1995 Civic VX Build

[lilwilly75]

Had to improve my accessory plug in capacity. $20 from Walmart

[lilwilly75]

And this was just installed by a deer.



I knocked the poo out of him.

[Sven7]

Nice looking build- how much did you spend on patch panels?! I can't imagine the rockers were usable. It looks like a very nice turnaround for a car that otherwise may have been destined for the junkyard.

On a more serious note, I would caution against dark tint on the front windows. As a cycle commuter, I come upon a lot of people with dark tint and since I can't establish eye contact, I can never really tell if they're going to let off the brake and drive right into me. Please, for the sake of those around you, lighten it up a bit.

[lilwilly75]

Originally Posted by Sven7

Nice looking build- how much did you spend on patch panels?! I can't imagine the rockers were usable. It looks like a very nice turnaround for a car that otherwise may have been destined for the junkyard.

On a more serious note, I would caution against dark tint on the front windows. As a cycle commuter, I come upon a lot of people with dark tint and since I can't establish eye contact, I can never really tell if they're going to let off the brake and drive right into me. Please, for the sake of those around you, lighten it up a bit.

Sven7, I have $700 into the rocker panel repair and the the paint combined. Most civics in Wisconsin are pretty rusty. This one was surprisingly good compared to most. The underside is great because they protected it very early on with some type of spray

[lilwilly75]

The Trim below the windows dried out. Orginally it was rubber over metal, but the rubber dried and cracked. I used about 10 coats of Spray On Bedliner from a rattle can to bring it back to black.

Before:


After:

[lilwilly75]

Dynamat Extreme.....

Although this will certainly not help with the MPG's, my wife may ride in the car with me now. The road noise and the noise from the Magnaflow exhaust made it hard to have a conversation. This is 36 sq ft and it was $150 off of eBay. I used every inch to get to this point. I chose the Dynamat because you do not need a heat gun to install it. I had never installed it before and wanted it to be as simple as possible. I may do more of the car down the road, but this will take care of most of the noise.

The trick is to get the area you are installing it on clean. If your car at one point in its life was a rust bucket like mine was, you will have lots of dirt and dust in all the cracks and crevices. Also in those cracks and crevices, I found some rust spots I could not see from the outside. Some of them I could not get to, so I sprayed them with a rust killer the best I could, then covered them in bedliner, then on some of the spots I could reach I also added short strand fiberglass resin as a final step. I looked at videos of people using rollers to get this stuff smooth, and while the roller worked ok, I found that a tennis ball worked better.

[BabyDiesel]

The sound deadening material could add weight and help to coast farther Also, having a more enjoyable ride usually equates to better mpgs!

[lilwilly75]

Yesterday, I ran across some 2001 Acura CL Leather seats for $100 for the pair. Again, not helping the gas mileage, but the original EG are very uncomfortable, and comfort is important....not as important as mpg's but I need to be able to walk when I get to my destination.

In order to install these, I had to take all of the brackets off the original seats and install them on the CL seats. I started with the passenger side so if I made a mistake it would not be as crucial.

Just an FYI, here are seats you can use in your EG:

92-95 CIVIC:
-Front-
•92-97 Del Sol
•94-01 Integra
•96-00 Civic w/EG rails
•97-01 Prelude w/EG rails
•97-02 Accord Coupe w/EG rails
•01-05 Civic*EM2 Only w/EG rails
•01-03 CL w/EG rails*Requires 12v for heat feature

-Rear-(Coupe/Sedan)
•94-01 Integra Sedan
•96-00 Civic Sedan
-Rear-(Hatch)
•94-01 Integra *Use sedan lower to compensate the gap
•88-91 Civic *Hatchback only
•96-00 Civic *hatchback only

Here it is before I installed it:



Here it after the install:



I'll post pics once I get the driver's side in.

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by lilwilly75

Although this will certainly not help with the MPG's, my wife may ride in the car with me now. The road noise and the noise from the Magnaflow exhaust made it hard to have a conversation.

You must be newly married

[lilwilly75]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

You must be newly married

Well yeah, compared to my parents who celebrated 45 years and my wife's parents who just hit 40 years. We've only been married 16 yes, but I think I'll keep her. It would be almost like work to start over