German Civic Aerodeck/Wagon Build

[cus]

that bonnet reflection is incredible!

[P78]

looks abit like a saab

and also never seen these before

[Bejus]

You ask, I deliver:





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[Zozr]

I has zero idea Honda made a Civic wagon.

[doninphi]

Yeh got the 1.8vti engine too. Quick wagons...

[austinscottphotography]

thanks for posting the pics...the first one is my favorite.
what camera gear you working with?

what are your plans for wheels? (please post pics of wheel options)

would love to see pics of the interior as well

[Bejus]

I'm using a Canon 1100d (Rebel T3) fitted with a Canon 50mm F1.8.
For the lighting I had 2 cheap Yongnuo flashes with remote triggers and 2 friends as lightstands,
cheap and easy setup, but works for me...

Wheels... It's hard to get TÜV approved wheels over here in Germany since the bolt pattern is 4x114.3...

BBS LeMans 7x17 (waaayyy too expensive)


Schmidt Spaceline 7,5x17 (good price, TÜV approved...)


XXR 530 7x17 (even better price but not TÜV approved)



I'll ty to snap some interior shots next weekend, but i'll have to clean the car first

[austinscottphotography]

i'm quite partial to mesh wheels...especially when they have a nice lip on them...however, concave mesh are always a good look.

i love gold wheels as well and will be putting either gold or copper wheels on my white BMW.

those Yongnuo flashes are great bargain buys and i use them as my off camera flashes with a canon flash on the body always.
friends as light stands are so much easier to adjust...lol

looking forward to seeing more of your pics....looking good so far.

[M.Doban]

Wow. I want one. This has some serious potential!

[Bejus]

Today I had quite some luck, I managed to buy a set of "H&R Böhmann Edition" struts and springs...
A whole set of these is very rare, since they were last produced in (I think) 2004.
The price for a set of them was 2600 DMark (~1300€ or 1800$)! :O
It's basically a set of normal H&R coilovers, but with different oil, different springs and the threads are extended and the whole damper is shorter...
The only thing that remains the same are the materials...
So instead of 30-70mm (1.18-2.75 inches) lower I'll have the possibility to go 60-120mm (2.36-4.72 inches) lower!
Originally it was set up for the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring.


Here you can see a comparison:

"normal" H&R:


Böhmann Edition:


This is the car out of which I grabbed the suspension:

[joshg51]

Yes! This is going in a very good direction.

[austinscottphotography]

good grab man!!! can't wait to see it much lower and with new wheels. this is really moving along nicely.

[Bejus]

...when the postman rings the bell twice:



My new Coilovers and a filled box of rattle cans to paint my current summer wheels (7x15" OZ Superturismo GT) in a different color... "

[alexmarkclark]

whaaaat bright pink? you hipster you

[Bejus]

Don't forget: I already have some bright pink accents