- Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:51 am
#358381
Hey guys, me and my girlfriend each have an EG hatch and we wanted to make a build thread for them. Of course, it'll be slow, as we're both still broke college students. We thought it'd be cool to make one build thread for both of them though where we could log our progress for each of them. So, on to the cars...
My girlfriend has a super clean '92 Milano Red CX EG hatch, 143k miles, and all stock. It's got some minor cosmetic flaws, but it's all in all a VERY clean hatch. Here are some pics:
Don't have any interior or engine bay pics at the moment but I will get some soon. It's all stock black interior with the stock D15B. Here 's one more pic with my truck:
So far we haven't done much to it, maintenance has been first priority before any money is spent on mods. So far we have had to buy it a new battery, and replace the alternator belt and A/C belt as the old alternator belt self destructed and the A/C belt was worn. Also changed the oil, and my girlfriend has recently learned to drive stick! So proud of her. Hers is much closer than mine in terms of being able to justify spending money on mods though. So, that may come soon.
Now, for my hatch. My hatch is a piece of shit, but I mean that in the most loving way possible. It's a '95 DX. I bought it for $800 about a year and a half ago as a parts car for my old hatch to manual swap it. That never happened and I got rid of that hatch, but I still have this one, and I finally was able to handle the ridiculous situation with the title and get it in my name (both hatches are clean title btw, although mine may not look like it). My hatch sat for over a year on the ground with no jack stands (they sunk into the dirt) and no wheels or suspension. I finally got some wheels and suspension on it though and I'm working on getting it back to life. I actually was able to get it to finally run right the other day. So far I've only done simple, cheap things, as I don't work many hours currently. Here are some pics of the ol' trusty hatch:
My girlfriend also bought me a new bumper for it for Valentine's day as my old one was cracked (cause that's the only thing wrong with this thing, right?).
Here they are together! Before the new bumper though.
Now, for the important things, the plans for them. The main goal for my hatch right now is to just get it looking like a car again. I need headlights, recently got a BWR radiator for free but haven't put it in yet. It's actually the one that came out of my hatch when I bought it and I sold it to my friend but he never used it so he let me have it back for free. It'll also need a new battery. Realized the other day that the radiator core support is also going to have to be replaced, so I'm hoping to do that and get it painted eventually. I'm planning on going with Phoenix Yellow. My girlfriend would also like to paint hers a dark purple, not sure what color yet though. We may just plastidip it though, as we don't want to completely get rid of the nice stock Milano Red. She mostly would just like to get some rims and suspension for it right now. I'll be going with the good ol' Koni and GC setup for both of them.
For my hatch, I gutted the interior as it was disgusting, and I've always wanted to build a track car and get out there and get some seat time. So, it will be a sort of mild track car that I can also daily. It'll still have A/C, and a radio, but not much more than that.
Anyways, this post is long enough, so I think that about covers everything, thanks for reading and I look forward to being a part of this forums! Always loved it!
My girlfriend has a super clean '92 Milano Red CX EG hatch, 143k miles, and all stock. It's got some minor cosmetic flaws, but it's all in all a VERY clean hatch. Here are some pics:
Don't have any interior or engine bay pics at the moment but I will get some soon. It's all stock black interior with the stock D15B. Here 's one more pic with my truck:
So far we haven't done much to it, maintenance has been first priority before any money is spent on mods. So far we have had to buy it a new battery, and replace the alternator belt and A/C belt as the old alternator belt self destructed and the A/C belt was worn. Also changed the oil, and my girlfriend has recently learned to drive stick! So proud of her. Hers is much closer than mine in terms of being able to justify spending money on mods though. So, that may come soon.
Now, for my hatch. My hatch is a piece of shit, but I mean that in the most loving way possible. It's a '95 DX. I bought it for $800 about a year and a half ago as a parts car for my old hatch to manual swap it. That never happened and I got rid of that hatch, but I still have this one, and I finally was able to handle the ridiculous situation with the title and get it in my name (both hatches are clean title btw, although mine may not look like it). My hatch sat for over a year on the ground with no jack stands (they sunk into the dirt) and no wheels or suspension. I finally got some wheels and suspension on it though and I'm working on getting it back to life. I actually was able to get it to finally run right the other day. So far I've only done simple, cheap things, as I don't work many hours currently. Here are some pics of the ol' trusty hatch:
My girlfriend also bought me a new bumper for it for Valentine's day as my old one was cracked (cause that's the only thing wrong with this thing, right?).
Here they are together! Before the new bumper though.
Now, for the important things, the plans for them. The main goal for my hatch right now is to just get it looking like a car again. I need headlights, recently got a BWR radiator for free but haven't put it in yet. It's actually the one that came out of my hatch when I bought it and I sold it to my friend but he never used it so he let me have it back for free. It'll also need a new battery. Realized the other day that the radiator core support is also going to have to be replaced, so I'm hoping to do that and get it painted eventually. I'm planning on going with Phoenix Yellow. My girlfriend would also like to paint hers a dark purple, not sure what color yet though. We may just plastidip it though, as we don't want to completely get rid of the nice stock Milano Red. She mostly would just like to get some rims and suspension for it right now. I'll be going with the good ol' Koni and GC setup for both of them.
For my hatch, I gutted the interior as it was disgusting, and I've always wanted to build a track car and get out there and get some seat time. So, it will be a sort of mild track car that I can also daily. It'll still have A/C, and a radio, but not much more than that.
Anyways, this post is long enough, so I think that about covers everything, thanks for reading and I look forward to being a part of this forums! Always loved it!
1995 DX Hatchback - Future Track/Daily
(Girlfriend) 1992 CX Hatchback - Her Daily
(Girlfriend) 1992 CX Hatchback - Her Daily
