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jvtec95 · 08-10-2008, 07:34 PM

EDIT: Added all pics to the first page
EDIT: Lowered pics on page 2, along with final install of S2000 Cluster.
EDIT: Pics of my car at HIN Chicago on page 3.

Here's my build thread, I've been working on my Integra for about 3 years:

First Integra, '94 GSR bought in Texs and driven back up to WI, stolen Sr. year of college:

Second Integra, '95 GSR bought near Chicago, only pics I have of it stock:

Then the mods started, the beginning of a money pit.

Stock exhaust = fail:

New exhaust = win:

Ordered a new ITR transmission from Baranco Acura as well, no more peg-legging it:

Had to have improved handling to go along with LSD:

Also added a 23mm JDM ITR rear sway bar and Beaks reinforcement.

Got sick of bug eyes, so this went on:

CF fenders just didn't do it for me, so got a pair of these:

Everything welded up, aligned, and bolted on:

Picked these up, and decided I needed four extra lugs on my car:

Much better:

Putting Aerocatch hood latches on, some extra goodies on:

What's that thing with the thing in it? Oh yeah, the engine bay:

Head milled 0.030", Port & Polish, 3-angle valve job (King Motorsports), supertech valves, omni dual valve springs and Ti retainers, Ferrea bronze guides, CTR intake cam, ITR exhaust cam, Skunk2 cam gears, Power Enterprise timing belt, NGK Power Cables, Denso Iridium plugs, Skunk 2 manifold, Hondata heat gasket, Professional Products 68mm throttle body, J's Racing Intake, Hytech Replica Header, Test Pipe, Carbing Tower Bar, Avid billet race mounts, Phearable chipped p28.

ITR Doors, thanks Top Setup:

In for paint, Nighthawk Black Pearl:

Out of paint (fresh base and clear):

Almost Ready (wet sanding):

Wetsanding done:

After much rubber molding installation, cleaning, and my friend painting me a custom hood and valve cover:

And a couple pics at my first car show:

Ass shot:

I sold the Teins before paint, car is now sitting on PIC R3's.

Next up is installing an S2K cluster and start button.

Lowered pics, last time that the ITR wheels will be on:

Next pics will be with the new wheels (after trimming the rear fenders, grinding down the NSX rear calipers, and wheel spacers).

And a slight raise because my front upper arms are hitting my shock tower!

Here's pics of my car at HIN in Chicago, other pics of the show can be seen here:

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2372865

Artsy pic in the garage (I'll take some better ones once my Rebel is fixed):

Some pics from the King Motorsports meet 2008:

To all who've wondered, here's where I got the idea from:

And here is the watercolor I wanted on my hood:

Here's a photoshop I did of it on an ITR (not sure whose car this is):

Thanks!

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acuratuner00 · 08-10-2008, 08:19 PM

Car looks great!

How long did this all take?

orion840 · 08-10-2008, 08:36 PM

nice...i like the way u matched the hood with the valve cover its different

lstek · 08-10-2008, 09:02 PM

nice

mr. robot-o · 08-10-2008, 09:19 PM

very nice man i want my teg to look like that

faejai · 08-10-2008, 09:26 PM

great looking car! especially the hood.

DC4R27 · 08-10-2008, 09:29 PM

i like the brake setup. good stuff, always fun to watch a build from start to finish. nice job

XslickwhitetegX · 08-10-2008, 10:25 PM

damn that's hot... not really feeling the custom hood, but its decent.. atleast no flames lol!

I have something perfect that would go great w/ your exmag!!

to BAD its mine

97_tegLSvtec · 08-10-2008, 11:18 PM

Very clean. What did you end up doing with the cf fenders?

BlueIntegraBoy · 08-10-2008, 11:37 PM

How much did the NSX clappers end up costing you?

swgateg · 08-11-2008, 05:29 AM

dang, nice car

PatrickGSR94 · 08-11-2008, 06:49 AM

stock exhaust fail? haha my car is 14 yrs old and is still running stock exhaust!

Man that paint looks friggen amazing dude. Hood isn't my cup of tea, either, but the rest of it looks bad@$$.

g0tgot · 08-11-2008, 06:58 AM

Hood looks like arizona Iced Tea with ginseng and honey, green tea can .....LOL...looks nice though, homw much was the paint for that and the valve cover?

cetcivic · 08-11-2008, 08:56 AM

great job,nothing like getting your hands dirty on your on car

skunk2rcng · 08-11-2008, 08:58 AM

God I love the front end!

