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RocketBunnyS13

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Location: Philippines MNL
Occupation: Yes I ruin cars
Age: 34
V$: wat
#139736   2018-03-31 21:34          

AND SO IT BEGINS!

Rented my buddy Al's garage in Matsusaka for just about 2 weeks. He had to move his EF9 outside in order to accommodate me (Yes that's his name. Oops, not supposed to disclose who he is :O ) We settled on a friend's fee of JPY 6,000 (V$ 60), just to cover the electricity bills.

First order of business? MORE LOW! Since early on I found out that the car was sitting on Tein Street Basis Coilovers, I adjusted the height so that it would close the wheel gap and eliminate the rake from front-to-rear.

Before:


During adjustment:


After (Also moved it forward and back to let the suspension settle):


NEXT MOD!

Making it look decent and presentable, and that would mean:



Paint! Took off the parts that needed to be painted, removed the attached accessories and moldings, and masked off everything else that was in the way. Bought the materials at Autobacs. Bought the Milano Red (R-81-3-A) paint at some reputable shop in Tsu. Paint + materials were about JPY 20,000 (V$ 200) altogether.

Oh, and if you haven't noticed yet, I bought Al's old 89 Accord stockies with tires, for a reasonable JPY 24,000 (V$ 240), they were originally JPY 30,000 but I told him I was gonna rent his garage for JPY 6,000 so. Now the car doesn't adversely steer itself to the left lol, also adds uniformity to the car like the paint. If anyone needs/wants 3 EF8 CR-X SiR stockies let me know! Keeping the donut tire/steely as a spare.

Waited about 1 week to get everything sorted out with the paint. Panels were correctly re-aligned too. When I went to pick up the car a few days after we finished it, I was stunned. It was different. The mods altered and erased the car's "hoopty" look. I LOVED it even more than when I first bought it.

Brought the car home, thanking Al for his help as he was also the one who painted the parts! Got it aligned at a tire shop, gave it a full wash, buffed it and waxed it. Then the following day I took the car out to the city and took a couple of photos on the streets.




What do you guys think? In my opinion it no longer looks like a JPY 120,000 car hahaha. Now I won't be embarrassed to drive it around and take it to the track soon.

Next mods? Intake, exhaust, proper wheels and tires. Then I hit the track.

Finances:
V$ 18,722 - V$ 60 (shop and labor) - V$ 240 (wheels) - V$ 200 (paint and materials) = V$ 18,222


This post was edited by RocketBunnyS13 (2018-04-27 18:41, ago)

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