Project:De-rice the rice rocket. PICS!!!! updated 2-10-08
 

For those that didn't see my "is it worth it" thread. This is the update to it, and I will probably be periodically bumping this thread up as I keep going on the car.
The story of this car goes as follows: A guy built this 1995 Civic CX hatch purely for show while living in California, he then moved to Fargo, ND and sold the car to a kid for 7K 2 years ago, this kid has since beat the ---- out of the car (ripped out 1 monitor while pissed off, punched the steering wheel monitor while pissed off, blew up the stereo, busted up the body kit, painted random interior ---- blue, etc...). So, I'm looking for a hatch and stumble upon this one (the kid told me it was a 93, title is for a 95, only has 90K on the chasis) and the kid says he'll sell it for 1K "because the motor is blown." I say "what the hell, I'm up for a PROJECT!!!!" and give the kid a grand. Turns out the "blown motor" was just a vac. leak and I have a perfectly good B16 swap that I will be selling locally and using the money to build a D16. :)

Now on to the pics (thumbs) or her in all of her riced out glory (the rims that I have stacked up are the ones I pulled from the car and will be selling):

http://img120.imagevenue.com/loc35/t...4_1486_IMG.JPGhttp://img19.imagevenue.com/loc6/th_...4_1487_IMG.JPGhttp://img102.imagevenue.com/loc253/...4_1488_IMG.JPGhttp://img102.imagevenue.com/loc161/...4_1489_IMG.JPG
http://img46.imagevenue.com/loc222/t...4_1490_IMG.JPGhttp://img105.imagevenue.com/loc29/t...4_1492_IMG.JPGhttp://img22.imagevenue.com/loc252/t...4_1493_IMG.JPG
http://img20.imagevenue.com/loc149/t...4_1495_IMG.JPG

And I put in an hour of work tonight (the piles of ---- is mostly ---- off this car):

http://img111.imagevenue.com/loc85/t...4_1497_IMG.JPG http://img111.imagevenue.com/loc155/...4_1498_IMG.JPG http://img106.imagevenue.com/loc226/...4_1499_IMG.JPG http://img17.imagevenue.com/loc173/t...4_1500_IMG.JPG

CLIFFS NOTES: I bought a riced out car from a dumb kid and I'm going to turn it into a full track car by selling ---- off of it to build it my way.

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holy stock ride height :-X

wait so your selling a b16 to build a d16? why the hell would you do that. sure, dirty d pride but come on

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Yea, I put a set of stock CRX wheels on and raised it to tow it home because I was under the impression that the engine was blown.

D pride, I've got an assload of D parts, and when they break they are cheaper to fix/replace. :)

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roger that.

not a bad car for 1k.

I'd go buy some rattle can black asap though :-X

eBay would love that car though. But defintely a nice find, you defintely got more than 1k worth in the deal. Hell you could sell those wheels for about half that :P

Oh and that gauge cluster is homo for a guy to own, was the previous owner a dude too? :-\

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I'm the 3rd GUY to own this car now. And along the lines of paint, the roof already says "PAINT ME!!!" in flat black. But I'm actually going to be doing all the mechanical ---- this winter and painting it the stock red in the spring. :)

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ahaha... you need to take some pics of the paint me y0! Evewn though red is not my favorite color, I can see why you chose it though, it's nice to have the car color match inside out.

Definitely keep up posted on this chit. I can't wait til the car is pretty again. Too bad I don't have that SiR rear hatch anymore, you could have really used it.

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Shouldn't be a very hard project. Just start selling everything that you can. hardest thing will be moving all the ricer parts when you are in Fargo. Minneapoils/St. Paul has enough ricers.

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nice de rice
are you selling the Sol seats?

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haha ----, i'll trade you my d16y8 for the b16, hahaa

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I actually really like that body kit.....one of the less ricey kits.

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From the front, it looks like Shrek :D

Not a bad pickup for $1k, definitely. I'd stay with the B series though, just build that, you already have it! ;)

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Yeah that body kit IS pretty sweet. It'd look even better in the middle of a bon-bire. Good luck with the parting/fixing/tracking!

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Thanks for wishing me luck everyone.
yes the del sol seats will be for sale (locally).
no I won't trade the B16 for a D16 I can get a D16 and tranny locally for $300 pulled from a running car.
I also personally don't feel that the side skirts and rear bumper are all that ugly, but I think that is just because the side skirts are molded in. :) Anyways, they are going. :)

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Thoe guages have got to be the GAYEST thing ever. Way to go in rescuing another Honda from the firery pit of Rice-Hood.

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New pic of the roof. click click

http://img43.imagevenue.com/loc18/th...5_1504_IMG.JPG

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haha, print that out and send it to the previous owner :P

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that thing is an aboniation to the car gods, and selling a perfectly good b16 for a d is just incredibly unintelligent

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The classic 1st gen b16a in an eg. How come I have a feelin the ecu was never wired up for vtec looks like one of those cars. Good deal parts on it are worth well over a 1g if the motor/trans parts are good

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Your a braver man than I BUT after selling the engine and all the other junk, you might have actually made $$ and gotten a free car. Can't complain about that! 8)

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Chris-nope, VTEC was wired. :)
G2turbo_terror-exactly.

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good job keep going

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I appreciate the cliff notes but you guys gotta start putting them at the beginning of the post

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Always check for cliffs notes if the post is longer than 3 sentences. ;)

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Bump-pulled the engine tonight. My girlfriend did some custom fender work with a sharpie (yes, I know her spelling sucks).

http://img46.imagevenue.com/loc179/t...5_1506_IMG.JPG http://img14.imagevenue.com/loc298/t...5_1507_IMG.JPG

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Im lovin the paint on the roof... I do not understand why the people paint there car like who ever painted the rest of it did... Makes it look totally shitty. Enjoy De-Ricin that bitch. ;) ;D

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atleast he didnt paint your dash :(

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I'm diggin the new rattle can addition to the paint job ;D

...but that might just be because my entire car is rattle can!

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Wow, nice find. Good luck with the new project.

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flat black is your friend

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the stock red (in the spring) is my friend. :)

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this kid isnt seriously selling the b16 outa that car to buy a D series to build.....

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D pride, I've got an assload of D parts, and when they break they are cheaper to fix/replace. :)
Whew Hoo!! D-Series

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This kid already sold the b16 outa that car to buy a D series to build...lick my sack noob.

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lol is your girlfriend 8 years old?

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Nope, 22, I believe you are confusing me with scottsi. I prefer them to be legal. O0

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have a pic? :4

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:y

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man lol and i bet the kid who had that car thought he was the ---- because that body kittt

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up for pic of said girlfriend.

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damn thats a steal of a deal