Newbies Project thread

[Wendeasy]

check it out fellas! updates!

Up next! a 50 dollar Rustoleum paintjob- to white!

[quic vic]

looks good, just a tip for when you switch to coils or upper control arms, basically if you need to line up some holes that have weight/pressure on them, take off the wheels next time, makes it a whole lot lighter, second, use jack stands to hold the car up, then use your hydraulic jack to lift the part into place, for instance with the rear LCA use the jack to lift the LCA back to the hole to get the bolt in.

[Wendeasy]

thankx vic! we did use the jack to get the lca back in, but we didnt take off the wheels, I think we will give that a try next week when we install the front strut brace.

Do you think the upper front tie bar and upper c-pillar and upper/trunk struts are worth the money? do you feel a difference after they are installed and you are hitting a turn?

[quic vic]

going hard, yes, the front end is more responsive with a upper strut brace, what brand are you considering? The two brands I have had on my two DC2's are Neuspeed, and Carbing, both are good, I went with the Carbing bar the second time because the company I bought my Neuspeed brace from for this car gave me one for a civic and it doesn't fit correctly due to the breather that comes off the valve cover. Here is a pic of the Carbing bar on my car.

I can't say for the rear since I don't have one yet, but I do want to get one soon and am looking at this one, I'm intending on cutting holes in the carpet so it doesn't look as sloppy as the displayed installation.

I can't say for the C-pillar bar either, it may or may not help.

You shouldn't need to take off the wheel's for the strut bars, just raise the car for the install, and adjust the bar after you screw it down depending on the style/type.

[Wendeasy]

man both those bars look dope, Im not sure which one I will get, I was thinking like a TypeR bar but the ones you showed me have way more like connecting points or like surface area or something good. LOL. Ill probably get that JDM rear brace also! that thing looks bomb!

[quic vic]

I preferred these two bars over the standard Type-R bar because they provide rigidity directly to the strut tower which means better feel and response. The neuspeed bar feels great and is a great value, if you have the cash the carbing bar feels just as great and has a brake booster brace, which was what led me to get it over the other bars. Honestly my car was down so long and went through such a drastic change in power, handling and shifting between the last time I drove it and the first time I drove it that the slate was essentially wiped clean.

When you upgrade your springs and shocks, the tower bars will help immensely by providing rigidity.

[Acura2g]

Looks good, just when you're working on a car... jackstands man not jacks... I don't want to see you in the newspapers

[Wendeasy]

Originally Posted by Acura2g

Looks good, just when you're working on a car... jackstands man not jacks... I don't want to see you in the newspapers

LOL thanks dude. Generally when I jack the car up I take a tire off or something to put between the car and the ground. last time I didnt, but yah, thats a good practice ill try to take up.

So the next few things on my list now are
memfab intake
50 dollar paint job
Tein struts or the kokico eibach combo from modacar
tie bars

if I get high performance struts will I have to get a camber kit to correct the tires? I heard that if you dont lower your car too much then you dont have to worry about uneven tire wear, I was thikning of dropping my car like an inch or two.

[quic vic]

may I ask why the paint job?

[Wendeasy]

my friends had shot up the hood with paintballs and they totally stained the paintjob. My car was red with white splotches on it so today me and my buddies gave her the ol rustoleum paintjob, its like flat white, lookin good, gonna wet sand it tomorrow and add pics.

[Wendeasy]

new pics of the paintjob are up on page 1

[92integ]

nice i think it looks alot nicer now that its white good job

[Wendeasy]

thank you man! i dig it also! me and my buds painted it with spray cans in an abandoned garage! haha we probably all have lung cancer but whatev it was fun. Now I just need to sell a paintball gun and I can get my suspension parts

[92integ]

lol u painted it in a abandoned garage? me and my bro painted his civic with spray cans and it came out nice to...im thinkin bout doin it to my integra cuz its all in primer right now but idk i think im just gonna have it professionally done cuz i want to paint it black with red metallic flake, but yeah very nice look now

[Wendeasy]

front and rear upper strut braces as well as a lower H brace are in the mail, New updated pics of my Rustoleum paintjob after wetsanding and waxing are up!