So here she is, first day I bought her. Had a little work done and looked pretty clean so I picked her up for $4,700. Overpriced, but the car was too nice to pass up.
I grabbed an old valve cover I had from my first Integra, stripped it, cut off the cam gear cover, and painted it up.
I also added my cold air from my old Integra.
Next up was replacing the ugly steel wheels that were on the car. I bought a set of used rims, sanded them down (they were lime green) and painted them to match my valve cover.
Now that the outside was looking clean I decided to do something about the interior, I riced it out a little but I think it looks way better than the tan and black combo.
Couldn't resist buying a carbon fiber lip to go along with the hood. I'm aiming for the JDM look so I added a JDP cf front lip and BDL tow hooks. Only problem was while I was drilling the front bumper support for the tow hook I slipped and drilled a new coolant passage into my radiator. At least it gave me an excuse to upgrade from copper to aluminum!
On the way home from a car show I drove through a construction zone on I-95. Lucky me, I'm going the speed limit in the right lane just taking it easy and find a spot the construction workers didn't fill in properly. Cracked my left front wheel right down the center.
New Evolution Effects Vesta 16 inch rims.
So for the first couple months owning my Integra, every gear felt like neutral. The U-joint on my shift rod was beat so I installed a new rod and also took the opportunity to install my Mugen hood pins so my hood would stop threatening to fly off while on the highway.
My poor car. I took a trip out to PA with it and spun a couple rod bearings. I had the local shop install a dirty-ass junkyard engine and swap over my parts. Well that engine blew up after four days due to a clogged oil pick-up and the kid who installed it wrecked almost all my front suspension parts and screwed up my cooling fan.
Finally installed my Russell braided brake lines and painted my calipers while my car was down and out.
Ordered a JDM B18B from HMO and some other goodies. Swapped over my parts and dropped her in.
