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Might as well post the build of one of my other cars on here. Most of this is just copied from what I posted elsewhere several years ago.
So I picked up this hatch back in 2007. Have done what seems like a crap load of work to it over the years, but its not to the quality I wish it was. Also still have yet to drive it but here is its transition so far.
How i got it.
Stripping it down
Used a heat gun and scrapper
Then some Simple Green and a few other chemicals mixed seemed to eat the rest of it off
Doing some body work to get the dent out of the side
Going to the audio shop to get some better sound deadening installed
Motors out
Some primer
Throwing some paint down. Arctic Frost Pearl from the TSX
Starting to get it back together
Close to running(just with a d15/d16y8)
Since i have recently totaled out my 05 RSX Type S, it will now be the donor car for my hatch. Which is what has led me to this site.
I plan on doing the swap sometime in the spring and just browsing and getting my ducks in a row before i tear the Civic back down. Besides, the Civic will have to get me through the winter so i can get the other car put back up in the garage.
From the time this was posted I got the car on the road, drove it to college for maybe 4 weeks and it developed a knock. Parked it to yank the engine out and it sat for another 5 years. During those 5 years I decided to rebuild the RSX to drive which brings us to spring 2016 when a deer ran into the side of it. This time I started tearing it apart before I could change my mind to make it a donor car again. So this past November (2016) I started ordering parts and yanking the RSX apart.
So I picked up this hatch back in 2007. Have done what seems like a crap load of work to it over the years, but its not to the quality I wish it was. Also still have yet to drive it but here is its transition so far.
How i got it.





Stripping it down


Used a heat gun and scrapper

Then some Simple Green and a few other chemicals mixed seemed to eat the rest of it off

Doing some body work to get the dent out of the side

Going to the audio shop to get some better sound deadening installed

Motors out

Some primer


Throwing some paint down. Arctic Frost Pearl from the TSX



Starting to get it back together





Close to running(just with a d15/d16y8)




Since i have recently totaled out my 05 RSX Type S, it will now be the donor car for my hatch. Which is what has led me to this site.
I plan on doing the swap sometime in the spring and just browsing and getting my ducks in a row before i tear the Civic back down. Besides, the Civic will have to get me through the winter so i can get the other car put back up in the garage.
From the time this was posted I got the car on the road, drove it to college for maybe 4 weeks and it developed a knock. Parked it to yank the engine out and it sat for another 5 years. During those 5 years I decided to rebuild the RSX to drive which brings us to spring 2016 when a deer ran into the side of it. This time I started tearing it apart before I could change my mind to make it a donor car again. So this past November (2016) I started ordering parts and yanking the RSX apart.