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Slim's EM2 Build 34 Attachment(s) Ive been on this site 4 days after I picked up my civic, back in november '10. I drive a 2001 Honda Civic Lx with too many mods to list. Bought it off of craigslist for a cheap $2000 and 88,000 miles. All struts were blown, had no rear bumper, and the rear part of the exhaust was hanging down. This was going to be my project car. MODS: Custom Short Ram Air Intake Piping Spectre Blue Air Filter EX Aftermarket 4-1 Exhaust Headers (No Name) Cherrybomb 2 1/4 Inch Glasspack 2 1/4 Inch Piping Custom Dual Exhaust Cat Delete Enkei 17" Rims (CDR9) Kumho Ecsta 215/40r/17 (Front) Riken Raptor 215/45zr/17 (Rear) Moroso Hood Pins Fiberglass Hood Poly-Urethane Xenon Front Body Kit PFRP Composite AIT REV Rear Body Kit Z3 Style Fiberglass Fenders Plasmaglow Blue LED Underglow Kit (W/Optx Music Interface) TYC Headlights Matrix Carbon Fiber Tail Lights K6 Style Side Mirrors Custom Gunmetal Dark Grey Paint Job Type S Blue LED Shift Knob AC AutoTechnic Indiglo Overlay Gauges Diamond Hatch Floor Mats (Steel) Sony Xplod CDX-F7700 Dual 100 Watt (Front) Dual 120 Watt (Rear) Heres what she looked like when I brought her home Attachment 97027 Carbon Fiber hood ^_^ Attachment 97028 TYC Headlights and a Xenon front bumper Attachment 97029 Attachment 97030 Custom diamond hatch steel floor mats Attachment 97031 And Pedals! Attachment 97032 Attachment 97033 Just your standard sri and 4-1 headers Attachment 97034 Attachment 97035 Attachment 97036 AC Autotechnic indiglo gauges. Got all those annoying lines out Attachment 97037 Attachment 97038 Dual fart can exhaust .... + 10 Whp Attachment 97039 And heres various shots over the past year Attachment 97040 Attachment 97041 Attachment 97042 Cleaned up the intake pipe a little and replaced the filter Attachment 97043 Ground control lowering kit... on stock struts. The previous owner was a dumbass. I replaced them with stock struts because I hated bottoming out all the time Attachment 97044 Yes, rice. The ladies like the neon though :D full leds from plasmaglow Attachment 97045 Attachment 97046 The day I got my rear bumper in! AIT REV Attachment 97047 Attachment 97048 Attachment 97049 Attachment 97050 Attachment 97051 Attachment 97052 Attachment 97053 Attachment 97054 Car came with no torsion bars, so I had to install trunk struts. Very nice Attachment 97055 Attachment 97056 Full exhaust system. Catalytic converters are for hippies! aha jk im glad I dont have emissions by me Attachment 97057 Attachment 97058 Attachment 97059 Attachment 97060 |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build Wow, lots of work (Y) Very nice. I've got a soft side for rice done well :P |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build Damn, that poor car... I'm glad you rescued her, looks 100 times better =) |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build Wow, I wouldn't touch that car. I'm sorry but everything about that car looks like crap. You need to return the body to stock and lose the garbage underglow. |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build you remind me of my younger ricer days.....hahahahh ricer ftw. car looking much better tho. one thing to note, ur passenger side rotor.... the drills/slots are going the wrong way. (this is common in most generic ebay/cheap rotors) also, drilling+slotting (mostly drilling) rotors will significantly decrease your surface area on the rotor that the pad makes contact.... resulting is a LOWER/DECREASE in braking performance. we already suffer from a small ass rotor, no need to handicap it some more. just something to consider. |
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Originally Posted by sl33pyriceboi
(Post 4583557)
also, drilling+slotting (mostly drilling) rotors will significantly decrease your surface area on the rotor that the pad makes contact.... resulting is a LOWER/DECREASE in braking performance. we already suffer from a small ass rotor, no need to handicap it some more. just something to consider. |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build Tipnitty - car is just supposed to be a fun job. I'm young and I gotta explore my ricer self lol. Most of the pictures are what the car looked like when I bought it, I'm gettin the paint redone and gonna try to make it really clean. Sl33pyricboi - rotors came on when I bought it, I could just switch the rotors on the opposite sides right? Lol but I'm replacing them to stock as soon as spring rolls around |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build I didn't know much about Hondas when I bought this car. If I would've had the knowledge I have now I would've got a 6th gen hatch stock and then swap a b series into it. That's my dream honda |
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Originally Posted by BassMasta808
(Post 4583567)
Random thread jacking question, what about those brembo brake kits how would you rate that upgrade vs rsx brakes? do you mean their big brake kit or OEM size rotor replacement?
