hbracer93's 09TWFA5 masterpiece(in progress;)

hbracer93 · Jul 8, 2010

So I was deciding between an acura TL and a MazdaSpeed6, fortunately for me I didnt have money for a car at the time. Then the Civic Si sedan was released, and I knew what car I wanted. I already had a 94 del sol, 93 civic hatchback and a 06 ridgeline. Naturally to have 4 cars between my wife and I would be impractical, so it came time to sell some cars.

The civic was the first to go made $6k off that for the kid to total it in a month, then I bought my civic in October of 08. Soon to follow the civic was the del sol, sold that for $4k again another car totaled. We loved the civic so much that in July of 09 we bought my wife a RRFA5, after we traded in the ridgeline for it.

To clear up a couple question:

1) The licsence plates. I was stationed in Connecticut in the Navy, so when I bought the car it was there. I am a resident of New York, its my home town, so I re-registered the car in NY because CT cops kept pulling my over for Window Tint. They I transfered to Cali, so that explains the whole plate situation.

2). The center caps were spray painted with duplicolor paint then installed the H stickers from grafixpressions.com(you have to make a custom order so just email him). Then I applied the stickers and added 5 coats of clear over the top.

3). The wheels were a hook up that I had in CT, I sand blasted them and then had my connection power coat them for a couple packs of turkey thighs.

3) The carpet and floor mats I bought from stockinteriors.com. The carpet is not precut with the bolt holes but it is premolded, and the floor mats are very close to stock size. They are slightly larger than stock but not by much.

4) The Leather/heated seats were added as a dealer option they cost about $1600 and when I picked the car up from the dealer they were already installed.

had a kenwood DNX-8120 waiting for her when I picked her up.

Here is a Current Mods List:
Engine/Performance Modifications

Air Assist Valve Removal
Boomba Motor Mounts
Intake Manifold Gasket
Go Power 3" Exhaust V2
Go Power Custom Header 3" collector
Go Power V1R Cams
Go Power Cold Air Intake
Go Power Ported RBC Manifold
Go Power Valve Springs aNd Retainers
K24 Bottom End
Wiseco 12.5:1 87.5mm Pistons
Go Power H Bean Rods
K20A Oil Pump
ARP Head Studs
Omni Clutch Master Cylinder W/Stainless Steel Cable(Custom DnL Adjustment)
Competition Clutch Ultra Lightweight Fly Wheel
Competition Clutch Stage 4 Pressure Plate and Stage 3 Disc
Flash Pro(Go Power Tuned)
NST Pulleys
Bosche 550cc Injectors
Skunk2 Fuel Rail
Skunk2 Throttle Body
Hybrid Racing Timing Chain Tensioner
PWJDM Magnetic Oil Drain Plug
PWJDM Magnetic Transmission Drain Plug

Wheel/Suspension Upgrades

BC Racing RAM Coilovers
Skunk 2 Rear Camber Arms
Password JDM Front and Rear Rotors
EBC Red Stuff Pads Front and Rear
Earls Stainless Steal Brake Lines Front and Rear
Progress Rear Sway Bar
GTSpes Front Tower Bar
Volk TE-37 Mag Blue 17x7.5+40
5mm H&R Wheel Spacers with Extended Studs
Muteki Lug Nutz
Beaks Lower Tie Bar

Exterior Modifications

JDM FD Headlights
JDM FD Fenders
JDM FD Side Markers
JDM Mugen RR Front Bumper
JDM Mugen RR Carbon Fiber Hood
JDM FD Cooling Plate
JDM FD Bumper Support
JDM FD2 Red Emblems
Mugen Window Visors
Red Brake Caliper Paint
De-badged Civic
Luminics DRLs
Hide-a-Plate
HIDExtra 8k Slim Ballast HID's
DDM Tuning 3k Slim Ballast HID Foglights
Rear Roof Spoiler
Lamin-X Foglight Overlays

Interior Modifications

Skunk 2 Shift Knob
Leather/Heated Seats
Red Steering Wheel H
Red Carpet and Floor Mats
Red Door Panel Inserts
Red Stitched Steering Wheel
Broadway Rearview Mirror
Khoality Dome Light LED's
Civic SI Console Sticker
Strut King Dead Pedal
5% Window Tint
OEM Sunglass Holder
Type R Push Button Start
Type R Hazard Switch
Type R Interior Foot Lights

I.C.E

Kenwood DNX-8120
JL Audio 10W3
JL Audio XD600/1
JL Audio XD400/4
Custom Fiberglass Enclosure
Rear View Camera
Sirius Radio
Swi-Jac Steering Wheel Controls

MY THREADS

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/inside-out/245816-i-dont-have-wear-my-sunglasses-night-because.html

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/inside-out/241283-shift-knob-like-no-other-you-have-seen-before.html

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/suspension-brakes/240158-diy-install-lower-tie-bar.html

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/suspension-brakes/241289-diy-remove-install-axles.html

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/suspension-brakes/240497-diy-adjusting-replacing-emergency-brake-cable.html

