UPDATE - 12/20 - Car Stolen - 1993 Civic CX from Chicago

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By HungRealLow21
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:43 pm #302748
davidomalley wrote:I hear yeah, 2 week old son, and a 20 month old girl. My little girl saw a 370Z the other day and her eyes opened up so wide and she got so excited. she walked all the way around the car touching it ever so slightly. I have high hopes for her!


haha thats sweet lucky you man i do never find time to do nothing especially with my wife she hates me working on the car wants my full attention 24/7 so i get one or 2 things done once in a great while i got my tints bout 2 weeks ago jus installed one so far haha so yea my projects can drag for months lol
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By davidomalley
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:52 pm #302752
HungRealLow21 wrote:by the way great progress there really loving how its coming out!!!


thanks.

I actually have been gathering all these parts and going to junk yards since last feb, so over a year. So yeah, this all has been taking a very long time. I work on it a few hours on saturdays when mt mother-in-law comes over to visit and help with the kids.

it's not easy.
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By Punksz6
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:00 pm #302999 :thumb:
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By 1ACarlos
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:31 pm #303006 :thumb: :thumb:
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By davidomalley
- Mon May 07, 2012 5:04 pm #304170 car is almost done. it is driveable now and tracks / brakes in a straight line. did not mess with toe or camber adjustments. I will still get an alignment next weekend. I still have to lower my front end a little to make the car level, right now the front end is a little high. Take so much time to check/adjust ride height. [take wheel off, adjust, wheel back on, drive back and forth a little, remeasure, ...repeat] I also was not able to put on the gsr rear sway, need longer endlinks and bolts. I thought I had everything.

The most apparent experience is fantastic braking. Combo of new yokoama tires, new discs all around, new pads all around, really was amazing. The lowered stance also is so fun the drive around corners. The front sway bar is really amazing too. Can't wait to get my rear sway bar installed now. Next couple steps are paint and engine swap. that's a ways away, I want to enjoy my tight handling, stop on a dime, quick 5 speed extremely light car.

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By davidomalley
- Mon May 07, 2012 8:32 pm #304183
bigJOE671 wrote:Read your thread...Really nice progress! :thumb:


thank you for the words.
I wouldn't do it if it was not fun. Tried to use good shape junk yard parts as much as I could to keep the cost down. it was alot of time and prep, but it all worked out.
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Finally almost where I want it

By davidomalley
- Tue May 29, 2012 4:45 pm #306593 happy with the ride height.

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Lowered it over the weekend a lil bit more and leveled it out all around. Car is less bouncy (had the front higher than the back by about 1 inch). Really a dramatic increase in handeling. Didn't realize when putting the coilovers on that the top hap spins, so you can turn your coilovers to change the ride height without taking off the from the control arms. what a time aver and almost a big [coilover] newbie mistake.

Just have to now get some adjustable endlinks form my rear sway bar install. really happy how the car turned out.
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By 92EG-8
- Tue May 29, 2012 8:14 pm #306611 Great job you're doing with your car man keep it up!
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