This is how you build a car

[dtmcnamara]

Hope its not a repost. Also, 56K DIE!!!!!!!!

There are honestly probably close to 500+ pictures of this build on a single page.

I want this guy to build my car for me....a little OCD but shit he makes it worth it in the end

http://www.k20a.org/forum/showthread.php?t=69462

TIME LINE

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[Turbodude06]

My computer didn't like loading that many pics lol...... Looked good though....

[eg mike]

Weak Sauce :P

Needs more pics

[oneSLOWex]

nice parts and good work.....BUT

100% totally out of his damn mind doing all that!

I bet he tries to sell it for like $1.5million dollars when hes done too.

[wrekonize]

All that money going into it and i bet he forgets to buy an alarm

[SNOOPy00]

ah yeh...doesnt get much better than that....
:goodjob:

[oneSLOWex]

All that money going into it and i bet he forgets to buy an alarm

I would almost put money on this right here. :goodjob:

[Nemesis]

I have always loved that color, love the work thats being done to it too!

[ATLTSX]

That's how it's done.

I'd never want to drive it after I finished it. hahah

[oneSLOWex]

for some reason I get the feeling this project is funded by someones parents....or dude is movin work cause all that shit is reallllyyyy expensive. Wouldnt even wanna know what the seats cost.

[Mmmm_Bacon]

i saw this one K20a.org, its bad ass

and i think he is a EMT or something

[EJ_Allmota]

That's how it's done.

I'd never want to drive it after I finished it. hahah

QFT!!! Much respect and props for the work done though..

[gen2freak]

yeah i have followed his build on nwp4life.com
sick work, lots of patience, pretty big wallet, and definitely the knowledge is there!

[CeOTiO8]

Great find man... REPS

[civic gsr]

\bad asss

[blacknightteg]

wooooow

[BIGRICH]

i want to look at all of those so bad....but it keeps shutting down my '79 hewlett

[DeeAOne]

definitely has money. holy shit.

[BIGRICH]

definitely has money. holy shit.
no doubt...i am well aware of the cost of anything in tose little honda baggies....i purchased quite a few things when putting mine back together.

[ATLTSX]

QFT!!!

Khris.....:no:

[jdm eg6]

good job cant wait to see the final results..

[EG_Ryder]

All that money going into it and i bet he forgets to buy an alarm

lol i was thinking the same exact thing, too many egs are comming up missing now a days to put that much money into one

[Franco Tirador]

wow, knowledge is power

[Franco Tirador]

got tired of looking at pics, this is the closest to having a brand new eg.....

[Tree]

thats on NWP4life.com

[collins]

now that, my friends, is dedication... however, many would argue if it was actually worth doing.

[HeLLo iM iZzY]

I see most of ya'll missed the Midori Green EG Hatch that was built here like 2 years ago. It went through the same phase as this one (completely stripped,all bolts stripped, all new paint, exactly the same.)

That's dedication to the game.

[oneSLOWex]

I see most of ya'll missed the Midori Green EG Hatch that was built here like 2 years ago. It went through the same phase as this one (completely stripped,all bolts stripped, all new paint, exactly the same.)

That's dedication to the game.
Didn't that car start out white and didnt really have any problems or body work needed?
I cant remember dudes name...he went to Import Alliance with us a couple years ago. Wasn't it K swapped and dude had a brother in FL with a Midori 1996 hatch that went with him.

[btstone]

All that money he is wasting on his honda. when he goes to sell it he will only get like 5K

[J-ROCK]

very nice build wish i had the place and time to do something like that! moneys no problem just the other two

[G.C]

All that money he is wasting on his honda. when he goes to sell it he will only get like 5K

And your point? It's still one bad ass build. who gives a crap about how much he will get when he sells it.

[da9king]

nice

[DunDunSkeert]

That's pretty damn awesome. But he's gonna put all that time into it and run ground controls and konis?!! I realize its a nice setup but why not some kw coilovers.

