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ray's 2007 HRP FA5 timeline *ton of pics*

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#1 · (Edited)
Update: How she sits today...

040917 - 10 years & 200k+ miles later....
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Sup ya'lls! So this isnt really an introduction since, as you can see from my join date, ive kinda been on here for a minute or two, but it just dawned on me that i never really started my own thread. Now, this isnt exactly a build thread either because i havent really done much other then lowering springs and a few other accessories here & there. Guess i just wanted a place to store some pictures and show a visual timeline of the car thru the years...



At the dealership, night before i took delivery, April 10th, 2007:


Later that week...




June 2nd, 2007 - First 8thCivic meet, Buffalo Grove, IL


March 2009 - a few years later, still stock! Added OEM fog lights, visors and an FD2 shift knob.

DSC_0381 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


Untitled_HDR2 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


DSC_0360 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


DSC_0100 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

March 22, 2009 - 8thCivic Chicagoland spring meet

DSC_0334 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


DSC_0102 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious ****" by Ray Flores, on Flickr

May 28, 2009 - Mini Meet

DSC_2286 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

July 26, 2009 - Chicago KO Crew Meet

DSC_3587 H by Ray Flores, on Flickr

August 16, 2009 - IL/WI Bridging-the-gap Meet

DSC_4613 H by Ray Flores, on Flickr

September 30, 2009 - Suja1/KO Crew Meet

DSC_7165 H by Ray Flores, on Flickr

November 2009

Shot #6.2 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

February 2010 - I hate snow

[009/365] _DSC0059 H by Ray Flores, on Flickr

February 18, 2010 - HID Install

[018/365] _DSC0708 H by Ray Flores, on Flickr


[023/365] _DSC1151 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

May 2, 2010 - KO Crew Green Menace Meet

_DSC4520 h by Ray Flores, on Flickr

May 3, 2010 - Dog N Suds

[092/365] _DSC4593 h by Ray Flores, on Flickr

June 2010

_DSC5726 h by Ray Flores, on Flickr


[126/365] _DSC5762 h by Ray Flores, on Flickr

June 12, 2010 - King Motorsports BBQ

[132/365] _DSC5922 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

June 27, 2010 - KO Crew "I <3 Boobies" Meet

_DSC6817 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

April 23, 2011 - KO Crew Mini Meet

_DSC8237 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

May 22, 2011 - ILL Fest

_DSC8501 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

July 24, 2011 - KO Crew Meet

DSC_3316 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

October 2011 - painted stockies & red "H's" (car is wet btw)

DSC_5722 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


DSC_5725 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

January 2012 - i hate snow II

DSC_6402 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

June 2012 - lowered on Eibach Sportlines

DSC_6210 by Ray Flores, on Flickr


DSC_6213 by Ray Flores, on Flickr


DSC_6241 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

June 2012 - Cruising thru Chicago

DSC_6503 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

June 23, 2012 - hit 100k miles

DSC_6572 by Ray Flores, on Flickr


DSC_8194 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

August 11, 2012 - Pre-meet before FNL

DSC_9466 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

August 30, 2012 - Got bored, so went out and tried strobing + lightpainting:

DSC_0637 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

September 2, 2012 - Night Light's BBQ/Meet - Willow Springs, IL

DSC_0690 by Ray Flores, on Flickr


DSC_0701 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

Sept 15, 2012 - Chicago KO Crew's "Big Huge IL Meet" Buffalo Grove, IL

DSC_2027 h by Ray Flores, on Flickr

Sept 23, 2012 - Just missed the sunset

DSC_2565 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

Oct 6, 2012 - Fall colors

DSC_3790 h by Ray Flores, on Flickr

Oct 22, 2012 - Foggy night

DSC_4215 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

Dec 1, 2012 - Light-painting... Cant really tell, but got 35% tints all around. Love it.

DSC_5235 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

Dec 17, 2012 - Chicago KO Crew mini meet, Bdubs, Schaumburg

DSC_3350 r by Ray Flores, on Flickr

Jan 12, 2013 - Parking garage...

02 DSC_4328 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

Jan 12, 2013

DSC_4299 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

Jan 27th, 2013 - Chicago KO Crew mini meet, IHOP Buffalo Grove

DSC_4404 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

Feb 17th, 2013 - Chillin with Jon (JDMHondaGuy)

DSC_4639 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

021713

DSC_4634 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

022613 I Hate Snow

DSC_4764 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

043013 mini-LMM at Superdawgs Wheeling, IL

DSC_5638 h by Ray Flores, on Flickr

050513 peek-a-boo

DSC_5661 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

051213 Chicago Represent!

DSC_5857 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

052513 - Hanging out with my friend Kathy

DSC_7131 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

060113 - Out wasting gas with JDMhondaguy & paprocjo after FNL last night. Plasti-dipped hood and grill earlier that day.

