Not another civic build

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Hello from Washington state, my names korey and I figured I'd quit lurking and start a build on here. Currently I own 6 cars:

Here's my e36, got her completely stock almost exactly a year ago



Sc300



Kp61 starlet









Ke20 corolla


Te72 corolla

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*So I picked up this 1995 civic ex sedan on Halloween 2016.


I traded my turbo volvo 244 for it, since I needed a better commuter



When I got the car it was b18 swapped, super ugly Koenig wheels ebay sleeves in the front, lowering springs in the rear, worn suspension components, bad alignment, ricer steering wheel, dings all over the body, both bumpers cracked, and some severe dents on the driverside fender. In other words a perfect start to a build lol.









The first thing I did was order some raceland primos, and extended top hats for the front. If anybody wants me to write a review, I'm down.



This is a pic with just the fronts coilovers on, you can see how beat the passenger fender is in this pic



Adjusters maxed out in the front



I drove it like this for a few months, and eventually got really sick of looking at the car everyday.



Bought some felgenwerks off offerup, 15x9 +15 with 195/45/15 for the front, and 205/50/15 for the rear.
Here's a pic of the rear with Adjusters 1.5in up



Adjusters maxed out in the rear, steelies on the front because I realized the design of the wheel causes the spokes to hit the caliper on my integra brakes.





Bought a cheap camber kit off ebay.



Got -7.5 out of the rear with no modifications, I have a couple threads left but the trailing arm is resting on the spring. I plan on getting shorter, stiffer springs and shortening the camber arm.



Got 1.25in spacers locally for really cheap, so that I can run my front wheels for now. They now poke out the fenders about 2 inches, so I pulled them off for now.

[storey618]

this thing pulls off the haggard look really well in those last four pics. no offense! i really dig it man

[Cyrbuiltsinglecam]

Yeah civics! Subbed

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Started working on what I was going to do with the front fenders. The wheels poke way too hard with the spacers.



I decided to cut and widen them. I also painted the exposed underbody.



I started working on fixing the smashed up passenger side fender. Normally I would've just bought a new fender, but I have little to no experience doing autobody so I figure I would use this as a learning experience.



After I got most of the big parts of the dent out I applied a bit more bondo. I realized that I mixed too much hardner and the bondo started to chunk up.



Test fit on the car. The shape is still pretty terrible but atleast its closer to looking like a fender.







Cut the fender and shaped the fender a bit better. Hit it with one coat of primer so I can see imperfections better.





A Lil bit of Graff on the underbody



Messed around with the passenger side fender a bit, and got the fitment a bit better. Mocked up something to fill the fender gap.



Drove the car to work from the first time, no casualties besides an exhaust hanger.

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I ordered matching extended top hats for the rear.



I realized my rear springs are 11in tall and pretty low rates. My plan is to order 7in 550lb springs instead.



Extended top hats in and floppy dampening Adjusters





Rear fitment with only one adjuster and extended top hats

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So I found what I thought was a great deal on skunk2 camber arms, but come to find out they're for an ek and not an eg. It's my fault for not paying attention to the mounting point when I bought them.



I found some cheap del sol seats and swapped the seat rails off my car. Im hoping to swap over to all black interior soon.



Passenger seat in the car, i was just test fitting the bride.



New wheel in that I had laying around.



Found some soy sauce in the rice-box




Did a little more work to the fender, I've got it fitted close to how I want it. It'll look alot better once my new camber kit comes in.



I did the inner and outer tie rods.



Messed with the fender fitment a bit more.



Took her for an alignment.



Random starlet/honda pic

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this thing pulls off the haggard look really well in those last four pics. no offense! i really dig it man

Thanks dude! I'm slowly trying to clean it up, but it's going to be haggard for awhile haha.

[Troy_Shark]

Nice collection. I like the starlet a lot. Where did you get the flairs for the corolla?

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Nice collection. I like the starlet a lot. Where did you get the flairs for the corolla?

Thanks dude, the starlets definetly my favorite car I've ever owned. The flairs are just some generics off ebay im pretty sure.

[Tate]

This looks beat in the best way. It has the vibe of that Aristo with no floorpans.

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This looks beat in the best way. It has the vibe of that Aristo with no floorpans.

That's pretty much what I'm trying to do with this. I want to raise the engine, shock towers, and tuck the exhaust. Then just frame bang until there's no chassis left

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So I played with the front fender fitment a little more, I'm going to try and get them mounted better this weekend. I'm trying to figure out if I want something to fill the gap at the bottom of the fender or not.





Sanded the driverside fender down a bit more, still needs a little bit of work.



fanboy stuff



A bunch of stuff has been coming in this week that I ordered:
9k 7" springs, Subframe brace, lca tie bar, rear lcas, front oem replacement front lcas, lower balljoints, eg9 side markers, led dash conversion, valve cover gasket, plugs and wires, and a used skunk2 camber kit.



So I got ripped off last week on a camber kit that I was told was for an eg, but it was really for an ek. Luckily I found a used skunk2 front camber kit for an eg, it came with one new balljoint but the other one was trashed.



So I was hoping the ek balljoints would be the same as eg, but I wasn't that lucky.



The eks bolt holes are fairly similar, but to run them I'd have to flip the balljoint around so it's actually backwards. I'm not sure if that's safe to run, or if it even matters?



I'm going to try and run them, and I'll check the balljoints daily to see if running them reversed causes any excessive wear. Judging by some rough measurements I should be able to get a degree or two of more negative camber running them this way.



Stripped the arms down



Primered

[Deutschland201]

Static builds. Yes!

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Got some stuff done this weekend.
Got the rear lcas in, compared to the oem, the end mount was about a half inch longer. Which should give me some more room in between the trailing arm and coilover.





7in springs installed, I'm able to go about 2 inches lower then this.



I realized that my Subframe brace didn't have any of the proper sized bolts that were needed. So I just installed my tie bar and sway bar.



Painted the new upper and lower arms.



Flipped ek balljoints on eg skunk2 camber arms installed.



When I pulled the front lower control arm and somehow the axle just kind of fell apart.



Quick stop to oriellys and 59$ later I've got got a new axle.
New axle and lower control arm installed.



New upper and lower control arms, 7in rear springs installed and one adjuster pulled out of the front coils.





Went and had some fun with the sc since we barely every get snow over here.



Painted the underbody



Slapped some paint and clear coat on the driverside fender. Not great, but doesn't look bad from 10ft lol




Went and got another alignment
The front is now at -6.5 and -6.6 the alignment tech said he could probably get some more negative camber if needed.





I feel like I need to go with a smaller spacer up front and a 15 or 20mm in the rear.



Had some film laying around, wrapped the inner lights.