DA WEDGE

hoodbridge

im kinda new to this site and new to the wagon thing ive always wanted a wagon since theres no one around here that hooks them so i figured i would so i serched on craigslist for about 2 months and finally found one and it was only 20 min from my house i called the guy all day left 4 messages he finally called me back at like 8 at night i rushed down there and the was some guy test driving it so i was like f**k he got back pulled out his 500 bucks started to hand it to the guy i was like no no i dont think so buddy this thing is mine i pulled out my wad of money and he looked like he was gona cry so needless to say after goin back and forth i out bid him at only 600 bucks he went home and i drove home in my new g ride



the next day i drove it to work then i drove it for a about 4 days straight to feel how much power or lack of power the duel point had

after that i snaped a few picks of the wagon before the dissasebly

the power house of a motor lol


it was suprisingly in vary good condition no rust no huge dents its all good except the weird purple patch on the hood not realy sure wahts up with that but its all good for now its kinda dif

hoodbridge

so the fun starts .pulled it in the garage strated taring it down first thing to go was tha lil d15





had to drill out all the tac welds holdin the front mount on and take out a notch on the front to make a lil room for the new heart



empty



bam jdm b16A


picked up a ebay header

jpciii

600 bux? Dang, that's a good deal. I see you didn't waste any time swapping it! LOL at that hood, though. I feel sorry for the poor fool who was trying to buy it for $500. Anyway, welcome to the site.

hoodbridge

after the header i ordered a set of purple lower rear control arms and camber kit then same day i drove an hour and a half and met some dude off craigslist and picked up tein basic damping coilovers and front camber kit for 400 bucks plus my stock stuff





then i slammed it all the way down just to see how far u can take a wagon i never noticed u cant lower the back to the ground like u can the front oo well




couple days later my new tags came in the mail


and then a couple more days i picked up a set of sport maxx 15s x8 with wat i think is 0 offset for a 240bucks the tires were shot




then like 2 days after that i picked up some fresh cheapy tires



the rims were pretty wide so i had to camber the crap out of it to get the rims to get in the fenders and i still gotta do the front some more to get them to tuck but i think it has a pretty good stance now

hoodbridge

i went by autozone yesterday and picked up this kinda cool lisense plate holder its like the jdm style ones they sell on line just way cheaper 8 dollas it pivots in like 3 dif places

i picked up a aem cold air off criagslist for 40 bucks


i painted up the valve cover and i no i no i need to clean up the enige bay once i get it runin imma go back and wire tuck it but i want all the wires exposed so i can make sure everything is rite i still gota get shift linkages,make an exshuast,and run the battery in the back and ill be on tha road

but untill then a couple good pics my girl was messin around with

hoodbridge

couple more picks






oo yea i picked up some cheap racin seats think they will look alright im gona try to find a company that sells large lengths of flanel




im not sure iff all of yall get the wedge thing but ever since i seen a civic wagon i allways thought they looked like somethin u would kick under a door lol a wedge

BillBoard

lols at the name "the wedge", mine was called the Aquarium for a while....

looks good; did moar work in a couple weeks it seems then i did in a few years.... lols

hoodbridge

yea i had a bet goin on with a couple freinds thats i couldnt get the car done in 2 months ive had it for like exactly one month now so i guess imma win lol just a couple more lil things

jdmesk

hahaha. had a good laugh at your story, feel bad for the other dude, but atleast it is in good hands. loving it dude.

ragenasian

Wow this thing went from plain to bad ass in the first page.

hoodbridge

i was thinkin about coverin the seats in somethin like this i think a racing seat with this print would look bad assh not nessarly that color tho either that or a blue

EDwEFprts

^ i think that would look awesome on a racing bucket.
i like the "da wedge" image too. very high-tech.

hoodbridge

yea i dont like to brag but im an artist lol. yea i need some input from yall should i do the purple color stuff in the pick or a blue ? i need to no since its gona cost me like 40 bucks

adamEFwagon

id do the stuff in the pic.

hoodbridge

for now untill i figure out how to sew so i can recover my seats i went and picked up a couple cans of the duplicolor figured i try it out and it seemd to work pretty good i guess ill see after i put them in and cruze for a wile

WAYgone

Lookin nice man! love the wheels. how does it ride on the coilovers?

maKinThtishwrK

the seats cameout nice....

hoodbridge

im not really sure how it rides yet i still gotta do a few things before i start it im tryin to make sure i get everything right before i run it and yea the seats didnt come out to bad for a 12 dolar fix they still need another coat or 2 im makin exshaust tomrow i get the day off for 4th of july so its wagon day all day

maKinThtishwrK

never used that paint... i was going to use it on a dash once... did it make the fabric feel rough?