[gtikid]

I'm pretty sure if he has all the time to let it set in his garage while he builds it, it is not his daily driver. He probably only takes it out to a meet and parks it right back in his garage. You really think someone that has put that much money and time is gonna blow it by driving it everyday and leaving it parked somewhere? :no:

His build reminds me a lot of Fuster_Cluck's. I will say I like Fuster_Cluck's better because he was local and you can't beat Midori Green :goodjob:

[Mmmm_Bacon]

fuster cluck did a pretty intense build, but i think this guy took it to another level, i have mad respect for him, i take my time, but im not that miticulas

alot of people will say its not worth doing all that, but look at people who restores classic mustangs, vettes, ect, they all go though this much detail, this i just a new age for it, Hell 92-95 hatchs are nearly 20 years old lol

[boosted_nonv]

wow

[Tracy]

Yea. Pretty awesome! Good post. We are going to media blast my 240 when Dan's 350 is done. I am stoked!

[.:Stirfry:.]

looks like a every day build on H-T.
but non less pretty bad A:..

[Sol-Badguy]

Geez, just read his entire thread.

Shit's crazy!

[gen2freak]

fuster cluck did a pretty intense build, but i think this guy took it to another level, i have mad respect for him, i take my time, but im not that miticulas

alot of people will say its not worth doing all that, but look at people who restores classic mustangs, vettes, ect, they all go though this much detail, this i just a new age for it, Hell 92-95 hatchs are nearly 20 years old lol

completely agreed!
yeah there is tons of crazy builds out there
but this one has to be on the top, no doubt!

And this point he doesn't care about selling the car!

[Gabe]

man after seeing this thread i don't even want to redo my car anymore FML!
reps for the post tho

[BABY J]

To all of you talking about "when he sells it" are only partially correct.

1st of all - do not dedicate this much time/ebnrgy on a CAR unless it's one that you are in love with and will always own it. Where a lot of you fuck up is that you have partially finished 6 or 8 cars in the last few years and still drive a piece of shit car b/c you don't really know what you want yet. I have only 2 cars in my stable that I will never sell - but that's more than most people. Some people are tossing money at cars they don't even plan to keep. If ur no tIN LOVE WITH IT then save your money.

Step 1 is to know what you want - to go this extreme you better believe that I would ALWAYS own it - theyd bury me in that car. You don't but this much effort into something to sell later unless you're Chip Foose Retarded and are more in love w/ the transformation than you are with crusing around in it.

Great work adn dedication - but also VERY much overkill for an item that spends it's entire life on the ground - lol. That's like buying a $900 pair of shoes just to walk around in. :)

[LENG-EG6]

DAMMMMMMMMM THATS ALOT OF WORK.........TO MUCH MONEY TO BLOW

[DecoyOctopus]

And your point? It's still one bad ass build. who gives a crap about how much he will get when he sells it.


x2....or MAYBE he's building it for himself and won't sell it.

[RUFFIAN]

All that money going into it and i bet he forgets to buy an alarm
:lmfao::lmfao::lmfao::lmfao::lmfao:

[jadakid88]

i was gonna say the same exact thing fuster cluck is his screen name
I see most of ya'll missed the Midori Green EG Hatch that was built here like 2 years ago. It went through the same phase as this one (completely stripped,all bolts stripped, all new paint, exactly the same.)

That's dedication to the game.

[civic95]

Nice work, wrong car. I have love for hondas, but that is a considerable waste of money. This coming from someone that dumped a ton of money himself into a 95 civic, and then decided he was too old to be driving to work in it. I thought I would keep that car forever too. Truth is, after a while your tastes change.

[Red_EJ1]

damn alot of haters on this one, the cold hard fact is he loves his car, and as far as its the wrong car, well i love my 93 civic coupe my dad loves his 72 gran torino hes restoring his and im doin myne, just taste when you love somthing you do the best and get the best, just like having a wife you wouldnt buy her cheap shit, and well if you do youe a half asser or just retarded, the man is doing great work, first build iv seen that i dint see one thing i dint like, rare i mind you, and do you really think hes gonna do all this and let it chill on the street doubt it, and really when you think about it its not that much money just alot of notice to detail and spent the big money on qaulity parts trust me i know, i went to honda and spent 500 and walked out with oil pump and all bearings, when i do start my complete rebuild it will be done with this qaulity of work.

