Well... it has been some time now... I should probably do something with this thread.
Since my last update, a fair amount has been done bu I don't have picture for some of it. The pictures I do have will be posted later.
Put in some USDM headlights because one of my original ones cracked and fell apart:
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Then one day I drove out of the underground parking at my old building and noticed that there was a small oil leak coming from the front of the engine. At first Tom, Kevin, and I thought it was the front crank seal but when we got the timing cover off we could see that that wasn't where the leak was coming from. We did some reading online and fount that it was likely the oil pump. It is apparently quite common for a little O-Ring behind the oil pump to crack and leak. We put the car on the lift. took everything off to the oil pump and removed the screws from the oil pump. The pump was held on pretty well so we lifted the car and pried against the (oil cooler?) plugs and the oil pan to pop it off. Have something ready to catch some oil if you do this yourself. Pulled it off and sure enough, the O-ring was the issue so I replaced it with a new one from napa. Scraped all of the old sealant off of the pump and block then reapplied some bronze paste then reassembled everything. Problem solved! Another common cause of leaking from behind the oil pump is the screws holding the rotary encasement together, they can come loose, just give em a little bit of a tightening with a phillips screwdriver if they are.
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Next I put on the 2004 BBS Rims:
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Then put in my shiny new ST Suspension Coil overs.... This SUCKED! The new coil overs didn't come with top hats so I had to use the ones on the car. These weren't OEM so they didn't fit nice at all. We spent probably 2 hours with a pipe wrench disassembling them. Once they were disassembled, we found out that the hats didn't fit the new coils so LUCKILY, Tom had a super random piece of aluminum tube that just HAPPENED to be the exact size of the inside diameter of the top hat joint, and the EXACT size of the threads outside diameter.... it made perfect bushings for our Red Green Special. The top nut obviously still fit on the threads, it was just the bushing that came with the cusco hats that didn't fit the new coils thread to hold it tight. Worked out in the end!
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Then I put her under wraps at the end of the season!
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And now she is back on the road and I have some things planned.
Brembo Brakes all around:
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Brakes are in with rotors and pads, I am now waiting for my rebuild kits, conversion brackets, and over-sized e-brake shoes.
I also have Honda INCA gold caliper paint coming from G2 USA but I think I have decided to go the powder coating route instead being that I am going to be tearing these apart anyway. This is apparently the closest color to the brembo gold commercially available based on my research. I am going to be looking into quotes to have these powder coated and if the price is right I will be selling the paint. It is a brush on paint so it can be used for touch ups but there is enough to coat all 4 calipers 3-4 times according to reviews.
Open to suggestions on color for the brakes! Right now I am thinking a nice Candy Red with white brembo decals just because I am going with a black and white w/ red accents theme on my car. I have already looked into Hydro Dipping them. I REALLY wanted to do this but unfortunately, those paints/inks are not rated nearly high enough for a car that sees any sort of hard braking. Talked with Liquid Customs in Red Deer and they brought the discussion to their paint suppliers... very unfortunately, not possible.
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RB Style Seibon Carbon Fiber Wing:
Have some sanding to do but it should be on the car hopefully before May.
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Will be adding pictures ASAP. Just can't right now.