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/intake-spacer-discussion/230895-decided-paint-my-intake-manifold.html

Here she is after I bought it:

Then Christmas came and santa was very nice:

here is the list:

P2R spacer and gaskets/IMG
Skunk2 sport shocks/springs
Mugen window visors
Skunk2 shift knob
Sticker goodies
FD2 red emblems F/R
K&N intake
T1R Dolpin exhaust 70mm
Vibrant catless header
Tint
License plate flip
Skunk2 Rear Camber arms
Ingals front camber bolts
Luminics yellow drl's and fogs

then dyno again:

Then I decided it was time to start my sub enclosure:

Bass control knob:

Then the new sub and amp:

JL10W3 and a JL 250:1

Added PWJDM tow hooks:

Added my hide-a-plate and stitched the wheel:

Powder Coated the stockies:

Did my door panels with vinyl:

Then we added another Si to the Family:

Then I went to Panama City, FL for 3 months and meet some cool people and kept the mods coming:

RearView Camera:

Go-power V1R cams, Valve Springs, and Retainers:

These cams opened the door for me to one of the GREATEST companies for aftermarket parts I've ever had the chance to do business with.

Of course I had to get the car tuned and dyno'd again(Tune was not the greatest...ok, it sucked but here is the graph):

So naturally to follow, From Go-Power a Ported RBC manifold, 550cc injectors, and a Skunk2 fuel rail:

It came time to remove the carpet and try something new:

Whats next you ask, new rims:

the day I put them on(thanks Bryan and Jess)

Driving to Cali:

After I got to Cali I made a stop at my Favorite place ever, Go-Power so he could fix my tune(his dyno does read low because of being at altitude)blue=crappy tune, red=superbadass Go-Power tune

After adding 5mm spacers:

And of course having 2 Si's where do the white stockies go:

The SD 8th crew(some of us):

Add of course, how she sits now:

Just added...

Go Power Cold Air Intake

And a Go Power custom Header

And the the before and after dynos...

Also the skunk2 throttle body:

Then I decided to paint my intake manifold:

New Shift Knob

Go Power 3" Exhaust

Beaks Lower Tie Bar

Installed an OEM Honda Sun Glasses Holder

The New Engine!!!!!!!!

NEW DYNO!!!!!

New Parts in the mail:

All together:

Paint:

Finally back:

With the wheels Painted:

Added a GTSpec Tower bar and Progress rear sway bar:

New side skirts, Rear lip, Dead pedal, and rear view camera:

Brake and coils

UPDATED PICS:

To be continued...

THE END.

GO Power Motorsports · Jul 8, 2010

We love this car. Such a good looking 4 door.

hbracer93 · Jul 8, 2010

Thanks to the guys at go-power it has "power"...your awesome

JDM_DOHC_SiR · Jul 8, 2010

:clapping:

fid3L · Jul 8, 2010

Nice...Keep it up Dan

one7 · Jul 9, 2010

Stock rims look great powder coated.

jrlsoccer28 · Jul 9, 2010

By far, one of the BEST looking FA5's I've seen! Amazing.

jomasoccer9 · Jul 9, 2010

love the leather seats, love the subwoofer. real cleannnn!

Si_madness · Jul 9, 2010

looking very nice

but NY plates but location say San Diego & one other pic has CT plates...

hbracer93 · Jul 9, 2010

Your question is now answered in the OP

obert · Jul 9, 2010

Very Very well done ride

hbracer93 · Jul 9, 2010

Finally finished updating, build thread is now current

kartoon · Jul 9, 2010

nice, whats next?

hbracer93 · Jul 9, 2010

I ordered a custom go power header, the skunk2 72mm throttle body. I plan on doing a K24 bottom end and adding a set of regamaster Evo's

db8typer · Jul 10, 2010

Damn your car is awesome!

FD2 · Jul 10, 2010

looking very nice

02SilverSiHB · Jul 10, 2010

indeed! very nice!

JDM_DREW · Jul 10, 2010

hella Cleaaaannn bro! :wave:

Aldwin. · Jul 10, 2010

Never knew you switched up your interior that much. Looks really good, man. Finish it off with red or black for your headliner.

Geovone · Jul 10, 2010

More pics of the girl

hbracer93 · Jul 10, 2010

Sorry, I dont think my wife would be too happy about that

jhaaay · Jul 10, 2010

very nice form of transportation

wannabejdm · Jul 11, 2010

I have a red si 4 door as well, you just convinced me to get white wheels.

DYNASTY XSV · Jul 11, 2010

dope. keep up the good work!

Ruthless909 · Jul 11, 2010

Well done, sir. :thumb:

FA5 nation. :woot:

hex · Jul 11, 2010

hooolyyy!

both cars are done up nicely

trinxified · Jul 11, 2010

the white stockies would rock better on your car.

Figment-The-Dragon · Jul 11, 2010

Very nice car sir...

hbracer93 · Jul 11, 2010

Thank you all

hbracer93's 09TWFA5 masterpiece(in progress;)

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