the UPS man brought my CCA IC today... I got it mounted to the bumper, but the pipes will have to wait until tomorrow (gotta make a trip to the old mans house, he's got the welder).

I'll post up pics when I'm done (as promised in the great CCA group buy page). The car is a 95 civic ex with the greddy kit. I got the bumper cover all trimed up, but there isn't going to be much room for the pipes. I got the 6" tall IC with the IN/OUTLETS centered on the end tanks... think that I should have got the offset to the bottom tanks instead. The pipes are going to have to go through the bottoms of the little fog light openings on each side. I think that the bottom offset tanks would have cleared the openings completely, but nothing a little diegrinder work cant cure. I just hope I don't have to cut up the bumper much more then I already have ... It'll be easier to explain with pics, so I'll try to get them up tomorrow night.

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well, finished the install today... really liking it. this thing moves pretty good now, untill I blew a pipe loose ... I fixed that though ... here are the pics...


pipes all fabed-up


close up of pipe


curve to miss downpipe


under washer tank


black paint, the anti-bling


bracket I made to hold the pipe that popped loose, hopefully this will fix it...


all ready for the bumper


had to trim up the small vents for the pipe to fit


I know, its a blue hose... had to use the leftovers from greddy... only had enough cash for enough NAPA black silicone hose for 2 couplers :P


all done............for now... (still trying to deside if


I should give the IC a dusting of black paint.....

 

ttt for the update

 

Looking mighty fresh man! might wanna make the pics a little bigger, but we get the idea

Lots of people are into those horizon grey colored 5g civics

 

mmm fmic's always look sexy

 

That's the first I have seen someone brace the charge pipes. Looks good.
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I was too lazy to weld a bead around the ends of the pipes... hopefully that brace will hold things together.

anyone ever look at a GMC turbo diesel truck? they use tabs welded at the end of the charge pipes with a bolt thing (yep, thats technical, but thats as close as I can get to describe it ) that keeps the pipes from popping loose... pretty cool.

 

i think i know what your talking about. theres two tabs one on each pipe and a bolt goes through both tabs and then it bolts up? your ic looks GREAT. but White civics are the shiet. :P