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Did you ever get it painted? I would love to see pictures of where it sits as of now. Keep on pushing! 

Never had any paint work, a friend used a pinstripe removal tool on the doors just for fun and it gave it a funny gloss look. I will try to clean it up(remove it from the garage and remove the boxes off of it) and get some current pictures. These years have been a mental back and forth over appearance or power. Currently I am set on power/reliability then get the cosmetic stuff done.

Any particular reason why you decided to do a swap?  I would imagine your car would have more value if you were able to keep the drive train stock and maybe even add Mugen parts to it.  Glad to hear your still working on it!

I agree 100% about the value stock. That is why I do not want to cut/bang/weld any chassis stuff. I will keep every part I remove to reinstall later if I want. The engine in it now is not the original/numbers matching anyway. I'm an auto tech for Hyundai so I've got plenty of tools and skills it's just the time and parts needed. The swap would have been started sooner but I drove the "wrecked" civic for 2 years as a daily because it drove so good! Then when a car seat was required the coupe was finally out of daily duty. Adding Mugen parts would be great if it returns to EW3 engine and gets cleaned up. I would like an actual Mugen header panel but I might eventually get the hood that is mounded like the header panel is attached.


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