My girl's coupe

[Volume 8]

Like the title says, this is my girl's car. it's a '99 EX. she got it in '03. it had 70k miles on it, and was bone stock. we've made a few changes since then.

mod list:
Shortie intake
4-2-1 header
2.25" exhaust w/cheap dynomax muffler.
accel plug wires
NGK iridium plugs
spoon reservoir covers
exedy clutch
skunk2 springs
KYB AGX dampers
EBC greenstuff pads
brembo rotors
skunk2 front bar
DC integra gauge cluster
AXAS combat power rev indicator
honda accessory floormats
Factory Si foglights
"typeR" grill
DIY front lip

stereo stuff:
clarion dxz535
JL e1250
JL e4300
2 JL 10w0's
JL 6x9 in the rear
JL 5.25 components in the front

this is the oldest pic I have of the car, the typeR lip, grill, and the Si foglights were the first couple mods we had done.


some more recent pics. at this point the suspension was in, it had the lip i made on it, and it still had the 15% tint.



this winter.


by far my favorite shot.


Gauges before and after.


a few engine shots




amps/subs

[Volume 8]

here's my car. it's a '93 integra RS. i bought the car from my friend who bought the car off another friend who had crashed it, long story. anyways, we straightened it out a little,and i put a new bumper cover on it so i could get it on the road. i got lucky cuz my friend had bought JDM headlights to replace the stock ones, unfortunately it had a butt-ugly fiberglass ricer hood on it.

mods:
CAI
4-2-1 header
2.25" exhaust, no cat or muffler right now.
denso iridium plugs
accel wires
mugen reservoir cover
JDM one-piece headlights
cheapo side markers
DIY sideskirts
rear wiper delete
sparco 4-pt. harness
DIY start switch/gauge panel
re-located battery to trunk
DIY rear cross brace
cheapo front tower bar


this is then.


this is where it sits now, i traded that hood for a stock one so no more rice factor. i color matched the mirrors, threw on some honda badges, and i found a used factory lip



1834CCs of honda goodness, check out my custom urine-colored valve cover.

check it out, sound clips
Click here to listen exhaust-clip15 (http://media.putfile.com/exhaust-clip15)
Click here to listen intake-sound-clip (http://media.putfile.com/intake-sound-clip)

the interior for now.

[2coupes]

damn!! that exhaust sounds like a very pissed off badger!

[JdmRevelations]

keepin it clean i see nice work

[JdmRevelations]

damn that thing is stupid loud... but im glad you got rid of that hood..

[Volume 8]

yeah, that's my "off-road" exhaust.

[Mikey]

Not bad, not bad

[Volume 8]

thanks guys.

[red4]

you've done a pretty good job with it so far man. keep up the good work. i think a JDMCC decal would look good on the rear quarter windows though....:D

[PandaCoupe]

Good looking car man.

And I want your amps:eek:

[PandaCoupe]

GEEZ that exhaust haha I'd hate to be one you passed at WOT:D

[Volume 8]

yeah, i'm getting a stock exhaust when i get it going again, it's just open pipe right now, sounds mean, but it's super loud, there's no way i could drive it on the street like that.

[Volume 8]

Good looking car man.

And I want your amps:eek:

thanks, the stereo is one of the best parts of the car, it sounds soooo good! it's crisp and clear without being too loud.

[G-rat]

wow...not sure i could put up with that loud of exaust

[skater4145]

wow yah that is crazy loud!

nice DA, i used to have two and they are great cars

[Foos]

Curious as to why you ditched the Si front lip that was on there in the beginning. Was it damaged or something?
I like the way it sits, looks like the right amount of drop. Oh yeah, can you say car wash? lol

Props on that stereo it looks like it would sound good. I'm a stereo freak also.

[PooM_EJ2]

Very nice, just needs some Rotas now :D

That short RAM wont be doing it much good :|

[EJ1 Freak]

It's her car...but did you do the work on it?

It's looking good....now get that engine bay clean! ;)

[Foos]

It's nice to see another ricer hood like that ditched. The DA is one of my favorite body designs. I can't wait to see this thing finished. What are the future plans.

[Volume 8]

thanks for all the comments guys.
yup, i am responsibe for all the work and maintenance on the car,she helps though. and yeah, that intake isn't the greatest but it was free, i've been thinking about putting my cai on it but we've already had problems with water, so i'm dreaming up some kind of new intake setup, not sure what yet. and the lip wasn't an Si lip, it was a cheap ABS knockoff, we went through two of them before i decided to make the one that's on there now, it's been on there a year and no problems, takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. definitely feelin' some rotas too, she wants some black slips. she just got her taxes back so the car is getting some much needed tlc, 100k mile maintenance, new brakes, and i'm dropping the tranny to fix some bearing issues, so no rims just yet. and don't worry mel, i'm workin on a wire tuck right now, plus i'm gonna paint the valve cover when it's off.

