Progress:Civic SI

Love the rims!! who makes em? if you havent painted the body yet, i would say Tamiya TS45 pearl white and leave the wheels that colour.

[pre98zetec]

Originally Posted by snk33y

Love the rims!! who makes em? if you havent painted the body yet, i would say Tamiya TS45 pearl white and leave the wheels that colour.

They are out of the Nissan Skyline R34 kit, I streached civic tires on them and cut the backs down for them to fit.. I agree they look very nice on it, But the paint will be Duplicolor Super White, as for i cant get my hands on any tamiya paints.

Josh

[asaenz]

I say go w/ a nice silver color, that would look sweet w/ those dark gray rims.

Just my thoughts.

alfred

[jgmodelcars]

looks good so far! I like the wheels and everything, i think you should cut out the passenger side fog light for an intake! Good work, go with like a silver or white!

[pre98zetec]

Well I've been working SO slow. Here's the custom rollbar, Made with 1/16 metal silver tubing. It was a pretty easy. I plan on doing a full cage, Cept I ran outta tubing . I flocked the Interior with Black/Grey mixture, and Flat Black with Flat Red door panels, The seats will be black with harneses and braces on the back of the rollbar. Here's the pic's.


Josh

[Jetts]

tight shit man!
camber the rear like a motherfucker and lay rockers in that thing
air cylinders rock on civics
and i think shaved doors and trunk would be tight

[pre98zetec]

Originally Posted by Jetts

tight shit man!
camber the rear like a motherfucker and lay rockers in that thing
air cylinders rock on civics
and i think shaved doors and trunk would be tight

Nah, Can't go any lower, Rims are sittin on the wells as is. And no shaving, It's turning more into a road racer....


Josh

[pre98zetec]

Here's a few new pic's. That's the exact ride height, It will have less camber when finished.

Josh

[willimo]

Looking very nice! The flocking looks great. This is going to turn out a stunner. I'd say put a bar on the main hoop of the roll cage going from the top corner above the driver to the floor where the passenger seat is, and then gussets at all the joints or else the cage is pretty useless. You know, to keep with the great realism you got goin there. But seriously, great work. Looking forward to it.

[pre98zetec]

Well, I just apply the 2 coat's of primer, But heres my dilemma. I can't decide on a color! Since i cant find pearl white in a spray can ANYWERE'S around here, I have directed my attention to pure white, OR some mettalic blue, Or even bright red. I need you guy's oppinion's.

Thanx, Josh

[Layla's Keeper]

Pearl white with burgundy accents would look absolutely stellar. Just ask anyone who's seen a BRE Datsun.

Is there anything you can do to widen the rear track? It looks a little too narrow for accuracy's sake. Makes the car look like a Citroen SM or something.

The car looks pretty good though, actually. I like the way you're doing the modifications. The only things I would've done differently at this point would have been to strip the injection system of all its chrome and replace the back seat with scratchbuilt rear paneling. Probably gutted the side panels, too. Maybe even scratchbuilt a Skunk2 intake manifold with TODA injectors and individual intake trumpets.....

Jeez, you're starting to make me want to build a Civic, and that's just not right.

[pre98zetec]

Originally Posted by Layla's Keeper

The car looks pretty good though, actually. I like the way you're doing the modifications. The only things I would've done differently at this point would have been to strip the injection system of all its chrome and replace the back seat with scratchbuilt rear paneling. Probably gutted the side panels, too. Maybe even scratchbuilt a Skunk2 intake manifold with TODA injectors and individual intake trumpets.....

Already one step ahead of you, New race intake in the making, With fuel rail and lines, puls the new intake. It's funny cause when I picked this up, All I had in my mind was, Box stock, Box stock. Well, It's far from box stock lol. So far I added Tamiya Supra Brake's. I also sprayed the first 2 coats of paint. It's duplicolor Bright Red. Look's awesome polished up. I also got the CF on the hood, But it looks like crap because I CANNOT do CF, I try and it STILL will not come out. Oh well. Right now I'm letting the paint dry for 2 days. Then I can sand and respray another coat, Wait another day and sand once more before I decide to polish/wax. IMO this is the best model and progress I've done in a while. I haven't really been in the modeling spirt. Also I picked up some more 1/16 metal tubing so I can finish the full cage up, And Willimo, Can you give me some pics of what you mean, I know nothing about roll cage's. So I'm trying to figure out what you said. I also did a B18 engine swap. The civic engine and the ITR engine may appear the same, but the ITR's engine has a more detailed block and header placement. I just finished sanding the seem's on the seats. And plan to have the driver side install, And harness'es braced to the cage by tonight. I also added a T.V. In the passenger side of the dash, And was also thinking of cutting the glove compartment and adding a scratchbuilt PS2. I also added a mini C.D to the C.D player. And I used the door speaker decal's that came with the kit. I wish I woulda scraped the interior and redid it, But conciquently I never knew it would turn into this much. Well enuff talking, Gotta go finish the cage.

Josh

[vwman]

Holy S*it that looks amazing !

[willimo]

I hate to pretend like I'm a roll cage expert, 'cause I'm not.

The main hoop is the tall part that extends over the head of the driver and is usually just behind him. Yours is the almost square part that goes up out of the floor right ahead of the rear seats and has the bracing extending forward about halfway up and backward from the top. Anywho, there should be a cross brace (often done diagonally to cut it into triangles for mor strengh) or else it will more likely to flex during a rollover and be useless. Something like this:



There are tons of ways to do it, this particular one has the diagonal brace and a brace that goes straight across the back, though I have seen cages with just one or the other. Here, I think the horizontal brace is only for attaching the harnass. Do a google search and you will get plenty of results. And, after seeing a bunch of cages on google, forget the gussets. That's oldschool.

[Jetts]

lookin very aswome man
it should look good in red