BTBAMMERS 1989 FWD BUILD

btbammer

1989 fwd civic wagon
129k original miles
5spd manual
d15b2 stocker with dpfi

price paid: $0
price it took to get it to run: $800.00
having a wagon finally: PRICELESS

So the story goes, i picked his up from a family friend who bought it for the hood and fender non running 8 years ago.

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the passenger side headlight assembly was crushed in due to a wreck. fixed that with a slide hammer, vw bottle jack and alot of patience.


things i replaced were. radiator, fan, battery, hood, distributor, alternator and belt, plugs, plug wires, fuel pump,headlights/bumper lights, main relay and a shit ton of 10a fuses. ok only about 4...

that here she is now after a month of work. !!


i really need corner lights and a bumper filler panel.

i also put in my wink mirror, blacked out my interior with dupilcolor vinyl fabric paint , put in a 97 integra console(still having mounting issues) did my outside plastics. Oh, and my si wheels





its getting lowered on option coilovers (with spring perch remove) next week with 2.5" extended tophats o& alignment.

next on list:
pw/pdl , 97 legacy rails and yakima rack, magnaflow axleback muffler, tint, passenger mirror, da rear lip, volvo front and mild sound system.

i hope to get it close to where i want it by xmas.
stay tuned!!

Mandalore88

exterior looks great

show us some pics of the custom tophats, those are pretty tall!

btbammer

heres a pic of the tophats.

im sorry if it is flipped the wrong way, photobucket is being turd.

christoffer

Car looks great!

Casi

the idea with the integra console is great! i also have this on my ef sedan and i never want to miss my cupholder now..good job

Mandalore88

tophats are awesome man, is that with the option coils or???

I have a DC2 center console as well, but I dyed a tan one and it rubbed off really bad where the seat belt hits it, so I removed it.

Did you do anything to line it up against the wagon center console?

gresh125

how do you like those wink mirrors? I am thinking of getting one

btbammer

Thanks guys the tophats are going on with the coilovers, and the Teg center console isn't fitted quite right, I used a dremel wheel to cut the bottoms center piece of the original wagon console. I may redo it using the one I cut up as a test template. But it'd ok for now, I also might put something behind the Teg and civic pieces and plastic epoxy the two together. But it was all just eye balled.
I love the wink mirror is super rad, I love it, and it was only $20 which was a killer deal. Id suggest it to everyone.

I put a kenwood deck in yesterday, that my gf got for my birthday (which was yesterday) also finished painting my interior.

More pics tomorrow, ill be putting in the 90-91 rounded cluster bezel. And maybe getting my subblie rails

Thanks for all the kind words guys!

1988rt

Looking like a nice wip

MexiChriS

Wow, major turn around and great come up! And that wink mirror looks beautiful. Mine is currently melted/sagging in my CRX. Had it for only a year!! I'll have to snap a pic and show you... Anyways, keep up the great work, definitely coming out nicely done.

Jedi_Jered

Good progress, I like the color/wheels combo.

btbammer

Didn't get my bezel or subie rails yet. Found something else Im saving for now.

But here a pic of my newly installed deck!


So what im saving for (and hope to get Monday) are kyb gas shocks and dropzone coilovers off of an 87 accord. Which to my knowledge will work for the wagon, just so long as I have the tophats with them (so as not to blow the shocks)
Any arguments on that? Im hoping not.

So the tophats/shocks/coilovers will hopefully be installed Wednesday

Sending money tonight to get corner lights.

And hopefully have a new fender on Wednesday as well. Hell yes! That'll put my project so much closer

So after that's all done "Wednesday" ill have this left to do:

DA seats, 90-91 cluster housing, 97 subaru legacy rails and rack, camber kit front/rear, Volvo front lip, accord front lip flipped for rear, tint, paint, front prelude fogs, sub/ amp, short shifter and gt steering wheel, pw/pdl and exhaust.


Pretty dang close in quite a short period if you ask me. Haha.

btbammer

Jedi_Jered wrote:

Good progress, I like the color/wheels combo.

Thank you! But its going to getting a new color shortly

btbammer

MexiChriS wrote:

Wow, major turn around and great come up! And that wink mirror looks beautiful. Mine is currently melted/sagging in my CRX. Had it for only a year!! I'll have to snap a pic and show you... Anyways, keep up the great work, definitely coming out nicely done.