Rickdrizzle · 08-11-2008, 09:30 AM

I'm digging that valve cover, let me know if you ever decide to sell it.

xprohx · 08-11-2008, 11:42 AM

I can definitely agree that the RS*R exhaust = win. Perfect exhaust note, good diameter size, and nice stock look.

Dredakid05 · 08-11-2008, 11:57 AM

im so evnyin. i always wanted JDM FRONT END BUT MY MONEY GETTIN TIGHT.. At least, i have 98+ front end with itr lip.

jvtec95 · 08-11-2008, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acuratuner00

Car looks great!

How long did this all take?

It took about 3 years from when I started changing the front end, until now. I've done all the work except paint, although I did the majority of prep work and wetsanding.

Quote:

Originally Posted by XslickwhitetegX

damn that's hot... not really feeling the custom hood, but its decent.. atleast no flames lol!

I have something perfect that would go great w/ your exmag!!

to BAD its mine

Very nice header, I passed on one when I bought my exhaust and have regretted it ever since. Hang on to it, they don't come along often anymore!

Quote:

Originally Posted by 97_tegLSvtec

Very clean. What did you end up doing with the cf fenders?

I sold them a few years ago to a member on here from Chicago. I just didn't like the way they looked, it was just too much.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueIntegraBoy

How much did the NSX clappers end up costing you?

They were a steal from a friend who has an NSX, a deal I couldn't pass up. I rarely see anyone running front and rear NSX calipers, its a bit overkill, but in the future I'd like to remove ABS and get a brake proportioning valve.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatrickGSR94

stock exhaust fail? haha my car is 14 yrs old and is still running stock exhaust!

Man that paint looks friggen amazing dude. Hood isn't my cup of tea, either, but the rest of it looks bad@$$.

Thanks Patrick, I've watched your builds from when I first signed up, you've got a great clean looking teg. Wisconsin winters made my stock one rot off at the muffler, so it was a 'fail' for me. The paint still needs a bit of wetsanding in parts, but overall looks great, I was glad I could have a hand in doing the prep work and it saved me a bit of cash.

Quote:

Originally Posted by g0tgot

Hood looks like arizona Iced Tea with ginseng and honey, green tea can .....LOL...looks nice though, homw much was the paint for that and the valve cover?

Haha, I didn't think of that, it does! Paint on the hood and valve cover was done by a friend of mine, it's based on a Japanese watercolor painting. His car is the silver Eclipse next to me in the car show pics, he has an insane amount of work into his car. I'll have to post a few pics of it. In return I engineered him some hood struts.

Thanks for all the comments, I've done a lot of work that you can't see as well. Here's the complete mod list:

Under Hood:
Engine -
Head:
Port & Polish (Done myself)
Decked 0.030" (and 3-angle valve job, King Motorsports)
Supertech SS Valves
Dual Valve Springs
Titanium Retainers
Ferrea Bronze Valve Guides
Type-R Cams
Skunk2 Cam Gears
Denso Iridium Plugs
NGK Power Cables

Intake -
J's Racing CF Intake
70mm Throttle Body
Skunk2 Manifold
Hondata Heatshield Gasket

Exhaust -
Hytech Replica Header
Test Pipe
RS*R Ex-Mag Exhaust

Other -
Avid Engine Mounts
InlinePRO Fuel Rail (not on in pictures)
Fluidyne Radiator
Coolant Overflow Tank
Oil Catch Can (not on in pictures)
Power Steering Delete
AC Delete
Relocated Battery (not done in pictures, braille CF battery in hatch)

Transmission -
Integra Type-R Trans
Limited Slip Differential
Exedy Flywheel
Exedy Stage 1 Clutch

Handling:
Rollers -
Integra Type-R wheels (Rota 16x7 GT3 Silver going on soon)
Falken Azenis Tires
Integra Type-R 5-lug Conversion
5mm H&R Wheel Spacers
Extended lugs

Brakes -
NSX Front Calipers
11" Rotors
Cobalt Pads
Stainless Steel lines
NSX Rear Calipers
11" Rotors

Suspension -
PIC Select R3 Coilovers (12K F / 14K R)
JDM Integra Type-R 23mm Rear Sway Bar
ASR Chassis Reinforcement Subframe Brace (not on in pics)
Function 7 Rear Lower Control Arms
Ingalls Rear Camber Kit
SPC Aluminum Front Upper Arms
Orijin Spherical Bushings

