Prime.
03-27-2012, 09:10 PM
Hey kids, I posted up most of this before but let's recap.
Bought this thing about a year ago site unseen. Sent Mr. Gregg Bucell and a few other homies to North Carolina with cash. What they came back with was this very clean 1999 Civic Hatchback. Coming from my 300+ hp Jetta it was a big change but reliability and gas mileage was what I was after. The car came with some suspension work and widened steelies so I was off to a solid start. With money left over from the Jetta I planned on doing some small subtle stuff to the hatch. Over the course of owning it I've been through multiple looks so we'll go through those as well as what I'm currently doing for this show season. Yes the car is automatic and not a racecar so deal with it.
How it looked when I got it.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5417098133_87b0908f21_b.jpg
Various stages it has gone through.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5569923344_70fb2bf797_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5021/5616719939_eec5ea7860_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5617579975_afe412a1ab_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5951830284_001c444dcf_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5958554565_b169893f4a_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5966003186_53854a02b8_o.jpg
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3893/wbp4663.jpg
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8756/wbp4659.jpg
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/6163/edit1j.jpg
Here's where this year's look starts. Decided to switch up the style a good bit. Got rid of the Mugen lip and the wing risers. Traded the te's for some BBS RS'. Stock lips on the rears weren't gonna cut it so I got some new 2" lips and refinished the wheels with white centers. Coming from my VW roots the net logical step was to go lower, much lower and that's exactly what I did.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7598/photo6hh.jpg
Got the wheels on but it was still way too high for my liking.
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9237/photo5pg.jpg
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4741/civic3rd.jpg
This brings us up to today, the car is now much lower and things are looking good again. Still some small stuff to take care of before IA and the other events of the summer. I'll be sure to keep you guys updated.
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6117/6998278345_b14704f5a4_c.jpg
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6113/7000888835_8774128fe5_c.jpg
Bought this thing about a year ago site unseen. Sent Mr. Gregg Bucell and a few other homies to North Carolina with cash. What they came back with was this very clean 1999 Civic Hatchback. Coming from my 300+ hp Jetta it was a big change but reliability and gas mileage was what I was after. The car came with some suspension work and widened steelies so I was off to a solid start. With money left over from the Jetta I planned on doing some small subtle stuff to the hatch. Over the course of owning it I've been through multiple looks so we'll go through those as well as what I'm currently doing for this show season. Yes the car is automatic and not a racecar so deal with it.
How it looked when I got it.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5417098133_87b0908f21_b.jpg
Various stages it has gone through.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5569923344_70fb2bf797_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5021/5616719939_eec5ea7860_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5617579975_afe412a1ab_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5951830284_001c444dcf_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5958554565_b169893f4a_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5966003186_53854a02b8_o.jpg
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3893/wbp4663.jpg
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8756/wbp4659.jpg
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/6163/edit1j.jpg
Here's where this year's look starts. Decided to switch up the style a good bit. Got rid of the Mugen lip and the wing risers. Traded the te's for some BBS RS'. Stock lips on the rears weren't gonna cut it so I got some new 2" lips and refinished the wheels with white centers. Coming from my VW roots the net logical step was to go lower, much lower and that's exactly what I did.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7598/photo6hh.jpg
Got the wheels on but it was still way too high for my liking.
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9237/photo5pg.jpg
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4741/civic3rd.jpg
This brings us up to today, the car is now much lower and things are looking good again. Still some small stuff to take care of before IA and the other events of the summer. I'll be sure to keep you guys updated.
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6117/6998278345_b14704f5a4_c.jpg
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6113/7000888835_8774128fe5_c.jpg