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    Rough Life

    My poor LXi has had a rough life so far ... hopefully, it'll get better soon.

    It's been hit on the front driver corner and was professionally repaired (poorly) .

    When I got her, she was missing screws and bolts, and the front corner light was held in by the wiring. The hood, fender, bumper, and headlights are still poorly aligned, and the whole car was "touched up", but they didn't tape stuff off well, so it's got overspray all over the place. I'm workin' on it all whenever I get the time, money, and parts together in one spot.

    At the moment, everything works except the top half of the rear defrost, her interior has no rips, tears, or stains, and nothing leaks.

    Completed Engine / Exhaust Mods:
    deleted the stock "exhaust resonator"
    Fuel Injectors + Seals Replaced

    Planned Engine / Exhaust Mods:
    Cold Air Intake
    EGay "racing cat" (purchased but not yet installed)
    EGay ground wire kit (purchased but not yet installed)
    Headers + 2.25" Exhaust Piping to the rear bumper

    Completed Suspension / Brake Mods:
    Front Drive Axels Replaced
    2 Fubared LXi Wheels Replaced
    Missing Center Cap Replaced

    Planned Suspension / Brake Mods
    16" or 17" Wheels and Tires
    Tokico or Selex Dampers
    Neuspeed Springs
    SEi Rear Disks
    Bigger Disk Mods
    Front Pinch Fork Mod (purchased but not yet installed)
    'Lude Upper Control Arm Mod (purchased but not yet installed)
    Upper Front / Rear Strut Bars + Lower Rear Tie Bars

    Completed Exterior Mods:
    Smoked Front Corners
    Smoked Front "Eyebrows"
    Smoked Grill Ends
    Blacked Out Grill Chrome
    Black Spoiler Wing
    Window Vent Shades
    Busted Tail Lights Replaced
    Rear Mud Flaps (she just had the fronts when purchased )

    Planned Exterior Mods:
    Integra Front Lip (purchased but not yet installed)
    Shaved Top Antenna (gonna relocate to the rear)
    Reblacked Bumper and Side Molding
    Stripped and Reblacked Window Trim
    Fog Lights (purchased but not yet installed)
    Fix Minor Body Cancer
    Paintjob (Black, Midnight Blue, or Competition Orange)

    Completed Interior Mods:
    Integra Headrests
    Lighted Foglight Switch
    Window Tint (5% on the back half and the top, 20% on the front doors)
    Leaky / Shredded Door Weather Stripping Replaced
    JVC Cd Player with remote (came with the car )

    Planned Interior Mods:
    Center Console Armrest
    SEi Cupholder
    In Trunk Wooden Decking (to level the floor with the folded down rear seat)
    Billet Tranny Shifter (purchased but not yet installed)
    Anti-Sound Matting for the entire interior and trunk (I miss my Lincoln Towncar, but not the crappy gas mileage)



    Check out da mileage and eat yer heart out!







    Last edited by Bones; 01-04-2007 at 07:25 PM.



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    Re: Rough Life

    Looks great. According to the reading, you cleaned it up. Nice work!
    Sam


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    Re: Rough Life


    got any interior or engine bay pics

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    Re: Rough Life

    nice 3gee looks like a beast

    good luck with the project


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    Re: Rough Life

    Quote Originally Posted by picopop

    got any interior or engine bay pics
    Not yet, but Ill get some soon.

    Quote Originally Posted by russiankid
    Looks great. According to the reading, you cleaned it up. Nice work!
    Thanks! It's tough to do with a wife, 2 kids, 3 dogs, and a full time job. Everyone always needs something done right away, or somebody needs cash, or something, so it's slow going.

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    Re: Rough Life

    Quote Originally Posted by Bones
    Not yet, but Ill get some soon.
    Thanks! It's tough to do with a wife, 2 kids, 3 dogs, and a full time job. Everyone always needs something done right away, or somebody needs cash, or something, so it's slow going.
    It's better to do it slowly then rush things
    Sam


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    2000 Montero Sport 4x4 (beater, trail rig)

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    Re: Rough Life

    Quote Originally Posted by 1ajs
    nice 3gee looks like a beast

    good luck with the project
    He he Thanks. She's not so much a beast as such. She's more like a well tamed hound.

    She's reliable and steady, decent looking to the people that appreciate this breed, and she's still got a little growl in her soul when I wanna get down.
    Last edited by Bones; 01-04-2007 at 08:01 PM.

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    Re: Rough Life

    Quote Originally Posted by russiankid
    It's better to do it slowly then rush things
    Definately!

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    Re: Rough Life

    looking nice. looks like you going to have a nice car after you are finished.

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    Re: Rough Life

    Pix of the interior and Engine for y'all. What ya think?














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    Re: Rough Life

    looks pimp yO!

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    Re: Rough Life

    Quote Originally Posted by Cheeseburger
    looks pimp yO!
    Thanks , I'm workin' on it.

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    Re: Rough Life

    that thing doesn't look like its had a rough ride. i see no crows feet maing

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    Re: Rough Life

    looks clean...

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    Re: Rough Life

    lookin good.....i had to do a double take on that rear view pic you posted in your first post. i thought it was my car for a second.

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    Re: Rough Life

    no rust


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    Re: Rough Life

    Quote Originally Posted by Cheeseburger
    that thing doesn't look like its had a rough ride. i see no crows feet maing
    I got it just over a year ago. I've had some time to iron out a few of those "wrinkles".

    Steam cleaned the interior, and engine bay, and replaced a couple of the fubar'ed wheels, etc, etc, ...

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    Re: Rough Life

    looks hawt

    1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.

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    Re: Rough Life

    Nice car. But I just got my car to click over to 102500 miles

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    Re: Rough Life

    My front end was poorly put back together also. I mean, why? Its not that hard to do it right.....Looks nice and has a lot of life left.

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    Re: Rough Life - update!

    Latest update ...

    Got my billet shifter handle installed (had to hand carve an oak button for the top out of an old old broom handle).

    Got my teg lip installed.

    Also got a set of 14" beemer bottle cap wheels with old skool honda center caps. They look just different enough to be noticable, but aint nobody gonna steal my car just to get my wheels!

    Updated pics coming soon. I got some during the lip install.

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    Re: Rough Life

    hey are those integ head rests? i had those! nice ride!

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    Re: Rough Life

    Quote Originally Posted by Bones
    Planned Suspension / Brake Mods
    16" or 17" Wheels and Tires
    16's ftw!

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    Re: Rough Life

    man thats clean

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    Re: Rough Life

    In the first pic....you have toothpaste in your car.
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