how do I keep the front upper control arms from hitting the shock tower?

[FunfGang]

You cut holes.

[rice4life]

Before going lower I would clean up the car a bit, it looks atrocious. Yeah, cut holes where it hits. You could extend the metal out to retain rigidity, but it won't make that much difference on a street driven car anyway.

Seems like a fun project, can't wait to see where this goes.

[Rob_Da_Hood]

Well... This seems a bit getto

[Rob_Da_Hood]

Before going lower I would clean up the car a bit, it looks atrocious. Yeah, cut holes where it hits. You could extend the metal out to retain rigidity, but it won't make that much difference on a street driven car anyway.

Seems like a fun project, can't wait to see where this goes.

Yeah due to a few life uncontrollable facts I have given up on the "simple clean" look and decided to embrace more of a "hood rat" "rat rod" style