"Lil Blue" DA9 Integra GS

[rice4life]

Glad to see you're still around!

You should clean up the one piece lights and throw them back on. H4H bulbs aren't rare, you just need to know where to get them. There used to be a Super Autobacs not too far from my place and that was the most common light there, along with a bunch of mad tyte jdm HID kits. They always had a shortage of the common shit, and an excess of the strange.

[DukeNukeEm']

Lookin good man, keep it up

[DeltaAlpha9]

So a bit of an update but not really much of one.

One my way to do my first ever photoshoot with the car I smoked a sandbag on the highway and I didn't break anything but the alignment was pooched and the axle was binding a bit on tight turns. Here's a little before and after (sorry for the instagram).



So I was racking my brain trying to figure out what the hell I had bent and had no luck while it sat up on the hoist. Then one morning I got home from work and figured I would wander down to the shop to see if I could find anything. I found some rust had came off the spindle and after some googling I found out that it's not uncommon to bend them. Then during disassembly I managed to drop the inboard pad on the pavement so it got new front brakes because the pad had been dropped and the rotors had hot spots.



While I was getting that sorted out this happened:



So as usual I had the mad dash to park the Integras before even more snow came down so I changed out the oil on both and put the new from Pick n Pull spindle with a fresh wheel bearing and a new ball joint in. It was somehow cheaper for me to get parts from Acura than it was from Napa.



Now I'm driving the winter beater for the next 6 months and enjoying the all wheel drive and the rate it likes to eat wheel bearings.



and the FAG wheel bearing after only 25,000kms. Gotta love the beige wheel bearing eater.

[DeltaAlpha9]

its gotta be really interesting working on planes...that fascinating. that's good you caught that switch when you did. my engine bay needs a lot more than a good detail lol.

Like anything it loses a bit of its luster the longer you do it. That being said I still love it and it keeps me from getting burnt out on working on cars. That was one of the biggest reasons why I got into the industry and it still allows me to turn wrenches and troubleshoot.

its looking clean! I love the fact that you've had it for so long. Strenghten the bond

Thank you. And ya, I used to think about selling it to pick up a 240sx coupe, but the girlfriend of 3 years says she'll leave me if I ever sell it. It makes it any easy decision to keep both around haha.

[Meeve]

its looking clean! I love the fact that you've had it for so long. Strenghten the bond

[jalenda9]

its gotta be really interesting working on planes...that fascinating. that's good you caught that switch when you did. my engine bay needs a lot more than a good detail lol.

[DeltaAlpha9]

So last Thursday I went to drop the girlfriend off at work and had an "Oh shit" moment on the drive home.


The oil pressure light started flashing and so I naturally figured I had smashed out my pan at some point down the road but the oil level was good and not a single drip underneath. I called AMA because I had 4 tows left for the year and figured it was best to play it safe. It actually got on the flat deck quite nicely with the bumper off and a pair of 2x4s.


Got it home and up on the lift and found that there was a fair amount of oil around the oil Px switch so I picked one up the next day and threw it in.


Looks like the diaphragm inside had finally had enough and gave up on life.


Also a picture of the engine bay because I haven't posted one yet. I really need to clean under the hood but it's hard to find motivation for something I mostly leave closed.


And finally a picture of a starter off of a 737 because one crapped out on the way to the hangar last night.

[DeltaAlpha9]

Finally an interior picture:


And one from a trip down to Calgary for some training I had to do:


Lastly one of the GS-R because it was clean and I drove it today.

[DeltaAlpha9]

Well I got it aligned after doing the RTA bushings and dialing out some camber. The fronts came out to -2.2* and the rears were set at -1.5* in the rear. It actually got rid of a bit of the reverse rake I had going on. I could have just threaded the coilovers up but they're for a DC Integra and are up as high as the want to go without crazy preload. My sisters dog also was supervising when I was cleaning the front lip last weekend.






I'll also grab some interior shots tonight because I somehow forgot to add any of them to this thread.

[puzzlemaster94]

I love DA's. Cant wait to see this progress

[DeltaAlpha9]

I'm not sure how much of a build it will be but it's nice getting a warm reception. On topic of the car though I got my new trailing arm bushings in today. They're now clocked correctly and are the Hardrace hard rubber units so they should make a nice change from the old worn out squishy rubber ones. Just have to load up each corner and torque all the bushings now and then it'll be off the hoist. I also found someone local to potentially fix up the exhaust because it's an ebay unit that fit, but not well.

[Queef|Chief]

One of my favorite colors on the DA! Looks good, cant wait to see the direction you take with this build

[DeltaAlpha9]

Had a sedan g2 for my first car. It was pretty riced out lol. Yours is pretty nice though, future plans?

I was actually looking for a DB1 when I was shopping around but ended up picking the GS-R up instead because it was a steal of a deal and the 4 doors are hard to find in somewhat decent condition. As far as plans go I'm thinking of doing an LS/Vtec to liven up the old engine (it currently has 340,000 km on the original engine) and buying a set of 15x7's with some sticky tires and finally getting it out on a track. I also should get on doing all the bushings in the car because they're fairly tired after 23 years of abuse. Also plan on addressing the body work because of the typical Honda herpes eating away at the rear wheel arches. Nothing overly exciting but I daily it in the summer and try to enjoy it as much as I can while there isn't snow on the ground.

[dharker]

Had a sedan g2 for my first car. It was pretty riced out lol. Yours is pretty nice though, future plans?

[reiernumans]

I LOVE the wheels dude, they're on the list of sh*t I want for my car.