[Red_EJ1]

also i keep hearing alot of you talking about selling, well this is not you, the kind of person whos trades his pos civic for a pos teg,, throws some parts at it for a few mounths and then trades for another pos..... talk about wasting money:screwy:

[Alan®]

fuster_clucks build thread was better

[down_shift]

lol great waste of an hour. super quality build.

[David88vert]

If you like this build, you should see r71's build up on his RX7. He went even farther with extremes - welded all the seams, etc.

A friend of mine has a 68 Camaro that we've done like this. It's close to being back on the road.

[John@Z1]

I'm not a honda man but DAMN what a build. That guy deserves respect for his effort!

[Glides]

Lol such nice work wasted. If he just LOVES that style Civic, I can totally see it. But the saddest thing is that when he's done and goes to sell it, it's not worth shit and he will get offered a primered, Ebay turbo kitted EF for it.

GREAT work.....waste of time.

[MINI]

To all of you talking about "when he sells it" are only partially correct.

1st of all - do not dedicate this much time/ebnrgy on a CAR unless it's one that you are in love with and will always own it. Where a lot of you fuck up is that you have partially finished 6 or 8 cars in the last few years and still drive a piece of shit car b/c you don't really know what you want yet. I have only 2 cars in my stable that I will never sell - but that's more than most people. Some people are tossing money at cars they don't even plan to keep. If ur no tIN LOVE WITH IT then save your money.

Step 1 is to know what you want - to go this extreme you better believe that I would ALWAYS own it - theyd bury me in that car. You don't but this much effort into something to sell later unless you're Chip Foose Retarded and are more in love w/ the transformation than you are with crusing around in it.

Great work adn dedication - but also VERY much overkill for an item that spends it's entire life on the ground - lol. That's like buying a $900 pair of shoes just to walk around in. :)


Fucking thank you! I've never used a quote in my sig but this one may just get it. reps when I can

[Red_EJ1]

Lol such nice work wasted. If he just LOVES that style Civic, I can totally see it. But the saddest thing is that when he's done and goes to sell it, it's not worth shit and he will get offered a primered, Ebay turbo kitted EF for it.

GREAT work.....waste of time.

here we go with the whole selling thing.... is it impossible for anyone to yhink that someone might keep there car, i know how ia is car swappping every couple weeks, but there are some peoplewho keep what they build.
and for you sir "worth shit" lol with all the proof this guy has on the build, i think if he was to sell it he would get more than shit

[bloodline]

thats commitment right there..fresh paint always looks so sexy.. thats definatly how you do it

[40th GT]

Nicely done. Looks like somethin I'd see on a show like Rides.

[civic95]

here we go with the whole selling thing.... is it impossible for anyone to yhink that someone might keep there car, i know how ia is car swappping every couple weeks, but there are some peoplewho keep what they build.
and for you sir "worth shit" lol with all the proof this guy has on the build, i think if he was to sell it he would get more than shit

Dude here is my 95 civic that I had, and built for 7 yrs. I thought I would keep it forever. But guess what happened. I was almost 30, and I got tired of all the attention from teenage boys, got tired of riding around in a fwd, horribly weight balanced car with a rough suspension, and was actually embarrased to be seen pulling into work in it at my age. I took it to a trackday, and found out what a wasted effort it all was. Just the wrong platform to even start with. If you want to be 40 yrs old, and still want to drive around in a 90 something civic that's your perogative, but I doubt that will happen. The best thing I can say about my experience is I learned a lot. I did everything myself (except for paint). Obviously peoples tastes have changed since I had the car, and I'm sure it's considered rice today.

