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040917 - 10 years & 200k+ miles later....
DSC_5947 copy
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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:
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Later that week...
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June 2nd, 2007 - First 8thCivic meet, Buffalo Grove, IL
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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
Thanks for lookin!!
Facebook Photography page - hit "like" while you're there!
Flickr page
Instagram @rayrayz98
040917 - 10 years & 200k+ miles later....
DSC_5947 copy===============================================
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 Flickr033014 - 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 Flickr05-30-2014 - Lightpainting at sunset
DSC_5813 by Ray Flores, on Flickr03-18-2015 - Traded the old stocked for some TL-S Waffles
DSC_9181 by Ray Flores, on Flickr04-06-2015
DSC_9864 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr04-15-15 - 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 Flickr04-15-15 - Just a bunch of family four-doors...
DSC_0050 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr051615 - LMM & Cruise over the weekend with some friends!
DSC_0964 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr051615 - Hard to tell, but i also got rid of the plastidip on the hood.
DSC_0977 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr052315 - New wheels. Gram Lights 57c
DSC_1010 by Ray Flores, on Flickr06-07-15 - 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 Flickr06-07-15 at Mineola Bay. Fox Lake, IL
DSC_1354 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr061715 - Never pass up a good sunset!
DSC_1367 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr061715 - Behind the old Mineola Hotel in Fox Lake IL
DSC_1363 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr062515 - Late nite lightpainting.
DSC_3161 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr062615 - Mini-meet with some of the crew. Sunset at Volo Bog State Nature Area
DSC_3188 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr082315 - Chillin with my friend Angela
DSC_3685 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr090515 - 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 Flickr090615 - Wisconsin 8th & 9th gen get together
DSC_3902 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr091315 - OG KO Crew mini meet
DSC_4021 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr092615 - 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 Flickr032216 - LMM with the Chicago 8th & 9th Civic crowd
DSC_9770 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr050716 - 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 FlickrDSC_5349 copy by Ray Flores, on FlickrDSC_5353 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr031907 - Out and about with some car fraaands
DSC_5372 copy by Ray Flores, on FlickrDSC_5426 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr040817 - At work with Matt
DSC_5730 copy by Ray Flores, on Flickr040917 - Wisconsin SiVICS Spring Meet
DSC_5738 by Ray Flores, on FlickrDSC_5753 by Ray Flores, on FlickrDSC_5863 by Ray Flores, on FlickrDSC_5840 by Ray Flores, on Flickr040917 - 10 years & 200k+ miles later....
DSC_5947 copy by Ray Flores, on FlickrThanks for lookin!!
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Flickr page
Instagram @rayrayz98
