**Completed JDM EG, JDM vs RICE?: many, I mean MANY pix!

Hey everyone!
It has been a while since I’ve posted, that’s because I’ve been working on this.
In my efforts to prove to everyone that a tuned model car doesn’t necessarily mean wild body kits and spoilers with oversized wheels, I have decided to pursue this project. My goal was to create the most detailed JDM tuned car as possible. What you see here is my efforts in creating a true JDM tuner car, a 1993 Honda Civic Eti (EG). My vision is to do everything that can be done to it, to draw a clear line between what the controversial term “Rice” means, and what a truly JDM tuned car is. A JDM car usually focuses on performance tuning and comprises of Japan market only parts such as Spoon and Mugen, additionally, Japanese tuners also like to take parts from brothering cars and retrofit them onto their cars (you’ll see what I mean later on). With that said, here is my vision taken form as the true JDM EG: :jumpie:

(i hope to own a very similar 1:1 car soon):jumpie:

Mods: (read clearfully)

Suspension/wheels:
-lowered 3inches to scale with Fujimi Integra Type R suspension
-Brembo front brakes and cross drilled rotors
-Nissan Skyline R32 GTR rear disc brakes and cross drilled rotors
-16inch Impul NS-01R wheels painted semi-gloss black with custom made low profile tires from Revell ITR.

Interior:
-Flat black with grey accents
-Rear seat removed, rear luggage area cut out to show spare tire area, gas tank top revealed, color matched to body color.
-Nissan Skyline GTR Hashiriya Racing Drivers Seat
-stock passenger seat
-Honda S2000 D Steering Wheel
-Nissan 350Z Pedals

Exterior:
-Tamiya Light GunMetal paint with clear coat
-JDM style Orange signal lights and side markers, and rear light clusters
-SPOON side mirrors
-semi-gloss black skirts + trim
-Japanese licence plates from Fujimi Rsx ITR (removable)
-Apexi N1 style slant exhaust custom made.
-Japanese parking/window registration things on front windshield.

Here we go:
The Inspiration:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/674166inspiration.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/375298inspiration2.jpg

Test fitting wheels:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/1659101.jpg

Painted with wheels
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/2081513.jpg

Painted more, and detailed, notice the Spoon mirrors
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/4854396.jpg

Rear seat removed, spare tire section cut out, gas tank detailed
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/7793029.jpg

Nissan 350Z pedals
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/40310110.jpg

interior, S2000 Steering wheel, stock and racing seats
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/90237811.jpg

Nissan Skyline GTR Brakes
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/77783412.jpg

Completed dash board:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/34814417.jpg

Completed interior
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/33884818.jpg http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/97577119.jpg

Completed car:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/23607532.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/56514520.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/43336421.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/48263822.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/47921423.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/26198524.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/40346125.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/33923526.jpg

compared to the real thing:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/2022224897civic_apexi_n1-med.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/56733127.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/49120628.jpg

Brembo Front Brakes and Cross drilled rotors:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/24309029.jpg

Nissan Skyline GTR Rear Brakes and Cross drilled rotors:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/63623930.jpg

Spoon Mirrors
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/19739131.jpg
compared to the real thing:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/543259spoonmirrors.jpg

Undercarrage
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/96188933.jpg

Well there it is! Hope you guys like it, I sure enjoyed building this car.
Feedback pleaaaase!

Now the ever so controversial question…Is this JDM or rice? :argue:

.henry.

Very nice! Love the Jdm look.:)

very fine execution! :D

i like the creativity behind it...
definitly not RICE

Good job.

Nice it is, rice it is not.

JDM: Almost everything you listed

Rice: Nissan skyline brakes on a civic



I love it though, that exaust is awesome! I like the rims but I, personally prefer them gold, but it's your choice. I havea question, was the center of the rim left gold intentionally?

That dash is VERY IMPRESSIVE.

You have nice style my friend, hope to see your next car :flash:

loooks pretty good!

i like it

Hey, Porkchop!

Nice job, really cool, and the little details like the license disks, and detailing on the dash are really cool. Here's an idea for the next kit:

You really went to town on this kit, and did of a lot of detail, but with putting drilled disks, and drilled pedals looks real cool - but why not get a real tiny pin-vice drill, and actually DRILL the holes out? Or maybe even just use a black paint to pick out the details. It's time-consuming to drill them out, but the effect is truly awesome.

