you got it! Showa4wd build thread

whats up gentlemen! ive been wanting to get back into a fourth gen civic for a while since i sold my 88 dx back in november :(
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but im back now after selling my 94 vx last week and picking this up a few days ago:)
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but! it did come with DA integra seats and some jensen flip up touch screen
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and some premixed cans of rio red, so ill be painting the hood back to red soon :)
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first things first, took this stupid looking ek wing off
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then switched the "spoon" shift knob back to the oem rt4wd one
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then off to Ralphs muffler shop and fixed the ridiculous exhaust.
before:
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after:
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then hit it with some black paint to cover the welds, i believe its a vibrant muffler.
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after that i hit up the junk yard and found a 2 wagons! both rt4wd and Both missing the drive shafts!:( but i got an oem wagon lip off one!

i replace this bad ass cold air intake :p
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with a nice stock intake/air box
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while i was there i also picked up a heat shield to cover the stock manifold and rear view mirror to replace that stupid wink mirror. then put my old convex Broadway on her :)
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how she sits currently
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:mrgreen:

Comments

  • rbwdrivenrbwdriven Senior Wagonist
    wowzers that looks really good.
  • GR33KGR33K Wagonist
    The progress so far is great! Keep up the good work man!
  • showa4wdshowa4wd Band Wagon
    thanks guys. I picked some of this up the other day because my tranny was grinding a little in the higher rpm's, got around to changing it today. this stuff is liquid gold. it took the third gear grind out of two of my last transmissions in the past as well as the second gear grind in one of the two.

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  • showa4wdshowa4wd Band Wagon
    so ..... i crashed my car. well kinda but not really. i dosed off for a split second freaked my self out hit the breaks too hard and spun out on a freeway over pass and bent some stuff =/

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    as she sits now :cry:
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    since the bay is now full of dirt and most of the front end is pulled apart and now in pieces ill be replacing all the bushings, ball joints, converting the headlights back to regular halogen lights and getting rid of the hids as well as rebuilding the rack and pinion....blah :?
  • showa4wdshowa4wd Band Wagon
    so yesterday my car went from this
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    to this

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    :)

    sooo many ZIP TIES!!!!
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    and that's only half of them! not to mention i found parts duct taped on :ugh:
    contemplating a mild wire tuck but wiring scares me =/
  • good build man... cant wait to see what else you do to it!
  • crxlolcrxlol Band Wagon
    lol at crashing your car!
  • lol at zip ties
  • TerminusVoxTerminusVox Senior Wagonist
    No way am I lol'ing at you dozing off behind the wheel: been there, done that. Glad to hear the damage was limited.
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