DSC_7552 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

060813 - Rolling shot

DSC_7970 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

061413 - New parking garage in town, so I had to test it out...


DSC_8361 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

070513 - 'MERICA


DSC_9993 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

082913

DSC_6308 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

090113 - Cracked a fog light. Picked up some yellow glass ones off ebay for cheap. Double-sealed em with clear silicone just to be safe.

DSC_6554 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

082513 - Showing at Stance WI

DSC_5617 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

082913 - Late nite antics

DSC_6346 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

092413 - Mini meet at Super Dawgs

DSC_7528 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

092713 - Out and about with some of the crew

DSC_7566_H by Ray Flores, on Flickr

100613 - Another outing with some of the crew

DSC_7685 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

120113 - Passed by some loading docks and stopped to nap a pic

DSC_0219 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

120313 - Foggy night

DSC_0239 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

120313 - Happy New Year! I still hate snow.
DSC_1171 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

033014 - Put on my buddy's Thule roof rack just for the hayell of it.


042514 - Installed shifter base bushings earlier this evening, so went out afterwards for a late nite cruise then stopped for some light-painting.
DSC_4477 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

05-30-2014 - Lightpainting at sunset
DSC_5813 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

03-18-2015 - Traded the old stocked for some TL-S Waffles
DSC_9181 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

04-06-2015
DSC_9864 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


04-15-15 - Tried light painting 3 cars at once. Results weren't exactly what I wanted, but its a start.
DSC_0033 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


04-15-15 - Just a bunch of family four-doors...
DSC_0050 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


051615 - LMM & Cruise over the weekend with some friends!
DSC_0964 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


051615 - Hard to tell, but i also got rid of the plastidip on the hood.
DSC_0977 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


052315 - New wheels. Gram Lights 57c
DSC_1010 by Ray Flores, on Flickr


06-07-15 - Hated how the stock Ray's centercaps looked so i ordered some generic flat caps off ebay, color matched them as best i could and added red vinyl "H's". Definitely diggin how this looks a lot more!

Snapped this light-painted shot over the weekend after some major storms had just passed.

DSC_1375 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


06-07-15 at Mineola Bay. Fox Lake, IL
DSC_1354 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


061715 - Never pass up a good sunset!
DSC_1367 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


061715 - Behind the old Mineola Hotel in Fox Lake IL
DSC_1363 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

062515 - Late nite lightpainting.
DSC_3161 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

062615 - Mini-meet with some of the crew. Sunset at Volo Bog State Nature Area
DSC_3188 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

082315 - Chillin with my friend Angela
DSC_3685 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

090515 - Uninstalled my knock-off mugen visors. That 3M tape was a pain in the ass. After 8 years on the car they were so sun beated and faded i didnt want to deal with them any more. Ordered new ones.
DSC_3894 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

090615 - Wisconsin 8th & 9th gen get together
DSC_3902 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

091315 - OG KO Crew mini meet
DSC_4021 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

092615 - Installed new mugen-style visors, and also a lip spoiler thingy for the rear glass, which of course you cant see from this pics. Snapped a quick shot at sunset after a cruise thru all the rural farm land up near my parent's house.

DSC_4229 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


032216 - LMM with the Chicago 8th & 9th Civic crowd
DSC_9770 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


050716 - NvUS Chicago meet. w/fellow OG darken0420


051416 - JDMC FNL Saturdays


051516 - Wisconsin 8th/9th gen Meet


051516 - Wisconsin 8th/9th gen Meet


051516 - Wisconsin 8th/9th gen Meet


081316 - Cruising by the lake in Kenosha


081316 - Cruising by the lake in Kenosha


031817 - 200K
DSC_5344 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

DSC_5349 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

DSC_5353 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

031907 - Out and about with some car fraaands
DSC_5372 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

DSC_5426 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr


040817 - At work with Matt
DSC_5730 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr

040917 - Wisconsin SiVICS Spring Meet
DSC_5738 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

DSC_5753 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

DSC_5863 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

DSC_5840 by Ray Flores, on Flickr

040917 - 10 years & 200k+ miles later....
DSC_5947 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr



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#9 · (Edited)
Thx guys!



I had a project car right before this one, a '95 EH9 that was swapped, dropped, intake, exhaust, lip kit, etc.

So when i sold it to get the FA5 i just didnt want to deal with all that modding again. I sort of had a "been there, done that'" mentality and i just wanted to enjoy the car. Plus i couldnt justify replacing brand new prefectly good working parts on a new car that i was still making payments on. lol Im weird, i know. :wheee:

heyy man, nice! i noticed the car has 100k on it, how's she been holding up?
Still purring like a kitten, just like the night i took her home! ZERO problems what so ever. Besides, 100k is like barely a break-in period for Hondas! :dance:

sick photos man, have you driven your si in snow lowered like you are now?
Not yet, just lowered a few months ago, so this'll be my first winter. Should be fine tho.
 
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