[EJ1 Freak]

and don't worry mel, i'm workin on a wire tuck right now, plus i'm gonna paint the valve cover when it's off.

Hehe...what'd I say? ;) :p ;)

Well it's nice to see more girls atleast interested in cars so no complaints from me...now tell her to join! :D

[Volume 8]

i hated that hood since the day i got the car, the only nice thing is that it was lighter, i felt the difference, lost a few mph exiting corners.(i have a benchmark road i use for testing). but anyway, as far as future plans i wanna get some coilovers and a new brake setup, plannin' on a b20 swap, that's just the big stuff, there's a lot of small things i'm gonna do too.

[Volume 8]

haha,i told her to join, since her car is on here. i gotta talk her into it though, she's not a internet nerd like i am.

[EJ1 Freak]

haha,i told her to join, since her car is on here. i gotta talk her into it though, she's not a internet nerd like i am.
Do you want me to talk to her...I can be pretty convincing! hahaha

Once she comes on...it's addicting...she won't be able to leave! *evil laugh*

[Volume 8]

well, i already talked her into making a myspace thing, so i should be able to convince her.

[EJ1 Freak]

well, i already talked her into making a myspace thing, so i should be able to convince her.
Ok well make it happen! :p

[Volume 8]

The brake pads and shifterbushings have arrived!!:TU:






putting these in on friday,woohoo, i get to work on the honda again!

[EJ1 Freak]

Awesome! :TU:

[JdmRevelations]

looks like a pretty big box for just that.. eheh..

[Volume 8]

yeah, it had two big airbag things and a couple of catalogs. more crap to throw away.

[JdmRevelations]

sounds like most shipments...

[Volume 8]

slapped these babies on today, thanks edwin:TU: :japanflag:


yes, it's crooked.

got rid of the adhesive left over from the ricer sticker on the back bumper too, no more "powered by honda" ghost image.

[Volume 8]

once again thanks to edwin:TU:!
i put this on today, it's getting nice out and i might have my license back this week so it may be time to wake up the beast soon.

[red4]

decals look good. i think i would have mounted it a LITTLE lower on the rear bumper though. it looks like its right in the curve of the bumper. i'd have put it down on the lower section of the lip i think, but it still looks good repping the Council. :TU:

[Volume 8]

haha, yeah, the left side of the sticker is where i want it , the other isn't , i always manage to put long decals on crooked, it's all good though

[G-rat]

and hit the moutain.....u forgot to add that part in......engine bay looks a lot cleaner with that new black valve cover

[Dina]

looks good Lionel! I wont have mine on for a while I am not sure what color to paint it now

[MS. EJ8]

niceeee!!!i loveeee black coupes cant u tell? lol

[Volume 8]

some recent pics, had a tripod this time, wow what a difference. should have washed the car too but oh well.






:honda:

[red4]

pictures look better man. looks like only one came out blurry. any future plans for her coupe?

[Volume 8]

yeah, the one blurry pic is without the tripod. as for the coupe, lots of plans but the next few will probably be a CTR shift-boot, JDM sidemarkers, and spoon shift knob, i've got some integra SE alloys i might put on, and i really gotta find some rear discs.

[Speedy]

I really like the painted wheel covers.

[red4]

yeah, the one blurry pic is without the tripod. as for the coupe, lots of plans but the next few will probably be a CTR shift-boot, JDM sidemarkers, and spoon shift knob, i've got some integra SE alloys i might put on, and i really gotta find some rear discs.

the rear discs are probably one of my favorite mods so far. now i just need my wheels to show em off. future plans sound good though. :TU:

[Volume 8]

Had some time on my hands today so i washed the car and took some pics.







changed the intake a little bit.
before-

after


Air-con is coming out next. Might be ordering the rear discs soon too.
:japanflag: :honda:

[JdmRevelations]

OHHHH if your pulling out the air cond pull it out cleanly cause i want it.... ! i need AC here...

[Volume 8]

i'll let you know man, i can ship it after i pull it.but pulling it cleanly, that's another thing....haha,j/k bro i won't hack it up.

[Paps]

looks good.

[queso]

Looks good, want to see more of the DA though

[ROKdaB18]

pics r nice...u used that spot couple of times...they change the wall up every week...hopfully i can get sum good pics there this summer...looks nice thuogh gives it that real clean look:rockon:

[Courtney Ej8]

thanks for the compliments everybody.:TU: :D here's some more pics.

we went to the junkyard looking for a window for Lionel's DA and happened upon a black EJ6 which happened to have a trunklid in good shape. So he bought me the trunklid and scored a window for his car.

quick trunk swap-



the nice thing is it's already de-badged and has holes for a factory spoiler so when i get an Si wing it can go right on.

and earlier tonight Lionel took some shots of my car.











my new engine swap, "powered by Lionel!!"

