F20BtrboCG3
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Alright ladies and gents, I wasn't going to do this because I'm sure it will take me forevever and if my boss finds out this is what I do on company time.... no more mods comin lol. And i'm a forum virgin, so if I violate some rules, which Im sure I will, please let me know. A little back story.....
Im 24 now, when I was 16, got a brand new RSX (2003). Got it with 7 miles in July, totaled it with 4,700 in Nov 2003. Yea, I know, what a douche. Soooo I took the bus to highschool my entire senior year until I saved up a few g's for a down payment on somethin new. Enter the 2000 accord coupe ex, taffeta white, 4cyl, 5 spd, tan cloth interior. Original mods were pretty non existent. Generic cold air intake, 17" gunmetal 8 spokes with a polished lip, and a type r lip up front. Thats it. I put about 80k on it over the years, took it to college and it got beat to ****. Back in 2009, it was getting to the point of breaking down. Was gonna buy a new car, until my buddy, we'll call him Toretto lol, convinced me to drop a new motor, clean up the body, and keep it goin... ****in liar lol. This was orig gonna be a daily driver.... yeahhhhhh now this thing will never seen rain and will be stored in a climate controlled storage unit all winter (dont worry, i'll be starting it once a week at a minimum) Things got out of control and a budget of 5k, quickly went to 10k, and now we're figuring it will be around 13-14 not including labor. He's a mechanic, and this is his "Mona Lisa" so im getting the most ridiculous deal on work. Project has been going on for a year and 8 months (due to running out of money and waiting for commission checks) but Im prooud to say we are back on and I almost have all of my parts..... Theres no way Im gonna be able to post all these pics and everything today so I'll give you a quick idea of what we have done/are doing/and will do....
- JDM F20B swap
-T3/T4 turbo
-Full wire tuck
-fix all dings/dents in body
-new paint
-new suspension
-new interior
-new brakes
-new everything, you get the point. The only thing staying is the frame and some body panels.
As of right now, The motor has been pulled (acutally everything has been pulled as you will see), wire tuck is done, interior was gutted, swapped, wrapped, and reinstalled, roll cage just got here (autopower 6point bolt in for those of u wondering), did a test fit and now need to sand prime and paint. Ummm, body was sanded, little bondo where needed, and primed. Now I have my motor sitting in my buddy's living room on a dolly, with my other buddy's itr motor (hes on hondatech, ill find out his name for u, cleanest 96 civic coupe youve ever seen... seriously. Had a b16 first, then got an itr motor from another buddy of mine who is a douche, we'll get to that later, put it in his coupe, and now pulled it to tuck it away for safe keeping. hes doing a turbo single slammer and selling it.) Sooo, motor is in my buddys living room, already got my turbo manifold after much debate. Ended up getting the synapse turbo manifold, ill post pics soon. Umm,, motor mounts are here, wiring harness, which was made by Rywire in Cali. Treadstone charge pipes, massive intercooler, still need a bunch of **** but as I said, we'll get there. I'm gonna stop here for now cause I gotta do some work ****, but I'll try to catch u guys up to speed by the end of the weekend with all pics to date. FYI, this thing is gonna be a ****ing monster and I can't wait considering I've had it for 7 years now, and its gone to ****, and is now coming back to life.... updates to come very soon!!!!
