My current project... Bringing rice up from the ashes

[osnap]

just thought id make a thread to share what my current project is right now. any input or support is greatly appreciated!

the patient is a 94 del Sol S... when i purchased it, it had a full buddy club body kit, x2 fenders, a HUGE wing, some nasty vinyl stripes, tinted carbon taillights, halo auxillary lamps, aluminum floormats, painted vents and speaker covers, blue interior neon lights, and some bigass 17s. under the hood? D15B7 (102hp / 92 tq). I took off the wing and vinyls right when I got the car, but everything else has stayed intact thus far. I've driven this thing as long as I can stand, and I'm finally putting my foot down. I finally have some money in the bank, and over the next couple of months, shes going under the knife.

I've already purchased OEM bumpers, fenders, sideskirts, taillights, corner lights, and interior pieces. I have a full set of Tein SS in the mail to slam her to the ground. The wheels will be swapped for some bronze 15s or 16s. She'll be getting a fresh coat of championship white paint and some carbon goodies to go with it. A front lip will be added to the new OEM bumper. And what good is a panda color scheme without some nice tint?

...And most importantly, the SOHC non-VTEC has got to go. Coming Soon: B18C1 :D

I'll keep everyone updated as the project comes along.

CURRENT:
http://photos-551.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v48/181/98/1122600091/n1122600091_30056551_8052.jpg
http://photos-552.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v48/181/98/1122600091/n1122600091_30056552_8486.jpg

GOAL/INSPIRATION:
http://allstarsandco.com/j0.jpg

[aaronfelipe]

Snap dog!

[2.0civic]

so your goal is a non lined up hood?

[97WhYt_TeG]

so your goal is a non lined up hood?

how's it not lined up? it's raised up in the back for cooling purposes!!! grant it that it's just a fad......

osnap- i thought i was the inspiration.....:( that's what jimmy's car used to look like

[Sammich]

its raised in the back..

[osnap]

how's it not lined up? it's raised up for cooling purposes!!! grant it that it's just a fad......

osnap- i thought i was the inspiration.....:( that's what jimmy's car used to look like

haha yeah man you are definitely right there with him... alot of the exact same elements. you get those EDM aux lights and the JDM one-pieces, and you'll definitely be on top.

lol for real though, your sol is clean as shit. when im done, were definitely meeting up and taking some pictures.

[97WhYt_TeG]

haha yeah man you are definitely right there with him... alot of the exact same elements. you get those EDM aux lights and the JDM one-pieces, and you'll definitely be on top.

lol for real though, your sol is clean as shit. when im done, were definitely meeting up and taking some pictures.

i'm tryin to find the jdm 1 pieces... but see i'm goin with the 97 front...hold on let me show you a pic...brb

[2.0civic]

whats the missing part above the driver side headlight?

[osnap]

whats the missing part above the driver side headlight?

...thats a reflection :lmfao:

[97WhYt_TeG]

whats the missing part above the driver side headlight?

yea.....that's a reflection....:screwy:

but osnap- somthin like this.....except my lip on it... wit eg fogs!!!!:goodjob:

http://www.teamdelsol.com/upload/profile_photos/2891-1.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/6/web/2202000-2202999/2202658_6_full.jpg

[silversol]

looks like good goals! I like the way 99-00 si lips look on delsols and a front mount:D
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/silversolb18/frontdel1.jpg

[2.0civic]

...thats a reflection :lmfao:

oh hahahaha my bad...looks good then:D

[97WhYt_TeG]

lol it's all good!

[EJ_Allmota]

good goal you set for yaself there...

-97WhYt_TeG i never liked that 97 front end.. Looks wired IMO :(

[97WhYt_TeG]

good goal you set for yaself there...

-97WhYt_TeG i never liked that 97 front end.. Looks wired IMO :(

y's that???/ i only like it cuz it has the lil vents on the side of the openin.....i plan on using eg fogs to put in there...... i mean i'll still have mine now.

[chris13]

man yall are makin me wanna start spendin some money on my del sol now

[speedminded]

allow me to help inspire...

http://www.jtuned.com/content/templates/statics.aspx?articleid=318&zoneid=1

http://www.jtuned.com/content/articlefiles/318-noeldelsol_lead.jpg

[97WhYt_TeG]

^^ that's the one in his sig...

[speedminded]

^^ that's the one in his sig...but nobody's linked anything to more pics or info on it :tongue:

[97WhYt_TeG]

i like that one too but- lil too drastic for me but clean none the less

[speedminded]

145+mph Del Slowwww ;)

http://www.speedminded.com/images/vir/13hour_10_23_04/dsc04566_sm.jpg

http://www.speedminded.com/images/vir/13hour_10_23_04/dsc04575_sm.jpg

http://www.speedminded.com/images/vir/13hour_10_23_04/dsc04754_sm.jpg

http://www.speedminded.com/images/vir/13hour_10_23_04/dsc04755_sm.jpg

[speedminded]

ah, found the pics of it's twin sister from the following year [13 hour endurance race at VIR] It blew up in Florida last season...as in mushroom cloud exploded nothing left that wasn't melted or charred. Anyways, they're probably the quickest Del Sol's you'll ever come across. 200+whp and run 140-150mph, depending on the track and gearset...