Thanks man, I really appreciate it. I've been pretty dedicated to this thing. I seriously love it so much. And that's crazy about your wink. Luckily in Oregon it doesn't get that hot!!

btbammer

gresh125 wrote:

how do you like those wink mirrors? I am thinking of getting one

I love it. Id suggest it to anyone. People say its hard to get used to, but I instantly liked it. Get one. It was only $20. Killer deal imo

btbammer

1988rt wrote:

Looking like a nice wip

Wow thanks man, coming from you that's a huge compliment! Im a big fan of yours.

bpr00civicsi

looks good!! wish i had my si wheels. I should have never sold them.

btbammer

bpr00civicsi wrote:

looks good!! wish i had my si wheels. I should have never sold them.

Thanks man! I definatey love the way the si's look on the wagons.

Mandalore88

lookin sharp. With the Accord struts, you are using the coilover as well from the Accord?

I only know for sure the strut works in front.

btbammer

So I figured out How to mount the dc2 console correctly. The problem I was having was with the 2inch gap between the console and the radio housing.

Apparently you have to lift the console so it fits up snug to the bottom of the radio housing and screw the dc2 into the holes that are there for the original lower piece. Which deletes the lower part of the civic console entirely. Im going to give it a shot after work and see if it works. I've seen it done to where it looks so Damn good, hopefully Ill have good news tonight.

And im unsure about the accord rear shocks. Too many options! Not to say that's a bad thing

Wednesday will be D-DAY. (Drop day) it will it will be gewd...

TerminusVox

btbammer wrote:

So I figured out How to mount the dc2 console correctly. The problem I was having was with the 2inch gap between the console and the radio housing.

Apparently you have to lift the console so it fits up snug to the bottom of the radio housing and screw the dc2 into the holes that are there for the original lower piece. Which deletes the lower part of the civic console entirely. Im going to give it a shot after work and see if it works. I've seen it done to where it looks so Damn good, hopefully Ill have good news tonight.

Looking forward to pictures of that!

jiltedjester

Where abouts do you live in Eugene? Don't think I've seen ya around

Mandalore88

btbammer wrote:

So I figured out How to mount the dc2 console correctly. The problem I was having was with the 2inch gap between the console and the radio housing.

Apparently you have to lift the console so it fits up snug to the bottom of the radio housing and screw the dc2 into the holes that are there for the original lower piece. Which deletes the lower part of the civic console entirely. Im going to give it a shot after work and see if it works. I've seen it done to where it looks so Damn good, hopefully Ill have good news tonight.

And im unsure about the accord rear shocks. Too many options! Not to say that's a bad thing

Wednesday will be D-DAY. (Drop day) it will it will be gewd...

Lookin forward to some pics of the DC2 console, dont be shy about taking lots of them!

with the rear, you have to stay wagon specific unless its a full body coilover.

Wagon rear struts are way shorter than any other oem strut.

When I switched from 88 style rear LCAs I only had some normal civic/crx rear struts to put on and with my coil over sleeves on all the way down, there was an inch or two gap in the rear

btbammer

wagon gets dropped tomorrow.. SO STOKED!

im going out to try this console fitment thing again right now. pix IF I succeed. haha

btbammer

well...

I sort of succeeded. basically I got the dc2 console to line up and stay in place.


BUT, the 2 inch gap that was once on top is not on the bottom...


my solution you ask? well let me show you.

its sort of janky at the moment, but I used two pieces of cardboard and painted them to match.
Ill use some abs plastic when I can get it, but for now it works.

the OTHER issue is, since the front is lifted, so is the rest of console..
hence, the center where the e brake is doesnt line up flush now..

Im gonna figure this out. any suggestions?

503Wagon

oregon represent!!!

Mandalore88

I lost the link but a member on here had a pretty good solution.

He left the gap on top and took a piece of the center console from an EF hatch and I think cut it to fit? I remember it looked pretty good.

btbammer

UUUUPPPPPDATE

I did something today something very good


Out with the old and in win the new exxxtended for your pleasure


One down three to go


Spring perches cut off equals extra dumpage



DRUMROLL PLEASE

TURNED OUT SO GOOD


Haha twins

btbammer

MOOOAR PIX


Rubbing really bad haha I need to cut them down

Mandalore88

turned out great, did you end up going with your original struts?

dont cut the flaps, let them wear on theyre own!

btbammer

Yep original struts and OPTION Coilovers
The ride is almost stock minus the mudflats grinding pavement
The tophats are so nice haha

Ill let the mudflaps grind themselves down