The fart-can exhaust looks real scary, and I thought it would never work, but surprisingly you show us a picture of a true car with it. Scary, but true!

Oh - and your real number plate is a little skew - small detail, so not an issue... ;-)

May look like I'm complaining a little, but it's truly a great looking job you've done there. Nice paint-job, and overall really cool.

Maybe take the pics a little further away and crop them a bit more, as the camera is struggling to focus so close - if you crop, you'll end up with pretty much the same picture.

Keep up the good work! Nice job, keen to see what you get up to next...

Originally posted by integra818

Rice: Nissan skyline brakes on a civic



If it really helps the car stop better then it isn't really rice :o not starting THAT war again...some JDM cars use Ferrari F50 brakes, does that make them rice? *shrug*

excellent and clean build up now dust it off and seal it inside a cabinet or something :)

Just beautiful

Beautiful!:eek: :eek: That's exactly how I'd do a 1:1 Civic if I had one! Kudos toan excellent job!

I love it...very far from rice...I am guessin he put skyline brakes because they are good brakes :confused: ...W/e anyway great job

Originally posted by Shorty4859
ES racing muffler

AKA stock Civic muffler with no tip that he's trying to pass off as an "ES Racing Muffler"

the car looks really good man, you have done very well in your quest. only i can suggest is maybe a blackwash for the brakes (to get some black in the holes) and the paint surface on your exhaust looks odd...kinda wrinkly. other then that, stand up job.

thanks guys for the positive replys! I just had jus bout enuf with all the Rice Wars in here, so i made this...

to answer a few questions...
I love it though, that exaust is awesome! I like the rims but I, personally prefer them gold, but it's your choice. I havea question, was the center of the rim left gold intentionally?

Yes it was left intentionally!

Rice: Nissan skyline brakes on a civic

dont think so?.........

You really went to town on this kit, and did of a lot of detail, but with putting drilled disks, and drilled pedals looks real cool - but why not get a real tiny pin-vice drill, and actually DRILL the holes out? Or maybe even just use a black paint to pick out the details. It's time-consuming to drill them out, but the effect is truly awesome.Maybe take the pics a little further away and crop them a bit more, as the camera is struggling to focus so close - if you crop, you'll end up with pretty much the same picture.

Yeah I see what you mean, I'm thinking of dissassemebling it to do just that! Oh believe it or not, these pictures were taken with a webcam!

AKA stock Civic muffler with no tip that he's trying to pass off as an "ES Racing Muffler"
im lost with this reply here, where did it come froM???

and the paint surface on your exhaust looks odd...kinda wrinkly. other then that, stand up job.
yeah...some crap got onto it when i was painting..grrrr

am i halucinating here? I could have sworn there where more posts in here the last time i checked, where did they go? :confused:

Nice and clean just the way I like to see Civic's.Great job.

Originally posted by daggerlee


If it really helps the car stop better then it isn't really rice :o not starting THAT war again...some JDM cars use Ferrari F50 brakes, does that make them rice? *shrug*

excellent and clean build up now dust it off and seal it inside a cabinet or something :)

If you're talkin about the Nissan silvia S15, which you can put F50 CALIPERS on, it's not rice becuse it fits, I hav'nt seen skyline disks fit on a civic, and it probably won't.

I dunno, now that I look at it, it's not so bad after all.

Im in love! ts good to see some JDM civics around here. My Civic HB is similar to that. Gunmetal paint w/ spoon rims and a B18 engine. Here is a picture:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/57995007.jpg

Originally posted by RyanGiorgio
Im in love! ts good to see some JDM civics around here. My Civic HB is similar to that. Gunmetal paint w/ spoon rims and a B18 engine. Here is a picture:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/57995007.jpg


Nice model! i've been following ur build as well.
I also have a extra B18 engine planned to be put into a model, i was goin to put it into this one, but the hood was near impossible to open near the headlight lights, any sugguestions? :confused:

thats it for the posts? wow, i was expecting a huge battle goin between rice and jdm style, thats why i made this model haha...

