Kevs EK3 - pic heavy

Hey peeps been on here a while and not yet done a rough build thread.

Just piecing together the pics i can find but here goes...

Bought the civic Jan 2009 with 60k miles and mint condition for £1300;) bargain, looked like this;




just rota slips and a sportex back box. Next got it tinted and lowered it quite alot on coilovers...


after that i ripped the previous exhaust off acidently, but alas no pics of the new system ( a toyosports ebay jobby)
next was ek9 spoiler from my bro for christmas, test fit...

and a mugen rep front lip (trax 2009)

new manifold for £30

ep3 front seats

ek9 carpet


team heko wind deflectors

on...

black rear bench


then the time came for a front end spray, including ek9 bumper

diy ek9 lights

spoon rep wingmirrors


i then got bored of the rotas and sold them to a mate, i currently am using a set of calibre wheels just to get me around


also purchased the tanabe backbox off here


unfortunately i havent got pics of that fitted, i also now have spoiler tilts and a sterring wheel release waiting to go on from my bro for chrimbo and also a new front bumper and sir lip waiting to go on

plans now are to sell at the end of the year, but before then i am replacing the coilovers to go lower for the shows coming up, roll the arches and colourcode the bumpstrips and sideskirts

chances are i may be too attached to sell haha

hope you like:)

Some good progress here looks sweet

Very nice mate, SiR lip is always a good mod, such a nice lip. Personally id save for dc2/ek9 Recaros and ditch the EP seats, personally i hate them.

Yeh that's a good shout I mean at the time I was offered a full ep interior and the ek9 carpet for £250 which I couldn't leave, as il be selling later this year I doubt il replace te seats now

nice work so far mate! loving it



drop it down anither inch and this would be JAE stand material

looks nice mate proberly the best one in that colour i've seen, the SIR lip will look loads better then that rep lip, cant wait to see it done.

haha yeh the plan is to lower it more so that it sits on the wheels, i was at jae actually but with the rotas on and a shagged front bumper

cheers cus lip and bumper will be painted in a couple of weeks and il get some pics up:)

haha yeh the plan is to lower it more so that it sits on the wheels, i was at jae actually but with the rotas on and a shagged front bumper

cheers cus lip and bumper will be painted in a couple of weeks and il get some pics up:)

love the wheels, if you ever want to sell them let me know!

Looks smart man

Looks better on the temp wheels mate, i'd keep them!

rare question, i know those calibre wheels arent real splits. but can you remove the nuts or are they like fixed in?? just thinking from a refurb point of view

You can remove them on my lenso's, so I wouldnt imagine that it would be different on these. They are plastic so be careful

if your not bothered about fuckin them then yes other wise no.

Looking good!


how did you get the front lens off the headlights?
...been told to bake them in the oven, surely being plastic they's melt and deform?

how to reseal them?

thanks.

aww, cheers cus, I can see an argument brewing later when I got car pieces in the oven

damn Accord lights won't fit in the chuffin Oven""

still got it open thi, used a heat gun

yeah i forgot to say you can do it witha heat gun aswell, just abit messy the gun way. what did you use to seal them back up mate?

cus wrote:

yeah i forgot to say you can do it witha heat gun aswell, just abit messy the gun way. what did you use to seal them back up mate?

not got that far yet. SWMBO was moaning about taking over the kitchen, they will be done over the next few weeks, I'll do a write up when finished
Need thm on for the 11th march ready for the meet at trafford!


sorry for thread jacking BTW!

This is one seriously clean EK! Loving it bud!

hey guys, sorry its been a while but been busy with the car!

not too many in between stage pics but recently got;
coupe bumper smoothed
sir front lip,
new coilovers
calibre wheels sprayed white (they dont come white which sucks!!)
d1 Gold Wheel nuts
spoiler tilts
Canibeat plate surrounds and i made myself some usa reg size plates

heres a few pics i found from the weekend;

very nice mate. Love the wheels

looks sick dude!

Looks really nice mate!!

Whats the spec on the wheels?