Rich's white GL

[rich_gl]

Been lurking for a while but got a little bit of progression on the GL so its about time I made a thread. Been after a civic for a while now, but wanted something I knew I would stick with for a long time. Looked at a couple of EF's but to no avail, the search stopped until my mate Luke (on here) got one and it got me in to gear to get one sorted.

Picked up this little beaut off here from Gav, its a 91' white GL, 1.4 twin-carb manual.

From the ad


She came with;
40mm spax suspension, was only fitted to the front, just needs rears fitted.
Megan manifold, not stamped could be ebay jobbie.
Radial Dellorto Trumpets
Powerflow backbox
MoMo Corse 300mm wheel
Import front plate
5 panel wink mirror
Rear VT bumper lip (I think)
Genuine Honda wind deflectors
16" wheels, unsure of brand, but for some reason they have 5x114.3 and ROTA stamped on the rear

The day I got it



Rubbish pictures in the dark

Got some new bits for it, sorting the pictures out and ill put them up
Rich

[tobiasnugent]

Hope those wheels are first to go

[LukeReg9]

Hope those wheels are first to go

He's bought the ronals from mine luckily lol

[rich_gl]

Hope those wheels are first to go

Like luke said, Got the Ronal Design LS's off him, only two on at the moment as the rear suspension is causing me grief

Couple of pics from the start.

There a couple of rust patches that need to be fixed, the sills have been done, but they havent been painted properly, just needs some tld where the surface rust is showing from grinding down the welds.






Took me about a week before I noticed this...



Picked up this EP3 Type R seat from a mate for £100, its in really good condition, needs a clean but the bolsters are fine.



Little complicated trying to get it fit, and its still a little touch and go but its in just need adjusting

[evalex]

Will be a good project, i can feel it I'd love me some EP3 seats

[rich_gl]

Will be a good project, i can feel it I'd love me some EP3 seats

I hope so man, plan to keep it for a fair while. The seat is really comfy, could do with another. But can't see me getting another for £100 quid lol.

Oh and a little update.

this came the other day

[honda-boy]

Seat looks great in there

Did you have to modify it alot to fit ?

And love the chargespeed spoiler

[Lee4391]

These look like my old ones i sold to ben.

[gjukonline]

looks like a lovely base and a nice start i like it!

[mattj]

I like that seat, let me know if you want to sell it lol, want it for the dc2.

[evalex]

Will be a good project, i can feel it I'd love me some EP3 seats

I hope so man, plan to keep it for a fair while. The seat is really comfy, could do with another. But can't see me getting another for £100 quid lol.

Oh and a little update.

this came the other day

I want that, give it over!

[rich_gl]

Seat looks great in there

Did you have to modify it alot to fit ?

And love the chargespeed spoiler

Cheers man, still having a little bit of problem getting it right. Basically it sat too close to the handbreak, I got a mate to make up some custom plates, its a little bit bodge but it's the best I could do on a budget lol.

Heres a pic of the testfit on the lip

These look like my old ones i sold to ben.

I wouldn't been surprised if they are tbh! I expect a fair few parts make their way around the guys on here!

looks like a lovely base and a nice start i like it!

Cheers man

I like that seat, let me know if you want to sell it lol, want it for the dc2.

Been thinking of it, would rather two decent CRX ones. Ill let you know if I am!

I want that, give it over!

Haha! Need a little bit of work, some small marks that need going over, need a rub down and a re paint. Not sure if I want to do it in flat black or white though.

[rich_gl]

Currently, been putting on the rear 40mm spax suspension the previous owner didnt get around to putting on.

Was faced with this...


All the bushes are f**ked, got new ones for the rear LCA's today, going to drop them off at the local garage and then get the other side done, hopefully without the same problem.

[evalex]

Heres a pic of the testfit on the lip

I want that, give it over!

Haha! Need a little bit of work, some small marks that need going over, need a rub down and a re paint. Not sure if I want to do it in flat black or white though.

Go for flat black imo.. Will contrast nicely against the white car btw is it a replica or genuine?

[SuperDOHC]

seat looks really nice will suite well as a pair mate

think you should rust sorted out before you do any mods that way you have a nice clean base to start with but that's just me that's what I'd personally do