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Today I took out the airbox filter as per suggestion in this thread. First time doing this to any car and it took me a couple of mins to realize that the filter doesn't come out of the plastic frame lol.

AND I ALSO GOT MY FOGS WORKING!! woot woot so happy. Can't wait to test them at night.

 
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lookin good Brian!

 
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Thank you!

 
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Got the car back from the body shop.. lots of fresh paint! New hood, front bumper, rear bumper, grill, lip, tailights. Got a set of thin side moldings that are being painted along with my stock skirts. I have fog lights that I want to put in but I almost like the way it looks now better.. suggestions? (the light bezels are painted to match the car)

Pics!




Couldn't get a decent front shot with the phone but you get the idea.. lol

 
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I painted the trim panels in my civic today silver came out a lot better then planned

 
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took out the atf filter, will just change the fluid more often. those filters are expensive!

 
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New mod. You like?

 
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Fixed my gauge light issue, and finally fired her up with the new motor after shes been sittin for 4 months. Felt dumb backin it out of the garage....i left the e-brake on the whole time n the drums rusted fast. I was just like F-it n drug the rear tires till the drums broke loose lol. Hope I didnt bust the shoes lol. But its runnin good n I plan on posting pics soon! (but not till im all the way done)

 
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MelJ is that some chocolate and french fries there? Mmmm

 
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Lmfao. Nah. It's a maple leaf(it isn't even fall!) and a hole for one of the seat bolts. I found an onion ring carrier in my car. I don't eat onion rings so I think my friend did when he borrowed my car while I was away. Lol. I also noticed something odd. My dash doesn't light up from the 55 to 65 mph area. :/ . Sometimes it'll light up, but then it won't.

 
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As I said mel, time for new dash

 
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Summer is just about gone so no need for AC/PS.

 
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When I go broke from buying all this stuff for my car, I'm blaming this site.

 
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Replaced my burnt up a/c control unit n ended up swapping the dials and all once I realized the ones I grabbed from a 4 door ex are backlit blue....sweet lol accidental mod! has anyone tried replacing the orange plastic in the defrost buttons to make them match the blue a/c controls? I wanna swap with the blue cluster too n completely ditch the vp's ugly orange...ick!

 
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WELLLL, in the past two weeks i've clay barred and waxed the car, installed a front and side lip kit, and took the car in today to get 35% tint all around!

 
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well i worked on her from 8 am to 12 pm. l narrowed down my electrical issues to a defective glo-shift gauge (im a little dissapionted)and just put the interior back together and everything necessary to at least get to the point of a test drive. hopin and prayin that shes ok. lots been done to this point. may need to readjust the valves its a little noisy but i guess the last motor made a little more noise with the crower cam so im not sure.

 
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i got hybrid folding mirrors coming in the mail yay

 
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getting a new transmission, stage 1 clutch and light weight flywheel installed today

 
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sprayed some belt dressing on the squeaky a/c belt, seems to have helped for now and the belts are still in decent shape. as much as i hate that dressing cause it gets everywhere and dirt sticks to it, the noise was worse.

 
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Picked up one of those 3M headlight cleaner kits. Headlights now look like new!

 
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Replaced two window motors and regulators.....what a pain in the *** those are to change..

 
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Shoulda made DIY, to my knowledge, i dont think there is one on this forum

 
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Tried changing a relay but blew a fuse. Also broke part of my front bumper. Tomorrow will be better

 
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im starting to regret getting these hybrid mirrors, they are gonna be a huge pain to paint since they are folding and have to be completely dismantled to cover over all the old paint. maybe i might go with bomex instead. i was worried about the looks tho, but they are way more aero than the hybrids.

 
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there is an LED conversion kit u can get to change the color of the cluster available here...that way u wont need to worry bout your odometer reading from getting a new cluster plus i think they might be a bit brighter than the stock backlighting

 
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Ya ill check it out in the morning. I was a little dissapointed to realize that the blue plasic only shows white at night, but on a good note I spent 6 hrs detailing n drove her 132 miles today! After 4 months worth of a nightmare it felt good to have her on the road! think im gonna jus pull out the orange plastic inserts in the defrost buttons next time I have the dash out..then all the buttons n dials will be white

 
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quick wash for my civic.. that's all though :/

 
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that place is really good! i went to it and looked at all the conversions you can do, and it gives VERY detailed instructions to do it. nice find!

 
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Finished my little eco run today...
and I realized 2 things

My driving habit sucks ***, and my gas meter is retarded lol

I started driving like a granny, very slow accel, minimal vtec engagement, low volume music, no AC...anything that would maximize my MPG.
I achieved 38mpg with my car, as apposed to my 28~29mpg average.

 
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^Whats music volume got to do with it? :P