Nathj's JDM civic progress thread...

[NathJ]

Popped round to a mates house today who had two pairs of mats that he d bought , company sent him two sets as he complained so offerd me one set , of course i snapped his hand off ..

Much better than my horrible brown mats that are ment to be black , but ..... there a slightly brighter red than the seats and they have a little 'tyreR' logo on them but i can rip that off easily , its just a test for now as i want to get the red jdm carpet , cant find a set of genuine mats anywhere plus they have been discontinued from honda .

what do you guys think ? keep them till i find another set and get the jdm carpet or put the horrible old ones back in ?






excuse the iphone pictures





BLACK/BROWN SET

RED SET

 

[cliobritt]

what do you want doing mate ? check out my other painting thread , if there not to big you can send them i ll paint them and send them back


none as of yet mate i want to clean up the engine bay paint it pink and the rocker cover pink too , i ll get a few pictures in the daylight tomorrow for you ..


Its alot of money for the conversion tbh and i have no idea where to get it done , seen one guy that does it on the ep forum but its 2.5k alot of money that

bumper nath.

 

[NathJ]

give me a pm and we ll sort it mate

 

[rbrocky]

i think the red is a bit too in your face tbh mate!

IMO would onlky work if you had more red features in your dash

any pics of the bay yet dude?
ta ta

 

[Y7 ADW]

That is stunning.

 

[Christopher]

Awesome work!

 

[NathJ]

i think the red is a bit too in your face tbh mate!

IMO would onlky work if you had more red features in your dash

any pics of the bay yet dude?
ta ta

got some on my phone will upload them in the next hour or so bud

That is stunning.

thanks

Awesome work!

Took your advise on the Ani seats mate

 

[GRitch]

Don't want!

Not sure if it was said or not but the reason the union jack is there is due to the fact all the ep3 shape civics were built in England then shipped all over the world( including all champ White ep3's from japan). My cousin loves all things Honda and got the ep3 imported from japan and it came with the union jack badge( apparently known as ukdm?). When they arrived in japan they were "tweaked" to get the extra bhp!

 

[Ian_182]

Good to know...

 

[16v_er]

hi Nath, awesome car. Just noticed you live in north wales like me, have a ep3 like me, and your called Nathan....which is an epic name btw! lol.

 

[Christopher]

Not sure if it was said or not but the reason the union jack is there is due to the fact all the ep3 shape civics were built in England then shipped all over the world( including all champ White ep3's from japan). My cousin loves all things Honda and got the ep3 imported from japan and it came with the union jack badge( apparently known as ukdm?). When they arrived in japan they were "tweaked" to get the extra bhp!

JDM cars have the Union Jack badge. EP Civics are all built in Swindon, and the badge is a mark of this.

 

[d4h182]

Awsome car dude are you going to get Coilovers

 

[NathJ]

Havn t been on cs in months , had a bundle of people track me down on other forums asking me to re join to paint again , going to re join in a week or so once i finish a few big jobs at work so guess i ll be back on cs still got the civic though so thought id update the progress thread as i ve added a few new things and this month have major plans ...

plans for this month and next will be :-

mugen grill
mugen spoiler carbon
mugen front spoiler carbon
carbon bonnet
front lips that has to be modified to fit cant say off what car though you ll all see
and next month finally decided im going to order a turbo kit.



got a few sunny pictures this morning before half the mods arrive next week there not the best but just to give you an idea of how much is going to change , cars gleaming so its abit bright on the camera


most recent mods are tow hook and strap , small enkei stickers on the wheels ...

added some harneses since the last time i was on cs too

Also bought a japspeed manifold , decat and centre section ...

 

[Christopher]

Good work. Gagging for a K20 now though.

 

[NathJ]

hahah shht chris dont get me going !! orderd half of my carbon bits once there done im going to invest in a turbo kit i think , maybe the k20 conversion but not many places do it not that i can find anyway

 

[Christopher]

TDi North offer a drive-in, drive-out conversion. It's pricey though.

They've got about six K's sat on the floor in the workshop. lol.

...they've got an F20 sat there too, if you're feeling ambitious. lol.

