Dean Sanchez

Here's my build guys. I have a 2004 Honda Civic DX Coupe.

Mods:

Exterior
Dark Teal Metallic Paint
Type R Front Lip
Type A Side Skirts
01-03 Rear Tail Lights
Blackhousing Headlights
Type R Grill
Ek Sidemarkers
XXR 521 Hyper Silver Wheels (16x8 +20 with 1 inch spacers)
Falken 912 205/40-16 F and 205/45-16 R (Fenders rolled and pulled slightly)

Interior
Black Suede Door Inserts (DIY by my GF)
Mugen Replica Mats
Neo Chrome Shift **** with adapter
Strut King Pedals MT
Recaro Speed Black Avus Seats
Wedge Engineering Seat Brackets and Sliders
Takata Racing Harnesses

Suspension
Megan Street Coilovers
HyperCo 4 inch springs (600 lbs)
Megan Rear Camber Arms
Ingalls Front Camber Bolts
Energy Suspension Bushing Kit
Beaks Rear Lower Tie Bar
Megan Front Upper Tie Bar
Custom Shortened Inner Tie Rods


Engine
Injen Short Ram Intake
ACT Clutch
F1 Racing Aluminum Flywheel

Entertainment
Kenwood Stereo
Alpine Speakers

Things left to do
Relocate the battery and fuse box
Buy an axle back and a header
Get legit wheels (secret till I buy them)
Upgrade my sound system with a double din deck and subs


Pics

When I first got the car


Blacked out the tails


Painted the rims Black with a red lip and added ricer red H emblem


Type R Grill


Painted the rims White






Got hit from Behind, chased the guy down, and got my car fixed. (Jesus fish was undamaged )


Took off riced red H emblem


Added a mugen lip, BOH, fogs, ek side markers, and took off type r grill




Bought some rota grids 17x7.5 +45




Painted the grids white added type r grill (Was on GCs and stocks with cut perches)






Doing some work


Tore a piece of the subframe when I crashed a curb in the rain and off it went to get fixed


Got rid of the grids and bought xxr 521s (16x8 +20)


Tires were Falken 512 205/40


Slammed it on the 521s and spacers. Also added 01-03 tails(Some pic included before spacers)














Got some megan coils






Added the hyper co springs, axles, beaks bar and various other parts










Alignment time


At a show






Got my Recaro Speeds and Takatas




Time for paint (body work)


Before Clear


Done with Mugen Lip and clear fogs


Neo Chrome Shift ****


Broke Mugen Lip so car was with out it (at a show)










Installed the Seats and Brackets (Also mugen rep mats and suede inserts and center console wrapped in recaro avus)


Garage pic


New Tires Falken 912s 205/40 front and 205/45


My two cars


How she sits today with type r grill

Max91

Wow, whatta morph! That thing looks real good. I like the final color.

Nice job!

krudmuphin

iTrader: (1)

Wow, you sir, have a very very low car. That's insane.

And what a great transformation. You've obviously put a lot of time and money into this car so your love for the car truly shows.

This thread is inspiring to all of those who tend to lose hope in their EM2s after a while. Cuz it's not like anything you do will make it worse

lowlife9

how do the 912s stretch compared to the 512s.

rjones7755

Being that low must be such a pain in the *** lol

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

looks good esp the color

sl33pyriceboi

iTrader: (3)

Jeez you are low. Put me to shame

Muirsy

love the new colour.. I think you should have kept the 04-05 tails on tho

mac25

sick build bro =D

Aetoc

iTrader: (1)

Very clean look..I haven't seen many EM2's with that kind of stance, and it looks great.

Dean Sanchez

Thanks a lot guys, still need a few things on my build to be "complete" lol I love this car too much to sell it or trade it. I hope it will inspire people to keep their EM2s cause it is discouraging at times during a build when you think you will never complete it.

