Honda Civic Panda Build.

[JDM-derek]

hello well im new here, and I've been working on this car for about two years now .So Im gonna go back to the day one of this car.

I wanted a good and cheap car to run plus jdm , so i started to look for a EG or EK civic. but I fell in love with this picture on google and said to myself, "I want a EK"
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Honda Civic 1999 EK1
(facelift)

DAY ONE:
stock as a rock besides a unpainted grill and a cannon.I knew progress was gonna be slow due to I was working at burger king for 2-3 days a week at 17 , it was not much money lol.
+1 for the steelies
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TWO OR THREE WEEKS LATER
progress was kinda picking up. I saved up for a front lip which was $130 from JDMyard, bought a EJ8 cluster with RPM due to my one didn't have a RPM gauge =( also made a short ram pipe and a pod which I had in my garage =)

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2MONTHS LATER
got some JDM foggies from japan it was a BIT#H wiring it up and cutting the bumper (worst project ever)
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[navyblueburnout]

Cool. Keep up the mod's.

[JDM-derek]

same week my HID 6000k has arrived , it was very straight forward installing em. .
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I then i saved up for some cheap rims but still were jdm so Gumtree and ebay is your friend
picked up some replica 15inch ce 28s for cheap . he was asking for 500 mark , low balled to 380 =)
(4wd civic right here lol)
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During that week I saw some DIY to make your side trims like type R , So i gave it ago took me about 3 hrs lmao.
about 1.5 hours each cost me less than 30 bucks =D. if anyone keen on doing this to there car hit me a PM =)

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[JDM-derek]

Purchased My OEM Type R wing from a friend $350 asking for low ball > $250 WINNING
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END OF YEAR OZHONDA MEET AND GREET
this was my first Ozhonda Meet and Greet and it was massive.
gave the car a good detail and wash.
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[JDM-derek]

A NEW YEAR A NEW LOOK.
the white wheels was kinda getting boring and annoying to clean sooooo lets spice it up and make it green
bit of spray paint $10 and primer $5
now thats jdm


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[JDM-derek]

few months later. .
got some drift gauges off my cousin, there for sale btw lol
(volts,fuel ratio and oil press)
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some new LEDs from JayCar $15
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[JDM-derek]

during my progress this car has never let me down or broke down. . what a true lil soulja

When your on ebay you sometimes buy useless shit and stuff you prob wont need lol.
I bought new Spoon style mirrors, C pillar bar (useless lol) , Beaks bar (useless)
shouldve bought some coilovers ay lol

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looks cool tho ay

[milkchicken]

Car looks really nice

I wouldn't say the c pillar bar and the Beaks bar are useless. I have heaps of bracing on my FN2 and even though you can't fell a massive difference to the handling of the car while your driving in normal situations, when you push the cars hard you notice it. Can't wait to see more of this build

[JDM-derek]

haha yeahh agree, but the beaks bar looks awesome tho

cheers

[Zobot]

Wait. im confused. 1991 EK? I thought EK's were only 6th Gen (96-00)
That's my practically affordably possible dream car though; a civic EK hatch. Definite props !
Good luck with your build!

[JDM-derek]

ahhaha ops typo 1999* lmaooooo

[Zobot]

To be honest, before you painted your rims green; your civic was as simply clean as I would've wanted mine to be; minus the now tow-hook-toy; and the stickers.
Then again, it's your , your beautiful car, but I felt like it was necessary for me to point out my opinion.
and please, please don't raise the wing like this:

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other than that; i'm very very jealous! When are you going to work on performance? What's under the hood now?
Good good luck, I'd definitely be following this build!

[gabo]

JDM-Dereck, I like hondas and love to help on this project. I used to have a 99-00 Civic Coupe a few years a go, also wanted to build my own Panda Civic. I'll post some pics of the car that inspired me to do it...

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This site is great on DIY's and info on hondas, check it out.

http://www.clubcivic.com/

[TrippzMCM]

If you dont mind me asking what size engine is this. Being from England finding a Decent looking car with a small engine is hard considering I got a quote for a Peugeot 206 1.4l or 6k which was like 500 a month to pay off -.- being a full time student I can only get part time work and id only just say scrape 500 at the most. then no money for petrol.

[Zobot]

If you dont mind me asking what size engine is this. Being from England finding a Decent looking car with a small engine is hard considering I got a quote for a Peugeot 206 1.4l or 6k which was like 500 a month to pay off -.- being a full time student I can only get part time work and id only just say scrape 500 at the most. then no money for petrol.

The regular civic hatchback 96-00 has a stock 1.4 sohc 4 cylinder engine that pulls around 105hp stock (d16y7)
The jdm type r civic hatchback (ek) of the same style as the regular has a 1.6 dohc 4 cylinder engine that can pull I think 150hp+ stock. (b16b)