 

[NathJ]

how much is pricey lol bout average from most places is like 3 k ?

 

[Mcaff]

great looking car mate, my friend had one for a first car and loved it.

he looked at doing a k20 swap into his, theres a guy up here in glasgow that does it for £3.5k

http://www.performancetek.co.uk/

keep up the good work

 

[Christopher]

£3k is cheap. lol. A proper job is nearly £4k+

 

[Will.]

Daymn. That looks mint. Forgot about this car. Top job.

 

[Gally]

Looks good mate. Love the exhaust!

 

[NathJ]

£3k is cheap. lol. A proper job is nearly £4k+

haha looks like turbo it is then matey

Daymn. That looks mint. Forgot about this car. Top job.

thanks mate , will look much better with the new bits

 

[NathJ]

Looks good mate. Love the exhaust!

cheers mate , might do some video s up , sounds great for a 1.6

 

[Joe#]

Absolutely amazing so far mate, really enjoyed reading through this. Keep up the good work!
Im also jelous of your profession

 

[NathJ]

mugen grill arrived thursday got it painted friday and fitted today not too sure on it though , what you guys think ? might look better once the carbon front spoiler and bonnet is on ?

 

[LIL B]

With some more black (carbon) will look better as ATM it's the only contrasting piece

 

[Merk]

Looks lovely, but i don't Get it.

 

[andywa]

Car looks superb mate. Makes mr almost want my ep3 back.

 

[adamlstr]

£3k is cheap. lol. A proper job is nearly £4k+

Gerry at PerformanceTek is very good at all things H.

He built an EM2 Type R himself, and a bat s**t insane K20 EG.

 

[Christopher.]

I gotta stop looking at jap cars, makes me want to chuck the clio in for one !

Very nice car mate

 

[NathJ]

Looks lovely, but i don't Get it.

whats not to get , mugen parts ? or no mugen parts

Car looks superb mate. Makes mr almost want my ep3 back.

cheers bud , lovely day yday took it into town for a few things , love the looks i get

I gotta stop looking at jap cars, makes me want to chuck the clio in for one !

Very nice car mate

cheers mate

 

[NathJ]

put some mesh behind my mugen grille this weekend and wooooaaaah it looks so much better would get a few picture but the weathers rubbish to get the camera out .

anyway while i was in work doing the grille i wanted to paint something in the car go with a mad colour . sooo i decided to go for a mad candy pink did my rear strut brace and looked great . only thing was didnt really stand out that much in the back with the floor being all grey and dirty.


undid the harneses , strut brace , bolts and a few plastics and painted the floor satin black . love it looks loads better

 

[Mcaff]

looks great mate, not to keen on the mugen grill but will reserve judgement until i see the other carbon parts.

I know a boy that has a champ white jdm ctr and has lots of carbon bits. Bonnet/boot/spoiler/splitter etc and lots of other mods. Looks great but i must say they look better standard ish in my opinion

Dont go over the top, looks great as is

 

[Ray Gin]

Awesome car.

Championship White FTW!

 

[Philip.]

Love it

 

[Christopher]

Superb.

You've kinda gone past the point where you can sell it for a real R now. Just look for K swaps.

 

[Christopher]

Superb.

You've kinda gone past the point where you can sell it for a real R now. Just look for K swaps.

 

[NathJ]

looks great mate, not to keen on the mugen grill but will reserve judgement until i see the other carbon parts.

I know a boy that has a champ white jdm ctr and has lots of carbon bits. Bonnet/boot/spoiler/splitter etc and lots of other mods. Looks great but i must say they look better standard ish in my opinion

Dont go over the top, looks great as is

lowerd on coilovers , mugen spoiler , double din and k20 conversion and it will be finished

Awesome car.

Championship White FTW!

get it polished tomorrow if its a nice day

Love it

cheers mate

Superb.

You've kinda gone past the point where you can sell it for a real R now. Just look for K swaps.

too far your telling me mate , cheers for checking the updates k20 will be soon

 

[NathJ]

got a few better snaps of the grill now ive put mesh behind it , not any tacky mesh , taken of a merc amg got it from work lol looks loads better ...

 

[Philip.]

Really like it, and the grill looks super