JRSC, Energy Suspension Full Polyurethane Bushings kit, DC Header, Tanabe Catback, Koni Yellows, Type-R Rear Sway bar, Beaks kit, strut bars, etc. etc.

[ejohnson88]

I like the custom seat job you had done. Where does one go for something like that?

[down_shift]

But guess what happened. I was almost 30, ... was actually embarrased to be seen pulling into work in it at my age.

I hear you. I really cant wait to replace my car with a more comfortable car that blends in and be able to really do what I need to it. They say the best mod you can do for your track car is to buy a daily.

As I read your post I was thinking this where you buy an M3 and then I saw you sig. :) people grow older priorities change. None the less great build.

[hybrid90accord]

im glad his is being done the right way, no corner cutting GOOD JOB. i use to have the same suspension set up

[civic95]

I like the custom seat job you had done. Where does one go for something like that?

There was a shop here off buford hwy that a lot of people used (I forget the name). I went there, and was not impressed. They didn't understand english, and only had 1 garage bay, and I did not want my car sitting outside (especially off buford hwy). So I did them myself. I ordered the leather from leatherseats.com. To be honest, it's really not that hard to do. Pull the seats out, take them apart, remove the hog rings and the fabric. Then lay out the leather, stretch, and ring it down. I was really impressed with how it turned out, looked a lot better than what that shop was producing.

[civic95]

I hear you. I really cant wait to replace my car with a more comfortable car that blends in and be able to really do what I need to it. They say the best mod you can do for your track car is to buy a daily.

As I read your post I was thinking this where you buy an M3 and then I saw you sig. :) people grow older priorities change. None the less great build.

Thanks man. I'm really not trying to hate here, just trying to put things into perspective for others. I wish someone had done that for me. I could of got a M3 a lot earlier, and paid it off already. I don't regret modding my car, but I did take it too far IMO. At the time I thought you could make a honda civic as fast, or what you wanted it to be. When I did sell it, I only got about 1/4 of the money I put into it. AND I did almost all the labor. So imagine if I had payed shops to do everything. It's not going to be worth much in the future. These are not like 60-70 model muscle car special editions that were only sold in the hundreds or thousands. There were over 100,000 civics sold every year in the us in the 90's.

[eYezs1ck]

nice parts and good work.....BUT

100% totally out of his damn mind doing all that!

I bet he tries to sell it for like $1.5million dollars when hes done too.
he wants 30k when hes done

[santacruz77]

i dont understand. in the end its still just a civic

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i dont understand. in the end its still just a civicin 1967, they said it was just a mustang too

[Red_EJ1]

in 1967, they said it was just a mustang too

x2 werd

[Red_EJ1]

Dude here is my 95 civic that I had, and built for 7 yrs. I thought I would keep it forever. But guess what happened. I was almost 30, and I got tired of all the attention from teenage boys, got tired of riding around in a fwd, horribly weight balanced car with a rough suspension, and was actually embarrased to be seen pulling into work in it at my age. I took it to a trackday, and found out what a wasted effort it all was. Just the wrong platform to even start with. If you want to be 40 yrs old, and still want to drive around in a 90 something civic that's your perogative, but I doubt that will happen. The best thing I can say about my experience is I learned a lot. I did everything myself (except for paint). Obviously peoples tastes have changed since I had the car, and I'm sure it's considered rice today.

JRSC, Energy Suspension Full Polyurethane Bushings kit, DC Header, Tanabe Catback, Koni Yellows, Type-R Rear Sway bar, Beaks kit, strut bars, etc. etc.

well thats you.. the owner of jjspec, jimmy is not a teen age kid he still drives a honda. all this shows is that you dont love the company as much as i do. now i want you to think about the mustang, back in 64 1/2 when it first came out guys probly dint think much about it.... just think about the first owners who fell in love with that car only later to sell it. bet you ask them today and atleast half would say they regret it, not becouse how much they are worth, but becouse what those cars brought them, all the memorys of that car.. i take care of my car as if it were my child.. now when i have kids ya it probly will go down some in my list of things to worry about, but i can honestly say that i wont havea kid till i know that i can do it without the fear of having to sell my car, i can tell you know that as long as im alive my car will be with me:goodjob:

[iLoveDC5]

whoa~ that's gangsta

[Black4DrEK]

SICK

[civic95]

well thats you.. the owner of jjspec, jimmy is not a teen age kid he still drives a honda. all this shows is that you dont love the company as much as i do.