ShuttleVan

That stance is perfect and vanity plate is sikkk.

hoodbridge

there kinda rough when they first dry but after i rubbed my hand back and forth on them a bunch the loosend up and there normal now so i guess ill see if tha shit comes off on to my clothes i bough one of those really long rear view mirrors today ill post pics tomrow of the install

hoodbridge

today i gota a lil bit of work done i installed my wink wirror and started to remake my exshust and i also installed my hasport shift linkage witha custom lil shifter i thought would b cool that actually came out nice



i mouted the braket to the exsisting hole


i took the braket it came with and bent it up to fit came out kinda nice to were i can still use my visors sry the pic is so dark


you can see everthing with that mirror im not to sure how good its gona b at nite but oo well its still kool lol



and for my shifter i have a freind that works at harbor freight and he told me that they just throw away all there returns so i went over there peeped in tha dumpster and found this gem its a 3/4 inch braker bar i cut it down and welded it up i think it looks pretty nice for 15 min of work

hoodbridge

and for my exhaust i went to the local speed shop and picked up some muscle car style header collecters i hate honda collectors so i figured i try these out ive had them on all my v8 cars and they worked great no leaks with the aluminum crush gaskets and for tubing no exshust shops were open today so i had to go with the pepboys /advanced auto 2 foot sections since thats all i could find i also bought a cherry bomb glass pack to use as a resonator to hopefully town down the b16 so i dont get tickets im also gona use a magna flow high flow cat and a magnaflow straight threw oval muffler so far this is wat i got

this is the new one beside the non moving honda flange


this is wat ive come up with so far



i snapped a pic of the rear suspension since the other pic was really blury

jpciii

Wow... you've done more to your wagon in one week than I've done to mine in 3 years. Props to you, sir. But, aren't you worried about ruining your front fenders with those wheels and that drop?

hoodbridge

well i have to still do a couple things before i drive it so before then im gona roll crap outa the fenders and adjust the coilovers as low as i can go before they rub i thought about pulling them like the volkswagon guys do a lot but im lazy and i dont wanna spend the money on the paint right now so just roll for .now i gotta figure out how to put my racin buckets in i havent pulled a seat out yet but it looks like the brakets on the wagons bolt on the side of the seat ? is there anyone on here thats put a set of racing buckets in a wagon all i could find was how to put acura seats in

stephen

seats are gonna take some fabrication. and you will have to use the factory outside rails

ThaClutcH

Props to the work you put in. I like where its going. That wink mirror is the business, got one myself.

hoodbridge

well the last couple days i got pretty much everything done that i needed to i relocated the battery ,made the hole exshaust,pulled the dust seals outa the axles so the b series axles can fit in the stock hubs ,tubed up the iac valve,insatlled my spiffy aem cold air intake and i actually started it for the first time today but somethins rong and it wont idole under 3500 so i think i might have installed the throttle position sensor rong but ill figure that out this week some time im just glad its wired up good enought to run att least




for the relocation of the battery i used the stock battery tray from the enigine bay and removed the bottom bracket and tapped out some new holes in the back and bolted it in it turnd out pretty nice


i tapped a hole on the bracket that holds the jack in and bolted uup this fresh ass huge ground strap i got for 2 bucks at the local car quest thought it was a lil cooler than just a black wire


i cut the carpet a lil bit to were it hugs around the battery came out lookin alright im gona order some of that mexican blanket stuff im gona cover the back seats and the rear carpet and prolly the door panels with it

BillBoard

moving right along; very nice... wagon is looking good; how about a shot
of the AEM intake; i just picked up an intake this weekend..

hoodbridge

this is the cat that i used

and for the bottom of the battery tray the bracket that i removed u can see were i drilled out the spot welds



heres a shot of the muffler i put on the pick looks a lil funny ill retake some pics of it none of the ones i had came out good it was gettin dark so on a good sunny day ill snap some good ones


took a quick pic wile i was in the garage of my wagon and a freind of mines 93 240sx that were droppin a ls1 in to




and for the intake pic u asked for heres a couple shots i took i got it off some dude on craigslist for 40bucks he had it on a crx after i cleaned it up it looked pretty dam good


heres a shot its kinda far away if u want ill take another pics of it closer wen i get off work tomrow

BillBoard

very nice; and a great deal.!!!