Matt's Old School Honda Thread - Bare Metal EB - 12/4/12

[DJ_ECMO]

i had a gen 1 integra - custom shortend shocks in front and re positioned torsion bars - rear was lowered springs reset lower and custom shortened shocks

[DbP]

Haha yea I noticed too, who ever put the tyres on it fails at life, its got 4 directionals, so its either have the rims round the wrong way or have the tyres miss matching

...or get a friendly tyre monkey to swap them round for you.

[DrRubber]

...or get a friendly tyre monkey to swap them round for you.

[lotusboy]

i had a gen 1 integra - custom shortend shocks in front and re positioned torsion bars - rear was lowered springs reset lower and custom shortened shocks

Yea my long term plan is to get my Koni Yellows rebuilt and to import a RPR adjustable panhard bar. Might look at get the rears shortend at the same time. I've got some bigger wagon torsion bars for the front, I'll reposition them one tooth when I get round to fitting them.

...or get a friendly tyre monkey to swap them round for you.

Yea good idea, they normally charge heaps up here to get tyres stripped and swapped though

[DbP]

*angry face*

I assure you I use "monkey" in a non-derogatory sense. Think I put "CAD monkey" as my occupation on the last census.

[SiRBB8]

Yea good idea, they normally charge heaps up here to get tyres stripped and swapped though

Hey man. If you need your tyres swapped round, I can do them on the cheap, I work at a mag store. So long as they aren't 13's/14's (our machine doesn't go small enough to hold the rim ).

[lotusboy]

Interior Stage 1 - Seat swap.

After researching on RedPepperRacing.com I found out that 1988 2G Crx Si seats were a direct fit into the 1G models. Now as my old seats were somewhat tired, plus I wasn't really to keen on either the blue/black seat covers or the blue/cream tartan material I was stoked to hear something else stock would fit. I managed to find a set at Pick-a-part and grabbed them, only downside was the driver seat bolsters were ripped and stuffed. Luckily I was able to source a replacement back in mint condition from another passengers seat. The extremely helpful people at Classic Upholstery in Highbrook did an awesome job of swapping the bolster mechanism from my old drivers seat into my new passengers side back, then assembly the seat again. Workmanship was top notch, and they were really cheap too ... cheers guys.

Anyway onto the pics

Before

After


I'm going to give them a good vacuum/wash asap. But for the moment I'm pretty happy, nice new seats for under $120, plus they will look fully OEM with my black Si dash/door panels/carpet

[Chaos]

Good stuff bro So those people would do Recaro Bolsters as well?

[lotusboy]

Good stuff bro So those people would do Recaro Bolsters as well?

Cheers. Yea I would say so. Only thing is, they are booked until Feb with boat stuff, the young guy working their took my seats on as "Saturday Job" type thing, no harm asking though, they should be able to sort you out!

[lotusboy]

Another small update, Swapped the rear shocks today for some aftermarket Munroe ones. Was really pleased with the difference they made. Also sorted out some sounds for the back today, built a rangi intake because the filter straight off the manifold wasn't ideal, also gave the water system flush and filled her up with nice new coolant.

[lotusboy]

1G Crx inspiration....





I WANT THAT RIDE HEIGHT (And paint scheme, and interior, and jdm y0 sunroof monsoon lol)


This is a 1G Crx from RPR, guy is running the exact same suspension setup I am planning to, EG/DC Koni Yellows in the rear, with shortened AS Koni Yellows in the front, with the brake line clip relocated, and shocks repositioned lower in hubs. Along with 22mm Wagon torsion bars, 450lb rear springs and a fixed rear swaybar.

Rims are growing on me too, might have to find some, then find the hens teeth, the aerocovers


No prizes for guessing whats missing from this photo



In EB news, have cut and chopped up two this week. One was CYB that went today, the other was the one I was doing the headgasket on. Decided I'd rather sell the motor/shell separately as I don't have time to complete fixing it up as I *Should hopefully have a full time Job after Christmas until uni starts*

[Glassjaw]

Is that your new ride height in that last pic of the rear of the CRX??
What is the car in the background of that pic if you don't mind me asking..... looks like a decent set of rims on it!! (the CRX and the car in the background)

[lotusboy]

^ Nah I wish it was though, that photo was with no springs/shocks, hoist FTW.

Behind it is one very sexy Ford Capri (Doesn't quite sound right, but it is)

[Chaos]

Lol Matt, I saw that pic of the 1G and I was like meeeeeaaaaaannnn!

[SEdan]

Dude, completely random OT - i was up in Auckland last week - Any chance you were shooting up/down Queen Street Sunday (29th Nov). If so, nice

[Glassjaw]

Thought it was a Capri, 3.0ltr V6 by any chance??
I really dig oldschool cars, hell I think if I won lotto I would most likely buy summin random like a Peugeot 205 T16, or a Cosworth Rs500.....

[lotusboy]

Lol damian... Glassjaw, I'll get a pic for you tomorrow. You'll love this thing

Dude, completely random OT - i was up in Auckland last week - Any chance you were shooting up/down Queen Street Sunday (29th Nov). If so, nice

Nah dude, I was recouping from a pys trance gig in a forest up north, hope to dear god I wasn't driving around queen street

[Chaos]

^ I'd hope so too

[SEdan]

Ugh. Saw a mint blue 1G hooting past. Anyways, sozzle - nice ride

/spam!

[AccordB20A]

hes lieing!! haha.
i must say it looks pretty good coming down the road (to jumpstart me cause someone left there foglights on)

[lotusboy]

^ Cheers guys, that top pic is really making me want to try a set of spotlights

[XPLOIT]

There was some cheap Mugen Rims on TM a while back in CHCH, they sold the day I got paid

However, no covers for them - Never seen a set in NZ!

[lotusboy]

^ Ohh, damn that was my fault. I saw them and sent the link to Tim... haha

I had a fucking hairy baby @ Strongs the other day, some came in, 14" ones too. And I jumped up and down and told anyone who would listen I wanted to buy them. Then they got scrapped... FAIL

[The_Lorax]

Alex (3GCVC) has a spare set of 14" CF-48s. Try talking to him.

Yep, I brought those ones from christchurch. They need to be un nz-specced.. some tosser painted over the Mugen badges!

[XPLOIT]

Alex (3GCVC) has a spare set of 14" CF-48s. Try talking to him.

Yep, I brought those ones from christchurch. They need to be un nz-specced.. some tosser painted over the Mugen badges!

Yep and some silly centre caps. They were cheap enough though!!