Civic EF9 SIR II (JD)

[JDM--EF9]

Thought I may try start a build in here.... Not used to posting a lot and remembering to take photos of small things so bare with me please most of you will recognise the car anyway so won't be anything new... Over time ill be changing that though

SPEC:

Engine and Performance:

- 2.5' t304 longlife stainless Catback Exhaust

- D-cat

- NGK iridium plugs

- scorpion drop-in filter

- S1 Gearbox 4.4 final drive

- 10 / 40 motul oil and hamp filter

Exterior:

- Chargespeed Spoiler

- Chargespeed Front Lip

- Jazz Washer Jet's

- Licence Plate Tilt Bracket

- us spec Si sidelights

Wheels / Suspension / chassis:

- 15" desmond regamaster's

- bilstein shocks

- 30mm Eibach Spring's

- Red Ray's Extended Wheel Stud's

- uprated front and rear arb's

- feels front strut brace

- spats rear strut brace

- full OMP dash dodger rollcage

Interior:

- CircuitHero Shifter Extension

- momo sport 350mm steering Wheel

- ek9 recaros on height adjustable rails (Have full EF9 Interior too)

- x2 willans harnesses

- sparco snap off kit

Few quick pictures...



Rear



After bringing it home I thought I'd try some of the red pin stripe on bumper strips after having it on my last EF.. A much as it looks quite I wanted to go OEM... And the red stripe should really be Orange.. So I went to honda and priced the tapes and got the colours available for the EF9 and after seeing that metallic silver was originally on the car.. I bought some bought a replacement SIR badge for the rear as a little bit was missing, and bought some MTF 3 gearbox oil yet to be put in though as I'm deciding what I want to do with the gearbox.. Diff bearing is noisy but not overly noticeable.. I could maybe build one great gearbox out of the 3 gearboxes I have.. Or if I decide to go down the b18 route of thereabouts ill maybe get an s80 box as I can get one at a reasonable price from a good friend..

Besides all this...


Today was a big test for the Civic!! Nerves were destroyed because I'm dying to get it on the road...

Moment of truth...



Don't think the MOT guy looked too happy in it :/



Other than that....... IT PASSED progression..... It's insured now so just have to wait till Monday before I can go in and register it... Then it's a waiting game on my new registration coming then time to enjoy!!!!

[sabvtivtec]

Good stuff on passing mot. Will be Nice to the progress ull make on the car in the future

[Tahir]

Congrats on the pass. Where abouts are you?

[zPandamoniumZz]

Bryan's old Civic. Its a good one! Wish I saw it again before he sold it Take care of it!

[JDM--EF9]

Congrats on the pass. Where abouts are you?

Thanks everyone... I'm in Northern Ireland Tahir...

[JDM--EF9]

Bryan's old Civic. Its a good one! Wish I saw it again before he sold it Take care of it!

I'm glad you didn't see it or I most likely wouldn't have had it! And it'll get treated better than I treat the wife! Although I plan to get her on the insurance one day

[zPandamoniumZz]

Seen it once and VTEC on it is badass haha. Wanted to say goodbye to it, but sadly didn't have the time. Plans on this?

[JDM--EF9]

Picture of my daily runaround 106 in background while I couldn't help take a photo of this guy at a track day at kirkistown... Think he was getting pictures of planets never mind cars with a lens like that




My old EP



Toyota Glanza



The DC5...



And the old EF 16-16... This gave me the love for EF's



Brief history of some of my cars

[JDM--EF9]

Seen it once and VTEC on it is badass haha. Wanted to say goodbye to it, but sadly didn't have the time. Plans on this?

Yea it's great fun I must say... B series is all new to me and having little torque.. But once they get going they're great plans are just to tidy up little bits and pieces, fit my oem metallic silver pin stripe to bumper strips then decide what I'm going to do with the gearbox... But I'd like a bit more from the car power wise and if that means going for a b16b or b18c then ill have to consider going that way.. I don't plan on ever selling it so I don't think I'll mind investing in it either.. But who knows.. I was going to buy an S2000 before this so could still possibly happen in future.. The car should be on the road next week but ill have to take it off road for a week and fully underseal it keep it rust free for a long time... I'd like to replace the front windscreen to the original bronze and get rid of the blue, and then fully paint the car again to get rid of the tiny wee blemishes here and there that I'm fussy about.. The shell is immaculate which is the main thing.. Not one spec of rust to be found.. I wouldn't want to buy a car that I'd have to start doing a lot of welding etc too.. Just glad I can get all the help I need on 4GUK about these..

[zPandamoniumZz]

Bronze windscreens are hard to come by. Good luck on the hunt for parts

[JDM--EF9]

Bronze windscreens are hard to come by. Good luck on the hunt for parts

Yea £470 from honda.... Windscreen cover from insurance with £75 excess will come in handy down the line

[Joey colt]

I need one of these spoilers in my life

[Tahir]

Are you sure they quoted you on a bronze windscreen. What dealers was it?

[JDM--EF9]

Are you sure they quoted you on a bronze windscreen. What dealers was it?

Donnelly & Taggert Honda. It was around £260 for blue windscreen if I remember right and £470 for bronze because he laughed and said there's a good reason they put blue screen in my car at the time rather than bronze because of price... I need the bronze in it but will get that done through insurance windscreen cover if a 'stone chip' ever appears before I decide to get it fully resprayed..

[Tahir]

So they still have them