SMooTHn'Z 4th GEN Build

Opps...

Its gonna rain soon, so I guess ill put up my tools and call it a day... And also I can see where the leaks are tomorrow... Here is what i got so far...

Be careful with the doors ... some cars are different , but , if you remove them , take them off the hinges , do NOT remove the hinges from the body ... it will be difficult to re-align the doors to the body sometimes , so it's best to leave the hinges attatched to the body so the door will line up properly when re-attatched to the hinge ... as I said , some cars are different , but this makes it easier for re-alignment

Pourman wrote:

Be careful with the doors ... some cars are different , but , if you remove them , take them off the hinges , do NOT remove the hinges from the body ... it will be difficult to re-align the doors to the body sometimes , so it's best to leave the hinges attatched to the body so the door will line up properly when re-attatched to the hinge ... as I said , some cars are different , but this makes it easier for re-alignment

Roger that, thanks for heads up... I gave it a quick wash... it looks alot better now...

WOW, the exterior cleaned up really well, and for the rear rust, I wouldn't bother repairing that, that panel is easy to get. And in the future, I have a lot of extra jdm parts for that car, and I mean a lot, that I will be selling, if your interested

sir90hatch wrote:

WOW, the exterior cleaned up really well, and for the rear rust, I wouldn't bother repairing that, that panel is easy to get. And in the future, I have a lot of extra jdm parts for that car, and I mean a lot, that I will be selling, if your interested

Yea it cleaned up nice... The interior isnt that bad... Whats the best way to do front seat swap... like Teg seats... or is that not possible? and the rear piece i seen one of those at the junkyard there like 3 hatches there... one is a Si...

Which junk yard, I haven't been in a while. And not sure about swapping seats,
might have to use custom brackets, thats what I did for my Recaro's

They got a new one here in PC called Pick N Pull... Great place... this weekend is 1/2 off everything for new years... ... some one said i have to switch seat pans...

sir90hatch wrote:

And not sure about swapping seats,
might have to use custom brackets, thats what I did for my Recaro's

I just swapped Driver Integra seat cusion and skin onto EF pan and back rest... Took me a couple hours but I got it.. its not perfect but better than the seat before (check pics in first post) ... if I keep this interior I might try again with Tan integra seats...

I might try to do a write up on how i did it...





Here are pics of the seat test bolted in...

FRONT:




BACK:

Cool, looks like you got it, seat looks weird without the headrest

sir90hatch wrote:

Cool, looks like you got it, seat looks weird without the headrest

Here is the integra seat with headrest I was too lazy to put it on last night...

This is how I ride in my cars, Gangsta Lean...


Passenger side view, you can see the hole were the lumbar was on the old seat frame...


Here it is fully reclined... I noticed in the pic that it shows the cushion when in this position... Good thing it doesnt stay that way... =)


Here how far it goes up when letting some in to ride the backseat... I think its pretty roomy

hmmm and i was having a BOGO sale on EF hatches.

not a bad find but you paid $49 more then i did for 2 EF hatches.

ECH257 wrote:

hmmm and i was having a BOGO sale on EF hatches.

not a bad find but you paid $49 more then i did for 2 EF hatches.

Good find... 2 for one is great deal...

yeah but the difference between smoothin and ech257 is it looks like smoothin's doing something with his Honda unlike ech257. Hes got a yard full of hondas and will never do anything to them.

dave your right cause i hate hondas now.

I just picked up the full rear interior from the junkyard... and the panel piece under the hatch... and rear seat belts all black/gray... one of tha panels is cracked but i can take it part and put the one from my hatch onto it and it should be good (after paint)... The rain here is unconsistant, it rains then it doesnt... im sot sure if I should go back and get the dash door panels and door sills...

Get the door panels and dash if there black, gray, that would look better than the tan interior, but the door panels must be from a 88 or 89, 90-91 panels don't fit perfectly. And if you do decide to paint interior pieces, use the special plastic paint, and make sure to prep the plastic very well so the paint bonds to the plastic, or else it will flake off in the future, but best bet is to never paint the interior, the colored plastic is much better than paint.

sir90hatch wrote:

Get the door panels and dash if there black, gray, that would look better than the tan interior, but the door panels must be from a 88 or 89, 90-91 panels don't fit perfectly. And if you do decide to paint interior pieces, use the special plastic paint, and make sure to prep the plastic very well so the paint bonds to the plastic, or else it will flake off in the future, but best bet is to never paint the interior, the colored plastic is much better than paint.

Well i guess i can only get the dash cause the car im getting it from is a 91 DX.. =(... what part of the doors dont fit right? to get the doors off its only screws right? Oh yea, what do i gotta do to swap the front ends?

Right in the back corner, you'll see, its because 90-91's have door mounted seatbelts. And do not swap the front end, unless your going jdm, the 88-89 front is a whole lot better than the 90-91, but if you did, you would have to swap all the side molding and rear bumper, just stick with what you have exterior wise, it looks better

pfft 91 is ftw, i miss my 91 si.


edit, i miss my car when it had the badass d16a6.

i dont miss it when it had the terrible b16 swap.

sir90hatch wrote:

Right in the back corner, you'll see, its because 90-91's have door mounted seatbelts. And do not swap the front end, unless your going jdm, the 88-89 front is a whole lot better than the 90-91, but if you did, you would have to swap all the side molding and rear bumper, just stick with what you have exterior wise, it looks better

okay got the dash... is the top half of the door panels removable like the back panels? if so could i just swap the top half? i cant check right now cause it is raining... So keep the car exterior the same then ... my front bumper got banged up trying to get it on the tow dolly but i can cover it up...

Right now I am CLeaning all the buildup the car has accumulated over the last 18 years... its a mess... after that I will probably start taking out the motor to clean up the engine bay and get it ready for paint... Should I do a black engine bay?

go with like bright ORANGE or pink, or some kind of rad green, be different.

Clifford wrote:

go with like bright ORANGE or pink, or some kind of rad green, be different.

LOL, go Pink, how about something OEM that didn't come into the states, like barcelona green.

Panels not removable, engine bay should be same color as exterior, are you planning on a motor swap?

Yea... i think this motor is shot... i took bought one door panel to compare... but i guess you answer my question