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I've been following stance style and this forum for a year or two now and have finally decided to post my car now that its getting close to being operational.
I live in northern Wisconsin where any car more than 5 years old has surface rust and any car over 10 is not worth fixing up. I wanted a car that was a reliable, easy to modify and inexpensive since I was on a part time working 15 year old's budget.
I bought a 1995 Honda Civic cx that was completely stock near Dallas Texas while visiting family. It had the 1.5 non-vtec (d15b), which made the 20 hour drive back to northern Wisconsin with no problems (and unbelievable mpgs too!).
I always had the intention to modify it so I picked up a few things, mind you I was broke and uneducated at the time. So I bought a magnaflow catback, coilovers, some drag wheels in 17 inch and a poly front lip.
It stayed this way for about a year while I saved up some money to buy some serious parts. I ended up buying a b20b from some jdm supply website because it was the best bang for the buck and I could always turbo or do the Frankenstein with a b18c head or b16a.
I also thought that I could do bodywork (the car must be made of recycled pop cans or something because of how thin that metal is)... Well I got to a point where all I was doing anymore was adding bondo and sanding it all off, over and over. So I dropped it off with a buddy who does body work on the side looking like this.
I got home after my first year at college and he hadn't made much progress (it had been at his place for 8 months, but oh well, he was a busy guy) So I started helping him out after I got done with work and we've now got it to this point. I'll keep updates coming as the paint gets sprayed.
A couple questions for you guys, I've got two sets of wheels, the drag dr16s in 17 inch and I have factory enkei civic vx 13 inch wheels that I've sandblasted and have ready to be painted. What color should I paint the vx wheels? And, which set should I run on my car?
Lol at my 17s on my daily rustbucket vx!
Oh, and the pictures will be higher quality now, my b.
I live in northern Wisconsin where any car more than 5 years old has surface rust and any car over 10 is not worth fixing up. I wanted a car that was a reliable, easy to modify and inexpensive since I was on a part time working 15 year old's budget.
I bought a 1995 Honda Civic cx that was completely stock near Dallas Texas while visiting family. It had the 1.5 non-vtec (d15b), which made the 20 hour drive back to northern Wisconsin with no problems (and unbelievable mpgs too!).
I always had the intention to modify it so I picked up a few things, mind you I was broke and uneducated at the time. So I bought a magnaflow catback, coilovers, some drag wheels in 17 inch and a poly front lip.
It stayed this way for about a year while I saved up some money to buy some serious parts. I ended up buying a b20b from some jdm supply website because it was the best bang for the buck and I could always turbo or do the Frankenstein with a b18c head or b16a.
I also thought that I could do bodywork (the car must be made of recycled pop cans or something because of how thin that metal is)... Well I got to a point where all I was doing anymore was adding bondo and sanding it all off, over and over. So I dropped it off with a buddy who does body work on the side looking like this.
I got home after my first year at college and he hadn't made much progress (it had been at his place for 8 months, but oh well, he was a busy guy) So I started helping him out after I got done with work and we've now got it to this point. I'll keep updates coming as the paint gets sprayed.
A couple questions for you guys, I've got two sets of wheels, the drag dr16s in 17 inch and I have factory enkei civic vx 13 inch wheels that I've sandblasted and have ready to be painted. What color should I paint the vx wheels? And, which set should I run on my car?
Lol at my 17s on my daily rustbucket vx!
Oh, and the pictures will be higher quality now, my b.
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