I think you did a very nice job on this model. It is definitely nice to see JDM styled civics on this site. Good Job indeed. Shouldn't you have put the parking stickers on the back hatch window? I agree with most everything on the kit except the rear disks. The reason why is, I own a 95 civic hatchback cx. I swapped in an LS vtec along with alot of stock JDM parts. I also converted to Integra GSR brakes all the way around. and with this conversion I encountered problems with the master cylinder and proportioning valve wich had to be changed. Integra brakes are no way comparable to skyline brakes so wouldnt this make for a pretty impossible install? I only ask because I am soo much into JDM Hondas. but anyway well executed.

Originally posted by .porkchop.
thats it for the posts? wow, i was expecting a huge battle goin between rice and jdm style, thats why i made this model haha...
i dont think that there is muhc that you can call "rice" on this car everything looks like a JDM honda is supposed to look like:licker:

Originally posted by JDMHATCH EG6
I think you did a very nice job on this model. It is definitely nice to see JDM styled civics on this site. Good Job indeed. Shouldn't you have put the parking stickers on the back hatch window? I agree with most everything on the kit except the rear disks. The reason why is, I own a 95 civic hatchback cx. I swapped in an LS vtec along with alot of stock JDM parts. I also converted to Integra GSR brakes all the way around. and with this conversion I encountered problems with the master cylinder and proportioning valve wich had to be changed. Integra brakes are no way comparable to skyline brakes so wouldnt this make for a pretty impossible install? I only ask because I am soo much into JDM Hondas. but anyway well executed.

ohh the windows stickers are supposed to go on the back window? i didnt know that...damn, which stickers, both? do u have pix? i'll keep that in mind for the next model...as for the nissan brakes, i agree that its not that realistic, but hey if Brembo works, someone has to be able to get these babies to :flash:

hello :twak: :nutkick: :nutkick: :nutkick: :nutkick: :nutkick: :nutkick:

Very nice model. Good mods.

Actually, I think you are OK with the stickers. My last 3 cars I've bought from auctions in Tokyo and Osaka, real JDM, and I can't be sure coz they were removed on delivery but I think the stickers were in the front. Certainly the MX5 my EX had shipped over in '96 had them in the front, and still has, but then it only had a back window half the time anyway.

Richie

92egBOI what is your prob ???? are you high or somthing?

Nice Civic! I like the subtle mods, just the way I would do it! :biggrin: :bigthumb:

reveller

hey dats really nice man, i want an eg as well, but check out my post called project k20 ek, i new here so give me time to learn all dis

thats it for the posts? wow, i was expecting a huge battle goin between rice and jdm style, thats why i made this model haha...

if you want a battle...go post it on honda-tech. From what i've noticed on a-f, "rice or jdm" it doesn't matter, as long as you put effort into making your models, and give/take comments.

Good job on the model tho, like the small detail that you did on the interior, w/ the spare tire area and dash.

If it really helps the car stop better then it isn't really rice :o not starting THAT war again...some JDM cars use Ferrari F50 brakes, does that make them rice? *shrug*

If JDM cars used Ferrari F50 brakes then it must make it a rissoto:rofl:

Two minor things that don't work... your parking sticker and optional car inspection sticker are in the wrong places.
The parking sticker (white/blue, with car image) goes on the rear windshield in the lower left (outside), or alternatively on the left hand side of the car on the rear passenger window as close as possible to the rear. If it's not that way, your car gets towed.
The optional inspection sticker (red & white with a big number in the middle) goes on the front windsheild in the upper right. The optional inspection sticker is not placed anywhere else - the place that does the inspection puts it there and it can not be moved. Even if you were being a cheeky person and putting the parking sticker somewhere other than it belongs, the inspection sticker can not be anywhere else if it's a car in Japan. It's _impossible_.

second, skyline rotors on a civic? uh... that's not possible. The rotors are too big for a civic, and I can't think of anyone stupid enough to do some sort of mod like that in real life... it just isn't practical, nor would it give any sort of 'performance gain' (civics are FF!!).

That being said, it's not that bad of a completed model... you'd probably see a momo steering wheel before seeing a s2000 retorfitted in the real world. :)

this threads 3 years old

holy crap! this thread is 3 years old! O_o