[osnap]

but osnap- somthin like this.....except my lip on it... wit eg fogs!!!!:goodjob:


do it dude! 1, because its different, and 2, because i wont feel like ive completely ripped you off in every aspect...


looks like good goals! I like the way 99-00 si lips look on delsols and a front mount:D

feel free to donate an FMIC to the project. preferably attached to a blower.


good goal you set for yaself there...
i appreciate it man. i have alot of respect for the squad... when i finish the car im gonna have to come check you guys out up at barrett or whatever. the very small non-rice portion thereof, anyways.

speaking of barrett, i got pulled over about half an hour coming home from sushi, for "driving suspiciously"... :rolleyes:. said i was changing lanes too frequently. haha whatever he was actually pretty nice so i dont care.

and yeah... speedminded: noel is practically a sol god. his car is the biggest reason it took me so long to choose between champ white and granada black.

[Frög]

ya please do something.. w/e you do, it will look better/cleaner. the first pic of the white del sol looks nice.

[scabtastic]

Chris, are you sure the vents, tailights, and halo's came with the car? :ninja: i know things....

[osnap]

Chris, are you sure the vents, tailights, and halo's came with the car? :ninja: i know things....

:ninja: tail lights look better than they did in gay farbon. halos, at the time i actually thought they looked good. vents, i have no excuse for.

haha i thought this car was the hottest thing in the southeast when i first bought it... amazing how tastes can change when you get your act together.

[AgentEasy]

are you that dude that had the like ricer-ass moose antler lookin shit on the back? lolz that things a piece man.. and it's slow as shit..

[osnap]

are you that dude that had the like ricer-ass moose antler lookin shit on the back? lolz that things a piece man.. and it's slow as shit..
yeah, i was. it came with the car. notice its off now.

and thanks for the kind words :ninja:

[Dirty Octopus™]

and yeah... speedminded: noel is practically a sol god. his car is the biggest reason it took me so long to choose between champ white and granada black.
yeah....:thinking: im having kind of a hard time deciding if i wanna stay white or go black myself :rolleyes:
i got until Monday to make up my mind...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j261/Knonimous/PICT1489copy.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j261/Knonimous/PICT1494copy.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j261/Knonimous/PICT1492copy.jpg

:ninja:

[phongt12]

go white man. it matches the wheels! :goodjob:

[osnap]

go white man. it matches the wheels! :goodjob:

naw, hes more of a baller than you give him credit for... has like 47 sets of wheels.

[97WhYt_TeG]

go black so yall won't look like me!!!! haha i want the 97 bumper SO BAD!!!!

[boosted_nonv]

thats clean

[EJ_Allmota]

Dirty Octopus, i say go with black.. Your shit looks sic on them wheels though..

[down_shift]

god all these panda sols remind me of my old s (white, cf hood, bronze rims). I might have to get another someday.

Durty Octopus your car looks badass. The wheels and stance are KILLER! I would rock it just like that for quite awhile. Just looks mean and purposeful. theres so many shiny white and black hondas out and about. yours has true character. but I can see why'd you rather have it painted. +1

[97WhYt_TeG]

mine isn't?

[osnap]

are you that dude that had the like ricer-ass moose antler lookin shit on the back? lolz that things a piece man.. and it's slow as shit..

woah woah woah wait a second...

powder springs. 88 birthday. silver lancer...

kyle, you sunnuvabitch. :lmfao:

[scabtastic]

are you that dude that had the like ricer-ass moose antler lookin shit on the back? lolz that things a piece man.. and it's slow as shit..


don't you drive a slow ass lancer?...and a slow ass crx?...and backed down from a race against me?..i think so

[GTScoob]

yeah....:thinking: im having kind of a hard time deciding if i wanna stay white or go black myself :rolleyes:
i got until Monday to make up my mind...

I think black with those rims would be hot? What wheels are those, I dont think I've ever seen them before.

Del Sols always amazed me, I'm 6'9" and I've got enough leg room/pedal room in these cars but my head sticks out the top.

[Dirty Octopus™]

go black so yall won't look like me!!!! haha i want the 97 bumper SO BAD!!!!
hehehehe i was SERIOUSLY thinking about it but my girl is thinking about painting her EG2 black so i dunno :dunno:
and BTW... do find a 97 front bumper cuz i dont want you to look like me! the OG :D

Dirty Octopus, i say go with black.. Your shit looks sic on them wheels though..
thanks for the compliment on the wheels. but i still hope to get me sum Supamesh by beggining of summer :bump:

god all these panda sols remind me of my old s (white, cf hood, bronze rims). I might have to get another someday.