LowLife9 I liked the stretch way better with the 512s but since they don't make 205/40 anymore I was forced to get 912s. 512s stretched a lot better, I think the best stretch than any other tire. The thread width was 6.9 inches compared to 7.3 inches on the 912s.

Dean Sanchez

Some shots from two friends Lexi and Desiree.

I have big plans this year for my baby.

List:
Inverted Tie Rod Ends
Extended Ball Joints
Frame Notch
Megan Racing Axle Back
Megan Racing Headers
Relocate Battery and Fuse Box
DIY Custom Trunk Floor
Double Din Stereo
Subs and Amp
and last some legit wheels that will blow your mind.

Hope to be "done" by June/July.

Kennykid2002

iTrader: (1)

You sir, love your rims and paint.

How do the 512's ride/wear?
I just got the Rotas you had, putting some 512's on em.

Dean Sanchez

512's were a little loud but it didn't bother me, and they wore out in about 3 months. I loved them because the stretched the best.

PearlVic

This is the EXACT look i want... but I cant afford it right now, so im keeping the car until then lol, and i love that turquoise color the car is immaculate, really my favorite em2 out of all that I have seen.

Dean Sanchez

Thanks!

Appreciate it! My advice to you: Don't get discouraged, just keep building.

BIGGS000

I'm amazed by the time and money that has gone into your build. I'm mainly a stock guy, but I love seeing what can be done with these cars. Your catalog of pictures tells a great story. Keep it up, man!

PearlVic

Whats next bro? K20a2 swap? lol

Dean Sanchez

Thanks for those kind words sir. I love this car, really all my money and time go into it.


Maybe in the future haha, but for now I am planning to get new wheels and few other small things. I am keeping the car (never gonna sell it), but saving to get an e46 m3 in a year which will be my new project.

PearlVic

BMW sounds like a juicy project, and yes keep that civic, and when you get new wheels ill send you my address for your old ones ;D lol

Dean Sanchez

I know I can't wait till I get one lol and for sure if you want them I'll sell to you.

PearlVic

Man I would but im broke AF, but out of curiousity how much?
Mainly because I'm about to have to replace the head gasket on my car :'(

Dean Sanchez

Not sure yet, when I am gonna sell I will let you know!

PearlVic

lol alright man

Dean Sanchez

Just a little update. I bought a double din and Megan Racing muffler that I turned into an axleback. Still waiting for the wheels I ordered, hopefully they will be here in March.



Pioneer AVH-X2500BT


Love this thing so much!! USB, AUX, Bluetooth, Pandora, DVD player... so many useful features lol This is my first double din stereo. I also installed a back up camera that has night vision, really pleased with the stereo and its features as well as the back up camera. Well worth the money IMO. BTW I am not missing any of those rectangles that cover up the holes next to the 12v outlet, it just looks like its missing in the pic lol



Here is the megan racing muffler I purchased. I stand by Megan Racing now that I have a quite a few of their parts on my car.(Coils, LCAs, Camber Kit, Strut Bar, and now Muffler) Good Quality parts for good prices.




And here it is on my car.




Last things on the build list are Megan Racing Header, Megan Racing Roll Center Adjuster (Maybe), mild wire tuck and Type R rear lip. Other than that I am basically done with my build, pending my rims. I am content with where my car will be at this summer and as soon as I graduate in the winter semester, I will be getting a E46 M3 and starting a new build. Might K-Swap in the future, but I know I will be spending a lot on building an M3 so k-swap is just a thought for now.

Kennykid2002

iTrader: (1)

Looking real good, how does the muffler sound?

Time for Megan header and down pipe

Dean Sanchez

Thanks and sounds good, like a deep tone since I kept the silencer. Ill be getting a header soon, but no downpipe cause Ill bust a hole on it at the height I'm at.

Tragedy

iTrader: (10)

really nice civic here. subd.

BlueEM2

iTrader: (1)

Awesome car man.

mac25

just keeps getting better!