BUDGET ek civic build...

NJ. · Jun 6, 2011

Yes a fourth car and second project for me... Basically i'm really not looking forward to driving a 525i or my bug in the snow soo... With a tiny budget i found this

2000 Civic EK hatch 1.4 (yes i know...)

Wasnt expecting much from this, but it was local and for £300 i couldnt complain

Going for a JDM look so decided to ignor the front for a second and sort out the rear end.

After day one: Painted black honda badge, 3x badges removed, 1x Tropica sticker removed, Colour coded number plate surround, de-wipered and spoiler tilted...

Day two, didnt have long - Jap style converted tail lights

Day three, removed the front end and Colour coded side strips...

Day four, refitted front end and also painted the insides of the headlights EK9 stylee...

Total spend so far: £315

Philip. · Jun 6, 2011

Sweet!
I'd love to have spare cash to do something like this.

B16DOE · Jun 6, 2011

Same hear what the plans then

Wick · Jun 6, 2011

Nice refurb work!!

NJ. · Jun 6, 2011

Well i need an EK facelift 99-00 bonnet, one i bought was listed wrongly :/

Need to find some suitable wheels 15 or 16's, have ordered some tastey parts from the states but i'm still on the look out for some coilovers and a jap can

Ian_182 · Jun 7, 2011

Nice little project...

Dweeb · Jun 7, 2011

schweeet!

Philip. · Jun 7, 2011

You forgot to mention the k20

Dunn · Jun 7, 2011

Nice

Gally · Jun 7, 2011

Looks like it'll be a fun project.

The side strips are so far out of colour a blind man would slap you though.

NJ. · Jun 7, 2011

gally said:
Looks like it'll be a fun project.

The side strips are so far out of colour a blind man would slap you though.

Who cares its my winter beater!

ant_r27 · Jun 7, 2011

NJ. said:
Well i need an EK facelift 99-00 bonnet, one i bought was listed wrongly :/

Need to find some suitable wheels 15 or 16's, have ordered some tastey parts from the states but i'm still on the look out for some coilovers and a jap can

I thought it was meant to be a budget build?!

Looks good either way, good work on the rear especially.

Look forward to see how it progresses and I bet it quickly become quite awesome..... but no longer a budget build!

NJ. · Jun 7, 2011

Considering a sorted one of these of the same year will set you back 1200-1500 squid, my max spend will be about £800

Plus the car will pay me back in the form of the 17's that are on it and the huge sub and amp that was in the back

You'll see

NJ. · Jun 9, 2011

Day 5...

As the original grill was in pieces i bought an EK9 grill instead, painted with the same areosols as before

Coming together now, also got new plates front and rear

Total spend: £347

Turkish · Jun 9, 2011

Plates, 13x7 ?

NJ. · Jun 9, 2011

They're 12x6 mate

CIW · Jun 9, 2011

Looks good.

If you want some snow tyres I have some practically new Nankang SV-2's sitting in my garage that I need to get shot of. They're 205/55 R16 so shout if you're interested.

NJ. · Jun 9, 2011

Cheers dude

Sneak peak...

Old System -

Replacement

Philip. · Jun 10, 2011

Sweet!
Getting better dude, keep at it!

guysy · Jun 10, 2011

Like this, will be keeping an eye on this thread

Hutchie · Jun 10, 2011

exhaust is so hot its already burnt grass its laid on.

Philip. · Jun 10, 2011

Hutchie said:
exhaust is so hot its already burnt grass its laid on.

PMSL!

NJ. · Jun 17, 2011

Day 6

Exhaust is on but needs a bit of tweaking... knocking against the underside etc so pics when completed

Anywho exhaust owes me £75

Goodies from the States - Front and rear PU lips

Plus, please notice the pre-face lift bonnet described as a facelift bonnet by Tegiwa imports... Only got half my money back from this

would not deal with again, guess i'll have to order my coilovers elsewhere!

Cars up on stands as ive taken all the suspension out. Hoping for coilovers very shortly

Total spend now is: £517

Ian_182 · Jun 18, 2011

You have done very well so far with this,well done...

Sanders · Jun 18, 2011

Your flying with this mate, love projects like these

dmallett · Jun 18, 2011

looking good so far, my mate has a jordan, i do love ek civics!

Philip. · Jun 18, 2011

Heard rubbish things about Tegiwa recently.
Lots of orders have been fucked up on CTRO...

Looking good though mate

RoryW · Jun 18, 2011

NJ. said:
They're 12x6 mate

And way out of centre

Turkish · Jun 18, 2011

Looks like someone lined the letters up as if it was having the GB/Euro logo down the left side. I'm still not convinced they're 12x6 the look bigger than mine :s

henryp · Jun 18, 2011

+1 ^

They look huge.

-Tommy. · Jun 18, 2011

Coming along very nicely, sweet project.

NJ. · Jun 18, 2011

Cheers guys

Well spotted with the plates... They are slightly off centre :/ still doesnt bother me too much, i'll just put a suitable sticker on them

Btw theyre deffo 12x6

NJ. · Jun 21, 2011

Exhaust does sound pretty good actually

Fly - They are standard facelift lights with the inserts painted metallic grey, theres a guide for the jap lights on this forum. i basically used bulb holders from a scrapped civic, one went in where the fog bulb is and on the other side i just drilled out the blank with a hole saw

Rain has stopped play here for the past few days but i managed to get a few jobs out the way:

Oil was pretty manky and the filter was rusty and pretty passed it too, so new filter and oil were in order. Oil was given to me by a friend so only had to buy the filter at £7

Wheel nuts were crusty so painted them up ready to meet the wheels which should arrive tomorrow...

Total spend: £524

Rob · Jun 21, 2011

Never noticed this before, very cool, like the budget aspect.

Good work

NJ. · Jun 21, 2011

Got my wheels... Theyre 16's and made in Japan, dont think the centre caps are the ones for the wheels but i'll use them none the less.

I'll paint them up one night this week, Black or a funky colour...?

Cost me £78 inc postage, Also sold my old wheels this morning for £150 so thats money back in the kitty

These 17's where just too big

Total spend so far: £452

Addicted · Jun 21, 2011

wheels muchhhhhh better, very nice and impressive build so far, i want to do something like this but mx5 or something drifty!

Turkish · Jun 21, 2011

Wheels are a big improvement, far from perfect but a step in the right direction and since this is supposed to be a budget build I can't really pick too much fault.