AE_Racer

Bought April 2011 with 160k miles. Only mods were ap2 aesthetics, trans and diff. Everything else done by me..

Currently at 267k miles on chassis

Mod list thus far:

Engine/bay/drivetrain:

~47k miles and counting F22C swap
Ballade Sports TCT
APR Carbon Fiber cooling panel
APR Carbon Fiber Spark Plug Cover
J's Racing Tsuchinoko Intake
T1R Blue Radiator Hoses
J's Racing Radiator Cap
Invidia 63mm testpipe
Mugen AP1 Dual Exhaust
AP2 Transmission
AP2 Differential
EVS Tuning Axle Spacers

Suspension/brakes/wheels:

HKS Hipermax IV SP Coilovers 18/18
T1R Front anti-bump steer kit
Spoon Compliance Bushings
Hardrace front Offset ball joints
Megan Rear Toe Rods
Beaks rear tie bar
Whiteline Front Lower Subframe Brace
Agency power black SS brake lines

Advan RGII Bright Chrome
17x9.5 +25
255/40 Dunlop Direzza ZII

AP1 Wheels w/ RS3v2

Interior:

Recaro RS-G ASM Limited Blue
Nagisa Seat Rail
Personal Neo Grinta 350mm Blue Stitch
Works Bell Standard Hub
ARC Shift Knob
AP2 door panels
AP2 Center console
AP2 Radio Door
Alpine CDE-105 Headunit
Modifry DCI
Alpine Type S SPS-610C Components
JL 10" in trunk
Alpine V12 amp
Alpine 2 channel on mids/highs
Spoon rear view mirror

Exterior:
3m 1080 Sunflower Yellow
J's Racing Type S v2 FRP Front Bumper
J's Racing Type S CFRP/FRP Side Skirts
J's Racing Type V Hood CFRP/FRP
AP2 Headlights
AP2 Front bumper
AP2 Taillights
OEM clear side markers
Moddiction convex mirrors
Forbidden double sided cf mugen replica top
JDP cf spoiler
J's Racing Type-S Front Wide Fender
J's Racing Type-S Rear Wide Fender

On the way home from picking it up in Miami, FL.. my then Integra GS-R behind it



In my drive way the next day



A week to the day after getting it, I was on my way to work from the boonies and someone hit a deer and left it in the middle of the road.. It was 530am and pitch black, by the time I saw it, it was too late. No mechanical damage just bent my rad support and cracked a bunch of paint off the bumper.. The bumper had been previously repainted red under the yellow and that paint job wasnt prepped correctly which explains the horrible flaking..



After the deer incident, at home with my old integra..



I couldn't stand the car being near stock so I decided to sell the integra (since I wasnt driving it anymore anyway LOL) and get to modding..

Picked up some Work Meister S1's 18x7.5 and 18x9



Got in some more goodies..



Got my Greddy Ti-C mounted



And more goodies...



Coilovers on.. Bumper is off getting repainted



And the bumper is back, along with a painted CF AP2 lip



Mounted the beaks rear tie bar, the stock one was damaged slightly from the deer incident..



Some random pics..









I got bored with the Meisters and sold them.. Picked up some rota slipstreams for the time being..



CF AP2 lip after some more run ins with (smaller) animals



Around thanksgiving last year I Picked up some Work VS-KF's, 17x8.5 and 17x9.5.. The S2000 couldnt pull them off like I was hoping But I ended up keeping these for a while





Installed the rockford P3S



Just after new years 2012 I was on my way to work when my car stalled a few times and wouldnt start back up..



The aftermath... Apparently the head/cams got starved of oil.. The intake side was nearly welded to the cam tower. This was at 195k miles so it was time for a new engine anyway..

AE_Racer

It took me about 3 months of saving.. Luckily this was around tax return time and I found an awesome deal on a 05 F22C with 26k miles.. around the first of march I towed the car to a buddies house, bought a case of beer and got started..



Here is what was left in the engine bay..



Dropped the front subframe.. Im sure some of you will notice the pallets.. As high as I had to get the car I did not think jack stands would be very safe and these heavy duty pallets did the job wonderfully..



In the process I broke the stock motor mounts so I bought some innovative mounts and here they are mounted to the new engine and the trans bolted on



New engine mounted in the car



The next day March 4th 2012, purring like a kitten



June 2012 hit up a makeshift auto x event, no sanctions just running for fun





Sold the VS-KF's finally and picked these up since I got rid of my stock wheels during the engine swap process to help fund it.. Meanwhile im waiting on my new wheels





Ran into a GT3 on the road.. Sounded amazing



The white wheels above needed new tires so a buddy wanted them and traded me these Enkei RP03's just a few months ago, at this point still waiting on the new wheels



And a pic of the wasp composites splitter mounted



Finally the new wheels showed up..



Got them mounted



And here we are just a few weekends ago as the car sits currently

Coma-02SK

I like it simple and clean. Never thought of pallets before

moomoopanda

Great read. Really like how you did all the work yourself. Sucks about the small animals in the road though...

this is my favorite look:

S2KWALT

nice progress, car is looking good. my buddy is the one that bought your old integra, lol

AE_Racer

Did some drifting yesterday...




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S2KIrishman

ouch on the fenders...that sucks

AE_Racer

they were already ate up... previous owner had cut the springs with 225/45's in the front, dented the passenger side one pretty bad. I'm planning to replace them with new ones and flare them with just metal work.. Already got a new door sitting in my room just trying to decide what else I want to replace besides fenders before I get it repainted.

AE_Racer

Thanks! The pallets worked wonderfully, the car could rock back and forth slightly while lifting/lowering the front without any worry of the rear sliding or falling anywhere.

Thank you. In my younger years I was forced to do everything myself because I couldn't pay anyone. Back then it was fix it in the dirt or don't have a car.. Definitely fixed it in the dirt


Thanks man, yea I believe we chatted about that in another thread

Carbon Blue

love the dedication!