Durty Octopus your car looks badass. The wheels and stance are KILLER! I would rock it just like that for quite awhile. Just looks mean and purposeful. theres so many shiny white and black hondas out and about. yours has true character. but I can see why'd you rather have it painted. +1
thats what they said on Honda-tech. thanks! something about the black front end i like too but ima go ahead and take in for paint on Wedsnesday while i got a little bit of loot to spare ;)


I think black with those rims would be hot? What wheels are those, I dont think I've ever seen them before.

Del Sols always amazed me, I'm 6'9" and I've got enough leg room/pedal room in these cars but my head sticks out the top.
those are Work Equip 03 replicas made by Drag. the Drag DR20's :goodjob:

[97WhYt_TeG]

i'm the OG!!!! haha we're both OG! jus wait......i might change up the wheels and front then we'll see....and all of us can go take sol pics to post on dSoc!

[osnap]

dSoc!

:thinking: eh?

[97WhYt_TeG]

del sol owner's club....

[osnap]

duh :rolleyes: lol

quick update on the project: bought a VTEC model cluster today with the 8.2k redline and all amber bulbs. yum... $70 shipped, so not too bad for a hard to find part. not gonna be able to use it for awhile, but figured id jump on it while i had the chance.

ALSO, the body is going to have to get done sooner than anticipated, since sprayglo just extended their half price deal through march. stage 2 paintjob for $550? I'm in... cant say no to a deal like that. championship white, here i come. Now i just have to scramble to get all my body panels together and clean up the small dents i've got!

ive also got my eye on some techone HIDs, and im on the lookout for some clean wheels! plus i still need to buy the Teins from my buddy.

AND i just got a 93 dash instead of replacing the airbag, so thats gonna be clean too. :D

after all of the above, all ill need to finish the exterior will be a lip, the aux lights, and a cf hood.

this is coming along nicely... im just waiting for the first snag. looks like its gonna be the race between completion and funds! :lmfao:

[twinj]

Clean Sol. very good start, the front end is dope.

[bigdare23]

yea.....that's a reflection....:screwy:

but osnap- somthin like this.....except my lip on it... wit eg fogs!!!!:goodjob:

http://www.teamdelsol.com/upload/profile_photos/2891-1.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/6/web/2202000-2202999/2202658_6_full.jpg

damn I love that delsol front end, but I only seen one in person lik once or twice

[osnap]

Clean Sol. very good start, the front end is dope.

lol you mustve not read the thread... the white one is my goal, not my current standing. but ill be there soon :goodjob:

[97WhYt_TeG]

u wish!!! haha jk... i knew you'd go white! cuz it's for balla's!! i want a vtec cluster too but not on the top of priority list. but atleast now i know that we'll be takin pics soon!

[osnap]

yezzir, balla indeed. and the pics will be real soon.

and just as another update, i think im about to get some CLEAAAN gold hx's. those should go nicely on slammed white.

[97WhYt_TeG]

gold on white....hmmmmmmmmmm who has that?

[Dirty Octopus™]

gold on white....hmmmmmmmmmm who has that?
a lot of people... :rolleyes:
but we dont have HX's so theres a difference.
besides he's thinking about going Champ so its all good :goodjob:
but i think i got him thinking about Milano ever since i sent him some pics of pretsols car :D

[osnap]

a lot of people... :rolleyes:
but we dont have HX's so theres a difference.
besides he's thinking about going Champ so its all good :goodjob:
but i think i got him thinking about Milano ever since i sent him some pics of pretsols car :D

haha id been flirting with the idea of milano for awhile, but im not doing it.

and yeah, not going frost white, going champ instead... and like he said, im going with the HX's. our cars will be similar but they will definitely all have things that make them OUR cars. just enough to make em original, and yet look good together in a picture :goodjob:

[speedminded]

haha id been flirting with the idea of milano for awhile, but im not doing it.

and yeah, not going frost white, going champ instead... and like he said, im going with the HX's. our cars will be similar but they will definitely all have things that make them OUR cars. just enough to make em original, and yet look good together in a picture :goodjob:championship white or some off the wall tinted version of silver...just a hint of color like champagne. Really any metallic that's not insanely bright will look good...you rarely ever see any graphite colored like the platinum edition pathfinder or g35. hrmmm...how about aviator grey from the Audi TT?

[Hektik]

pearl white ftw

[97WhYt_TeG]

that shit would be hard as hell!!! 3 white sols with gold!!!!! sick!!!!!!

[osnap]

that shit would be hard as hell!!! 3 white sols with gold!!!!! sick!!!!!!
:cheers: :camera:

[97WhYt_TeG]

we need to orcastraight that shit soon! my hid's are 6k

[osnap]

orcastraightLOL

...and werd on the HIDs. im having a hard time figuring out by online pics if 8000k are too ricer blue, so ive been leaning toward 6. you like yours?

[97WhYt_TeG]

i love my 6k's dude..i think that color is too exotic!