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The cabin harness has been giving me some grief because there’s too much wiring underneath where the dash will sit and it’s preventing the HVAC system from fitting. The main issue is that since the engine is wired up via a standalone engine harness there’s a lot of unused connectors and wires sitting inside the cabin. Read more...

Digging into the smaller details of the car has been pretty enjoyable. Most of the small things I’m working on aren’t necessary for getting the car back on the road, but it’s given me a chance to address all the minor issues the car has had for years. Read more...

It’s a relief having finished up all the bodywork on the Civic but I’m starting to feel short on time with the beginning of the race seasoning looming closer and closer. Read more...

Having spent so much time on bodywork when prepping the engine bay for paint, I’ve been resisting doing anymore of it just because I’m somewhat burnt out from it. Sadly though I’ve come to realize the remaining bodywork that needs to be done in the engine bay, roof gutters, and hatch area is blocking almost all of the other work I need to do on it so I had to bite the bullet and finally finish it up. Read more...

I couldn’t resist splurging and picking up a set of Denji headlights for the hatch. The OEM headlights aren’t that bad with their light output for halogen units, but I wanted a set of Denji’s because I plan on eventually doing a HID projector retrofit with a set of RX-330 projectors I’ve had laying around for years and Denji’s are perfect for that. Read more...

As of lately it’s been hard for me to see the overall progress being made on the hatch because I’m working on too many small steps simultaneously. Unfortunately that’s just the nature of the beast when it comes to this phase of a project car as you tend to uncover more and more things that need to be done while working through your TODO list. Read more...

With the engine back in the bay, I couldn’t resist starting to reassemble as much of the car as I could. Right off the bat the battery tray and wiper fluid reservoir were installed. Read more...

Before dropping in the motor, I wanted to make sure there wouldn’t be any surprises during re-assembly so I went through the engine bay and cleaned up every bolt / access hole. Read more...

Tired of looking at the rusty rear drums of your 92 - 95 Civic but don’t want to dish out the cash for disk trailing arms because of how expensive they are? Read more...

Bodywork is probably my least favorite step when it comes to a project. It takes a ton of time and it often feels like your just going in circles. I’m grateful I didn’t have to worry about painting the entire vehicle but even just doing the engine bay I spent somewhere around 120 hours on it. Read more...