just a honda

[nordic97mist]

earliest pic i have. the original is on my old phone that is like, dead lol. bought it april 16th, 2008


it was an automatic with like 163k on it. ran awesome and i fell in love with it at first sight. started putting some parts on it and learned alot. when i started i didn't know how to do anything. nothing. the first actual mechanical thing i did was lower it. it was the best feeling ever. since then its pretty much consumed me. after a while the auto died so i changed over to a manual. here it was at its peak, September 2009







stripped it all down after a couple months with a plan to rebuild. picked up a little civic cx to DD while the prelude was down and worked on it some



after i graduated highschool in may i wanted to join the air force. i'd have to leave the prelude and scrap it. went to the recruiter and got rejected b/c of my "large" tattoo on my leg...gay



started working at the japanese restaurant that i worked at the previous summer when i swapped to a manual. started as a dishwasher/delivery guy. then started cooking. applied for a couple good jobs with hopes of getting my own place, got rejected. knowing it may be a while till i land something where i can get out on my own, the itch for the prelude came back in october, 2010. and thats where this starts

dash back in and all wired up




back seat stuff back in


the rear tray thing and the headliner are gonna get wrapped in black vinyl one of these days

finally got some good stuff done today. ordered my steering wheel/hub adaptor and seats this wk. also finally started on the bay tonight. here's some pics

before...


after taking the paint off...


after some welding (couple holes filled in, not grinded down all the way)....


and after grinding (use to be two holes here)


this is using a 90$ flux core welder from harbor freight. it does good for what i need. i did manage to catch my pants on fire though lol. i started out just trying to see what it can do getting use to it. that last picture shows me getting use to it and getting it near perfect. cant wait to get more done tomorrow!

the bay as it is now. took the rack and pinion out


passenger side. still some work needs to be done as far as welding


driver side still has a couple more holes


firewall. grinded off the studs and drilled off the bracket things


radiator support. just needs bondo to fill in the smaller holes from welding


and today more of the same. welded up some more holes. and some pics since everyone likes pics lol

section above firewall welded up


starting to weld in the firewall


i should get the seats tomorrow. im so excited lol. then the steering wheel may get here late this wk or early next

first part just came in



corbeau a4's!


steering wheel came in

momo


momo tuner series 320mm black leather w/ red stitching


another part came in today


Boss Kit steering wheel hub adaptor


the adaptor




17x8 +45, 17x9 +44. gonna get 10mm spacers front and rear

finally another part

fnf type 1's


these things are beautiful! got some stickers and a measuring tape with them


stickers gotta go somewhere rofll


also ordered a set of 2in 4pt black corbeau harnesses

well went out for a cig and found these


laid out on the floor


dry fitted on the seats. i love em :love:


harness bar and spacers being ordered next in like two more wks or so. ordered esp engine mounts/traction bar last night