The most rubberdiculous thing i have ever seen!
 

Im sure some of the more OCD members here might appreciate this, and you might bow down to this guy, but he is just totally nucking futs. In the end its still a 93 honda no matter how much of your life and money you waste on it. Just thought I would share. The thread is 14 pages long, i scanned the first page and just couldnt take it anymore so I had to stop. Enjoy!
http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2928180

From a fellow honda owner, that is farking kick ass. If you have to ask why, then you don't deserve to know why. Typical honda haters..

im not a honda hater. But come on, its a 1500-2000 dollar car. And when hes done spending god knows how much on that thing its still going to be a 1500-2000 dollar car, and its still going to be stock!

As I said, even if I explained why, you still wouldn't understand anyway. You either get or you don't with rebuilding/modding Honda's.

I didnt post this because it was a honda thing. But i guess this just proves my point.....only OCD people will understand :lol:

And yes I have owned a honda before, in fact I still do, im not a honda hater.

interesting...I think there are way better things he could spend his money on....but to each his own I guess....He is putting in a lot of work though...(and more money) yikes...

i think the guy has more money than brains, I have never heard of anyone restoring a pop can car that is not even rare or worth money. But i guess we can all say the same thing about ourselves since we spend thousands on cars we cant ride in. :whistle:

My best friend is a severe OCD, enough to where I have to leave his house sometimes so i can refrain from making fun of him. My friend does not even hold a candle to this guy! When you are picking near-microscopic pieces of gravel out of places that will never again be seen by a human eye you should probably just stop and go see a shrink.

I dont know why, but this kind of stuff is just really funny to me!

Yeah, thats pretty over the top, for an oem built, Go on rs25.com in the forum section, member journals and just look for "race builds" People will strip these 2.5 rs's and imprezas down to the bare chassis and build a turbo'd awd race car out of em, pretty cool.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/...011c5305_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/...653ae500_b.jpg

http://www.rs25.com/forums/f171/t154...ed-banzai.html

I remember back in the day we actually drove our hotrods fast. I've been passing way to many corvettes, mustangs, and misc' "fast cars" in my suburban lately... I think it's a sign our society is going down hill when people don't feel free to enjoy their expensive rides like we used to... And worst of all it leads to stuff like restoring a disposable Honda.

P.s. I'm not a hater either, I have 2 civic's, a 1994 that looks like crap and a 2004 that's nice and clean. I also have 2 suburbans, a 1971 project truck, and a 2003 that's nice and clean :-)

We need to convert our interstate highways into autobahns, only regulate speed inside city areas :-)

Wow, and I thought I was a dick at times. Some friend you are... OCD isn't funny, it isnt cute, it really sucks

I'm not a big Honda fan because I dont really care for tiny cars but I def appreciate the "Honda Thing" it's just not my cup of tea. Now, what the guy did, all that work and $ is just amazing. So what if the car still has a low resale value even after all that work and new parts, it's his car he can do what ever he wants w/it regardless how little sense it makes to others. I give him props and a hardy Attaboy for all that detail and patience. It's nice to have the room,funds and know how to do such work. If I had a 2-3car garge at home the wife would hardly see me at all because I'd be doing the same thing to a old Jeep.

Freeze, your obvisously passionate about what Josh said but is the langauge really nessasary ?

Seriously freeze, get over yourself. Being OCD and a Honda lover doesn't put you in some special minority group with automatic protection from getting butt hurt and having your panties in a wad. You are taking things way too personally.

Josh has done nothing wrong, it's a funny post about peoples weird obsessions, nothing more. So put on your big girl panties and get over it.

Back to the original subject, I think it's pretty funny and a complete waste of money. However, to each their own and it sure as hell doesn't hurt me in any way.

Of course I also realize Josh in no way is trying to stop what this guy is doing, he is just pointing out the folly in it all.

I don't see the big deal at all, people spend money/restore stuff all the time that in the end is worth nowhere near what you have in it. These cars do however bring damn good money when done as cleanly as this one it. It is far from a "stock" build. Just look at the motor pics, may be oem honda stuff, but not from that car. I find it more humorous that this post poking fun at someone spending tons of cash and time on a 1:1 car comes up on a forum where people drop thousands of dollars on r/c cars.

I edited a post for language. Please keep it civil.

He laughs with me and thinks its just as funny as i do. If I thought I was hurting his feelings I wouldnt do it. But after knowing the guy for about 15yrs now I am pretty sure he would have told me to go to hell by now if it offended him. Maybe what you need to do is laugh about it too? Laughter is the best medicine!

word, who said "learn to laugh at yourself and you'll always be laughing" or something like that.

That is just a beautiful build! Apparently I have the same Honda bug too. I'm in the process of doing a build to an EE wagon now. Thanks for the link!

-JB

i still rock a honda from time to time ( honestly i havent started mine in 2 years)

some people take builds to diffrent levels, i know i have gone way to far on afew of my cars but it a passion for some people the consumes their life and their wallets

here is a pic of my honda
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...DSCN0676-1.jpg

just a GSR, wire tucked and race striped with alot of ITR and JDM bs on it, in compairson to afew of my other cars its pretty slow but its fun to toy with

Semi Pro....I think you might be dyslexic, thats an Acura! :lol:

I think you are mistaken. You can clearly see his Honda in the picture. To make it easier for you, I've circled it in RED in the attached picture.