Chassis -
Carbing Front 3 pt. Strut Bar (not on in most recent pictures)
TDM Rear X-Brace
Harness Bar (stripped and hand polished)

Exerior:
JDM ITR Front End Conversion - OEM Honda Parts, Black Housing Headlights
Full Repaint in Nighthawk Black Pearl, Shaved Side Molding, Antenna Hole, Rear window Squirter, Emblem Holes
JDM Integra Type-R Doors
Custom Airbrushed 'Cherry Blossom' Hood
ITR Front Lip
J's Racing Carbon Fiber Bumper Duct
Smoked Sidemarkers
JDM Power Folding Mirrors (not wired for folding yet, but have all the parts)
Integra Type-R Rear Spoiler
'98-01 Integra Rear Bumper
'98-01 Red Taillights

Interior:
Memoryfab Carbon Fiber Race Seats and Rails
Crow Enterprise 5 Pt. Harnesses
JDM '05 Suede Integra Type-R Rear Seats
S2000 Guage Cluster (currently going in)
S2000 Start Button (currently going in)
Personal Suede Steering Wheel, NRG Hub and Quick Release
Custom Suede Headliner, A-Pillars, Door Inserts, Shift Boot
Titanium Shift Knob
JDM E-Brake Cover

ihasacrayon93 · 08-11-2008, 07:46 PM

wow beautiful work man all its missing is to be dumped and a beaks lower tie bar

jvtec95 · 08-11-2008, 07:49 PM

Car has been lowered about 2" since these pics were taken, I had to wait for the suspension to settle out. I'll take some pics next time the car is out. I may raise it 1/2", as there's not much cleance between the shock tower and the SPC front arms.

I also installed an ASR subframe brace last weekend.

rufridn · 08-11-2008, 08:00 PM

great paint job! your car looks great. I'm not a fan of the hood but it's not that bad.

SlammedDC2 · 08-11-2008, 08:25 PM

Car looks great man. I love how you modified cargo cover to fit with your X brace.
However how did you get the NSX rears to fit on the teg? How much work was done in that? I am looking at doing the NSX front conversion (already have ITR's) how much more work is involved with the rears?

khmers0uljah · 08-11-2008, 09:20 PM

Beautiful! I want 5 lug.

stocker2shocker91 · 08-11-2008, 09:30 PM

sick car, im a sucker for the 5 lug itr rims.

looks like you got a couple other other cool toys in the garage too.

08-10-2008, 08:19 PM	#2
acuratuner00 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Everywhere n Nowhere, VA Posts: 108	Car looks great! How long did this all take? __________________ .........

08-10-2008, 08:36 PM	#3
orion840 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: fl Posts: 600	Re: (acuratuner00) nice...i like the way u matched the hood with the valve cover its different

08-10-2008, 09:02 PM	#4
lstek Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Southern Cali, Ca, USA Posts: 16	Re: My '95 GSR Build - JDM front, 5-lug, Paint, etc. (jvtec95) nice

08-10-2008, 09:19 PM	#5
mr. robot-o Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: a Mile High Posts: 162	Re: My '95 GSR Build - JDM front, 5-lug, Paint, etc. (lstek) very nice man i want my teg to look like that

08-10-2008, 09:26 PM	#6
faejai Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: sac, ca Posts: 107	Re: My '95 GSR Build - JDM front, 5-lug, Paint, etc. (mr. robot-o) great looking car! especially the hood.

08-10-2008, 09:29 PM	#7
DC4R27 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: OC, CA Posts: 995	Re: My '95 GSR Build - JDM front, 5-lug, Paint, etc. (mr. robot-o) i like the brake setup. good stuff, always fun to watch a build from start to finish. nice job

08-10-2008, 10:25 PM	#8
XslickwhitetegX Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Misery Posts: 468	Re: My '95 GSR Build - JDM front, 5-lug, Paint, etc. (DC4R27) damn that's hot... not really feeling the custom hood, but its decent.. atleast no flames lol! I have something perfect that would go great w/ your exmag!! to BAD its mine __________________ ONE OF THE FEW WITH UKDM FRONT/REAR BUMPER individuality of your car is frowned upon... welcome to the Honda community OFFICIAL DC Squad V2 Member #111

08-10-2008, 11:18 PM	#9
97_tegLSvtec Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: d town, co, usa Posts: 8	Very clean. What did you end up doing with the cf fenders?

