canadiankid

so I figured that i should make some sort of a build thread, that way i just just post all of my progress in one spot.

I got my civic in the fall of 2010 and have slowly been making it my own. when i first got it it was bone stock

canadiankid

the first thing i got for the car was a yakima roof rack that i picked up used for an amazing deal. That way in the winter when i go snowboarding i dont have to get the inside of my car dirty and wet from my snowboard.

Shift-E

Where abouts in Canada do you live again? Did you say Ottawa?

canadiankid

the next thing i did to the car was blackhouse the headlights. i highly recomend doing this, it looks great and it is inexpensive it just takes a fair bit of time

canadiankid

nope i'm a maritimer haha

sl33pyriceboi

iTrader: (3)

wow. great work on the blacking out of headlight. turned out pretty good i must admit. but clean up that lens!

canadiankid

thanks, i used a 3m headlight restoration kit not long after doing it. i just havent put the pictures up yet

canadiankid

after i blackhoused the headlights i had to clean up the lenses so i decided to use the 3m headlight restoration kit and it turned out great

Brian1037

If you ever go from the maritimes to Ontario to meet up with them then I'll join as you pass through QC

canadiankid

after a few months went by of not really doing any mods to the car i decided to buy a mugen style front lip and put it on the car.

canadiankid

I never liked the look of the chrome moulding on the hood of the car so i decided to paint it to match the rest of the car and i think that it totally changed the look of the front of the car along with the lip for the better.

Shift-E

Sedans weren't meant to be sporty, thats why they were chromed out to look more "luxurious." The coupes were their sporty versions, and thats why they got the colour matched moulding. At least thats what I believe.

Looks good! Sportier

canadiankid

yea i agree, i hated that chrome. I was thinking of just getting some oh the color matched hood and trunk mouldings off of a coupe to put on my car that way it looks more "oem"

Brian1037

SO much nicer without the ugly chrome trim.

Shift-E

trunk moulding isnt the same size from coupe to sedan if I recall correctly. Front ends are the same. Painting was probably your best bet.

canadiankid

thanks, i think so too haha


here's another picture

canadiankid

keeping with the theme of getting rid of the chrome. I also painted the chrome moulding on the trunklid to match the rest of the car.

Brian1037

Remove that dealer sticker...................

canadiankid

yeah im going to do that when i take of the "civic" badge

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

i ended up getting the coupe painted front trim and the 04-05 sedan painted rear trim to replace the chrome ones. looks way better than tacky chrome lol

canadiankid

yeah that's what i was thinking of doing too gearbox. i just painted them till i can find new pieces of trim

canadiankid

a little update, my civc was victum to the common automatic transmission failure at about 137,000 kms. about two weeks ago the transmission was slipping a bit, then it just stopped doing its job. i was able to pull over into a tim hortons parking lot and had to have someone push me into the parking spot. i pretty much knew that it was the transmission because of how much i read about it happening to us 7th gen owners on here. i then got it towed to the local transmisson shop which did a tranny in a subaru my brother had a little more than a year ago. they put it up on the lift and drained the fluid to see if that would tell them anything (possibly water in there because we had the worst rain i had ever seen here ever the night before, and i was out driving in it) the fluid wasnt diluted so no water got in the tranny. Then he told me that it was probably the torque converter which i kind of suspected.

so they took the transmisson out the next day and took it apart and it needed a new torque converter, so they replaced that along with all the seals, gaskets, im pretty sure they replaced the shafts and a some bearings (all new parts). they put a coat of blue paint on the transmission housing because that is how they signify a transmission they fixed for the warrenty program that they have, i have a 1year/ 20,000 km warrenty.

I was able to to get it back on a friday afternoon after on droping it off on that wednesday so i was happy with how soon i got it back. As much as it bothers me to have had to of had this fixed, at least now i am now i know that my transmission has fresh parts in it.

maxtierney

iTrader: (5)

Sorry to hear about the tranny. Hope it lasts a while. Mods are looking good so far.

canadiankid

thanks maxtierney, and like i said. at least now its new parts in there haha. i ordered my yellow fogs and they should be in by the 21st or 22nd

and i also ordered the led conversion from led automotive kit for my climate ***** and ac, recirculation and defogger buttons in the the dash so that they will match my deck.

Shift-E

Man you got me scarred about my tranny :S

If you don't mind me asking, how much did the rebuild cost you?

inifiniteblur

look at that dick on the bumper. too bad that didnt bleed through the newspaper

canadiankid

that was my brother trying to be funny, good thing that it didn't

inifiniteblur

your brother is funny.

canadiankid

so i figured i would add a few more new pictures that i took tonight at the car wash.

hows she look?

CiviStang

love the headlights.. link to a tutorial plz?