PICTURE UPDATES:
(This is what the car looked like originally, before it got beat (pic take July 2005) [rims/type r lip/CAI]
(as we were getting ready to sand body and pull motor.... now Nov 2009)
(Goodbye f23)
(sanding)
(Masking)
(more masking)
(fixing a lil bondo before primer)
(after motor was pulled, front end off)
(engine bay sanding for wire tuck)
(what the car is lookin like... middle of 2010ish )
(more to come later today)
(My new motor.... JDM F20B from accord sir-t. 200hp dohc vtec 11:1 CR 5spd (t2t4 tranny))
(some parts layin around... t3/t4 turb0, new harness from Rywire, charge pipes from treadstone)
(interior gutted, sorry guys, only pic i had)
(engine bay after sanding, painting, bondo, more sanding....picture taken around mar 2011)
(Engine bay after por15)
(Another view, flash kinda kills it)
(Another view without flash so you can get the idea.... smooth, gloss black, all holes bondo'd)
Now as I said before, this was orig taffeta white with tan cloth. Next up is the interior swap with my buddy who had the same car in silver with the charcoal leather. Wow that was a rough weekend lol. More pics to come.... doin this in my down time so bare with me, we should be up to current within the next day or two
UPDATE: PIX ADDED OF INTERIOR TEARDOWN
(My buddy's interior that I took)
(Front seats out)
(rear seats out)
(dash coming apart)
(dash coming apart 2)
(rear of car put back together... flash makes it look bright but it actually looks alot better in person)
NOW FOR MY INTERIOR:
I installed the new dashboard, new black carpet, and wrapped all of my pillars, door panel inserts, headliner, visors, center console arm rest, and sunroof slide in navy blue suede. ( I have detailed pics of all of the wrapping and taking apart which I will post up eventually, but for now I just wanna show you finished product>)
(Sunroof slide wrapped and installed with new dash in)
(New Black Carpet)
(Carpet installed)
(Headliner and A pillars wrapped and installed - The blue is actually more of a navy color but the camera flash makes it look brighter)
(Front door panels)
Rear door panels
Front and rear door panels together
Center console
All Trim pieces painted
Wrapped Visors.... holy crap that was a b!tch, probably the most difficult part of the interior
This is what everything looks like when installed.... once again, flash makes it brighter
6 Point Autopower Bolt In roll cage
Roll Cage Test fit - now need to take apart, drill bolt holes, sand, prime, and paint
So what you just saw is exactly where the car is right now. We were hoping to have this finished this month but my mechanic/best friend/ the one who convincede me to do all this ****, broke his arm lol. Sooooo its prolly gonna get dragged on for another 6 weeks or so.... god damnit i just wanna boooooost.
Turbo Manifold I bought
Going on motor (cell phone pic, my bad)
Turbo
Turbo mounted
Annndddd now you guys are up to speed. This is pretty much where I'm at right now. Gonna take apart the cage to paint and then re install it with the rest of my interior. Then the car is gettin towed to my boys house and we gotta take apart the motor. Tranny, block, and head are all gettin painted silver, nice clean look. Need a brand new valve cover The picture below is pretty much what we're goin for. But it wont be hot pink, it will be turbo, and it wont be right hand drive lol.
....
TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH! AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TAKING APART THE INTERIOR, OR WRAPPING ANY OF THESE PIECES, LET ME KNOW.... IM NOT MECHANICALLY INCLINED AND DONT PRETEND TO BE, THATS WHY MY BUDDY IS DOING ALL THE ACTUAL MOTOR WORK, THE INTERIOR WAS ALL ME SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW
UPDATE: NEW PIX ON PAGE 5 (10/28/11)
Im 24 now, when I was 16, got a brand new RSX (2003). Got it with 7 miles in July, totaled it with 4,700 in Nov 2003. Yea, I know, what a douche. Soooo I took the bus to highschool my entire senior year until I saved up a few g's for a down payment on somethin new. Enter the 2000 accord coupe ex, taffeta white, 4cyl, 5 spd, tan cloth interior. Original mods were pretty non existent. Generic cold air intake, 17" gunmetal 8 spokes with a polished lip, and a type r lip up front. Thats it. I put about 80k on it over the years, took it to college and it got beat to ****. Back in 2009, it was getting to the point of breaking down. Was gonna buy a new car, until my buddy, we'll call him Toretto lol, convinced me to drop a new motor, clean up the body, and keep it goin... ****in liar lol. This was orig gonna be a daily driver.... yeahhhhhh now this thing will never seen rain and will be stored in a climate controlled storage unit all winter (dont worry, i'll be starting it once a week at a minimum) Things got out of control and a budget of 5k, quickly went to 10k, and now we're figuring it will be around 13-14 not including labor. He's a mechanic, and this is his "Mona Lisa" so im getting the most ridiculous deal on work. Project has been going on for a year and 8 months (due to running out of money and waiting for commission checks) but Im prooud to say we are back on and I almost have all of my parts..... Theres no way Im gonna be able to post all these pics and everything today so I'll give you a quick idea of what we have done/are doing/and will do....
- JDM F20B swap
-T3/T4 turbo
-Full wire tuck
-fix all dings/dents in body
-new paint
-new suspension
-new interior
-new brakes
-new everything, you get the point. The only thing staying is the frame and some body panels.