:honda:

[JdmRevelations]

hey hey hey... i see the AC is out.... whats up with it lionel... ?

[Volume 8]

it's chillin in the closet right now, i still gotta pull the evaporator, i can see how much it would be to ship, i just gotta see if courtney wants to part with it, cuz i told her we could put it back in at some point, but i honestly don't plan on doing that.

[Dina]

Looking good you too I called you back on saturday and you didnt pick up I was at work we went to the show in chicopee yesterday it was cool gonna post up the pics in the meets and shows forums soon!

[Volume 8]

word, that was my friends' phone, so he may not have heard the call, music was blaring all day. i'll have to post pics from that show too. haha, the coupe council was reppin' hard all weekend.

[Dina]

just posted them! go check it!

[queso]

did the ej have a wing on it? looks better.

[Volume 8]

yeah, the trunk we got from the junkyard had a wing, but it's no big deal cuz she wants an Si spoiler and since i always manage to mount things crooked somehow, it's convenient that the holes are already there. but due to recent unfortunate developments that's all up in the air.

[JdmRevelations]

let me know about that ac i seriously want it

[Volume 8]

took a few shots of my girl's car today, the light was hitting it just right, too bad the car is dirty and my camera sucks.

[Volume 8]

Word, so I put courtney's amps and subs back in today. We had to take them out when it went to the body shop. So since I'm really lazy it's been almost a month and I just now put it in.

I also painted her valve cover today. I'm gonna polish the lettering tomorrow.

[Mr.MAN]

cool dude, looks good, im putin my stereo in soon also:TU:

[eg6sir]

100 mph and no seatbelt.. shame on you..

[Volume 8]

shame on my girlfriend, I always wear mine. I constantly bitch about it but she doesn't listen. She drives crazier than I do too.

[JdmRevelations]

hope nothing ever happens... but you should show her some vids of people getting into accidents without seatbelts.... search you tube.... believe me i got into an accident and my rear pass. wasnt wearing a seatbelt.... that kid went face first to the front seat... he was complaining for weeks.... now he puts it on...

[Volume 8]

Polished the lettering on her valvecover today, rearranged her intake yet again and put the y8 throttle body back on instead of the LS that was on there.

[civicsi94]

looks good

[Volume 8]

So for the umpteenth time courtney's exhaust broke again, I put my stock exhaust on for now and I'm gonna have to suffer with a 2.5" ricer exhaust for now.

There's your problem!


Maybe the car's a little too low...

[Volume 8]

Damn, seems like this thread only gets updated when something breaks. But here's what's up; the oil in my girl's engine magically disappeared, add that to a trip on the highway and you get the picture. Long story short the engine is trashed. I yanked the Y8 a few weeks ago and finally managed to get hold of a Y7, thanks again Chris(Foff158). Probably gonna go about doing the swap this weekend.

Sad to see it go, this engine served us well for 4 years.


Engine, what engine?


Hung out to dry...


I like this shot."You want single cams? We got 'em!"


And my newest project, mid-rear twin engine conversion;)

[white_rice]

oh nice i heard about that swap i've been tryin to find the mounts were can i pick some up?

[vti_me]

nice da :)

[Volume 8]

nice da :)

Thanks man, I really miss that car. It was my first and I had so much fun with it. I'm trying to find another one though.

[Volume 8]

Finally got around to working on swapping engines in my girl's car.
Transferred everything over and dropped it in the other day but I decided I'm gonna swap the Y8 head onto it to avoid other issues with the swap.

Anywho, here's some pics.

D16y8, my old Z6, and the "new" Y7


The Y7.



Pulled the valve cover off the y8 and then pulled the head.



My work area



Installed the clutch, thne bolted up the transmission.



Sanded the paint off the lettering on the valve cover and slapped it on.



Then I dropped the engine in.


More pics coming when I finish it up.

[G-rat]

nice...keep i up..my girl might get a honda so i will doing the same thing u are

[Volume 8]

nice...keep i up..my girl might get a honda so i will doing the same thing u are

Word, nothing better than having a girl with a honda, even better if she's into cars a lot too. I just need to convince my girl to come out to the touge when it's done.

[ronjdm36]

yes it is nice having a chic thats into cars too. lord knows mine is. hurry up and get this thing back on the road:D

[Volume 8]

I've been pretty busy lately but as a quick update I got the car running. It was throwing a code 54 but I fixed that today. I'm glad I'm finally done with it and Courtney couldn't be happier.

