My 1998 Acura Integra SE; revised, refreshed, and restarted.

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
Hello again, Club Integra. My name is Nick, and I have a 1998 Acura Integra SE that I call, 'Ted'. I had another build thread, but (1) it was in the wrong section of the forum, (2) it was getting cluttered, and (3) when I went through and cleaned it up the first time, I deleted a lot of replies that made sense which made the rest of it not make sense. Make sense? :mrgreen:

Anyways, 'Ted' is a 1998 Acura Integra SE [GS four-door, DB7 chassis code). I bought it October 30, 2012 with 146k miles on it, and as of right now (September 25, 2013 at 8:21pm), it has a little over 157k miles on it. Here's what has been done to it so far:

Engine:
B18B1 non-VTEC
Upgraded ignition -- Summit Racing clear anodized distributor cap, Honda distributor rotor, NGK spark plug wires with a PW:JDM spark plug wire separator, and NGK iridium spark plugs
PW:JDM camshaft seal
eBay short ram intake; painted high heat white, wrapped in DEI titanium exhaust wrap, painted high heat white again, and topped with a BPi velocity stack and an AEM DryFlow air filter with a 6" inlet
Homemade radiator fluid overflow tank
Painted valve cover
Custom 2" cat-back exhaust (2.25" axle-back); Flowmaster catalytic converter, Jones resonator, 3"/3" Dynomax Race Bullet muffler, and Athens Muffler crush-bent 14-gauge aluminized steel piping
Mugen brake reservoir cover

Exterior:
'66 Corvette Mosport Green Metallic paintjob with red pinstripes
eBay clear bumper lenses with amber reflectors
eBay yellow high beam headlight lens overlays
DDM Tuning 55-watt, 4,500k low beam HID kit
eBay 100-watt 3,000k high beam halogen light bulbs
Other minor misc. items (paint, JDM Zipties, decals, etc.)

Suspension:
Saturn 15"x6" '99 S-Series sawblade wheels painted black
195/55R15 Goodyear Eagle GT front tires
195/55R15 Hankook Ventus V2 Concept rear tires
Honda 14"x6" spare fullsize wheel painted gloss red with red glitter clear coat
195/70R14 Goodyear Integrity spare tire
[No name] front strut tower bar painted candy pink (Breast Cancer Awareness)

Interior:
Extended length rearview mirror, blue
NVX sound deadener in the front doors
Styrofoam pulled out of the front doors
Stripped rear deck
Stripped trunk, minus the factory sound deadener
Other minor misc. items (paint, interior accessories, etc.)

Electronics:
Pioneer DEX-7500S CD receiver
Pioneer TS 6.5" 4-way front door speakers

There may be more modifications that I'm forgetting. I'm not sure.
But, regardless, please stay tuned. I've got more plans.
~Ted's Owner, "Nick"
 
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Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
A quick post of different stages that 'Ted' has seen during his build. Now, keep in mind, 'Ted' is not, nor will he ever be finished.

100% stock. First day I got it.


'Ted' with MSR 18"x7.5", +40 offset, Style 085 wheels with 215/35R18 Capitol Sport UHP tires.


'Ted' with the Saturn wheels he currently has, just in white.


'Ted' with '66 Corvette Mosport Green Metallic paint and my friend's borrowed meshies.


The re-finished Saturn wheels 'Ted' will be wearing tomorrow. There will be more pictures posted about these.


Engine bay before mods.


Engine bay as of now, minus the Mugen reservoir cover and the paint touch up on the valve cover. It needs to get de-greased and shined up. I'll post an updated picture of what it looks like when I get the time.


Trunk before.


Trunk as of now.


Rear deck -- before, then after.



Front doors, before.


After.


Door build thread link: http://www.clubintegra.com/board/showthread.php?t=84717

Again. There is more, but this is the gist of it.
 
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Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
Now, for the most recent update: The painted Saturn wheels.

Before


Stripped



Self-etching primer



Self-etching primer + filler primer. I didn't get any pictures of just the filler primer, so this will have to do.


Self-etching primer + filler primer + primer sealer


Base coat



Final product



EDIT: I forgot to mention that I have a PW:JDM decal, a red 'Integra' rear bumper lettering overlay kit, and Spoon Sports emblems coming in. I'm not sure when they'll all be here, but they'll be here soon.
 
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MiketheDyke

My job is clean toilets
The engine bay pic before the mods have a nice picture dimension (640x388 ).

And nice work on your build! Cant wait to see those new wheels on :)
 


Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
The engine bay pic before the mods have a nice picture dimension (640x388 ).

And nice work on your build! Cant wait to see those new wheels on :)
Haha. Just for you and in an effort of keeping my thread cleaner this time around, I'll start re-sizing the pictures to 640x400. Will that work?
 

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
lol, yup. The pics just look really weird on my phone. Thanks!
Your welcome. Thanks for sticking around for the new build thread. The first one was just too cluttered and it drove me nuts.
 


Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!

Ted's Owner

On to Integra number two!
So, the wheels are on the 'Teg and they turned out way better than I thought. Flickr is doing scheduled maintenance until 7:00am, so no pictures until tomorrow, but I will post pictures!
 
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