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Metal85

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Hey guys, I have looked over several threads here and figured I'd join.
Just got a '12 Si sedan
My 15th vehicle, only other Honda's I have had was my Prelude and TL


Anyways looking forward to learning some things, and hopefully only asking things that haven't been asked, not sure how you guys are yet on that, I know some sites more or less want a book, and once a chapter has been covered they never want to cover it again.
I have done a bunch of stuff in the past to cars in my garage, looking to do a few to the new one :D
 
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webby said:
Welcome to the forum. You can ask anything. You may be linked to some helpful posts/answers, but you won't be flamed like some other boards. Congrats on your purchase. Pics of the 9th gen?
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Thanks brutha! I like that. I haven't been on a lot of forums, I was an admin on a bodybuilding one, and we have a great group there with that attitude, so that's awesome man!
I'm not a novice with the car game, but also no expert like some of the guys you have here, so I'm very interested to learn and see people's ideas.
I don't have anything done to it yet, just bought it 2 days ago but here are a few
 
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Yes, welcome! Ask any question you like in the appropriate place and you may get a canned answer but I certainly don't mind helping where I can. Same with almost everyone else here. There are definitely well known part upgrades that can make a huge difference that most people recommend as a starting place so it just depends on what your goals are for the car or areas you feel it is lacking.

Let us know and we will all try and point you in the right direction.
 
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webby said:
@Metal85 the pics aren't working for me above. You may want to use the "upload a file" button next to the "post reply" button. That'll let you upload the pics here, or you can use a service like imgur.com, photobucket etc to host your images.
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Hey sorry about that, I copied and pasted them the first time (works some places) loaded them :)
 
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Nix said:
Yes, welcome! Ask any question you like in the appropriate place and you may get a canned answer but I certainly don't mind helping where I can. Same with almost everyone else here. There are definitely well known part upgrades that can make a huge difference that most people recommend as a starting place so it just depends on what your goals are for the car or areas you feel it is lacking.

Let us know and we will all try and point you in the right direction.
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Cool thanks man,
***I think my goals are-
Tein S techs
Mugen spoiler
Possibly take off the intake resonator (I did it on the Prelude bc there's a butterfly valve on that one, I haven't had a chance to look at this one yet)
Headlights
Tail lights (led)
LED's for interior/trunk/plate
Exhaust (I'm super specific on what I like with that, so I def need to research a ton, nothing loud on this for me though)
New OEM Plugs (even though this car only has 34k miles, I like to start fresh)
Rad flush (start fresh) ***
***
Only thing I did so far is
take the CIVIC emblem off
& order LED Fog's
 
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intake reso

IACV cleaned

Vtec and oil spool

after

and when I changed the timing,all the seals, belts, water pump, tensioner etc
 
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squiggy said:
If I ever decided to buy an older Honda as a project car it would probably be a last gen Prelude. Always loved them, but couldn't afford one when they were new.
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I got a great deal on this, a stoner had it, the throttle cable was so loose that it actually drooped down, but I had to do a lot to it. I changed the oil 3 times in 1200 miles lol I had to clear up the yellow lenses with plastic X for a while, but they came out nice, and I used a rattle can for everything I painted and it came out pretty nice, but I took my time
 
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squiggy said:
If I ever decided to buy an older Honda as a project car it would probably be any Honda from 1990's. Always loved them, but can't afford a project car right now.
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Agreed
 
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from another angle, I basically made this nice for the person I sold it too lol
 
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