:lol:

Another 88-91 fan, They are my favorites. Here's my little daily driver.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../pancar033.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../pancar038.jpg

sir, in japan its sold as a honda integra :lol:

i have had afew of them, but i went back to the dark side again, only turbo awd for me:diablo:

See there you go again with the dyslexia, this is not Japan :lol:

My original post was deleted for freeze bashing. (love you Bryce:love:)

I actually read all 14 pages and was very impressed with both the forethought for this build, and the meticulous attention to detail.

I will be checking back to see its completion.

I'd rather drive that than most new cars. (of course I'm stuck driving a handicapped van- nicknamed the short bus):party:

that is all

I'm a car guy myself, I can be pretty anal about the work I do, and have restored a few cars myself. I personally don't like FWD cars, so most imports are just an appliance to me. I can't get passionate about them and will never understand FWD drag racing. So I can understand where Josh is coming from in his opening remarks. I've made the same comments about people who have over restored classic cars, sinking $75k into a car that would never fetch more than $20k.

That being said, the guy does do excellent work. That car is super straight and the paint is super flat too. Owning a body shop and having the parts hookup didn't hurt, but either way its what he wanted. I personally want to do some things to certain cars that people will call me crazy for doing. But then again I don't care, my car, my time, my $. I just hope my next one will turn out half as nice as that appliance with the Honda badge.

my issue with it was he was replacing parts that never needed to be replaced or repaired really, more of like he was trying to see how much money he could waste "restoring" that car. He said he wanted to build the car "the way Honda should have built it". Well im sorry, but there is not a car company out there that is going to sand down caulking drips on the floorpan or anywhere else for that matter. IMO this is really no different than trying to restore a Hyundai or a Kia. Now if it was an old 77 Civic or a 95 Civic Si or something that would be different. But a 93 civic? Come on now.....

Some day I'm going to restore my '95 Bonneville to "factory fresh" condition. By then it will probably be considered a classic car. :oh:

I know exactly what you mean Josh and completely understand. Buying new bolts and grommets that nobody will ever see. At the same time, he will know though and that does bother some people. I see going that far as a bit of a "waste" too, and not just because of the type of car either.

As for shops or car companies not going that far in a restoration, I take it you haven't spent much time around the "chalk mark" resto crowd. I owe some of my anal tendencies to the time I spent around a couple corvette restorers in my area. Doing what that guy did to the Honda is par for the course to them. Back in the mid 90's one guy spent $25k on just the body and paint work. They actually unbonded all the factory seams in the body shell and started from scratch. Sick stuff. But that was a 990 point (out of 1000) car that won ever single award in the vette world including the Duntov award. Back then everyone thought he guy was crazy, he had $125k in the car, when most big block 66 vettes didn't top $50k at auction. A few years ago he may have been able to get it back though.

Either way, thanks for sharing the thread. Always interesting to see how far some peoe will go with cars.

Oh i know exactly what you mean by "chalk mark", and that stuff is kinda cool actually. Its called a "concourse" where they take them back to exact factory condition, even adding flaws to the car like what might have been done at the factory like range peel in the paint, overspray etc. Pretty crazy stuff.

I am hoping by then the deal GM made with the devil will have expired and all of the crap they have foisted on the American car buying public since 77 will magically disappear... A man can always dream.

If this sounds a bit harsh keep in mind I have painted 4 of Garbage Motors finest newer cars in the last week and none of the published paint codes came close to matching the actual color on the car. 2 yr old or newer, and they can't even get the right paint code on the build sticker. Crap, all crap. Plus GM are importing daewoo and sticking pontiac logos on them (G3)... Next thing you know they will partner with Diahatsu for a Hummer .273 (tiny turd based on those little trucks that service college campuses, etc.) And somehow make it get less than 15mpg... I wish Osama Bin Barack has flushed GM when he had the chance.

Gm has used daewoo cars in the past (think pontiac lemans). Ford does the same thing with kia (think aspire) And Dodge or Chrysler or whatever they are called now, does the same thing with mitsubishi, but that is common knowledge.

Of course Chrysler owns Mitsubishi so that's less surprising and Kia actually has been getting much better over the past year along with Hyundai. However Daewoo's are the biggest piles I have ever seen. Had one as a rental once that was supposed to be their top model, biggest pile of trash ever.

My brother has more issues with his loaded 2010 suburban than anything I have ever seen, everything goes out on it. His one before that would shut down the engine on the freeway going seventy miles an hour whenever it felt like it. Had less than 50k miles on it. I still can't believe he bought another one......

Sounds like you got the brains...

And to add insult to injury I now have to buy a $780 WIRING HARNESS for this G3 to replace 2 connectors... for the windshield washer pump. Almost 800 bucks for 3 dollars worth of plugs and wires... And it will take 5 days to get here. Crap, crap, crap.

I guess 17 years ago GM was a better brand? There have been no major problems with my Bonnie, and everything that I've needed to do has been something I'd expect to do on a vehicle this old- (brake lines, alternator, sway bar links, etc.). When the time comes that I need a transaxle rebuild I might consider putting a down payment on a new car instead. I'm at ~216K miles and it shifts like a champ, even with my heavy foot, so I don't anticipate any problems in the near future.

I think chrysler also owns kia and hyundai, or maybe Mitsu owns them? Its one way or the other i think. Yeah Daewoos are complete trash, I dont even think they are sold here anymore except for under the GM name. And yeah GM is having issues with their trucks stalling, its because of the stupid fly by wire throttle body......that was the dumbest idea ever! But the LS series engines themselves are the best thing out there right now IMO.