What’s up guys? I’m new to this forum, but I’ve lived in the 518 all my life. I’m away at school now in Worcester, MA, but this is my winter project…
It’s my third car, I’ve had 2 civics before this. However this is my first car with 0 rust. My plans are to replace the hood with OEM, take out the roll bar and gauges, and to clean the car up a bit. Over the winter I’m going to tuck the engine bay, and maybe do a few mods to the motor, so look out for some updates.
Got a fisheye for Christmas… ISO on this pic is a bit off, but I love it.
Started my wire tuck recently…
Before,
Keeping things organized,
Progress so far,
1/6
Removed cruise control
1/8
How the car sits… the driver’s headlight harness is getting hidden tomorrow
1/9
Removed power steering cooler
Hid the radiator overflow
I used some leftover power steering brackets to mount it
Bought this too… dunno what it’s for :mwahaha
1/10
No more driver’s side wires :banana
Got all the driver’s side wiring harness inside… only took like 4 hours :headbang, just gotta splice the connectors on tomorrow and run the headlights
I discovered an unbelievable amount of dirt when the fender was removed
Here’s what the driver’s side bay looks like as of now
…and here’s a photoshop of what it should look like after i clean it
1/12
Got some work done yesterday…
Mocked up all the wires…
This is where I ran the harness from the cabin
Here’s a close-up of the gasket I cut for the wires to come through
And here’s my soldering skills… hahaha (bored)
1/15
Finally finished the driver’s side…
yes i used a lot of zip ties
sneak peak at the new hardware (all stainless) I didn’t even bother to center the bolt for this pic hahah
1/18
yanked off the engine harness… looks like it might be trouble :ninja
I also got something in the mail today… its kinda a joke, but I’ve always wanted one
1/24
biggest update so far…
Progress on my custom harness:
got everything all set up and ready to be mocked so I can see where everything needs to go and what needs to be shortened/lengthened/etc. :banana
Junk that’s gonna get thrown out…
This grommet SUCKS
1/30
Here’s a shot I never posted up
2/19
don’t mind the power ranger sheet, my mom has a bench under there and I started stacking stuff up on it, only to get yelled at because it is a $500 bench. Where the hell do you buy a wooden bench that expensive???
all the junk left to come out
2/29
Got some presents today…
New fuel set-up
Super stealth filter
4/8
Finished up some stuff over the weekend, including the fuse box location, completed my fuel line and stripped the interior. Also got the remote battery terminals installed in the passenger side fender area.
New stuff
Over $1000 in Acura OEM stuff in the garbage… might take out some and sell it
4/22
Finally making progress with the brake lines and MUGEN :banana