In and done...kinda, still hadn't put the intake and tower bar on.


Used the parts I didn't need from my DC cluster to fix hers. Needs more adjusting and I gotta trim some of the plastic off the bottom.


More pics soon, we're gonna go do a shoot with both cars.

Also expect more work to be done with hers in the next few months. I'm putting together a high-compression D16z6 to swap in with a hybrid transmission, some more wire tucking, plus a few other goodies here and there.

[CTB16]

Word, nothing better than having a girl with a honda, even better if she's into cars a lot too. I just need to convince my girl to come out to the touge when it's done.

I'm one of the lucky ones then. Mine loves hondas and loves to work on cars with me. I picked up an eg8 with a blown engine for her. Together we removed the blown engine, tranferred the auto trans to a jdm d15b I picked up for cheap and all the other pieces needed to make it run, and then installed it ourselves. She's put over 15k on it and it still runs great. She's also helping me on my em1. Damn I love my girl :D . Go go female tuners! :rockon: :honda:

[Foos]

It's alive again. Looking forward to checking out the new photo-shoot when it gets done.

[Volume 8]

Once again, there's only updates when stuff breaks. Her right rear brake was hung up so I pulled the drum off to inspect it and when I tested the brakes again the wheel cylinder blew. So that makes two broken cars, WTF?!

Jacked up, literally and figuratively.



For some reason I found this extremely funny.


No friction material whatsoever, literally metal on metal. This is what happens when you get lazy and don't change brakes for a couple years.


So fresh brakes all around are on the menu. It needs a new suspension, and I'm gonna build a fresh engine for her with a few tricks thrown in. We need a new exhaust too because the wimpy DX piping is choking the engine.

Old crap:



So that's what's up. Time to give her neglected coupe some love. Hopefully there will be some updates that don't include broken parts in the near future.

[singlecamEJ8]

nice mang...im kinda diggin those wheel covers lol.

[Volume 8]

nice mang...im kinda diggin those wheel covers lol.

Thanks man. I did that a few years ago, I got bored and figured it would look a little better than stock. Besides, who paints hubcaps? haha;)

[Bling]

You by chance wouldnt have a auto tranny laying around would you? and what did the white stickers say on the side sohc vtec or the same old dohc vtec?

[Volume 8]

The stickers said "sohcVTEC", everybody kept asking if it was an Si so we took them off. And I do actually have an auto tranny sitting in my yard. Although I have no idea of the condition, but I seem to recall the people I got it from saying it's no good.

[Speedy]

so it has a y7 in it now? try a p75...a b series map makes that motor run nicely...thats what im using

[foff158]

yea the tranny is no good!

[Volume 8]

so it has a y7 in it now? try a p75...a b series map makes that motor run nicely...thats what im using

I ended up using the y8 head to make things easier so I'm using the stock P2P. It runs okay for now but I'm putting together a Z6 for her. Then I will most likely convert to OBD1 and use my chipped p28.


yea the tranny is no good!

That's what I figured. I remember your friend saying that it was junk.

[Volume 8]

Ok, so I got her car going again. So since I've been driving hers and not mine right now I've been messing with it here and there. I also did a mini-shoot.

The "touring car style" sheet metal lip was pretty banged up so I grabbed some fresh metal from a siding job I did awhile ago. Haters can hate, but thess lips take some serious abuse, and she likes it so that's what counts.

Before.


After. Just gotta paint the rivets so they don't stand out as much.


Honda day is everyday at my house, haha.


Shot some pics of her coupe since I've been neglecting it for a while.

[TaNk00VsM]

haha looks clean never seen a sheet metal lip...very creative

[white_rice]

haha looks clean never seen a sheet metal lip...very creative

ya definitly i've always seen the home depot garden liner lip lol
lookin good!

[97EJ6mike]

nice way to make use of Home depot garden liner lol!
Ingenuity ftw!

[Volume 8]

Thanks guys. Unfortunately yesterday morning I hit a raccoon and it dinged up the lip and tore off the foglight garnish.:TD:

[Volume 8]

Just wanted to post a few pics of what's in store for my girl's car.

NPR p29 pistons .040 overbore.



For comparison, P29 vs. P28

[JPCoop]

Very nice upping the CR a bit more, how much are you trying to get?

[Volume 8]

Very nice upping the CR a bit more, how much are you trying to get?

Should be around 12:1. They're going in a Z6 block with a refreshed head w/ a valve job. I'm gonna have the rods shotpeened and polished, and I will most likely polish the piston faces as well. I don't really have any specific output goals but I figure it should wake the car up a bit, it's really slow right now.