EMMI's daily

[EMMI]

ever since October, I decided to forget stressing about wearing down the NB and picked myself up a beater...

i found a 98 EX civic 4dr for 2 grand that had done 205k. the exterior was beat up and it didnt have wheels, but being that it was owned by a smog tech... everything was mechanically sound with a heart of gold testing at 193/195/192/194psi.

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i added wheels just to get around and realized.... EVERYTHING IS SOOO FUCKING CHEAP for Hondas... before MRLS was officially announced, i decided that I wanted to do a cheap beater build to keep things as cost efficient as possible. EBAY will be my friend for this build because IDGAF.

now that MRLS was over, things started crankin.

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F1 spec flywheel + clutch combo = $160
Labor = $200
*the only real problem was that the main seal was leaking but who would do all that work and put the old clutch back in.

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Windoweld polyurethane mounts = $15

OEM mounts were completely shot so I filled them with polyurethane, let sit for a few days and rocked out... some nice vibrations inside the cabin but actually way less than I expected... very well worth it.

[EMMI]

now the only department where I felt that I NEED to invest a little more was in terms of suspension. I really wanted to just get Racelands, I really did... but I decided to go with a functional fixed setup than that Piece of crap... One of the main things I need to focus on is to make this car capable of rough terrain. The NB became too much of a smooth surface car making it too low and stressful on rough canyon roads especially GMR and East/West Road (socal reference)

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TEIN S.Tech lowering springs = $X20

I didnt even think twice, I rolled down and picked myself up some more green stuff =]

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Skunk2 sport shocks : $280

though these were 40 bux more than the originally planned Koni Oranges, I opted for these for several reasons.

1. The valving was slightly stiffer than the Koni's making it better suitable for lowering springs
2. They are short stroke shocks.

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The benefit of shorter dampers is that there is more suspension travel when the car is lowered. S.techs will put me about 2 inches lower meaning that my standard length shocks would be 2 inches closer to bottoming out. plus, I will have less if any spring droop at full rebound and it will make the car lower =D

[EMMI]

im still waiting on my control arms and my work + finals season is taking up most of my schedule so installation will wait a few weeks, but I also picked up these.

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15x8 +25 offset = $500

These will also serve as my drift set for the NB so they will be wrapped with some ziexs or something like that. But since I was a young, I have always dreamed of a white or black car with gold/bronze wheels... now I get my chance =D

and u think i was going to stick with stock offsets? F*ck that shit.

[WildCJ5]

I bought a Civic HX new back in 98 as my daily. Always ran synthetic with 5-6k oil changes, putting around 2,400 a month on the car. Bounced it off the limiter daily and generally fogged it. It did it's first auto-x with paper plates.

I sold it in 06 to my BNL with 215,000. Compression numbers all perfect. He still drives it 120 miles a day for work. Great cars.

Only down side was all the negative crap the comes from other civic drivers.:roll:

[Caoboy]

I dig this. I want a civic too.

[EMMI]

3269

wheels fitted. Fenders rolled, inner and outer tie rods, upper control arms and alignment...

$95... *ebay parts*

Inner tie rods were too long so I took a grinder to them and called it a day.

Outer tie rods weren't greased which could be the main reason why they fail so soon... so I drilled and tapped zirc grease fittings for easy maintenance. ;)

The camber bolt washers were super thin so I replaced them with thicker, better ones.

Aside from the rack and pinion ratio, it can corner really damn well now and rides f*ing smooth

[Roadster Dave]

its going to get jacked because of those tein stickers.

[EMMI]

its gonna get jacked regardless. i found a club that i just threw on as a deterrent... i cant find the key so its just hanging out there lol

[I<3flippyheadlights]

Wow car looks awesome, makes me want a civic again :P

[xjdesertfox]

its gonna get jacked regardless. i found a club that i just threw on as a deterrent... i cant find the key so its just hanging out there lol

I used to have a jeep with a lowrance off road GPS and a nice pioneer double din navi in it. The jeep had no door locks.

I used to use a smith & wesson sticker on the driver side window and a copy of guns & shooter on the dash as my "deterrent."