Originally Posted by SlimRisk
(Post 4583569)
Sl33pyricboi - rotors came on when I bought it, I could just switch the rotors on the opposite sides right? Lol but I'm replacing them to stock as soon as spring rolls around your drive side rotor will be going in the correct direction, while ur passenger side is not (you cannot switch them, and even if you do, one will be the right direction and one will be the wrong direction) example: WRONG DIRECTION Attachment 97024 if you buy high quality proper rotors, the left will be different from the right example: http://www.casmoedesigns.com/RX8/Front_Rotors1.jpg |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build I just went and looked at my rotors and I was shocked to find they are not both made in the same direction. Looks like the stupid previous owner just installed them on the wrong sides LMAO! XD |
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Originally Posted by SlimRisk
(Post 4583571)
I didn't know much about Hondas when I bought this car. If I would've had the knowledge I have now I would've got a 6th gen hatch stock and then swap a b series into it. That's my dream honda Attachment 97023 then you get: http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc...k2vmo1_500.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6...798057a4_b.jpg http://scrapedcrusaders.files.wordpr...pg?w=590&h=442 http://scrapedcrusaders.files.wordpr...05/dsc3415.jpg http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1991/dsc1264.jpg http://i43.tinypic.com/732drp.jpg see? simple, clean...most these cars just have a dorp and a nice set of shoes...(some with a basic lip kit) but if you INSIST in rice'ing your car out.... at least do it with a little taste [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...50661394_o.jpg[/IMG] |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build ^ Dude leave the shark fins on.Sonic status. |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build @ OP a lot of progress,not feeling the body kit,I like the gauge cluster though. |
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Originally Posted by VTEC-4.0
(Post 4583582)
^ Dude leave the shark fins on.Sonic status. |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build Dammit,I loved the fins. |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build The inner ricer says "me too" |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build IT WASN'T RICE.It was just spiky hair on your car. |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build i don't think it looks that bad. i think it's actually missing some peices in the body kit. the ront end looks so big because it's lower then the sides of the car and it has that large opening for the radiator. if you put side skirts on it would even out the lower looking frontend. plus you might want to try adding a black plastic mesh to fill in the radiator slot, in the front grille, so it looks finished. i duno its your's have fun! my car is rice as rice but i love her that way =D. |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build ^Listen to the man! He's got black n yellow, black n yellow rims Lol |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build Lmao you guys are hilarious. And sleepy, I was talking about these bad boys: http://www.autoanything.com/brakes/61A2861A0A0.aspx With rsx master cylinder upgrade also. I really like these brakes I'm thinking about these in the future when it's k time. Rather some blingage than oem rsx stuff yano? but are these legit? |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build ^ I see you posted Muirisy's EM2.His EM2 is sex. |
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Originally Posted by BassMasta808
(Post 4583605)
Lmao you guys are hilarious. And sleepy, I was talking about these bad boys: http://www.autoanything.com/brakes/61A2861A0A0.aspx With rsx master cylinder upgrade also. I really like these brakes I'm thinking about these in the future when it's k time. Rather some blingage than oem rsx stuff yano? but are these legit? they are 4 piston calipers with huge rotors. however, they are ultra ultra ultra expensive. if u have the money, go for it. if not, i would suggest getting some wilwoods or something. WW are better bang for the buck imo. if u get a bigbrakekit (BBK) you might want to consider doing a REAR DISC conversion. why? because you will have SO MUCH STOPPING POWER in front that you car will take a severe nose dip every time u brake hard. to be honest, if u are looking at stopping power, stock rotors with good pads and some stainless steal lines are WAY more than enough (even on the track) you can take it a step further and get a rear disc conversion to increase braking power (and looks) we are getting REALLY offtopic/thread jacking here tho. we can discuss this on another thread if u wish. |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build ^ Anything named Gran Turismo sounds good.lolol. @ OP The old sheet metal on the floor of your driver and passenger seats made it look like a NASCAR |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build Well no my bad what I meant to say is when I k swap I will also be doing type s knuckles & axles but instead of type s rotors and calipers I'd rather some legit brembos. They have calipers in various sizes to get the size you need for the rears also. Could go for the cheaper slotted ones but the drilled ones are sickkkk. Jus makin sure those werent the blanks I hear about. |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build Lol ok yes my bad bout the thread jacking continue on my build thread bro! I gotta a serious suspension addiction brewing. |
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Originally Posted by sl33pyriceboi
(Post 4583604)
^Listen to the man! He's got black n yellow, black n yellow rims Lol lol. they were yellow. now they're black with white stripes. anyway OP what's next? |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build well lets see... im working on wiring in leds and lighting up the needles on my gauges. Next is getting my door panels on because of replacing the speakers and doing some door actuator work. Then I gotta start doing hella bodywork. Gotta get sideskirts, (anyone know if 5th or 6th gen 2 door skirts would work?) redo the hood, and then get the parts I was working on painted. Then im probably gonna pick a week and refinish my rims to look brand new. Future projections: Sell this and get my uncles black 97 hatchback and B swap or stick with this and do a k swap |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build I'd stick with the em2, swapped 6th gens are a dime a dozen, modding a 7th gen sets you apart. |
Re: Slim's EM2 Build 5 Attachment(s) Update: Figured since I got my steels on for the winter, why not clean up my rims? I bought these a little after I bought my car. Enkei 17" CDR9, 6 rims, 4 tires. Kumho Ecsta 215/40r/17 and Riken Raptor 215/45zr/17. $375 with good tread and decent curb rash. Attachment 96975 I started by cleaning up the center caps. Those are expensive online! How do you think it looks? Attachment 96976 Attachment 96977 I don't know how to clean the center gold piece though. Looks like oxidation took its toll and when I wet sanded it with 2000 it took the gold color right off. Any suggestions? Here's my rim that I'm working on Attachment 96978 And here's my bumper during fiberglass work Attachment 96979 |
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