the wifes EK civic - d16y8 turbo

lucas · Post by **lucas** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 11:27 pm

Time for a massive update I guess

first of all, I got a new steering wheel and it was worn and horrid ..

]so I sorted out the yellow ASAP lol

sorted

now for the embossed momo letters
frist went on with white

and then pink

test fitted and it looks great !!
but the yellow horn buttom would drive me batty..soooo
out it came and took it apart

got it, I didnt know what it would be like to try and remove the existing piant..

a plastic painted cover .. great

took me ages to scrape off

painted on a clear coat nail polish with a candy shimmer off it first

and then went on with pink

missed a few bits so painted everything black over I, and then painted the quick release to match

AND DONE

this photo doesn't do it justice, the shimmer is awesome

Now, for the more interesting part

the engine was removed.. again

the engine bay is absolutley mingin so we decided to take her off the road for a while and pay some attention to under the bonnet!

now that is a dirty engine !
i went on ebay and bought some 36% hydrocloric acid and used it 2 parts acid to 1 part water in a spray bottle and with acid gloves and a felt pad.

done a little bit at a time and also had a pressure washer at hand

its a rinse and repeat process but works well

i then went around the whole engine with a dremel with a wire brush attachment, but it was till not good enough

so got these

worked well ...
check this before and after

looks soo damn good !

also got myself a skunk2 inlet a few months back, here is is next to the standard one after the stuff was swaped over

cleaned and painted this too

yuuum !

got to work on the rest of the engine bits

dizzy before dremel

and after

and mock fitted some bits

cant wait to get that engine back into the engine bay !

Talking about that, started grinding down some of the bay today not that much.. more to do tomorrow

rusty eh ??

not that much.. more to do tomorrow

The "S" express · Post by **honda-hardy** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 1:19 am

bloomin heck that all looks great, but the hand painted pink momo text on the black of the steering wheel looks a little... meh.

i think the metal would look so much better just black without the pink, although the pink in the horn push does look great.

loving the prep in the bay too.

lucas · Post by **lucas** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 1:31 am

We sanded back the pink momo so the pink looks sharper now

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 9:36 am

You guys work so fast.

how many times has that engine been in/out now?

is the lude going to see any progress btw?

lucas · Post by **lucas** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:20 am

The engine thats been painted has only been fitted and removed once :p

The engine that was in before this one is now in a white ej9 in Dundee

The lude will be getting ALOT more closer attention to detail and im waiting on the right parts before I finish it

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:01 pm

great work buddy

Rudelude · Post by **Rudelude** » Sun Jul 13, 2014 6:39 pm

Just this thread...what an awesome project, and the work you have done is amazing, such a great looking car... Well done both if you.... ( tho I still think this was a project for U, and u doubled up with getting the wifey it as a pressie....good thinking )

lucas · Post by **lucas** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 12:57 am

Thanks everyone

Rudelude wrote:Just this thread...what an awesome project, and the work you have done is amazing, such a great looking car... Well done both if you.... ( tho I still think this was a project for U, and u doubled up with getting the wifey it as a pressie....good thinking )

Thabnk you very much man, that means alot

and you are right, its a project for me too, but everythig has been donnas own plans and ive just done the labour

And speaking of, heres an update

Didn't have time to get the engine bay preped and primerd before the harsh weather came and attacked the bare metal :/

but as soon as I had a good day me n a mate got stuck in and done the best we could before it rained again !

We smoothed it down a bit more and took the vin plate off for now,
I got the paint and base coat this morning and got battered in straight away

But, its not perfect, I have limited time and wasn't prepared to do a perfect job with filler etc etc.
so it was rushed.. still an over all improvment and the paint is wicked in the sun!

Post by **ddoubledanny** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 6:50 am

Looks sweet mate

A lot of hard work and dedication going in

Lude Generation

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