Attempt 1: Visited a yard, found a 95 civic Ex sedan, needed to find an extra jack due to the mud jacked it up and found some super rusty RCAs. Noped out of that. I didn't want to spend 4 hours in the mud to get some RCAs that then needed to be refurbished.
Attempt 2: I ordered a skunk 2 rear LCA and then the hardware I'd need to mount the rear sway. But after I got all the parts I realized two things - I missed a bushing (the one in the end of the bar), and the rear subframe had holes but no threads for the rest of the hardware to be attached to.
Attempt 3: Got the rest of the parts from Majestic Honda and went to down on getting the sway in.
After getting the rear sway in I decided to get the new muffler in to see if it fit up. This is an EDM muffler BNIB from a 1995 VTi civic which had the B16A2. You can see that the muffler pipe (c pipe?) is a little larger.
Unfortunately the flange fitting is turned slightly compared to the USDM muffler so I need to cut and re-weld the B pipe to match. But it clears the sway and fits in the chassis great.
I also got in some new hardware for the valve cover!
I'm not sure if I'm sold on the red cover yet. It looks red sometimes and a little bit of a pink hue in other light. I ordered an OEM valve cover expecting it to have a wrinkle paint job but it came bare, I guess all the spares come that way. Boo.
You can see Ive taken off the header cover and I'm getting that blasted and painted. Should be nice to put it back on nice and black.
I'm still looking for an OEM stereo that works, some rear speaker replacements (maybe JDM) and some odds and ends but as I add or update more stuff I'll update the blog.
