My only question was the stock sleeves, but you answered that. Sounds naasty.
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I hope so man, I've put waaayy too much time and effort into it. But, its all coming together now! You need to get a swap in your car, it really drives you to do more, and do it right.
Yeah I was going to do it before, but I really need to be able to drive this car for a few weeks here. I have to get a new engine in the Volvo before winter rolls around. Sleeved block will be coming this winter
I would but I just don't have enough money to do it the way I want to right now. I'll probably end up doing the swap after I go to bootcamp and tech school. So next winterish. I'm thinking that I might even swap a b18c5 in and build it for road racing. I'll do more research and see if anyone is running a boosted gsr road racing though, I can imagine you don't want too much power though for the track.
Or maybe by then I might just go with an S2k or a used EVO and swap a z6 in my Civic and just use it as a daily. Who knows, only time will tell. I'd really like awd for our winters though, my Civic's handling sucks when it's wet out. It pushes so bad.
Yeah man I see your point there. No matter how much you soak into the suspension and traction parts for a Civic, its still FWD. Can't really change that ya know.
I want an Evo as well. I'm going to be buying one when I get out of college. I have always wanted one soo bad. I want an Evo 8 though. Not the new ones, I don't really like em.
Yea me too. My friend had an Evo 8 MR before he traded it in on an 08' Vette, it was really nice. I'm also not a fan of the new ones, but I've heard a lot of good things about the Evo X, still, I don't think they make it with a 6 speed manual.
No 6 speed? That turns me away from the Evo X even more. Yuck. I've also heard good things about them mechanically, but nothing really too impressive aesthetically. They are starting to look like every other car on the road.
Here are the updates for tonight.. This is with the basecoat on. It looks pretty damn good! I tried to get some pics of the color in detail, but its kinda hard when youre trying to do it and take pics at the same time. Anyway, I'll start off with the preparation for the basecoat. First thing that had to happen was 1200 grit scuff on the car, just to knock a couple spots flat.
Pics of that process:
Sicknasty bumps that were harassing me:
Then it was time to lay some base down. I got a couple pics in here during the process. Check out how hazy the shop got! This is why we werent able to lay the clearcoat down in the same night.
to not having a damn spray booth!
Pics of that: (and yes I did write "EPIC!" in tape on the hatch.. kiss my ass lmao)
Check out the "Shaved Regions" of my biotch!
And a shot of my goofy ass while we were doin this whole thing:
And finally, the postman was kind to me and delivered these little guys:
Finally some decent progress eh! More pics tomorrow when I get off work.
Pics of that process:
Sicknasty bumps that were harassing me:
Then it was time to lay some base down. I got a couple pics in here during the process. Check out how hazy the shop got! This is why we werent able to lay the clearcoat down in the same night.
to not having a damn spray booth!Pics of that: (and yes I did write "EPIC!" in tape on the hatch.. kiss my ass lmao)
Check out the "Shaved Regions" of my biotch!
And a shot of my goofy ass while we were doin this whole thing:
And finally, the postman was kind to me and delivered these little guys:
Finally some decent progress eh! More pics tomorrow when I get off work.
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cjvictoria
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damn that looks like the same color i painted me wheels...
car looks good dude.
I'm located in Spokane.. Marysville isnt too far actuallyLooks awesome man
Thanks man!
Hahahhaa chad, never thought u'd get registered on here. You better be doin some shopping while ur on here
Only problem with that is the bugs would get in, and paint kills bugs,, they fall and get in the paint. lol
Lol, only about 300ish miles, quite pretty long drive in my opinion.
Yea that sucks. I hate bugs when you're trying to paint.
Haha, hell man 300 miles isn't that much. Next summer I'm planning on driving to Seattle for the H-T meet, just to see some cars. You go to any meets?
Haha, well I can tell you one thing, I will be at least setting up a makeshift spray booth next time I do any of this. I have alot of wetsanding to do because of it.
Pics in a few minutes when the shop clears out. It was so hazy in there that I could barely see the other side of the shop.
Glad you asked Injen 
here's the clearcoat BEFORE cutting/buffing
and keep in mind we did not use a spray booth. I know its not perfect, but I'm satisfied. The cutting/buffing should get it lookin good.
Also, its cold out, so my pics aren't the greatest. I was shaking a bit so some are blurry
Pretty straight!
LOL, my dad and I.. well our reflection at least
Shaved antenna
Fenders.. notice the little dust specs.. those will come out
Fuel door
Spoiler
The color is really cool. It goes midnight blue in the light. Its kind of hard to see though since its dark out. I'll get some more pics tomorrow when I'm able to take decent ones maybe I'll even break out the tripod
here's the clearcoat BEFORE cutting/buffingand keep in mind we did not use a spray booth. I know its not perfect, but I'm satisfied. The cutting/buffing should get it lookin good.
Also, its cold out, so my pics aren't the greatest. I was shaking a bit so some are blurry
Pretty straight!
LOL, my dad and I.. well our reflection at least
Shaved antenna
Fenders.. notice the little dust specs.. those will come out
Fuel door
Spoiler
The color is really cool. It goes midnight blue in the light. Its kind of hard to see though since its dark out. I'll get some more pics tomorrow when I'm able to take decent ones
maybe I'll even break out the tripod yea you can see the blue in the pictures on the edges of the body. Looks like you needed a tri-pod haha..... and i like your ghetto condom on the tail pipe. now hurry and get that t4 beast in there... and the rest of course it may help>.>. and immediately trailer it over. remember i get first drive. roflopagus..