As of right now, The motor has been pulled (acutally everything has been pulled as you will see), wire tuck is done, interior was gutted, swapped, wrapped, and reinstalled, roll cage just got here (autopower 6point bolt in for those of u wondering), did a test fit and now need to sand prime and paint. Ummm, body was sanded, little bondo where needed, and primed. Now I have my motor sitting in my buddy's living room on a dolly, with my other buddy's itr motor (hes on hondatech, ill find out his name for u, cleanest 96 civic coupe youve ever seen... seriously. Had a b16 first, then got an itr motor from another buddy of mine who is a douche, we'll get to that later, put it in his coupe, and now pulled it to tuck it away for safe keeping. hes doing a turbo single slammer and selling it.) Sooo, motor is in my buddys living room, already got my turbo manifold after much debate. Ended up getting the synapse turbo manifold, ill post pics soon. Umm,, motor mounts are here, wiring harness, which was made by Rywire in Cali. Treadstone charge pipes, massive intercooler, still need a bunch of **** but as I said, we'll get there. I'm gonna stop here for now cause I gotta do some work ****, but I'll try to catch u guys up to speed by the end of the weekend with all pics to date. FYI, this thing is gonna be a ****ing monster and I can't wait considering I've had it for 7 years now, and its gone to ****, and is now coming back to life.... updates to come very soon!!!!
PICTURE UPDATES:
(This is what the car looked like originally, before it got beat (pic take July 2005) [rims/type r lip/CAI]
(as we were getting ready to sand body and pull motor.... now Nov 2009)
(Goodbye f23)
(sanding)
(Masking)
(more masking)
(fixing a lil bondo before primer)
(after motor was pulled, front end off)
(engine bay sanding for wire tuck)
(what the car is lookin like... middle of 2010ish )
(more to come later today)
(My new motor.... JDM F20B from accord sir-t. 200hp dohc vtec 11:1 CR 5spd (t2t4 tranny))
(some parts layin around... t3/t4 turb0, new harness from Rywire, charge pipes from treadstone)
(interior gutted, sorry guys, only pic i had)
(engine bay after sanding, painting, bondo, more sanding....picture taken around mar 2011)
(Engine bay after por15)
(Another view, flash kinda kills it)
(Another view without flash so you can get the idea.... smooth, gloss black, all holes bondo'd)
Now as I said before, this was orig taffeta white with tan cloth. Next up is the interior swap with my buddy who had the same car in silver with the charcoal leather. Wow that was a rough weekend lol. More pics to come.... doin this in my down time so bare with me, we should be up to current within the next day or two
UPDATE: PIX ADDED OF INTERIOR TEARDOWN
(My buddy's interior that I took)
(Front seats out)
(rear seats out)
(dash coming apart)
(dash coming apart 2)
(rear of car put back together... flash makes it look bright but it actually looks alot better in person)
NOW FOR MY INTERIOR:
I installed the new dashboard, new black carpet, and wrapped all of my pillars, door panel inserts, headliner, visors, center console arm rest, and sunroof slide in navy blue suede. ( I have detailed pics of all of the wrapping and taking apart which I will post up eventually, but for now I just wanna show you finished product>)
(Sunroof slide wrapped and installed with new dash in)
(New Black Carpet)
(Carpet installed)
(Headliner and A pillars wrapped and installed - The blue is actually more of a navy color but the camera flash makes it look brighter)
(Front door panels)
Rear door panels
Front and rear door panels together
Center console
All Trim pieces painted
Wrapped Visors.... holy crap that was a b!tch, probably the most difficult part of the interior
This is what everything looks like when installed.... once again, flash makes it brighter
6 Point Autopower Bolt In roll cage
Roll Cage Test fit - now need to take apart, drill bolt holes, sand, prime, and paint
So what you just saw is exactly where the car is right now. We were hoping to have this finished this month but my mechanic/best friend/ the one who convincede me to do all this ****, broke his arm lol. Sooooo its prolly gonna get dragged on for another 6 weeks or so.... god damnit i just wanna boooooost.
Turbo Manifold I bought
Going on motor (cell phone pic, my bad)
Turbo
Turbo mounted
Annndddd now you guys are up to speed. This is pretty much where I'm at right now. Gonna take apart the cage to paint and then re install it with the rest of my interior. Then the car is gettin towed to my boys house and we gotta take apart the motor. Tranny, block, and head are all gettin painted silver, nice clean look. Need a brand new valve cover The picture below is pretty much what we're goin for. But it wont be hot pink, it will be turbo, and it wont be right hand drive lol.
TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH! AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TAKING APART THE INTERIOR, OR WRAPPING ANY OF THESE PIECES, LET ME KNOW.... IM NOT MECHANICALLY INCLINED AND DONT PRETEND TO BE, THATS WHY MY BUDDY IS DOING ALL THE ACTUAL MOTOR WORK, THE INTERIOR WAS ALL ME SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW
UPDATE: NEW PIX ON PAGE 5 (10/28/11)
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