brobo

After 3 weeks of searching craigslist. I found her with a snapped timing belt.
She's a 2003 Civic ex
5 speed
With only 88012 miles
Got her for $2400

luckily i have a spare d17a2
Btw I am a 15 year old and this is my 4th car lol

here she is Arriving




lol my dad

And me and some how my 6'5 *** fits in the car lol


This body kit is from the dealer
should i keep it?

under the hood

more to come this weekend.

Brian1037

When I was 15 I was more worried about my math homework... I definately didn't have spare engines laying around

Looks nice though. I'd keep the body kit but tighten up the skirts, they look like they're gonna fall off.

brobo

yea i am but its summer lol and idk im going to buy a new bumper and a new lip but im going to keep the side and rear the rear is perfect and i just ordered a new clutch and getting tein springs in 2 weeks.

MindBomber

You can't improve on the oem rear lip, I've got the same one

7genmarathon

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talk about judging a book by its cover...

brobo

i know u can remove it but is it stock like the whole body kit cause the seller said he bought the car brand new like this from the dealer ??

sl33pyriceboi

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damn... at 15? sheesh.

DarkSouljur

If you don't mind me asking, what happened to your other cars? And at 15 how are you affording all this?

Kennykid2002

iTrader: (1)

God dam, for $2400, that exterior is MINT

MelJ

Damn dude. You're a tall 15 year old.

brobo

so heres an update but first your wondering how can i afford this???
well when i was 13 i was a typical xbox fanatic and played 12 hours a day HOLY S**T! So my dad got tired of the bs so he smashed my xbox. I hated him for a day then i realized how stupid i was and i fixed that xbox and sold it . From there on over a period of a year i got into computers and made alot of small amount over a time and i got around 1500 bucks. So where i work at, a little arab computer store, one of my bosses friends wants to buy an 2001 civic ex auto, blue in color for $400 . so i jumped on it and ask for the girls number , next day i went to see that civic on a school day , but my dad didnt mind taking me. The car was a 2001 honda civic ex ,2dr auto,141k and the girl drove it with the oil light on for 3 weeks and threw a rod so i buy that car. my cousin swaps the engine and i loved it and washed it every 4 days , even if i only drove around the block at night.I bought rims and exhaust and intake Here she was

after a year i sold it to a friend and i bought a 99 civic ex salvage title.i slapped a body kit on it and ruined it. I ended up selling it to a person for 4500 and paid 4500 in parts. Over time i earned a couple grand plus the 4.5
and i bought a 2003 vw jetta 2.0 for 7200 with 45k and my dad drove a 2001 civic ex 4dr auto. so i got bored really fast with the car and my dad loves vw and especially this one , so we traded and i sold his civic and bought this one now for 2500 and i got 4000 to use .
So 1500 left for mods .

Now for the update: I woke up at 8 and started to take apart the car and worked up to 8 pm and i pulled the engine , but i did notice that the a/c compressor was totally jammed and the guy i bought it from guessed it was the timing belt , but i think the a/c was the issue, ill find out when i rip apart the old engine.
Ripped the harness off and now i a writing this .
My camera died and i only got a few pics . The bottom engine covers were gone and there was salt all over the engine bay so its rusty inside but outside minor scratches and i rust spot on the bottom of the door.




Next to my sis's eclipse

MindBomber

Yup, it's a factory option from Honda.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

wow nice and has honda aero kit. some dealers installed it as a factory option to sell it faster.

Shift-E

So you were driving at 14? crazy lol.

brobo

Im Croatian so my parents let me do what ever i want except drugs and disrespect people lol.

Brian1037

Damn with the skills you have now at 15 you could be doing some real serious mech work in a couple years. I'm really impressed

brobo

HUGE UPDATE:
Well i went to harbor freight and got an engine stand.
here are some pics

Geting the tranny off


This i think is the problem not the belt

Taking clutch off.



Comparing the looks of my engine with the civic's

The new engine with only 44k with papers

Extra parts

Harness

The new stand

Got the engine on the stand


And of course my dad takes a pic of me all sweaty working

btw look at me next to my garage
YES BROBO 4 THE WIN= No snapped timing belt = bad a/c compressor


Gsr shift **** in my car

I removed the timing belt for a new one and pump



Here is the engine being spun = win and no bent valves

MindBomber

You scored, no snapped timing belt ftw!

brobo

yes i did now a new timing belt and pump and putting it back in
also got a new clutch and alot of parts coming

Brian1037

So very nice. I wish I was that confident when it comes to my car

iSharix

Wow ... just woooowww .. !

lowlife9

you should email those pics to the person you bought it from.

brobo

Update: Ordered new splash guards all around
new exhuast
used skunk 2 ciolovers but no shocks
new a/c condensor
crank pully tool for future use
new front bumper
new front mugen lip
new stage 1 racing clutch
now we wait lol

Brian1037

Holy shiiit someone works fast

Kennykid2002

iTrader: (1)

Those coilover sleeves are gonna be harsh, ride sucks on em, especially with u being so tall

I'm 5'7" and skunk2 coils shatters every bone in my body in a 20 min drive

brobo

heres a link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

so those will be a bad ride u say?

Kennykid2002

iTrader: (1)

Yea, the sleeves

Wow, that's pretty expensive for em, tein s tech's are only 180 bnib

Kennykid2002

iTrader: (1)

Well, Idk,
I had em on a DC2, and they were harsh, very harsh

You can put em on and tell me how they ride on the EM2

brobo

k i will

brobo

http://youtu.be/gh52uzTxjtQ