Not another civic build

[Scvmlord]

Sorry for the lack of updates these past few weeks, been pretty busy with work and I just picked up an ae86. So I've been working on that more then anything.

[Scvmlord]

well I was enjoying this thread until you tinted the rear lights... otherwise it looks like a fun project! any plans on re-painting the entire car?

I actually took the tint off a week or two ago, realized I didn't like it too much. And honestly if I paint this thing, I'm going to do it at home or send it to maaco. If I'm going to spend money on a decent paint job it's probably not going to be on this car lol.

[Scvmlord]

lets hope not lol

Just 4 u bby

[Scvmlord]

do you have more pictures of the e36 ?

I couldn't find any pics of when I got it, but it was just a stock, black, e36 coupe, on bottlecaps.
Here's a couple of pics from when I first bought coils for it and salad shooters.









I started to get bored with how it looked, so I bought some 18x10.5 xxr's.



Then I figured it looked too tall without aero. So I decided to try and make my own from stuff I found off craigslist.

[Porterhousestk]

well I was enjoying this thread until you tinted the rear lights... otherwise it looks like a fun project! any plans on re-painting the entire car?

[Tomahawk]

Rugged but why not

Nice. She's one raspy but bad-ass honda

[cblock406]

do you have more pictures of the e36 ?

lets hope not lol

[WhiteLove]

do you have more pictures of the e36 ?

[Scvmlord]

Looking bad*ss!

Thanks dude!

[AKToyotaluv]

Looking bad*ss!

[Scvmlord]

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.

[Deutschland201]

Static builds. Yes!

[Scvmlord]

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

[Scvmlord]

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

[Tate]

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