I seriously doubt that. I have owned probably 10 hondas over the years, as well as owned stock in the company for 5 yrs, and I will probably buy more in the future. I just sold my S2000. We still have a 2005 Acura TL, and a 2006 Acura MDX. I plan to get a 2008 MDX next yr to replace the 2006. I've got a lot of love for honda, and their philosophy, but I will never dump 10 times what one is worth into one again. I would much rather get a newer car every 2-3 yrs. Just makes the most financial sense, and I enjoy the new technology/conveinence/safety, etc that comes with each new one. But to each their own I suppose.

[.blank cd]

I seriously doubt that. I have owned probably 10 hondas over the years, as well as owned stock in the company for 5 yrs, and I will probably buy more in the future. I just sold my S2000. We still have a 2005 Acura TL, and a 2006 Acura MDX. I plan to get a 2008 MDX next yr to replace the 2006. I've got a lot of love for honda, and their philosophy, but I will never dump 10 times what one is worth into one again. I would much rather get a newer car every 2-3 yrs. Just makes the most financial sense, and I enjoy the new technology/conveinence/safety, etc that comes with each new one. But to each their own I suppose.Alot of people have this mentality that since these Civics and stuff are so cheap and mass produced that they wont ever be valuable in the future. But look at how much these older cars were back in the day. 3, 4, 5 grand. They were mass produced, but in smaller numbers because there simply wasnt the population there is now. But the fact is that these ARE the hot rods of this generation. And there is no doubt that 20-30 years from now, a clean example like this car could easily fetch double or triple what he put in it.

[civic95]

Alot of people have this mentality that since these Civics and stuff are so cheap and mass produced that they wont ever be valuable in the future. But look at how much these older cars were back in the day. 3, 4, 5 grand. They were mass produced, but in smaller numbers because there simply wasnt the population there is now. But the fact is that these ARE the hot rods of this generation. And there is no doubt that 20-30 years from now, a clean example like this car could easily fetch double or triple what he put in it.

I hope you're right. Would be cool to see. But just like the muscle cars that fetch lots of money today, people will most likely want low mileage, matching numbers, never wrecked, pure factory examples. I could be wrong. One side of me hated to sell my car, but I didn't exactly want to drive it anymore, and I had to make room for something else in the garage. I could see a low mileage NSX, S2000, Type-R with little to no mods fetch a lot of money in the future, but not modded civics. You never know though. Only time will tell.

[CBEeng.]

:headslap: next time

[civicturbo10]

Some build right there...

[FoolsDrifFWD]

To all of you talking about "when he sells it" are only partially correct.

1st of all - do not dedicate this much time/ebnrgy on a CAR unless it's one that you are in love with and will always own it. Where a lot of you fuck up is that you have partially finished 6 or 8 cars in the last few years and still drive a piece of shit car b/c you don't really know what you want yet. I have only 2 cars in my stable that I will never sell - but that's more than most people. Some people are tossing money at cars they don't even plan to keep. If ur no tIN LOVE WITH IT then save your money.

Step 1 is to know what you want - to go this extreme you better believe that I would ALWAYS own it - theyd bury me in that car. You don't but this much effort into something to sell later unless you're Chip Foose Retarded and are more in love w/ the transformation than you are with crusing around in it.

Great work adn dedication - but also VERY much overkill for an item that spends it's entire life on the ground - lol. That's like buying a $900 pair of shoes just to walk around in. :)

this

[jesus bonill]

nice build dude, attention to details

[Brian*]

I wish I had the time and money to do something like that... good find dood!

[Ol' Gregg]

Amazine build and he knew who to come for when he needed a harness :)