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[ggtod]

Hi guys. Been reading for a while now. Love the forum, the cars and all the useful info. Decide to make a profile and share what I've been up to.
Bought it for what it will cost as scrape metal, not running (dead clutch), missing front bumper , smokey engine, dead battery and all taxes expired. Always wanted 3G civic after Gran Turismo  came out many years ago , and my favorite car being the motul civic there. Love the idea of simple , light weight , high revving N/A engine. 
Car itself is a 87 1.5 carb ew2 86hp only option was power steering, considering edm cars rarely have any option from that era. Car being imported from Germany and here as well is snowy/salty in winters- rust has taking its toll.
Idea is to have something to do in my spare time. And despite working 2 full time jobs, we don't make much here and all of the work is low/ghetto style and on tight budged. 
First pics from the ad:



 
 




Home made gangsta front grill was first to go, had to keep it. looked bad ass 
 
 

 
 
Common rust holes around floor in to all 4 corners. Replacement hatch, door ,wings, wheel arch and bonnet.

[ggtod]

front part of the floor fixed:

[ggtod]

got a set of fake bbs, still german brand though , but not split 15x7, again for the price of scrape aluminum 
 

 


re-index front torsion bars (not sure if i can call it this way, not a native in english)
rear springs were chopped and top mounts for the shocks where extended with the height being removed from the springs. Rear shocks were good , gotta keep it in budged. For front shocks I modified shocks from VW T4 bus, cheap and heavy duty solution. Will let you know how does it work.
 

 
 
first panels painted single stage nardo grey



 
being tight i could only spray one side at a time
 

 

[ggtod]

playing with rear camber, i went too much , then i fix it.


 
 
took the engine a part, after inspect and measure it, it looked like its been rebuild recently. The head itself was garbage and it was replaced with rebuild ew3 one. 
 
 
i could only managed to find a replacement bumper from wagon/shuttle here in europe/
 

 
 
with my friends 4dr civic and rover 213 / in reality a copy of 3G 4dr civic/


 
 
paint and semi toyo 165/50
 

[ggtod]

and back to be street legal 
 






 
 
Like i said it wasn't meant to be a pro job, but only what i could afford. All its been done by myself.
Still a lot do. Gotta loose the carb, its leaky and ineffective looking for a ew3 swap or maybe some Dual head , tidy up the interior, renew the suspension components, bearing , bushings etc.

Soon to be updated

[1gcvcb18]

Nice work very clean

[shuttlecraft]

Considering what you started with, very nice job and color choice.

[GeezRX]

I really like it, great job and thanks for sharing it!

[anjin]

I like it a lot as well.  Really good work there.

[CRXer87hf]

Wow! Great stuff.  Most people would've sent that car to the scrap heap.  Glad you decided to save it!

[gtpilot]

Great rebuild story - it is nice to see another hatch live another day.  How long did all of this take you?

[PuddleSkipper]

Nicely done! Thank you for sharing!

[Sinub]

Amazing! Thanks for keeping it on the road!