08-10-2008, 11:37 PM	#10
BlueIntegraBoy Senior Member 1998 Acura Integra Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: H I L O, H I Posts: 22,136	Re: (97_tegLSvtec) How much did the NSX clappers end up costing you? __________________ インテグラタイプR 98-0425

08-11-2008, 05:29 AM	#11
swgateg Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pelham, GA, US Posts: 112	dang, nice car __________________ "You dont need that s*** on there to go fast"

08-11-2008, 06:49 AM	#12
PatrickGSR94 *PnP Hater Moderator* 1994 Acura Integra Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Rich Redneck Country, U.S.A. Posts: 25,184	stock exhaust fail? haha my car is 14 yrs old and is still running stock exhaust! Man that paint looks friggen amazing dude. Hood isn't my cup of tea, either, but the rest of it looks bad@$$. __________________ Please do not PM me with technical questions. Create a thread in the appropriate forum. H-T OG member #8927 class of '02 ● Koni + GC Install ● HID retrofit club member #0001

08-11-2008, 06:58 AM	#13
g0tgot Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: YaY ArEa Posts: 1,063	Hood looks like arizona Iced Tea with ginseng and honey, green tea can .....LOL...looks nice though, homw much was the paint for that and the valve cover? __________________ DC Squad Member #0751

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cetcivic Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: brooklyn, ny, usa Posts: 401	Re: (g0tgot) great job,nothing like getting your hands dirty on your on car __________________ call or text 267-325-7003 parts for sale

08-11-2008, 08:58 AM	#15
skunk2rcng Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 39	Re: (g0tgot) God I love the front end! __________________ FS: FR Turbo St2GT-SOLD!!! FS: 01' K20A GSR

08-11-2008, 09:30 AM	#16
Rickdrizzle Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: CenCal, united states Posts: 2,005	I'm digging that valve cover, let me know if you ever decide to sell it. __________________ Starting to become a regular on GDD!

08-11-2008, 11:42 AM	#17
xprohx I think too much Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NW Posts: 1,217	Re: (Rickdrizzle) I can definitely agree that the RSR exhaust = win. Perfect exhaust note, good diameter size, and nice stock look. __________________ FS: Comptech Icebox & Intake, JDM ITR Shift Knob*

08-11-2008, 11:57 AM	#18
Dredakid05 Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: ATL Posts: 465	Re: (xprohx) im so evnyin. i always wanted JDM FRONT END BUT MY MONEY GETTIN TIGHT.. At least, i have 98+ front end with itr lip. __________________ 1997 JDM DC4

08-11-2008, 07:46 PM	#20
ihasacrayon93 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: miami, fl Posts: 188	wow beautiful work man all its missing is to be dumped and a beaks lower tie bar __________________ wheel tucking all day all night trust none , love all

08-11-2008, 07:49 PM	#21
jvtec95 Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ugh., WI, USA Posts: 1,138	Re: (ihasacrayon93) Car has been lowered about 2" since these pics were taken, I had to wait for the suspension to settle out. I'll take some pics next time the car is out. I may raise it 1/2", as there's not much cleance between the shock tower and the SPC front arms. I also installed an ASR subframe brace last weekend. __________________ Check out my DC2 build thread (JDM Front, 5-lug, Paint, etc.)

08-11-2008, 08:00 PM	#22
rufridn Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: So Cali, 818 Posts: 5,414	great paint job! your car looks great. I'm not a fan of the hood but it's not that bad. __________________ http://elusive.cjb.net 94 DC4 - 02 EP3

08-11-2008, 08:25 PM	#23
SlammedDC2 Semper Fidelis 2000 Acura Integra Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Middle TN Posts: 6,340	Re: (rufridn) Car looks great man. I love how you modified cargo cover to fit with your X brace. However how did you get the NSX rears to fit on the teg? How much work was done in that? I am looking at doing the NSX front conversion (already have ITR's) how much more work is involved with the rears? __________________ 00 NHBP Integra GS-R Build in Progress 96 GMC 1500 4" lift

08-11-2008, 09:20 PM	#24
khmers0uljah Member 1997 Acura Integra Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: I'm always painting & polishing shiet, California Posts: 2,666	Beautiful! I want 5 lug. __________________ iLLiCiT -let it be known- DC Squad Member #1 (V2)

08-11-2008, 09:30 PM	#25
stocker2shocker91 Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: hoo hoo hoo hoosier, indiana, Us Posts: 1,366	Re: (khmers0uljah) sick car, im a sucker for the 5 lug itr rims. looks like you got a couple other other cool toys in the garage too. __________________ Panama city beach 010 1989 honda prelude daily driver

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