Labeledsk8r's 89 LX-i coupe update thread

[labeledsk8r]

Well its about time to get one of these started on my car... i wasn't able to keep track of some work that i have already done. i posted a thread when the car was first bought found here: https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63806 . i wont repost the pics in this thread just due to laziness.

heres some random cell pics i have that were taken that just happen to have my car in it to get the ball rolling

My GF's civic and my accord (yes i work on D engines )




a random pic of danceing shoping carts with my car in the background


So theres how I will start this off... I have updates already but I will save them for new posts and will get them posted asap

[Civic Accord Honda]

LOL at the danceing shoping carts!

[forrest89sei]

Looking Good you need a oem spoiler

[labeledsk8r]

thanks guys lol

i decided a few days ago i needed to do a coolent flush so i went and bought some things like:

and



so i start to drain it



and end up getting this crap out of it


it was some nasty crap... must not have been flushed in a long long time.... thats the problem of buying a used car...

heres a shot of the engine now after all that

[Civic Accord Honda]

yay ur car is peeing w00t
mine shoots dierria out the muffer

[Vanilla Sky]

MAN, you've gotta get that thing clean! If you can make it, I have one of those steamers, and they work wonders without soaking your engine bay.

And I still have those fog covers, if you haven't found any yet.

[Pico]

Looking Sweet...and like CAH said your car is peeing

[blackcougar141]

I think I have a set of fog covers as well bro....if you need them, just cover shipping and their yours.

[labeledsk8r]

MAN, you've gotta get that thing clean! If you can make it, I have one of those steamers, and they work wonders without soaking your engine bay.

And I still have those fog covers, if you haven't found any yet.

oh i know... if you remember pics of my LX's engine bay you will know what i do to the bay.. i have so many leaks right now that it gets dirty within a day... so im doing one step at a time... infact engine bay will be worked on tomarrow along with the valve cover sitting next to me...

and no i still havent gotten covers i need to swing out there one day i just never get a damn day off work till today...

thanks for the comments guys

[MessyHonda]

cool now your motor will run cooler....

[labeledsk8r]

cool now your motor will run cooler....

indeed it kinda worried me as my buddie/roomate with the se-i (you can see it in the pic of my car pissing on the side) had his radiator blow up on him causeing some large parblems for him... so it scared me....

todays update is small...

i had a problem were my muffler would swing in the breeze or corner so i had a look



was missing the rubber hangers.. come to find out when the old owner had it painted they took them off and never replaced them lol

so forrest sold me some of these babys (thanks man)


and then put them on and all better

[Civic Accord Honda]

i have thos same ones from forrest

[labeledsk8r]

update time, my calipers were locking up so i figured it would be good to redo my front brakes, sadly i went with blanks for rotors but will go drilled next time. i used cheepo blanks with organic pads, reman calipers and Braided SS brake lines, heres some pics









it feels so nice to be on new brakes and have no problems feels much safer..


i allso ordered some i <3 my honda stickers for my accord and my girls civic (thanks monky!) so we went and washed the cars and took some pics here they are










well there it is for now... and sorry for all the cell pics

[forrest89sei]

OMFG!!!! those lines are on a car!!!

From Sabz, to bitesize, to me, now to you on a car W00T!

New brakes look good, and pics are fine, there better then what most people post with a digi cam lol

[86AccordLxi]

Don't get drilled. They just crack.

Blanks are fine! And car looks good.

Alex

[MessyHonda]

i have the EBC rotors and they are good....i even resurfaced them when i changed my pads again...plus they are zinc coated so they never rust

[Vanilla Sky]

Wow. All you need is that set of foglight covers. One of these days...

If you're off this weekend, we have a pretty big thing going on here for Memorial Day. Lasts all weekend, good bands play throughout the whole fest. Might be cool to get you guys up here.

[Civic Accord Honda]

sweet! looks good and stoping FTW

[labeledsk8r]

Don't get drilled. They just crack.

Blanks are fine! And car looks good.

Alex

thanks. i have never seen anyone have problems , my buddy ran them for over a year on his se-i... i dunno its gonna be a while before i need to do brakes again. i dunno i just like the look of the drilleds... i know its rong to get parts for looks but meh lol

i have the EBC rotors and they are good....i even resurfaced them when i changed my pads again...plus they are zinc coated so they never rust

do they have a plain drilled? not a fan of slots

Wow. All you need is that set of foglight covers. One of these days...

If you're off this weekend, we have a pretty big thing going on here for Memorial Day. Lasts all weekend, good bands play throughout the whole fest. Might be cool to get you guys up here.

yeah i work this weekend but i do want to swing out for those.. im off thurs and fri.. and then working again ... i hate my job lol


and just for the record the pic of the parts on the hood of an accord is not my accord lol thanks for the comments

[AccordB20A]

cool. coming along nicely

[A18A]

cool brakes

[2oodoor]

Don't get drilled. They just crack.

Blanks are fine! And car looks good.

Alex

I run them on crown vics and impalas at work and never had one crack, and believe me they take a beating. These cars are hot seated 24/7 . The CD rotors make the pads last a lot longer and resist warpage.

I suppose different manufacterers and vehicle specifi applications could play into the likelyhood of troubles.

Labeledsk8r you car is looking good

A18a and AccordB20a I was wondering what the... the other day I was going to reply to something one of you said but it was the other one.. the dam sigs mind fuck trick.. lol I just realized it when you posted side by side..im kinda slow huh

[markmdz89hatch]

Brakes look good. Props on the SS lines, they were definitely an improvement over stock.

As for rotors, I might as well add my 2¢ to this too. I have Brembo c/d rotors front and rear, and under normal to heavy street use, I highly doubt any decent quality c/d rotor will crack. That being said, don't just go buy blanks, drill some holes in them and expect them not to crack. They will.

The only time I've seen decent c/d rotors crack is under heavy track use. They dissipate heat better, but the drillings to weaken the structure a little. After a heavy track day, it's best to do some 'cool down' driving, where you allow the rotors to be heated down, instead of driving hard and heating the snot out of the rotor, then just parking it when you're done with your race. They will most likely fail prematurely.

If you like the look of c/d, but don't do much more then aggressive daily driving, I would consider going with dimpled and/or slotted rotors. Aggressive looks, and solid, but the dimplings and slots do still allow the gases and heat to escape effectively. (Of course there are plenty of arguments about the dimples actually causing gases to get trapped on the surface between the pad and reduce friction, thus reducing stopping power, but I have yet to see anyone prove that.)

[2ndGenGuy]

Man the white LXi coupe is looking nice! And +1 to Mark's comment about the brakes, I agree whole heartedly. Mark, are your Brembo rotors the OE blanks that are drilled or do you have an upgraded set? I have some Brembo OE blanks that are drilled and slotted after the fact, and they have yet to crack on me, but I don't put them through anything more hardcore than an autocross every now and then.

[labeledsk8r]

thanks everyone for the comments, sadly it doesnt look as well in person the pics really blend out its problems.

and yeah mike thats what i have allways known on rotors. extreme heat up and cool down is what creates stress cracks etc. and i would NEVER try to drill my own rotors only takes 1 hole to be off 1/10th of a mm to throw the rotors out of balance. i was looking at brembos but just dont have the money for them so i figured id wait till next time.

my next project comeing up is the damn steering rack... looks like a fun job